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DEQ.utah.gov -Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The Official Web site of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality

National Environmental Performance Partnership System

In May, 1995 the Environmental Council of States and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a "Joint Commitment to Reform Oversight and Create a National Environmental Performance Partnership System," or NEPPS as it is often called. NEPPS is designed to promote a better working partnership between state environmental agencies and the EPA. It provides for Performance Partnership Agreements (PPAs) that are based on joint planning and priority-setting and emphasize environmental results and Performance Partnership Grants (PPGs) that allow states the flexibility to combine two or more environmental program grants into a single PPG.

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