Border 2025: The Texas-Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon-Coahuila Regional Workgroup
The U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program, a partnership among the U.S. EPA, Mexico’s SEMARNAT (counterpart to EPA), the ten border states in the two countries, and U.S. border tribes, has four Regional Workgroups. One of those is the Texas-Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon-Coahuila Regional Workgroup (or "Four-State Regional Workgroup"), which has three sub-regional task forces.
The Four-State Region extends from the Coahuila border in Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico.- EPA's main Border 2025 website (with a map of the four regions).
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◊ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S.-México Border Health Commission (BHC) have signed an agreement to leverage their collective resources to address public health and environmental challenges along the U.S.-Mexico Border. |
As in the other regions, the Four-State Regional Workgroup has four co-chairs: one from each of the two federal environmental agencies, and one from a state environmental agency on each side of the border.
Regional Co-Chairs
Federal Co-Chairs |
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Ken McQueen Regional Administrator EPA/Region 6 |
Mexico |
Ing. Horacio del Angel SEMARNAT |
State Co-Chairs |
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| United States |
Bobby Janecka |
Mexico |
Ing. Gilberto Estrella Hernandez |
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Mexico |
Biol. Eglantina Canales |
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The Regional Workgroup's Task Forces
Because this is a large geographic region with numerous cities, it has been divided geographically into three task forces ( see map):
The Amistad Task Force — Val Verde, Kinney, and Maverick Counties in Texas and the Municipios of Nava, Acuña, and Piedras Negras in Coahuila
The Falcon Task Force — Webb and Zapata Counties in Texas, the Municipio of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, and the Municipios of Anáhuac and Sabinas Hidalgo in Nuevo León
The Gulf Task Force — Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, and Starr Counties in Texas and the Municipios of Matamoros, Valle Hermoso, Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Miguel Alemán, and Camargo in Tamaulipas
Each task force has co-leaders from both sides of the border and has committees that focus on specific environmental issues (water, waste, etc.). See each task force for additional information, including priorities and projects.
Progress Report on Two-Year Action Plan under Border 2020
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Other Regional Information
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La Paz Agreement
(1983 Framework Agreement between the U.S. and Mexico on Environmental Topics) - Binational Population Data in Sister Cities along the Rio Grande
- Air Quality in Texas' Border Region
- “Municipal Guide for Comprehensive Management of Electronic Waste in the Northeast of Mexico” (English) “Guia municipal de gestión integral de residues de aparatos eléctricos and electrónicos para el noreste de México” (español)
- Cross-Border Agreements Related to Emergency Response