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THE GOOD NEIGHBOR ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD
AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON U.S.- MEXICO BORDER
ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES
The President
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Vice President
The Good Neighbor Environmental Board advisory committee was established by
Congress in 1994, to address U.S.-Mexico border environmental and infrastructure issues
and needs. The Board is comprised of a broad spectrum of individuals from business,
nonprofit organizations, and state and local governments from the four states which
border Mexico. The Board also has representation from eight U.S. departments and
agencies. The legislation establishing the Board requires it to submit an annual report to
the President and the Congress. On behalf of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board,
I am happy to present this second annual report.
During the past year, the Board has had extensive discussions about critical issues
facing the border region, including receiving input from citizens in each of the
communities where we met, and has developed a series of recommendations reflected in
the enclosed report. The report and recommendations focus on changing the development
paradigm along the U.S.-Mexico border--to begin to establish a sustainable development
vision for the region. In addition to conventional environmental issues, the Board is also
addressing health, transportation, housing, and economic development issues. The
current recommendations relate largely to implementation of the new binational Border
XXI framework and plan, coordination and leveraging of federal programs in the border
region, encouragement of greater private sector participation, and development of needed
infrastructure.
The Board has worked very effectively and very hard over the past year. The
work of each of the border region and federal agency members, and this report, reflects
an outstanding commitment to finding effective and feasible approaches to the critical and
urgent issues facing the U.S.-Mexico border region. We submit our recommendations for
your consideration.
James Marston
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