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| Summary of the 1999 Budget:							Table of Contents[ return to 							Budget Menu ]

Introduction 							(EPA's Mission and Purpose, EPA's Goals, Guiding Principles, 							New Approaches to Planning and Budgeting, Organization 							of the Annual Plan)

Overview 							(Overview of the 1999 Annual Plan, Key Initiatives 							in the Annual Plan, Summary)

**Goals**
- Clean Air
- Clean and Safe Water
- Safe Food
- Preventing Pollution and Reducing 								Risk in Communities, Homes, Work Places, and Ecosystems
- Better Waste Management and Restoration 								of Contaminated Waste Sites
- Reduction of Global and Cross-Border 								Environmental Risks
- Expansion of Americans' Right 								to Know About Their Environment
- Sound Science, Improved Understanding 								of Environmental Risk, and Greater Innovation 								to Address Environmental Problems
- A Credible Deterrent to Pollution 								and Greater Compliance With the Law
- Effective Management

**Additional Information**
- State and Tribal Assistance 								Grants
- Water Infrastructure Financing
- Funds for America
- Budget Tables

**NOTE:** References to workyears refer to total 							workyears rather than only "permanent" workyears. 							All dollars in this book, unless otherwise noted, 							are in thousands. For example, 8 million dollars is 							represented as $8,000. Additionally, some numbers 							may not add due to independent rounding. |

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