EnPPA 2007 Program Activities: Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance
| Collaborative Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) | ||
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| Contact(s): Dan Murray & Kyle Endris | U.S. EPA Contact(s): Andy Anderson | Due Date: See below |
| U.S. EPA Role: Provide resource flexibility to accomplish this goal and lend support and collaborative resources to develop and implement initiatives to each agency's expectations. | ||
- Develop a state regional collaborative process to work with interested Indiana citizens and entities to identify, assess and develop feasible environmentally beneficial projects for inclusion in IDEM's Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) library. Expectations are that the IDEM SEP library will contain Indiana regionally chosen projects for use in IDEM enforcement proceedings by July 2009.
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| Financial Mechanisms to Promote Implementation of Environmentally Beneficial Projects | ||
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| Contact(s): Dan Murray | U.S. EPA Contact(s): Marilou Martin | Due Date: See below |
| U.S. EPA Role: Provide resource flexibility to accomplish this goal and lend support and collaborative resources to develop and implement initiative to each agency's expectations. | ||
- Develop state sponsored financial assistance program for Indiana regulated entities. Develop an external workgroup to research and analyze existing financial mechanisms and strategies used by governmental and private entities to fund voluntary environmental projects. The workgroup would develop ideal environmental financial assistance program for consideration by Indiana's Executive and Legislative Branches of government, if necessary. Expectations are that the program will be proposed for consideration by July 2009.
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| Comprehensive Local Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) Program | ||
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| Contact(s): Dan Murray & Stacey Martindale | U.S. EPA Contact(s): Karen Vasquez | Due Date: See below |
| U.S. EPA Role: Provide continued support and resources per MOU. | ||
- Focus program resources on marketing CLEAN and working with communities to assist them in becoming eligible for the program. A Memorandum or Understanding (MOU) is in place for U.S. EPA R5 to partner with IDEM to promote CLEAN and work with interested communities. Per the MOU, U.S. EPA R5 and IDEM will continue to solicit communities, market the CLEAN program and assist interested communities to develop their Quality of Life Plan and application to join CLEAN.
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| Measurement of Solid Waste Diversion and Recycling | ||
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| Contact(s): Bruce Palin, Dan Murray & Monica Hartke-Tarr | U.S. EPA Contact(s): Margaret Guerriero | Due Date: See below |
| U.S. EPA Role: Provide resources to accomplish this goal and lend support to develop and implement revised measurement of state's solid waste diversion and recycling efforts and programs. | ||
- Research existing approach, data, systems and activities relative to solid waste disposal, reduction, reuse and recycling in an effort to measure and report results of these activities. Develop state solid waste diversion and recycling measurement approach to enable IDEM to accurately report the amount of solid waste that is diverted from disposal or recycled. Expectations are that the revised measurement and reporting process will be developed by July 2008 and measurement numbers using this new approach will be reported by July 2009.
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