Item No: 7a, attach 2
Meeting Date April 10, 2018

Notice of Near-port Community Capacity Building Pilot Project Extension
January 30, 2018

Capacity building involves actions by all of the organizations participating in project efforts to improve
conditions and address impediments to effective functioning. While our planning incorporates flexibility
to provide space for full expression of issues in context and engagement among stakeholders for
collaborative development of solutions, unanticipated adjustments are sometimes needed to be
responsive to dynamic situations and emerging issues.
Accordingly, in order to be responsive to our project partners' concerns and to facilitate durable
outcomes, we are extending the timetable for delivery of technical assistance to pilot projects until
September 30, 2018.
This is certainly not a signal to slow down our activities, but rather additional notification that we are
now planning for our pilot project implementation activities to wrap up by the end of September instead
of June.
Please continue planning and implementation activities at an expeditious pace.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Sabrina

Sabrina Johnson
Near-port Community Capacity Building Project Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Transportation & Air Quality
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW | MC: 6406A | WJC North, Room 5358
Washington, DC 20460
johnson.sabrina@epa.gov | Tel: 202/564-1173

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