DESCRIPTION:THE WORK AND OBJECTIVE OF THE EPA CONSOLIDATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION GRANT TO THE AMERICAN SAMOA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (AS-EPA) ARE TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESSFUL PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA (AIR, WATER, LAND) IN THE U.S. TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA (AS). THE AS-EPA WORKPLAN HAS SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE POTABLE DRINKING WATER FOR 100 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION; CLEAN BEACHES FOR SWIMMING AND FISHING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FOR BMPS FOR NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND REDUCING THE 303D LIST OF CONTAMINATED WATERS; WATER QUALITY (MARINE AND STREAM) MONITORING TO HELP WITH CORAL REEF AND INDIGENOUS BIOTA PROTECTION; CLEANUP OF BROWNFIELD SITES; PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT TO ELIMINATE ILLEGAL IMPORTATION AND USE OF UNREGISTERED/FOREIGN PESTICIDES. FURTHERMORE, THE WORKPLAN DESCRI

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DESCRIPTION:THE WORK AND OBJECTIVE OF THE EPA CONSOLIDATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION GRANT TO THE AMERICAN SAMOA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (AS-EPA) ARE TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESSFUL PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA (AIR, WATER, LAND) IN THE U.S. TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA (AS). THE AS-EPA WORKPLAN HAS SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE POTABLE DRINKING WATER FOR 100 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION; CLEAN BEACHES FOR SWIMMING AND FISHING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FOR BMPS FOR NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND REDUCING THE 303D LIST OF CONTAMINATED WATERS; WATER QUALITY (MARINE AND STREAM) MONITORING TO HELP WITH CORAL REEF AND INDIGENOUS BIOTA PROTECTION; CLEANUP OF BROWNFIELD SITES; PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT TO ELIMINATE ILLEGAL IMPORTATION AND USE OF UNREGISTERED/FOREIGN PESTICIDES. FURTHERMORE, THE WORKPLAN DESCRI