Main Title |
Summary report of the cross-border workgroup : convened under the ... transboundary issues. |
CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. |
Publisher |
(U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, |
Year Published |
2002 |
Report Number |
EPA/550-S-98-001 |
Stock Number |
PB2002-108998 |
Additional Subjects |
Transboundary environmental issues ;
Border control ;
Meetings ;
International borders ;
Hazardous materials ;
International cooperation ;
Emergency response ;
Government agencies ;
Local government ;
US EPA ;
Brownsville(Texas) ;
Matamoros(Mexico)
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Last Modified |
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NTIS |
PB2002-108998 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
32 pages |
Abstract |
In 1988, the United States and Mexico signed the U.S.Mexico Inland Joint Contingency Plan (JCP), which addresses hazardous materials emergencies along the joint inland border between the two nations. At the annual JRT meeting held in San Diego in March 1996, it was recommended that a Workgroup composed of U.S. and Mexican representatives be convened at a border location to discuss the barriers and identify potential solutions or recommendations for overcoming some of them. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional office in Dallas, Texas agreed to initiate and sponsor such a Workgroup, named the U.S.Mexico JRT Cross-Border Workgroup. The Workgroup convened its first meeting in July 1996. Workgroup members came from the public and private sectors on both sides of the border and included representatives from: Local agencies, including fire and police departments; Local emergency planning committees (LEPCs) and CLAMs; Local public officials; State public health, environmental, and insurance agencies; Federal Customs, Immigration, and environmental agencies; and Firms involved in hazardous materials emergency response, as well as the manufacture, transport, and storage of hazardous substances. Meetings of the Workgroup were held in and around the Sister City pairs of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The Workgroup met a total of five times; each meeting lasted one to two days. In the initial meetings, the Workgroup brainstormed to identify all possible barriers to rapid border crossing, and then identified four key barriers and four secondary barriers on which to focus their attention. For each barrier, the Workgroup identified the factors that make it a barrier and then provided recommendations for possible resolution. |
Notes |
"EPA/550-S-98-001." Microfiche. |
Place Published |
Washington, DC. : |
Availability Notes |
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PUB Date Free Form |
2002. |
NTIS Prices |
PC A04/MF A01 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20030421131828 |
Language |
eng |
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MERGE |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00717nam 2200193Ka 45020 |