Workshop 7 Role of EPA Regional Offices:

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Workshop 7 - Role of EPA Regional Offices
How We Can Work Together Washington,
DC April 24, 2002
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Challenges

• New Program
• All issues are new
• Internal Coordination
• HQ/Region
• Within Region roles and responsibilities/
  internal commitment
• State Coordination

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Challenges

• Variety of Facilities
• One program fits all one program
  benefit/incentive does not fit all
• Recruiting
• Building Name Recognition/Brand Recognition
• Providing Regional Value

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Successes

• Great group of facilities in Region 1
• Facilities are truly leaders and willing to
  participate with us (great support!)
• Regional Administrator supports and endorses
  program
• EMS Article
• Promote in speeches, etc.

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Successes

• State Support
• -State Programmatic Support
• -State Commissioners attended Roundtable
• -State Programs being developed
• Christie Todd Whitman meeting in July, 2001

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Successes

• Roundtables and Luncheon
• Semi-annual
• Topics of interest
• Facility best practices

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How we can work together

• Reporting
• -How to report powerfully on regional
  accomplishments
• -Press Releases
• Building name recognition
• -Speaking and outreach opportunities
• -Press Releases

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How we can work together

• Incentives
• Identification
• Implementation and lobbying
• Recruiting
• Quality v. quantity
• Selling EMS as well as Performance Track
• Partnering with professional associations (NBEN)
• Application workshops (participation by members)

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How we can work together

• Co-sponsorship of roundtables
• Other Partnership Opportunities

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Contact Information

• EPA Region 1 Contact
• Martha Curran
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail curran.martha_at_epa.gov
• Web www.epa.gov/performancetrack