FY 2020 Data Quality Records

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, 183 K, January 16, 2018, revised January 2020)
• 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 (revised January, 2021))
• Objective 1.2 DQR - Reduce the number of square miles of watershed with surface water not meeting standards by 37,000 square miles (PDF)(5 pp, 300 K, January 16, 2018 (revised January 2021))

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, 178 K, January 16, 2018 (revised October 22, 2020))
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Make 3,420 additional brownfields sites ready for anticipated use (RAU) (PDF)(2 pp, 162 K, January 16, 2018, revised January 2020)
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Make 536 additional Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action facilities RAU (PDF)(2 pp, 159 K, January 16, 2018 (revised October 22, 2020))
• Objective 1.3 DQR - Complete 56,000 additional Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) cleanups that meet risk-based standards for human exposure and ground water migration (PDF)(2 pp, 154 K, January 16, 2018, revised January 2020)

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, 237 K, January 16, 2018 (revised December 11, 2020))
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all TSCA risk management actions for existing chemicals in accordance with statutory timelines (PDF)(2 pp, 237 K, January 16, 2018 (revised December 17, 2020))
• Objective 1.4 DQR - Complete all TSCA pre-manufacture notice final determinations in accordance with statutory timelines (PDF)(3 pp, 194 K, March 22, 2019)
• 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, 230 K, April 16, 2019)

​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, 201 K, February 4, 2020)
• Objective 2.1 DQR - Increase the use of alternative shared governance approaches to address state, tribal, and local community reviews (PDF)(2 pp, 169 K, February 6, 2020)

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. (PDF)(2 pp, 294 K, January 14, 2021)

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, 138 K, January 16, 2018, revised January 2020)
• Objective 3.1 DQR - Increase the environmental law compliance rate (PDF)(2 pp, 125 K, January 16, 2018, revised January 2020)

Objective 3.2: Create Consistency and Certainty

• 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, 155 K, December 28, 2020)

Objective 3.4 Streamline and Modernize

• Objective 3.4 DQR - Reach all permitting-related decisions within six months (PDF)(4 pp, 204 K, January 8, 2021)

Objective 3.5: Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Objective 3.5 DQR - Reduce unnecessary or unused office, warehouse, and lab space by 850,641 square feet (PDF)(1 pg, 109 K, December 30, 2019)
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Reduce procurement processing time by achieving 100% of procurement action lead times (PALT) (PDF)(2 pp, 140 K, December 30, 2019)
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Improve 250 operational processes (PDF)(2 pp, 168 K, January 16, 2018 (updated January, 2021))
• Objective 3.5 DQR - Increase enterprise adoption of shared services by four (PDF)(2 pp, 149 K, March 19, 2019, updated January 2020)