EPA works with our Mexican neighbors on the U.S.-Mexico
Environmental Program, a collaboration between the United States
and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of
the nearly 12 million people living along the border. The bi-
national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe
drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous
waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness along the U.S.-Mexico
border. The Border 2012 program closed this year after
successfully meeting and exceeding program goals and objectives.
Along the border, more than 12 million scrap tires were removed
and properly disposed of, more than 54,000 homes were connected
to safe-drinking water system, and more than 540,000 homes were
connected to wastewater systems. 2012 National Coordinators
Meeting EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Mexican Secretary
for the Environment Juan Elvira Quesada met in Tijuana on August
8, 2012 to sign the Border 2020 framework agreement for
continued environmental cooperation