On May 17, 1995, a memorandum of agreement was signed at the All States Meeting by the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) that formalized the National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS).
The new system involves replacing current oversight policies and procedures with negotiated agreements between U.S. EPA Regions and states that set forth environmental goals and measures of success in terms of environmental results.
The State Environmental Goals and Indicators Project of the Florida Center for Public Management, in conjunction with U.S. EPA and the Indicators Subcommittee of ECOS, has assembled this annotated listing to assist in the implementation of Performance Partnership Agreements. The document focuses almost exclusively on environmental indicators, rather than activity-based measures of program performance.
The August 15, 1995 document reflects a developmental series of documents produced by the State Environmental Goals and Indicators Project including Prospective Indicators for State Use in Performance Partnership Agreements, (June 15, 1995, revised June 28, 1995), Prospective Indicators for State Use in Performance Partnership Agreements: Continuation and Expansion, (July 7, 1995), and Prospective Indicators for State Use in Performance Partnership Agreements, (July 17, 1995).
The August 15, 1995 document also reflects comments solicited by ECOS and U.S. EPA that were received from the States and U.S. EPA headquarters program offices, Regions, and knowledgeable individuals.