The PDG is responsible for designing regulatory and non-regulatory mechanisms to
implement the division’s control strategies based on comprehensive information and
understanding of key industrial sectors, their operations, economic profiles and
capital planning cycles, as well as a broad array of opportunities for the incorporation
of market-based mechanisms. The Group is also responsible for the following functions:
- Working with other EPA offices, State, local and tribal agencies, and external stakeholders to identify
and propose ways to meet regulatory and environmental objectives;
- Seeking to coordinate control requirements to reduce or eliminate conflicts and redundancies among control
programs and improve their collective efficiency and cost-effectiveness;
- Collaborating with the Office of General Counsel and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(OECA) in the development of policies to achieve greater flexibility for industrial sectors in the selection
of compliance options while providing improved information and greater certainty of compliance with requirements;
- Developing, piloting and evaluating voluntary and other innovative approaches for improving environmental
performance and providing information to assist OAR and OECA in future policy and enforcement activities; and
- Managing, tracking, and coordinating the development of all regulations across the division to ensure
timely completion, effective consultation, and internal consistency.
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