Strategic Compliance Developments: Current Trends & Initiatives

1. Strategic Developments in Compliance Assistance, Compliance Incentives and P2 at EPA R4 Presented by Patricia Jackson, P.E. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, Atlanta

2. Three Things Today: • Current Strategic Developments for CA, CI & P2 • Current R4 Initiatives • Opportunities for you!

3. Current Strategic Developments for CA, CI & P2

4. Compliance Assistance definition: • Activities, tools or technical assistance which provide clear and consistent information for helping the regulated community meet its obligations under environmental regulations • Compliance assistance may also help the regulated community find cost-effective ways to comply with regulations and/or go “beyond compliance” through the use of pollution prevention…

5. How has CA become more important lately? • June 15, 2001 “Inside EPA” article quoting EPA Admin. Christie Todd Whitman • Integration of CA activities into the memorandum of agreement (MOA) process • R4 CA team • R4 redistribution of tasks

6. Strategically speaking..

7. EPA R4’s Draft CACI Strategy • Process for choosing CA projects • Getting all players together • Networking • Management buy-in • CA’s place in R4 activities

8. Revised Gold (Yellow) Book • Expected out by or around beginning of FY03 • New statistical formulae for calculating valid extrapolations • Less field work - more cost savings • More useful, empowering

9. Monthly CA Measurement Calls • EPA, State and other CA providers • Hot measurement issues and challenges addressed • To participate, contact Rochele Kadish, (202) 564-3106 or kadish.rochele@epa.gov

10. Measurement Action Items • changes in compliance rates w/o site validation • better targeting • meaningful, understandable measures • regulatory experts • better baseline info. • other partners for data collection • compliance info. for small businesses and others

11. Other National CA Program Development Items • Networking • States • Small businesses • Better defining the role of coordinators

12. Current R4 Initiatives

13. Compliance Assistance Initiatives • Textiles • Electronics • Automotive and Vehicle Fleets • Mobile, AL (geographical) • SC Circuit Rider • Interstate Carrier Conveyances

14. Textiles Sector Compliance Assistance • Workshops • Charlotte - May 2001 • Dalton - Oct. 2001 • Atlanta - June 2002 • Manual, CD, www pages, video • Before and After Tests - CA Outcomes • Resource leveraging - NC, Boston, NYC and Philadelphia

15. Electronics Reuse/Recycling • Workshops to assist attendees in avoiding State/Federal violations when disposing of end-of-life electronic equipment • Denver - July 2002 • Atlanta - Sept. 2002 • Mobile - Nov. 2002 • Contact: Pamela Swingle, swingle.pamela@epa.gov

16. CA for Automotive Repair Shops and Vehicle Fleets • Continual assitance in various parts of the region • Workshops, informational manuals, laminated quick reference cards and videos • Tests to determine knowledge gained • …Auto Salvage with FDEP in Orlando area

17. Mobile, Alabama - geographical initiative • Mobile Bay • EJ issues • Shipbuilding • Automotive Sector • Computers and used electronics • Schools

18. SC Circuit Rider Program • “circuit riders” provide confidential, on-site assistance to municipalities with the goal of increasing their environmental compliance • modelled on IN program • Outcome measures: decreased wet weather-related microbial violations & reduced no. of repeat violators

19. Interstate Carrier Conveyances CA • Inventory all cruise ships, naval ships and other mobile potable water providers • Create and distribute CA informational brochures • Assess CA outputs

20. Opportunities for You!

21. Ch-Ching! Project Partnering & Funding Opportunities • EPA HQ competitions for project $$ • August 2000 • June 2001 • State partnerships with OECA • P2 grants • More CA $$ coming?

22. EPA’s New FY02/03 CA Activity Plan • Provides an inventory of EPA’s upcoming CA activities (often P2 too) • Identifies duplicative efforts • Identifies gaps - areas where no CA being done • Identifies opportunities for partnerships • http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/assistance/planning/activityplan02.pdf

24. New CA Centers for FY 03 • Construction • Auto Salvage • Currently, national conference calls for both sectors • Emily Chow (202) 564-7071

25. What is EPA’s Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse? • A searchable Web site which links EPA, State, local and other CA information • Enables CA providers to: • Connect & avoid duplication • Download tools/information • Find experts • Exchange ideas/information

26. http://www.epa.gov/clearinghouse/

27. EPA’s Sector Notebooks • Available in hard copy AND on www - http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ - then search on “sector notebook” • Individual Notebook for each of 27 Sectors • Each notebook provides: process details, CA Activities, P2 opportunities, summary of regulations

28. WRRC - Pollution Prevention Pays! • http://wrrc.p2pays.org/ • saves $$ and pollution • searchable waste reduction index: • technical articles • fact sheets • case studies • 10 -15% of callers are international!

29. Questions? • Call Patricia Jackson (404) 562-9682 jackson.patty@epa.gov