5. Energy Strategies Group—This program develops regulations andevaluates energy strategies to secure the nation’s energy future.6. Oil Program—The EPA works to prevent, prepare for, and respond tooil spills that occur in and around inland waters of the United States.7. Oil and Gas Sector Program—The EPA’s Sector Strategies Programachieves performance improvement and burden reduction in a col-laborative setting.8. Resource Conservation Challenge—The EPA’s Offie of Solid Wastepromotes waste reduction and energy conservation.9. Smart Growth Program—The EPA’s outreach programs help com-munities grow in ways that conserve energy.10. Sustainable Infrastructure for Water and Wastewater—The EPAidentifis approaches to integrate energy-effiient practices for thewater sector.11. Underground Storage Tank Program—The EPA oversees a regulatoryprogram for underground systems that store petroleum products.12. Underground Injection Control Program—This program overseesthe underground injection of wastes, including wastes from oil andgas operations.The EPA also offers the following energy-effiiency and energy-relatedprograms.1. Combined Heat and Power Partnership (CHP)—This program pro-motes the use of CHP to reduce the environmental impact of powergeneration.2. ENERGY STAR—This joint program with the U.S. Department ofEnergy helps save money and protect the environment throughenergy-effiient products and practices.3. Federal Electronics Challenge—The EPA works with federal facili-ties to purchase greener electronic products, reduce impacts of theseproducts during use, and manage obsolete electronics in an environ-mentally safe way.4. Sustainable Infrastructure for Water and Wastewater—The EPAhelps water utilities improve their energy effiiency.5. Design for the Environment—This program works with industriesthat combine the potential for chemical risk reduction with improve-ments in energy effiiency.6. Responsible Appliance Disposal Program—Partners recover ozone-depleting chemicals from old refrigerators, freezers, air condition-ers, and humidifirs.7. Green Power Partnership—This program encourages organiza-tions such as Fortune 500 companies; small- and medium-sized80 Energy Resources: Availability, Management, and Environmental Impactsbusinesses; local, state, and federal governments; and colleges anduniversities, to buy green power.8. Clean Energy Programs—The EPA’s Clean Energy Programs areworking with state and local policy makers, electric and gas utili-ties, energy customers, and other key stakeholders to develop cleanenergy policy and technology solutions.9. Best Workplaces for Commuters—This national program recognizesemployers who provide commuter benefis such as telework pro-grams, carpooling matching, and vanpool subsidies.10. Clean School Bus USA—The EPA works to reduce children’s expo-sure to diesel exhausts and fosters the deployment of innovativetechnologies.11. SmartWay Transport Partnership—This innovative collaborationbetween the EPA and the freight industry increases energy effiiencywhile signifiantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.EPA’s Clean Energy Programs are working with state policy makers, electricand gas utilities, energy customers, and other key stakeholders. By identify-ing, designing, and implementing clean energy policy and technology solu-tions, they are delivering important environmental and economic benefis.
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