0555 Environmental Protection, Secy
Program Descriptions

30 - SUPPORT PROGRAM

The Secretary for Environmental Protection's primary program objectives are to restore, protect and enhance environmental quality, and protect public health while fostering economic vitality. The Secretary oversees the state's environmental regulatory programs with particular emphasis on ensuring ''cross-media'' coordination, enhancing risk assessment (especially for children and other sensitive populations), enforcing laws consistently and fairly, and objectively measuring and reporting results.