EPA REGIONS PLAN STRATEGIES FOR WESTERN APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENT

EPA regions that include about 20 Western states are developing draft strategy documents for EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock laying out priorities to be tracked by each region to foster greater cooperation on energy, mining, agriculture, diesel emissions, tribal programs and border issues, according to documents obtained by Inside Washington Publishers. The documents pertain to states in EPA regions VI, VIII, IX and X, or what the agency terms the "U.S. EPA Great American West Eco-Region" and describe "conceptual work...