The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment-air, water, and land-upon which life depends. The Agency is committed to making America's air cleaner, water purer, and land better protected and to working closely with its federal, state, tribal, and local government partners; with citizens; and with the regulated community to accomplish these goals. To carry out its mission, EPA has established 10 long-term strategic goals that identify the environmental results the Agency is working to achieve and reflect the sound financial and management practices it intends to employ. Each year, as required under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the Agency develops an annual plan that translates these long-term goals and objectives into specific actions to be taken and resources to be used during the fiscal year. EPA is accountable to the American people for making progress toward its long-term goals by achieving these annual performance goals (APGs) and using taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively to do so.

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