National Strategy for Improving Oversight of State Enforcement Performance
The three main elements of this strategy are:
- The Escalation Approach to Problem-Solving: A series of escalating steps intended to provide consistent guidance to the regions in their review of and response to state enforcement performance issues.
- Plans for Addressing Significant Issues: EPA Regions and states should work together to address identified significant individual state performance issues.
- Transparency Efforts: Efforts intended to provide the public with timely, high quality information on state and federal enforcement performance can motivate government to improve.
Issue Date: December 12, 2013