EPA Announces Federal Partnership to Build Nationwide Resilience to Natural Disasters
August 20, 2019
LENEXA, Kan. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal partners, in close coordination with experts across governmental agencies, academia and non-governmental organizations, to announce the agency’s participation in the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS). The NMIS provides a national, whole-community approach to investments in mitigation activities and risk management across federal, state, local, and tribal and territorial government and the private and non-profit sectors. “Investing in mitigation efforts will enable EPA to better protect human health and the environment in the face of natural disasters,” said EPA’s Acting Associate Administrator…
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