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P2 Metrics - a National Goal. Beth Anderson Pollution Prevention Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. Project Goal. Establish core P2 measures Pounds Gallons BTU equivalents $ Dollars What was the pay off for P2?. Procedure Description. Use 2003 as Baseline Year
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P2 Metrics - a National Goal Beth Anderson Pollution Prevention Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Project Goal • Establish core P2 measures • Pounds • Gallons • BTU equivalents • $ Dollars • What was the pay off for P2?
Procedure Description • Use 2003 as Baseline Year • Use NPPR report summarizing 1990-2000 P2 results as a model • Dialogue with State programs and EPA Regions
Proposed measures • #1 Reduce pollution by ____ pounds • Include: • hazardous waste • solid waste • air emissions • water pollution
Proposed Measures • #2 Conserve ___ BTUs of Energy: use conversion factors if energy is fuel, kWh, etc. • #3 Conserve ___ Gallons of Water • #4 Save ___ Dollars: to track the money saved as a result of P2 practices being implemented
Strengths • Some P2 programs already collect activity information • There sources of data already in place: • P2 award programs • EMS plans • Enforcement actions • Case studies
Difficulties • Data Quality • How Data will be used • Time - Cost - Person hours for data collection • Technical Difficulties
Schedule • Baseline year is 2003 • Start to gather data FY 04 • Create a Biennial Report: for Congress, State Legislatures, OMB
Summary • 1990 - 2000 spent $60 million to prevent 600 million pounds of pollution • P2 Grants are only 1% of EPA grant funds to States ($6 million out of a total of $600 million) • Nothing to fear but no answers