EPA updates homeland security strategy

November 22, 2004—The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) updated Homeland Security Strategy, which describes the agency’s ongoing initiatives and activities to protect the US from and/or respond to the consequences of terrorist attacks, has been released. EPA’s homeland security responsibilities include coordinating protection of the drinking water and wastewater sector, providing federal emergency response and recovery support in the event of a terrorist attack, conducting research for enhanced methods of detection and decontamination of biological and chemical warfare agents, among others.