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This page provides links to publications related to NCEI's work. Additional publications about innovations managed in other parts of EPA can be found via the Directory of Innovative Initiatives page and clicking on specific topics. 
- Community-Based   Environmental Protection
- Environmental   Management Systems (EMS)
- Evaluation
- Innovations at   EPA
- Innovative   Piloting
- National Environmental   Performance Track
- Public   Involvement
- Sectors
- Small Businesses
- Smart Growth
- EPA Partnership   Programs 
Innovation at EPA- Innovation   Portfolio
- Innovation Strategy
- Innovating for Better   Environmental Results: A Strategy to Guide the Next Generation of Innovation   at EPA  (PDF, 14 pp, 66 KB)
- Innovating for Better   Environmental Results: A Report on EPA Progress from the Innovation Action   Council April 2004  (PDF, 52 pp, 993 KB)
- Stewardship -  Report   to the Administrator with Preface  (PDF, 25pp, 219 KB) 
- Stewardship -  Technical   Report  (PDF, 104 pp, 525 KB) 
- Innovation   Toolkit for EPA Rulewriters  (PDF, 28 pp, 2.6MB)

Historic Reports
- Aiming for Excellence:   Actions to Encourage Stewardship and Accelerate Environmental Progress    (PDF, 70 pp, 1 MB) - The final report of the 1999 Task Force on Innovative   Approaches to Environmental Protection (EPA100-R-99-006). 
NCEI
Progress Reports
- NCEI 2004 Report on   Progress  (PDF, 36 pp, 1.16MB) 
- NCEI 2005-2006 Report on   Progress  (PDF, 437 K, 6 pp)

Integrated Permitting

An In-Depth Look at the United Kingdom Integrated Permitting System:   Exploring Global Environmental Protection Perspectives 
- Report  (PDF,   191 pp, 1.01MB)
- Appendices  (PDF,   70 pp, 4.73MB) 
- The executive   summary  (PDF, 11 pp, 115K)

Environmental Results Program (ERP)

ERP States Produce Results - 2007 Report. States' Experience Implementing   the Environmental Results Program. 
- Report  (PDF,   1.52 MB, 40 pages)
- Executive   Summary  (PDF, 437 KB, 6 pages)
- Appendix    (PDF, 96K, 17 pages)

State Innovation Grants

State Innovation Grant 2008 Progress Report
- Executive   Summary  (PDF, 6 pp, 84K)
- Full   Report  (PDF, 52 pp, 1.21MB)

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - Policies, tools, and case studies related to EMS use and development.
- EPA's Position on   EMS  - EPA supports and promotes the development and use of EMSs, including   those based on the ISO 14001 standard (the international standard for EMSs),   that help an organization achieve its environmental obligations and broaden   environmental performance goals.
- Innovations in   Environmental Management, March 2000  (PDF, 16 pp, 4.7 MB) - Helping   companies cut costs and improve performance. (EPA100-R-00-019)

Evaluation - Evaluation tools and publications intended to help in designing, focusing and conducting an evaluation. 

Innovative Piloting
- Project XL:   Encouraging Innovation, Delivering Results, September 2000  (PDF, 12 pp,   1.4 MB) (EPA100-K-00-001)
- Project XL: Directory   of Project Experiments and Results, February 2002  - Third annual report on   the background and status of 51 Project XL projects. 
- For additional information on Project XL publications, visit  XL Publications and   Guidance

National Environmental Performance Track - Several publications to inform the general public and potential members on how the program operates and promotes environmental excellence.

Public Involvement - Additional public involvement manuals and tools for planning and conducting effective public involvement activities.

Sectors - Industry sector-based programs publications.

Small Businesses - Publications for small business.

Smart Growth - Additional Smart Growth program fact sheets, reports, articles and grant products.

EPA Partnership Programs 
- Achievement   Through Partnership: A Progress Report Through 2000  (PDF, 30 pp, 1 MB) - A   booklet describing the cumulative successes of EPA's Partnership Programs, as   of December 2000. Through Partners for the Environment, participants go beyond   what is required by environmental regulations to score real environmental   results and improve business performance. (EPA240R-02-001)
- Boosting Your Bottom   Line  - Exactly what can a company expect from becoming a Partner for the   Environment? Along with improving environmental performance, an opportunity to   gain cost savings, public recognition, and technical assistance.
- Compliance   Screening for EPA Partnership Programs  (PDF, 23 pp, 117 KB) - Explains the   purpose and uses of compliance screens, identifies specific circumstances in   which screening is expected, and helps program managers determine whether they   need compliance screens in other situations.

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