Us Environmental Protection Agency Epa Major Partners Lessons Learned From Implementing Epas Portion Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act PDF Download

In February of 2009, Congress passed ARRA, aimed primarily at making new jobs and saving old ones, stimulating economic activity and long-term growth, and fostering accountability and transparency in government spending. Of the $787 billion authorized in the Recovery Act, EPA was given $7.2 billion. EPA distributed the majority of its ARRA funds to states in grants and contracts to support clean water and drinking water projects, diesel emissions reductions, leaking underground storage tank cleanups, Brownfields development and Superfund cleanups. This was a massive undertaking for EPA. The administration of the funds, which were to be injected into the economy at an unprecedented pace, required that EPA develop or revise policies, processes and automated information systems. In the fall of 2011, EPA tasked SAIC and its subcontractor, Toeroek Associates, Inc., to design and conduct a study to capture, verify and analyze the critical lessons learned and successful approaches, policies and procedures of EPA's implementation of ARRA.