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Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement

The Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement (Agreement) documents contractual commitments between the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Agreement covers many activities of the water, waste and air programs of Ecology and EPA.

The purpose of this Agreement is to:

  • Recognize mutual environmental goals, strategies, activities and performance measures.
  • Maintain a core level of environmental protection for all of Washington’s residents.
  • Use indicators that reflect environmental conditions, trends and results to measure environmental progress.
  • Allocate Ecology and EPA Region 10 resources to the State's highest environmental priorities.
  • Establish a joint work plan for managing the federal grant dollars EPA provides to Ecology for air quality, water quality and hazardous waste management.

For more information about the process for the Agreement, or to ask for printed copies, contact:

For Ecology:

Jeannette Barreca
WA Department of Ecology
300 Desmond Drive
Lacey, WA 98503
Phone: 360-407-6499
Email: jeannette.barreca@ecy.wa.gov
For EPA Region 10:

Jack Boller
US EPA, Region 10
Washington Operations Office
300 Desmond Drive, Suite 102
Lacey, WA 98503
Phone: 206-553-2953
FAX: 360-753-8080
Email: boller.jack@epamail.epa.gov

Please see Contact Us for other questions about the Department of Ecology and its programs.

Previous Performance Partnership Agreements are available below: