- Mission [1]
- In FY 2011, the LGAC was engaged in providing recommendations to the agency on the Administrator's seven priorities. There
were three letters of recommendations made in FY 2011. The LGAC generally supports EPA's goals by providing advice relevant
and meaningful to inform the Agency on environmental matters affecting local governments. Its purpose is to provide advice
and recommendations that assist the EPA in developing a stronger partnership with local governments through building state
and local capacity to deliver environmental services and programs. The LGAC provides recommendations to the EPA on a broad
range of topics, including: regulatory innovation and reform, environmental protection tools, pollution prevention, new technologies,
performance measurement, and appropriate roles of the various governmental levels in efficient and coordinated environmental
management. The LGAC also communicates with local government officials on the importance of asset management and full cost
pricing for sustainable water infrastructure and to assist them in commenting on key agency documents. (e.g. Strategic Plan,
Report on Environment). The LGAC continues to provide comments on the implementation of EPA regulations at the local level.
They are assisting EPA by using tools developed at the National level, and making them more usable and adaptable at the local
level. This is particularly true for water infrastucture, management and prevention programs,as well as for solid waste programs
by assisting in tools development.The Committee continues to advise the agency on the effects of policy, rules & regulations
to local governments and small communities.The LGAC's focus also was to provide the Administrator advice on intergovernmental
partnerships on the Gulf Coast. It formed a new workgroup to address that issue.
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