This report is the second of two reports issued by the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) on therole of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in fostering the development and deployment of innovative environmental technologies. Produced by the NACEPT Subcommittee on Environmental Technology, the first report was published in May 2006 and focused on the internal structure, efficacy, and communication aspects of EPA's many and diverse technology programs. The Subcommittee now issues its second and final report on EPA's relationships, interactions, and communication with the vast universe of entities that constitute the complex marketplace for new environmental technologies. EPA's mission is to protect human health and the natural environment. Its strategic goals are Clean Air and Global Climate Change, Clean and Safe Water, Land Preservation and Restoration, Healthy Communities and Ecosystems, and Compliance and Environmental Stewardship. The EPA Administrator and other senior managers have stated that technology is critical in achieving these goals, and that it will be the central driver in moving from the command and control policies of the past to a new, more sustainable environmental protection paradigm for the future.

Cover title. "May 2007." "EPA/130-R-07-004."