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The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued in a January 25th news release its:

2022 Year in Review (“Review”)

The Review states that it outlines Region 6:

. . . major accomplishments and environmental progress over the past fiscal year.

Region 6 is based in Dallas. Further, Region 6 encompasses the following states:

• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Texas
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma

The Region also includes 66 tribal nations.

The Review states that it focused on three priorities for fiscal year 2022:

• Priority 1 – Embed the Administration’s Policy Priorities, which are stated to include:
  • Distributing federal resources to Region 6
  • Embedding climate change and environmental justice
  • Implementing follow-up actions for Region 6 Journey to Justice Tour
  • Producing an environmental action plan and/or producing a climate adaptation report
• Priority 2 – Make Environment Justice and Climate Change Top Priorities for All Region 6 Programs, which are stated to include:
  • Hiring crucial staff
  • Training employees on environmental justice and climate change
  • Positively protecting public health and the environment
  • Identifying environmental justice and climate impact areas in Region 6
  • Evaluating environmental impacts of the energy transition
  • Improving communication with communities
  • Enhancing relationships with states and tribes
  • Improving staff morale
• Priority 3 – Use Local Action to Impact National Policy, which is stated to include:
  • Improving air monitoring
  • Understanding Superfund site risk
  • Communicating risk
  • Evaluation process for Class VI wells

Activities associated with each of these priorities were discussed in the Review.

A copy of the news release which contains a link to the Review can be found here.