Border 2025's Falcon Task Force
One of the three task forces of the Four-State Regional Workgroup in the binational Border 2025 Program, the Falcon Task Force includes Webb and Zapata Counties on the U.S. side and Nuevo Laredo and Sabinas Hidalgo on the Mexican side.
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The Falcon Task Force is one of three sub-regional groups in the Four-State Regional Workgroup in the U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program (successor to Border 2020), which is a partnership among the U.S. EPA, Mexico’s SEMARNAT (the counterpart to EPA), the ten border states in the two countries, and U .S. border tribes. The Falcon Task Force covers Webb and Zapata Counties in Texas, the Municipio of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, and the Municipios of Anáhuac and Sabinas Hidalgo in Nuevo León.
Falcon Task Force Co-Leaders
| Honorable Dr. Victor Treviño Mayor of Laredo, Texas México |
Honorable Jose Francisco Mendoza County Commissioner, Zapata County, Texas |
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Carmen Lilia Cantu Rosas, |
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Committees of the Falcon Task Force
The Task Force has four subject-specific committees. Each committee has at least one U.S. co-facilitator and Mexican co-facilitator.
| Committee | U.S. Co-Facilitator(s) | Mexican Co-Facilitator |
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Water Committee |
Mario Gómez, International Boundary Water Commission - Laredo |
Ramón Meza, International Boundary Water Commission- Mexican Section - Nuevo Laredo |
Waste Committee |
Ediza Aguirre TCEQ Laredo Regional Office |
Gustavo Ernesto Pantoja Consultor Ambiental |
Environmental Health and Environmental Education |
Dr. Richard Chamberlain Laredo Health Department |
Marco Garza Delgado Universidad Tecnológica de Nuevo Laredo |
Emergency Preparedness |
Vacant |
Vacant
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The Falcon Task Force committees have met periodically, established their priorities related to the goals and objectives of the Border 2025 Program (successor to Border 2020), and developed projects to address those priorities.