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1 Introduction
Pages 12-15

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... BOX 1-1 Cross-Agency Strategy: Working Toward a Sustainable Future Advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes through Agency decisions and actions, which include expanding the conversation on environmentalism and engaging a broad range of stakeholders. EPA will consider and apply sustainability principles to its work on a regular basis, collaborating closely with stakeholders.
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From page 13...
... The ob bjective is to maximize social, environm mental, and e economic ben nefits of a dec cision and to mi inimize the ad dverse effects of conflicts among the t s three pillars. The SAM pr rocess incorpo orates analysis of alternative options, inclu o uding assessm of immed ment diate and long g-term conseq quences of al lternatives.
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... MMITTEE'S TASK THE COM The present comm mittee was assked to exami applicatio of scientific tools and approaches f in ine ons for corporatin sustainabil concepts into assessm ng lity ments used to support EPA decision-m o A making. Using case g studies it develops, the committee was asked to consider the application of analytic a scientific tools, e w o e and methods, and approach in the SAM process pr hes M resented in NR (2011a)
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... Chapter 7 discusses the evolving framework for sustainability and EPA decision-making, including opportunities to make sustainability the integrating core of the agency's strategic planning process and to embed the use of sustainability tools, discussed in previous chapters, into its activities. Chapters 3–7 present recommendations throughout the text; the final sections of those chapters summarize the main conclusions and recommendations.
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