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APPENDIX A
OSW Strategic Plan
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September 28, 1995
DRAFT OSW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FY 1996
(Revised from August 4, 1995 draft, based on September 27, 1995 OSW Strategic Planning
Meeting)
Vision for the Period 1996-2000
Move from a primarily command and control program and from the role of direct implementer,
to a more flexible, innovative, and delegated program. Through assistance and dissemination of
information, leverage the resources of others to implement the program.
Guiding Principles
We will promote pollution prevention as a central strategy for achieving program objectives.
We will apply clear decision criteria in setting program priorities and making policy and resource
decisions. These criteria will include human health risk, ecological risk, and environmental
justice.
We will facilitate the implementation of solid and hazardous waste programs by state and local
governments, industry, and others.
We will make the RCRA program more implementableby establishing clear regulatory and policy
goals and relying less on prescriptive approaches (to the extent permissible by law), thereby
increasing the flexibility of the RCRA program to allow for locally-tailored solutions.
We will maximize the involvement of our customers and stakeholders in rule and policy
development. We will aggressively explore and utilize approaches under other federal statutes and
work cooperatively with those federal programs.
We will more effectively use our information databases in making policy and measuring progress
in performance. We will make those databases readily available to the public.
We will provide training and development opportunities to strengthen and support our personnel,
as well as use improved technologies and processes to work more efficiently.
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Strategic Program Objectives
Information Management
The RCRA program needs to be based on information. It is essential that EPA periodically
assesses -the information and data quality needs of all customers/users, and, in conjunction with
the customers/users, establishes an appropriate level of service that includes a system that is
efficient and easy to use with enhanced public access to RCRA information, while reducing the
data input burden for the infbrmation providers. The strategic objectives are:
IM- 1. The States, Tribes and EPA mutually agree on the core data elements needed to support
the National RCRA program. Using these core elements as a template, the States and Tribes
identify other elements for their use to assist them hi managing their programs..
IM-2. EPA maintains a database to support national level information needs; the States and Tribes
maintain their own RCRA data systems that feed into the national system.
IM-3. EPA develops a national level RCRA information system that is consistent with the
Agency's integrated information management system.
IM-4. EPA effectively integrates data management into regulatory development and
implementation.
IM-5. EPA significantly reduces the overall RCRA record keeping and reporting burden.
IM-6. EPA develops and utilizes a much better understanding of the real risks (human health and
ecological) and significantly improves its ability to measure and communicate about those risks.
IM-7. EPA redefines RCRA success measures to focus on outcomes.
Partnerships
EPA, States and Tribes share responsibility for protecting public health and the environment.
States and Tribes have been taking on increased responsibility for carrying out environmental
programs, including those related to solid and hazardous waste. An effective, partnership is
essential to (1) achieving continued progress, (2) directing scarce resources to solving priority
problems, and (3) working collaboratively to take advantage of the relative strengths of each
partner. The six desirable attributes for RCRA partnerships are: trust, respect, stability, mutual
agreement, communication and full participation. The strategic objectives are:
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P-l. Emphasize capacity building and technical assistance, rather than oversight.
P-2. Streamline the authorization process under Subtitle C. Encourage Tribal implementation
through a flexible array of options (e.g., full authorization, partial authorization, MOUs with
states). Aim for full State implementation of RCRA programs, where appropriate.
P-3. Establish a process to allow for the development of partnerships among EPA, States,
Territories and Tribes that provides for mutual priority setting and worksharing required to
implement the RCRA program.
P-4. Coordinate activities between OSW and OECA and allow, State and Tribal participation in
setting enforcement goals, priorities and initiatives.
P-5. Include the Federal/State/Tribal relationship as a success measure hi reviews.
P-6. Continue and expand State and Tribal participation in rule development and policy making.
Industrial Waste Characterization and Management
Working, with our state partners, as well, as with industry and others, develop and initiate a
long-term strategy to effectively manage industrial wastes. In developing the long-term strategy,
coordinate RCRA subtitles C and D and other programs in order to provide a systematic approach
to all waste management based on the risks posed.
IW-1. Encourage industries to protect human health and the in the most economically efficient
manner. Provide more clarity on what the goals of the program are, but less prescription (i.e.,
more flexibility) hi terms of how the goals should be met. Make the program more understandable
to industry and the public.
IW-2. Encourage and facilitate actions by industry that lead to environmental improvement
through waste minimization.
IW-3. Provide the States and the regulated community with the tools to help them reach the
program goals (e.g., better information and methods of transferring it, scientific and technological
research and development, and technical assistance).
IW-4. Develop an industrial waste system that works well for small businesses in addition to large
businesses.
IW-5. Meet key court commitments.
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Municipal Solid Waste
The success of the Municipal Solid Waste program is based largely on non-regulatory measures
and is carried out for the most part by States and local communities. The role of the Federal
government is therefore one of empowerment and the strategy deals with the most important roles
that EPA can play to contribute to an effective and efficient national municipal solid waste
program.
MSW-1. Provide leadership by setting national source reduction and recycling goals, buying
source-reduced or recycled goods, and disseminating information about source reduction and
recycling successes achieved by industry and localities.
MSW-2. Establish the environmental case for source reduction and recycling.
MSW-3. Continue focusing on creating markets for recyclables and recycled products, while also
focusing on improving efficiency And cost-effectiveness of collection of materials from the waste
stream.
RCRA Cleanups
The overall goal is to "make more RCRA cleanup activities happen" and focus on endpoints (e.g.,
stabilization or cleanup goals) rather than the process. Work towards attaining consistent results
with the Corrective Action and Superfund programs and address both human health and ecological
risks. The program should encourage good innovative approaches (both technical and regulatory),
stimulate voluntary .and expedited cleanups (cleaning up the worst sites first), and establish a
regulatory structure specifically tailored, for cleanup actions.
CU-L Focus on cleanups rather than the cleanup process.
CU-2. Develop start and endpoints for RCRA cleanups.
CU-3. Use alternative authorities and approvals to expedite cleanups.
CU-4. Encourage the use of innovative technologies.
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APPENDIX B
Description of the Information Engineering Methodology (IEM)
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B.O THE INFORMATION ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY
EPA, in conjunction with the states, decided to use the Information Engineering Methodology
(IBM) approach to conduct and prepare this ISP. The IBM is an approach for defining,
developing, and implementing information management and technology projects. This
approach is designed to avoid the problems associated with disparate organizations (i.e., OSW,
OECA, regions) attempting to resolve information management problems independently.
Through the IBM approach, EPA has been able to identify program activities that use the same
information and resolve information management issues in a comprehensive and cohesive
manner.
The IBM approach consists of four phase as shown in Exhibit B-l: (1) Planning; (2) Analysis;
(3) Design; and (4) Construction. The four-phase IBM approach allows EPA to first survey
its organization in regards to mission and information management support needs and then to
develop a strategic plan that identifies the areas (of the EPA hazardous waste program) that
requires further analysis. The results of the first phase of the IBM approach is the
identification of information management improvements. The second phase, Analysis,
explores each Program areas in greater detail. This is to better define the activities and data
that are important to the program. During the Analysis phase, a determination is made as to
where improvements are needed in the information management systems that support each
Program Area (e.g., reengineering the existing system, developing a new system(s), or
acquiring commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS)). After the requirements for each
Program Area are fully understood and a decision is made to improve the information
management systems, the Design and Construction phases are initiated. In the Design phase
the system specifications are developed. In the Construction phase, the specifications are
implemented through the development of a new system, reengineering of an existing system,
or the purchase of commercial off-the-shelf software that provides the needed functionality.
This Appendix describes each step that EPA conducted during the Planning Phase for the
hazardous waste program ISP. The results of the Planning phase are documented in this
report. Exhibit B-2 presents a detailed overview of the steps undertaken to implement the
Planning phase. This Appendix also shows how the results of this phase are to be used as
input to the Design and Construction phases. As stated above, a key step in the Planning
phase is the identification of the Program Areas. EPA has identified seven Program Areas for
the hazardous waste program. The IBM methodology used to identify the seven Program
Areas is presented in Appendix H.
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B.I PLANNING PHASE
As shown in Exhibit B-2, the Planning phase consists of six steps, each of which is described
below in terms of its purpose, the activities that EPA carried out to complete the step, and the
results/outputs. In addition, the description of each step notes where the reader will find the
results in this document.
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B.I.I Executive Interviews
Purpose: Interviews are conducted with senior management that are designed to facilitate the
understanding of the future direction of the program.
EPA activities: EPA conducted a series of interviews with senior management at headquarters
and regions. The Agency summarized the results of the interviews and identified 13
overarching themes. In addition, EPA analyzed and summarized the results by the three EPA
high-level organizations - OSW, OECA, and the regions.
Results/Outputs: This step resulted in documenting EPA management's view on the direction
of the program and information management. The management view; framed the facilitated
sessions and meetings held during the next step, Program Assessment. Chapter 2 contains the
management view articulated during the executive interviews, and Appendix C provides the
list of managers that were interviewed.
B.I.2 Program Assessment
Purpose: This step documents the activities that EPA management and staff expect to perform
as part of the EPA hazardous waste program hi the future, and the information they see as
essential to performing these activities effectively.
EPA activities: EPA conducted eight program-specific facilitated sessions and one national
meeting with managers and staff from the EPA hazardous waste program. The facilitated
sessions included representatives from headquarters and regions in the corrective action
program, the permitting program, the compliance and enforcement program, and program and
standards development (i.e., waste minimization, land disposal restrictions, and hazardous
waste identification). Session facilitators asked the participants to define the mission, goals,
objectives, strategies,Activities, and information needs of the EPA hazardous waste program.
The framework for the facilitated sessions, which is detailed in Exhibit B-3, allowed
participants to identify the high-level information needs. These needs were used by the WIN
Team as critical building blocks in subsequent steps of the ISP. After the facilitated sessions,
EPA analyzed the session outputs to develop and refine the set of activities and information
needs that reflect the current and future direction of the program.
Results/Outputs: The results of the program assessment — the program vision (mission, goals,
strategies), program activities, and information needs - form the basis for identifying areas of
the program that require further analysis for information management improvements. Chapter
2 summarizes the program vision, while Chapter 3 details the program activities and
information needs identified through the program assessment sessions. In addition, the
following appendices provide detailed information on the sessions:
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Appendix E presents a list of the participants in the meeting facilitated by EPA
headquarters/regions.
Appendix F lists the goals and strategies that were defined/refined as a result of the
meeting facilitated by EPA headquarters/regions.
Appendix G provides detailed definitions for the information needs identified by EPA
program staff.
B.1.3 Current Systems Assessment
Purpose: This step maps future activities and information needs identified in the Program
Assessment report to the automated and non-automated systems and tools that EPA
management and staff involved in the hazardous waste program use today.
EPA activities: EPA conducted a series of interviews and meetings with EPA headquarters
and regional staff to identify the current sources of information used and satisfaction with
those sources. EPA defined satisfaction from two perspectives: accessibility and reliability.
EPA defined accessibility as the ease with which program staff can obtain information from an
information source and reliability as the degree to which information obtained from an
information source is current and dependable. Upon gathering input from headquarters and
regional staff, EPA analyzed the information to document the baseline of current systems
support for the program.
Results/Outputs: The results of the Current Systems Assessment identified (1) activities and
information needs supported by existing systems and tools, and the level of support provided
by these systems and tools and (2) unsupported activities or unmet information needs. Current
systems information were then used as an additional factor in identifying the areas of the
program that require improved information management support. Chapter 4 highlights the
results of the Current Systems Assessment, and Appendix I provides the detailed assessment
information.
B.1.4. Technology Assessment
Purpose: This step identifies potential technologies for meeting the information needs of the
hazardous waste program and provides general information on the capabilities and
implementation implications of the technologies.
EPA activities: In conducting the technology assessment, EPA analyzed the life cycle
management of the hazardous waste program information. EPA identified three information
management activities for this analysis: (1) information collection, (2) information integration
(to maintain an accessible repository or warehouse for collected information), and (3)
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information dissemination. EPA then identified technology solutions that would potentially
address each of the activities and proposed them for consideration as specific program areas
are further analyzed and information management solutions are identified.
Results/Output: This step resulted hi a list of potential technologies for further investigation as
information management solutions are identified for the program. In addition, this step
identified criteria for evaluating the technology options to determine the most appropriate
technical solution. Chapter 5 highlights the results of the technology assessment.
B.I.5 RCRA Program Area Identification and Prioritization
Purpose: This step analyzes the outputs from the Program Assessment and identifies discrete
groups of similar program activities and information needs. These discrete groups or
collections of similar program activities and information needs are termed "Program Areas".
Creation of individual Program Areas allows analysts to divide a program into areas
containing interrelated activities and information, independent of organizational boundaries.
The analyst then prioritizes the Program Areas based on then: strategic importance and level of
current systems support and identifies those areas that require the most immediate need for
further analysis. This approach allows an organization to move forth and analyze Program
Areas hi a sequential and logical manner. It also enables the organization to analyze a
Program Area by bringing together program staff who are responsible for creating and using
similar information and to discuss data requirements and determine what, if any, specific
information management improvement is needed.
EPA activities: EPA analyzed the program activities and information needs and, through the
use of a computer-assisted tool (known as the IEF CASE Tool), categorized the interrelated
program activities and information needs into discrete areas of the program. EPA grouped the
activities and information so that all activities responsible for the initial tracking of a piece of
information were hi the same category. Appendix H details the specific activities that EPA
followed to develop the Program Areas. EPA then examined the strategic importance of each
Program Area (based on input from Chapter 2) and the level of current systems support (based
on input from Chapter 4) and prioritized the areas so that those areas with the highest strategic
importance and lowest level of current systems support were identified as highest priority.
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Results/Output: This step resulted in a prioritized list of Program Areas, each of which
contains a set of related activities and information needs. The list served as the starting point
for the next phase, Analysis. Chapter 3 presents the initial list of the Program Areas, and
Chapter 6 presents the prioritization of the Program Areas. As mentioned above, Appendix H
provides a more detailed explanation of the process and results of identifying the Program
Areas.
B.I.6 Information Strategy Plan
Purpose: This step presents a long-term plan, including schedule and resource requirements,
for implementing the EPA hazardous waste Program Areas. The Information Strategy Plan
identifies individual projects to be undertaken to satisfy EPA's programmatic activities and
information needs.
EPA activities: Based on the identification and prioritization of the Program: Areas, EPA
developed a plan for proceeding with the analysis of the first three Program Areas. In
addition, EPA identified a series of short-term information management projects that support
the top three Program Areas. The short-term projects provide incremental improvements to
information management support to the EPA hazardous waste program. EPA determined the
time frame for conducting Program Area Analysis and short-term projects and the extramural
and intramural resources needed to these efforts.
Results/Outputs: This step resulted in a list of the Program Area Analyses to be conducted and
the resources required to support the analyses. Chapter 7 presents the top three Program
Areas for analysis, including short-term projects and then: resource requirements and schedule.
B.2 ANALYSIS
Based on the prioritization of the Program Areas, a decision is made as to the number and
sequence of the Program Areas to be addressed in the next phase — Analysis. During the
Analysis phase, detailed data and functional requirements for a Program Area are defined.
These requirements then serve as input specifications for the Design phase. The activities and
information needs identified for a Program Area during the ISP serve as a starting point for
scoping the analysis. During the Analysis phase, analysts work with program staff to identify
and refine the following:
• Specific activities and their processes that make up the Program Area.
• Detailed data needed to support Program Area activities.
• Interaction between the activities and the data.
• Gaps in information management support as a result of mapping of the detailed data
and functions to the current systems.
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• Description of the type of information management improvements needed to support
the Program Area (e.g., current systems are adequate and no improvements are needed,
reengineer existing system, develop and transition to a new system, evaluate and
acquire COTS to augment or replace existing systems).
The results of this phase is a set of specifications that detail the functions and the data central
to the Program Area. This phase also yielded details as to the number and scope of
information system improvements that need to be made. If the decision is made, based on the
results of this phase, to recommend the implementation of an information management
improvement for a Program Area, then the specifications are passed on as inputs to the next
phase — Design.
B.3 Design Phase
Durhig this phase, analysts specify how the recommended information system improvements
will be implemented. If the recommendation is to improve the existing systems, analysts detail
the specific changes that need to be made to the system architecture, programming code, or
user interface. If the recommendation is to reengineer or develop a new system, analysts then
develop specifications for the database structures, the user interface, process logic, and
technical architecture. If the recommendation is to examine and select a COTS, the analyst
then identifies potential commercial software to provide the needed functionality and conducts
an evaluation to identify the best software solution. Durhig this phase, analysts also proceed
to develop test plans and migration plans that ensure the successful transition and
implementation of the system solution. Similar to the Analysis phase, design specifications are
developed that are then passed on to the next phase, Construction.
B.4 Construction
This phase involves the actual building, transition, and implementation of the recommended
information management solution for the Program Area. Analysts/developers take the design
specifications from the previous phase and implement them. Construction entails implementing
database structures, developing the user interface (screens, reports, and queries), generating
code, and implementing the technical architecture. In addition, during this phase the software
is tested, migration plans are implemented, and users are given training hi information
management solution(s).
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APPENDIX C
List of Executive Interviewees
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Deveraux Barnes, former Director
Jeff Tumarkin
Jim Berlow, Acting Director
Laura Lopez, Acting Deputy Director
Linda Boornazian, Director
Peter Neves
Barry Breen, Director
Susan Bromm, former Director
Sally Dalzell, Director
Robert Dellinger, Deputy Director
Robert Duprey, former Director
Alan Farmer, Branch Chief
Karen Flournoy, Deputy Director
Mike Flynn, Deputy Division Director
Barnes Johnson, Acting Director
Alexander McBride
Loretta Marzetti, former Director
Steve Heare, former Deputy Director
Norman Niedergang, Associate Division
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Assurance, Office of Site Remediation
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Assurance, Federal Facilities Enforcement
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Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Assurance, Office of Compliance/Chemical,
Commercial Services, and Municipal Division
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Assurance, Office of Site Remediation &
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OSW, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste
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Region 8/Waste Management Division
Region 4/Hazardous Waste Management
Division/RCRA Permitting and Compliance
Branch
Region 7/Waste Management Division
OSW, Hazardous Waste Identification Division
OSW, Economics, Methods, and Risk
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OSW, Communications, Information, and
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David Nielsen, Acting Director
John Fogarty, Acting Associate Director
Chris Menen
William Rhea, Branch Chief
Eric Schaeffer, former Deputy Director
Conrad Simon, Director
Jerry Slaymaker, Acting Director
Fred Stiehl, Director
Maria Vickers, Associate Director for
RCRA
Dave Webster, Branch cfiief
John West, Special Agent in Charge
Bette Ojala, Staff Attorney
Betty Wiese, Acting Program Manager
Paul Wohlleben, Deputy Director
Laure Yoshii, Deputy Director
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Assurance, Office of Regulatory
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Region 6/RCRA Program
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
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Region 2/Air and Waste Management Division
National Data Processing Division
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Assurance, Office of Compliance/Enforcement,
Planning, Targeting, and Data Division
Region 3/Hazardous Waste Management
Division
Waste Management Division/RCRA Branch
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Assurance, Office of Criminal Enforcement
Division
Region 10/Waste Management Branch
Office of Information Resources Management
Region 9/Waste Management Division
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APPENDIX D
WIN & Agency Initiatives
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D.O RELATIONSHIP OF THE WIN MISSION AND GOALS TO AGENCY
STRATEGIC THEMES AND PRINCIPLES
The mission and goals of the Waste Information Needs (WIN) initiative directly relate to the
Agency's seven guiding principles identified hi The New Generation of Environmental
Protection-A Summary of EPA's Five-Year Strategic Plan. Each principle includes strategies
that relate to improved ways of measuring environmental progress, unproved data quality,
and/or enhanced communications and data sharing, which also are key objectives of the WIN
initiative. WIN's mission and goals also complement key parts of the Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response (OSWER) and the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) Strategic Plans.
For example, one of the operating guidelines in OSWER's Strategic Plan reads: "Interactions
with stakeholders will be based on effective exchange of information." Several of the
strategies in the WIN program assessment cover stakeholder involvement and the information
needs associated with those strategies. OSW's Strategic Plan carries these themes throughout -
as demonstrated in the following examples:
• Vision - "Through assistance and dissemination of information, leverage the resource
of others to implement the program." The WIN initiative is not only identifying our
information needs but also determining the most efficient and effective mechanisms for
disseminating the information.
• Guiding Principles - "We will more effectively use our information databases hi
making policy and measuring progress. We will make these databases readily available
to the public." The WIN initiative will address these two key strategies.
• Strategic Program Objectives - "RCRA needs to be information driven." The WIN
initiative will provide accurate and timely -information to meet this objective.
D.I RELATIONSHIP TO AGENCY INITIATIVES
The Agency has more than 50 initiatives related to information management. Most of the
initiatives fit into one of the folio whig categories:
• Common Sense Alternatives - The various initiatives under this category are industry-
based, place-based, or state/tribal-based. Example initiatives include the XL projects,
the Common Sense Initiative, community-based environmental protection, and the
Environmental Leadership Program. Each of these projects promotes measuring
environmental results and reducing reporting requirements. Both of these are key goals
of the WIN initiative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes
the tension between measuring'and reporting environmental results while reducing
reporting burden. However, to address this tension, the WIN initiative is reviewing
alternative frequencies and methods of reporting, as well as other potential sources of
data. EPA plans to monitor these initiatives to ensure a consistent Agency direction.
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• Information/Reporting Streamlining Activities - These initiatives are looking at ways
to reduce the reporting burden while maintaining sufficient quality and detail of
information. Activities hi this category include the Environmental Information
Acquisition Plan (an Agency-wide plan recommending specific data collection needs
that is hi the early stage of development), electronic data exchange, and one-stop
emission reports. The goals and objectives of these projects mirror WIN's goal of
identifying the least burdensome way of obtaining accurate information. EPA also is
participating hi and tracking these streamling activities.
• Increase Access and Standardize Data Activities - These initiatives focus on increasing
access to and the reporting of environmental data by establishing uniform data
requirements. Activities hi this category include the Facility Identification Initiative or
Key ID, an Agency initiative to streamline access to and reporting of environmental
data by establishing a uniform set of facility identification data and the infrastructure
needed to make it operational. EPA has recently proposed several standardization
options hi a Federal Register Notice of October 7, 1996, for implenting Key ID
concepts, such as restructing FINDS, empowering states to maintain facility identifiers,
and establishing new rulemakings that would consolidate facility reporting under one
rule or form. Members from the WIN Team are on the Key ID workgroup and are
providing input to the process. As appropriate, any results from the Key ID project
will be incorporated into the WIN initiative activities.
• Goals and Measures Projects - These efforts are intended to make the Agency and its
partners more accountable by measuring the environmental results of work undertaken.
The National Environmental Goals Project, the President's Council on Sustainable
Development Goals Project, and the Performance-Based Partnerships are setting goals,
establishing milestones, and developing measures to track progress. Agency
information systems will need to accomodate data to track accomplishments and report
successes. EPA is actively participating hi each of these efforts.
• Enforcement Initiatives - These initiatives are intended to reduce the reporting and
inspection burdens while mahitakdng protection of human health and the environment.
Example initiatives include risk-based enforcement, compliance incentives for small
businesses and communities, and small business penalty waivers. Each of these efforts
depends on accurate, complete information to ensure protection. EPA will monitor
these activities.
D.2 RELATIONSHIP TO AGENCY RULEMAKINGS
The Agency is undertaking several rulemakings that will affect the information obtained and
how it is obtained. The Toxics Release Inventory, manifest, and biennial report all are being
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reviewed for potential revisions hi data elements and methods of reporting. EPA is
participating hi these rulemakings.
D.3 INTERACTIONS WITH INITIATIVES AND RULEMAKINGS
While various Agency initiatives and rulemakings will feed into the WIN initiative by
identifying information needs, WIN will enhance these efforts by providing better quality data,
better targeted data, more timely data, and user input and support.
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APPENDIX E
Attendees List for
September 1995 Meeting
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Karin Ashe, HQ
Monica Barren, HQ
Jim Berlow, HQ
Paula Bisson, Region 9
Ken Blumberg, Region 1
Eric Boission, HQ
Edmund Burks, Region 4
Tom Burns, Region 8
Tricia Buzzell, HQ
Jim Callier, Region 7
Duncan Campbell, Region 5
Kathy Carter, Region 6
Reggie Cheatham, HQ
Josephine Chien, Region 9
Ann Codrington, HQ
Pam Cooper, Region 9
Bridget Coyle, Region 9
Walt Derieux, HQ
Rick Duffy, HQ
Aldoph Everett, Region 2
Glen Farber, HQ
Myra Galbreath, HQ
Ken Gigiello, HQ
Katherine Griffith, Region 6
Steve Heare, HQ
Nancy Helm, Region 10
Steve Hoffman, HQ
John Humphries, Region 3
Ron Josephson, HQ
Pat Kennedy, HQ
Judy Kertcher, HQ
Rich Kinch, HQ
Amy Legare, HQ
Laura Lopez, HQ
Jim Lounsbury, HQ
Frank McCallister, HQ
Chris Menan, HQ
Peter Neves, HQ
Les Otte, HQ
Sue Parker, HQ
Donna Perla, HQ
Chris Pilla, Region 3
Mark Pollins, HQ
Mark Ralston, HQ
Sara Rasmussen, HQ
Jane Ratcliff, Region 5
Marc Rivas, Region 7
Larry Rosengrant, HQ
Norm Rost, Regon 2
Neilima Senjalia, HQ
Doris Shields, Region 6
Greg Snyder, HQ
Judy Stone, Region 10
Jeff Tumarkin, HQ
Dave Updike, HQ
Ernie Waterman, Region 1
Gmerice Wilson, Region 3
Bob Zisa, HQ
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RCRA Program Goals and Strategies
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Region/Headquarters
Information Strategy Plan Goals
Goal A:
Goal B:
Goal C:
Goal D:
Goal E:
Goal F:
Goal G:
Goal H:
The RCRA Implementation process is protective of human health and the environment, is less resource
intensive (e.g., corrective action, permitting and enforcement/compliance); is completed more expeditiously,
and focuses on results, not the process.
RCRA information is accessible, easy to use, and supports the RCRA program. Stakeholders have easy
access to RCRA program information that is useful, accurate, accessible, and timely.
Implementors of the RCRA program measure and communicate the program's effectiveness in protecting
human health and the environment.
Effective and efficient partnerships with all stakeholders are maintained throughout all stages of the
development and implementation (including permitting, enforcement/compliance, and corrective action) of
RCRA policy and regulations.
The RCRA program integrates into a multi-media environmental protection approach.
The RCRA program is based on sound science. The RCRA program promotes environmental policy that
achieves reduction in risks through the management of hazardous wastes using cost effective regulatory and
nonregulatory mechanisms and high quality, peer-reviewed science and data.
RCRA is easy to understand. RCRA regulations and policies are concise, consistent, and easy to understand
and comply with and are established with consideration of nonregulatory alternatives.
RCRA promotes source reduction and waste minimization. The concepts of source reduction and waste
minimization, including minimization of PBT constituents in hazardous wastes, are incorporated into all
aspects of RCRA program development and implementation as a means of reducing the chemical releases to
all media resulting from the management of hazardous wastes.
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Strategy Category
Strategy
INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION
Automate inspection reports for easy access to other inspectors.
Collate and report information on facility-specific enforcement actions, such as notices of deficiencies,
significant violations, fines assessed and collected, legal actions in progress, compliance agreements,
status of return to compliance, negotiated compliance milestones, multi-media inspections reports, and
appeals.
Collate success stories of expedited compliance actions taken to facilitate similar progress at other sites
and to promote program success.
Communicate EPA's accomplishments in addressing the original universe and the new universe of
hazardous wastes (i.e., the Subtitle C program) to stakeholders.
Continue the progress made in developing an effective communication network (e.g., the Internet, RCRA
hotline, MICE hotline, public relations documents, outreach documents, EPA Journal articles, and
clearinghouses) that provides timely, accurate, and cost-effective dissemination of information (e.g.,
policy and regulatory documents, strategic program plans, responses to controlled correspondence,
administrative rulemaking dockets) to the public.
Develop and disseminate standardized reports on the information needs of various program offices to
demonstrate streamlining successes (e.g., number of hours reduced for records management).
Develop outreach to build trust and involve the public in site-specific implementation decisions (i.e.,
permitting and corrective actions) based on the integration of common sense, sound science, and
understandable language into decision options.
Develop strategies to assist stakeholders in obtaining technological resources needed to interface with
current and developing information systems.
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INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION (continued)
Develop technical assistance, training, and outreach tools to assist in the submission, review, issuance,
and management of grants to partners (i.e., state, tribes, and territories) and to stakeholders.
Develop technical assistance, training, and outreach tools to facilitate consistent enforcement and return
to compliance at facilities and to reach a much wider audience given resource limitations.
Develop technical assistance, training, and outreach tools to facilitate the use of state-of-the-art
technologies that result in cost-effective clean-up and provide the desired level of risk reduction.
Develop technical assistance, training, and outreach tools to promote the consistent use of technical risk
data and models (i.e., sound science) in decision-making for all program implementation, including
assuring that the supporting site data are accurate and of sufficient analytical quality.
Develop technical assistance, training, and outreach tools to provide technical information on the cost and
performance of waste minimization technologies, source reduction techniques, alternative clean-up
technologies, and alternatives to waste treatment to both the public (using layperson's terms) and the
regulated community in order to evaluate priorities and understand regulatory requirements and
environmental policy.
Develop, collect, analyze, and disseminate testing and performance data for new treatment, recycling,
source reduction, and/or clean-up technologies.
Develop, implement, and maintain an effective outreach plan/program to educate stakeholders about how
to comply with the RCRA program, the fundamental science underlying the program, and the successes
achieved in improving the program (i.e., a communication style that is easy to understand by each of the
difference audiences).
Effectively communicate program successes and technical information available for review and feedback.
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INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION (continued)
Ensure that the information systems developed (including technical data, bean-counting, program
information, regulations, policies, guidance, and training) allow for the input of information, as well as
easy access, so as to empower stakeholders to understand, develop, implement, and comply with the
RCRA program (i.e., available through desk-top personal computers).
Ensure that regulatory and policy interpretations, information on developing regulations and policy, and
information on Agency initiatives that may affect enforcement and compliance decisions are available to
inspectors and enforcement officers on a routine and timely basis.
Ensure that the public is informed and involved in the RCRA permitting process.
Identify key or primary EPA customers by stakeholder categories and develop information outreach
strategies that consider their technological capabilities and needs.
Identify opportunities to communicate, to the public, the progress of the RCRA enforcement and
compliance programs and the corresponding risk reductions being achieved on a site-specific basis, and
develop the necessary mechanisms to convey this information.
Provide access to measurements in progress of issuance of permits (i.e., permit approval status, permit
modifications, withdrawal of permits, review of waste analysis plans, permit appeals, decisions on
appeals).
Provide and maintain access to cost and performance data (i.e., risk reduction) to facilitate the selection
of cost-effective solutions that achieve equivalent reductions in risks.
Provide and maintain access to key regulations, policy, and regulatory clarifications to ensure consistent
implementation of the regulations.
Provide and maintain access to technical experts and highly technical information, such as lexicological
data, parameters that affect design, and the operation of specific technological units, to evaluate options
for selecting and operating technologies that minimize cross-media transfer.
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INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION (continued)
Provide and maintain cost-effective support services for non-automated information systems, including
hotlines, training facilities, videos, and the printing and publishing of documents for the dissemination of
non-electronic information.
Provide direct access to information to measure and track environmental indicators and fundamental
program status information to empower stakeholders in decision-making and program direction.
Provide fundamental program status information (i.e., "beans") in order to report success to partners,
stakeholders, and internal management.
Provide information and summaries of available capacity (and capacity shortfalls) to treat, store, dispose,
and recycle hazardous wastes by waste types, industry sectors, waste management units, geographical
location (e.g., states and regions).
Provide technical and non-technical information on waste minimization, recycling, reuse, and source
reduction alternatives for reducing risks from the generation and management of RCRA hazardous wastes
to all stakeholders.
Provide technical assistance to facilities and the public to identify facilities that could manage their
wastes, including information on technological capabilities, capacities, and permit status of facilities and
handlers that recycle, combust, dispose, transport, treat, export/import, perform waste exchanges, reuse,
or turn wastes into products.
Provide to targeted stakeholders data and summaries of data on the volumes and types of RCRA
hazardous wastes generated and their inherent toxicity potential by types of wastes, specific facilities,
specific constituents, industrial sectors, and geographical/ecological areas for program development
and/or program implementation.
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INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION (continued)
INFORMATION GATHERING
Target and make available periodic summaries and trend analyses (e.g., by wastes, industries, geographic
location, chemicals, and management unit type) of environmental progress to the various types of
audiences and their interests such as the public, environmental groups, industry trade groups, regulators,
regulated entities, and Congress.
Target the outreach of technical information and success stores on waste minimization, with an emphasis
on cost savings to help small and medium- sized firms identify source reduction and recycling alternatives
for high priority waste streams.
Perform surveys and information collection (e.g., feedback) to fill hi missing or new information needs as
the program progresses and the need for information changes.
Analyze trends in industry production, waste generation, waste treatment, recycling, and source
reduction.
Collate and report information on facility-specific enforcement actions, such as notices of deficiencies,
significant violations, fines assessed and collected, legal actions in progress, compliance agreements,
status of return to compliance, negotiated compliance milestones, multi-media inspection reports, and
appeals.
Collect, use, and respond to stakeholder feedback on existing regulations through such activities as
surveys for the purposes of continuous regulatory improvement and potential modifications during
ongoing regulatory developments.
Conduct studies to identify industries, wastes, and waste management that pose the highest risk to support
program development and implementation.
Coordinate and consult with enforcement officers from other organizations, when appropriate (e.g., other
federal agencie, such as NEIC, state and county health departments, OSHA, and fire departments), on
site-specific enforcement and compliance issues.
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(continued)
Coordinate with facilities, program offices, and state enforcement officials on potential actions to take and
encourage settlements that allow for cost-effective or more expeditious voluntary actions (such as
pollution prevention expenditures as a trade-off to penalty assessments and demonstration pilots).
Coordinate with the regulated community (i.e., facilities, industries, trade groups, waste handlers) and
the public to identify and prioritize their specific information, training, and assistance needs.
Determine inconsistencies in definitions of environmental parameters and work with partners to develop
tools for translating the differences.
Develop and disseminate standardized reports on the information needs of various program offices to
demonstrate streamlining successes (e.g., number of hours reduced for records management).
Develop and implement a strategy to identify and remove regulatory and statutory barriers inherent to the
RCRA program that impede the process of establishing, monitoring, and reporting environmental
indicators, using discussions with stakeholders and implementors.
Develop methods to identify and document informal compliance assistance that is performed as part of
formal enforcement inspection.
Develop regulatory recommendations and options by involving stakeholders during the regulatory
development process using (where appropriate) FACA groups, "regulatory negotiation" procedures, task
forces, roundtables, internal workgroups, and focused public comment.
Develop studies analyzing the current state of industrial management of certain wastes to determine the
need for regulatory and non-regulatory alternatives to ensure that the risks from potential improper
management of these wastes will be minimized.
Develop, collect, analyze, and disseminate testing and performance data for new treatment, recycling,
source reduction, and/or clean-up technologies.
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INFORMATION GATHERING
(continued)
Employ feedback, input, and participation mechanisms that effectively solicit environmental concerns
from representatives of all socio-economic communities affected by hazardous waste management (i.e.,
environmental justice).
Ensure that the information systems developed (including technical data, bean-counting, program
information, regulations, policies, guidance and training) allow for the input of information, as well as
easy access, so as to empower stakeholders to understand, develop, implement, and comply with the
RCRA program (i.e., available through desk-top personal computers).
Establish simplified, accurate tracking mechanisms in the implementation plans that accurately report
environmental progress with a minimum amount of resources.
Evaluate existing RCRA information systems (e.g., RCRIS and BRS) for potential modifications/additions
of environmental indicators (for both site-specific and national evaluations) in order to minimize the
amount of new training and potential access protocol problems.
Explore new enforcement mechanisms that are less burdensome to use, such as standardized field
citations/tickets.
Gather information on a facility's compliance or non-compliance with other statutes to determine
priorities for return to compliance.
Identify existing regulations that are redundant, unclear, or are contentious to stakeholders and partners.
Identify key or primary EPA customers by stakeholder categories and develop information outreach
strategies that consider their technological capabilities and needs.
Identify mechanisms for collecting and managing core data elements that are identified through the WIN
initiative that will increase the efficiency of data management and utilize electronic submissions, where
feasible.
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(continued)
Identify potential non-compliance with international treaties, trade agreements, or conventions regarding
the import and export of hazardous wastes to prevent hazardous wastes from being shipped to other
countries to be handled in unsafe units or facilities.
Identify priority segments of the regulated community and target enforcement'and compliance assistance
(e.g., particular industries, particular geographical area, industries generating PBT chemicals in their
wastes, types of wastes, and types of waste management units).
Identify roles and responsibilities of stakeholder regarding records management and information transfer
to reduce the overall burden to all stakeholders.
Incorporate feedback and comments from stakeholders throughout the various stages of RCRA program
development and implementation for the purposes of continuous improvement.
Involve stockholders in obtaining information for industry and waste studies to ensure accuracy and to
minimize the burden on the participants.
Maintain a feedback system for information exchange with all implementation partners and stakeholders
to assess the efficiency of information systems.
Monitor the facility's compliance with settlements and their return to compliance.
Obtain feedback from the regulated community, industry, the public, and other regulators to measure
their confidence in the reported indicators in order to target potential changes in program direction.
Obtain routine input from stakeholders to understand what they want and need to better understand the
development and implementation of regulations and the RCRA program; through this increase in
understanding, determine what they would like to see as measures of success in improving environmental
performance.
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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT
Perform current systems assessment as part of the IBM methodology to determine information currently
accessed through existing databases and systems and to correlate with the information needs from the
program assessments.
Prepare Information Collect Requests (ICRs) for publication in the Federal Register as per the federal
requirements in order to obtain new data and conduct surveys from all stakeholders.
Provide mechanisms and support (i.e., resources) to determine customer needs and requirements for
participating in focus groups, workshops, training, meetings, and teleconferencing for the purposes of
strategic planning and program evaluation.
Reassess information needs, technical architecture, and information dissemination mechanisms as both
needs and technologies change, in order to continually improve and reduce the burden on information
management.
Track the authorization status of states and tribes according to authorization requirements for new
regulations (as they are developed) and make this status information readily available to all stakeholders.
Use processes, such as peer review, to obtain upfront stakeholder input on technical materials used to
support regulatory development (such as treatability studies, cost and performance data, mass-transfer
studies for combustion, waste minimization studies, analysis of PBTs).
Work with internal and external governmental entities during regulatory development to develop
recommendations and options for implementing program regulations and standards.
Base decisions on high quality data and sound science. Incorporate peer and quality assurance procedures
into all program activities.
Collate prioritized information needs and data definitions (including states, other program offices, and
other federal offices) to achieve consistent data definitions (where feasible), determine core data elements,
and identify the fundamental information needed by all stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of data and
information of common interest.
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(continued)
Collate these parameters and determine a set of specific core elements needed to support these site-
specific measurements.
Collect and manage records of core and non-core data and information currently required from regulated
entities and managed in existing systems, such as the Biennial Reporting System (BRS) and RCRIS, until
streamlining projects are completed and necessary system revisions can be completed.
Collect, use, and respond to stakeholder feedback on existing regulations through such activities as
surveys for the purposes of continuous regulatory improvement and potential modifications during
ongoing regulatory developments.
Comply with executive order to reduce recordkeeping burden by 25 percent.
Conduct negotiations and settlements with counsel and the facility to reach a legal agreement on further
actions to be conducted by the facility.
Continue progress made on permit improvement projects to achieve streamlined permitting and
investigate the use of pre-written permits, when appropriate.
Coordinate and consult with stakeholders from non-RCRA and/or non-EPA environmental programs,
when appropriate, on site-specific permits and enforcement issues.
Coordinate program development and implementation with federal, state, local, and tribal organization
early on in the process.
Coordinate with facilities, implementation partners, and enforcement officials to encourage them to agree
to use existing flexibilities as incentives to allow for cost-effective or more expeditious voluntary actions
as alternatives.
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(continued)
Coordinate with facilities, program offices, and state enforcement officials on potential actions to take and
encourage settlements that allow for cost-effective or more expeditious voluntary actions (such as
pollution prevention expenditures as a trade-off to penalty assessments and demonstration pilots).
Coordinate with partners (states, regions, tribes) regarding program responsibilities through such
activities as strategic planning workgroups.
Create effective incentives through new or revised regulations and/or policy to encourage industries to
employ voluntary pollution prevention and participate in ongoing voluntary programs (e.g., Common
Sense Initiative, 33/50 Program, Waste Wise).
Determine appropriate enforcement actions to take considering all available options to achieve return to
compliance without wasting time and resources, then proceed with court filings, if deemed necessary.
Determine core data elements and coordinate information needs with other similar Agency initiatives,
such as one-stop permitting, GPRA, RATS, IDEA, and the Common Sense Initiative, to ensure
consistency of approach and reduce redundancy of effort.
Determine penalties and fines to levy according to the Agency's Penalty Policy utilizing such information
as the historical environmental track record of the facility, additional fines owed, alternative pollution
prevention expenditures, and the facility's ability to pay.
Develop and implement a strategy to identify and remove regulatory and statutory barriers inherent to the
RCRA program that impede the process of establishing, monitoring, and reporting environmental
indicators, using discussions with stakeholders and implementors.
Develop and implement changes in program direction as a result of analyses of the trends in
environmental indicators employing voluntary or non-regulatory approaches, when feasible, and revise
regulations as appropriate.
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Develop clear regulations for identifying and managing RCRA hazardous wastes that take into account
the potential for cross-media transfer of pollutants, emphasizing flexible solutions (such as source
reduction) that are specifically designed to prevent or minimize cross-media transfers.
Develop data quality requirements for the technical architecture of the information systems for surveys
and data collection in cooperation with the RCRA community and incorporate these requirements into
OSW's Quality Management Plan.
Develop infrastructure, technical architecture, performance requirements, and data quality checks and
build new information management systems that are developed through the IBM methodology (i.e.,
complete the WIN project) that tie the users to the system designers.
Develop interface mechanisms with existing internal Agency information management systems (e.g.,
other media program offices, financial and budget systems, contracts and grants, cost and performance
data systems).
Develop methods to build trust among stakeholders in RCRA program direction.
Develop necessary regulatory changes to modify collection reporting mechanisms for core data elements
and develop any additional outreach to stakeholders to facilitate a smooth transition from old data
collection/submission procedures to any new, streamlined ones.
Develop or use an existing tracking system that is reasonable in cost, efficient, and accurate. This
tracking system should be accessible by facilities.
Develop regulations and policy for the Hazardous Wastes Identification Rule (HWIR-WASTES and
media) that set levels and procedures for exiting federal control of RCRA hazardous wastes.
Develop regulations or alternatives for LDRs and NEW LISTINGS of hazardous wastes or new waste
characteristics (TC RULE) under 40 CFR 261 according to required schedules.
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Develop regulations, standards, and policy for such areas as groundwater, corrective action, and
combustion for RCRA management units and facilities.
Develop regulations, standards, and policy for potential revisions to the DEFINITION OF SOLID
WASTES under 40 CFR 260 (e.g., universal wastes, building materials, and metals reclamation) to
encourage the reuse of natural resources in a safe manner with little or no federal oversight.
Develop revised regulations (based on feedback from stakeholders) that are easier to understand, easier to
comply with, and more cost-effective to implement for both the regulators and the regulated community
that maintain the same level of environmental protection.
Develop statutory recommendations, as needed, to change contentious portions of existing regulations
(e.g., LDR Rifle Shot).
Develop strategic, prioritized program plans that incorporate Agency environmental priorities (e.g., risk
reduction, source science, pollution prevention, and cross-media concerns) and process themes (e.g.,
streamlining, simplification of regulations, burden reduction, common sense, stakeholder involvement,
and continuous improvement).
Develop tools for networking corrective action personnel with technical and policy experts to provide
them with peer review of their remediation/stabilization options and thereby raise the level of confidence
in selected options.
Use Information Engineering Methodology (IBM) to determine the essential information needs so that the
program drives the information instead of the information driving the program and to facilitate the
sharing of information of common interest throughout the program offices.
Eliminate redundancy of data input between existing and developing data systems using such tools as
relational databases, where possible, and electronic quality verification checks to increase quality and
reliability of the data, to reduce the burden on data generators and managers, and to increase the
timeliness of data submissions, review, and verification.
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Encourage public participation in the corrective action program to allow community-based decisions and
pressures to expedite clean-up and consider potential tradeoffs for greater risks posed by the facility.
Encourage public participation hi the permitting process to allow community-based decisions and consider
risk reductions.
Encourage waste minimization as an alternative to permits on a multi-media basis and provide flexibility
in existing permits for the facility to initiate waste minimization with a minimum of permit modifications.
Ensure that industry and waste definitions (e.g., "facility," "waste," and "large quantity generator") used
hi RCRA programs are understandable, consistent, and/or transferable with similar definitions used in
other EPA and state programs.
Ensure that enforcement decisions are coordinated with the most up-to-date Agency policy and existing
regulations, with due consideration of the potential of future regulations and policy that may damage the
success of enforcement.
Ensure that implementation decisions are coordinated with the most up-to-date Agency policy and are
within the flexibility of existing regulations, with due consideration of regulations and policy hi the
developmental stages.
Ensure that legal decree of regulations is consistent with new and developing program policy, regulatory
development, and voluntary/non-regulatory actions.
Ensure that shipments of hazardous wastes within the United States are properly accounted for (i.e.,
actually received at their ultimate destinations) and are not being illegally disposed of hi unsuspecting
communities.
Establish a team of technical and policy experts from RCRA programs that will coordinate with
stakeholders and establish a set of acceptable and understandable national goals for improvements hi
environmental indicators derived from the RCRA hazardous wastes.
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Establish and negotiate EPA's role with the public and stakeholders.
Establish consistent definitions of data elements used by various RCRA information systems in order to
facilitate information sharing and comparison of data obtained through different reporting mechanisms.
Establish roles for headquarters and regions.
Establish program and site-specific implementation plans that demonstrate a reasonable balance of
resources between paperwork compliance and field compliance to produce a higher level of
environmental protection and more timely reduction in risks.
Exhibit leadership in program development and implementation, ensuring consistency with agreed upon
approaches.
Facilitate the adoption and effective implementation of the Waste Minimization National Plan by states
and regions that incorporates a hierarchy of elimination, source reduction, recycling, treatment,
incineration, and then disposal.
Improve the science that underlies the basis of environmental protection.
Incorporate a philosophy of continuous improvement in all program development and implementation
activities.
Incorporate flexibility into programs while maintaining protection of human health and environmental
goals.
Incorporate quality assurance controls and peer review into all program areas.
Incorporate the precepts of ongoing regulatory re-invention projects into the ongoing development of new
regulations and standards that are mandated or court-ordered for EPA to produce.
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Incorporate waste minimization and source reduction as trade-offs in all appropriate RCRA activities
(e.g., permitting, enforcement and compliance, and regulatory program development).
Incorporate what the public and stakeholders would consider common sense into program development
and implementation activities.
Integrate cost considerations into all activities and attempt to maintain a balance of environmental
protection with sustainable development of United States industries.
Integrate traditional and non-traditional enforcement and compliance tools.
Investigate and develop new non-regulatory alternatives to either new or existing regulations that will
achieve the underlying environmental goals driving the need for the specific regulation.
Investigate the establishment of enforceable agreements with facilities or other facility-specific agreements
to achieve environmental success in lieu of new regulations (i.e., equivalent reduction hi overall facility
risks from hazardous wastes).
Make full use of advanced technologies and design information systems that cut costs, boost productivity,
enhance communications, speed the flow of information, are less resource intensive to maintain, and are
adaptable to new and changing information needs.
Make full use of advanced technologies to cut costs, boost productivity, enhance communications, and
speed to the flow of information.
Obtain access and interface with other information and data systems managed by other stakeholders and
partners (e.g., states, tribes, regions, universities, industries, trade groups, research organizations, IRS,
Census, and Congress) to support program development and implementation instead of creating new
databases and to reduce data collected through other mechanisms.
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(continued)
Periodically update enforcement strategies and penalty policy to reflect changes in direction of the
enforcement and compliance programs and notify enforcement officials and inspectors of these changes in
a timely manner.
Propose and promulgate revisions to regulations and policy to facilitate implementation.
Provide and maintain cost-effective support services to information systems, database users, and non-
automated information systems in daily and long-term problems, including access, passwords, authorized
use of confidential business information, and software and hardware problems.
Provide more empowerment and responsibility to stakeholders and less EPA command and control.
Provide support to other parts of the federal government in the development of new and/or revised
national legislation and policy through partnerships with Congress, other federal agencies, and foreign
countries (e.g., re-authorization of RCRA, compliance with the FFCA, and ratification of the Basel
Convention).
Provide technical assistance to facilities and the public to identify facilities that could manage their
wastes, including information on technological capabilities, capacities, and permit status of facilities and
handlers that recycle, combust, dispose, transport, treat, export/import, perform waste exchanges, reuse,
or turn wastes into products.
Reduce potential for cross-media transfer of hazardous constituents from the management of hazardous
wastes and develop multi-media approaches to program development and implementation.
Reduce the information burden on stakeholders, partners, and program implementation.
Reinvent and streamline the RCRA program through revisions in regulations, permitting, corrective
action, compliance, and enforcement procedures.
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PROGRAM MEASUREMENT
AND EVALUATION
Review permit applications, renewal applications, permit modifications, waste analysis plans, waivers,
and closure plans. Make issuance/renewal decisions based on good science and issue/renew permits in a
timely manner.
Simplify enforcement documents, such as inspection reports to expedite enforcement response and
followup.
Streamline and improve the effectiveness of the process of enforcement so that emphasis can be shifted
from this process to achieving results (i.e., return to compliance).
Streamline the authorization process to make timely authorization decisions based on due consideration of
available administrative resources and the effective transfer of national policy. Make any necessary
regulatory changes to authorization procedures that would expedite the authorization process.
Streamline the RCRA program to account for decreasing budgets and resources by determining priorities
and cost-effective solutions for both developing and implementing the program.
Support the Office of General Counsel (OGC) in negotiating settlements with litigants in technical, policy,
legal, and scheduling issues, in lieu of further interaction in the courts.
Support the OGC in legal defense of regulations, policy, and/or guidance that have been litigated in the
courts by providing key historical policy, technical, and regulatory development information.
Work with partners to establish the use of performance-based standards, where feasible.
Work with partners to move toward alternatives to the existing permit process and to develop ways to
obtain compliance other than by permits.
Collate and report information on success in reducing facility risks by using flexible alternatives of
enforcement and compliance.
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AND EVALUATION (continued) and to promote program success.
Coordinate the ongoing findings of the WIN initiative with other ongoing Agency initiatives to determine
a list of prioritized national environmental indicators that will be used to track environmental progress
specific to the RCRA hazardous waste program.
Determine placed-based environmental indicators in order to establish placed-based goals and milestones
for achieving improvements.
Develop criteria that demonstrate degree of improvement in compliance and risk reduction results.
Develop mechanisms to access and present progress on all RCRA program reform activities (e.g.,
streamlining, regulatory reform, WIN) to partners, stakeholders, and the public.
Develop mechanisms to track information considered critical to the program implementors that have not
traditionally been tracked before, such as progress and success of voluntary clean-ups, history of
compliance with other regulations (TSCA, CWA, CAA, CERCLA, FIFRA), RFI milestones, self
certifications, OSHA violations, state action levels, LDR treatment certification reports, costs to comply,
and number of times SPCC has been activated.
Establish simplified tracking mechanisms in implementation plans that accurately report environmental
progress with a minimum amount of resources.
Establish a system for data quality accountability using feedback from the data users to ensure the data
are accurate and modifications to inaccurate data can be made in a timely manner in order to adjust
national reports and summaries of the data.
Evaluate the need to develop additional measures of environmental progress specific to the RCRA
hazardous waste program.
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AND EVALUATION (continued) the import and export of hazardous wastes to prevent their shipment to other countries to be handled in
unsafe units or facilities.
Incorporate feedback and comments from stakeholders throughout the various stages of RCRA program
development and implementation for the purposes of continuous improvement.
Make success stories in waste minimization and pollution prevention available to the public to
demonstrate the levels of reduction in waste volumes and toxicity that have been realized to promote
further achievement.
Measure the progress and success of environmental protection through the development and tracking of
environmental indicators.
Monitor the facility's compliance with settlements and their return to compliance.
Perform trend analyses (by industry sectors, waste types, and management units) of enforcement and
compliance activities to focus additional potential problem facilities that may need compliance assistance
or enforcement actions.
Provide access to measurements of success in reducing facility risks using flexible alternatives of
enforcement and compliance.
Provide direct access to information to measure and track environmental indicators and fundamental
program status information to empower stakeholders in decision-making and program direction.
Provide means of comparing cross-media risks of various waste management scenarios (e.g., treatment,
combustion, stabilization, recycling, and source reduction) for the purposes of program development
and/or program implementation.
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PROGRAM MEASUREMENT Re-evaluate how we collect and management information about waste identification, composition,
AND EVALUATION (continued) generation, and management (e.g., Waste Master Coding System for waste identification and
characterization).
Use demonstration pilots to evaluate non-traditional compliance and enforcement tools.
Use the Current Systems Assessment of the WIN initiative to tie the tracking of environmental indicators
into existing RCRA information and environmental indicators being developed by the states.
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
Work with partners to establish the use of performance-based standards, wherever feasible.
Allocate enforcement and compliance resources based on the effectiveness of anticipated/proven
compliance mechanisms (concentrate on mechanisms that work).
Develop budgets and allocate sufficient funds and human resources to accomplish program objectives.
Leverage resources to support all information management systems by identifying the roles and
responsibilities of partners hi managing information systems.
Maximize and use all available resources (e.g., state removal, voluntary, and Superfund) to accomplish
corrective action.
Provide financial support to states, tribes, local governments, and others to empower them to implement
the program (e.g., grants) to reduce federal oversight and allow them to better balance site-specific
environmentalpriorities.
Provide necessary funding to assist partners in implementing the program and administer grants,
contracts, and memorandum of understanding, appropriately.
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RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
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RISK -BASED DECISION
MAKING
Streamline the authorization process hi order to make timely authorization decisions based on due
consideration of available administrative resources and effective transfer of national policy. Make any
necessary regulatory changes to authorization procedures that would expedite the authorization process.
Communicate (to all stakeholders) the effectiveness in reducing site-specific risks for corrective action
remedies that are selected and implemented.
Conduct studies to identify industries, wastes, and waste management practices that pose the highest risk
to support program development and implementation.
Create realistic and significant target dates for corrective action to use to track performance and
completion of corrective action utilizing milestones that indicate clean-up of sub-areas that pose the
highest risk.
Create realistic and significant target dates for tracking permitting actions utilizing milestones that
indicate when risk reductions can be achieved - versus paperwork compliance - and report the progress
on these (e.g., permit approval status, permit modifications, withdrawal of permits, review of waste
analysis plans, permit appeals, decisions on appeals) in the appropriate tracking system.
Demonstrate reductions in risk and a cleaner environment through tracking reductions in waste quantities
generated and identification of the waste minimization procedures utilized by the facilities to achieve these
reductions.
Determine the facility-specific baseline of the ambient state of the surrounding environment in order to
track progress unique to sites or waste management units.
Determine if there are violations, rank the environmental hazards caused by the violations, and prepare
briefings for management and counsel.
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RISK- BASED DECISION
MAKING (continued)
Determine the national baseline of the ambient state of the environment including ecological health,
human health, groundwater quality, and air quality. Compile a list of parameters and data elements that
are currently being tracked, who tracks them, and the systems where these data reside (EPA and non-
EPA information systems).
Develop and utilize place-based approaches to enforcement and compliance in order to focus resources on
risk from all multi-media releases.
Develop more effective mechanisms for targeting enforcement and compliance guidance, training, and
assistance focusing on facilities that pose higher risks.
Encourage public participation in the corrective action program to allow community-based decisions and
pressures to expedite clean-up and consider potential trade-offs for greater risks posed by the facility.
Encourage public participation in the permitting process to allow community-based decisions and consider
risk reductions.
Ensure continual improvements so that PBT constituents are reduced at their source whenever possible,
or, when not possible, that they are recycled in an environmentally sound manner (i.e., moving up the
Waste Minimization hierarchy).
Ensure the technical consistency of risk assessment methodologies (e.g., underlying toxicity data and
fate/transport assumptions) used to support the RCRA program.
Ensure that implementation decisions are coordinated and consistent with risk determinations at other
sites.
Ensure that risk analyses for wastes and waste management consider cross-media transfer risks.
Establish priorities to reduce PBT constituents in wastes (e.g., by sectors, by process, by constituents, by
waste streams). Target sectors and processes that generate waste streams that contain PBT constituents.
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RISK- BASED DECISION
MAKING (continued)
Focus efforts on constituents that are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic.
Focus efforts on reducing risks to human health as the highest priority in all program development and
implementation.
Identify and evaluate populations at disproportionately high environmental or human health risks, and
ensure that their needs are considered in program development and implementation (i.e., environmental
justice).
Identify areas within each program that pose the highest risks to human health and the environment.
Identify prioritized data gaps for determining the risks posed by existing and emerging technologies for
treating, combusting, storing, disposing, recycling, and reusing RCRA hazardous wastes and then pursue
means of completing the research needed to fill those gaps.
Inspect prioritized sites and/or units for potential and real violations of RCRA waste management
regulations and prepare inspection reports for determination of violations.
Integrate source reduction and recycling priorities into all activities of the RCRA program consistent with
other EPA programs.
Phase clean-up to allow progress at sub-areas of the site that pose greater risk or could be solved quickly
rather than waiting for complete agreement on actions for the remainder of the site.
Prioritize resources based on reductions in risk and concerns of stakeholders.
Provide and maintain access to cost and performance data (i.e., risk reduction) to facilitate the selection
of cost-effective solutions that achieve equivalent reductions in risks.
Provide the means of comparing cross-media risks of various waste management scenarios (e.g.,
treatment, combustion, stabilization, recycling, and source reduction) for the purposes of program
development and/or program implementation.
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RISK- BASED DECISION
MAKING (continued)
Set priorities for the RCRA hazardous waste program to reduce human health and environmental risks to
comply with congressional statutes and court decisions.
Use all relevant authorities and appropriate interim measures to stabilize and control the further spread of
contamination and/or protect against further human exposure to contamination using a "worst first"
strategy.
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APPENDIX G
Information Needs Descriptions
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1000 FACILITY IDENTIFICATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
Specific Lists of Facilities
Name, Address, and Location
Regulatory Identification
Numbers
Owner/Operator Identification
Industrial Sectors and
Production
Facility and Business Size
Economic Profile
Facility Waste Management
Activities
Specific lists of facilities or handlers that are of specific interest for tracking purposes.
Name, address, and location for a plant, facility, or handler that is under RCRA jurisdiction.
Examples: facility name (and aliases), mailing address, city/state/tribal lands/U.S. territory/foreign
country, electronic addresses (Internet and e-mail), telephone number, facility location information (e.g.,
EPA region, geographic regions, watersheds, latitude/longitude).
EPA and state identification numbers assigned to the plant, facility, or handler.
Examples: key identifiers, RCRA and state facility/transporter identification numbers, NPDES, TRI, and
other EPA identification numbers.
Names, addresses, and other identifiers for the owners and operators of the facility (past and present).
Examples: facility corporate owners and historical ownership, Government Ownership/Contractor Operated
(GO/CO) status, sponsoring federal agency, names and addresses of owners and operators, corporate
contacts, key facility personnel.
The products or goods manufactured at a facility and the industry sectors for the facility or production line
within the facility.
Examples: standard industrial codes (SICs), industry sectors, trade group designation, products or
chemicals made, process-flow diagrams.
The size of the facility and the size of business represented by the facility.
Examples: acreage of the facility grounds, legal classification as a small business, minority owned business,
annual number of employees, seasonality of the business (i.e., limited operation), total annual sales.
An economic profile of the industry, facility, and corporate owners.
Examples: RCRA financial assurance requirements, economic stability/sensitivity/viability of the industry
sector, ability to pay fines, outstanding environmental fines and legal financial obligations, market
sensitivities of products, assets and liabilities.
The RCRA waste operations/activities performed by the facility or handler.
Examples: generator status (small/medium/large quantity), TSDF (treatment, storage, disposal facility),
recycler, incinerator, other combustion (boilers and cement kiln), Subpart X, transporter, dewatering, fuel
blending, other blending, specific TSDR codes hi RCRIS, corrective action identifiers, SWMU.
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1900
Commercial Waste Handler
Status
Status of the facility to commercially treat, incinerate, store, and recycle hazardous waste.
Example: captive operations, fully commercial TSDR, broker-only (i.e., commercial transfer activities
only).
2000 WASTE GENERATION, COMPOSITION, AND MANAGEMENT
2100
Waste Identification Codes
List of all RCRA and state waste identification codes and regulatory citations where the wastes are defined.
Examples: (he D, F, K, U, and P codes associated with the wastes, the 40 CFR 261 listings, designation of
wastewater versus nonwastewater according to the LDR requirements in 40 CFR 268, whether the waste has
met the LDR requirements for land disposal.
2200
Waste Types and Constituents
The physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the waste with specific concentrations or levels of
hazardous chemicals present in the waste (e.g., "PBT" chemicals - persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic).
Examples: physical-chemical form of the waste, designation as wastewater versus nonwastewater, Appendix
Vni hazardous constituents present and their concentrations, definitions of "PBT", inherent acute hazards,
biohazards, radioactive hazards, ignitability (i.e., flash points), corrosiveness (i.e., Ph.), reactivity, density,
total solids, total organic content, total suspended solids, total and teachable concentrations after treatment.
2300
Waste Generation Processes
Description of the process generating a waste, the "point of generation" and any subsequent points of
aggregation, and frequency of generation (one-time, periodic, or continual).
Examples: waste flow diagrams, point of generation and aggregation, generation status under either a
wastewater treatment exemption, an onsite recycling exemption, or a totally enclosed treatment exemption.
2400
Waste Quantities Handled
Onsite
By RCRA and state waste identification codes and waste types, the quantities of onsite wastes generated,
treated, stored, disposed of, incinerated, recycled, and exempted from regulation.
Examples: RCRA and State waste identification codes, volume (i.e., quantities) in tons, pounds, and/or
gallons, waste types (physical forms), wastewater or nonwastewater.
2500
Offsite Shipments of Wastes
By RCRA and state waste identification codes and waste types, the quantities of wastes shipped offsite for
treatment, storage, disposal, incineration or combustion, recycling, reuse, or resource recovery.
Examples: RCRA and state waste identification codes, volume (i.e., quantities) in tons, pounds, and/or
gallons, waste types (physical forms), wastewater or nonwastewater, manifest ID numbers, transporter IDs,
receiving facilities (i.e., destinations), expected handling of the wastes as they are received by the off-site
facility, notices of returned shipments or discrepancies hi waste receipts, import/export notifications, export
facilities, point of exit and point of entry for exports and imports, wastes undergoing "waste exchange."
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2600
Waste Pollution Prevention
Achievements
Measurements of reductions in risk through reduction in waste quantities or levels of toxiciry at waste
generators and the production/process changes performed by the facility to achieve them.
Examples: volume reductions achieved over a given reporting cycle, alternative chemicals used (i.e.,
chemicals of lower toxicity), changes in production processes, cessation of use of a chemical, source
reduction processes used, inventory control implemented, waste exchanges used, in-line recycling employed,
potential for more reductions per waste or process, elimination of PBTs in products or reagents, changes in
solvents used.
2700
Wastes Not Under Subtitle C
Identification, generation, and management information on wastes not in the RCRA system.
Examples: state regulated hazardous wastes, radioactive-only wastes (under NRC or AEC control), Basel
wastes (i.e., internationally generated wastes) not under RCRA, hazardous wastes exempted through statutes
or regulations (e.g., mining and beneficiation wastes), delisted wastes, industrial wastes mandated for
examination of hazardousness (i.e., new listings under 40 CFR 261), PCB wastes, CERCLA contaminated
soil, other subtitle D wastes being examined for increased regulatory control.
2800
Capacity Analyses
Commercial and captive waste management capacity information aggregated by facilities, states, EPA
regions, geographical regions, waste types (e.g., wastewaters, nonwastewaters, organic liquids, sludges,
contaminated soil, etc.).
Examples: state Capacity Assurance Program reports, total quantities requiring incineration, national
estimates of hazardous waste landfill disposal capacity, special capacity reports (e.g., DOE and NIH) for
mixed hazardous and radioactive wastes (low-level, high-level, and transuranic wastes).
2900
Management Unit Descriptions
and Status
Technical descriptions of waste management units used to treat, store, dispose of, or recycle wastes, their
throughput information, and the operational status of the unit.
Examples: process controls and waste flow-diagrams, reagents and non-regulated wastes added, materials of
construction, spill prevention/collection procedures, emergency shut-down contingencies, residuals
generation and management, emission controls and device descriptions, operating parameters (temperature,
pressure, flow rates), percent down-time and maintenance requirements, design vs actual through-put (i.e.,
unit-specific design capacity), waste feed and constituent limitations.
3000 FACILITY RCRA IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
3100
Facility Notification Status
A detailed history of regulatory notifications by a facility and Information contained on the notifications
(facility identifiers and location information are located hi the 1000 information series).
Examples: generator notifications, recycling notifications, HWIR notifications.
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3200
Facility Permit Activities
A detailed history of the permitting activities at a facility and information contained on the permits (facility
identifiers and location information are located in the 1000 information series).
Examples: complete Part A and Part B permit applications, permit modification applications, status of
approvals, permit appeals and status, permit decisions operational status of individual solid waste
management units, closure status of units and facility, waste analysis plans, cost information, pollution
prevention incorporated into permit negotiations, time it takes to get a permit, permit emission limits, permit
expiration dates, examples of pre-written and standardized (i.e., model) permits, contentious portions or
elements of permit process.
3300
Facility Enforcement Activities
A detailed history of inspections conducted at a facility, violations identified and enforcement actions
imposed.
Examples: enforcement actions, enforcement decisions, violations, citations, inspections, court settlements,
pollution prevention negotiated, penalties, constituent information, list of possible multimedia jurisdiction
problems (overlap or omission), dates for administrative processes (e.g., pre-hearing exchange), flowchart
of the enforcement process, environmental results of inspections, past Notice of Deficiencies, historical
trends hi deficiencies, major or significant violations hi inspections, number and quantity of tunes facilities
have activated SPCC plans.
3400
Facility Compliance Activities
A detailed history of compliance activity at a facility.
Examples: compliance orders, agreements, compliance decisions status reports, cost information, pollution
prevention negotiated, compliance data for other statutes (CAA, CWA, TSCA, FIFRA, SDWA, CERCLA
and FFCA), lists of significant non-compliers and non-notifiers, frequently asked compliance questions,
reasons for non-compliance, length of tune hi compliance, rates of compliance, return to compliance, list of
tools to achieve compliance (e.g., generator work shops, trade shows, written information and points of
contacts for follow up, speaking engagements).
3500
Facility
Remediation/Stabilization
Activities
A detailed history of remediation activity at a facility.
Examples: federal, state, and voluntary facility cleanup information, remediation/stabilization decisions;
number of sites/units cleaned (closure completed), National Priorities List (NPL), conversion of sites to
CERCLA, technical information on remedies selected, Statement of Basis (site-specific summaries of
remedy selection activities)-updated quarterly, performance of remedies, streamlining successes from other
facility cleanups, status of ongoing state or voluntary cleanup efforts at the facility (may be unit specific),
site and unit activity schedule, technology remediation capabilities and limitations, RCRIS corrective action
information, beneficial reuse site status, relevant and related Superfund activities (Technology Innovation
Office initiatives).
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3600
Facility Performance Standards
and Variances
Cleanup or discharge (emission) performance standards (including any negotiated variances from federal
standards) that are either imposed by the state and EPA or are self-imposed for remediation, waste
treatment, and/or normal operations.
Examples: constituent-specific, state-imposed cleanup standards (often exist for constituents such as BTXEs,
PAHs, TPHs, and metals), LDR treatment standards or treatability/capacity variances, definition of solid
waste exemptions, no-migration petitions, delisting petitions. '
4000 FACILITY AND CONSTITUENT RISK ANALYSES
4100
Environmental Site
Characteristics
Ecological, hydrological, geological, and meteorological characterization of the site on which the facility
operates or the corrective action management unit exists, including any potential subareas that may have
significant ecologic, hydrologic, or geologic differences.
Examples: site topographic presentations, identification and information on underlying aquifer
classifications, surface watersheds, flood plains, points of discharge into rivers and streams, air quality zone
index designations, ecological habitats, terrain classifications, and species diversification, data from the
Geographic Information System (GIS).
4200
Population Exposure and
Environmental Justice
Demographic data about the people surrounding a waste generator facility and information on the
population's exposure to releases.
Environmental Justice (EJ) information on specific communities and the demographics of stakeholders who
are near specific facilities or potential TSD sites.
Examples: type and number of people, distance from receptors, distance form nearest drinking water
source, surrounding population demographics, such as age, sex, income, ethnic heritage, language, and
education levels, guidance documents on EJ analyses and initiatives, including a definition of EJ.
4300
Multimedia Releases and
Monitoring
Mass of constituents or pollutants routinely being released by a facility into the air, water, soil, or products
during normal plant operations (i.e., normal manufacturing as opposed to emissions from corrective action).
Examples: environmental release data from ground water monitoring, stack emissions, TRI data,
constituent-specific summaries of releases, facility monitoring records, ambient (background) levels of
constituents.
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4400
Constituent Toxicity and
Characteristics Data
Constituent-specific acute and chronic toxicity data residing in databases and technical reports including
other constituent-specific health effects concerns, such as ozone depletion potential, lachrymators, mucous
membrane and skin irritants, CMS suppressors, and physical-chemical properties of the constituents, such as
molecular weight, solubility, vapor pressure, octanol-water coefficient, and heat of combustion/formation.
Examples: list of toxicity databases used (IRIS, NIOSH, IRPTC, CAG), access information and system
requirements for toxicity data systems, gap analysis in toxicity data and research needs, SAB analyses and
recommendations for updating toxicity data, carcinogen profile reports, commercially available health and
safety hazard information databases (SAX).
4500
Fate and Transport Models
Information and access to fate and transport risk models that estimate exposure potential based on
management processes, constituent toxicity/hazards, and site-specific population and geographic information.
Examples: list of risk models used (ground water dispersion models, stack and air dispersion models,
landfill laced models), access information and system requirements for toxicity data systems, gap analysis hi
toxicity data and research needs, validation studies of models, SAB analyses and recommendations for
updating models fate and transport research reports, combustion risks.
4600
Testing and Performance Data
Testing and performance data for waste treatment, combustion, recycling, beneficial reuse, and/or
remediation technologies including site stabilization techniques (e.g., capping, grout curtains, in-situ
bioremediation, and "pump and treat"). This includes performance testing needed for program development
(e.g., combustion stack testing).
Examples: data quality objectives, sampling analysis plans, and onsite engineering reports for all
performance testing, initial, intermediary, and final constituents concentrations hi soils, wastes, and
treatment residues, emissions monitoring, technology operating data for parameters, such as temperature,
residence tune, pressure, reagent ratios, flow rates, treatment efficiency data (i.e., destruction, removal, and
immobilization of hazardous constituents), Federal Remediation Roundtable's Cost and Performance
Database.
4700
Remediation Risk Analyses
Reports and data from risk analyses (based on modeling and/or performance testing) for investigation of
remediation alternatives and how they impacted decisions on site (or waste management unit) stabilization or
closure.
Examples: contaminants and extent of environmental degradation of soil, ground water, surface waters,
ecological habitats (plant life and indigenous/migratory animal life), decision rules for acceptable risks from
remediation, including levels of certainty.
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4800
Regulatory Risk Analyses
Reports and data from risk analyses to support decisions on regulatory development that impose national
standards for treatment, remediation, or waste management unit design and controls.
Examples: RIAs for proposed and final rules, risks from combustion, risk reductions per constituent per
industry, options analyses, effect of design and operating parameters on risk reductions (e.g., analysis of
options for MACT standards), decision rules for acceptable risks per regulatory option.
4900
Permit and Compliance Risk
Analyses
Reports and data from risk analyses to support facility-specific implementation (i.e., permitting, compliance,
enforcement, corrective action) decisions to modify national regulatory requirements to treat and/or perform
remedial activities at a facility. These analyses incorporate site-specific environmental considerations that
allow variances from national standards (or are required to be site-specific determinations in the regulations)
and could include negotiated trade-offs requiring the facility to implement alternative pollution prevention
activities to achieve equivalent or greater risk reductions over a negotiated compliance period.
5000 PROGRAM OPERATIONS, PLANS, AND EVALUATION INFORMATION
5100
Environmental Indicators
Key multimedia environmental factors and constituents used to assess the impact of the RCRA program and
to target tracking of reductions hi emissions and releases (i.e., reduction hi human health and environmental
risks).
Examples: measurement of levels of toxicities in the environment, evaluation of environmental degradation
of natural resources, ground water and aquatic systems, health impacts, baselines for the environmental
indicators.
5200
National Program Goals and
Plans
National Program Plans (e.g., Waste Minimization National Plan) for the RCRA program.
Examples: mission statement, milestones, schedules, priorities, National Program, National Program
decisions.
5300
National Program Performance
Tracking
National, summary-level information on RCRA Program activities.
Examples: national summary status reports on compliance, enforcement, cleanup, permitting, and
regulatory programs (e.g., study showing benefits from corrective action cleanup), estimates of cost
effectiveness of national programs, summary reports on stakeholder feedback, such as summaries of round
table reports, successes and failures, barriers and incentive reports, tracking systems for monitoring
national program goals, summary reports on subsequent effects on program implementation decisions.
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5400
Authorization and Delegations
Status
Information on the status of the delegation of specific RCRA authorities and any partnership agreements that
modify these delegations.
Examples: state and tribal authorization status, proposed and final rules granting or removing authorization
to states and/or tribes, supporting documentation for authorizations or other delegations of authorities,
Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) between agencies and stakeholders, performance partnership
agreements.
5500
Quality Assurance Data and
Plans
Program and project-specific quality assurance procedures for ensuring that the quality of all RCRA. data is
based on sound science. This includes ensuring that analytical data are obtained from certified laboratories
using validated analytical methods.
Examples: definitions of "quality" and "sound science", data quality objectives (DQOs) and thresholds of
acceptable quality per project or program (i.e., OSW's Quality Management Plan), analysis of variance and
inconsistencies in data entries from facility-submitted data (BRS cross-checks), mechanisms for ensuring
quality of waste and constituent specific analyses (precision and accuracy), mechanisms for maintaining
security of RCRA CBI data and information, data entry incentives, available certified laboratories for
testing, certification procedures for laboratories, analytical methods used and SW846 methods development
needs.
5600
Administrative Resources
Summary information on the costs and resources involved hi operating and administering the RCRA
program.
Examples: training and travel resource tracking, team implementation progress, costs associated with
internal agency budgets, resource requirements for outreach and information systems upgrading,
organization charts.
5700
Grants and Contract
Management
Information on Agency Grants and Contracts.
Examples: grant and contract numbers, identification of grantee, contractor, and subcontractors, amount of
awards, contract types, type of funding, source of funding, sponsoring agency and/or office, external
cosponsors, contracting officer, project officers and work assignment managers, vouchers.
5800
Program Implementation Costs
to Stakeholders
Information on costs to stakeholders to implement the RCRA program, including costs that are acceptable,
verifiable, reasonable, and justifiable to protect human health and the environment.
Examples: cost savings from implementing waste minimization, source reduction, and recycling, costs
(from cost-benefit analyses or from surveys) to: implement alternative production processes, treat (e.g.,
incinerate, store, dispose of, recycle) wastes, maintain required record keeping and monitoring, maintain
and upgrade information and communication systems, comply with corrective action and closure
requirements, and comply with new and proposed regulations.
6000 CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STAKEHOLDER INTERACTIONS
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6100
Stakeholder Identification and
Resources
Names, addresses, and contacts for stakeholders (partners, industrial sectors/trade groups, facilities, states,
tribes, territories, regions, universities, research organizations, environmental groups, and community action
groups) of the RCRA program and the resources available to them for involvement in the RCRA program.
Examples: contact names, organization name (and aliases), mailing addresses, lists of stakeholders by
categories (i.e., industrial sectors/trade groups, facilities, states, tribes, territories, regions, universities,
research organizations, environmental groups, and community action groups), electronic addresses (Internet
and e-mail), telephone numbers, funding needs, resources for involvement, preferred meeting places, annual
conference schedules for trade groups to reduce travel resources.
6200
Roles and Responsibilities
Reports and strategies that examine and/or identify roles and responsibilities of stakeholders (e.g., states,
tribes, territories, local governments, communities, partners, facilities, corporate, industry trade groups,
responsible parties, EPA headquarters, and regions) in areas such as program development, enforcement,
compliance, corrective action, training, and technical assistance.
Examples: lists of existing and future roles of all stakeholders, lists of specific regulatory and nonregulatory
responsibilities and flexibility in delegating these, official agreements and policy decisions outlining
expectations in empowerment, distinctions of joint versus separate roles, analysis of perceptions (internal
and external), effectiveness, and acceptance of roles and responsibilities.
6300
Stakeholder Priorities,
Perceptions and Needs
(feedback)
EPA solicited feedback and interaction with RCRA stakeholders on environmental priorities, including their
expectations, interest, concerns, and level of involvement with RCRA program development and
implementation activities, then- perceptions of the effectiveness, fairness, and completeness of environmental
protection, their confidence level with RCRA program implementation, their socioeconomic and cultural
considerations, their potential biases, and their information needs (e.g., specific information categories and
level of technical detail).
Examples: stakeholder surveys and summaries of feedback obtained from them, LDR Roundtable Reports,
incentives and barrier studies, reports on successes and failures of site-specific remediation, reports on
public and facility needs, key EPA personnel and official lines of communication with Congress and
congressional staff, community siting concerns.
6400
Public Inquiries and Responses
Public and stakeholder inquiries and opinions on RCRA program development and implementation
(unsolicited) and EPA's response, if provided.
Examples: news clippings, taped TV interviews, FOIA requests for information, monthly RCRA hotline
reports, MICE hotline reports, controlled correspondence responses. ^^^^
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6500
Stakeholder Participation
Activities
Information and reports on stakeholder participation in the regulatory development and implementation,
including analysis of success stories of public involvement.
Examples: FACA and regulatory negotiation ("reg neg") committee reports, summaries and transcripts of
public hearings, number of citizens attending public hearing, facilities holding "open-house" and other public
relations.
6600
Burden Reduction Success
Information
Reports and summaries of EPA efforts to reduce the burden on both the RCRA regulators and the RCRA
regulated community, including efforts to draft regulations and support documents hi easy to understand lay
person terms.
Examples: current record keeping and reporting requirements as outlined in Information Collection Request
(ICR) analyses, regulatory and policy and cost-benefit analyses and studies, reports on agency initiatives to
reduce record keeping burden (i.e., pertinent Executive Order), GPRA, estimates of the threshold for the
reduction of burden.
6700
Voluntary and Innovative
Programs
Information on voluntary (i.e., nonregulatory) and innovative programs implemented under the RCRA
program umbrella (e.g., Goal 2000, Community Based Environmental Programs, Common Sense
Information projects). Project XL: 33/50 program, including identification of potential new partnership
initiatives and covenants between specific facilities and their surrounding communities.
Examples: project description, schedules, partner identification (names, addesses, and communication
mechanisms), results, participants (e.g., facilities, communities), information on incentives for voluntary
cleanup categorized by selected/priority industrial sectors, list of voluntary actions by regulated community.
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6800
Technical Compliance
Assistance Needs
Evaluation of technical and compliance assistance needs, priorities, and preferences of stakeholders (states,
tribes, and regulated community).
Examples: lists of technical and compliance assistance needs, priorities, and preferences of stakeholders,
technical assistance pilot participants (states and facilities, and companies), ISO 14000 information on
compliance assistance, policy, guidance, and decisions on resources and mechanism for providing assistance,
compliance assistance given during inspections.
7000 INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCESS, AND OUTREACH
7100
Core Data Elements and
Definitions
Lists, definitions, and locations of information identified (by agreement between EPA and stakeholders) to
be "core data" through OSW's WIN initiative (cross-checked and coordinated with other EPA OIRM/data
streamlining initiatives).
Examples: lists of data systems that are the source of each core data element, mechanisms to access these
systems, data element formats and data dictionary, mutually acceptable definitions of data elements and
explanations of unresolved differences.
7200
National Information Systems
Access and technical information on EPA operated, national automated systems (e.g., RCRIS, BRS,
CERCLIS, TRI, and IRIS) that maintain and manage cross-media information pertinent to RCRA program
development and/or implementation.
Examples: system contents and access, system names, points of contact (caretaker EPA office, EPA system
managers and HELP availability), system evaluation (e.g., number of users, data quality, user friendliness),
system change/update process (how, how often, and who does the updates), limited access Confidential
Business Information (CBI) mechanisms, identification of portions or summaries that are Internet accessible
(BRS - The Reporter), technical architecture interface protocols for EDI.
7300
Local and Manual Information
Systems
Access and technical information on EPA-operated, local automated systems (i.e., those with limited
program access, such as HID's Industry Studies Data Base, HWMMD's soil treatability database, PSPD's
Mixed Waste Library, and NEIC's Export/Import Notification Database, manifest data) that maintain and
manage information pertinent to RCRA program development and/or implementation.
Examples: system contents and access, system names, points of contact (caretaker EPA office, EPA system
managers and HELP availability), system evaluation (e.g., number of users, data quality, user friendliness),
system change/update process (how, how often, and who does the updates), limited access Confidential
Business Information (CBI) mechanisms, identification of portions or summaries that may be Internet
accessible (BRS - The Reporter), technical architecture interface protocols for potential EDI, commercial
available systems that provide policy and regulatory information.
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7400
Information Technology
Resources
Information technology resources and technology (hardware/software) limitations/needs of EPA program
offices (i.e., in Headquarters, the Regions, and ORD support facilities), the public and the private sectors
(i.e., where these data are available).
Examples: description of technology resources, preferred methods of communication, LAN and Internet
accessibility, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) resources, software and hardware limitations and
requirements (modem speed, CPU speed, megabyte of RAM needed, printer and monitor requirements),
technical architecture, trends in information technology changes.
7500
Technical Experts and Peer
Review Access
Access to technical and policy experts in specific program areas, technology areas, and/or industrial
experience hi order to provide technical assistance or peer review and to assist in determining research
needs.
Examples: Peer review requirements, list of non-EPA potential peer reviewers by area of expertise, Science
Advisory Board areas for review, list of ORD research support for OSW programs, phone directories of
contacts for program information and support, technical experts by subject areas, OSW team rosters and
charters.
7700
Public Access
RCRA material available that is specifically designed for use in outreach and public relations and
mechanisms for public access.
Examples: EPA Journal, newsletters, Q&A documents on regulations & policies, RCRA hotline and
monthly hotline reports, MICE hotline, Internet accessible documents, publicly accessible EPA bulletin
boards and E-mail.
7800
Technical Outreach and
Training Materials
Technical assistance, technology transfer tools, and training materials available to stakeholders of the RCRA
program.
Examples: RCRA fact sheets, technical assistance documents, engineering bulletins, training and technology
transfer needs assessments, training videos, RCRA orientation manuals, OECA interactive computer
program, CD-ROM versions of SW846, Federal Remediation Roundtable's Cost and Performance
technology transfer tool.
8000 LEGAL AND POLICY DOCUMENTS
8100
Regulatory and Policy
Flexibility Analyses
Analyses of potential flexibility and boundaries hi regulations, policies, statutes, guidance, and definitions.
Example: studies of flexibility for implementing nonregulatory alternatives.
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8200
Federal Statutes, Authorities and
Definitions
The federal statutes, statutory authorities, and definitions that apply to hazardous wastes, multimedia
releases of hazardous chemicals, or cleanup of hazardous waste sites.
Examples: SWDA, RCRA, HSWA, CERCLA, SARA, FIFRA, TSCA, Pollution Prevention Act of 1990,
conference committee reports supporting these laws, EPA documents used to assist in developing the laws,
EPA testimony to the conference committees.
8300
Federal Regulations and
Definitions
The federal regulations and definitions that apply to hazardous wastes or hazardous chemicals and then-
various stages of development.
Examples: all RCRA and HSWA regulations and definitions in the Code of Federal Regulations, proposed
regulations hi then: various stages of development, advanced notifications of proposed rulemakings, effective
dates of all portions of the regulations.
8400
Regulatory Support Documents
Technical and policy documents that support development of proposed and final regulations and present
stakeholder impacts and concerns for various regulatory and nonregulatory options to comply with statutory
and court-ordered obligations.
Examples: technical support documents, engineering and risk studies, response to comments, lists of
commentors and their concerns, Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), cost-benefit analyses, record-keeping
burden analyses (Information Collection Requests [ICRs]), all docket materials, workgroup documents,
briefing packages for management on rulemakings, FACA committee reports, regulatory negotiations (Reg
Neg) reports and agreements, summaries of public meetings.
8500
Federal Policy and Guidance
Official policies and guidance documents that interpret and/or clarify definitions, regulations, and/or
applicability of specific hazardous waste regulations to either facility-specific or national situations.
Examples: guidance on regulatory flexibility, policy and guidance in the OSWER directives system or the
OSW Permit and Policy Compendium, program-specific responses to interpretative inquiries, technical
guidance documents, guidance on filing a Waste Analysis Plan, facility classification definitions, permit
application guidance checklists.
8600
Court Decisions and Regulatory
Litigation
Judiciary decisions on litigated issues of final rules and litigation settlements negotiated out-of-court
Examples: court decisions, briefs filed to the court by OGC, settlements documents and agreements, lists of
litigants and pertinent regulations being challenged, official EPA responses to litigations, negotiation
documents on changes in schedules for EPA regulatory responses, case law. __^_
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8700
Congressional or Executive
Mandates
Reports, studies, and analyses on wastes, recycling, treatment, or hazardous chemicals mandated by
Congress or required by executive orders.
Examples: Executive Order on Recycling Report to Congress on Mercury, Report to Congress on Waste
Minimization, Report to Congress on Mining and Mineral Processing, GAO reports and audits, old Office
of Technology Assessment reports, associated dockets.
8800
Other Agency Regulations and
Policy
Environmental regulations and policy documents from federal agencies other than EPA.
Examples: NRC position paper on Cesium 137 EAF dust, Federal Facilities Compliance Act documents
(e.g., DOE's Mixed Waste Inventory Report and DOE's Site Treatment Plans).
8900
International Agreements and
Law
Information on international hazardous waste issues, such as bilateral agreements, legally
binding decisions, conventions, and ratification status.
Examples: Basel Convention on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and
Their Disposal, NAFTA, notices of bilateral agreements on wastes and recyclable
materials (e.g., US-Mexico and US-Canada), legally binding OECD Decisions, lists
international delegation members, cable reports on international activities, Technical
Working Group Documents, OECD Green, Amber and Red Lists of wastes, UNEP Cairo
Guidelines
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APPENDIX H
Description of the IBM Process Used to Identify Program Areas
for the EPA Hazardous Waste Program
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H.O IEM PROCESS USED TO IDENTIFY PROGRAM AREAS
Chapter 3 presents the results of analyzing the activities and information needs of the EPA
hazardous waste program. The analysis resulted in identifying seven Program Areas:
Program Development.
Program Evaluation.
Program Implementation.
Program Implementation Support.
Program Management.
Studies and Research.
Information Sharing.
Chapter 3 briefly describes EPA's approach for identifying the Program Areas. This appendix
provides the more detailed description of the approach and presents the following information
about the analyses:
• A definition of Program Areas and a description of the purpose of Program Areas.
• An overview of how Program Areas are structured.
• A description of the three steps in identify ing Program Areas - data analysis, activity
analyses, and interaction analyses - and the results from implementing each step.
H.I DEFINITION AND PURPOSE OF A PROGRAM AREA
A Program Area is what is typically referred to hi the Information Engineering Methodology
(IEM) as a Business Area. A Program Area identifies sets of high-level activities and data
that are related and describe one area of a business or program. The concept of a Program
Area is central to the IEM and is a tool for scoping and sequencing subsequent systems
development activities for a business or program. The IEM approaches the idea of developing
systems, using a top-down approach. The underlying assumption to this approach is that
developing a set of integrated systems for a business or complex program requires dividing it
up into areas that contain related activities and information. This approach is taken because
large businesses and government programs, such as the EPA hazardous waste program, can be
complex and use a variety of information. Trying to understand all the program rules and
develop information systems for the entire program would be difficult. As a result, Program
Areas are defined to simplify the task of improving or redesigning the program's information
system by dividing up the program into manageable groupings of activities and information
needs that each describe part of the business or program. Then each area can be explored to
determine what specific activities and information need to be tracked hi the area and what, if
any, systems should be built or reengineered to support it.
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H.2 OVERVIEW OF HOW THE PROGRAM AREAS ARE STRUCTURED
As mentioned previously, a Program Area is developed by grouping togetfer activities that
share the same information. More specifically, a Program Area is grouped by activities that
create that same information. By structuring the grouping this way, no two Program Areas
create the same information. Moreover, organizations within the same program that create
and use the same information can be considered together under one Program Area. This
grouping is advantageous when Program Areas are explored in subsequent phases to the
Information Strategy Plan (ISP). Analysts can be reasonably sure that all involved in defining
the data and activities in a Program Area do so at one time and not throughout several
Program Area analyses. This structure for Program Areas helps to ensure that integrated
systems are built around one set of integrated definitions.
H.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE STEPS TO IDENTIFYING PROGRAM
AREAS FOR THE EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM: DATA ANALYSES,
ACTIVITY ANALYSES, AND INTERACTION ANALYSES.
During this ISP, EPA identified the Program Areas by using the IBM's three-step iterative
approach of data, activity, and interaction analyses. In performing these analyses, EPA used
the Texas Instrument Information Engineering Facility (IEF™) CASE Tool, which is an
automated tool that facilitates this analysis process.
The data analysis task determines what information is required by the program. A data
model, also known as an entity relationship diagram, is produced during the data analysis. A
data model identifies each information subject of interest to the program (i.e., entities ) and
illustrates the relationships between those subjects. Entities are groupings of information that
describe the types of things or subjects the program needs hi order to operate (e.g.,
HANDLER, WASTE, PERMIT). As described hi Chapter 2, EPA managers and staff
identified approximately 650 uiformation needs during a series of facilitated sessions. The 650
information needs were aggregated into 65 strategic information needs (see Appendix G).
EPA then constructed the entities based on a further grouping of the strategic information
needs identified in the facilitated sessions. Only the major relationship were drawn between
entities to model the major program rules about the data. The definitions of the entities and
the entity relationship diagram for the EPA hazardous waste program are provided in
attachments 1 and 2 at the end of this appendix. The entities and data model are at a high
level and will be further refined during each Program Area Assessment (PAA.).
The activity analysis task determines what activities make up the program. The result of this
task is an activity model or activity hierarchy diagram. In the activity analysis task, the
analyst examines the program functions to understand the functions of the program and the
dependencies between them independently of organizational structure, existing information
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systems, and technology. During the executive interviews and facilitated sessions of the EPA
program assessment, EPA managers and staff identified 7 key hazardous waste program
activities and 46 sub-activities of the EPA hazardous waste program, which were described hi
Chapter 3. Participants hi facilitated sessions were encouraged to ensure completeness of the
activities and identify activities common across current organizational lines. The activities
were refined further to capture the major activities that the EPA hazardous waste program
performs or will perform. These range from development to implementation to program
evaluation. Exhibit H-l displays these activities in the functional hierarchy diagram. These
activities will also be refined further during the PAAs to a more detailed level (i.e.,
processes).
The interaction analysis task examines the usage of the objects identified hi the data model by
the objects identified hi the activity model. An analyst uses an interaction matrix also known
as CRUD matrix, to conduct the interaction analysis. This matrix has activities on one axis
and entities on the other. The analyst determines which activity Creates, Reads, Updates, or
Deletes which entity. EPA conducted this analysis hi two ways: first from the perspective of
activities and second from the perspective of the information (e.g., entities). Specifically,
EPA started with one activity and asked how it interacts with each entity. For example, the
activity of conducting compliance monitoring and enforcement requires the inspector to read
information about the facility and the applicable regulations and then determine whether the
facility is hi compliance. In making this determination, the inspector creates information on
the enforcement activity at a facility (e.g., inspection type, date of inspection, compliance
status, and violation type). In the CRUD matrix, the analyst enters whether the activity
described (C)reates, (R)eads, (U)pdates, or (D)eletes an entity.
The second perspective that the analyst takes is by starting with the entities and verifying how
they are used by each activity. This perspective essentially ensures that each entity is being
acted upon by at least one activity. If an entity is not acted upon by any activity, one may
investigate whether the entity should even exist or may examine the activities to identify
whether any key activity is missing. After identifying the interaction of the activities and
entities via the C, R, U, and D, EPA then used a built-in utility of the IEF tool to perform a
clustering of the activities and entities. As described earlier, the interaction clustering of the
IEF tool groups the entities and activities that are closely related (i.e., entities that are created
by the same activities or the activities that create the same entities). These groups or
intersections identify the Program Areas. Exhibit H-2 displays a copy of the CRUD matrix,
Exhibit H-3 presents the same results hi a table grouped by Program Area. NOTE: Exhibit
H-3 has more complete titles of each of the activities.
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1.0 Program Direction Establishment
1.1 Identify and Prioritize National Program Areas
1.2 Define EPA Partnerships and Stakeholder Roles
1.3 Conduct Strategic Planning
1.4 Assess Strategic Information Needs of Program
1.5 Prioritize and Track Program Resources and Budget
1.6 Establish Program Direction
1.7 Support Other Government Activities on Wastes
2.0 Hazardous Waste and Waste Management Issue Identification
2.1 Analyze Industrial Waste Information
2.2 Identify High Risk Wastes
2.3 Conduct Waste Management Risk Assessment
3.0 Program Standards Development
3.1 Conduct Waste Characterization, Waste Management, and Economic Studies
3.2 Conduct Impact Assessments
3.3 Develop Regulations
3.4 Develop Non-regulatory Approaches
3.5 Support Legal Defense of Regulations, Policy, and Guidance
3.6 Develop Methods and Technologies
4.0 Program Implementation
4.1 Plan Implementation Programs and Resources
4.2 Coordinate Implementation Approach
4.3 Authorize States/Tribal Program
4.4 Negotiate and Track State Grants
4.5 Provide Guidance, Training, and Technical Assistance
4.6 Identify Universe of Regulated Entities
4.7 Implement Corrective Action
4.8 Implement Permitting Program
4.9 Implement Waste Minimization Program
4.10 Monitor Waste Management Activity
4.11 Implement Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
4.12 Establish Performance Partnerships
5.0 Evaluate Program and Environmental Results
5.1 Establish National Environmental Baseline and Goals
5.2 Establish Environmental Performance Measurements
5.3 Establish Program Performance Measurements
5.4 Evaluate Environmental Progress
5.5 Conduct Audit of Headquarters, Regional and State Programs
5.6 Evaluate Performance of Headquarters, Regional, and State Program Activities
6.0 Information Management
6.1 Provide Access to Program Information
6.2 Assess Program Technology Needs
6.3 Develop Mechanisms for Information Collection
6.4 Integrate Information
6.5 Provide Mechanisms for Disseminating Information
6.6 Implement Data Security Mechanisms
6.7 Maintain Catalog of Information Definitions
7.0 Cross-Cutting Activities
7.1 Identify Program Improvements
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7.3 Establish Internal/External Program Communication
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6.1 Provide Access to Program Information
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6.5 Provide Mechanisms for Disseminating Information
6.6 Implement Data Security Mechanisms
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- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
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5.1 Establish National Environmental Baseline and Goals
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5.3 Establish Program Performance Measurements
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5.5 Conduct Audit of Headquarters, Regional, and State Programs
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4.6 Identify Universe of Regulated Entities
4.7 Implement Corrective Action
4.8 Implement Permitting Program
4.9 Implement Waste Minimization Program
4.10 Monitor Waste Management Activity
4.11 Implement Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
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Exhibit H-3.EPA Hazardous Waste Program Areas and Associated Activities and Entities
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1.2 Define EPA Parnerships and Stakeholder Roles
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1.6 Establish Program Direction
4.1 Plan Implementation Programs and Resources
4.3 Authorize States/Tribal Program
4.4 Negotiate and Track State Grants
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7.3 Establish Internal/External Program Communication
7.4 Conduct Stakeholder Outreach Activities
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Exhibit H-3. EPA Hazardous Waste Program Areas and Associated Activities and Entities (continued)
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Entity Definitions
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Entity Definition Report
COMPLIANCE
CORRECTIVE ACTION
EPA activities to assist a regulated
entity's compliance with the RCRA
Subtitle C program.
EPA activities associated with the
oversight and/or implementation of
stabilization and/or cleanup of
releases at a RCRA-regulated
facility. These activities include the
steps hi the corrective action process
for both permitting and enforcement,
corrective action program decisions
and remedies/technologies, and
descriptions of corrective action
management units.
Training, brochures,
workshops,
information
clearinghouse
RFA, RFI, CMS,
CMI, 3008(h) orders,
cleanup levels,
incineration,
bioremediation
Type, audience,
industrial sectors,
compliance needs,
etc
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Type, description,
status of
activities, dates,
milestones
DEMOGRAPHIC
Information describing the
socioeconomic characteristics of a
specific population
18-20 year old,
males, $25,000 -
$35,000,
American Indians
Age group, sex,
income level,
education level,
average number ia
household, ethnic
group, etc.
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ENFORCEMENT
EPA oversight and/or implementation
activities to determine whether
regulated entities are in compliance
with RCRA regulations, and, if not,
determine the nature of the violation
and ensure return to compliance.
Inspections, type of
violation, notice of
violation,
administrative order,
judicial order,
penalties
Type, description,
inspection type
and dates,
compliance status,
return to
compliance dates,
penalty amounts,
enforcement
milestone dates,
etc
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MSRMNT
The identification and measurement
of environmental indices to assess the
impacts associated with the
implementation of the RCRA Subtitle
C program.
Tons of soils
remediated at a site,
reduction in the
volume/toxicity of
waste generated,
gallons of ground
water treated to
drinking water
standards.
Type, description,
etc.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
The single point or area identified
and distinguished by specific latitude
and longitude.
Single point defined
by a latitude and a
longitude, area
defined by the
quadrant of four
individual latitude and
longitude points.
Longitude and
latitude array,
description
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HANDLER
An enterprise that generates,
transports, treats, stores, and/or
disposes of wastes subject to Subtitle
C regulations.
Generator,
transporter, treater,
storer, disposer,
waste broker, waste
importer etc.
Type, name,
class, address,
owners,
operators,
longitude/
latitude, SIC
codes, size, unit
type, wastes
handled, waste
shipped, permit
number and
status, compliance
status and costs,
releases, cleanup
actions,
existence date,
capacity, etc.
INFORMATION_REQUEST
Requests for information from parties
interested in, affected by, and subject
to RCRA. The information is used to
assess program status and
accomplishments, and as well as to
assist stakeholders in understanding
and complying with the RCRA
Subtitle C program.
Request for permit
application guidance,
FOIA requests,
frequently asked
compliance questions,
congressional
inquiries, etc.
Type, description,
cost, source, level
of detail, etc.
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INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGIES
The methods, systems, and
technologies for collecting, storing,
managing, and disseminating
information concerning the RCRA
Subtitle C program.
EPA data definition
catalog, EPA
information system
catalog, data entry
applications and
technologies, data
warehouse
applications, data
dissemination
technologies,
technology
assessments,
information security
techniques
Type, description,
date, location,
etc.
LEGISLATION
The U.S. Federal Code that serves as
the statutory basis of the RCRA
Subtitle C program.
Section 3005 of the
Solid Waste Disposal
Act
Type, title,
description, year
enacted, effective
date, expiration
date, affected
program, etc.
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METHOD AND TECHNOLOGIES
The methods/techniques, procedures,
and technologies used in performing
RCRA Subtitle C program activities.
Corrective action
prioritization
methodology, fate
and transport models,
risk assessment
techniques,
techniques for
verifying closure cost
estimates, ground
water monitoring
technique, innovative
technologies for
corrective action
Type, description,
cost, exposed
populations,
medium of
concern,
reliability of
estimates,
complexity,
efficacy,
assumptions, start
date, stop date
PERMITTING
EPA activities associated with the
oversight and/or review and issuance
of RCRA subtitle C permits. Such
activities are designed to ensure that
specific regulated entities treat, store,
and/or dispose of hazardous waste hi
compliance with legal requirements
in a manner that protects public
health and the environment.
Permit submission,
permit review, permit
modifications, permit
issuance, permit
conditions
Type, status,
dates
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POLICY AND GUIDANCE
Written policy sad guidance
documents developed by EPA
pursuant to both statutory and
regulatory authority to implement
and enforce the RCRA Subtitle C
programs. These policy and guidance
documents also include Executive
Orders issued by the President.
Permit compendium,
RCRA Facility
Assessment guidance,
Executive Order
12886
Type, description,
effective begin
date, effective end
date, status, level
of contention, cost
and utility of
existing record
keeping and
reporting, etc.
PROGRAM
Descriptions of the various programs
within the RCRA Subtitle C
program.
Permitting program,
corrective action
program, enforcement
program
Type, description,
statutory
authority,
regulator
authority,
resources, etc.
PROGRAM AGREEMENT
Documented agreements between
various RCRA stakeholders
describing specific program
activities, expected accomplishments,
and programmatic resources
available.
HQ/region
Memorandum of
Agreements, state
grant agreements.
Type,
accomplishments,
dates, dollar
amounts
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PROGRAM COST
The actual and estimated costs
(intramural and extramural)
associated with development and
implementation of RCRA Subtitle C
programs.
State grant cost,
FTEs for information
management, cost
for corrective action
at a site, estimated
costs for new
regulations, costs of
compliance
Type, amount,
annual costs
PROGRAM EVALUATION
Studies, surveys, and other
evaluation methods to assess current
RCRA Subtitle C program
effectiveness (programmatic and
environmental) and identify potential
process improvements (e.g.,
streamlining).
Waste management
activity evaluation,
environmental
impact assessment,
program audit,
stakeholder survey,
performance
partnership
evaluations
Type, description,
results, etc.
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
Specific indicators of program
activity and resource utilization.
Number of permits
issued, return to
compliance rates,
budget versus actual
variances, stakeholder
information requests
processed
Type, period
covered, costs,
description, etc.
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Example Types
Descriptors
PROGRAM PLAN
The implementation plans describing
the missions, goals, and objectives of
programs within the RCRA Subtitle
C program. The plans may also
include program priorities and/or
specific targets for yearly
accomplishments.
Waste ininimization
plan, enforcement
response plans,
RCRA
implementation plans
Type, description,
mission, goals,
objectives,
priorities
PROGRAM RESOURCE
The human and financial resources
and equipment associated with
individual RCRA Subtitle C
programs.
Federal government
FTEs, program
monies for extramural
contractor support,
travel, computer
equipment, analytical
laboratory equipment
Type, description,
number of FTEs,
dollar budgets
REGULATION
The proposed and final rules
promulgated pursuant to applicable
U.S. Federal Code hi accordance
with the requirements for public
notice and comment. Also includes
all technical/policy support studies,
documents, and legal decisions.
40 CFR Part 265,
regulatory impact
analyses, engineering
studies, etc.
Type, description,
applicability,
effective date,
universe affected
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RESEARCH
Efforts to identify, evaluate, develop,
and validate scientific techniques/
technologies necessary for
development and implementation of
various RCRA Subtitle C programs.
Corrective action
stabilization
technologies,
hazardous waste
identification,
effectiveness of LDR
treatment
technologies,
analytical laboratory
methods
Type, method,
start date, budget,
costs, etc.
RISK MEASUREMENT
The evaluation of actual and potential
public health and environmental risks
associated with implementation of the
RCRA Subtitle C programs. These
measurements include risks
associated with both the proper and
the improper management of wastes.
Carcinogenic, non-
carcinogenic,
toxicity, fate and
transport, population
exposure, risks of
combustion, risk
prioritization
Type, description,
affected
population, risk
level, priority
ranking,
hazardous
constituents type,
quantity,
concentrations,
duration, volume,
targets, etc.
SITE CHARACTERISTIC
The hydrology, geology, hydro-
geology, and ecology of a
specific geographic area.
Wetland, river, lake,
karst, shallow
aquifer, upland
meadow
Type, description,
area/extent, etc.
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STAKEHOLDER
Entities associated with the
development and implementation of
the RCRA Subtitle C program and/or
subject to the requirements of the
Subtitle C program. These entities
include government,
non-government, corporations,
community organizations,
individuals, or other stakeholders.
Business, government
agency, etc
Dtbrs*P
Name, role and
responsibility,
financial status,
financial data, etc.
STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK
The process and results of obtaining
information (both passive and active)
from the various stakeholders hi the
RCRA Subtitle C programs to assess
both the effectiveness of the existing
program and assess the stakeholder's
needs for additional assistance and/or
services.
Letters, E-mail,
questions from hot
lines, comments at
public meetings,
surveys, public
opinion polls,
questionnaires,
complaints
Type, description,
etc.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Technical assistance concerning the
RCRA Subtitle C program provided
to regulated entities.
Compliance
assistance, waste
minimization
assistance, etc.
Type, description,
content, audience,
etc.
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TRAINING
Transfer of information to
stakeholders concerning the RCRA
Subtitle C program or professional
development through classroom
training, course work, written or
electronic information, and/or field
work.
RCRA orientation,
computer training,
etc.
Type, description,
content, audience,
etc.
WASTE
A material byproduct of one or many
manufacturing processes) that is
subject to Subtitle C of RCRA.
Spent solvents, acids,
heavy metals, etc.
Waste
identification
code, waste
category code,
waste quantity,
UOM,
descriptions,
chemical form of
the constituent,
etc.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Describes the activities associated
with the treatment, storage, disposal,
generation, and transportation
(including manifest) of hazardous
waste, including uncontrolled
releases and waste minimization
activities.
Incinerators, landfill,
surface
impoundments,
manifest information,
contaminated ground
water, etc.
Waste quantity,
destination,
source, special
handling
requirements,
tracking dates and
times, release
info, sampling
results, etc
Program Areas for the EPA Hazardous Waste Program
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Entity Relationship Diagram
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1.0 CURRENT SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS
I.I Methodology
EPA identified current systems supporting the hazardous waste program through interviews
and surveys of hazardous waste program staff hi EPA Regions 3, 9 and 10, the Office of Solid
Waste (OSW), and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). Staff
interviewed or surveyed were key program staff hi the areas of program development, waste
identification, regulatory analysis, program implementation, oversight, permitting, corrective
action, enforcement, and compliance assurance. A list of regional and headquarters personnel
who participated is found hi Attachment 2.
Staff were asked to identify their current sources for the information needs identified for the
hazardous waste program during the EPA hazardous waste program assessment conducted for
this Information Strategy Plan (ISP). For each information source identified, staff were also
asked to assess the reliability and accessibility of the information source. No restrictions were
placed on either the type (automated or manual) or location of the information sources
identified. The information was gathered using the form contained hi Attachment 1 of this
appendix. EPA consolidated the information collected hi the table contained hi Attachment 3
of this appendix. Attachment 3 shows the information sources identified for each information
need.
EPA researched the automated information sources identified to obtain information about
ownership, operating environment, and content. Exhibit 1 contains a table of the major
automated information systems that staff indicated they used to support the hazardous waste
program.
1.2 Overview of Current Information Sources
Regional and headquarters program managers and staff identified approximately 50 primary
information sources that support EPA's hazardous waste programs. A variety of other less
significant information sources, which include national reports, studies, reports, memos, and
spreadsheets, were also identified and are listed under each information need in Attachment 3.
The major sources are listed hi Exhibit 1 and are grouped hi the categories described below.
Agency Program Information Systems: One category of information sources frequently used
by program staff and managers is Agency Program Information Systems. This category
includes automated information systems, electronic bulletin board applications, and geographic
information system (GIS) applications. Currently, most of the Agency information systems
are media-specific. BRS and RCRIS provide information on the hazardous waste program.
Other EPA offices, such as Air and Water, also maintain then- own program specific systems
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(e.g., BBS). A few Agency information systems attempt to integrate information from across
environmental programs, including OECA's IDEA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics'
(OPPT) TRI, Office of Information Resources Management's (OIRM) ENVIROFACTS and
FINDS systems, and Office of Research and Development's (ORD) Enviro$en$e project.
Nearly half the national information sources listed are owned and operated by organizations
outside the EPA hazardous waste program. Other organizations within EPA that are
responsible for the information sources identified include the Office of Emergency Response
and Remediation (OERR) and the Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS). Information from these various sources must be integrated to perform multimedia,
risk-based, and environmental justice analyses. Accessing external information sources will
become increasingly important as the EPA hazardous waste program moves toward an
integrated environmental approach. None of the program information systems were rated as
highly reliable and highly accessible.
Regulations Policy and Guidance: Another category of information sources is regulation
policy and guidance. These sources include policy, guidance, and regulatory reference
materials. Some sources are maintained hi hard copy while others are available from EPA's
internal network and/or the Internet. Typically, these information sources represent
centralized repositories for Agency documents and materials. Program staff need access to
these information sources because they serve as the basis for developing policy, guidance, and
outreach materials. These information sources also serve as a framework for making
implementation decisions on permitting, corrective action, compliance, and enforcement.
These sources are considered highly reliable and highly accessible.
Local Information Sources: Local information sources are tools developed by organizations
to satisfy one or more very specific activities. These information sources tend to be used only
by the organization that develops them. Many participants indicated that they have developed
their own database applications or mfonnation systems. The information sources in this
category are typically an extract of RCRA information from a primary source such as RCRIS
or BRS, or an application that tracks a specific program activity.
A number of regions use local information systems to overcome the access difficulties
associated with agency program information systems and to supplement the information
maintained in program systems with local information from other sources. Examples are
Region 3's Corrective Action Instrument Tracking System (CAITS), Region 9's RCRIS
QuickLook, and Region 1's RCRIS-INFO. Organizations within headquarters and regions
have developed then: own specialized applications to track and answer activity-specific
questions. For example, the Permits and State Programs Division (PSPD) developed STATS
to track and answer questions on State program authorization. PSPD staff also access
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INDIANnet, which provides an exchange of information on Tribal programs. These sources
are generally considered reliable and accessible by their organization.
Science and Engineering Sources: The RCRA program managers and staff also rely on
scientific and engineering information sources. This category includes database and other
electronic information sources that contain primarily scientific and engineering information.
Both headquarters and regional staff access these information sources to obtain information on
treatment technologies, chemical constituents, and risks. Staff also indicated that they use
these types of sources to support specific analyses and studies, such as hazardous waste
listings, land disposal restrictions, and analytical methods development. Organizations within
the EPA hazardous waste program maintain three of these information sources (ISDB, HWIR
Process/Waste Database, and BDAT abstracts). Other information sources are owned and
maintained by organizations external to the EPA hazardous waste program, such as ORD and
the Office of Water (OW). These sources are generally considered reliable.
Non-EPA Information Sources: Regional and headquarters program staff also access
information sources provided by other government agencies and the private sector.
Information sources in this area include Dun & Bradstreet (which provides financial and
business information for regulated facilities); LEXIS (which is a full-text legal information
service); NTIS (which provides access to software, data files, and databases produced by
federal agencies); and the Right-to-Know computer network (RTKNet) (which provides access
to data from a variety of EPA program systems including BRS, FINDS, TRI, and CERCLIS).
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Current Data Source
Description
Owner
Reliability
Accessibility
Group(s) using
the Source
AGENCY INFORMATION SOURCES
Biennial Reporting System
(BRS)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation &
Liability Information System
(CERCLIS/CERCLIS3)
Contains information on waste generation, management,
management capacity, and minimization information for
RCRA large-quantity generators and for treatment, storage,
and disposal facilities subject to RCRA permitting
requirements.
Functions as the Superfund database that contains information
on hazardous waste sites from initial discovery to listing on
the National Priorities List.
EPAHQ:OSW
EPA HQ: Office of
Solid Waste and
Emergency
Response
(OSWER)
(Superfund)
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CIRMD-Information
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HWMMD-Analysis
and Information
Branch (A)
HWMMD-Waste
Treatment Branch
(L)
HWMMD-Waste
Minimization Branch
(W)
OECA-Office of
Regulatory
Enforcement (OR)
PSPD-Federal,
State, Tribal
Programs Branch
(ST)
HWID
HWMMD-A
PSPD-Corrective
Action Branch (CA)
Exhibit 1. Overview of Current Systems Used to Support the EPA Hazardous Waste Program
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Current Data Source
CLU-IN
ENVIROFACTS
Enviro$en$e Bulletin Board
System
EPA Locator
Emergency Response
Notification System (ERNS)
Facility Index System
(FINDS)
GATEWAY/GIS
Integrated Data for
Enforcement Analysis System
(IDEA)
Description
Serves as an information exchange bulletin board system that
provides for the exchange of information on programs
operated by OSWER. These programs include the solid and
hazardous waste program, the underground storage tank
program, emergency preparedness and prevention program,
and the emergency response and remediation program.
Functions as a relational database that integrates data
extracted from five major EPA program systems:
AERS/AFS, CERCLIS, PCS, RCRIS, and TRIS.
Is an electronic library of regulatory data and educational
information on pollution prevention (Pj), technical assistance,
and federal facilities environmental compliance and
enforcement.
Used as a personnel locator. Provides such information as
name, office, and telephone number.
Contains information on specific notifications of releases of
oil and hazardous substances.
Provides basic information about facilities regulated by EPA
and identifies sources of more detailed information.
Provides spatial data, including geographic and demographic
data.
Used as a cross-media enforcement case management tool.
Owner
EPA HQ: OSWER
EPAHQ:OIRM
EPAHQ:ORD,
OECA, DOE, and
DOD
EPAHQ
EPA HQ; OSWER,
OERR, ERD
EPAHQ:OffiM
EPA HQ: OffiM
EPA HQ: OECA
Reliability
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H
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L
H
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Accessibility
X
L
M
M
X
L
H
L
Group(s) using
the Source
CIRMD-H
CIRMD-H
HWMMD-W
OECA-OR
OECA-OfficeofSite
Remediation
Enforcement (OS)
CIRMD-I
HWMMD-W
PSPD-CA
Region 3, 10
EMRAD
OECA-Officeof
Compliance (OC)
OECA-OR
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Current Data Source
National Enforcement
Investigation Center (NEIC)
Permit Compliance System
(PCS)
Records of Decision System
(RODS)
Resource Conservation and
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
Toxic Release Inventory
System (TRIS)
Description
Provides facility enforcement and hazardous waste
import/export information.
Tracks permit, compliance, and enforcement status of
NPDES facilities. Keeps records on approximately 75,000
water discharge permit holders including inventory,
discharge limit, discharge monitoring, and non-compliance
information.
Tracks site cleanups under the Superfund program and to
justify the type of treatment chosen at each site.
Also stores information on the technologies being used to
clean up sites.
Contains information on handler, permitting, corrective
action, and compliance activities for RCRA hazardous waste
handlers.
Tracks information on facility and substance identification,
environmental chemical release, offsite waste transfer, and
waste treatment/minimization information. Tracks amounts
on more than 300 listed toxic chemicals that facilities release
directly to air, water, or land or transported (transferred)
offsite.
Owner
NEIC
EPA HQ: Office of
Water (OW)/OECA
EPA HQ: OERR
andOSWER
EPAHQ:
OSW/OECA
EPAHQ:OPPT
.
Reliability
M
X
M
M
L
Accessibility
M
X
L
L
L
Group(s) using
the Source
HWE>
HWMMD-A
OECA-OR
OECA-OC
HWMMD-A
PSPD-CA
Regions 3, 9, 10
CIRMD-H.I
HWMMD-A.L
OECA-OC,OR,OS
PSPD-CA
PSPD-Permitting
Branch (PM)
Regions 9, 10
CffiMD-H
HWID
HWMMD-W
OECA-OC, OR
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Current Data Source
Description
Owner
Reliability
Accessibility
Group(s) using
the Source
LOCAL INFORMATION SOURCES
CodeTalk
Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (CAITS)
Federal/State/Tribal Programs
Branch Bulletin Board System
(FSTPB-BBS)
Ground Water Information
Tracking System (GRITS)
HWIR Process/Waste DB
INDIANnet
Industry Studies Database
(ISDB)
OMBUDSMAN
(OMBUDDY)
Functions as an information-sharing network for and about
Native Americans.
Provides a mechanism for tracking corrective action activity.
Contains information on areas including regulations, and
policy.
Contains ground water monitoring data with statistical
capability and RCRA Subtitle D and C site, facility, and
constituent information.
Contains information on waste streams, volumes, quantities,
waste codes, constituents, and concentrations per facility.
Designed to provide information from the federal and other
levels to native Americans.
Provides facility- specific information on waste generating
production processes, the characteristics of wastes, and waste
management units.
Tracks information on anonymous phone calls received by
type, area, and program.
Department of
Housing and Urban
Development
(HUD): Office of
Information
Policies and
Systems
EPA Region 3
PSPD-ST
PSPD-ST
EPA HQ: EMRAD
Americans for
Indian Opportunity
Commercial
EPA-OSWER-
OMBUDSMAN
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M
H
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H
L
M
L
H
H
M
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PSPD-ST
Region 3
Regions 3, 9
PSPD-CA
EMRAD
PSPD-ST
EMRAD
HWID
HWMMD-A
PSPD-PM
CIRMD-H
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Current Data Source
Remedial Options (REOPT)
RCRIS Quicklook
State Authorization Tracking
System (STATS)
Description
Contains remedial actions technology and constituent and
environmental regulations.
Provides a user-friendly interface for reviewing information
extracted from RCRIS.
Contains information on which states are authorized for what
activities.
Owner
Department of
Energy (DOE)
EPA Region 9
EPAHQ:OSW
(PSPD)
Reliability
H
M
H
Accessibility
H
M
L
Group (s) using
the Source
PSPD-CA
Region 9
Region 9
PSPD-ST
PROGRAM POLICY AND REGULATORY INFORMATION SOURCES
Beginning Year Plans (BYPs)
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Enforcement Docket
(DOCKET)
Federal Register Notices
Document regional activities for coming fiscal year based on
the RCRA Implementation Plan (RIP).
Listings of the general and permanent rules published in the
Federal Register (PR) by the executive departments and
agencies of the federal government.
Contains information related to civil judicial enforcement
activity, including case information, facility information, and
defendant information.
Contains information on regulations and proposed
regulations.
EPAHQjOSW
(PSPD)
Office of the
Federal Register
National Archives
and Records
Administration
EPAHQ:OECA
EPAHQ:
OSW/OECA
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OECA-OC.OS
PSPD-PM.ST
Regions 3, 9, 10
CIRMD-H,I
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HWID
HWMMD-A,L,W
OECA-OC.OR.OS
PSPD-CA,PM,ST
OECA-OC.OS
Regions 3, 9, 10
CIRMD-H,I
HWMMD-A.L.W
OECA-OC,OR,OS
PSPD-CA,PM,ST
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Current Data Source
RCRA Permit Policy
Compendium (PPC)
Pollution Prevention
Information Center (PPIC)
RCRA Docket
j
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
Description
Functions as a reference for regional and state permit writers
on permitting policies and procedures.
Provides industry fact sheets and other general pollution
prevention information.
Provides references on rulemakings that deal with RCRA.
Stores, retrieves, and displays key information about OSW
regulatory documents and publications at the RCRA
Information Center.
Owner
EPA HQ: OSW
(PSPD)
Pollution
Prevention Division
(PPD)
EPA HQ: OSW
(CSB)
EPA HQ; OSW
(CSB)
Reliability
M
X
H
H
Accessibility
M
L
L
H
Group(s) using
the Source
Region 9
CIRMD-H
HWMMD-L
OECA-OC
PSPD-CA.PM.ST
HWMMD-W
CIRMD-H
HWE>
HWMMD-L
OECA-OC
PSPD-PM.ST
CIRMD-RCRA
Docket (D)
COMMERCIAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SOURCES
Dun and Bradstreet
Greenwire
LEXIS
National Technical
Information Service
RTKNet
Provides information on companies, such as economic
profile, business size, and annual reports.
Serves as a source of current environmental news.
Is a full-text legal information service.
Provides access to software, data files, and databases
produced by federal agencies.
Is the Right-to-Know computer network bulletin board
system.
Dun and Bradstreet
EPAHQ
Reed Elsevier, Inc.
U.S. Department of
Commerce
UNISON Institute
and OMB Watch
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Regions 9, 10
EMRAD
OECA-OC.OR
OECA-OR
OECA-OR.OS
CIRMD-H
CIRMD-H
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Current Data Source
Description
Owner
Reliability
Accessibility
Group(s) using
the Source
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION SOURCES
Alternative Treatment
Technology Information
Center (ATTIC)
Environmental Monitoring
Methods Index (EMMI)
Health Effects Assessment
Summary Tables (HEAST)
Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS)
ATTIC is a comprehensive computer database system
providing up-to-date information on innovative treatment
technologies and access to other databases to assist in
determining hazardous waste clean-up alternatives.
Contains information on 2,600 regulated chemicals
substances, which are identified on 50 statutorily mandated
and office-based lists, and over 900 analytical methods.
Summarizes toxic effects of individual chemicals and also
provides unverified health benchmarks for certain
carcinogens and non-carcinogens.
Provides detailed information on chemicals and EPA
consensus opinion on potential chronic human health effects
related to chemical hazard identification and dose-response
assessment.
EPA Cincinnati:
National Risk
Management
Research
Laboratory
(NRMRL)
OW Regulations
and Standards,
Office of Science
and Technology
EPA in Cincinnati:
Office of Research
and Development
(ORD), Office of
Health and
Environmental
Assessment
EPA in Cincinnati:
ORD, Office of
Health and
Environmental
Assessment
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1.3 Overview of Current Systems That Support the EPA Hazardous Waste Program
Areas
Program areas are groupings of activities that share a common set of information. These
groupings are used to subset the EPA hazardous waste program information into manageable
areas for analysis of specific information and activity support requirements. The program
areas are designed to represent an integrated view of information and activities that is subject-
based and independent of how EPA is organized.
The combination of current information systems and auxiliary information sources provide a
solid foundation of information support for the EPA hazardous waste program. The major
weakness hi current information support, however, is that it is difficult to integrate
information obtained from the variety of available sources. Program areas are designed to be
subject-based groups of integrated information and activities. Therefore, the large number of
diverse information sources identified as currently supporting each program area indicates less
than ideal integration among current systems. This reflects the media specific evolution of
environmental regulation and the corresponding development of program specific information
systems to support those activities.
The challenge for EPA hazardous waste program area analysis projects will be to develop
information organization methods that will facilitate the easy integration of information across
EPA hazardous waste program areas and from outside information sources.
The information for this current systems assessment was gathered within the context of the
specific information needs because the program areas had not been determined. Information
gathered about current systems is linked to the program areas through the specific information
needs because each information need is addressed hi a program area. The folio whig analysis
is based upon an evaluation of the current systems that support each of the information needs
identified for the specific program area.
This analysis focuses on the major gaps that support each program area based on the
information needs identified for the program area and knowledge of the information sources
identified for each information need. The information sources for each information need are
listed in Attachment 3. For cross-referencing purposes, the information needs included hi
each program area are listed.
1.3.1 Hazardous Waste Program Evaluation
The lack of data supporting the evaluation of environmental results for program activities is a
key gap for information that supports this program area. Current automated systems maintain
hiformation that tracks the regulatory process and regulated waste activity instead of the
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environmental or human health results of those activities. This ISP proposes that EPA has a
continued need for information about regulatory process and regulated waste activity and that
EPA must focus then* efforts to achieve environmental results. To adequately support program
evaluations based on environmental results, EPA must develop effective methods for linking
program activity information to studies and data that characterize human and environmental
health. A major challenge for this program area will be to identify the intended environmental
outcomes for the many hazardous waste program activities.
Information needs identified for this program area are as follows:
• 2600 Pollution Prevention Achievements.
• 4700 Remediation Risk Analyses.
• 5100 Environmental Indicators.
• 5300 National Program Performance Tracking.
• 6500 Stakeholder Participation Activities.
• 6600 Burden Reduction Success Information.
• 8100 Regulatory Policy Flexibility Analysis.
1.3.2 Program Implementation
Historically, EPA relied upon facility-specific program implementation information to describe
hazardous waste program status, the regulated community, and hazardous waste activity. The
lack of data supporting multi-media, industry sectors, and location-based evaluation of
hazardous waste activity is a key gap for supporting Program Implementation. The current
program implementation systems were designed to maintain a history of regulated activity for
each hazardous waste handler. This ISP proposes that EPA has an ongoing need for much of
the currently maintained facility-specific information. This information will need to support
program analysis and evaluation based on industry sectors and geographic locations.
To effectively support analysis that are based on location, EPA must develop consistent
methods for linking information about hazardous facilities with other location-based
information sources. To effectively support industry sector analyses, EPA must develop
consistent methods for classifying regulated businesses or for linking facility information to
other sources of information on business demographics. A major challenge for this program
area analysis project will be to identify shared implementation information that supports
national program evaluation, level of detail, and up-to-date information requirements.
This program area contains twenty-nine (44%) of the sixty-six information needs identified for
the hazardous waste program. These information needs that support Program Implementation
are as follows:
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• 1100 Specific Lists of Facilities.
• 1200 Name, Address, and Location.
• 1300 Regulatory ID Numbers.
• 1400 Owner Operator Identification.
• 1500 Industrial Sectors and Production.
• 1600 Facility and Business Size.
• 1700 Economic Profile.
• 1800 Facility Waste Management
Activity.
• 1900 Commercial Waste Handler Status.
• 2300 Waste Generation Process.
• 2400 Waste Quantities Handled On-Site.
• 2500 Off Site Shipments of Waste.
• 2600 Pollution Prevention Achievement.
• 2800 Capacity Analysis.
• 2900 Management Unit Descriptions.
• 3100 Notification Status.
• 3200 Permit Activities.
1.3.3 Information Sharing
• 3300 Enforcement Activities.
• 3400 Compliance Activities.
• 3500 Remediation/Stabilization
Activities.
• 4100 Environmental Site Characteristics.
• 4200 Population Exposure and
Environmental Justice.
• 4300 Multi-Media Releases and
Monitoring.
• 4700 Remediation Risk Analysis.
• 6100 Stakeholder Identification and
Resources.
• 6200 Roles and Responsibilities.
• 6500 Stakeholder Participation.
• 6800 Technical Compliance Assistance
Needs.
• 7500 Technical Experts and Peer
Review.
The major gaps in supporting Information Sharing are the inaccessibility of current hazardous
waste information and the lack of support for integrating the volumes of hazardous waste
information that currently exist hi both formal databases and collections of textual documents.
The collection of textual documents range from regulations, policy, and guidance to special
studies and reports. Current systems interviews revealed that most EPA analysis projects will
continue to require the ad hoc integration of hazardous waste, scientific, demographic, and
multimedia information obtained from a variety of diverse sources.
Access to hazardous waste information can be significantly improved using technologies that
provide subject-based access to information in various formats. Information integration is also
improved by subject-based access technologies, but these must be supplemented with
documentation that describe how information for a given subject can be integrated. The
ongoing challenge for the Information Sharing program area will be to develop technologies
that allow current and future hazardous waste information to be highly accessible and easy to
integrate with scientific, demographic, and multimedia information.
The information needs that support Information Sharing are as follows:
• 7100 Core Data Elements and Definitions.
• 7200 National Information Systems.
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• 7300 Local and Manual Information Systems.
• 7400 Information Technology Resources.
• 7700 Public Relations Documents.
• 7800 Technical Outreach and Training Materials.
1.3.4 Program Development
There are three major gaps hi supporting Program Development. Information about wastes
and activities not currently regulated must be obtained from outside sources or special studies.
Existing hazardous waste information does not effectively support multimedia and industry-
sector analysis. The wide range of documents that define, refine, clarify, and grant exceptions
to the legal requirements of the hazardous waste program cannot be easily accessed or
analyzed based on a subject.
The major improvements in information support for Program Development will be achieved
through increased accessibility to current hazardous waste information, enhanced support for
multimedia and industry-sector analysis, and enhanced methods for integrating this information
with information from other sources. These improvements will be addressed, by the
information access and integration projects pursued under the Information Sharing, Program
Evaluation, and Program Implementation program areas. To effectively manage program
change, this program area will need to consider integrated methods for mamlaining a program
wide view of the hazardous waste information requirements mandated by statutes, regulations,
policy, and guidance.
The information needs that support Program Development are as follows:
• 2100 Waste Identification Codes.
2700 Wastes Not Under Subtitle C.
• 3200 Permit Activities.
• 3600 Performance Standards and Variances.
• 8300 Federal Regulations.
• 8400 Regulatory Support Documents.
• 8600 Court Decisions and Regulatory Litigation.
• 8800 Other Agency Regulations and Policy.
1.3.5 Studies and Research
Hazardous waste studies and research support program development and program management
activities by identifying the environmental risks associated with specific solid wastes and the
methods used to manage them. This activity requires staff to combine information from a
wide range of scientific and programmatic sources. The primary weaknesses for supporting
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this program area are the difficulty in assessing current systems and the difficulty in combining
information obtained from current internal and external information sources.
Interviews of program staff responsible for studies and research indicated a high degree of
confidence in information obtained from sources that organize information based on
geographic location (e.g., GATEWAY/GIS). This finding highlights the fact that physical
location information provides one of the most effective tools for combining diverse
information derived from multiple sources. Analysis for this program area will need to
include consideration for how the results of ad hoc studies and research can be integrated with
information maintained hi future hazardous waste program support systems. The requirement
to support analysis based on physical location and industry sector will need to be addressed for
each program area analysis. Successful implementation of a requirement will greatly improve
EPA's ability to combine information from multiple sources.
The information needs that support Studies and Research are as follows:
• 2200 Waste Types and Constituents.
2400 Waste Quantities Handled On-Site.
2500 Off Site Shipments of Waste.
• 2600 Pollution Prevention Achievements.
• 4200 Population Exposure and Environmental Justice.
• 4400 Constituent Toxicity and Characteristics Data.
• 4500 Fate and Transport Models.
• 4600 Testing and Performance Data.
• 4800 Regulatory and Risk Analysis.
• 5500 Quality Assurance Data.
1.3.6 Program Management
The activities in this program area are to develop plans and allocate resources for the
hazardous waste program. Current systems support this program area by providing baseline
information about program implementation activities, regulatory process activities, and
regulated waste activities. Program Development relies upon Program Evaluation activities to
determine what has been accomplished and what needs to be accomplished.
The major gap in supporting Program Management is the same as that for Program Evaluation
(i.e., the lack of information supporting multimedia and industry-sector based assessment of
environmental results). A major challenge for this program area will be to identify the
intended environmental outcomes for the many hazardous waste program activities and develop
the methods for allocating program resources to achieve the desired environmental results.
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The information needs that support Program Management are as follows:
• 5200 National Program Goals and Plans.
• 5400 Authorization and Delegation Status.
• 5600 Administrative Resources.
• 5700 Grants and Contract Management.
• 5800 Program Implementation Costs to Stakeholders.
• 6200 Roles and Responsibilities.
• 6700 Voluntary and Innovative Programs.
• 8900 International Agreements.
1.3.7 Program Implementation Support
The key information requirements for this program area are information that identifies the
roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and information that identifies the training and
technical assistance for those stakeholders. With the exception of regulated stakeholders, these
requirements are not currently supported by automated information systems. Program staff
indicated that they rely on stakeholder lists maintained individually or within their
organization. These list are usually developed and maintained for specific ad hoc or ongoing
projects. While most staff thought their stakeholder lists were accessible and of high quality,
there are many weaknesses inherent hi isolated management of lists.
The primary weakness in current stakeholder list management is communication inconsistency.
Because these stakeholder lists are individually maintained, they are not easily accessible and
cannot be maintained to reflect contact changes in stakeholder organizations. Staff from
different EPA organizations communicate with different stakeholder representatives regarding
the same or related subjects. There is no centralized or uniform process allowing stakeholders
to identify or update information about who will represent them for a given subject, and EPA
has no way of distributing such changes when they occur. The challenges for this program
area analysis project will be determining what stakeholder lists must be maintained, developing
a process for maintaining those lists, and identifying methods for making those lists accessible
to EPA staff (based on the stakeholder environmental interests).
The information needs that support Program Implementation are as follows:
• 6300 Stakeholder Priorities, Perceptions, and Needs.
• 6400 Public Inquiries and Responses.
• 6800 Technical Compliance Assistance Needs.
• 7800 Technical Outreach and Training Materials.
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1.4 Narrative Discussion of Current Information Usage in the Hazardous Waste
Program
Program staff at both headquarters and regional levels also rely on a variety of hard copy
documents and files to provide information across all the strategic information need categories.
For example, program staff regularly use hard copy files, reports, and memoranda to locate
data to support the strategic information need categories. Regional staff primarily use sources
that provide facility-specific information (e.g., inspection reports, permit applications, phone
calls with the states and facilities, and notification forms). Headquarters staff use sources that
provide aggregate levels of data used hi their oversight role (e.g., information from trade
associations, specialized surveys, and EPA and other government reports).
The significant reliance on textual information indicates that strategic information management
needs cannot be met solely through automated database applications. Headquarters and
regional program staff often use sources that contain textual information that document Agency
regulations, policies, guidance, studies, and decisions. This type of information is typically
organized in either hard copy or electronic repositories. If the repository is hard copy, then it
may be found in an organizational library or on a staff member's desk. If the repository is
electronic, then it may be located on the Internet to widen its availability or located on a local
area network (LAN) server to make information available to internal organizational staff.
For each category of strategic mformation needs, most headquarters and regional program
staff access RCRIS and BRS for basic information on facilities, waste, and program activity
status mformation. They often must verify or supplement these mformation sources in order
to perform specific analyses. For example, Region 3 uses the Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (GAITS); the Federal, State, Tribal Programs Branch (FSTPB) uses the
FSTPB Bulletin Board System (BBS); Region 1 uses RCRIS INFO; and Region 9 uses RCRIS
Quicklook. OECA organizations, which oversee enforcement and compliance assistance
programs, use IDEA for supplemental information about facilities. In many cases, the
supplemental information sources represent extracts of RCRIS data. These extracts are
imported to a PC-based database and have interfaces that allow the users to perform queries
more suited to their analyses.
To support Program Development activities (e.g., hazardous waste identification and standards
development), organizations such as EMRAD use RCRIS and BRS as needed, but go to then-
own scientific/engineering and local information sources for supplemental mformation.
Examples of local mformation sources are the Hazardous Waste Information Rule (HWIR)
Process/Waste Database and the Industry Studies Database (ISDB). EMRAD accesses these
alternate mformation sources because it often performs analyses on facilities and waste streams
that are currently not regulated and would not be captured in the current network of major
information sources.
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No single information source is predominantly used to provide baseline information on facility
or constituent risk. All headquarters and regional program staff go to a variety of information
sources to build an integrated view of risk at a facility or set of facilities. While developing
regulations and building programs that are driven by risk, headquarters program staff go to the
information source that best meets its need for risk information. For example, HWID uses
ISDB and IRIS; OECA uses IDEA; EMRAD uses GATEWAY/GIS; HWMMD uses TRI and
BRS; and PSPD Corrective Action staff use CERCLIS and the Permit Policy Compendium.
Regional program staff, on the other hand, use GATEWAY/GIS data, coupled with risk data
contained in BRS, RCRIS, and TRI.
EPA program staff also use specialized reports and documents to provide risk information.
Specifically, regional staff search Part A and Part B permit applications, RCRA Facility
Assessments (RFA), facility inspection reports, and trial burns to collect information about
risk. Headquarters staff look to Statements of Basis (SOB), census data, and rulemakings, as
well as phone calls with regions and states for supplemental risk information.
Program planning information is supplied by a variety of textual information sources, such as
the BYP, CFR, Enforcement Docket, Federal Register Notices, Pollution Prevention
Information Clearinghouse, RIP, STARS reports, budget documents, grants, and the RCRA
Docket. This category of information is not facility-oriented, but instead supports the
information needs for oversight of the EPA hazardous waste program. As described hi
Chapter 3, this category contains the information that is used to plan and evaluate the
program. It includes information about program goals, program measurements, authorization
status, and program resources. To access this type of information, program staff rely on their
local information sources and their network of contacts. Regional program staff consistently
use manual files, call state representatives, or call headquarters for the needed information.
Headquarters, on the other hand, has a more centralized repository of program authorization
information located hi STATS.
Administrative resource information is the other type of program planning information that
comes from various information sources. Regional information sources include using grants,
budget documents, and state work plans. Headquarters uses spreadsheets, budget documents,
work plans, and contacts with management to identify administrative resource information.
Currently, stakeholder information needs are poorly/minimally covered by the 50 major
information sources. Program staff rely most heavily on many specialized information
sources, such as phone calls, public comments, and personal networks. As part of EPA's
evolving role, program staff and management indicated a need to have information about their
stakeholders. Program stakeholders include all participants in the EPA hazardous waste
program ranging from the regulated community and the public to regulators and environmental
interest groups. Headquarters and regional staff use some of the major information sources to
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obtain information on their stakeholders. These information sources include the BYP, BRS,
CFR, the EPA Locator, the Federal Register, RCRA Permit Policy Compendium, and the
RCRA Docket System. In addition, both headquarters and regional program staff use more
personalized information sources, such as surveys to ascertain who their stakeholders are, their
roles and responsibilities, and their perceptions about the program. Staff within the various
programs also keep their own listings of stakeholders which are typically updated through
telephone calls or personal networks.
All headquarters and regional program staff use the CFR, the Federal Register Notices, the
Permit Policy Compendium, and the RCRA Docket as major sources of information on
statues, regulations, policies, and guidance. Program staff need to access information on
federal statutes, regulations, policies, and guidance in order to write regulations, enforce
regulations, and perform implementation activities such as corrective action and permitting.
Regardless of their implementation or oversight roles, EPA hazardous waste program staff and
managers universally use one or more of these major sources for information on regulatory
and policy flexibility analyses; federal statutes, authorities, and definitions; federal regulations
and definitions; regulatory support documents; and federal policy and guidance.
For information on court decisions and regulatory litigation, Congressional and executive
mandates, other Agency regulations and polices, and international agreements and law,
headquarters and regional program staff use the variety of reports and memorandums that
supply these information needs.
Again, the key gaps identified by the Current Systems Assessment are for information sources
that will support the new directions for the hazardous waste management program. The
information needs that must be supported include the following:
• Evaluating environmental results.
• Evaluating industrial sectors.
• Utilizing population demographics.
• Assessing multi-media impacts.
• Gathering information about unregulated activity and/or materials.
1.5 Narrative Discussion of Reliability and Accessibility of Information Sources
Generally, reliability and accessibility of an information source for any of the strategic
information need categories did not differ based on the activity being performed.
Headquarters and regional program staff were asked to assess the reliability and accessibility
of the information sources by individual strategic information need category based on the
activity they were performing. The idea behind this methodology for evaluating the current
systems was to understand whether an information source would be suitable for supplying
information
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to support one activity but unsuitable to support another activity. In responding, program staff
generally noted that an information source was equally reliable and accessible across strategic
information needs for activities.
Of the 50 information sources identified, nine provided information that was rated highly
reliable and highly accessible. These information sources are as follows:
CodeTalk.
CFR.
LEXIS.
Greenwire.
REOPT.
INDIANnet.
GATEWAY/GIS.
HWIR Process/Waste Database.
Federal Register Notices.
RCRA Docket System (RCRADS-SEEK).
The highly rated sources were hi the following categories of information sources: Regulation
and Policy Information Sources, Local Information Sources, and Science and Engineering
Information Sources. Two of these information sources (CFR and Federal Register Notices)
are considered highly accessible and highly reliable and were earlier identified as providing
part of the baseline data for the EPA hazardous waste program. Some of the other information
sources (RCRADS-SEEK, REOPT, and HWIR Process/Waste Database) are considered highly
reliable and accessible, but are only used by the program staff that developed them. This
indicates that some program staff that develop their own in-house sources have designed them
to answer specific analyses they perform on a routine basis and know and feel comfortable
with the data contained in them. Furthermore, the program staff have succeeded in making
these sources available to their in-house staff.
A few of the commercial information sources were rated as highly reliable and accessible:
Greenwire and LEXIS. Greenwire is an information source available via the Agency's Value
Added Backbone Service (VABS). LEXIS is available via the Internet. These information
sources, however, were accessed by very few groups. OECA was the only organization to
access Greenwire and used it to provide facility information. Similarly, OECA was the only
organization to access LEXIS and use it as one of its major sources for legal and policy
document information.
The Agency (national) Information Systems (BRS, RCRIS, TRI, and IDEA) were considered
overall medium to low in reliability and low in accessibility. These systems are accessed on a
regular basis to perform analyses. Program staff acknowledge that these information sources
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contain a wealth of information on facility, wastes, and program-activities. The lack of
current information as well as inflexibility of the data in supporting multi-media and risk
analyses leads them to note that the information provided by these sources is less than highly
reliable.
More troubling for staff, however, is the relative inaccessibility of these information sources.
Many of these Agency Information Sources are maintained"outside the EPA hazardous waste
program and, consequently, program staff need to expend extra efforts to contact the right
individuals to obtain access to the Agency information sources. Even for information sources
maintained within the EPA hazardous waste program, such as RCRIS and BRS, program staff
complain about the difficulty of accessing these sources because they are on the mainframe and
programmed in a software language (FOCUS) that is difficult to use.
To improve accessibility, some program staff have developed their own databases around
RCRIS and BRS data. The need to develop these specialized databases indicates problems
with the current RCRIS and BRS interfaces. Any decision to change the way in which facility,
waste, and program status activities are supplied will have significant impacts on those
organizations that have built such systems. Regional systems, such as RCRIS Quicklook, will
be impacted, as will systems like ENVIROFACTS and IDEA that use RCRIS information to
populate their databases.
There are a number of information sources, however, that program staff considered at least
medium in both reliability and accessibility (many had one of the criteria—reliability or
accessibility—ranked as high). These information sources are ATTIC, BYP, Dun &
Bradstreet, EMMI, Enviro$en$e, the EPA Locator, FSTPB-BBS, HEAST, ISDB, PPC, and
RCRIS Quicklook. Most of these information sources fall into the categories of Regulation
and Policy Information Sources, Local Information Sources, and Science and Engineering
Information Sources. The exception is Enviro$en$e, which is considered an Agency-wide
information source. Enviro$en$e is considered by several organizations to provide highly
reliable information, but presents some obstacles hi terms of accessibility.
For information on policies, regulations, and statutes, headquarters and regional program staff
rely heavily on CFR and FR notices, the Permit Policy Compendium, and other memoranda.
They consider these information sources to be relatively reliable and, due to recent efforts in
making such information available on the Internet or LAN, accessible. Program staff want to
see improvements hi obtaining more timely access to court and regulatory decisions and other
Agency regulations and policies.
In many instances, program staff could not comment on the reliability of information sources
such as CLU-IN, ENVIROFACTS, ERNS, Ombudsman, NTIS, PCS, PPIC, and RTKNet,
although they do use these systems. Many of these information sources are owned and
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maintained by organizations external to the EPA hazardous waste program. Program staff
using these information sources indicated that they access the information but have little or no
knowledge of the data owner(s) or the conditions surrounding the information, provided by
these sources.
In driving the program towards multimedia and community-based initiatives, program staff
will need to work with and integrate existing systems. This integration calls for information
about the current systems (i.e., data definitions, data dictionaries) to determine how certain
multimedia analyses can be integrated. The Current Systems Assessment indicates that
program staff are sometimes accessing the data definitions contained in systems, but often find
this information inaccessible. Hence, any future information management projects should
consider how to make data definitions and system information more available to the program
staff.
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Waste Information Needs Worksheet
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WASTE INFORMATION NEEDS WORKSHEET
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Information Need
1. Priority
2. Detail
Level
3. Frequency
Needed
4. Data Format
Current Systems
5. Primary Information Source
6. Accessibility
7. Reliability
1000-Facility Identification and Business Operations
1100-Specific Lists of Facilities
1200-Name/Address and Location
1300-Regulatory Identification Numbers
1400-Owner/Operator Identification
1500-Industrial Sectors and Production
1600-Facility and Business Size
1700-Economic Profile
1800-Facility Waste Management Activities
1900-Commercial Waste Handler Status
2000-Waste Generation Composition and Management
2100-Waste Identification Codes
2200-Waste Types and Constituents
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2300- Waste Generation Processes
2400-Waste Quantities Handled On-Site
2500-Off-Site Shipments of Wastes
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Information Need
2600-Waste Pollution Prevention Achievements
2700-Waste Not Under Subtitle-C
2800-Capacity Analyses
2900-Mgmt Unit Descriptions and Status
1. Priority
2. Detail
Level
3. Frequency
Needed
4. Data Format
Current Systems
5. Primary Information Source
6. Accessibility
7. Reliability
3000-FaciIity RCRA Implementation Activities
3100-Facility Notification Status
3200-Facility Permit Activities
3300-Facility Enforcement Activities
3400-Facility Compliance Activities
3500-Facility Remediation/Stabilization Activities
3600-Faciluy Performance Stds & Variances
4000-Facility and Constituent Risk Analyses
4100- Environmental Site Characteristics
4200-Pop. Exposure & Environ. Justice
4300-Multi-media Releases and Monitoring
4400-Constituent Toxicity & Char. Data
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WASTE INFORMATION NEEDS WORKSHEET
Information Need
4500-Fate and Transport Models
4600-Testing and Performance Data
4700-Remediation Risk Analyses
4800-Regulatory Risk Analyses
4900-Permit and Compliance Risk Analyses
1. Priority
2. Detail
Level
3. Frequency
Needed
4. Data Format
Current Systems
5. Primary Information Source
6. Accessibility
7. Reliability
5000-Program Operations, Plans and Evaluation Information
5100- Environmental Indicators
5200-National Program Goals and Plans
5300-National Program Performance Tracking
5400-Authorization and Delegations Status
5500-Quality Assurance Data and Plans
5600-Administrative Resources
5700-Grants and Contract Management
5800-Program Impl. Costs to Stakeholders
6000-Customer Service and Stakeholder Operations
6100-Stakeholder Ident. and Resources
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WASTE INFORMATION NEEDS WORKSHEET
Information Need
6200-RoIes and Responsibilities
6300-StakehoIder Prior., Perceps., & Needs
6400-Public Inquiries and Responses
6500-Stakeholder Participation Activities
6600-Burden Reduction Success Information
6700-Voluntary and Innovative Programs
6800-Technical Compl. Assistance Needs
1. Priority
2. Detail
Level
3. Frequency
Needed
4. Data Format
Current Systems
5. Primary Information Source
6. Accessibility
7. Reliability
7000-Information Systems, Access and Outreach
7100-Core Data Elements and Definitions
7200-National Information Systems
7300-Local and Manual Information Systems
7400-Information Technology Resources
7500-Technical Experts and Peer Review Access
7700-Public Access
7800-Tech. Outreach and Training Materials
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Information Need
1. Priority
2. Detail
Level
3. Frequency
Needed
4. Data Format
Current Systems
5. Primary Information Source
6. Accessibility
7. Reliability
8000-Legal and Policy Documents
8100-Regulatoiy & Policy Flexibility Analyses
8200-Fed. Stats, Authorities and Definitions
8300-Federal Regulations and Definitions
8400-Regulatory Support Documents
8500-Federal Policy and Guidance
8600-Court Decisions & Reg. Litigation
8700-Congressional or Executive Mandates
8800-Other Agency Regulations and Policy
8900- International Agreements and Law
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First, rate the source of Information for its ability to provide access to the information, using the following codes and criteria:
H - (Easily Accessible) - Information can be quickly and easily obtained from the source of information identified.
M - (Accessible) - Information can be obtained from the source of information identified with a reasonable level of effort.
L - (Poorly Accessible) - Information can be obtained from the primary source of information, but with an unreasonable level of effort.
X - (No opinion/undecided) - Do not wish to rate the accessibility of this information source. Is used by organization, but respondent is unfamiliar with how it is obtained or feels mat accessibility is not applicable.
Second, rate the reliability of the information in the system, using the Mowing codes and criteria:
H - (Very reliable) - Data from the information source which is used in fulfilling a particular information need is very dependable - high quality - and current enough to meet need.
M - (Reliable) - Data from the information source which is used in fulfilling a particular information need is dependable — good quality - and current enough to meet need.
L - (Not reliable) - Data from the information source is undependable - poor data quality - and may or may not be current enough to meet need.
X - (No opinion/undecided) - Do not wish to rate the reliability of this information source. Is used by organization, but respondent is unfamiliar with reliability of the information source.
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Participants in the EPA Hazardous Waste Program Current Systems Assessment
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NAME '
Cheryl Atkinson
Paul Gotthold
Bob Greaves
Christopher Pilla
Paula Bisson
Bridget Coyle
Robin Holloway
Lisa McClain
Nicole Moutoux
Nancy Nadel
Jack Boiler
Christy Brown
Nancy Helm
Mike Slater
Judy Stone
Beverly Allen
David Updike
Steve Watson
Sue Parker
Guy Tomassoni
Bob Hall
Mike Fitzpatrick
Charles Sellers
Gail Hansen
Lyn Luben
Monica Barron
Ollie Fordham
Patricia Washington
Eric Boissonnas
Nancy Hunt
Wayne Roepe
LOCATION
Region 3
Region 3
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PSPD
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EMRAD
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NAME
David J. Carver
Tricia Buzzell
Andrew O'Palko
Jos6 E. Labiosa
Sue Slotnick
Shaun McGarvey
Rhonda Craig
Robert Burchard
Sara Rasmussen
Dave Levy
C. Pan Lee
Ron Josephson
Narendra Chaudhari
Wanda Levine
Angela Cracchiolo
Becky Cuthbertson
Chris Nugent
John Mason
Phyllis Donahue
Ken Gigliello
Barbara Roth
Kathy Bruneske
Patti Whiting
Amy Norgren Salfi
Doug Hayes
Amy Rubin
Judi Kane
LOCATION
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
OFFICE
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
osw
OECA/OC
OECA/OC
OECA/OC
OECA/OC
OSW
OSW
OSW
DIVISION
PSPD
PSPD
PSPD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWMMD
HWID
HWID
HWID
HWMMD
HWMMD
EPTDD
CCSMD
EPTDD
CCSMD
CIRMD
CIRMD
CIRMD
BRANCH
Permitting
Permitting
Permitting
Waste Treatment
Waste Treatment
Waste Treatment
Waste Treatment
Analysis and Information
Analysis and Information
Analysis .and Information
Analysis .and Information
Waste Identification
Waste Identification
Waste Identification
Waste Minimization
Waste Minimization
CIR
DMB
RCRA Docket Management and
Staff
RCRA Docket Management and
Staff
RCRA Docket Management and
Staff
RCRA Hotline Management and
Staff
RCRA Hotline Management and
Staff
RCRA Hotline Management and
Staff
RCRA Hotline Management and
Staff
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NAME
Dela Ng
Sharon Cullen
Peter Neves
Mark Pollins
Bill Hamele
Felicia Wright
Clara Mickles
LOCATION
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
HQ
OFFICE
OECA/OSRE
OECA/OSRE
OECA/OSRE
OECA/ORE
OECA/ORE
OSW
DIVISION
BRANCH
PSPD
Federal, State, Tribal Programs
American Indian Environmental
Office
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Attachment 3
Current Sources Supporting Strategic Information Needs
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Legend for Attachment 3 of Appendix I.
CODE GROUP RESPONDING
Region 3 Region 3 (no specification of Implementation or Oversight)
Region 3-1 Region 3 (Implementation specified)
Region 3rO Region 3 (Oversight specified)
Region 9 Region 9 (no specification of Implementation or Oversight)
Region 9-1 Region 9 (Implementation specified)
Region 9-O Region 9 (Oversight specified)
Region 10 Region 10 (no specification of Implementation or Oversight)
Region 10-1 Region 10 (Implementation specified)
Region 10-O Region 10 (Oversight specified)
PSPD-PM Permitting Branch within the Permits and State Program Division (OSW/PSPD)
PSPD-CA Corrective Action Branch within the Permits and State Program Division (OSW/PSPD)
PSPD-ST Federal, State, and Tribal Programs Branch within the Permits and State Program Division
(OSW/PSPD)
HWID Waste Identification Branch within the Hazardous Waste Identification Division
(OSW/HWID)
EMRAD Economics, Methods, and Risk Assessment Division (OSW/EMRAD)
CIRMD-I Information Management Branch within the Communications and Information Resources
Management Division (OSW/CIRMD)
CIRMD-D RCRA Docket management and staff in Communications Services Branch within
Communications and Information Resources Management Division (OSW/CIRMD)
CIRMD-H RCRA Hotline management and staff in Communications Services Branch within
Communications and Information Resources Management Division (OSW/CIRMD)
HWMMD-A Analysis and Information Branch within the Hazardous Waste Management and
Minimization Division (OSW/HWMMD)
HWMMD-L Waste Treatment Branch within the Hazardous Waste Management and Minimization
Division (OSW/HWMMD)
HWMMD-W Waste Minimization Branch within the Hazardous Waste Management and Minimization
Division (OSW/HWMMD)
OECA-OC Office of Compliance within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(OECA/OC)
OECA-OR Office of Regulatory Enforcement within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA/ORE)
OECA-OS Office of Site Remediation Enforcement within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA/OSRE)
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Current Data Source
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Beginning Year Plans (BYP)
Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (CAITS)
Dun & Bradstreet
ENVIROFACTS
Facility Index System (FINDS)
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS)
NTIS
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
1000 Facility Identification and Business Operations
1100-Specific Lists of
Facilities
Region 3-D H
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A M
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
OECA-OS M
Region 3-0 M
OECA-OC M
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-CA L
EMRAD L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H X
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 H
Region 3-0 M
Region 9 H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O H
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-O H
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
PSPD-CA L
1200-Naine/Address and
Location
Region 3-O H
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A M
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
OECA-OS M
Region 3-O M
OECA-OC M
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-CA L
EMRAD L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
HWID M
CIRMD-H X
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 H
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-O L
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-O H
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
1300-ReguIatory
Identification Numbers
Region 10-1 H
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
OECA-OS M
Region 3-O M
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H X
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 H
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-O H
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM H
1400-Owner/Operator
Identification
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H X
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 L
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA L
1500-Indust rial Sectors
and Production
Region 9-O M
Region 10 L
Region 10-1 L
Region 10-O L
CIRMD-H X
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-O M
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
1600-Facffity and
Business Size
HWMMD-A M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
EMRAD M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR X
HWID H
OECA-OC L
Region 3 M
Region 9-1 L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
PSPD-PM H
1700-Economic Profile
HWMMD-A M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
EMRAD M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR X
HWID H
OECA-OC L
Region 3 M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
1800-Facility Waste
Management Activities
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-O M
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM H
1900-Commerclal Waste
Handler Status
Region 9-1 M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-0 M
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-H X
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
PSPD-PM H
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Current Dita Source
RCRISQufclclook
RTKNel
Toxic Release Inventory System
CTRI)
Other Sources
IOW FKffitj IdentlHaUoa «od Itetoca Opentlom
llOOSpccific Usts of
Facilities
C1RMD-H X
HWID L
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OC M
Region 3-1
RCRA3010 H
Notification H
Region 9-1
State DB M
Project Files L
IRMs Census Data M
Region 10-1
File
PartB
Region 10-O
File
CIRMD-H
Internet X
EMRAD
Industry Association M
HWID
Stanford Research
Institute Directory of
Chemical Producers M
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
HWMMD-L
Generator Survey M
OECA-OS
Supplemental Rpt X
PSPD-PM
Combustors List H
Call Trade Orgs H
PSPD-ST
BRSRpt L
DOE Rpt L
Call Rgns/States M/M
120M
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Current Data Source
Alternative Treatment
Technology Information Center
(ATTIC-BBS)
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Federal Register (FR) Notices
HWIR Process/Waste DB
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
RCRA Docket
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
RCRIS Qukklook
2000-Waste Generation, Composition, and Management
2100-Waste
Identification Codes
Region 10 L
Region 10-1 L
Region 10-O L
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L L
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-1 H
EMRAD H
HWMMD-L H
OECA-OR H
PSPD-CA H
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H X
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 L
OECA-OC M
2200- Waste Types and
Constituents
PSPD-CA H
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I M
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR M
PSPD-ST L
Region 9-1 X
Region 9-1 X
EMRAD H
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
PSPD-PM M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-0 L
OECA-OC M
Region 9-1 M
2300-Waste Generation
Processes
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR M
HWID H
HWMMD-A M
PSPD-PM M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-0 L
2400-Waste Quantities
Handled On-Site
Region 9-1 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR M
PSPD-ST L
HWID H
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 M
2500-Off-Site Shipments
of Wastes
Region 9-1 M
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
CIRMD-I L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
HWID H
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O M
2600-Waste Pollution
Prevention
Achievements
Region 10 L
Region 10-1 L
Region 10-0 L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O M
OECA-OC M
2700- Wastes Not Under
Subtitle C
HWID H
PSPD-PM L
PSPD-PM M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O M
2800-Capatity Analyses
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-D H
2900-Management Unit
Descriptions and Status
CIRMD-I L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
HWID H
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
CIRMD-I L
OECA-OR L
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Current Data Source
Other Sources
2000- Wane Generate, Composition, and Management
2100-Waste
IdeotUkaUw Codes
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 10
Call Stale M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
CIRMD-H
Policy Records X
HWID
Questionnaires H
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
Comments to
Ruiemaking H
Mtg with Industry H
HWMMD-W
Application X
2200-Waste Types and
Constituents
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-D
Facility Submtaals H
Region 9 PartB H
Region 9-1 PartB H
Region 9-O
Paper Files M
Region 10 Call State M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File/Part B M/M
Region 10-0
Inspection/File M
Call State Permit
Writer M
HWID
Questionnaires H
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
Comments on
Ruiemaking H
Mtg with Industry H
HWMMD-L
RCRA 3007 X
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt M
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries H
PSPD-PM DODDBs M
Site Visits/Calls M/M
RCRA 3007 M
Library of Congress M
PSPD-ST
Joint EPA/NRC
Study H
2300-Waste Generation
Processes
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittals H
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files L
Call Facility M
Pan A Files M
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-!
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires H
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
Comments on
Ruiemaking H
Mtg with Industry H
HWMMD-W
Technical Reference
Docs H
Library H
PSPD-CA
Calls Rgns/States/
Facilities M/M/M
PSPD-PM
DOD DBs M
Site Visits M
Calls M
RCRA 3007 M
Library of Congress M
ZWO-Waste Quantities
Handled Da-Site
Reglon3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-O
Facility Submittals H
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files L
Call Facility M
Region 10
Call Stale M
Region IO-I
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires . H
Petitions M
OECA-OC
International
Import/Export
System X
PSPD-CA
Questionnaire M
PSPD-ST
Joint EPA/NRC
Study H
2500-OtT-Site Shipments
of Wastes
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 9-1
Project Files L
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
Manifest during
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-O
Manifest during
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires • H
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
Comments on LDR
Ruiemaking H
Mtg with Industry H
2«0-W«!c Pollution
Prevention
Achievements
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-0
Facility Submiltals M
Region 9-1
PartB H
Facility Reports M
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
Call State M
CIRMD-D
Waste Min Docs X
CIRMD-H
PPIC X
Guides X
OPPTs 3350
Programs X
EPA Publications X
HWID
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
El Digest
Literature
Reports
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt
2700- Wist es Not Under
Subtitle C
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-O
Facility Submittals H
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
Call State M
CIRMD-H
Call State Agency X
EMRAD
OECARpts M
Literature Search M
HWID
Questionnaires H
HWMMD-A
Franklin Report H
HWMMD-L
Calls States L
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt M
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries H
PSPD-PM
Letters H
RCRA 3007 H
2WW*padty Analyses
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 9-1
Project Files X
Region 10
Call State M
CIRMD-D
State Capacity
Assurance Plans X
CIRMD-H
Call LDR/MUed
Waste X
EMRAD
Rpt from
HWMMD-A M
2900-Manaiemenl Unit
Descriptions and Status
Region 3
Inspection Rpts M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittals H
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files M
Call Facility M
PA or RFA M
Region 9-O
State Rpts M
Project Files M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-O
Inspection M
File M
Call State Permit
Writer M
EMRAD
Call Facility M
HWID
Questionnaires H
Petitions M
HWMMD-A
Call Industry
Contact M
PSPD-ST
DOE Report L
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Current Data Source
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Beginning Year Plans (BYP)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation &
Liability Information System
(CERCLIS/CERLIS3)
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
Emergency Response
Notification System (ERNS)
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
NEIC
Records of Decision System
(RODS)
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
RCRIS Quicklook
RTKNet
3000-Facility RCRA Implementation Activities
3100-Facility Notification
Status
OECA-OR L
OECA,OC M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I H
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
PSPD-CA M
Region 9-1 M
3200-Facility Permit Activities
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
PSPD-PM M
OECA-OC M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM L
Region 9-1 M
CIRMD-H X
3300-Facility Enforcement
Activities
OECA-OR L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
HWID X
Region 3 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
Region 9-1 M
3400-Fadlity Compliance Activities
OECA-OR L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-O L
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
Region 9-1 M
3500-Facility Remediation/Stabilization
Activities
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
HWID L
HWMMD-A M
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OR L
HWMMD-A M
Regions M
Region 9-1 L
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
CIRMD-I H
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
PSPD-CA L
3600-FacilKy Performance Standards and
Variances
OECA-OR L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-O M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS L
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Reliability of Information Sources
RELIABILITY
Carrot Data Soura
Other Sources
3000-Fidlity RCRA Implementation Activities
31CN5-F«dIity NotHfcitloa
SUtra
Regions
In Home Files M
Region 9-1
Notification M
Notification Files M
Region 10-1
File M
Region 10-0
File M
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
3200-Fadlity Penult Aalrltits
Reglon3
In House Files M
Region 3-0
Slate Facility Utters H
Region 9-O
Slate Rpts M
Paper Files M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-0
File M
Call Site Manager M
Call State Permit Writer M
CIRMD-H
Call Region/State X
HMD
Call Region H
Call Facility H
HWMMD-A
Comments H
Calls H
Voluntary Submissions M
Call States H
Letters H
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
3300-F.dUtr Entamoeot
Activities
Region 3
In House Files M
Region 3-1
CMEL-lype forms M
Region 3-0
Call Enforcement Staff H
Region 9-1
Call Compliance Staff M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Inspector M
Call Compliance Site Manager M
Region 10-0
Call Inspector M
HWID
Call Region M
Call State M
Call Facility X
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
3400-FKffity Compliance Actiritlo
Region 3
In House Files M
Region 3-1
Summary Rpts H
Region 3-D
Call Enforcement Staff H
Region 9-1
Call Compliance Staff M
Region 9-0
State Reports M
Paper Files M
Region 10
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Inspector M
Call Compliance Site Manager M
Region 1CM3
File M
Call Inspector M
Call Compliance Staff M
HWID
Call Region M
Call State M
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
3500-Ficttjr Rnnediitlon/SUbiiiution
AeUtltles
Regions
In House Files M
Region 3-1
Project Managers Files H
Region 3-0
Stale Narratives H
Facility Submittals H
Region 9
PartB H
Facility Reports H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Monthly Facility Reports H
Project Files M
Call Facility or State M
Region 9-0
State Rpts M
Paper Files M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-0
Call Site Manager M
Call State Staff M
HWID
Call Region M
Call State M
HWMMD-A
TIO Models M
HWMMD-L
Calls M
HWMMD-W
Goust Doc X
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases L
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
3400-FldUly Performance Standards lad
Variances
Region 3
In House Files M
Region 9-1
PartB M
Memoj M
Region 9-0
Project Files L
Region 10
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-0
File M
Call Site Manager M
HWMMD-A
Rulemaking M
Call Facility M
HWMMD-L
Calls M
PSPD-CA
Internal Docs L
Call HWMMD-L L
PSPD-ST '
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison L
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Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation &
Liability Information System
(CERCLIS/CERLIS3)
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Federal Register (FR) Notices
GATEWAY/CIS
GRITS
Health Effects Assessment
Summary Tables (HEAST)
HWIR Process/Waste DB
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS)
NTIS
RCRA Permit Policy
Compendium (PPC)
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
REOPT
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
Toxic Release Inventory System
(TRI)
4000-FatiUtv and Constituent Risk Analyses
4100-Environmental Site
Characteristics
PSPD-CA M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3 M
Region 10-1 X
4200-Population
Exposure and
Environmental Justice
HWMMD-A M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 ' M
Region 10-1 X
Region 10-O X
EMRAD H
HWID H
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-D M
Region 9-1 M
4300-MuHimedia
Releases and Monitoring
PSPD-CA M
PSPD-CA M
EMRAD H
HWID H
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-D H
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-W L
4400-Constituent
Tosicity and
Characteristics Data
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 X
Region 10-0 X
HWMMD-A L
CIRMD-H X
HWID H
CIRMD-H X
HWID M
CIRMD-D H
OECA-OR X
4500-Fate and
Transport Models
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-CA H
CIRMD-D H
4600-Testing and
Performance Data
PSPD-CA H
.'
CIRMD-D H
PSPD-CA H
4700-Rcmcdiation Risk
Analyses
PSPD-CA M
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-D H
4800-Regulatory Risk
Analyses
PSPD-CA M
HWID M
CIRMD-D H
4900-Perrait and
Compliance Risk
Analyses
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-D H
OECA-OC M
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Other Sources
4WJ-Fae»y tad Constituent Rfak Analyses
4100-EarIroanwotal Site
Characteristics
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
RFA/RFI Report H
Region 3-0
Facility Submiual H
Region 9
PartB H
RFI H
Region 9-1
FartB H
RFI H
Project Files M
PA/Permit M/M
Call Facility M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Project Files M
Region 10-1 File M
Region 10-0
File M
Call Site Manager M
CIRMD-H
Individual
Rulemakings X
Environmental Justice
Policy X
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD M
Call EMRAD M
Petitions X
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases M
Rgn discussions M
PSPD-PM
PSPD Lists M
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt M
4200-PopuIatIon
Exposure and
Environment!! Justice
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Call Stale Staff M
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment M
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment M
Project Files M
PA M
RFA M
1RM Assessment
Project M
Region 9-O
State Reports M
Public Input M
Paper Files M
Project Files M
Region 10-0
Census Data M
CIRMD-H
CallRgns X
EMRAD
US Census H
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD M
Call EMRAD M
Questionnaires H
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
Facility Report X
PSPD-CA
Reports M
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt M
4300-MitMntedla
Releases and Monitoring
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Call Slate H
Region 3-0
Facility Submiual H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files M
PA M
RFA M
Call Facility M
Facility Rpts M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Region 10-1
Call Other EPA
Programs M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Call Other EPA
Programs M
Call Other Programs M
CIRMD-H
Call Rgns X
HWID
Questionnaires H
HWMMD-A
Facility Report X
HWMMD-W
Air Program
Emission Factors X
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases M
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt M
4400-ConstItucnt
Toxkilyand
Characteristics Data
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Facility Submlllai H
Region 9
Risk Assessment M
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment M
Project Files M
PA M
RFA M
TOMES M
Order M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Project Files M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
State Annual Rpt M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
State Annual Rpt M
HWID
Questionnaires H
Office of Water M
Notices M
HWMMD-A
Background Docs L
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD M
HWMMD-W
Technical Docs H
4500-Flteaad
Transport Models
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Subject Facility H
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment M
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment M
Project Files M
Call Facility M
CIRMD-H
CEAM X
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD X
Call EMRAD X
HWMMD-L
Literature M
Listing Docs M
EPA Library M
OECA-OR
RIAs X
PSPD-ST
Office of Air &
Radiation Rpt H
4600-Tes)tatand
Performance Data
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Subject Facility
(Trial Bum) H
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9-1
PartB M
Project Files M
CA Library M
Conferences M
Training M
Call Facility M
Region 10-1
File M
Region 10-0
File M
CIRMD-H
Toxicity Characteristic
Leeching Procedures
(TCLP) X
Test Methods Hotline X
SW846 X
EMRAD
Survey M
HWID
Petitioners Doing
Feasibility Study M
HWMMD-L
Literature M
Listing Docs - M
EPA Library M
OECA-OR
Call Regions M
4700-RerocdlatIonRisk
Analyses
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Subject Facility
(Trial Burn) H
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment M
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment M
Project Files M
Call Facility M
Region 10-1
File M
Region 10-0
File M
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases M
4MO-Rfguhlory Rfck
Analyses
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports M
Project Files M
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD X
Health Base List
Updates M
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD
OECA-OC
RIAs L
OECA-OR
Rpt from EMRAD H
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases M
4900-PermIt and
Compliance Risk
Analyses
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment M
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment M
Project Files M
Call Facility M
OECA-OC
Calls H
Call Rgns H
Paper Rpts H
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Beginning Year Plans (BYP)
Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (CAITS)
Codes of Federal Regulation
(CFR)
Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
Environmental Monitoring
Methods Index (EMM!)
Enviro$en$e Bulletin Board
System
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
OMBUDSMAN
Pollution Prevention Information
Center (PPIC)
RCRA Docket
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCR1S)
Slate Authorization Tracking
System (STATS)
Federal/State/Tribal Programs
Branch Bulletin Board System
(FSTPB-BBS)
Toxic Release Inventory System
crei)
5000-Program Operations, Plans, and Evaluation Information
5100-Environmental
Indicators
OECA-OS M
Region 3-O M
CIRMD-H X
OECA-OC M
OECA-OC M
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 10-1 X
OECA-OS M
OECA-OC H
5200-National Program
Goals and Plans
Region 3-1 H
OECA-OC H
PSPD-ST H
CIRMD-I H
5300-National Program
Performance Tracking
OECA-OS L
Region 3 M
Region 10-1 X
CIRMD-I M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OS M
5400-Authorization and
Delegation Status
PSPD-ST X
Region 9 X
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-1 H
Region 3-0 H
Region 9 X
5500-Quality Assurance
Data and Plans
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD M
OECA-OC M
5600-Administrative
Resources
5700-Grants and Contract
Management
CIRMD-H X
5800-Program
Implementation Costs to
Stakeholders
HWMMD-W X
HWMMD-W X
CIRMD-H X
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Other Sources
Sm-Frngnm Operations, Plus, and EnluiMoa InfonnilJoa
5100-En»IroamcnIal
Indlalors
Region 9-1
Reports X
Grants M
Tumor Registries M
NDAA M
RMDT Experts M
Water Company M
Water Quality Rpts M
County Health Dept M
Region 9-0
Technical Guidance
Document: (TGD) M
Region 10-1
Enforcement
Instrument M
Permit M
PPA M
PPG w/State M
File M
National Goals M
Region 10-1
Enforcement
Instrument M
Permit M
PPAs M
PPG w/State M
HWMMD-A
ASTHNMO H
State Reports H
HWMMD-W
Call Measurement
Team H
OECA-OC
Calls H
SlOIWMoaal Program
Goals and Plans
Region 3
RIP M
Region 3-1
RIP H
Region 3-D
RIP X
Region 9-1
Reports H
RIP H
HQ M
Region 9-0
Reports H
TGD M
Grants M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Guidance Memo M
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-O
Guidance M
Guidance Memo M
CIRMD-D
RIP/WMNP H/H
CIRMD-H
Reg Agenda X
HWMMD-A
Internal Docs L
HWMMD-W
WMNP H
OECA-OC
RIP/MOA H/H
OECA-OR
Division Office H
OECA-OS
RIP H
PSPD-ST
RIP/WMNP H/H
Combustion Strategy H
Call AIEO M
Tribal Caucus M
SJWWJitlonal Program
Performance Tracking
Region 3-1
EOY Reports H
Region 9-1
Reports H
STARS M
Region 9-0
STARS M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Guidance Memo M
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-0
Guidance M
Guidance Memo M
OECA-OC
RECAP Rpts M
EOY Rpts M
Accomplishment
Reports M
OECA-OR
RECAP Rpts X
5400-AutborfatIoa ind
Delation Status
Region 3
Cat! Staff M
In House Starf M
Region 3-1
EOY Reports H
Region 3-0
Manual Records H
Region 9-1
Authorization DB H
Region 9-0
Authorization DB H
Region 10
Authorization DB H
Call State Program M
Authorization Contact M
Region 10-1
Authorization DB H
Call EPA Staff for
Authorization M
Call Contact for
Authorization M
Call Authorization
Contact in Region M
Region 10-0
Authorization DB H
Call EPA Staff for
Authorization M
Call Authorization
Contact M
CIRMD-H
STATS Report H
HWMMD-L
STATS Report M
OECA-OR
Call PSPD-ST H
OECA-OS
STATS Report H
PSPD-PM
STATS Report H
PSPD-ST
CallHQ M
Call Regions
SSW-QuiJity Assurance
Data and Plans
Region 3
Call Starr M
In House Starr M
Region 3-1
Facility generated H
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
PartB H
RgnQA Section M
Call Lab M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Facility File M
Inspection M
File M
Region 10-O
Facility File M
Inspection M
CIRMD-H
SW846 X
State Capacity
Assurance Plans X
EMRAD
SW846 , H
ORD Publications H
HWID
Quality Assurance
Plans H
HWMMD-A
QA/QC Manual from
Waste Mgmt Branch H
OECA-OC
Calls H
OECA-OR
SW846 H
CBI H
5600-AdmIntoratIve
Resources
Region3
Call Starr M
In House Starr M
Region 9-1
Reports M
Region 10
Budget M
Region 10-1
Budget Docs M
Region 10-0
Budget Docs M
Budget M
CIRMD-D
Vouchers M
HWID
Division Mgmt H
HWMMD-L
Mgmt Chain M
HWMMD-W
Branch Chief L
OECA-OR
Call ORE Office H
PSPD-CA
Branch Chief H
PSPD-PM
Calls M
PSPD-ST
Calls M
5700-Cramts md Contract
Management
Region 3
Call Staff/In House StafM/M
Region 3-1
Slate Workptus H
Region 3-0
Manual Records H
Region 9-1
Reports/HQ Memos H/H
Region 9-0
Grant M
Region IO-I
Budget Docs M
Region 10-0
Budget Docs/Budget M
CIRMD-D
Contracts/SOWs M/M
CIRMD-H
Grant File/Brownfields X/X
EMRAD
LOTUS Application M
Grant Office M
Contract Papers M
HWID
Call Contracts M
Division Mgmt H
HWMMD-L
Mgmt Chain M
HWMMD-W
Project Officer M
WAM Trng Material M
Vouchers M
OECA-OC
Contract Officer/Calls H/H
OECA-OS
Call ORE/OC Office H/H
PSPD-CA OGC H
PSPD-ST
Monthly Progress Rpts M
Files/Calls H/H
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt H
SSOO-Program
Implementation Costs (o
Stakeholders
Region 3
Call Staff M
In House Starr M
Region 9
Reports L
Region 9-1
Reports L
Region 9-0
State Reports M
Grant M
Region 10
Call Stakeholders M
Region 10-1
Survey States/Regulated/
Starr M
PPAs M
Region 10-0
Survey States/Regulated/
Starr M
State Grants M
CIRMD-D
Regulation Impact Analysis
by EMRAD X
CIRMD-H
Hotline Library X
EMRAD
RIAs M
ICRs M
HWID
Call EMRAD X
Petitions M
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD L
OECA-OR
Economic Benefits Manual
of Non-Compliance H
PSPD-PM
Calls H
PSPD-ST
Calls X
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Cuirent Data Source
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Beginning Year Plans (BYP)
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
EPA Locator
Federal Register (FR) Notices
Grcemvire
RCRA Permit Policy
Compendium (PPQ
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
6000-Customer Service and Stakeholder Interactions
6100-Stakeholder
Identification and
Resources
CIRMD-I M
6200-Roles and
Responsibilities
CIRMD-I H
6300-Stakebolder Priorities,
Perceptions and Needs
(Feedback)
HWMMD-W X
HWMMD-W X
6400-PubIic Inquiries and
Responses
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR H
CIRMD-D H
6500-StakehoIder
Participation Activities
Region 10-1 X
CIRMD-I H
Region 10-1 X
6600-Burden Reduction
Success Information
OECA-OC M
OECA-OC M
6700- Voluntary and
Innovative Programs
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OS L
Region 10-1 X
Region 10-O X
6800-Technical Compliance
Assistance Needs
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-L M
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Current Dili Soura
Other Sources
mtCmtmerSeiTlce tod StiitlMWcr ItKetxthas
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RBUABUJFT
Current Data Source
Alternative Treatment Technology
Information Center (ATTIC-BBS)
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation &
Liability Information System
(CERCLIS/CERLIS3)
Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (CAITS)
CLU-IN
CodeTalk
Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
EnviroSenSe Bulletin Board
System
Facility Index System (FINDS)
Health Effects Assessment
Summary Tables (HEAST)
INDIANnet
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)
NEIC
NTIS
Permit Compliance System (PCS)
RCRA Docket
RCRA Docket System (RCRADS-
SEFJC)
7100-Core Data Elements and
Definitions
PSPD-ST M
PSPD-CA M
EMRAD H
EMRAD H
7000-Information Systems, Access, and Outreach
7200-National Information
Systems
PSPD-CA M
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L M
PSPD-ST M
HWMMD-A M
PSPD-CA M
PSPD-ST X
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA M
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD H
PSPD-ST X
OECA-OC L
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD H
PSPD-CA M
OECA-OC X
7300-Local and Manual
Information Systems
Region 3-0 M
HMD M
HW1D M
CIRMD-D H
7400-Information Technology
Resources
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-ST H
PSPD-ST H
•(
7500-Technical Experts and Peer
Review Access
OECA-OR X
7700-Public Access
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS X
7800-Technical Outreach and
Training Materials
CIRMD-H x
OECA-OC f M
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Cumnt Data Sourer
Records of Decision System
(RODS)
Resource Gemmation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
Federal/State/Tribal Programs
Branch Bulletin Board System
(FSTPB-BBS)
Toxic Release Inventory System
(TRI)
Other Sources
7000-Infwmitloa Systems, Access, aod Outreach
7100-Corc Data Elements and
Definitions
Regions M
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 H
Region 9-0 H
OECA-OC X
PSPD-CA M
HWMMD-W X
Region 9
RCRIS Docs X
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
CIRMD-D
RCRAD-SEEK Docs H
CIRMD-H
OSW Source Books X
CIRMD-I
RCRIS/BRS Docs M
NTISDocs H
HWMMD-L
RCRIS/BRS Docs M
OECA-OC
RCRIS Docs X
OECA-OR
RCRIS Docs L
OECA-OS
RCRIS Docs M
PSPD-ST
BRS Docs M
7200-NatlomJ InTornutlon
System
HWMMD-A M
PSPD-CA M
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L M
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA M
PSPD-PM L
Region 3-0 H
OECA-OC H
Region 3
HQ Meraos M
Region 9
RCRIS Docs X
Region 9-1
Reports M
Region 9-O
TOD M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
7300-Localind Manual
Information Systems
HWID L
Region 3
Call In House Staff M
Region 9-1
Grant/State System M
Reports M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-0
State DBs M
CIRMD-H
Filemaker DBs X
Word of Mouth X
OECA-OC
Chemical Industry
Directory M
OECA-OS
Analysis DBs of BYP X
PSPD-CA
Questionnaire DB X
•
TWO-Mormitlon Tcchnotorr
Resource
Region3
Call In House Staff M
Region 9-1
Reports M
TGD M
Region 9-O
TGD M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
CIRMD-H
Guide to EPA Resources X
HWMMD-W
Integrated E-mail X
OECA-OC
Internet M
OECA-OR
In House Expert H
PSPD-CA
Access EPA X
PSPD-ST
Internet H
Library H
7500-Tcchnkll Experts and Peer
Ret lew Access
Region 3
Call In House Staff M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports M
TGD L-
Call Labs M
Contractor M
Region 9-O
Discussions M
Letters M
Technical Guidance
Documents (TGD) M
Region 10
Survey Staff M
Region 10-1
Call EPA Staff M
Region 10-O
Call EPA Staff M
Word of Mouth M
CIRMD-H
Calls X
HWID
Calls X
Contact EPA Staff X
OECA-OC
CallRgns/HQ H/H
Phone List H
Word of Mouth H
Trade Assoc M
Internal EPA M
OECA-OR
Call OSW/OECA X/X
7700-PubUc Access
Region 3-0 M
Region 3
Call In House Staff M
Region 3-O
Facility Reports H
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports M
Region 10
Public Information Center M
EPA Library M
Region 10-1
Region's Public Information
Center M
Region 10-O
Region's Public Information
Center M
HWMMD-A
RCRA Hotline Report H
HWMMD-W
Internet X
OPPT Technical Rpt X
OECA-OC
RCRA Hotline Report M
National Service Center M
Sector Workgroup M
OECA-OR
Internet H
TWO-Tcctinlcal Outreach awl
Training Materials
Regions
Call In House Staff M
Region 3-O
National Compendium H
Region 9-1
Reports M
TGD L
Region 9-0
Technical Guidance
Documents (TGD) M
Region 10
Public Information Center M
EPA Library M
Region 10-!
Region's Public Information
Center M
Library M
Call EPA Staff M
Region 10-0
Region's Public Information
Center - M
Library M
Call EPA Staff M
CIRMD-H
Internal Docs X
OECA-OC
Public Information Center M
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: .'.'..; iREUABEm
Current Data Source
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Federal Register (FR) Notices
LEXIS
NEIC
RCRA Permit Policy
Compendium (PPC)
RCRA Docket
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
State Authorization Tracking
System (STATS)
8000-LegaI and Policy Documents
8100-Regulatory and
Policy Flexibility
Analyses
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
HWID H
PSPD-PM H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
PSPD-PM H
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Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
OECA-OC H
PSPD-PM M
8200-Federal Statutes,
Authorities and
Definitions
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
EMRAD H
HWID H
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
PSPD-ST H
8300-Federal
Regulations and
Definitions
Region 3-1 H
Region 9 H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 H
Region 10-1 X
Region 10-0 X
EMRAD H
HWID H
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-L H
HWMMD-W M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-1 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 X
Region 10-0 X
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-L H
HWMMD-W M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
PSPD-ST H
8400-Regulatory
Support Documents
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-A H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-A H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 " M
PSPD-CA M
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PSPD-ST M
HWID H
HWMMD-L H
CIRMD-D H
8500-Federal Policy and
Guidance
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-O M
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Region 9-O M
HWMMD-W H
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PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-L M
OECA-OC M
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PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
CIRMD-H X
8600-Court Decisions
and Regulatory
Litigation
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Region 9-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
CIRMD-H X
OECA-OC M
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Executive Mandates
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
OECA-OR H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
8800-Other Agency
Regulations and Policy
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
CIRMD-H X
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
OECA-OR H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
8900-Iiiternatioiial
Agreements and Law
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
I
HWMMD-A M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
CIRMD-H X
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Region 3-0 H
Region 3 ORC M
Region 3-D
HQ Memo: H
Region 9
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Reports H
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TGD M
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Reports H
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Documents (TGD) M
Region 10-0
File M
Survey Staff M
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Filemaker DB X
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Calls H
OGC H
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OSW Rpts H
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Calls H
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8MO-Fen3 ORC M
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Reports/Memos H/H
Region 9-1
HQ Reports/TGD M/M
Reports/Memos H/H
Region 9-O
Reports/Memos H/H
TGD M
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Court Decisions M
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Court Decisions M
CIRMD-D
Admin Records X
CIRMD-H
Call Courts X
HWID OGC M
HWMMD-A OGC H
HWMMD-L OGC L
OECA-OC
Call DOJ/OGC/
Sr. Mgmt M/H/H
Trade Journals H
OECA-OS
Call Regional Support
Division H
PSPD-PM :'
OGC/Call ORC H/H
Court Decision Rpts H
PSPD-ST
Calls M
OGC H
AIEO H
8700-ContrcaIomlor
Execute Mandate
Region3 ORC M
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HQ Written Guidance H
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Reports/Memos H/H
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Reports/Memos H/H
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TGD M
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EPA Library (Book of
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PSPD-ST
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Memo M
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Reports/TGD H/M
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Reports/TGD H/M
CIRMD-H
OSCA/DOT X/X
GPO Server X
HWID
OSCA/DOT M/M
HWMMD-A
Call Contacts M
HWMMD-L
Calls/OGC M/H
EPA Congressional
Library • M
HWMMD-W
Library L
OECA-OC
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Calls/Meetings H/H
jooo-lnternatlooil
Agreements and Law
Reg!on3 ORC M
Region 3-0
Memo H
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Reports H
Region 9-1
Reporu/TGD H/M
Region 9-0
Reports H
TGD M
HWMMD-A
OGC H
Calls/Call State M/H
HWMMD-L
Calls H
Literature H
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Office of Air &
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Law Library H
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Call Transboundary
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NTIS
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
1000 Facility Identification and Business Operations
1100-Specific Lists of
Facilities
Region 3-O M
Region 10 H
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CIRMD-H L
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EMRAD M
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CIRMD-I M
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Locution
Region 3-D M
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HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L L
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OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
OECA-OS H
Region 3-0 L
OECA-OC H
CIRMD-H L
PSPD-CA L
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A L
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Region 3 M
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CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
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OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA L
1300-Regulatory
Identification Numbers
Region 10-1 H
CIRMD-H L
CIRMD-I M
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-W L
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
OECA-OS M
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CIRMD-H L
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
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Region 3 M
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CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM M
1400-Owner/Operator
Identification
CIRMD-H L
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H L
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-H L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-O L
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-O H
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA L
1500-Industrial Sectors
and Production
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 L
Region 10-1 L
Region 10-O L
CIRMD-H L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-0 L
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC L
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS X
1600-Facility and
Business Size
HWMMD-A M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
EMRAD M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR X
HWID M
OECA-OC M
Region 3 M
Region 9-1 L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
PSPD-PM M
1700-Economic Profile
HWMMD-A M
Region 9-1 M
Region IO-I M
Region 10-0 M
EMRAD M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR X
HWID M
OECA-OC M
Region 3 M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC L
1800-Facility Waste
Management Activities
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-H L
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-0 L
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
CIRMD-H L
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM M
1900-Commercial Waste
Handler Status
Region 9-1 M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
Region 3-0 L
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-0 L
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-H L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-PM M
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FadUtfa
CIRMD-II L
HWID L
HWMMD-W L
OECA-OC H
Region 3-1
RCRA 3010 M
Notification M
Region 9-1
State DB M
Project Files M
IRMs Census Data M
Region 10-1
File M
FaitB M
Region 10-O
File M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
EMRAD
Industry Association M
HWID
Stanford Research
Institute Direcory of
Chemical Producers M
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
HWMMD-L
Generator Survey M
OECA-OS
Supplimental Rpt L
PSPD-PM
Combustors List H
Call Trade Orgs H
PSPD-ST
BRS Rpt L
DOE Rpt L
Call Rgns/States L/L
UW-NaineMiMnssana
Location
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H L
HWID L
HWMMD-W L
OECA-OC H
Region 3-1
RCRA 3010 M
Notification M
Region 9-1
PartA H
PartB H
Project Files M
Region 10-1
File M
PanB M
Region 10-0
File M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
EMRAD
Industry Association M
HWID
Stanford Research
Institute Directory of
Chemical Producers M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
HWMMD-L
Generator Survey M
OECA-OS
Supplimental Rpt L
PSPD-PM
Combustors List H
Call Trade Orgs H
PSPD-ST
BRS and DOE Rpts L/L
Call Rgns/States L/L
1300-Repilatory
Identification Numbers
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H L
HWMMD-W L
Region 3-1
RCRA 3010 M
Notification M
Region 9
State DB M
Region 10-1
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
File M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
PSPD-PM
Combustion List H
ICR (PSPD Location
Survey) M
PSPD-ST
BRS and DOE Rpts L/L
UOOMhnter/Opentor
IdenllflcaUoa
Re(lon9-I H
CIRMD-H L
Region 3-1
RCRA 3010 M
Notification M
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files L
Region 10
File M
Region 10-1
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
File M
Call State Permit
Writer M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
1500-Industrfil Sect ore
and Production
CIRMD-H L
Region 3-1
PartA • L
Region 9-1
PanB M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
Call State M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-O
Call State M
HWID
Questionnaires M
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD L
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt L
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries L
IfOO-Facffityand
Business Size
Region 9-1
Call Facility M
Region 10
Call State M
Facility Annual Rpt M
Region 10-1
Inspection Rpt M
Facility Annual
Financial Rpt M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection Rpt M
Facility Annual
Financial Rpt M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
HWID
Questionnaires M
HWMMD-A
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
OECA-OR
SCC DB X
PSPD-PM
Combustion List H
ICR (PSPD Location
Survey) M
ITW-Ecowote Prone
Region 9-1
PartB M
Region 10
Call State M
Facility Annual Rpt M
Region 10-1
Inspection Rpt M
Facility Annual
Financial Rpt M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection Rpt M
Facility Annual
Financial Rpt M
CIRMD-H
Internet L
Industry Sector
Notebooks L
EMRAD
Call Facility M
HWID
Questionnaires M
OECA-OR
SCC DB X
PSPD-CA
EMRAD Rpt L
IMO-F»dl4tyW«ste
Maaatencat Activities
Region 9-1 H
Region 3-1
PartA L
Correspondence L
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
State DB M
PartB H
Region 10-1
PartA M
PartB M
Notification M
File M
Region 10-0
PartA M
PartB M
Notification M
Call State Permit
Writer M
EMRAD
Call Facility M
Literature Search M
Survey M
HWID
Questionnaires M
HWMMD-A
Water Permits L
Comments L
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
HWMMD-L
Rpt from HWMMD-A L
PSPD-PM
Combustion List" H
ICR (PSPD Location
Survey) M
Combustor List H
Call Trade Orgs H
1900-Connerclal Waste
Handler Slat us
Region 3-1
PartA L
Region 9-1
PartB M
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
File M
HWID
Questionnaires M
HWMMD-A
Water Permits L
Comments L
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt L
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries L
PSPD-PM
Combustion List H
ICR (PSPD Location
Survey) M
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(RCRADS-SEEK)
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(RCRIS)
RCR1S Quicklook
2000-Waste Generation, Composition, and Management
2100-Waste
Identification Codes
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A L
HWMMD-L L
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H L
CIRMD-I H
EMRAD H
HWMMD-L L
OECA-OR H
PSPD-CA H
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H L
HW1D M
HWMMD-A L
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 L
OECA-OC M
2200- Waste Types and
Constituents
PSPD-CA M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I M
EMRAD M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
Region 9-1 H
Region 9-1 H
EMRAD H
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
PSPD-PM H
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-0 L
OECA-OC M
Region 9-1 H
2300-VVastc Generation
Processes
Region 10 M
Region 10-! M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
PSPD-PM H
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 L
Region 9-0 L
2400-Waste Quantities
Handled On-Site
Region 9-1 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-i M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
PSPD-ST L
HWID M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O L
Region 9-1 H
2500-Off-Sitc Shipments
of Wastes
Region 9-1 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
HWID M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O L
2600-Waste Pollution
Prevention
Achievements
Region 10 L
Region 10-1 L
Region 10-O L
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-0 M
OECA-OC M
2700-Wastes Not Under
Subtitle C
HWID M
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-PM M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O L
2800-Capacity Analyses
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
!
CIRMD-D H
2900-Management Unit
Descriptions and Status
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OR L
HWID , M
CIRMD-D H
Region 3-O L
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
CIRMD-I M
OECA-OR L.
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2100-Wute
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Regions
Inspection Rpls M
Region 10
Call Sate M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
CIRMD-H
Policy Records L
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Comments to
Rulemaking L
Mtg with Industry L
HWMMD-W
Application X
2200-Wute Types »d
Constituents
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittals H
Region 9 PartB H
Regional PartB H
Region 9-O
Paper Files M
Region 10
Call Slate M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File/Part B M/M
Region 10-0
Inspection/File M/M
Call State Permit
Writer M
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Comments on
Rulemaking L
Mtg with Industry L
HWMMD-L
RCRA 3007 X
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt L
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries L
PSPD-PM
DOD DBs H
Site Visits/Calls H/H
RCRA 3007 H
Library of Congress H
PSPD-ST
Jnt EPA/NRC Study H
2JOO-W«sie Generation
Processes
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3-0
Facility Sobmitlals H
Region 9
PartB H
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PartB H
Project Files L
Call Facility M
Part A Files M
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Call Sate M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Comments on
Rulemaking L
Mtg with Industry L
HWMMD-W
Technical Reference
Docs L
Library L
PSPD-CA
Calls Rgns/States/
Facilities L/L/L
PSPD-PM
DOD Dbs H
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Calls H
RCRA 3007 H
Library of Congress H
WOO-WisJeQuintttles
lUmtkd On-SKe
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3-0
Facility Submituls H
Region 9
PartB H
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PartB • H
Project Files L
Call Facility M
Region 10
Call Sate M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PartB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
OECA-OC
International
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System X
PSPD-CA
Questionnaire L
PSPD-ST
Joint EPA/NRC
Study H
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of Wastes
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Inspection Rpls M
Region 9-!
Project Files L
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-!
Manifest during
Inspection M
File M
PanB M
Region 10-0
Manifest during
Inspection M
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Comments on LDR
Rulemaking L
Mtg with Industry L
2600-Waste Pollution
Prevention
Achievements
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3O
Facility Submittals H
Regional
PanB H
Facility Reports M
Region 10
Call Sate M
Region 10-1
Call Sate M
CIRMD-D
Waste Min Docs M
CIRMD-H
PPIC X
Guides X
OPPTs 3350
Programs X
EPA Publications X
HWID
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
El Digest L
Literature L
Reports L
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt L
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt L
2700-Wtstes Not Under
Subtitle C
Region3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3-0
Facility Subntitals H
Region 10
Call State M
Region 10-1
Call State M
CIRMD-H
Call Sate Agency X
EMRAD
OECA Rpls M
Literature Search M
HWID
Questionnaires M
HWMMD-A
Franklin Report H
HWMMD-L
Calls Sates L
HWMMD-W
Stanford Research
Institute Rpt L
Bureau of Mines
Commodity
Summaries L
PSPD-PM
Letters M
RCRA 3007 M
IMO-Opidty Analyses
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 9-1
Project Fifes X
Region 10
Call Sate M
CIRMD-D
State Capacity
Assurance Plans M
CIRMD-H
Call LDR/Mixed
Waste X
EMRAD
Rpt from
HWMMD-A M
23W-Mloitcment Unil
Descriptions ud Stilus
Region 3
Inspection Rpls M
Region 3-0
Facility Subniiiuus H
Region 9
PanB H
Region 9-1
PanB H
Project Files M
Call Facility M
PA/RFA M/M
Region 9-0
Sate Rpls M
Project Files M
Region 10-1
Inspection M
File M
PanB M
Region 10-0
Inspection M
File M
Call State Permit
Writer M
EMRAD
Call Facility H
HWID
Questionnaires M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Call Industry
Contact L
PSPD-ST
DOE Rpt L
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(CFR)
Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
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OECA-OR L
OECA-OC L
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Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 H
Region 9-0 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
CIRMD-I M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
Region 9-1 H
3200-Facility Permit Activities
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
PSPD-PM H
OECA-OC L
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 M
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Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-0 H
CIRMD-H M
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA . L
PSPD-PM L
Region 9-1 H
CIRMD-H M
3300-Faciility Enforcement
Activities
OECA-OR L
OECA-OC L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
HWID X
Region 3 M
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 10 H
Region 10-1 H
Region 10-O H
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC , H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
Region 9-1 H
3400-Facility Compliance Activities
OECA-OR L
OECA-OC L
OECA-OC M
OECA-OR L
Region 3 M
Region 3-0 L
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
HWMMD-A M
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
Region 9-1 H
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Stabilization Activities
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
HWID M
HWMMD-A L
PSPD-CA L
HWMMD-W X
OECA-OR L
HWMMD-A L
Region 3 M
Region 9-1 L
Region 10 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
CIRMD-1 M
HWMMD-A L
OECA-OR L
OECA-OS M
PSPD-CA L
3600-Facility Peformance Standards and
Variances
OECA-OR L
HWMMD-A M
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Region 3 M
Region 3-1 L
Region 3-0 L
OECA-OR L
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File M
Region 10-0
File M
PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liason M
3200-FacHity Permit Actlrltks
Region 3
In House Files M
Region 3-0
Stale Facility Letters H
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Paper Files M
Scale Rpts M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-0
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Call Site Manager M
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CIRMD-H
Call Region/State M
HWID
Call Region L
Call Facility L
HWMMD-A
Comments M
Calls M
Voluntary Submissions M
Call States H
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PSPD-ST
Call Rgn Tribal Liaison M
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Region 3
In House Files M
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CMEL-type forms L
Region 3-0
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Region 9-1
Call Compliance Staff M
Region 9-0
Paper Files M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Inspector M
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Call Inspector M
HWID
Call Region M
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In House Files M
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Call Site Manager M
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ail Region M
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Project Managers Files L
Region 3-O
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Paper Files M
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Call Site Manager M
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Call Site Manager M
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HWID
Call Region M
Call State M
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Statement of Bases L
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In House Files M
Region 9-1
PanB M
Memos M
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Project Files M
Region 10
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Site Manager M
Region 10-0
File M
Call Site Manager M
HWMMD-A
Rulemaking M
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OECA-OR L
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Releases and Monitoring
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PSPD-CA L
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Region 9-1 M
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Rpt from EMRAD L
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Call Rgns X
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Questionnaires M
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Facility Report X
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Statement of Bases L
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Annual Environmental
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Facility Submittal H
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PartB M
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Inspection M
State Annual Rpt M
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Questionnaires M
Office of Water L
Notices L
HWMMD-A
Background Docs M
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD L
HWMMD-W
Technical Docs L
4500-FaCeand
Transport Models
Regions
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Subject Facility L
Regions^)
Facility Subnittat H
Region 9
Risk Assessment H
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment H
Project Files M
Call Facility M
CIRMD-H
CEAM L
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD X
Call EMRAD X
HWMMD-L
Literature M
Listing Docs M
EPA Library M
OECA-OR
RIAs X
PSPD-ST
Office of Air &
Radiation Rpt M
4430-TeUnjand
Performance Data
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-1
Subject Facility
(Trial Burn) L
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Project Files M
CA Library M
Conferences M
Training M
Call Facility . M
Region 10-1
File M
Region 10-0
File M
CIRMD-H
Toxicity Characteristic
Leeching Procedures
(TCLP) X
Test Methods Hotline X
SW84S X
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Survey L
HWID
Petitioners doing
Feasibility Study L
HWMMD-L
Literature M
Listing Docs M
EPA Library M
OECA-OR
Call Regions M
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Region 3-1
Subject Facility
(Trial Burn) L
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment H
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment H
Project Files M
Call Facility M
Region 10-1
File M
Region 10-0
File M
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases L
-WOO-RepiWoryRbk
Analyses
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Facility Submitul H
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports M
Project Files M
HWID
Rpt from EMRAD X
Health Base List
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HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD L
OECA-OC
RIAs L
OECA-OR
Rpt from EMRAD H
PSPD-CA
Statement of Bases L
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Analyses
Region 3
Facility File M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
Risk Assessment H
Region 9-1
Risk Assessment H
Project Files M
Call Facility M
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Call Rgns L
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5000-Program Operations, Plans and Evaluation Information
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OECA-OC L
OECA-OC L
Region 3 M
Region 3-1 M
Region 3-0 M
Region 10-1 X
OECA-OS H
OECA-OC M
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Goals and Plans
Region 3-1 H
OECA-OC H
PSPD-ST H
CIRMD-I M
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OECA-OS H
Region 3 M
Region 10-1 X
CIRMD-I M
OECA-OC M
OECA-OS H
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Delegation Status
PSPD-ST H
Region 9 X
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-1 H
Region 3-O H
Region 9 X
5500-QuaIity Assurance
Data and Plans
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD M
OECA-OC M
5£00-Administrative
Resources
5700-Grants and Contract
Management
•
CIRMD-H X
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HWMMD-W M
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NDAA M
RMDT Experts M
Water Company M
Water Quality Rpts M
County Health Dept M
Region 9-0
Technical Guidance
Documents (TGD) M
Region 10-1
Enforcement
Instrument M
Permit M
PPA M
PPG w/State M
File M
National Goals M
Region 10-1
Enforcement
Instrument M
Permit M
PPAs M
PPG w/State M
HWMMD-A
ASTHNMO L
State Reports L
HWMMD-W
Call Measurement
Team H
OECA-OC
Calls L
5200-Nallntal Program
Coils and Plans
Region}
RIP M
Region 3-1
RIP H
Region 3-0
RIP X
Region 9-1
Reports M
RIP H
HQ M
Region 9-0
Reports M
TGD M
Grants M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Guidance Memo M
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-O
Guidance M
Guidance Memo M
CIRMD-D
RIP/ WMNP M/M
CIRMD-H
Reg Agenda X
HWMMD-A
Internal Docs M
HWMMD-W
WMNP H
OECA-OC
RIP/MOA H/H
OECA-OR
Division Office H
OECA-OS
RIP H
PSPD-ST
RIP/WMNP ' H/H
Combustion Strategy H
CallAIEO L
Tribal Caucus L
5300-,V»l!oni] Program
Performance Tracking
Region 3-1
EOY Reports H
Region 9-1
Reports M
STARS M
Region 9-0
STARS M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Guidance Memo M
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Region 10-0
Guidance M
Guidance Memo M
OECA-OC
RECAP Rpts L
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RECAP Rpts H
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Delegation Status
Region 3
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Region 3-1
EOY Reports H
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Manual Records H
Region 9-1
Authorization DB M
Region 9-0
Authorization DB M
Region 10
Authorization DB M
Call State Program M
Authorization Contact M
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Authorization DB
Call EPA Staff for
Authorization M
Call Contact for
Authorization M
Call Authorization
Contact in Region M
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Authorization DB M
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Authorization M
Call Authorization
Contact M
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STATS Report M
OECA-OR
Call PSPD-ST H
OECA-OS
STATS Report M
PSPD-PM
STATS Report H
PSPD-ST
Call HQ M
Call Regions M
5MO-O.ua»r Assurance
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Region3
Call Staff M
In House Staff M
Region 3-1
Facility generated M
Region 3-0
Facility Submittal H
Region 9
PartB H
Region 9-1
PartB H
Rgn QA Section M
Call Lab M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Facility File M
Inspection M
File M
Region 10-0
Facility File M
Inspection M
CIRMD-H
SW846 X
State Capacity
'Assurance Plans X
EMRAD
SW846 M
ORD Publications M
HWID
Quality Assurance
Plans H
HWMMD-A
QA/QC Manual from
Waste Mgmt Branch H
OECA-OC
Calls H
OECA-OR
SW846 H
CBI H
5£G®-AdnUstratIre
Resources
Region 3
Call Staff M
In House Staff M
Region 9-1
Reports M
Region 10
Budget M
Region 10-1
Budget Docs M
Region 10-0
Budget Docs M
Budget M
CIRMD-D
Vouchers M
HWID
Division Mgmt H
HWMMD-L
Mgmt Chain H
HWMMD-W
Branch Chief L
OECA-OR
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Branch Chief M
PSPD-PM
Calls M
PSPD-ST
Calls M
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Management
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Region 3-1
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Manual Records H
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Reports/HQ Memos H/H
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Budget Docs/Budget M/M
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Contracts/SOWs M/M
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Grant File/Brownfields XIX
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Contract Papers M
HWID
Call Contracts H
Division Mgmt H
HWMMD-L
Mgmt Chain H
HWMMD-W
Project Officer M
WAM Trng Material M
Vouchers M
OECA-OC
Contract Officer/Calls H/H
OECA-OS
Call ORE/OC Office H/H
PSPD-CA
OGC M
PSPD-ST
Monthly Progress Rpts M
Files/Calls M/M
Annual Environmental
Activitites on Indian
Reservations Rpt M
SJW-Prognun
Implementation Costs to
Stakeholders
Region 3
Call Staff M
In House Staff M
Region 9 Reports L
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Suit Reports M
Grant M
Region 10
Call Stakeholders M
Region 10-1
Survey States/Regulated/
Staff M
PPAs M
Region 10-0
Survey States/Regulated/
Staff M
State Grants M
CIRMD-D
Regulation Impact Analysis
by EMRAD L
CIRMD-H
Hotline Library X
EMRAD
RIAs M
ICRs M
HWID
Call EMRAD X
Petitions H
HWMMD-L
Rpt from EMRAD M
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Economic Benefits Manual
of Non-Compliance H
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Responsibilities
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Perceptions and Needs
(Feedback)
HWMMD-W X
HWMMD-W X
6400-Public Inquiries and
Responses
HWMMD-A H
OECA-OR H
CIRMD-D H
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Region 10-1 X
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Region 10-1 M
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Assistance Needs
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-L M
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Reports/Meetings M/M
Call Facility M
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Relations Contractor M
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Region 10-1 Survey/
Ask Stakeholders M/M
Region 10-0 Survey/
Ask Stakeholders M/M
PPAs/Survey M/M
Grant Negotiations M
CIRMD-D Mailing List H
CIRMD-H
FiiemakerDB/Intemal ListsX
CIRMD-I Lists M
EMRAD
Mailing List (Waste Testing
and QA Symposium) M
HWID
Trade Assoc/Petilions H/H
HWMMD-A
Cmts to Ruiemaking M
Media/Trade Orgs M/M
HWMMD-L
Ruiemaking Cmts/
Experts M/M
HWMMD-W
Dir of Trade Ass/Calls L/L
OECA-OC
Trade Assoc/Pubs M/M
Internal EPA Docs M
OECA-OR
Div/OSW List H/H
PSPD-PM
Call Trade Assoc H
Networking H
PSPD-ST
Calls L
Organization Charts M
Listings from AIEO H
6200-Roles and
Responsibilities
Rcgion3 HQMemos M
Region 3-1
BYP/RIP Process M
Ruiemaking M
Region 9-1
Discussions with States M
Discussions M
Region 9-0 Discussions M
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Region 10
Survey M
Meeting M
Region IO-I Survey/
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CIRMD-I Lists H
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Trade Orgs M
HWMMD-L
Cmts to Ruiemaking M
Experts M
OECA-OC
Trade Assoc M
Publications M
Internal EPA Docs M
OECA-OR Call Regions H
PSPD-PM
Call Trade Assoc H
Networking H
PSPD-ST
Calls L
Organization Charts M
Listings from AIEO H
SJOOStiVcboMcr Priorities,
Perceptions and Needs
(Feedback)
Regions HQ Menus M
Region 9 Calls/Ltrs M/M
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Discussions with States M
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Region 9O
Discussions/Letters M/M
Paper Files/TGD M/M
Grant M
Region 10
Survey/Meeting M/M
Region 10-1 Survey/
Ask Stakeholders M/M
Region 10-O Survey/
Ask Stakeholders M/M
PPAs/Survey M/M
Grant Negotiations M
EMRAD Mtg Minutes M
HWID Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Cmts to Ruiemaking M
Media/Trade Orgs M/M
Networking/States H/H
HWMMD-L
Comments/Journals M/L
LDR Roundlable L
HWMMD-W
Reports/Feedback X/X
OECA-OC
Trade Assoc/Pubs M/M
Internal EPA Docs M
FACA Workgroup M
OECA-OR
LDR Roundlable Rpt H
IGRpt H
PSPD-PM Workgroups H
PSPD-ST
Cmts on Rules H
Monthly Cbnf Calls H
Conference/Calls L/L
(WO-PubUc Inquiries and
Responses
Regions Mail M
Region SO EPA/RPM H
Region 9
Discussions/Letters M/M
Region 9-1
Letters/Calls M/M
Region 9-O
Letters/Calls M/M
TGD/Grant M/M
Call RCRA Hotline M
Region 10
FOIA Tracking DB M
FOIA Tracking M
Region 10-1
FOIA Tracking/File M/M
Region 10-0
FOIA Tracking/File M/M
CIRMD-H
Public Crat Period H
Public Meetings H
EMRAD MICE Rpts M
HWID
RCRA Hotline Report M
FOIA Requests M
Correspondence M
Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Cmts to Ruiemaking M
Media/Trade Orgs M/M
State Capacity
Assurance Plans H
OECA-OC DBS L
Calls/EOY Rpts L/L
OECA-OR
RCRA Hotline Rpt H
PSPD-PM
Public Comments H
PSPD-ST
RCRA Hotline Report X
6500-Slakebotder
Participation Activities
Regions
Call Case Handler M
Region 9
Meetings M
Calls M
Regional
Meetings M
Calls M
Region 9-O
Meetings M
Calls M
TGD M
Paper Files M
Region 10
Survey EPA Employees M
Meetings M
Region 10-1
Permit Process
CIRMD-I Lists H
HWID Petitions H
HWMMD-A
Cmts to Ruiemaking M
Media M
Trade Orgs M
HWMMD-L
El Digest M
OECA-OC
FACA Workgroups X
OECA-OR
OSW FACA
Workgroups H
PSPD-PM
Conference Calls M
PSPD-ST
Minutes X
Conference Calls X
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6600-Burden Reduction
Success Information
Regional
Reports M
Region 9-O
TGD M
HWID
ICRs to OMB M
Calls M
HWMMD-L
Survey M
Journals L
OECA-OC
Internal Docs H
FACA Workgroups H
OECA-OR
ICRs H
PSPD-ST
Current ICR M
Calls M
6700- Voluntary and
Innovative Programs
Reg!on3
Call Staff M
Region 9
Reports L
Region 9-1
HQ Guidance M
Reports L
Verbal Communication
with Regional Staff M
Region 9-0
Reports M
TGD M
Grant M
Region 10-1
File M
Call Staff M
Call Facility M
Regional Success
Write-ups M
Region 10-O
File M
Call Staff M
Call Facility/State M/M
HWMMD-A
State Capacity Assurance
Plans H
HWMMD-L
Survey M
OECA-OC
FACA Workgroups H
EPA Rpts M
Project XL L
CSI H
OECA-OR
OECA CSI H
Project XL H
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt - L
WO-TeduJciJ Compliance
Assistance Needs
Regions
Call Staff M
Region 9-1
Discussions with States M
Reports M
Region 9-0
State Discussions M
Letters M
Paper Files M
TGD M
Region 10-1
Call Facility M
Facility Requests M
OECA-OC
Env.Leadership M
CSI M
State Tech M
Trade/Mlg Surveys M
National Service Center M
Trade Assoc M
OECA-OR
Call OC/ORE Offices X/X
PSPD-ST
Annual Environmental
Activities on Indian
Reservations Rpt L
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Accessibility of Information Sources
1 .:. ACCESSUHLIW
Current Data Source
ARROW-BBS
Alternative Treatment Technology
Information Center (ATTIC-BBS)
Biennial Reporting System (BRS)
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation &
Liability Information System
(CERCLIS/CERLIS3)
Corrective Action Instrument
Tracking System (CAITS)
CLU-IN
Enforcement Docket (DOCKET)
Enviro$en$e Bulletin Board
System
Facility Index System (FINDS)
Health Effects Assessment
Summary Tables (HEAST)
IndiaNet
Industry Studies Database (ISDB)
Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis System (IDEA)
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)
NEIC
NTIS
Permit Compliance System (PCS)
RCRA Docket
RCRA Docket System (RCRADS-
SEEK)
Records of Decision System
(RODS)
7000-Infonnation Systems, Access, and Outreach
7100-Core Data Elements
and Definitions
PSPD-ST M
.PSPD-CA M
EMRAD H
EMRAD H
7200-National Information
Systems
PSPD-ST X
PSPD-CA L
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-I M
HWMMD-A . L
HWMMD-L L
PSPD-ST L
HWMMD-A L
PSPD-CA L
OECA-OS X
PSPD-CA L
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD H
PSPD-ST X
OECA-OC L
CIRMD-H X
EMRAD H
PSPD-CA L
OECA-OC X
HWMMD-A L
PSPD-CA L
7300-LocaI and Manual
Information Systems
Region 3-0 H
HWID L
HWID L
CIRMD-D H
7400-Information
Technology Resources
PSPD-ST H
CIRMD-H X
CIRMD-H X
PSPD-ST H
7500-TechnicaI Experts and
Peer Review Access
OECA-OR X
7700-Public Access
OECA-OR H
7800-Technlcal Outreach and Training Materials
"\
OECA-OS X
CIRMD-H X
OECA-OC , L
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Accessibility of Information Sources
ACCESSIBILITY
Current Data Source
Resource Conservation &
Recovery Information System
(RCRIS)
Fcderal/State/Tribal Programs
Branch Bulletin Board System
(FSTPB-BBS)
Toxic Release Inventory System
CTRI)
Other Sources
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%L .AOCESSIBtaTTrr:' > ;
Current Data Source
Codes of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
Federal Register (FR) Notices
LEXIS
NEIC
RCRA Permit Policy
Compendium (PPC)
RCRA Docket
RCRA Docket System
(RCRADS-SEEK)
State Authorization Tracking
System (STATS)
8000-LegaI and Policy Documents
8100-Regulatory and
Policy Flexibility
Analyses
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
HWID H
PSPD-PM H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-0 M
PSPD-PM H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
OECA-OC H
PSPD-PM M
8200-Federal Statutes,
Authorities and
Definitions
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 X
Region 10-1 X
EMRAD H
HWID M
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 10 X
Region 10-1 X
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
PSPD-ST H
8300-Federal
Regulations and
Definitions
Region 3-1 M
Region 9 H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 H
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
EMRAD H
HWID H
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-W L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-1 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 10-1 M
Region 10-O M
HWMMD-A H
HWMMD-L M
HWMMD-W L
OECA-OC H
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-CA H
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
PSPD-ST H
8400-ReguIatory
Support Documents
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-A H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
HWMMD-A H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST H
HWID M
HWMMD-L M
CIRMD-D H
8500-Federal Policy and
Guidance
Region 3-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
PSPD-ST H
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-W H
OECA-OS H
PSPD-PM H
PSPD-ST H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-L L
OECA-OC L
PSPD-CA L
PSPD-PM M
PSPD-ST L
CIRMD-H L
8600-Court Decisions
and Regulatory
Litigation
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
OECA-OR H
OECA-OS H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
CIRMD-H L
OECA-OC L
8700-Congressional or
Executive Mandates
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
OECA-OR H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
8800-Other Agency
Regulations and Policy
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
CIRMD-H L
Region 3-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
OECA-OR H
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
8900-Internatlonal
Agreements and Law
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-0 M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
HWMMD-A M
Region 9-1 M
Region 9-O M
CIRMD-H L
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ACCESSIBILITY
Current Data Source
FcdcraJ/Stile/Triba! Program!
Branch Bulletin Board System
(FSTPB-BBS)
Other Sources
SOflO-Lejal and Policy DooBBtote
8100-RejBtaloryind
Policy Flexibility
Analyses
Region 3-0 H
Region} ORC M
Region 3-0
HQ Memos M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports/TGD M/M
Memos M
Region 9-0
Reports M
Memos M
Technical Guidance
Documents (TOD) M
Region 10-0
File M
Survey Staff M
Call EPA M
Call State Staff M
CIRMD-H
Filemaker DB H
OECA-OC
Calls H
OGC H
OECA-OR
OSW Rpts H
PSPD-PM
Calls L
Call Staff L
KOO-Fedtral Statutes,
Authorities and
Definitions
Region3 ORC M
Region 9
RCRA H
Memos H
Region 9-1
RCRA H
Memos H
ORC/TGD M/M
Region 9-0
RCRA H
Memos H
TGD M
Region 10
Statutes M
Region 10-1
Statutes M
Region 10-0
Statutes M
CIRMD-D RCRA H
CIRMD-H Internet H
HWID OGC M
HWMMD-L
OGC M
Literature M
Hazardous Waste
Consultant M
HWMMD-W
RCRA H
CERCLA H
SARA H
Pollution Prevention
Act H
OECA-OC
OGC/OSW M/M
Trade Journals M
OECA-OS Memos H
Policy/Guidance H/H
PSPD-PM
Call Staff L
SSOO-Fcdenl
Refutations and
Definitions
Region 3-O H
Region 3 ORC M
Region 9-1 TGD M
Region 9-0
TGD M
CIRMD-H
Internet H
OECA-OC
OGC M
OSW M
Trade Journals M
OECA-OS
Memos H
Policy H
Guidance H
PSPD-PM
Call Staff L
MOO-RetuIltory
Support Documents
Regions ORC M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports/TGD M/M
Region 9-0
Reports M
TGD M
Region 10-1
Docs M
Region 10-0
Docs M
CIRMD-H
Internet H
HWID
Petitions L
HWMMD-A
Other Groups Regs M
HWMMD-W
Calls M
EPA Library L
OECA-OC
RIAs L
OECA-OR
OSW Rpts H
OECA-OS
Memos H
Policy H
Guidance H
PSPD-ST
Workgroup Notes H
J500-Fedtnl Polk? ind
Guidance
Rcgion3 ORC M
Region 3-0
Memo M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports/TGD M/M
CA Library M
Region 9-O
Reports M
TGD M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
Region 10-1
Memos/Guidance M/M
Appeal Decisions M
Region 10-0
Memos/Guidance M/M
HWID
AA Office X
HWMMD-A
OGC H
HWMMD-L Memos M
EPA Library M
RCRA Hotline
(CIRMD-H) L
OECA-OC OSW M
Calls/OGC L/M
Workgroups M
OECA-OR
OECA/OSW Rpts H/H
OECA-OS Memos H
Policy/Guidance H/H
PSPD-PM
Clean Air Guidance L
PSPD-ST
SAMS (States
Auth. Manuals) H
Mixed Waste Library H
WOO-Court Decisions
and Regulatory
Litigation
Regions ORC M
Region 9
Reports/Memos M/M
Region 9-1
HQ Reports/TGD M/M
Reports/Memos M/M
Region 9-0
Reports/Memos M/M
TGD M
Region IO-I
Court Decisions M
Region 10-0
Court Decisions M
CIRMD-D
Admin Records X
CIRMD-H
Call Courts L
HWID OGC L
HWMMD-A OGC H
HWMMD-L OGC H
OECA-OC
Call DOJ L
OGC/Sr. Mgml H/H
Trade Journals H
OECA-OS
Call Regional Support
Division H
PSPD-PM
OGC/Call ORC L/L
Court Decision Rpts L
PSPD-ST
Calls M
Call OGC M
Call AIEO M
8700-ConrrtssIonil or
Executive Mandates
Region 3 ORC M
Region 3-0
HQ Written Guidance M
Region 9
Reports/Memos M/M
Region 9-1
Reports/Memos M/M
HQ Mail/TGD M/M
Region 9-0
Reports/Memos M/M
TGD M
Region 10
Guidance Docs M
HWID
OGC/AA Office L/M
HWMMD-L
EPA Library (Book of
Orders) H
HWMMD-W
Executive Orders L
OECA-OC
Reports/Studies H/H
PSPD-ST
Calls M
MOO-Other Agency
Regulations and Policy
Regions ORC M
Region 3-0
Memo M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports/TGD M/M
Region 9-0
Repom/TGD M/M
CIRMD-H
OSCA/DOT L/L
GPO Server L
HWID
OSCA/DOT L/L
HWMMD-A
Call Contacts L
HWMMD-L
Calls/OGC L/M
EPA Congressional
Library L
HWMMD-W
Library L
OECA-OC
OGC/OMB L/L
PSPD-ST
Calls/Meetings L/L
8900-InterratIonil
Agreements and Law
RegionS ORC M
Region 3-0
Memo M
Region 9
Reports M
Region 9-1
Reports/TGD M/M
Region 9-0
Reports M
TGD M
HWMMD-A
OGC H
Calls/Call Stale M/H
HWMMD-L
Calls L
Literature M
OECA-OC
Office of Air &
Radiation M
OECA-OR
Law Library H
PSPD-ST
Call Transboundary
Environmental Mgmt
Group L
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Description of the EPA Hazardous Waste Program Area Prioritization
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J.O Description of the EPA Hazardous Waste Program Area Prioritization
Chapter 6 presents the results of prioritizing the Program Areas based on strategic importance
and level of current systems support. The purpose of this appendix is to provide more detail
on the actual numerical rankings assigned to each Program Area for strategic importance and
current systems support used to calculate the overall relative rankings.
As explained in Chapter 6, the first factor, strategic importance, is defined as the extent to
which each Program Area addresses the goals and strategies identified in Chapter 2 and the
way in which each Program Area fits into the strategic vision of senior EPA RCRA managers.
A Program Area of high strategic importance contains activities that create information needed
to address a significant part of the EPA program vision. By addressing a Program Area of
high strategic importance, EPA will work toward delivering information critical to meeting
EPA's program vision.
The second factor that EPA examined for each Program Area is the level of current systems
support. The results were discussed in the Current Systems Assessment (Chapter 4). Current
systems support is defined as the degree to which the existing network of information sources
delivers the information needed to support the activities and information that comprise the
Program Area. A Program Area that has a high level of current systems support allows users
to implement the activities and access sources that can meet their information needs. A
Program Area that has a low level of current system support needs improvement.
EPA began the prioritization process by first developing a relative ranking based on strategic
importance. The Agency examined the following:
• The 13 executive views that articulate the EPA management vision of the program
(Chapter 2, Section 2.2.2 and 2.2.3).
• The eight goals that identify the long-term achievements of the program (Chapter 2,
Exhibit 2-6).
• The six categories of strategies that indicate the actions that EPA will take to achieve
its long-term goals (Chapter 2, Exhibit 2-6).
EPA then reviewed each of the activities of a Program Area and totaled the number of
management views, goals, and categories of strategies each area addresses. The.Agency
assigned point values equivalent to the number of management views, goals, and categories of
strategies that a Program Area addressed. The point values for the Program Areas ranged from
4 to 9 (See Exhibit J-l). Program Areas with a large number of point values contain activities
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RBLJA- ACCESS- CURRENT
BEJTY IfflLITY SYSTEMS
RANKING
Program
Implementation
9(1)
2 CM)
1.5 (M/L)
1.75
Program Evaluation
8(2)
1.5
(M/L)
1.25
Information Sharing
8(2)
2(M)
1.5
Program Development
6(3)
2.5
(H/M)
1.5 (M/L)
Program Management
5(4)
2(M)
2(M)
Studies and Research
4(5)
2(M)
1.5
Program ! , , ,
Implementation ,
4(5)
2 CM)
2 (M)
Exhibit J-l. Numerical Point Values Assigned for Strategic Importance and Current System Support for
the EPA Hazardous Waste Program. Areas
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and information key to the strategic direction of the program." As shown in the exhibit, the
relative ranking of the Program Areas based on strategic importance leads to Program
Implementation as the top ranked area, followed equally by Program Evaluation and
Information Sharing. These three areas are followed hi descending order by Program
Development, Program Management, Studies and Research, and Program Implementation
Support.
EPA then examined the level of current systems support by Program Area, assigning point
values for the high, medium, and low rankings for reliability and accessibility that were
discussed in Chapter 6. The Agency assigned 3 points for a high ranking, 2 points for a
medium ranking, and 1 point for a low ranking. EPA assigned the point values separately for
reliability and accessibility and then averaged the values for an overall score.
EPA analyzed the relative ranking based on strategic importance and adjusted the ranking, as
necessary to account for any Program Areas that had very low levels of current systems
support. As a result, the only adjustment made was to elevate Studies and Research above
Program Implementation Support. As noted hi Chapter 6, one could also consider ranking
Studies and Research above Program Management because it does have a significantly lower
level of current systems support and does address the central theme of developing and
delivering accurate risk information. However, for the purposes of this prioritization, its
relative ranking was elevated only one level. EPA could have adjusted the relative ranking of
Program Evaluation so that it was ranked higher than Information Sharing. However, EPA
felt the difference hi current systems support was not great enough to adjust the relative
rankings and that such an adjustment would not result in changes to the top three Program
Areas.
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APPENDIX K
Briefing on the RCRIS Lessons Learned Project
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RCRIS LESSONS LEARNED
BRIEFING
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Background
RCRIS Design and Development
• RCRIS was designed in the mid-80s to support the hazardous waste data management needs of both the
States and EPA in the co-regulation of the complex RCRA hazardous waste management program. It was
also designed to answer the myriad information requests coming from Congress.
• In addition to these information needs, RCRIS was also required to provide maximum flexibility for State
users to operate the system on the platform of their choice (e.g., PC, EPA mainframe, separate state
system).
• These design needs created a system that was complex to implement and burdensome to operate and use.
RCRIS Implementation
• The system was implemented in 1991. At the same time, Agency resources were reduced with
corresponding reductions for RCRIS operations and maintenance, including training. Many users then had
a difficult time operating the system with reduced help from Headquarters.
• The RCRA program continued to change, differences between Federal and State program definitions
created implementation problems, and hardware/software technology was rapidly evolving.
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RCRIS Evaluation
• In response to OSW management concerns about sustaining the continued operations of a complex and
expensive national system, OSW initiated, hi mid 1994, a project to examine waste information and
technology needs (WIN) for the future.
• In addition, GAO initiated an investigation of RCRIS. GAO published a report in 1995 criticizing the
system.
• In response, OIRM and OSW were tasked by Deputy Administrator to initiate a "Lessons Learned" study
on RCRIS to identify the successes and failures, and to make recommendations for future systems
development efforts.
Approach
• A core workgroup was formed in October 1995, staffed by representatives from OSW, OIRM, and the
OSWER front office.
• The workgroup solicited input from senior staff and program managers in Headquarters, 5 Regions, and 6
States.
* The workgroup held a meeting in March 1996 with Headquarters, State, and Regional representatives to
discuss the input, and develop findings and recommendations.
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Findings and Recommendations
Major Findings
• RCRIS works as designed. At least 25 States rely upon RCRIS to support program implementation.
• The following findings highlight the major problem areas in priority order:
• RCRIS tried to be all things to all people.
• Lack of programmatic input by senior management into RCRIS design, development, and
implementation resulted in a system that did not address management needs.
• Information management issues are not adequately addressed as part of RCRA program
development.
• Co-regulation of the RCRA program is difficult to mirror in a system.
• Information in RCRIS is too inaccessible.
• Diminishing system resources in the 1990s constrained technical support for system implementation
and use.
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Key Recommendations
• EPA and States need to develop a disciplined approach to defining a minimum set of core information
needed and the uses of that information. No data should be collected without EPA and State senior
management having an understanding of how the data will be used.
• An active and energetic EPA/State partnership in systems development should continue; however, EPA
should employ a consultative model in designing and managing the system in order to preserve adequate
authority to limit system scope and complexity.
• A senior management steering committee for RCRA information resources management should be
established to: (1) ensure tie-in to strategic planning and accountability; and (2) define key data for
managing the program.
• OSW, during the early stages of regulation development, must determine information needs and analyze
their costs and benefits. If costs are too high, relative to the benefits, the information should not be
collected.
• EPA and States need to determine how RCRA co-regulation should proceed prior to any redesign or
development of any future system(s) (e.g., definitions, policy decisions, and Regional/State roles,
including information sharing).
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Key Recommendations (cont.)
• There must be constant feedback throughout the system life cycle between RCRA program personnel
(EPA and States) and system designers to communicate program needs and validate the way the system
supports those needs.
• New system design options must recognize the need for user friendly, easy access, and modern
technologies.
• Sufficient resources must be available, and allocated appropriately by senior management over the system
life cycle.
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