What We Do

OPEEE leads and coordinates EPA programs to provide national leadership in promoting environmental literacy, in accordance with the National Environmental Education Act of 1990 (NEEA).  In addition, OPEEE establishes and maintains close working relationships with a broad range of public- and private-sector organizations.

Programs and Projects Managed by OPEEE

• Environmental Education
• Environmental Education Grants Program
• National Environmental Education Training Program
• President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA)
• Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE)
• National Environmental Education Advisory Council

Mail code: 1702A (Office of Public Engagement) / 1704A (Office of Environmental Education) | EPA mailing addresses
Location:  EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

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OPEEE Organization

Brock Terwilleger, Deputy Associate Administrator

Carrie Vicenta Meadows, Associate Administrator and Agriculture Advisor to the Administrator

The Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education includes:

• Office of Environmental Education
  Director - Hiram Lee Tanner, III
  • Phone:  202-564-4988
• Office of Public Engagement
  Acting Director - Hiram Lee Tanner, III
  Deputy Director - Vacant

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