This is the EPA Region 2 Progress Report. This report describes the national goals of EPA that help to preserve and protect our natural environment and the health of the people who live and work in our communities, and some of the many regional initiatives that respond to those goals. The purview of EPA Region 2 consists of New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and seven Indian Nations. We are not the largest region in the nation in terms of geography, but we are certainly one of the most densely populated and among the most diverse. More than 31 million people reside in our region.