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Goal 1: Core Mission

Objective 1.1: Improve Air Quality

• Objective 1.1 DQR - Reduce the number of nonattainment areas to 101 (PDF)(2 pp, 184 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 1.2: Provide for Clean and Safe Water

• Objective 1.2 DQR - Reduce the number of community water systems out of compliance with health-based standards to 2,700 (PDF)(2 pp, 160 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 1.2 DQR - Increase by $40 billion the non-federal dollars leveraged by EPA water infrastructure finance programs (CWSRF, DWSRF, and WIFIA) (PDF)(2 pp, 150 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 1.2 DQR - Reduce the number of square miles of watershed with surface water not meeting standards by 37,000 square miles (PDF)(4 pp, 297 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 1.3: Revitalize Land and Prevent Contamination

• Objective 1.3 DQR - Make 255 additional Superfund sites ready for anticipated use (RAU) site-wide (PDF)(3 pp, 447 K, January 16, 2018, updated October 2018)
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Make 3,420 additional brownfields sites RAU (PDF)(2 pp, 151 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Make 536 additional Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action facilities RAU (PDF)(2 pp, 156 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Complete 56,000 additional leaking underground storage tank (LUST) cleanups that meet risk-based standards for human exposure and groundwater migration (PDF)(2 pp, 397 K, January 16, 2018, updated October 2018)

Objective 1.4: Ensure Safety of Chemicals in the Marketplace

• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all EPA-initiated TSCA risk evaluations for existing chemicals in accordance with statutory timelines (PDF)(2 pp, 416 K, January 16, 2018, updated October 2018)
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all TSCA risk management actions for existing chemicals in accordance with statutory timelines (PDF)(3 pp, 418 K, January 16, 2018, updated October 2018)
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all TSCA pre-manufacture notice final determinations in accordance with statutory timelines (PDF)(3 pp, 169 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all cases of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)-mandated decisions for the pesticides registration review program (PDF)(1 pg, 405 K, January 16, 2018, updated October 2018)
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Reduce the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) registration decision timeframe by an average of 60 days (PDF)(4 pp, 157 K, January 16, 2018)

​Goal 2: Cooperative Federalism

Objective 2.1: Enhance Shared Accountability

• Objective 2.1 DQR - Increase the number of grant commitments achieved by states, tribes, and local communities (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 2.1 DQR - Increase the use of alternative shared governance approaches to address state, tribal, and local community reviews (PDF)(2 pp, 145 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 2.2:  Increase Transparency and Public Participation

• Objective 2.2 DQR - Eliminate the backlog and meet statutory deadlines for responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (Coming Soon)

Goal 3: Rule of Law and Process

Objective 3.1: Compliance with the Law

• Objective 3.1 DQR - Reduce the average time from violation identification to correction (PDF)(2 pp, 128 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 3.1 DQR - Increase the environmental law compliance rate (PDF)(2 pp, 130 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 3.2: Create Consistency and Certainty

• Objective 3.2 DQR - Meet 100% of legal deadlines imposed on EPA (Coming Soon)
• Objective 3.2 DQR - Eliminate unnecessary or duplicative reporting burdens to the regulated community by 10,000,000 hours (PDF)(1 pg, 168 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 3.3: Prioritize Robust Science

• Objective 3.3 DQR - Increase the percentage of research products (PDF) (3 pp, 419 K, February 5, 2019)

Objective 3.4 Streamline and Modernize

• Objective 3.4 DQR - Reach all permitting-related decisions within six months (PDF)(4 pp, 218 K, January 16, 2018)

Objective 3.5: Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Objective 3.5 DQR - Reduce unused office and warehouse space by 850,641 square feet (PDF)(1 pg, 148 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Reduce procurement processing times by achieving 100% of procurement action lead times (PALT) (PDF)(2 pp, 153 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Improve 250 operational processes (PDF)(2 pp, 170 K, January 16, 2018)
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Increase enterprise adoption of shared services by four (PDF)(1 pg, 148 K, January 16, 2018)