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P2 Strategic Considerations and

OpportunitiesDan Helfgott, Chief

Prevention Strategies & Implementation BranchUS EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)

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Region 5, 7 & 8 Triple P2 RoundtableMay 3, 2017

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Consideration #1

Results• Between 2011-2015, EPA's P2 Program

issued 281 grants for $31.6 million with state matches that achieved the following rolling four-year results:

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– $1.1 billion in savings for business– 401 million lbs. of hazardous materials reduced– 23.6 billion gallons of water saved– 10.8 million tons of greenhouse gases eliminated

(15.38 billion kilowatt hours of energy savings)

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Our Environment* is Changing

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Consideration #2

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Consideration #3

Funding

• Status quo?• Increased?• Reduced?• Eliminated?

Approach

• Status quo?• Same, but less?• Directed change?• Internal

adjustments?

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Our Future?

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Consideration #4

• The most defensible Programs are:– consistent w/Administration & Agency

priorities and themes– consistent with Office priorities– supported by stakeholders– strategic– effective (gets results)– efficient

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Good News

Some Administration priorities: • Economy, Business, Jobs• Deregulation

•P2 directly supports Administration Priorities• supports American business (particularly small and

medium size) – helps address waste, efficiency and saves $

• Non-regulatory

•P2 gets results

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And…..?????

• Supports Office priorities?–Opportunity: TSCA 21?

• Do we have stakeholder support?• Would we be viewed as strategic,

efficient and effective?• Do we have a unique contribution

(not redundant)?• Other vulnerabilities?

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Goal: Promote economic growth and environmental protection by minimizing natural resource use, use of hazardous materials and generation of toxic waste. This results in globally competitive industry, a cleaner environment and healthier communities.

Pollution Prevention Strategic Approach

DocumentBPs & Innovation thru Case Studies

Amplify BPs & Innovation

Replicationof BPs &

Innovations by Others

Facilitate & FundIdentification &

Development of BPs and P2 Innovation.

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Questions?

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