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Learn about the transition of the National Hazardous Waste Biennial Report to an interactive online format, enabling easy access to detailed data. Discover benefits, phases of implementation, and how users can engage with the system.
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BR on the Web / Web Services 2010 RCRAInfo National Users Conference
Tammie OwenEPA – HeadquartersOffice of Resource Conservation and Recovery
Where We Are • Currently the National Hazardous Waste Biennial Report is only available as a pdf document.
Coming Soon to a Website Near You! INTERACTIVE BR!
Why the Change? • No more flipping through pages and pages of data • Provide summary information at the national, state, industry and facility level at your fingertips. • Allow for better use of data in EPA by providing on-line reports that display pertinent information to EPA decision makers at the click of a button.
Benefits • Allows for more transparent access to the hazardous waste data, which will help facilitate better public involvement and better decision making. • Improves overall data quality • By allowing the facilities and states access to the data to ensure that their data is represented correctly • Query site-specific information based on • RCRA EPA ID • Region • State • Industry • NAICS Codes • Generate On-line Reports • NO MORE PAPER!!!!!
Phases • Phase 1 – Transfer all data from hardcopy report into Web Format • Includes 3 stages of testing - In-house - States (3) and Regions (3) - Industries • Phase 2 – Implement improvements of the website • Ensure correct results of queries • Include small analyses • Include County Data, Handler Modules • Link to Google map and Enviromapper • Phase 3 – Include other analyses • We want to hear from you – the users
Tammie Owen Dwane Young Bill Kline Chia-Ying Pan Lee Laura Lopez Lori Furr Project Lead Branch Chief Team Member Team Member Team Member Website Developer Project Team Call Tammie Owen (703) 308-4044
Joe CariotiEPA – HeadquartersOffice of Resource Conservation and Recovery----------------------------------------------------------Dwane YoungEPA – HeadquartersOffice of Resource Conservation and Recovery
What are Web Services? • Standardized way for applications to communicate • Platform independent • Programming language independent
How RCRAInfo Uses Web Services? • Accept data submissions via Exchange Network • Allow users to download load status reports • Communicate with CDX Node • Provide data synchronizing and retrieval functionality
Web Services and RCRAInfo • Exchange Network (EN) web services • Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) • Submit data to RCRAInfo • Query/Solicit data from RCRAInfo • RCRAInfo public facing web services • Representational State Transfer (REST) • Retrieve public data from RCRAInfo
RCRAInfo Web Services • GetHDDataByHandlerId • Returns data for a specific handler • GetHDDataByState • Returns all handler data for a state • GetGISDataByHandlerId • Returns GIS data for a specific handler • GetGISDataByState • Returns all GIS data for a state
Excel Demo • Excel consuming rest services
Where Do We Go From Here? • Provide data publishing for all RCRAInfo modules • Provide functional features • Create new handler id