The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized Indian Tribes on the draft FY 2026-2030 EPA Strategic Plan and complementary draft FY 2027 Evidence Plan (which supports the agency’s Learning Agenda). The Strategic Plan communicates the agency’s priorities and serves as the basis for agencywide planning and budget development. Tribal considerations are reflected across the Strategic Plan and are integrated into the agency’s efforts to advance President Trump’s priorities and Administrator Zeldin’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epaadministrator-lee-zeldin-announces-epas-powering-great-american-comeback.
The EPA is inviting comments on the draft FY 2026-2030 EPA Strategic Plan and the draft FY 2027 Evidence Plan. The draft Strategic Plan is attached. The draft Evidence Plan is available at https://www.epa.gov/evaluate/evidence-act. Comments will be received separately for the two documents. The EPA contact for the Tribal consultation and coordination process for the Strategic Plan is EPAStrategicPlanTribalMailbox@epa.gov. The EPA contact for the Tribal consultation and coordination process for the Learning Agenda is EvidenceandEvaluation@epa.gov.
The deadline for submitting written comments and requesting a consultation is May 14, 2026. The EPA will honor all consultation requests received on or before May 14, 2026. All forms of input will be equally considered. Given the expedited timeline to finalize and publish the Strategic and Evidence Plans, EPA will not grant extensions to these deadlines.
Informational meeting links in the Tribal Consultation letter in TCOTS
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