Pollution
Prevention
Directory
Developed under the direction of Beth Anderson
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
September 1994
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Table of Contents
Introduction i
1. U.S. EPA Pollution Prevention Programs 5
I. Voluntary Programs 6
II. Grant Programs 11
III. Regulatory Programs and Support 13
IV. EPA Regional Initiatives and Contacts 22
2. State Programs 25
I. State by State Listings 26
3. Other Federal Programs si
I. Department of Agriculture 82
II. Department of Commerce/NIST 82
III. Department of Defense 87
IV. Department of Energy 88
V. Department of Transportation 91
VI. President's Council on Sustainable Development 91
VII. U.S. Agency for International Development 91
4. Resources 93
I. Clearinghouses 94
II. Databases 97
III. Periodicals and Directories 101
IV Hotlines 102
V. Index of Centers and Associations 103
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INTRODUCTION
Pollution prevention makes
economic sense. Well save
money on raw materials,
well have less waste to
dispose of, and well
protect American citizens
and our own environment.
CAROL M. BROWNER, EPA ADMINISTRATOR
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Purpose of This Document
This directory contains information about publicly spon-
sored pollution prevention sources available across the
United States. The goal of this publication is to provide
persons interested in learning more about pollution pre-
vention options with a directory of information on federal,
state, and local resources. Entries include:
l> Sources for pollution prevention information for the
public in each state
> Resources and technical assistance programs for small-
and medium-sized businesses
> University centers that arc conducting pollution preven-
tion research and training
> Selected federal agencies involved in pollution prevention
£> Additional resources available in the pollution preven-
tion field.
Given the evolving and expanding nature of pollution
prevention resources, this directory represents only a por-
tion of the resources available. Additional and up-to-date
information on the topics covered in this directory and on
related subjects can be obtained by contacting the clearing-
houses, hotlines, and directories listed in Chapter 4.
Pollution Prevention Is Our National Policy
Acknowledging the importance of pollution prevention in
the national environmental strategy, Congress passed the
landmark Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. This law es-
tablishes as national policy an environmental management
hierarchy that sets pollution prevention as the option of
first choice. For those wastes that arc not capable of being
reduced at the source, this hierarchy considers recycling to
be the next best management option. A waste generator
should turn to treatment or disposal to solve a waste gen-
eration problem only after source reduction and recycling
have been considered.
Further impetus towards national adoption of pollution
prevention goals came in April 1994 when President
Clinton announced, in his Earth Day address, the promul-
gation of a number of executive orders that place federal
agencies in the forefront of pollution prevention activities.
These executive orders require the government to set pre-
vention-related goals — for the acquisition process, emis-
sion reductions, and solid waste prevention and recycling.
They also bring the federal government under the rubric
of the environmental "right-to-know" provisions that have
made the United States a leader in environmental progress
worldwide. ,
What Is Pollution Prevention?
Pollution prevention aims both to conserve our finite
natural resources and to prevent waste and harmful sub-
stances from contaminating our environment. While enor-
mous progress has been made in a short while, pollution
prevention remains a wide-open field with opportunities
for significant action on the part of every sector of society.
Faced with the increasing costs and liabilities associated
with end-of-pipe waste management practices, many waste
generators are turning to pollution prevention as a cleaner,
safer, and more cost-effective alternative. Pollution preven-
tion (also known as source reduction) is defined in the
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 as:
Any practice which reduces the amount of any hazard-
ous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering the
waste stream or otherwise released to the environment
(including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treat-
ment, or disposal; and reduces the hazards to public
health and the environment associated with the release
of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
Pollution prevention includes such techniques as toxics use
reduction, raw material substitution, process or equipment
modification, product redesign, training, improved inven-
tory control, production planning and sequencing, and
better management practices.
EPA's Role in Pollution Prevention
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 reinforced EPA's
continuing and aggressive effort to integrate pollution
prevention into all of its programs and activities. EPA's
1991 Pollution Prevention Strategy provided guidance on
incorporating pollution prevention into ongoing programs
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and included a plan for a voluntary industry program to
reduce toxic chemicals, later known as the 33/50 Program
(see Chapter 1 for more details). Subsequent EPA-initiated
voluntary programs, including Green Lights, Energy Star,
etc. have formed the basis for innovative partnerships in
pollution prevention with a wide range of organizations in
all sectors of society, including other federal agencies,
states, local governments, industry, universities, nonprofit
organizations, and the general public. In the last few years,
virtually every program and support office at EPA has
begun to incorporate pollution prevention ideas into its
services. This extends to regulation writing, technical in-
formation transfer and exchange, administering grant pro-
grams, conducting research, and public outreach services.
EPA's innovative new approach to environmental protec-
tion launched in 1994, the Common Sense Initiative, takes
pollution prevention as its guiding principle in dealing in a
comprehensive manner with the environmental impacts of
specific industries. The Common Sense Initiative replaces
the pollutant-by-pollutant approach of the past with an
industry-by-industry approach for the future. For the first
time in the history of EPA, teams of Agency representa-
tives, joined by representatives of national and grassroots
environmental organizations, industry leaders, state envi-
ronmental commissions, local government, labor unions,
environmental justice groups, and other organizations, will
conduct a comprehensive review of every major rule and
regulation that apply to each of the industries under ex-
amination, with the aim of achieving environmental pro-
tection through pollution prevention, using fewer
resources and saving money in the process.
Updates to This Directory
Because of the high visibility and rapid growth of this field,
many pollution prevention efforts are in a state of flux. We
worked to ensure that the information in this directory was
as current as possible when the document .was sent to
press. Given the dynamic character of the field, however,
some information will have changed since it was collected.
Please submit corrections to:
Pollution Prevention Division
U.S. EPA (7409)
401 M Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20460
For your convenience, a reproducible self-addressed form
follows this page.
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CHAPTER 1:
U.S. EPA POLLUTION
PREVENTION PROGRAMS
This chapter contains
information about EPA
pollution prevention
assistance programs
and contacts.
I. Voluntary Programs
II. Grant Programs
III. Regulatory Programs
and Support
IV. EPA Regional Initiatives
and Contacts
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I. VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS
Building Air Qualify Alliance
The Building Air Quality Alliance is a voluntary partner-
ship program to help building owners and managers im-
prove indoor air quality. With membership from EPA and
key leaders in the indoor air quality (IAQ) field, including
environmental and public health advocacy groups, trade
associations, government organizations, and coalitions of
IAQ industry groups, the Alliance educates people about
the importance of IAQ to health, comfort, and productiv-
ity, and helps implement actions to improve IAQ. Such
measures include developing a ventilation system mainte-
nance schedule, controlling pollutants such as pesticides
and tobacco smoke, and making good indoor air principles
part of standard operating procedures by incorporating
them into leases, financial policies, and standards.
Research shows that people spend about 90% of their time
indoors, and that the air within homes and buildings can
be more seriously polluted than outdoor air in even the
largest and most industrialized cities. EPA comparative risk
studies have consistently ranked indoor air pollution, in-
cluding secondhand smoke, radon, organic compounds,
and biological pollutants, among the top four environmen-
tal threats to public health. The Building Air Quality Alli-
ance is intended to catalyze action on this important public
health concern. A participants' manual will be available by
Fall 1994 which will outline the program and enlist the
first Building Partners.
For more information, contact:
Julie Rosenberg
Indoor Air Division
U.S.EPA(6607J)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 233-9154
Fax: (202) 233-9555
Climate Change Action Plan
Sec Chapter 3, DOE.
CiimoteWise
Sec Chapter 3, DOE.
Design for the Environment
Businesses operating in the 1990s face a variety of compet-
ing demands—keeping costs low and quality high, staying
competitive in a global marketplace, and meeting con-
sumer preferences for more environmental benign prod-
ucts. Established in October 1992, EPA's Design for the
Environment (DfE) is a down-to-earth strategy for orga-
nizing and managing these challenging demands. It aims at
helping businesses incorporate environmental consider-
ations, especially risk reduction, into the design and rede-
sign of products, processes, and technical and management
systems. Businesses design for the environment by:
> Implementing pollution prevention, energy efficiency,
and other resource conservation measures
> Producing and using less toxic and nontoxic materials
> Making products that can be refurbished, disassembled,
and recycled
> Keeping careful track of the environmental costs associ-
ated with each product or process
Through the DfE program, EPA is creating voluntary
partnerships with industry, professional organizations, state
and local governments, other federal agencies, and the
public. EPA's efforts are directed at giving businesses the
information needed to design for the environment and at
helping businesses use this information to make environ-
mentally informed choices. Within each business, the DfE
program works to make sure that the information reaches
the people who make the choices—from buyers to indus-
trial design engineers.
EPA is developing several analytical tools for businesses to
use in evaluating their processes and products. Cleaner
technology substitutes assessments help companies com-
pare different technologies or products, with an eye to-
ward selecting the most environmentally friendly
alternatives. The assessments look at not only the environ-
mental impacts but also the cost and performance profiles
of each alternative. The DfE program is developing a ge-
neric assessment with a guidance manual to help compa-
nies perform their own assessments. EPA is also developing
a standardized method for comprehensively evaluating the
environmental effects of a product, process, or activity
throughout all stages of its life, from raw materials extrac-
tion and production through final disposal. The following
are current projects.
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Accounting and Capital Budgeting. EPA is working with
the private sector to develop new and modified accounting
tools that will incorporate environmental costs and benefits
into managerial accounting and capital budgeting prac-
tices, thus allowing businesses to more fully understand
their environmental costs. The project also involves cur-
riculum development and research activities.
Green Chemistry—Benign by Design. Many of the tradi-
tional ways of synthesizing new high-volume industrial
chemicals use toxic feedstocks or catalysts, or they create
hazardous and toxic by-products. In cooperation with the
National Science Foundation, EPA is encouraging univer-
sity research into alternative methods for producing chemi-
cals that minimize or eliminate hazardous substances.
Curriculum Development. EPA has established a National
Pollution Prevention Center at the University of Michigan,
which is developing curricula in multiple disciplines (for
example, business, engineering, accounting, and market-
ing). The curricula incorporate pollution prevention, life-
cycle analysis, and DfE principles, rather than traditional
end-of-pipe pollution control techniques.
Risk Management/Insurance. EPA has entered into a
cooperative effort with the American Institute of Char-
tered Property Casualty Underwriters, an independent
nonprofit organization offering educational programs and
professional certification for the property and liability in-
surance industry. EPA is helping to incorporate pollution
prevention into the curriculum for the institute's certifica-
tion program for associates in risk management. EPA
hopes to facilitate pollution prevention principles becom-
ing a part of the insurance underwriting and risk manage-
ment decision-making process.
financing. An important constraint on the adoption of
new pollution prevention technologies is the availability of
financing. The financial community tends to associate envi-
ronmental investment more with liability than with oppor-
tunity. Also, companies and financial institutions generally
have not known how to estimate the returns on pollution
prevention investments. EPA will conduct outreach to
businesses and the financial community to find ways to
address these problems.
Dry Cleaning Project. EPA is working with the dry clean-
ing industry and environmental organizations to reduce
exposure to perchloroethylene, which is a chemical solvent
used by most dry cleaners that poses potential health and
environmental concerns. EPA will examine alternative
technologies, solvents, and control methods as part of a
cleaner technology substitutes assessment. Then, EPA
plans to publish a technical summary of alternative solvents
and processes and an information document on cost-effec-
tive, environmentally safer choices identified through the
project. An important part of the project will be funding
ways to provide small dry cleaners with both technical
assistance and incentives to implement pollution preven-
tion measures.
Printing Project. This project is aimed at developing pol-
lution prevention information specific to small- and me-
dium-sized printers. Six different methods of printing are
in use today, and each employs a different set of chemical
and technological alternatives. Industry representatives
identified several priority environmental concerns for litho-
graphic, screen printing, and flexographic printing meth-
ods. Committees with EPA and industry membership are
developing cleaner technology substitutes assessments as
well as outreach strategies and information products to
communicate die results of the project to printers. The
committees are also identifying incentives that will encour-
age printers to use the information developed.
Cleaning Products. EPA and the General Services Admin-
istration are collaborating on a long-term project to pro-
mote the use of environmentally preferred cleaning
products in Government-owned buildings. This effort will
mean developing standards for cleaning products, perform-
ing integrated risk assessments, and evaluating product
performance. The project coincides with a federal Execu-
tive Order mandating that government agencies use envi-
ronmentally preferred cleaners.
The DfE program is also considering starting a number of
new projects under the Environmental Technology Initia-
tive. Industries being considered include computers, aero-
space, and metal finishing. EPA is interested in exploring
future projects with other partners.
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
U.S. EPA (3404)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1023
Fax: (202) 260-0178
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Energy Star Buildings
The comprehensive Energy Star Buildings program ad-
dresses heating, cooling, and air handling in commercial
buildings. EPA has formed voluntary new partnerships
with the private sector in these industries to encourage the
use of energy-efficient equipment that saves money for
building owners and reduces energy-related air pollution.
The program recommends a five-stage implementation
program, beginning with Green Lights (see below). EPA
will be working with a group of 20 to 30 buildings over
the next few years to demonstrate the energy savings and
profits obtainable through the program. EPA will provide
technical resources to assist participants, including a Build-
ing Upgrade Manual, software to calculate savings, a data-
base of financing programs, case studies, generic
specifications, and other information and guidance.
For more information, contact:
Green Lights/Energy Star Programs
U.S.EPA(6202-J)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 775-6650
Fax: (202) 775-6680
Energy Star Computers
EPA has signed partnership agreements with manufactur-
ers who sell 70 percent of all desktop computers and 90
percent of all laser printers sold in the United States to
introduce energy-efficient computer equipment to the
marketplace. The Energy Star Computers program will cut
nearly $2 billion from ratepayers' annual electricity bills by
the year 2000 - saving enough electricity to power Maine,
New Hampshire, and Vermont for an entire year. Com-
puter manufacturers arc introducing desktop computers,
monitors, or printers that can automatically power-down
to save energy when they arc not being used. This "sleep"
feature could cut a product's annual electricity use by
about 50 percent. Computer equipment is the fastest
growing electricity load in the commercial sector.
In his Earth Day address in 1993, President Clinton an-
nounced that the federal government—the largest buyer of
computers in the world—is committed to purchasing only
computers and printers that meet EPA Energy Star guidelines
for energy efficiency. This is projected to save the government
$40 million per year in terms of reduced electricity use. Cus-
tomers can recognize the new, more efficient systems because
they will be identified by the EPA Energy Star™ logo.
For more information, contact:
Linda Latham
Energy Star Computers
U.S. EPA (6202-J)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 233-9114
Fax:(202)233-9578
Environmental Leadership Program
EPA's Environmental Leadership Program was announced
in January 1993. The program encourages companies or
facilities to adopt a Corporate Statement of Principles and
participate in a Model Facility Program by demonstrating a
CEO-level commitment to pollution prevention that goes
beyond mere compliance with regulations. In June 1994,
EPA issued a request for proposals for pilot projects which
will explore ways that EPA and states can encourage facili-
ties to develop innovative auditing and compliance pro-
grams and reduce the risk of non-compliance through
pollution prevention.
EPA plans to select three to five pilot projects from the
pool of proposals to be received. Facilities must describe
their existing or proposed comprehensive, multimedia
pollution prevention program, and that program is inte-
grated into their overall operations. Facilities must also
propose measures that will track the compliance improve-
ments and pollution prevention results that will accrue
from their participation in a pilot project. Criteria for
evaluating the proposals include: pollution prevention
potential, compliance history, environmental manage-
ment/auditing programs, disclosure of audit results, "set-
ting an example," performance measures, and employee
and community involvement. The voluntary pilot projects
are expected to encourage industry to take greater respon-
sibility for self-monitoring while offering national recogni-
tion for outstanding environmental management practices.
For more information, contact:
Mike Schiavo
Pollution Prevention Policy Staff
U.S. EPA (1102)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-2824
Fax: (202) 260-8511
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Green Lights Program
EPA's Green Lights Program was officially launched on
January 16, 1991. The goal of the program is to prevent
pollution by encouraging major U.S. institutions — busi-
nesses, governments, and other organizations — to use
energy-efficient lighting. Because lighting consumes
about 25 percent of total electricity used nationwide and
because more than half the electricity used for lighting is
wasted, the Green Lights Program offers a substantial
opportunity to prevent pollution, and to do so at a profit.
Lighting upgrades reduce electric bills and maintenance
costs and increase lighting quality; typically, investments
in energy-efficient lighting yield 20-30 percent rates of
return per year.
EPA promotes energy-efficient lighting by asking major
institutions to sign a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) with the Agency; in this MOU, the signatory
commits to install energy-efficient lighting in 90 percent of
its space nationwide over a 5-year period, but only where it
is profitable and where lighting quality is maintained or
improved. EPA, in turn, offers program participants a
number of technical support services to assist them in up-
grading their buildings. A computerized decision support
system developed by EPA provides Green Lights corpora-
tions and governments a rapid way to survey the lighting
systems in their facilities, assess retrofit options, and select
the best energy-efficient lighting upgrades.
EPA has also established a national lighting product infor-
mation program in conjunction with utilities and other
organizations. This program provides brand name infor-
mation so that purchasers will be able to choose products
with confidence. In addition, it allows for innovative prod-
ucts to be qualified rapidly, removing a significant barrier
for new technologies.
As part of the support program, EPA helps Partners iden-
tify financing resources for energy-efficient lighting. Green
Lights Partners receive a computerized directory of financ-
ing and incentive programs offered by electric utilities,
lighting management companies, banks, and financing
companies. The database is updated and distributed on a
regular basis. EPA also has developed Green Lights Ally
programs for lighting manufacturers, service providers, and
utilities to promote the environmental, economic, and
quality benefits of energy-efficient lighting. Allies commit
to the same level of retrofits as Green Lights Partners, and
assist in developing the technical support programs.
By mid-1994, over 1,350 participants in Green Lights had
committed to upgrade a total of 4 billion square feet of
facility space — more than three times the total office
space of New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined.
For more information, contact a Green Lights Coor-
dinator in EPA's Regional Offices (listed at the end of
this chapter) or contact:
Manager, Green Lights
U.S. EPA (6202-J)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 775-6650
Fax:(202)775-6680
Fax: (202) 233-9659 (24 hours a day)
Mobility Partners
Mobility Partners is a joint project of the Surface Transpor-
tation Policy Project and EPA's Office of Policy Analysis,
aimed at helping business leaders and citizens exchange
ideas for meeting the challenges of transportation planning
and dean air quality. The program will develop case stud-
ies, technical reports, a referral line, and a quarterly news-
letter. Organizations developing innovative transportation
plans with pollution prevention goals will be recognized
with an award.
For more information, contact:
WillSchroeer
Office of Policy Analysis
U.S. EPA (2120)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1126
Fax:(202)260-0512
Natural Gas STAR
Natural Gas STAR is a voluntary government/industry
partnership launched in March 1993 that encourages natu-
ral gas distribution and transmission companies to adopt
practices and technologies that can reduce emissions of
methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Benefits of the program
include reduced emissions of methane (the major compo-
nent of natural gas), improved energy efficiency, and cost
savings for industry participants. The transmission/distri-
bution program has been endorsed by the American Gas
Association and the Gas Research Institute. As of mid-
1994, the program includes 31 partners representing over
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half of transmission company pipeline by mileage. First-
year methane emissions reductions of 1.3 million Mcf were
reported by current partners for 1993. A Natural Gas
STAR program for natural gas producers will be launched
in Fall 1994.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Clark Osborne
Global Change Division
U.S. EPA (6202J)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 233-9044
Fax: (202) 233-9569
33/50 Program
Launched in 1991, EPA's 33/50 Program is a voluntary
pollution prevention initiative seeking to achieve substantial
reductions in pollution in a relatively short time period. It is
designed to maximize private sector initiatives while chal-
lenging industry to achieve ambitious prevention goals.
Under this program, EPA identified 17 high-priority toxic
chemicals and set a voluntary goal for participating firms to
reduce the total amount of these chemicals released into the
environment and transferred ofisite by 33 percent at the end
of 1992 and by 50 percent at the end of 1995.
The 17 chemicals are: benzene, cadmium and cadmium
compounds, carbon tctrachloridc, chloroform
(trichloromcthane), chromium and chromium com-
pounds, cyanide and cyanide compounds, lead and lead
compounds, mercury and mercury compounds, methyl
ethyl kctonc, methyl isobutyl kctone, methylene chloride
(dichloromethane), nickel and nickel compounds,
tctrachlorocthylcnc (pcrchlorocthylene), toluene, 1,1,1-
trichlorocthane (methyl chloroform), trichloroethylene,
and xylcnc (all xylcnes). The chemicals were selected
based on a number effectors, including high-produc-
tion volume as reported to the Toxics Release Inventory,
high releases and off-site transfers of the chemical rela-
tive to total production, opportunities for pollution
prevention, and potential for causing detrimental health
and environmental effects.
EPA is seeking reductions primarily through source reduc-
tion, and is encouraging industry to seek continuous envi-
ronmental improvement even beyond these reductions and
these 17 chemicals. The goals are measured against a
baseline year of 1988. Releases and transfers of the 17
high-priority chemicals totalled almost 1.5 billion pounds
in 1988. The 33/50 Program hopes to cut that amount in
half by 1995, eliminating almost 750 million pounds of
pollution. TRI data from the 1991 reporting year revealed
that emissions of program chemicals declined by 34 per-
cent between 1988 and 1991, surpassing the 1992 interim
33 percent national reduction goal a full year ahead of
schedule. More than 1,200 companies have voluntarily
participated in the program, with over 60% participation
from the nation's "Top 600" largest firms.
The 33/50 Program faces an ambitious agenda in the
coming years with efforts to expand company participa-
tion. Industry trade associations are being asked to assist
EPA in convincing smaller companies to participate. An
independent evaluation of the 33/50 Program has been
initiated to assess the program's success.
For copies of a brochure on the 33/50 Program or other
information, fax your request to the TSCA Assistance Ser-
vice at (202) 554-5603, or call the TSCA Hotline at (202)
554-1404 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. Also, com-
puter users may access the 33/50 mini-exchange in PIES
(see Chapter 4, Databases).
For more information, see the list of regional 33/50
Program contacts at the end of this chapter. For com-
pany case studies & current information, contact:,.
Dave Sarokin
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7408)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-6907
Tel: (202) 260-6396 (Sarokin)
Fax: (202) 260-2219
WasteWi$e Program
This program represents EPA's partnerships with businesses
to promote reductions in municipal solid waste. WasteWiSe
companies save money and improve the environment by
committing to reduce solid waste in three ways: preventing
waste at the source, collecting materials for recycling, and
increasing the recycled content in the products they buy or
manufacture. The primary audience is large businesses, but
all companies, trade groups, and nonprofit organizations are
also welcome.
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For more information, contact:
Lynda Wynn
Office of Solid Waste
U.S. EPA (5306)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (800) 372-9473 or 1-800-EPAWISE
Fax: (202) 260-4196
Water Alliance for Voluntary Efficiency (WAVE)
This voluntary partnership promotes water efficiency in
commercial businesses and institutions through the use of
low flow .bathroom fixtures, water-efficient laundry and
kitchen equipment, efficient cooling water maintenance,
and water-efficient landscaping and irrigation. Water
efficiency benefits the environment by maintaining
instream flows, reducing water pollution, and reducing
energy use associated with water heating, pumping, and
treatment. WAVE is initially targeting the lodging indus-
try. Through the WAVE supporter program, utilities,
municipalities, equipment manufacturers, water service
companies, and others can share information about their
products and services with WAVE partners. WAVE part-
ners can use a water analysis software program for track-
ing and optimizing hotel water use, developed by the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The
software estimates and allocates hotel water use, tracks
historical water use and expense, compares current water
use to prior and target uses, and evaluates the economics
of measures to improve water efficiency.
For more information, contact:
John E. Flowers
U.S. EPA (4202)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-7288
Fax: (202) 260-1827
II. GRANT PROGRAMS
Agriculture in Concert with the Environment (ACE)
EPA and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have
joined together to undertake a grant program called Agri-
culture in Concert with the Environment (ACE). The
primary purpose of the grant program is to promote the
adoption of sustainable agriculture practices and reduce
the use of highly toxic herbicides and other pesticides.
Establishing a harmonious relationship between agriculture
and the environment offers the opportunity for multiple
gains on all sides—for farm owners, farm workers, consum-
ers, and communities as a whole.
ACE grants are distributed from a joint pool by EPA's
Office of Pollution Prevention and the USDA Cooperative
State Research Service (CSRS). Host institutions hi four
regions of the country (northeast, south, north central,
and west) manage the evaluation, project selection, and
distribution of funds for their regions.
ACE is jointly administered by USDA and EPA through
the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Educa-
tion Program (SAREP). Evaluation panels in each of the
four regions include representatives from government,
academic and other research institutions, the farming in-
dustry, the environmental community, and other private or
public organizations.
For more information, contact:
Harry Wells
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7409)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-4472
Fax: (202) 260-0178
Dan Kugler
USDA SAREP
342 Aerospace Building
14th Street and Independence Avenue
Washington, DC 20250
Tel: (202) 401-4640
Fax: (202) 401-5179
Environmental Technology Initiative
This program was outlined by President Clinton in Feb-
ruary 1993 as a means of accelerating environmental
protection, strengthening America's industrial base, and
increasing exports of U.S. technologies and expertise.
The federal government intends to serve a catalytic role
in promoting the development of new technologies
across a range of industrial sectors, including semicon-
ductors, transportation, environmental management,
information technology, cleaner industrial technologies
that prevent pollution, defense conversion, and others.
EPA's Innovative Technology Council is the primary
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source for implementing ETI at EPA. EPA has published
an FY94 Program Plan as well as a draft Technology In-
novation Strategy. A number of solicitations under ETI
arc planned, including commercialization of private sec-
tor projects under the Small Business Innovative Research
program (sec Chapter 3, DOE), a competitive solicitation
from the non-profit sector, and an EPA solicitation for
federal, state, and tribal agencies.
Electronic information on ETI solicitations may be
obtained from several sources, including:
EPA Environmental Technology Hotline:
(202)260-2686
U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Bulletin Board
User Hotline: (202) 482-1986 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST)
Modem Access: (202) 482-3870 (300,1200,2400 EPS)
Internet Access: telnet to cbb.stat-usa.gov
Filename: Solicit.ETI
For more information, contact:
FrcdLindsey !
Innovative Technology Council
U.S. EPA (8301)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-2600
Fax: (202) 260-3861
Media Program State Grants
Over the past several years, EPA has been attempting to
integrate pollution prevention approaches into a variety of
state grant programs administered by the Agency's media
programs. A guidance document, Pollution Prevention
Media- Grant Guidance, explains how $500 million in ex-
isting EPA state grant funds are to be tailored to encour-
age prevention. The effort has several goals:
> Support state pollution prevention activities by ensuring
flexibility in grant requirements;
> Promote pollution prevention in federally funded state
programs;
> Share information on successful programs and identify
statutory or other barriers to pollution prevention; and
> Build self-sustaining pollution prevention programs.
EPA is committed to continued integration of pollution
prevention into program activities using media grants.
Administrator Browner has issued a memorandum to Asso-
ciate Administrators and Regional Administrators request-
ing their full support for this Agency goal. In upcoming
grant cycles, EPA will continue to document and publish
media grant success stories that demonstrate progress in
the integration of pollution prevention in media grants.
For more information, contact:
Tom McCully, Pollution Prevention Policy Staff
Lena Hann, Pollution Prevention Division
U.S. EPA
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-2237 (Hann)
Tel: (202) 260-8617 (McCully)
Fax: (202) 260-8511
National Industrial Competitiveness
through Efficiency: Energy, Environment
and Economics (NICE3)
A joint project of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
and EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics since
1991, the goal of the NICE3 grant program is to improve
industrial energy efficiency, reduce costs, and lower emis-
sions to the environment. Proposals are solicited for
projects that:
> Demonstrate successful industrial applications of less
polluting, energy-efficient technologies in conjunction
with innovative waste minimization techniques;
> Encourage accelerated industrial replication of energy-
conserving and pollution prevention technologies;
I> Coordinate the activities of institutions responsible for
energy, the environment, and competitiveness at the
federal, regional, state, and local levels;
> Identify and implement efficiency improvements in
material inputs, processes, and waste streams;
D> Develop strategies to overcome barriers that inhibit
energy efficiency and waste minimization techniques in
business and industry; and
> Enhance industrial competitiveness through the
introduction and dissemination of cost-effective waste
minimization and energy-efficient processes, equipment,
and practices.
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Awardees design, test, demonstrate, and assess the feasibility
of new processes and/or equipment with the potential to
increase energy efficiency, reduce pollution and improve
process economics. After the initial grant funding period,
the awardee is expected to continue financing the project.
Proposals are submitted as industry-state partnerships with
assistance from a state energy or pollution prevention office;
the partnership cost-shares at least 50 percent of the total
project cost. Proposals are evaluated based on concept de-
scription, innovation, cost efficiency, applicant capabilities,
energy savings, waste savings, competitiveness, commercial-
ization/marketing plan, and job savings/growth.
For more information, contact:
Alan Schroeder
Office of Industrial Technology
U.S. DOE (EE-222)
1000 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: (202) 586-1641
Fax:(202)586-7114
Eric Haas or Bill lyes
1617 Cole Blvd. Bldg. #17
Golden, Colorado 80401
Tel: (303) 275-4728 (Haas)
Tel: (303) 275-4755 (Ives)
Fax: (303) 275-4788
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS)
The centerpiece of EPA's ongoing pollution prevention
grant activities is the Pollution Prevention Incentives for
States (PPIS) grant program. PPIS is intended to build and
support state pollution prevention capabilities and to test,
at the state level, innovative pollution prevention ap-
proaches and methodologies. A primary goal is to fund the
institutionalization of multimedia pollution prevention as
an environmental management priority, establishing pre-
vention goals, developing strategies to meet those goals,
and integrating the pollution prevention ethic into state or
regional institutions. In addition, PPIS grants fund other
pollution prevention activities, such as providing direct
technical assistance to businesses, collecting and analyzing
data, conducting outreach, developing measures to deter-
mine progress in pollution prevention, and identifying
regulatory and nonregulatory barriers and incentives to
pollution prevention. A third area of funding is demonstra-
tion projects that test and evaluate innovative pollution
prevention approaches and methodologies.
Eligible applicants are states and federally recognized
tribes. Awards are made through the EPA Regional Of-
fices. Organizations selected for an award must support
50 percent of the total cost of the project. Criteria for
selection include: meeting the definition of pollution
prevention as defined by the Pollution Prevention Act;
identification of multimedia opportunities and impacts;
targeting of areas for significant risk reduction; leveraging
and integration of other pollution prevention efforts in
the state; identification of measures of success; and inclu-
sion of a plan for dissemination of project results. Re-
gional pollution prevention offices may develop
additional guidance and criteria.
For more information, contact the pollution preven-
tion coordinator in an EPA Regional Office (see listing
at end of this chapter) or contact:
Lena Hann
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7409)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-2237
Fax:(202)260-0178
III. REGULATORY PROGRAMS & SUPPORT
AIR POLLUTION & ENERGY
Air Pollution Training Branch
This branch, located in the Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards (see below) in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, has a 13-module classroom course, Prin-
ciples and Practice if Air Pollution Control; a 1-hour mod-
ule, given on the third day of the course, introduces
students (usually state and local air pollution control
agency personnel) to the concept of pollution prevention.
This module is part of Course #452 and is not available as
a separate document.
For more information, contact:
Martha Strobel
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
U.S. EPA (MD-17)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: (919) 541-4000
Fax: (919) 541-4609
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Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Program
This program seeks to promote efficiency and renewable
energy as ways to prevent pollution and to meet Clean Air
Act goals. To better position energy-efficient technologies
and renewable energy as cost-effective energy resources,
the program concentrates efforts in three areas:
> Clean Air Act Initiatives. The program promotes the
use of sustainable technologies as cost-effective compli-
ance strategies for electric utilities. This includes the
Conservation and Renewable Energy Reserve of SO2
emission allowances to reward new initiatives in effi-
ciency and renewable energy.
t> Regulatory Reform. The program works with state
regulators to remover regulatory barriers that disadvan-
tage energy efficiency and renewable energy.
> Pollution Prevention Marketing ana Research.
The program communicates the benefits of efficiency
and renewable energy through outreach efforts and
publications.
The audience for this program includes electric utilities,
regulatory commissions, state energy offices, energy ser-
vice companies, renewable energy manufacturers, consult-
ants, and nonprofit organizations.
For more information, contact:
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program
U.S. EPA (6204 J)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 233-9260
Fax: (202) 233-9584
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
Sec Chapter 4, Databases.
National Air Toxics Information
Clearinghouse (NATICH)
Sec Chapter 4, Clearinghouses.
Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards (OAQPS)
OAQPS has the major responsibility of implementing the
Clean Air Act, which mandates the attainment and mainte-
nance of ambient air standards and a reduction in air pollu-
tion emissions. OAQPS works with state and local agencies
to implement air quality management programs to reduce
ambient pollutant concentrations of smog, toxic air pollut-
ants, carbon monoxide, lead, particulate matter, sulfur
dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. OAQPS develops and
implements air emission standards for stationary sources,
develops strategies and regulations to improve urban air
quality and reduce air pollutant emissions, and directs a
comprehensive national program that provides data, tech-
nical support, and guidance to EPA Regional Offices, state
and local agencies, nongovernment sectors, and the gen-
eral public on all aspects of air quality management.
Two major pollution prevention activities within OAQPS
are the Source Reduction Review Program (see below) and
the flexible permit project. The objective of the flexible
permit project is to develop model permits that will allow
additional operating flexibility to sources with significant
batch processing requirements, but in return will require a
pollution prevention plan with a commitment to imple-
menting pollution prevention projects to reduce source
emissions by specific amounts. OAQPS also operates the
Technology Transfer Network Bulletin Board Systems (see
Chapter 4 for more details).
For more information, contact:
Joseph Padgett
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
U.S. EPA (MD-10)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: (919) 541-5589
SNAP Program/Stratospheric Ozone
Under Executive Order 12843 signed in April 1993,
federal agencies must begin immediately to minimize the
procurement of the most potent (Class I) ozone-deplet-
ing substances and maximize the use of safe alternatives.
Federal agencies are directed to revise procurement prac-
tices to modify specifications and contracts that require
the use of ozone-depleting substances and to substitute
n'on-ozone-depleting substances to the extent economi-
cally practicable.
To assist in finding substitutes for ozone-depleters, EPA
has developed the Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) program. Under the program, EPA evaluates and
approves (or denies) applications for the use of substitute
chemicals and technologies to replace ozone depleters in
specific uses.
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The Stratospheric Ozone Information Hotline provides
information to, and answers questions from, the public and
regulated communities on EPA's program to protect the
stratospheric ozone layer. Publications are available on the
Montreal Protocol, Title VI of the Clean Air Act, EPA
regulations, specific end-use sectors (for example,
firefighting solvents, foams, and refrigerants), and the
SNAP Program.
For more information, contact:
Elizabeth Agle
Stratospheric Protection Division
U.S. EPA (6205-J)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 233-9577 or (800) 296-1996 (hotline)
Fax: (202) 783-1066
EDUCATION
Environmental Education Division
The purpose of the Environmental Education Division is
to advance and support national and international environ-
mental education efforts to develop an environmentally
conscious and responsible public and to inspire a sense of
personal responsibility for the care of the environment.
The division has the following five goals:
[> To stimulate communication, innovation, and partner-
ships
> To educate and motivate youth (particularly in grades
K-12) to protect and preserve our environment
> To promote the pursuit of environmental careers
> To develop an environmentally conscious and respon-
sible public
> To reach across international boundaries
For more information, contact:
EED/OCEPA
U.S. EPA (1707)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-4965
Fax: (202) 260-0790
ENFORCEMENT
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
The Federal Facilities Enforcement Office is EPA's primary
link to environmental programs at other federal agencies.
It oversees and coordinates the interactions relating to
planning, pollution prevention, compliance assistance, site
remediation, and enforcement. The office's pollution pre-
vention responsibilities include: assisting and tracking the
program of federal organizations; compliance with Execu-
tive Order 12856, "Pollution Prevention and Right-to-
Know in the Government;" integrating pollution
prevention into all government activities; and helping or-
ganizations develop a "beyond environmental compliance"
work ethic.
Recent activities include operating the pollution preven-
tion electronic bulletin board systems, conducting the
environmental compliance and pollution prevention op-
portunity assessment of the White House, training federal
personnel, completing pollution prevention opportunity
profiles for federal facilities targeted in the Agency's multi-
media enforcement inspections, coordinating EPA's role in
the Chesapeake Bay Tidewater Interagency Prevention
Program, and managing the Federal Government Environ-
mental Challenge Program (recognition of facility and
individual excellence in environmental and pollution pre-
vention activities). Current and ongoing activities include
developing guidance documents on federal facility pollu-
tion prevention strategies, planning, environmental audit-
ing, and incorporating pollution prevention in the
settlement of enforcement cases.
For more information, contact:
Louis Paley
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
U.S. EPA (2261)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-8790
Fax: (202) 260-9437
Supplemental Environmental Projects
EPA's enforcement policy strongly encourages Agency
negotiators to try to incorporate pollution prevention
conditions in single and multi-media enforcement settle-
ments when feasible. The policy is applicable to both civil
and criminal enforcement settlements involving private
entities, federal facilities, and municipalities. Undertaking
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pollution prevention measures can help a facility reduce or
eliminate the root causes of violations of federal environ-
mental standards and thereby increase the prospects for
continuous compliance in the future. An EPA report, Pol-
lution Prevention Tltrough Compliance and. Enforcement,
highlights 66 cases involving settlements with environmen-
tal benefits. The report is available through the TSCA
Assistance Hotline, 202-554-1404.
Pollution prevention projects can be included in an enforce-
ment settlement cither to correct an existing violation (i.e.,
injunctivc relief) or as a "supplemental environmental
project." When conducting settlement negotiations, EPA
will consider whether it is appropriate (e.g., technically and
economically feasible) to correct the violations) through
implementation of source reduction or recycling activities.
Respondents are not granted additional time to correct a
violation in exchange for conduct of a supplemental envi-
ronmental project. In assessing penalties, EPA generally
considers both the gravity of the violation and the economic
benefits that the facility has reaped by its noncompliance.
The willingness of a respondent to correct the violation via a
pollution prevention project can be one of the factors used
to adjust the "gravity" component of the penalty.
For more information, contact:
Peter Rosenberg
U.S. EPA
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-8869
Fax: (202) 260-7553
FINANCING
Environmental Financing Information Network
Sec Chapter 4, Databases.
POLLUTION PREVENTION
Common Sense Initiative
This major initiative launched in 1994 represents a new
approach for comprehensive environmental protection
undertaken by EPA. Beginning with six selected industries,
EPA will create pollution control and prevention strategies
on an industry-by-industry basis, rather than on the more
traditional pollutant-by-pollutant basis or statutory focus.
The first six industries chosen for the pilot phase of the
Initiative are: auto manufacturing, computers and elec-
tronics, iron and steel, metal finishing and plating, petro-
leum refining, and printing. The chosen industries are
among the nation's largest, employing almost 4 million
Americans and representing close to 15 percent of gross
domestic product (GDP). Representing a cross-section of
American business, the industries include both small and
large businesses, high technology and traditional manufac-
turing, and a wide range of regulatory issues. As a group,
the six industries spent over $8.2 billion in 1992 on com-
pliance with environmental laws, and released 395 million
pounds of toxic pollutants into the environment.
For each industry, EPA will assemble a team of senior
Agency staff, coupled with representatives of industry lead-
ers, environmental organizations, state and local govern-
ments, labor unions, and other groups. Each team will
develop a blueprint based on the following six principles:
(1) a comprehensive review of every EPA rule applicable to
the industry; (2) pollution prevention as a guiding prin-
ciple; (3) easier reporting procedures and wider public
access to environmental information; (4) strong enforce-
ment; (5) an improved permitting process; and (6) encour-
agement of new technology and innovation.
For more information, contact:
Steve Harper
Office of Air and Radiation
U.S. EPA (6103)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-8953
Fax: (202) 260-9766
Pollution Prevention Division
The Pollution Division (PPD) within EPA's Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics was established in 1988
to help integrate a multimedia pollution prevention ethic
both within and outside EPA. Its primary role is to sup-
port pollution prevention efforts by EPA's program of-
fices, EPA Regions, state and local governments, industry,
and the public.
PPD staff are involved with, or assist EPA offices in, a wide
variety of ongoing projects, including the Source Reduc-
tion Review Project, the Common Sense Initiative, Design
for the Environment, and incorporating pollution preven-
tion into EPA's media program guidance and grants. Aim-
ing to build a national network of prevention programs,
PPD administered and now tracks the Pollution Preven-
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tion Incentives for States grants, and oversees the Pollution
Prevention Information Clearinghouse. PPD works in
concert with other federal agencies, including the Depart-
ments of Agriculture and Energy and the General Services
Administration to promote prevention within the federal
government and in federal acquisition processes. PPD also
maintains an active interest in environmental labeling is-
sues, the development of guidance for environmentally
preferable products, measuring prevention progress, and
life-cycle assessments. PPD publishes a nationally-distrib-
uted bimonthly newsletter, Pollution Prevention News, and
sponsors an annual pollution prevention conference.
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Division
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7409)
401 M Street SW ',
Washington, DC 20460 ,
Tel: (202) 260-3557
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
(PPIC)
See Chapter 4, Clearinghouses.
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Pollution Prevention Information Exchange
System (PIES)
See Chapter 4, Databases.
Pollution Prevention Policy Staff
The Pollution Prevention Policy Staff, part of the Office of
the Administrator, was established in the 1991 Appropria-
tions Act to help guide, mediate, and direct pollution pre-
vention activities throughout EPA. The policy staff
prepares and distributes reports and brochures on EPA's
pollution prevention activities and monitors Agency-wide
pollution prevention initiatives.
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Policy Staff
Office of the Administrator
U.S. EPA (1102)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-8621
Fax: (202) 260-8511
Source Reduction Review Project
The Source Reduction Review Project is an EPA initiative
to integrate pollution prevention considerations into the
regulatory development process. The goal of the SRRP is
to foster the use of source reduction measures as the pri-
mary means of achieving compliance. Initially, the project
aims to ensure that source reduction measures and multi-
media issues are considered during the development of air,
water, and hazardous waste standards affecting 17 indus-
trial categories. EPA has focused its review on a key list of
regulations mandated by statute under the Clean Air Act,
Clean Water Act or Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). This project does not develop any new regu-
lations; instead, the SRRP process will be applied to stan-
dards already scheduled for development, such as air toxics
standards (often referred to as MACT standards), effluent
guidelines for water, and RCRA listing determinations.
Proposed regulations for the first SRRP project — pulp
and paper —- were issued in March 1994.
For more information, contact:
Jim Craig
Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics
U.S. EPA (7409)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-4168
LIBRARIES
EPA libraries are excellent sources of pollution prevention
information. In particular, the EPA Headquarters Library
and the Region 9 Library have extensive collections dedi-
cated to this topic. Librarians are listed in the EPA Re-
gional Contacts listing at the end of this chapter.
EPA Headquarters Library
The EPA Headquarters Library provides information sup-
port services to EPA staff. It maintains a varied collection
on environmental resources to accomplish this, including
CD-ROMs, an online catalog (OLS), and other program-
specific services. The library provides services to the gen-
eral public and develops several publications, including
newsletters and brochures. Library hours are 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. (See PPIC in Chapter
4, under Clearinghouses.)
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For more information, contact:
Barbara MacKinnon, Librarian
Headquarters Library
U.S. EPA (3404)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-5921/5922
Fax: (202) 260-5153
E-mail: library.hq@epamail.epa.gov
EPA Laboratories Library
The following listing is the main library for all EPA labora-
tories throughout the country.
For more information, contact:
Joanne Goode, Librarian
Andrew W. Briedcnbach Environmental Research
Center Laboratory
Risk Reduction Environmental Laboratory
U.S. EPA
26 Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Tel: (513) 569-7703
Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics Library
The OPPT library provides services to the staff of various
EPA programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) and the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), including Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI) information. Referral services and limited
reference services arc available to the general public. Vari-
ous OPPT fact sheets and reference guides to TRI, pollu-
tion prevention, and TSCA information resources are
available through the library. Its hours are 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information, contact:
OPPT Library
U.S. EPA (NEB606)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-3944
Fax: (202) 260-4659
E-mail: library.tsca@epamail.cpa.gov
Public Information Center
This center is the primary access point for EPA-generated
information. It functions as a distribution center for gen-
eral environmental information and provides a referral
service for technical inquiries. A list of available documents
can be obtained by calling the center. Hours of operation
are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. by
telephone, or 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for visitors.
For more information, contact:
Public Information Center
U.S. EPA (3404)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-7751
Fax: (202) 260-6257
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) oper-
ates numerous offices with pollution prevention projects
and activities. Several are highlighted below.
Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
The mission of the Air and Energy Engineering Research
Laboratory is to research, develop, and demonstrate meth-
ods and technologies for and reducing air pollution from
stationary and area sources. The laboratory's pollution
prevention research program focuses on reducing organic
emissions from industrial and commercial operations,
evaluation the properties and performance of substitutes
for substances that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer,
and evaluating and demonstrating approaches to prevent
emissions of greenhouse gases. Targeted research activities
include scoping studies to characterize industry and pro-
cess emissions, technology assessments to evaluate the
technical and economic feasibility of pollution prevention
alternatives, cooperative technology demonstrations with
industrial partners, and information transfer through publi-
cations, national conferences, clearinghouses, technology
centers, and other means. A part of the laboratory's re-
search supports EPA's efforts to integrate pollution pre-
vention into new regulations.
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For more information, contact:
AEERL/ORD
U.S. EPA
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: (919) 541-2821
Fax: (919) 541-5227
Center for Environmental Research Information
This center is the focal point for the exchange of scientific
and technical environmental information produced by EPA.
It supports the activities of EPA's Office of Research and
Development, its laboratories, and associated programs
nationwide. The center publishes brochures, capsule and
summary reports, handbooks, newsletters, project reports,
and manuals. Services are provided to EPA employees, fed-
eral, state, and local agencies, businesses, and the public.
For more information, contact:
Dorothy Williams
U.S. EPA/CERI
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Tel: (513) 569-7562
Pax: (513) 569-7566
Office of Environmental Engineering
and Technology Demonstration (OEETD)
OEETD has responsibility for EPA's multimedia pollution
prevention research program, which includes three major
categories of research activities: (1) the development and
validation of innovative methods and tools; (2) the design,
development, and evaluation of innovative technologies
and processes; and (3) the provision of technical assistance
and innovative outreach. OEETD is also actively involved
in interagency pollution prevention research with the De-
partments of Energy, Defense, NIST and the Small Busi-
ness Administration.
For more information, contact:
Gregory Ondich or Dr. Margaret Chu
OEEDT/ORD
U.S.EPA
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-5747/5740
Fax: (202) 260-3861
ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System
See Chapter 4, Databases.
Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory/
Pollution Prevention Research Branch
The Pollution Prevention Research Branch supports
projects and provides technical assistance to encourage the
development and adoption of technologies, products, and
pollution prevention techniques to reduce environmental
pollution. Current Branch programs include:
> Cleaner Production Technologies
> Tools to Support. Pollution Prevention
> Cleaner Products Program
> Pollution Prevention Assessments
> Cooperative Pollution Prevention Projects with Other
Federal Agencies
In all of these programs, the Branch supports extramural
studies, research, and demonstrations to further the pro-
gram goals and objectives.
For more information, contact:
Harry Freeman
Chief, Pollution Prevention Research Branch
U.S. EPA, RREL
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Tel: (513) 569-7215
Fax: (513) 569-7111
SMALL BUSINESS
Asbestos & Small Business Ombudsman Hotline
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 place new
federal controls on small sources of air pollution that
ultimately may affect hundreds of thousands of small
American businesses. Section 507 requires all state gov-
ernments and EPA to establish a small business technical
and environmental compliance assistance program to help
small businesses contend with several new air pollution
responsibilities. While each state has been granted the
flexibility to tailor its program to meet the needs of in-
dustries within the state, there are three mandatory com-
ponents: a state ombudsman, a small business assistance
program, and a state compliance advisory panel. Because
programs may vary state to state, individuals should con-
tact their local program for specific details.
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For more information, contact:
Karen V. Brown
Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman
U.S. EPA (1230 C)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (800) 368-5888
Tel: (703) 305-5938 (Brown)
Fax: (703) 305-6462
Office of Air/Federal Small
Business Assistance Program
EPA has established a Federal Small Business Assistance
Program, under the Control Technology Center of the
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, to provide
state programs with several forms of guidance and assis-
tance. EPA operates a Small Business Technical Assistance
Center, which includes a quick response center, coordina-
tion with other EPA centers and with federal and state
efforts. The program also has an information exchange
network including an electronic bulletin board and an
annual technical assistance conference.
For more information, contact:
Deb Elmore, Federal SBAP Coordinator
OAQPS Federal Small Business Assistance Program
U.S. EPA
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: (919) 541-5437
Fax: (919) 541-0242
RCRA: SOUD & HAZARDOUS WASTE
RCRA/UST, Super-fund, and EPGRA Hotline
This hotline's primary function is to provide assistance to
the public, the regulated community, and other interested
parties in understanding EPA's regulations pursuant to
RCRA, underground storage tanks, CERCLA, EPCRA,
and pollution prevention/waste minimization. In addition
to providing regulatory support, the hotline provides in-
formation on RCRA, underground storage tank,
CERCLA, EPCRA, and pollution prevention/waste mini-
mization documents. Services are provided to federal agen-
cies, local agencies, the private sector, citizens, attorneys,
consultants, and the regulated community.
For more information, contact:
Tracie Gross
RCRA/UST, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline
Crystal Square 2, Suite 1200A
1725 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, "Virginia 22202-4163
Tel: (800) 535-0202
Tel: (703) 412-3345 (Gross)
Fax: (703) 412-3333
Waste Minimization Branch
This branch has recently completed a draft multiyear action
plan for waste minimization. The RCRA Waste Minimiza-
tion National Plan is intended to serve as the foundation
of EPA's Office of Solid Waste to prioritize waste minimi-
zation efforts and will set national goals for waste reduc-
tion. In setting priorities, EPA will focus initially on
industrial processes that generate combustible wastes that
contain toxic metals and/or halogens.
The Waste Minimization Branch is also active in a number
of other areas. The branch has sponsored four pilot
projects on measurement of source reduction and recy-
cling, and is working with several states to evaluate current
data sources. The branch is also studying the role of waste
exchanges in finding markets for wastes, and is involved
with the OECD Waste Minimization Workshop co-spon-
sored by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
For more information, contact:
Donna Perla
Office of Solid Waste
U.S. EPA (5302W)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (703) 308-8402
Fax: (703) 308-8433
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a database of toxic
chemicals maintained by EPA under the mandate of Sec-
tion 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). TRI reporting require-
ments cover all manufacturing facilities in the United
States classified by SIC codes 20 through 39 with 10 or
more employees that manufacture, process, or otherwise
use, one or more of over 300 listed chemicals above cer-
tain threshold amounts. Facilities must report annually, on
or before July 1, to EPA and state governments; the infor-
mation is compiled and made available to the public.
Facilities are required to report on releases of toxic chemi-
cals into the air, water, and land. In addition, they must
report on offsite transfers (that is, transfers of wastes for
treatment or disposal at a separate facility). TRI thus per-
mits the tracking of chemical releases at specific facilities on
a multi-media basis. Beginning with data submitted in
1992, TRI reports contain detailed source reduction and
recycling information as mandated by the Pollution Pre-
vention Act. Because of its mandatory reporting require-
ment and the law's provision that the public has the "right
to know" the information being reported, TRI has quickly
become one of the most powerful tools in this country for
tracking pollution and prevention activities from industrial
sources. TRI is already being used widely by industry, the
states, and environmental groups as a scorecard for preven-
tion efforts on a local, statewide, regional, and national
basis. Many companies have already undertaken substantial
voluntary public commitments to reduce the release of
TRI chemicals.
EPA has recently begun expanding the coverage of TRI
reporting. In January 1994, EPA proposed adding 313
chemical substances to the list of reportable chemicals.
EPA is also moving forward to expand the industries
subject to TRI reporting to include energy production,
materials extraction, materials distribution, waste man-
agement, and transportation. As of August 1993, federal
facilities are required to comply with TRI reporting re-
quirements under Executive Order 12856 ("Federal
Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution
Prevention Requirements").
For additional help or information, each state has an
EPCRA contact, and each EPA Regional Office has a des-
ignated TRI coordinator. For information about regional
and state contacts, call the EPA TRI User Support at (202)
260-1531. To purchase TRI on CD-ROM, microfiche
diskette, magnetic tape, reports, and directories, contact
any of the following:
Government Printing Office
710 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20401
Tel: (202) 783-3238
Fax:(202)512-1530
National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, Virginia 22161
(800) 553-NTIS
For online access to the TRI, contact:
National Library of Medicine
Specialized Information Services
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
(301)496-6531
For more information, contact:
Sam Sassnet
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1512
Fax: (202) 260-2219
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Assistance
Information Service
This hotline answers questions on a variety of TSCA-re-
lated programs, including the 33/50 Program. The service
also distributes documents a variety of subjects related to
TSCA and TSCA programs, including a quarterly newslet-
ter, Chemicak-in-Prqgress Bulletin. Hours are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.
For more information, contact:
TSCA Assistance Information Service
U.S. EPA (Room EB-005)
401 M Street SW (7408)
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 554-1404
Fax: (202) 554-5603
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WATER
Industrial Pollution Prevention Project
Known as IPS, this is an EPA-wide project to determine
how best to incorporate and promote industrial pollution
prevention within EPA's regulatory process, specifically in
the development of water effluent guidelines. The project
is producing findings and results through seven studies,
four demonstration projects, and two outreach efforts.
IPS's various products arc intended for those parties inter-
ested in or concerned about environmental regulation and
industrial pollution prevention.
For more information, contact:
Jim Lund, Director
Industrial Pollution Prevention Project (IPS)
Office of Water
U.S. EPA (4301)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-7811
Fax: (202) 260-5394
Office of Water Resource Center
Sec Chapter 4.
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
This office addresses nonpoint source pollution, the res-
toration and protection of wetlands, lakes, rivers, and
coastal and marine environments, and the coordination of
surface water monitoring and water quality assessment
activities. The targeted audience includes federal, state,
and local governments, private organizations, academic
groups, private citizens, businesses, and farmers and agri-
cultural groups.
For more information, contact:
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
NCEPI
11029 Kenwood Road, Building 5
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Tel: (513) 891-6561
(513) 891-6685
IV. EPA REGIONAL
INITIATIVES AND CONTACTS
EPA's 10 Regional Offices develop and implement re-
gional pollution prevention projects and initiatives, as well
as coordinating nationally-based policies and projects at
the regional level. The Regional Offices also evaluate appli-
cants for Pollution Prevention Incentives for States grants
and administer the program. This section presents a few
examples of Regional Office initiatives, followed by a list-
ing of EPA Regional Office contacts.
"Pit Stops'7 — EPA Regions 1 and 2
EPA Regions 1 and 2 are cooperating on a technical assis-
tance project for the automotive repair and service industry
known as the Pit Stops Pollution Prevention Project. The
project has awarded several grants to states to train retired
engineers for site visits, and to design an environmentally
conscious curriculum for vocational technical schools.
Baltimore Urban Environmental
Initiative — EPA Region 3
The Baltimore Urban Environmental Initiative is an inter-
agency activity of EPA Region 3, the City of Baltimore,
and the Maryland Department of the Environment. The
Initiative is designed to identify and rank areas of dispro-
portionate risk in Baltimore City for purposes of imple-
menting pollution prevention, risk reduction, public
awareness, and other environmental activities to minimize
these risks. An interagency team identified areas of con-
cern, including lead, hazardous materials incidents, fish
consumption/toxics in the harbor, air toxics, ground-level
ozone, radon, and indoor air quality.
MERIT Partnership — EPA Region 9
The MERIT Partnership ("Mutual Efforts to Reduce
Industrial Toxics") between industry and EPA Region 9
is designed to reduce the level of emissions in southwest
Los Angeles County by fostering and implementing
voluntary pollution prevention projects. Participants are
eligible for expedited processing of permit applications,
and can receive compliance assistance from other
partnership companies.
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EPA REGIONAL CONTACTS
Contacts are listed below in each EPA Regional Office for general pollution prevention assistance, the 33/50 program and TRI,
Green Lights, and librarians.
U.S. EPA Region 1
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
1 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
Pollution Prevention
Pollution Prevention
33/50 and TRI
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 2
26 Federal Plaza, Room 900
New York, New York 10278
Pollution Prevention
33/50
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 3
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Pollution Prevention
Pollution Prevention
RCRA
33/50
Green Lights
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 4
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Pollution Prevention
33/50
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590
Pollution Prevention
33/50
Green Lights
Librarian
Name
Abby Swaine
Mark Mahoney
Dwight Peavey
Norman Willard
Peg Nelson
Janet Sapadin
Nora Lopez
Ed Linky
Eveline Goodman
Jeff Burke
Cathy Libertz
Albert Montague
William Reilly
Ellen Jacobs
George Ferreri
Diane M. McCreary
Ernesto Perez
Beverly Mosely
Danny Orlando
Priscilla Pride
Shirley Mitchell
Abeer Hashem
LeeAnn Naue
Penny Boyle
Telephone
(617) 565-4523
(617) 565-1155
(617) 565-3230
(617) 565-3243
(617) 565-3300
(212) 264-1925
(908) 906-6890
(212) 264-2517
(212) 264-2881
(215) 597-8327
(215) 597-0765
(215) 597-1613
(215) 597-9302
(215) 597-0717
(410) 267-5733
(215) 597-0580
(404) 347-7109
(404) 347-1033
(404) 347-2864
(404) 347-4216
(312) 886-9750
(312)886-1331
(312) 886-9383
(312) 353-2022
Fax
(617) 565-3346
(617) 565-3346
(617) 565-4939
(617) 565-4939
(617) 565-9067
(212) 264-9695
(908) 321-6788
(212)264-6155
(212) 264-5433
(215) 597-7906/1850
(215) 597-7906
(215) 597-7906
(215)349-2011
(215) 597-7906
(215) 597-7906
(215) 597-7906
(404) 347-1043
(404) 347-1681
(404) 347-2130
(404) 347-4486
(312) 353-4135
(312) 353-4342
(312) 886-0617
(312) 353-1155
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U.S. EPA Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Dallas, Texas 75270
Pollution Prevention
33/50
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Pollution Prevention
33/50 and Green Lights
Library
U.S. EPA Region 8
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202-2405
Pollution Prevention
33/50 &TRI
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street (H-l-B)
San Francisco, California 94105
P2/Waste Minimization
P2/Water
33/50 &TRI
Green Lights
Librarian
U.S. EPA Region 10
1200 Sixth Avenue (MD-142)
Seattle, Washington 98101
Pollution Prevention
33/50
Green Lights
Librarian
Name
Robert Lawrence
Lewis Robertson
Carrie Ellison
Phyl Barns
Steve Wurtz
Carl M. Walter
Janice Hood
Sharon Riegel
Kerry Whitford
MarkKomp
Patricia Craven
Bill Wilson
Eileen Shechan
Helen Burke
MikeStenburg
Karen Sundheim
Carolyn Gangmark
Jayne Carlin
Ron Radke
Fern HonorS
Telephone
(214) 665-6580
(214) 665-7582
(214) 665-7546
(214) 665-6424
(913) 551-7050
(913) 551-7600
(913) 551-7358
(303) 293-1471
(303) 294-7684
(303) 293-0956
(303) 294-7616
(415) 744-2192
(415) 744-2190
(415) 744-1069
(415) 744-1102
(415) 744-1508
(206) 399-4072
(206) 553-4762
(206) 553-2148
(206) 553-1289
Fax
(214) 665-2146
(214) 665-2164
(214) 665-2164
(214) 665-2146
(913) 551-7063
(913) 551-7065
(913) 551-7467
(303) 293-1198
(303) 293-1229
(303) 293-0988/1229
(303)293-0943
(415) 744-1796
(415) 744-1796
(415) 744-1073
(415) 744-1073
(415) 744-1474
(206) 553-4957
(206) 553-8338
(206) 553-6647
(206) 553-8509
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CHAPTER 2:
STATE PROGRAMS
This section provides information on pollution
prevention services offered by state agencies,
universities, and other organizations. A wide range
of grants, technical assistance, information transfer,
research, training and award programs are
available. In addition, resource centers, technical
assistance programs, and business development
services for small and medium-sized businesses are
listed under each state. Many of these programs
provide valuable sources of pollution prevention
and waste reduction information.
I. State by State Listings
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ALABAMA .
Alabama Waste Reduction and
Technology Transfer (WRATT) Program
The WRATT Program offers free, voluntary,
nonrcgulatory, confidential waste reduction assessments
for public and private entities in Alabama. Retired engi-
neers and scientists conduct these assessments. As part of
this program, the Waste Minimization Advisory Commit-
tee (of which the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management is a member) runs a speakers bureau.
In terms of educational assistance, the WRATT Program
provides waste reduction assessor training to five states and
program development/implementation assistance to one
state. Contact has been established by 12 other states for
similar training and assistance. Also, through the Auburn
University Extension Service, in conjunction with the Ala-
bama Business Council, the program offers workshops and
conferences on pollution prevention for businesses.
For more information, contact:
Daniel E. Cooper
Chief, Special Projects
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
1751 Cong. W.L. Dickinson Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Tel: (205) 260-2779
Environmental Institute
for Waste Management Studies
Activities provided by this institute cover policy research,
technology transfer, and basic research. The Hazardous
Materials Management and Resource Recovery
(HAMMARR.) Program provides regulatory information,
waste exchange and technical assistance for waste minimi-
zation, and workshops for small-quantity generators and
local businesses. The university's College of Continuing
Education also offers courses on pollution prevention.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Robert Griffin
Director, Hazardous Materials Management and
Resource Recovery Program
University of Alabama
275 Mineral Industries Building
Box 870203
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0203
Tel: (205) 348-8403
ALASKA
Alaska Health Project's
Waste Reduction Assistance Program
This program provides hazardous material evaluations,
essentially a combined health, safety, and waste reduction
approach to improve workplace and community environ-
mental health. The program also manages a small business
library, which offers a variety of resources on waste reduc-
tion, occupational safety, and environmental health.
Nonregulatory assistance is provided to small businesses
and communities for improving hazardous materials and
solid waste management. Finally, the program organizes
in-house training and public workshops on pollution pre-
vention, based on the needs and capabilities of a business
or community.
For more information, contact:
Bill Ashton
Alaska Health Project
1818 W. Northern Lights Boulevard, Suite 103
Anchorage, Alaska 99517
Tel: (907) 276-2864
Tel: (800) 478-2864 (within Alaska)
Fax: (907) 279-3089
Department of Environmental
Conservation's Pollution Prevention Office
This state office provides nonregulatory technical assis-
tance to communities and business, including telephone
assistance, onsite consultation, pollution prevention plan-
ning, and training. The office issues matching grants to
assist businesses and communities in implementing pollu-
tion prevention projects and recognizes exemplary waste
reduction and recycling activities by issuing the
Commissioner's Annual Pollution Prevention Award.
The office also develops and publishes technical resource
material, including fact sheets, the Pollution Prevention
Resource Guide, and the Pollution Prevention Bulletin (an
8-page quarterly newsletter). Other activities include pol-
lution prevention conferences, a technical information
resource library, and assistance with the implementation of
the Green Star program for small business and other vol-
untary pollution prevention partnerships.
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For more information, contact:
David Wigglesworth
Chief, Pollution Prevention Office
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
3601 C Street, Suite 1334
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Tel: (907) 563-6529
Fax: (907) 562-4026
Small Business Hazardous Material
Management Project
This project, also offered by the Alaska Health Project,
conducts seminars in cooperation with the Small Business
Development Center, as well as a 12-hour community
hazardous materials evaluation training program. This
project also has published guides, for small businesses and
local communities, on hazardous waste reduction and
management. For more information, contact the Alaska
Health Project.
ARIZONA
Arizona Department of Commerce
The department designs and implements innovative poli-
cies in cooperation with the private sector and coordinates
state agency resources to maximize the state's economic
development efforts.
For more information, contact:
Arizona Department of Commerce
1700 West Washington, 4th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Tel: (602) 255-5371
Arizona Waste Minimization Program
This program consists of a database operation, the dis-
semination of waste minimization information to the
public and industries, assistance to industry through the
use of a clearinghouse, onsite technical assistance, cur-
riculum development, demonstration grants, pollution
prevention awards, a pollution prevention newsletter,
sponsorship of waste minimization seminars and telecon-
ferences in cooperation with universities and industries,
and a speakers bureau.
For more information, contact:
Sandra Eberhardt
Manager, Pollution Prevention Unit
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
3033 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
Tel: (602) 207-4210
Business Development and Trade Division
Under the Department of Commerce, this division creates
employment opportunities, provides industrial and com-
mercial location assistance, aids in the development of
emerging agricultural projects, and promotes state-manu-
factured goods and services to international markets.
For more information, contact:
William Marshall
Business Development and Trade Division
Arizona Department of Commerce
1700 West Washington, 4th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Tel: (602) 255-5371
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Department of
Pollution Control and Ecology
This department provides technical pollution prevention
assistance, under the Arkansas Pollution Prevention Pro-
gram, to small- and medium-sized businesses and institu-
tions. It offers a manufacturers' exchange (sponsored by
the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission) and
participates in the Illinois-based Industrial Materials Ex-
change Service.
The department also has an electronic bulletin board sys-
tem that serves as an information clearinghouse for state
hazardous waste and pollution prevention programs. The
Environment Arkansas! bulletin board system is available at
(501) 570-2868 between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 8:00
a.m. Monday through Friday and on a 24-hour basis dur-
ing weekends and holidays. It is capable of data connec-
tions and transfer from 300 to 14,400 bits per second.
Service during other hours may be coordinated as needed
by calling the voice support line at (501) 570-2862.
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For more information, contact:
Robert J.Finn
Hazardous Waste Division
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
P.O. Box 8913
Little Rock, Arkansas 72219-8913
Tel: (501) 570-2861
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
The commission conducts pollution prevention audits and
provides technical assistance to all classes of manufacturers
for all classes of waste. It serves as the Green Lights part-
ner for Arkansas governmental agencies. The Voluntary
Industrial Pollution Prevention Program targets 17 toxics
for voluntary reduction by industry. The Industrial Energy
Conservation Program provides energy audits and techni-
cal assistance to manufacturers and government buildings
as a free service and provides recommendations for cutting
and conserving energy (contact Cherry Duckett, Energy
Division, (501) 682-1370). The ScrapMatch Program •
proactivcly matches industrial waste generators with sec-
ondary material markets and provides technical assistance
with marketing.
For more information, contact:
Alford Drinkwater
Assistant Director of Established Industries
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
One State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 682-7325
Fax: (501) 682-7341
Biomass Resource Recovery Program
This program provides technical assistance to targeted
industries, offers an information clearinghouse, conducts
waste audits, has a manufacturers' exchange (sponsored by
the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission), and
participates in the Industrial Materials Exchange Service.
For more information, contact:
Ed Davis
Arkansas Energy Office
One State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 682-7322
Small Business Technical Assistance Centers/
Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
The Authority was established to encourage the develop-
ment and expansion of advanced science and technology.
For more information, contact:
Dr. John Ahlen
Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
100 Main Street, Suite 450
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 371-3554
Business Development Services
This organization's field offices assist in training, business
management, and other management help.
For more information, contact:
Paul McGinnis
Business Development Services
Technology Center at Little Rock
Library Building, 5th Floor
100 South Main, Suite 401
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 371-5381
Business Information Clearinghouse
This clearinghouse provides information on all programs
operated by the Arkansas Industrial Development Com-
mission, including energy assistance, and on programs
operated by all universities, colleges, and regional develop-
ment agencies, such as research grants, technology transfer,
and training.
For more information, contact:
Business Information Clearinghouse
One State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 682-3358
Center for Technology Transfer
This productivity center offers a statewide service to busi-
nesses by providing problem-solving technical help from
both the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and private
firms. The center also offers technical assistance to industry
in the state with field engineers throughout Arkansas.
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For more information, contact:
W.H. Rader
Center for Technology Transfer
College of Engineering
Engineering Research Center, Room 49
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Tel: (501) 575-3747
East Arkansas Business Incubator System
This program provides facilities in which young, innova-
tive, technology-based businesses can lease office, labora-
tory, or manufacturing space during their early years and
have access to technical and management counsel.
For more information, contact:
Guy Enchelmayer
East Arkansas Business Incubator System, Inc.
5501 Krueger Drive
Jonesboro, Arkansas 72301
Tel: (501) 935-8365
CALIFORNIA
California Department
of Toxic Substances Control
The department conducts waste-stream-specific and indus-
try-specific studies of hazardous waste to identify waste
minimization opportunities, as well as industry-specific
audit studies. It also implements the Hazardous Waste
Reduction Grant Program, which provides grants for the
research and development of hazardous waste reduction,
recycling, and treatment technologies and, under specified
conditions, provides grants to cities, counties, and private
organizations for the commercial demonstration of these
technologies. The department provides technical support
to local government pollution prevention programs
through participation in discussions of pollution preven-
tion policies, dissemination of new publications, and tech-
nical presentations, and it administers grants to these local
government programs. A variety of research, development,
and demonstration programs promote waste minimization,
recycling, and treatment technologies for California's haz-
ardous-waste-generating industries.
The recent implementation of the Hazardous Waste
Source Reduction and Management Review Act has led to
the department beginning a facility source reduction plan-
ning program. The department also administers grants to
California counties to develop small business assistance
programs, including developing hazardous waste collection
programs for small-quantity generators and providing pol-
lution prevention assistance.
The department implements a Technology Clearinghouse
and technology transfer outreach programs (see Chapter
4). The department also participates in the Paint Recycling
Task Force, which is dedicated to creating a positive and
convenient environment for manufacturers and consumers
to safely recycle paints and works to introduce new markets
for recycled paint. In conjunction with this task force, Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo is conducting a study of recycled
paints. Finally, the department integrates facility compli-
ance assistance inspections with pollution prevention in-
spections through consultative seminars.
Foe more information, contact:
Km Wilhelm "-._....
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Technology Development
Department of Toxic Substances Control
400 P Street
P.O. Box 806
Sacramento, California 95812-0806
Tel: (916) 322-3670
California Manufacturing Technology Center,
Hawthorne, CA
See Chapter 3.
Environmental Hazards Management Program
The University of California at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine,
Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and
San Diego offers postgraduate continuing education
courses on toxic materials that touch on pollution pre-
vention issues. Many of these courses give certifications in
hazardous material management and air quality manage-
ment. Some locations offer environmental auditing and
other related topics.
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For more information, contact:
Jon Kndschy
Statewide Coordinator
Environmental Hazards Management Program
University of California Extension
Riverside, California 92521-0112
Tel: (714) 787-5804
Pollution Prevention
Education and Research Center
Established in 1991, the center was formed by four Uni-
versity of California faculty members from the fields of
public health and toxicology, chemical engineering, urban
planning, and public policy. The center's mission is to
conserve resources and reduce or eliminate the use of toxic
substances through an interdisciplinary program of educa-
tion, research, and outreach. Multidisciplinary classes are
offered to foster communication among students in sci-
ence, engineering, and policy. Research projects have ex-
amined ways to redesign production processes to eliminate
toxics; collaborative research and education efforts have
led to the publication of several books as well as numerous
journal articles and other studies.
For more information, contact:
Dr. David Allen
Department of Chemical Engineering
Linda Ashman Hicks, Associate Director
Pollution Prevention Education & Research Center
UCLA, Boeltcr Hall, Room 7440
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: (310) 206-2098
Fax: (310) 206-3906
COLORADO
Colorado Pollution Prevention Partnership
This partnership is a nonprofit, voluntary alliance of gov-
ernment, business, and public interest groups organized to
develop and promote pollution prevention and waste mini-
mization in Colorado industries. In the partnership's initial
successful effort, industry members implemented a pro-
gram of voluntary goals for solvent reduction. Recently, it
commissioned "A Survey of the Pollution Prevention Hab-
its and Needs of Colorado's Small- and Medium-Sized
Businesses."
For more information, contact:
Paul Ferraro
Secretary, Pollution Prevention Partnership
1099 18th Street, Suite 2100
Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (303) 294-1200
Fax: (303) 294-1234
Colorado Pollution Prevention Unit
This unit handles policy development through incorporat-
ing pollution prevention into regulatory programs, such as
permitting and enforcement. Multimedia members of a
Total Quality Management Team identify and address
opportunities for and obstacles to pollution prevention.
The unit also has a technical assistance program (with an
information center and onsite assistance), an information
clearinghouse, a technical library, and outreach to help
build pollution prevention capacity in local governments
and tribes. It sponsors workshops and develops and distrib-
utes industry-specific fact sheets. Finally, the unit imple-
ments the Colorado Pollution Prevention Act of 1992,
which includes the coordination of the governor-appointed
Pollution Prevention Advisory Board and the administra-
tion of a Pollution Prevention Fee and Grants Program.
For more information, contact:
Parry W. Burnap
Program Manager, Pollution Prevention Unit
Colorado Department of Health—PPU/B2B
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, Colorado 80220-1530
Tel: (303) 692-3009
Fax: (303) 782-4969
Chris Wiant
Chairman, Pollution Prevention Advisory Board
Tri County Health Department
7000 East Belleview Avenue, Suite 301
Englewood, Colorado 80111
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Waste Minimization Assessment Center
Located at Colorado State University, this center was es-
tablished in July 1988 to assist small- and medium-sized
manufacturing firms in reducing emissions of hazardous
wastes. With support from EPA, the Colorado Department
of Health, and the Pollution Prevention Partnership, the
center has performed approximately 48 pollution preven-
tion assessments. It also conducts training workshops for
Colorado Department of Health and EPA personnel.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Harry Edwards
Waste Minimization Assessment Center
Mechanical Engineering Department
Colorado State University '
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
Tel: (303) 491-5317
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection
The department provides technical assistance to target
industrial and commercial generators of hazardous waste.
It also conducts conferences and workshops.
For more information, contact:
Mary Sherwin
Bureau of Waste Management
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106-5127
Tel: (203) 566-8476
Connecticut Technical Assistance Program
This program offers technical assistance through a resource
center (telephone assistance) and onsite visits, financial
assistance through the Matching Challenge Grant Program
and loans, and a quarterly newsletter. It also sponsors con-
ferences and workshops.
For more information, contact:
Rita Lomasney
Connecticut Technical Assistance Program
Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service
50 Columbus Boulevard, 4th Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
Tel: (203) 241-0777
Pollution Prevention Research
and Development Center
This EPA-funded research center supports state govern-
ment and industry in reducing toxic emissions by encour-
aging existing and startup companies to provide the
services and equipment necessary for pollution prevention
technologies and by creating new jobs to meet the de-
mands of this industry. The center's goal is to work with
industry to develop pollution prevention technology and
manufacturing base in the region.
For more information, contact:
Dr. George Hoag
Director, Pollution Prevention
Research and Development Center
Environmental Research Institute
Longley Building, Route 44, U-210
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3210
Tel: (203) 486-4015
Fax: (203) 486-2269
DELAWARE
Delaware Pollution Prevention Program
This program provides technical assistance through the
University of Delaware. It offers industry-specific pollution
prevention guides, a waste reduction self-evaluation
manual for manufacturers, and an information clearing-
house located in the Delaware Development Office. The
program sponsors industry and public workshops and
talks, the Pollution Prevention Industry Roundtable, and
the Northeast Industrial Waste Exchange. It distributes a
pollution prevention curriculum to grades K through 8.
Other programs offered are the voluntary TRI emissions
reduction initiative, multimedia permitting and compliance
program development, the Usable By-products Advisory
Group, and the Green Industries Initiative (which includes
a financing, tax credit, and regulatory assistance program).
For more information, contact:
Philip J. Cherry or Andrea K. Farrell
Pollution Prevention Program
Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control
P.O. Box 1041
Kings Highway
Dover, Delaware 19903
Tel: (302) 739-5071/3822
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Herb Allen
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
Tel: (302) 451-8522/8449
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Environmental Regulation Administration
This is the principal office to contact concerning pollution
prevention in the D.C. area.
For more information, contact:
Nick Kauffman
Environmental Regulation Administration
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, Suite 203
Washington, DC 20020
Tel: (202) 404-1167
Fax: (202) 404-1143
Office of Recycling
This office provides technical assistance to haulers, com-
mercial property owners, and city government, as well as
curbsidc recycling. It also issues a newsletter.
For more information, contact:
Evelyn Shields
Recycling Coordinator
Department of Public Works
65 K Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: (202) 727-5887
Fax: (202) 727-5872
Kenneth Laden
Environmental Policy Division
Department of Public Works
2000 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 939-8115
Fax: (202) 939-7185
George Nichols
Department of Environmental Programs
Council of Governments
777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002-4201
Tel: (202) 962-3355
Fax: (202) 962-3201
Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous
Substance Research Center
This center, which is funded by EPA, focuses on the
unique problems of EPA Regions 3 and 4. Research is
conducted on hazardous substances and related environ-
mental problems. Among other projects, the center is de-
veloping materials for a hazardous waste workshop and
videotapes on waste minimization information and train-
ing. Along with Howard University in D.C., the University
of Michigan and Michigan State University are members of
the center. See also under Michigan.
For more information, contact:
Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr.
Assistant Director
Department of Civil Engineering
Howard University
Washington, DC 20059
Tel: (202) 806-6570
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
This roundtable represents pollution prevention programs
at the state and local levels in both the public and academic
sectors. Member programs engage in a broad range of
activities, including multi-audience training and primary to
postsecondary pollution prevention education, supported
by a variety of state and federal funding sources. The
roundtable holds biannual conferences that serve as oppor-
tunities for updates on member programs' progress, in-
cluding training efforts. The roundtable is funded in part
through EPA grants.
For more information, contact:
Natalie Roy
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
218 D Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: (202) 543-7272
Fax: (202) 543-3844
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FLORIDA
Broward County Pollution Prevention Program
The Pollution Prevention Program for Broward County,
Florida is a free nonregulatory service to Broward busi-
nesses. Its goals include (1) creating a county-wide pollu-
tion prevention program; (2) making recommendations for
changes to existing regulations; (3) providing businesses
with technical support programs on waste reduction, prod-
uct substitution, modifying processes, and recycling; (4)
providing educational programs, such as community work-
shops, environmental education and pollution prevention,
technical bulletins and brochures, video presentations, and
a newsletter; and (5) providing economic incentives for
voluntary participation pollution prevention programs.
For more information, contact:
Kay Gervasi
Manager, Pollution Prevention Program
Division of Pollution Prevention &
Remediation Programs
Department of Natural Resource Protection
218 S.W. 1st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Tel: (305) 519-1260
Fax:(305)765-4804
Dade County Pollution Prevention Program
This program has developed a local government demon-
stration project using Federal and state funds. Dade
County's Environmental Resources Management has es-
tablished this multimedia nonregulatory program, whose
elements include workshops, onsite technical assistance,
development of educational materials, a quarterly newslet-
ter, and a library.
For more information, contact:
LoriCunniff
Dade County Environmental Resources Management
Pollution Prevention Program
33 S.W. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33130-1540
Tel: (305) 372-6828
Fax: (305) 372-6729
Florida Recycling Marketing System
This system, developed through an Innovative Recycling
Grant from the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation, is a computerized marketing system for re-
cycled/recyclable materials operated by the Florida Center
for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management at the Uni-
versity of Florida. The system includes:
l> Directories of recyders, processors, end users, recycling
equipment, and manufacturers of products with re-
cycled content composting and waste reduction
> Forums divided into specific recyclable categories where
any question, comment, or information about that ma-
terial may be answered, discussed, or made available
> Downloadable files relating to recycling, composting,
and waste reduction
> Announcements concerning conferences, meetings, and
workshops
t> Lists of materials wanted or available through the
Southern Waste and Information Exchange (SW/X).
The bulletin board is accessible 24 hours a day by any PC
equipped with a modem. To connect, set the communica-
tions software to 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit, and
dial 1-800-348-1239. The system operates up to 2400
baud.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Paul Still
Florida Recycling Marketing System
2207-D N.W. 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida 32609
Tel: (904) 392-0365
Fax:(904)846-0183
Pollution Prevention Regulatory
Incentives Program
As recommended by the Florida Pollution Prevention
Council, this program is designed to remove regulatory
barriers to preventing pollution, provide information on
incentives to pollution prevention, offer a "pollution pre-
vention choice" in enforcement actions, and develop edu-
cation systems to provide pollution prevention and control
training opportunities.
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For more information, contact:
Jancth A. Campbell
Pollution Prevention
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
Tel: (904) 488-0300
Fax: (904) 921-9229
Research Center for Waste Utilization
This center offers classroom training in waste utilization at
the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, the
center is involved in research in the areas of municipal solid
waste, industrial solid waste, and pollution prevention.
Specific studies include heavy metal sources in the munici-
pal solid waste stream, uses of ash from waste-to-energy
plants, biological toxicity of ash residues, and degradable
plastics characteristics after disposal.
For more information, contact:
Edwin Korzun, Executive Director
Research Center for Waste Utilization
Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida 32901-6988
Tel: (305) 768-8000
University of Florida
^- Center for Training, Research,
and Education for Environmental Occupations
This center's activities include developing a statewide train-
ing action plan for business, government, and the public;
providing RCRA hazardous waste regulation training;
developing a university-level waste reduction curriculum;
sponsoring a 2-day symposium, and developing a training
program for three specific industries.
>• Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
This center coordinates Florida's solid and hazardous
waste research efforts, including management practices for
waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and improved conven-
tional disposal methods.
For more information, contact:
John Schert, Director
University of Florida
3900 S.W. 63rd Boulevard
Gainesville, Florida 32608-3848
Tel: (904) 392-9570
Waste Reduction Assistance Program
This program provides confidential and nonregulatory
multimedia help to reduce emissions to air, water, and
land, as well as onsite pollution prevention technical assis-
tance. It has a computerized Waste Reduction Informa-
tion Clearinghouse. The program offers technology
transfer, environmental education, and industry-specific
workshops, and trains local government inspectors and
retired engineers to provide waste reduction information
to businesses.
For more information, contact:
John Scarboro
Waste Reduction Assistance Program
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
Tel: (904) 488-0300
GEORGIA
Georgia Tech Research Institute/
Environmental Science & Technology Laboratory
The Georgia Tech Research Institute provides continuing
education workshops on a wide variety of waste reduction
and pollution prevention topics, including hazardous waste
reduction planning requirements. As part of an EPA grant
with the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Author-
ity, the institute is offering workshops to help industry
write proposals for grants implementing new waste mini-
mization technologies.
Within the Hazardous Materials Group of the Institute's
Environmental Science and Technology Laboratory are the
Hazardous Waste Technical Assistance Program and the
Pollution Prevention Program. These programs provide
technical assistance to Georgia industry to encourage vol-
untary waste reduction and minimization, as well as com-
pliance with hazardous waste regulations. Activities include
onsite assistance, telephone consultations, information
dissemination, multimedia information releases^ short
courses, and annual seminars. The Pollution Prevention
Program is funded by EPA grants, while the Hazardous
Waste Technical Assistance Program is paid for through
general funds.
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For more information on the institute, the
laboratory, and the two programs, contact:
Carol Foley
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Environmental Science and Technology Laboratory
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Tel: (404) 894-3806
Georgia Multimedia Source
Reduction and Recycling Program
This program offers a multimedia pollution prevention
information resource package; workshops and seminars
for the general public, industry groups, and professional
and environmental organizations; and telephone consul-
tations with the public, industry, and city, county, and
state government officials. The program is developing a
vehicle to further integrate pollution prevention into
regulatory activities.
For more information, contact:
G. Robert Kerr or Bob bonaghue
Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.W., Suite 450
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Tel: (404) 651-5120
HAWAII
Hawaii Department of Business,
Economic Development and Tourism
This agency encompasses programs addressing ocean pro-
tection and energy conservation. Ocean programs address
damage to reefs from pollution, as well as boating and
ocean resources research. Energy conservation programs
include the state's Green Lights effort, an electric vehicle
pilot, and synthetic fuels research.
For more information, contact:
Hawaii Department of Business,
Economic Development and Tourism
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804
Tel: (808) 586-2423
Hazardous Waste Minimization Program
This program provides resources and education on hazard-
ous waste minimization and proper management of wastes.
Workshops, onsite assessments, and cooperative education
programs are targeted toward small- and large-quantity
generators of hazardous wastes. A quarterly newsletter and
industry bulletins feature waste minimization and pollution
prevention techniques. The program also offers a directory
of resources for proper hazardous waste management,
including local haulers and recyclers and agency contacts.
A library provides information on pollution prevention and
waste minimization programs and technical guidance.
For more information, contact:
Jane Dewell •
Waste Minimization Coordinator
Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch
Hawaii Department of Health
5 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 250
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808) 586-4373
Office of Solid Waste Management
Pollution Prevention Programs
This office houses HIMEX, the Hawaii Materials Ex-
change, which is a computer database that lists materials
wanted and available. The exchange, established in con-
junction with the Maui Recycling Group, will grow to
include representatives in each county. The Pollution Pre-
vention Workgroup consists of decision makers and mem-
bers of regulatory agencies; it facilitates information
exchange among pollution prevention programs at both
state and county levels.
One pilot project is a dropoff program for recreational
boaters' waste at a harbor on the island of Hawaii. An
educational pamphlet and evening informational meetings
introduce harbor users to the dropoff and provide waste
minimization tips. Following an evaluation, the pilot pro-
gram will be expanded to other harbors in the state.
For more information, contact:
John Harder, Coordinator
Office of Solid Waste Management
Hawaii Department of Health
5 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 250
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808) 586-4227
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Pollution Prevention Program
The Pollution Prevention Program began in January
1994, to expand on the success of the Hazardous Waste
Minimization Program at the Hawaii Department of
Health. This program will work on all media—air, haz-
ardous waste, and water—to apply pollution prevention
alternatives. A prominent feature of the program is its
emphasis on the importance of making decision from an
ecosystem point of view to avoid the transfer of pollution
across media. The program is primarily directed at the
staff at the Department of Health to encourage them to
incorporate pollution prevention into their daily work. To
this end, the program includes forming a strategic plan
for the department, conducting pollution prevention
training, serving as an information clearinghouse, and
helping the staff in a variety of ways. Besides working
within the department, the program will work with nu-
merous state and local agencies, businesses, nonprofit
organizations, and the university system to encourage
their adoption of pollution prevention projects.
For more information, contact:
Sara Lynctte Russell
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Hawaii Department of Health
Environmental Planning Office
5 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 250
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808) 586-4339
IDAHO
Division of Environmental Quality's Prevention
and Certification Bureau
This bureau promotes pollution prevention through edu-
cation and technical assistance, distributes pollution pre-
vention information, maintains a library of pollution
prevention and recycling technical assistance documents,
develops partnerships for the promotion of pollution pre-
vention, organizes pollution prevention workshops, and
provides speakers on the subject.
For more information, contact:
Katie Sewell
Division of Environmental Quality
Prevention and Certification Bureau
1410 N. Hilton Street
Boise, Idaho 83706
Tel: (208) 334-5860
Fax: (208) 334-0576
ILLINOIS
Department of Commerce & Community Affairs
*• Program Development Division
The functions of this division include developing new pro-
grams, delivering technical assistance in demonstration
programs, and writing new publications for communities.
>• Small Business Development Centers
This program provides small businesses with access to
management and consulting resources. In particular, these
centers deliver and broker services, such as technical assis-
tance, training, and counseling. The centers also serve to
improve access for businesses to management assistance
provided by technical experts in education, government,
and the private sector. Currently, 16 regional small busi-
ness centers exist throughout the state, with office loca-
tions at 53 different sites.
^- Small Business Energy Assistance Program
This program is designed to help small firms contain or
reduce energy costs. Assistance includes free energy audits.
In the Chicago area, contact:
State of Illinois Center
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 3-400
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Tel: (312) 917-3133
Outside the Chicago area, contact the following for
more information:
Program Development Division
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs
620 East Adams Street
Springfield, Illinois 62701
Tel: (217) 785-6130
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Illinois EPA Office of Pollution Prevention
This office has several important programs. Partners in
Pollution Prevention, launched in 1991 to promote indus-
try-agency cooperation, has evolved into a sounding board
for new pollution prevention ideas, such as streamlining
the permit process to encourage pollution prevention
projects. Partner companies receive expedited permits,
priority intern placements, onsite mutual assistance, and a
liaison to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency pro-
grams. Partners in Pollution Prevention has grown in
numbers and matured in its usefulness for incorporating
pollution prevention into regulatory and production pro-
cesses. "Leading By Example" expands the original part-
nership to include:
> Onsite Mutual Assistance and Two-Way Hotline—In-
dustry learns more about regulations, the agency learns
more about industrial processes, and compliance and
pollution prevention are better denned and easier to
achieve.
> Graduate Internships—Well-trained engineering and
chemistry graduate students are provided to Illinois
industries for short-term pollution prevention projects.
The agency provides salary and pollution prevention
training for the students.
> Industrial Process Workshops—Process-specific training
for agency personnel with industry expertise encourages
better pollution prevention incorporation into permits,
inspections, and enforcement actions.
> Referrals—The Office of Pollution Prevention refers
companies to other state agencies when technical or
economic assistance is needed.
The office strongly encourages Partners in Pollution Pre-
vention companies to communicate openly with their com-
munities to encourage discussion and lift any perceived
"veil of secrecy" citizens may suspect.
The office's pollution prevention conferences bring to-
gether industry, government, and environment to share
successes and ideas. Local workshops and presentations are
held on request to inform communities and companies of
pollution prevention programs and techniques. The office
also provides pollution prevention information to the
agency's Small Business Assistance Program in a format
tailored to the needs of small businesses that clarifies regu-
lations and pollution prevention opportunities. The office
compares SARA 313 (TRI Form R) pollution prevention
data with RCRA waste minimization data to assess the
progress of pollution prevention efforts in Illinois and
determine where pollution prevention projects would be
successful. When pollution prevention methods are not
feasible, the Industrial Materials Exchange Service program
encourages the reuse of recoverable industrial materials to
turn disposal costs into savings and provide less expensive
raw materials to companies. Listings in the bimonthly ex-
change service directory are free, and facility
"walkthrough" service is available to assist in identifying
recyclable materials.
For more information, contact:
Michael J. Hayes, Manager
Kerf Luly, Unit Manager
Office of Pollution Prevention (#34)
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Tel: (217) 782-8700
Illinois Hazardous Waste Research
and Information Center (HWRIC)
This center is a division of the Illinois Department of En-
ergy and Natural Resources. It combines research, educa-
tion, and technical assistance in a multidisciplinary
approach to manage and reduce industrial waste in Illinois.
The center collects and shares this information through its
library/clearinghouse and several computerized waste
management tools.
^ Library/Clearinghouse
The center has collected a broad range of pollution pre-
vention information, including books, journal articles,
reports, and pamphlets on various topics. Books and re-
ports are compiled into a waste reduction bibliography,
copies of which are available upon request. Pint and online
indexes to all the collections are available onsite. Copies of
center-sponsored reports and pamphlets are available.
There is a charge for most reports. Lists of both types of
materials are also available upon request. Library books
and articles are not lent directly outside the center, but the
library does participate in interlibrary loans.
^ Waste Reduction Advisory System
This system is a user-friendly computerized waste manage-
ment tool developed by the center, EPA, and other state
waste management programs. It provides waste generators
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with a wide range of options for reducing and recycling
industrial waste. The system has two parts: the Waste Re-
duction Audit Checklist and the Waste Reduction Infor-
mation Bibliography. The checklist is an individualized
pollution prevention assessment tool via a series of ques-
tions. It is designed to assess,a facility's current waste re-
duction activities and then identify potential waste
reduction techniques for each waste-generating process
and job operation. The bibliography provides users with
more than 300 literature abstracts and case studies on
current waste reduction technologies.
Currently, the Waste Reduction Advisory System case
study database is being merged with the PIES database
(sec the PIES listing in chapter 4). A fully executable sys-
tem program, complete with a user's guide, costs $95. To
access this program, a user needs a fully IBM-compatible
PC with at least 640K of memory, a hard disk, and DOS
version 2.1 or later versions.
^ Other Center Features
HWRIC also provides onsite pollution prevention assis-
tance, including program development. It sponsors pilot
projects to develop and demonstrate pollution prevention
technologies onsite and in the center's pilot laboratory
(specialized equipment for testing aqueous solvents, reduc-
tion of other cleaning wastes, and electroplating rinse wa-
ters). The center develops pollution prevention curricula
for educational institutions, provides recognition through
the annual Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards, and
conducts pollution prevention workshops and seminars for
trade associations, community groups, and industry.
For more information, contact:
Dr. David Thomas, Director
Dr. Gary Miller, Assistant Director
Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center
One East Hazclwood Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Tel: (217) 333-8940 or 244-8905
Fax: (217) 333-8944
Lake Michigan Federation
This federation in a nonprofit, citizen-based organization
whose mission is to restore and maintain the quality of the
Great Lakes. Since 1970, the federation has empowered
citizens throughout the Great Lakes Basin with the knowl-
edge and skills necessary to effectively promote change within
their communities. The federation works to promote pollu-
tion prevention strategies at home and in the workplace,
stewardship of Lake Michigan's shoreline, environmental
education in the community and schools, and cooperative
remediation efforts at the local, state, and federal levels.
The federation has created what it terms "the Cadillac" of
household pollution prevention campaigns, with a multi-
media program of videos, television public service an-
nouncements, slide show, K-12 curriculum, brochures, and
even a recipe book for alternative cleaners. Each compo-
nent of the program is designed to be adapted or repli-
cated by other communities.
For more information, contact:
Lake Michigan Federation
59 E. Van Buren, #2215
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Tel: (312) 939-0838
Fax: (312) 939-2708
Manufacturing Productivity Center
This center provides information on new manufacturing
techniques and has a listing of technology centers that
provide manufacturing assistance. It also encourages inter-
action among companies. The center helps all businesses,
inside and outside Illinois.
For more information, contact:
Manufacturing Productivity Center
IIT Research Institute
10 West 35th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Tel: (312) 567-4800
INDIANA
Business; and Industrial Development Center
This center serves as a "switchboard" for business and
industry communication with Purdue University. The
center provides technical information by matching needs
with a faculty or private sector consultant.
For more information, contact:
Business and Industrial Development Center
Purdue University
Engineering Administration Building
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Tel: (800) 821-8261
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Business Ombudsman Office
This office helps businesses comply with government regu-
lations and work through the permitting process. It also
helps businesses perform corrective actions and better
understand applicable regulatory requirements.
For more information, contact:
Business Ombudsman Office
Division of Business Expansion
Indiana Department of Commerce
One North Capitol, Suite 700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Tel: (317) 232-7304
Tel: (800) 824-2474 (in Indiana)
Center for Environmental
and Regulator/ Information Systems (CERIS)
This center, a nonprofit research information resource
under Purdue University, develops and operates databases
to provide environmental, regulatory, and other relevant
information to the world agricultural community. It cur-
rently has four components:
> The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System
provides information by subscription on registered pes-
ticides and on the health and safety effects of a wide
spectrum of hazardous chemicals.
> CERIS-NET is the carrier component of CERIS. It is an
electronic mail, news, and file transfer service that pro-
vides communication support for the CERIS user com-
munity. Through connections to worldwide networks,
users can communicate directly with computing facilities
around the globe, with access to daily Federal Register
notices, other EPA and USDA notices, various news groups,
and numerous pesticide newsletters and publications.
> The National Agricultural Pest Information System is a
pest survey database and the national repository of sur-
vey data collected by the Cooperative Agricultural Pest
Survey Program through the USDA Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, universities, and state regula-
tory agencies.
> The EXport CERtification ProjecT (EXCERPT) is a
database of the regulations governing the exportation of
agricultural products produced in the United States to
more than 150 different countries.
For more information, contact:
Center for Environmental and
Regulatory Information Systems
Purdue University
1231 Cumberland Avenue, Suite A
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-1317
Tel: (317) 494-6616
Fax: (317) 494-9727
Center for Neighborhood Technology
This center has set up a program of technical assistance for
job-shop proprietors who need help complying with envi-
ronmental regulations. The center provides assistance on
pollution prevention, energy efficiency, waste reduction,
and material substitution. A magazine, Neighborhood
Works, is published bimonthly.
For more information, contact:
Scott Bernstein
Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 North Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60647
Tel: (312) 278-4800
Indiana Pollution Prevention Institute
This recently developed, state-sponsored, 20-person insti-
tute will provide pollution prevention training and techni-
cal assistance to Indiana businesses. It will also conduct
research and development of pollution prevention pro-
grams and technologies.
For more information, contact:
Lynn A. Corson, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Indiana Pollution Prevention Institute
1291 Cumbrelnaid Avenue, Suite C
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-1385
Tel: (317) 494-5036
Indiana Office of Pollution Prevention
and Technical Assistance
This office, in addition to the other programs it operates,
carries out pollution prevention and technology transfer
services. It produces a materials exchange catalog and has a
governor's award program.
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For more information, contact:
Tom Ncltncr, Assistant Commissioner
Charles Sullivan, Environmental Manager
Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Avenue
P.O. Box 6015
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6015
Tel: (317) 232-8172
Tel: (800) 451-6027 (in Indiana)
Technical Assistance Program
This program uses Purdue University's resources to pro-
vide direct, free technical assistance to businesses, with the
intent of raising a company's technology level. The pro-
gram also provides implementation support.
For more information, contact:
Technical Assistance Program
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Tel: (317) 494-6258
IOWA
Center for Industrial Research and Service
This center provides manufacturers and processors with
direct management and technical assistance. It also assists
inventors through the Innovation Program and minority
businesses through its Minority Business Development
Assistance Program. The Iowa Technology Transfer Pro-
gram is responsible for providing information on advanced
technologies to potential users.
For more information, contact:
Center for Industrial Research and Service
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
205 Engineering Annex
Ames, Iowa 50011
Tel: (515) 294-3420
Financing Rural Economic Development
The purpose of this program is to increase business devel-
opment and employment opportunities in rural Iowa. The
program provides technical assistance, training, and finan-
cial assistance.
For more information, contact:
Financing Rural Economic Development
Department of Economic Development
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Tel: (515) 281-2746
Iowa High Technology Council
This council gives grants to researchers at educational insti-
tutions for research related to business needs.
• For more information, contact:
Iowa High Technology Council
Department of Economic Development
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Tel: (515) 281-3036
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
This center, in addition to its other services, provides
onsite waste assessment consultation for small businesses
and conducts applied research on new and emerging
waste reduction and recycling technologies. Its programs
include the Waste Reduction Expert Access System, and
it conducts general and industry-specific waste reduction
workshops.
For more information, contact:
John Konefes, Director
Kim Gunderson, Environmental Specialist
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0185
Tel: (319) 273-2079
Fax: (319) 273-6494
Waste Management Authority Division
This division provides onsite waste reduction opportunity
assessments, administers a grant program, develops recycling
markets, and conducts a waste reduction workshops series.
For more information, contact:
Larry Gibson or Scott Cahail
Waste Management Authority Division
Department of Natural Resources
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Tel: (515) 281-8941
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KANSAS
Business and Technology Institute
This institute provides one-stop managerial, financial, and
technical assistance to new and expanding businesses in
southeast Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
For more information, contact:
Business and Technology Institute
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas 66762
Tel: (316) 235-4920
Center for Environmental
Education and Training
In cooperation with the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment, this center offers technical assistance and ,
industry-specific waste minimization workshops, and orga-
nizes hazardous waste regulatory training conferences.
(Conference topics include waste minimization, regulatory
compliance, and technology transfer.
For more information, contact:
Dennis Murphy, Director
Center for Environmental Education and Training
Division of Continuing Education
University of Kansas
12600 Quivira Road
P.O. Box 25936
Overland Park, Kansas 66225-5936
Tel: (913) 897-8500
Center for Productivity Enhancement
This center provides technology transfer, primarily in the
areas of computer-integrated manufacturing systems and
related technologies, and advanced composite materials.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Richard Graham
Center for Productivity Enhancement
Wichita State University
Engineering, Room 203
Wichita, Kansas 67208-1595
Tel: (316) 689-3525
Engineering Extension
The extension links industry and the College of Engineer-
ing at Kansas State University to promote technology
transfer within Kansas.
For more information, contact:
Michelle Feenstra
Engineering Extension
Ward Hall, Room 133
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Tel: (913) 532-6026
Hazardous Substance Research Center
This center provides research and technology transfer ser-
vices for pollution prevention and other waste manage-
ment techniques. One pollution prevention focus of this
center is on soils and mining waste.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Larry E. Erickson, Director
Hazardous Substance Research Center
Durland Hall, Room 105
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Tel: (913) 532-5584
Mid-America Manufacturing
Technology Center, Overland Park, KS
See Chapter 3.
Small Business Development Center
This center provides a full range of small business manage-
ment assistance, concentrating on business plans and finan-
cial packaging.
For more information, contact:
Cynthia Friend
Small Business Development Center
Clinton Hall, Room 021, Box 148
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas 67208
Tel: (316) 689-3193
State Technical Action Plan
The Department of Health and Environment offers this
plan, which includes educational programs on hazardous
waste minimization methods, alternative technology re-
search for electroplaters, a waste minimization newsletter,
other publications, and videotapes.
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For more information, contact:
Theresa Hodges
Pollution Prevention Director
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Forbes Field, Building 740
Topcka, Kansas 66620
Tel: (913) 296-6603
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Partners—
State Waste Reduction Center
The center offers onsite opportunity assessments, waste
reduction seminars and workshops, and a quarterly news-
letter. It houses a pollution prevention information center
and coordinates a network of industrial consultants.
For more information, contact:
Joyce St. Clair
Executive Director
Kentucky Partners—State Waste Reduction Center
Ernst Hall, Room 312
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
Tel: (502) 852-7260
Waste Minimization Assessment Center
This center is managed through the University City Sci-
ence Center in Philadelphia. It conducts quantitative,
onsite waste minimization assessments for small- to
medium-sized generators located within a 150-mile radius
of Louisville. In addition, the center incorporates risk re-
duction and pollution prevention into the undergraduate
and graduate engineering curricula. Professionals are en-
couraged to participate in these courses. Engineering stu-
dents also conduct waste minimization projects at
manufacturing plants.
For more information, contact:
Marvin Flcischman, Director
Waste Minimization Assessment Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
Tel: (502) 852-6357
LOUISIANA
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
This center supports studies on pollution prevention treat-
ment technologies, and socioeconomic policy research.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Robert L. Ford, Director
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
Southern University at Baton Rouge
Cottage #8, P.O. Box 9764
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
Tel: (504) 771-4723
Fax: (504) 771-4722
Hazardous Waste Research Center
Categories of research conducted by faculty and students
include incineration and combustion, alternative methods
of treatment and destruction, and transport of leachate and
wastes from pits and spills.
For more information, contact:
David Constant, Director
Hazardous Waste Research Center
3418 CEBA Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Tel: (504) 388-6770
Institute for Recyclable Material
This institute conducts research and technology transfer
programs in the recycling of municipal solid waste and
industrial byproduct materials. These programs encompass
technical, economic, environmental, legal, and regulatory
considerations.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Roger K. Seals
Institute for Recyclable Material
College of Engineering
1419 Center for Engineering and Business Administration
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Tel: (504) 388-8650
Fax: (504) 388-4945
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Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
This service focuses on pollution prevention and waste
minimization in the agricultural arena.
For more information, contact:
Bill Branch
Environmental Education
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 25100
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70894
Tel: (504) 388-6998
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
The department sponsors, the Louisiana Technical Assis-
tance Program (see below), an environmental leadership
program that currently offers an information clearinghouse
and technical assistance and will have technology assess-
ment capabilities. The department also initiated the Small
Business Assistance Program (see below under "Small
Business Technical Assistance Centers") in response to
Section 507 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to
provide technical assistance to small businesses. Other
activities include grant programs for pollution prevention,
an index of hazardous and TRI toxic wastes, and pollution
prevention workshops and conferences.
For more information, contact:
Gary Johnson
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 82263
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2263
Tel: (504) 765-0720
Fax: (504) 765-0722
Louisiana Technical Assistance Program
Sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality and housed in the University of New Orleans Ur-
ban Waste Management and Research Center, this
nonregulatory program is designed to promote pollution
prevention activities in small- and medium-sized businesses
and industries by providing information and technical
assistance. The program involves the Louisiana small busi-
ness development centers, which are located at the univer-
sities throughout the state.
For more information, contact:
Dr. A.T. Knecht
Louisiana Technical Assistance Program
College of Engineering
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
Tel: (504) 286-6305
Fax: (504) 286-5586
Small Business Technical Assistance Centers
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, in
addition to its other programs, carries out waste minimiza-
tion assessments of Louisiana industries and offers pollu-
tion prevention conferences and workshops. Details of
individual programs around the state are listed below.
For more general information, contact:
Gary Johnson
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 82263
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2263
Tel: (504) 765-0720
Fax: (504) 765-0722
^ Louisiana Small Business Development Center
This center coordinates the management and technical
assistance needs of small businesses.
For more information, contact:
Dr. John Baker
Louisiana Small Business Development Center
College of Business Administration
Northeast Louisiana University
Monroe, Louisiana 71209
Tel: (318) 342-2464
^ New Orleans Economic Development Center
Drawing from the business school, this center provides
technical and management assistance, primarily to small-
and medium-sized businesses in the New Orleans area.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ivan Miestchovich
Economic Development Center
College of Business Administration
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
Tel: (504) 286-6663
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>• Small Business Assistance Program
The Louisiana Small Business Assistance Program, created
under Tide V of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,
provides information and technical assistance to small busi-
nesses regulated by the state's Air Quality Division for the
first time.
For more information, contact:
Vic Tomkins
Air Quality Division
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 82135
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135
Tel: (800) 259-2890
>• Xavier Economic Development Center
This center provides assistance for businesses in conceptu-
alizing, planning, and initiating or changing operations.
For more information, contact:
Economic Development Center
Xavier University
7325 Palmetto Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
Transcontinental Materials Exchange
The materials exchange provides business and industry with
an opportunity to minimize wastes and conserve raw materi-
als by assigning a value to manufacturing byproducts. The
exchange publishes a catalog of wastes available or wanted
and actively coordinates material exchanges.
For more information, contact:
Rita Czck
Transcontinental Materials Exchange
College of Engineering
1419 Center for Engineering and Business Administration
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Tel: (504) 388-4594
Fax: (504) 388-4945
Urban Waste Management and Research Center
This center has established research, education, and out-
reach programs that employ an integrated, multimedia
waste management approach to pollution prevention and
waste minimization. The center operates the Louisiana
Technical Assistance Program of the Louisiana Department
of Environmental Quality to promote pollution prevention
programs in small- and medium-sized businesses.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Kenneth McManis, P.E.
Urban Waste Management and Research Center
Engineering Building
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
Tel: (504) 286-6071
Fax: (504) 286-5586
MAINE
Chemicals in the Environment Information
Center
This center provides courses, conferences, presentations,
and brochures emphasizing pollution prevention to stu-
dents, educators, businesses, and the public. Courses are
"Issues in the Environment" (students), "Pollution Pre-
vention—Changing Ourselves and Changing Society"
(Honors students), and "Pollution Prevention Through
Understanding and Managing the Chemicals in Our
Lives" (teachers). Work is carried out in cooperation with
state agencies, the Cooperative Extension, and the Maine
Waste and Toxics Use Reduction Committee.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Marquita K, Hill
Director
Chemicals in the Environment Information Center
University of Maine
105 Jenness Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5737
Tel: (207) 581-2301
Department of Environmental Protection
The department implements Maine's Toxics Use Reduc-
tion Law and offers total quality environmental manage-
ment projects and onsite assistance to facilities. It sponsors
the Small Business Technical Assistance Program (under
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990) and is involved in
joint projects with state trade associations. The department
also publishes a quarterly newsletter and provides training.
For more information, contact:
Ronald Dyer
Department of Environmental Protection
State House, Station 17
Augusta, Maine 04333-0017
Tel: (207) 287-4152
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Maine Waste Management Agency
The agency conducts onsite waste reduction audits and has
a model business/community program.
For more information, contact:
Gayle Briggs
Maine Waste Management Agency
State House, Station 154
Augusta, Maine 04333-0154
Tel: (207) 287-5300
MARYLAND
Department of the Environment
The department offers an information clearinghouse, tech-
nical assistance, and waste audits.
For more information, contact:
Mitch McCalmon
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Maryland Department of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Tel: (410) 631-3936
Fax: (410) 631-4122
Maryland Environmental Services
This state organization houses an information outreach
program and a waste reduction advisory system.
For more information, contact:
George G. Perdikakis, Director
Maryland Environmental Services
2020 Industrial Drive
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Tel: (301) 974-7281
Solid Waste Association
of North America (SWANA)
To help increase the availability of information in the field
of municipal solid waste management, the U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory
funded the Solid Waste Assistance Program (SWAP) and
the Peer Match Program. Operated and managed by the
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), both
programs are geared to provide technical assistance. SWAP
is a technical information hotline designed to collect and
distribute materials and provide assistance to government
agencies, professional associations, industry, citizen groups,
and other interested parties on all aspects of solid waste
management. The Peer Match Program aids state and local
governments by connecting knowledgeable municipal solid
waste professionals with communities in need of municipal
solid waste assistance. The program will coordinate the
"match" and can pay for up to one-half the associated
travel expenses, with the requesting organization covering
the other half.
For more information, contact:
Solid Waste Association of North America
P.O. Box 7219
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Tel: (800) 677-9424 (SWAP)
Tel: (301) 585-2898 (SWANA)
Fax: (301) 589-7068
Technology Extension Service
This service assists in problem identification, support, and
solution development. The service also helps identify other
sources of assistance, including university research.
For more information, contact:
W. Travis Walton
Technology Extension Service
Engineering Research Center
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-3261
Tel: (301) 454-7941
MASSACHUSETTS
Business Information Line
Sprint Line is a direct, toll-free hotline to the Department
of Commerce's headquarters in Boston. This hotline was
created to help provide businesses with quick answers on a
variety of topics pertaining to business and the state gov-
ernment, including compliance with environmental and
other regulations.
For more information, contact:
Robert Higgins
Business Information Line
Massachusetts Office of Business Development
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02202
Tel: (617) 727-3207
Tel: (800) 632-8181 (in Massachusetts)
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Center for Technology,
Policy and Industrial Development
Along with the center, the Technology, Business and the
Environment Group conducts research and offers work-
shops in pollution prevention. Pollution prevention con-
cepts are also included in some undergraduate and
graduate courses.
For more information, contact:
John Enhrcnfcld
Technology, Business and the Environment Group
Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial
Development
E40-242
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Tel: (617) 253-7753
Department of Environmental Protection
The department implements the state's Toxics Use Reduc-
tion Act.
For more information, contact:
Suzi Peck
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
1 Winter Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Tel: (617) 292-5870
Economic Development Center
This center provides assistance to improve economic stabil-
ity and diversity. It also links University of Massachusetts
resources to business practices.
For more information, contact:
Economic Development Center
203 Hampshire House
University of Massachusetts
Amhcrst, Massachusetts 01003
Tel: (413) 549-4930
NEWMOA/Northeast States
Pollution Prevention Roundtable
This roundtablc was initiated in 1989 by the Northeast
Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) to
assist state programs, industry, and the public in imple-
menting effective source reduction programs. The effort
involves four components:
> Establishing a clearinghouse of information on pollu-
tion prevention, including technical data, reports, case
studies, and a list of pollution prevention experts
> Conducting training sessions for state officials and in-
dustry representatives on source reduction policies,
strategies, and technologies
> Coordinating an interstate roundtable of state pollution
prevention programs
> Researching source reduction strategies (such as for the
major toxic metals in incinerator emissions and ash).
The clearinghouse provides pollution prevention informa-
tion to the public, industry representatives, and state offi-
cials and identifies upcoming pollution prevention
meetings and conferences. The roundtable also publishes a
free quarterly newsletter, Northeast States Pollution Preven-
tion News, which is available upon request.
For more information, contact:
Terri Goldberg
Program Manager
Northeast States Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
129 Portland Street, Suite 502
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2014
Tel: (617) 367-8558
Fax: (617) 367-0449
Office of Technical Assistance
for Toxics Use Reduction
This office, in addition to other programs it operates, car-
ries out waste minimization workshops, offers technical
assistance to toxics users, and is a clearinghouse for techni-
cal and policy information.
For more information, contact:
Barbara Kelley, Director
Richard Reibstein, Outreach Director
Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction
Massachusetts Department of the Environment
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02202
Tel: (617) 727-3260
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Toxics Use Reduction Institute
The institute promotes reduction in the use of toxic
chemicals or the generation of toxic byproducts in Massa-
chusetts industry through policy and technical research,
education, training, and technical support. Programs in-
clude workshops and conferences on topics such as mate-
rial substitution, dosed loop processes, and toxic use
audits. The institute also has a library of toxics use reduc-
tion and pollution prevention information in its Technol-
ogy Transfer Center, as well as a surface cleaning
laboratory.
For more information, contact:
Janet Clark
Toxics Use Reduction Institute
University of Massachusetts—Lowell
One University Avenue
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854-2881
Tel: (508) 934-3275
Fax: (508) 934-3050
Tufts University
^ Center for Environmental Management
The purpose of this center is to develop a
multidisciplinary approach to environmental problems
through health effects research, technology research,
policy analysis, education and training programs, and
information transfer. Pollution prevention is emphasized
throughout all center programs.
For more information, contact:
David Gute
Center for Environmental Management
Tufts University
474 Boston Avenue, Curtis Hall
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Tel: (617) 627-3531
>• Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI)
This Institute assists faculty from various disciplines in-
corporate environmental issues into their curricula.
TELI is involved in the demonstration project, Tufts
CLEAN! (Cooperation, Learning, and Environmental
Awareness Now!). The project has dual goals of reducing
environmental impacts at Tufts, while sharing the lessons
learned with others. The project involves students in
audit design, data collection and analysis, implementa-
tion, and evaluation.
For more information, contact:
Tom Kelly
TELI
474 Boston Avenue, Curtis Hall
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Tel: (617) 627-3486
MICHIGAN
Center for Clean Industrial
and Treatment Technologies
This center is a research consortium founded in 1992 to
address clean technology needs of interest to industry,
government, and the public. The consortium consists of
Michigan Technological University, the University of Wis-
consin at Madison, and the University of Minnesota at
Minneapolis. The emphasis of the center is pollution pre-
vention through identification of alternatives, balanced
assessment, and targeted research and development. Ulti-
mately, the goal is to develop and advocate methods to
fully use raw materials and produce products that are
largely recyclable and/or exhibit minimal lifetime environ-
mental risk. This is to be accomplished by acting as a sort
of "analytical bridge" among industry, government, and
academia to promote practical means of total quality man-
agement and environmental equity.
For more information, contact:
Pete Radecki
Center Program Manager
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Tel: (906) 487-3143
Fax:(906)487-2061
Center of Excellence in Polymer Research
and Environmental Study
This center is a partnership of university, industry, and
government whose purpose is to conduct high-technology
research that addresses environmental problems related to
polymer wastes and proposes the development of new,
environmentally responsible, and safe polymer products.
The center is also committed to the transfer of pollution
prevention and waste management technologies to com-
mercial application in products and processes through their
industry partners.
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For more information, contact:
Dr. Daniel Klcmpcr
Director, Center of Excellence in Polymer Research
and Environmental Study
University of Detroit-Mercy
4001W. McNichols Road
Detroit, Michigan 48219-3599
Tel: (313) 993-1270
Fax: (313) 993-1409
Coating Research Institute
This institute was founded in 1985. It originally performed
contract and grant research by the resident faculty, provid-
ing research and contributing to the learning environment
of Eastern Michigan University. In 1990, the university
joined the Michigan Polymer Consortium, a National
Science Foundation grant was awarded to establish a new
Industry/University Coatings Research Center, and the
Emissions Evaluation Center (sec below) was founded.
. For more information, contact:
Dr. Frank Jones
Coating Research Institute
Eastern Michigan University
430 W. Forest Avenue
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Tel: (313) 487-2203
Fax: (313) 483-0085
Emissions Evaluation Center
As an industry-university collaborative effort to reduce
volatile organic compound emissions levels in coating ma-
terials, this center was developed by Eastern Michigan
University and participating companies.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Taki Anagnostou
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48917
Tel: (313) 487-1235
Fax: (313) 487-8755
Environmental Engineering Center
for Water and Waste Management
The purpose of this center is to support the mission of
Michigan Technological University by conducting research
and educating students in water arid waste management
and to support economic development compatible with
environmental protection. The research efforts of the cen-
ter focus on drinking water, biological waste treatment,
groundwater and surface water modeling, waste minimiza-
tion, bioassays to detect pollution, and resource recovery.
For more information, contact:
Dr. C. Robert Baillod or Dr. Neil J. Hutzler
Environmental Engineering Center for Water
and Waste Management
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Tel: (906) 487-2530
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
This institute is a research and development facility empha-
sizing electronics, computer sciences, and optics and their
applications. It provides analytical and experimental inves-
tigations, as well as technical assistance. Three generations
of companies have "spun off" from the institute to inde-
pendently develop particular applications of machine vision
and sensor technology (for example, remote sensing for
mineral exploration, mapping, and environmental monitor-
ing)-
For more information, contact:
George Peace
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
P.O. Box 8618
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107
Tel: (313) 994-1200
Food Industry Institute
This institute provides a number of services to businesses,
such as technical and managerial research assistance, feasi-
bility studies, workshops and seminars, and independent
and joint research efforts. Among the institute's research
interests are processing technologies, food engineering,
and packaging.
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For more information, contact:
Dr. William Hailles
Food Industry Institute
, 201 Food Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Tel: (517) 355-8295
Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic
Hazardous Substance Research Center
A cooperative research consortium comprising the Univer-
sity of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Howard
University, this center supports hazardous waste training,
technology transfer, and research (see also under the Dis-
trict of Columbia).
For more information, contact:
Dr. Walter J.Weber, Jr.
Director, Hazardous Substance Research Center
University of Michigan
EWRE Building, Suite 181
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125
Tel: (313) 763-2274
Industrial Development Institute
Small- and medium-sized industrial firms receive business
and technical expertise to improve their competitive status.
For more information, contact:
Michael Martin
Industrial Development Institute
Michigan State University
D130 West Fee
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Tel: (517) 355-0143
Industrial Technology Institute
This nonprofit research and development center serves as a
focal point for improving the productivity and competi-
tiveness of the durable goods manufacturing industry. It
focuses on developing advanced automated manufacturing
technologies and fostering the implementation of these
technologies in the private sector.
For more information, contact:
John Sulewski
Industrial Technology Institute
P.O. Box 1485
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
Tel: (313) 769-4000
Institute of Materials Processing
This institute's Mineral and Solid Waste Processing Group
has operated continuously since its establishment in 1955.
It is a full-time nonacademic research institute housed in a
new $47.7 million Minerals and Materials Engineering
facility on the campus of Michigan Technological Univer-
sity and is part of the university. The principal focus of the
group is to conduct research and development in minerals,
energy, wastes, and environmental-related areas, to provide
research services and training for industries and govern-
ment, and to assist the university's academic programs.
For more information, contact:
Jim Hwang, Director
Institute of Materials Processing
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Tel: (906) 487-2600
Institute of Science and Technology
This institute provides technology and management assis-
tance to industry, to create and retain jobs. The institute
accomplishes its objectives through direct consulting and
through institution building. In addition, it publishes a
state directory of research and development firms.
For more information, contact:
Larry Crockett
Institute of Science and Technology
University of Michigan
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Tel: (313) 763-9000
Lake Michigan Federation
This federation in a nonprofit, citizen-based organization
whose mission is to restore and maintain the quality of the
Great Lakes. (See the extended writeup under Illinois.)
For more information, contact:
Lake Michigan Federation
425 W Western, #201
Muskegon, Michigan 49440
Tel: (616) 722-5116
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Manufacturing Resource
and Productivity Center
This center at Ferris State University assists small- to me-
dium-sized manufacturers with technical problem solving
and inventor counseling focused on applied technology.
For more information, contact:
Richard Hamilton
Manufacturing Resource and Productivity Center
1020 East Maple
Big Rapids, Michigan 49307
Tel: (616) 592-3774
MERRA Research, Development
and Commercialization Center
MERRA is a Michigan public and private venture of gov-
ernment, industry, research institutes, universities, and
colleges. It expedites economic development and diversifi-
cation in Michigan through the enhancement of science
and technology innovation and commercialization activi-
ties. In its Small Business Program, MERRA strives to
streamline and coordinate the technological innovation
and commercialization process for Michigan's small propri-
etary, technology-based business community. A recent
MERRA conference focused on waste minimization needs
in various business sectors.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Thomas Borton
MERRA Research, Development and
Commercialization Center
2901 Hubbard
P.O. Box 130500
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113
Tel: (313) 930-0033
Fax: (313) 930-0145
Metropolitan Center for High Technology
This center facilitates the commercialization of technology,
with the aim of stimulating economic growth in the state.
The center initiates and participates in applied research,
incubates new technology-based companies, and serves as
a catalyst and focal point for urban development.
For more information, contact:
Charles Henderson
Metropolitan Center for High Technology
2727 Second Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Tel: (313) 963-0616
Michigan Biotechnology Institute
This nonprofit corporation is dedicated to commercializing
biotechnology in Michigan. Among its many functions,
the institute coordinates the development of biotechnol-
ogy research and technology transfer between businesses
and the major research universities in the state. One of its
three major areas of research and development concentra-
tion is waste treatment biotechnology.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Jack Pincus
Michigan Biotechnology Institute
P.O. Box 27609
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Tel: (517) 355T2277
Michigan Development Services Job
Commission
This group provides economic development programs and
information on state development services to communities
and businesses. The group coordinates a food-processing
industry program with the Department of Agriculture and
a forest products target industry program with the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources.
For more information, contact:
Michigan Development Services Job Commission
P.O. Box 30225
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Tel: (517) 373-8495
Michigan Energy and
Resource Research Association
This association has formed a partnership of the industrial,
academic, and government sectors to promote energy-
resource-technology research to bring public and private
research and development grants into the state. The orgar
nization also provides information on the Small Business
Innovative Research program.
For more information, contact:
Todd Anuskiewicz
Michigan Energy and Resource Research Association
328 Executive Plaza
1200 Sixth Street
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Tel: (313) 964-5030
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Michigan Molecular Institute
This institute performs research in polymer science and
composite technology and develops information on the
molecular structure and behavior of nonmetallic materials.
For more information, contact:
Robert Kotchkiss
Michigan Molecular Institute
1910 West St. Andrews Road
Midland, Michigan 48640
Tel: (517) 832-5587
Michigan Office of Waste Reduction Services
This office provides technical assistance to firms in targeted
industrial sectors, including onsite waste assessments, tele-
phone consultations, and workshops. It conducts waste
reduction research and analysis and develops and dissemi-
nates educational materials. The office holds an annual
waste reduction roundtable and operates a waste reduction
information clearinghouse and resource center. The office
helps build coalitions to encourage pollution prevention,
coordinates the Auto Pollution Prevention Project, and
coordinates with EPA on a geographical initiative to focus
pollution prevention efforts on business and industry in
southeast Michigan.
The office is involved in several demonstration projects.
The Laboratory Surplus Supplies Exchange is a demonstra-
tion project with state government laboratories to establish
an exchange of surplus laboratory supplies. A waste reduc-
tion demonstration and research and development grant
program is to be initiated in 1994. The retired engineer
demonstration project recruits and trains retired profes-
sionals to conduct waste assessments in companies in sev-
eral areas of the state.
For more information, contact:
Nan Merrill, Manager
Office of Waste Reduction Services
Environmental Services Division
Michigan Departments of Commerce and
Natural Resources
116 West Allegan Street
P.O. Box 30004
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7504
Tel: (517) 335-1178
Michigan Small Business Development Centers
With 46 centers throughout the state, the small business
development centers form a network of counseling and
service centers that provide management and technical
assistance for Michigan's present and future small business
owners. The centers provide one-on-one counseling, edu-
cational programs, conferences, and workshops on a vari-
ety of small business topics.
For more information, contact:
Michigan Small Business Development Centers
Administrative Office
2727 Second Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Tel: (313) 964-1798
Fax: (313) 577-4222
Michigan Technology Deployment Service
This service assists small- and medium-sized firms that are
considering adopting new computer-based technology. It
also provides access to additional resources the may help
firms modernize. The Department of Commerce also has a
Technology Transfer Network that links businesses with
technical innovations, improves access to existing technol-
ogy by providing a point of entry to university research
and development programs, and provides other technical
and research and development services (contact Sharon
Woollard at (517) 335-2139). In addition, the department
assists in locating businesses in "high-tech" parks and pro-
vides financial assistance.
For more information, contact:
Michigan Technology Deployment Service
Michigan Department of Commerce
2901 Hubbard
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Tel: (313) 769-4664
Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center,
Ann Arbor, Ml
See Chapter 3.
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National Consortium for
Environmental Education and Training
In 1992, EPA provided funding for this consortium, led by
the University of Michigan, which is now coordinating a
national effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of environmental education. Its goal is to encourage indi-
viduals to incorporate environmental strategies into their
lives, while developing a citizenry that appreciates and
respects the total environment. The consortium works to
support, enhance, and extend effective environmental edu-
cation in grades K through 12. It is developing a compre-
hensive set of environmental resources for trainers who
provide continuing education for teachers. It is also en-
gaged in several activities to make instructional materials
and environmental information more accessible to teachers
and students. Consortium projects support innovative ways
of exploring how to motivate students toward involvement
in environmental change. Consortium partners include
Aspen Global Change Institute, the Center for Environ-
mental Study, The Greening of Detroit, the North Ameri-
can Association for Environmental Education, Sonoran
Arthrooid Studies, Inc., Howard University, the University
of Illinois, Michigan State University, Sonoma State Uni-
versity, several University of Michigan units, Apple Com-
puter, Inc., Electronic Data Systems, and Turner
Educational Systems, Inc.
For more Information, contact:
National Consortium for Environmental Education
and Training
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
Dana Building
430 E. University
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1115
Tel: (313) 998-6726
Fax: (313) 936-2195
National Pollution Prevention Center
for Higher Education
In 1991, the University of Michigan was awarded funding
for a national pollution prevention education center. The
purpose of this center is to develop pollution prevention
curriculum modules for undergraduate and graduate
courses in engineering business and science. The center
conducts outreach efforts through short summer courses,
offers pollution prevention internships for students at busi-
ness and industrial facilities, and provides information and
education for university faculty through departmental and
interdepartmental seminars. The university has committed
to support the center for 3 years with substantial supple-
mental funding. The award of their project, worth more
than $300,000, grows out of an EPA "2% Set-Aside"
project initiated by EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Gregory A. Keoleian, Manager
School of Natural Resources
University of Michigan
Dana Building
430 E. University
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1115
Tel: (313) 764-1412
Fax: (313) 936-2195
Research on Integrated Manufacturing Center
This cross-disciplinary center at the University of Michigan
was created to enhance advances in the next generation of
computer-integrated design and manufacturing systems.
Particular research interests included robotics, manufactur-
ing processes, and database management.
For more information, contact:
Robert Schneider
Research on Integrated Manufacturing Center
University of Michigan
College of Engineering
170 Advanced Technology Laboratory
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2110
Tel: (313) 763-5630
Waste Reduction and Management Program
The Waste Reduction and Management Program is a uni-
versity-based pollution prevention outreach program for
business and industry that disseminates pollution preven-
tion information, helps to facilitate business groups, and
sponsors business seminars on waste reduction. The Water
Resources Institute at Grand Valley State University also
has several other programs of interest to businesses: the
West Michigan Pollution Prevention Project, and geo-
graphic information system (GIS) capabilities. The West
Michigan Pollution Prevention Project is a year-long effort
funded by EPA to spread the word about pollution preven-
tion through business coalitions. The institute's GIS is an
array of topographic, geologic, demographic, and other
data relevant to resource management and site evaluation.
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For more information, contact:
Dr. Ronald Ward, Director
Janet Vail, WRAMP Manager
Water Resources Institute
Grand Valley State University
104 WRI
Allendale, Michigan 49401
Tel: (616) 895-3749
Fax: (616) 895-3864
MINNESOTA
College of St. Thomas
Entrepreneurial Enterprise Center
This center is a state-of-the-art incubator facility. It pro-
vides office space, access to a network of business experts,
and equal access to seed capital. The center also links busi-
nesses and the community with the College of St. Thomas.
For more information, contact:
College of St. Thomas Entrepreneurial
Enterprise Center
1107 Hazeltine Boulevard
Chaska, Minnesota 55318
Tel: (612) 448-8800
Department of Trade
and Economic Development
This department creates programs and policies to improve
economic development in the state. Included in the de-
partment is the Governor's Office of Science and Technol-
ogy. In addition, the department's Development Resources
Program has data resources that provide information and
services for businesses considering locating in or expanding
into Minnesota (contact Harry Rosefelt at (612) 296-5010
for more information on this program).
For more information, contact:
David Speer
Department of Trade and Economic Development
900 American Center Building
150 East Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Tel: (612) 296-6424
Inno-Media
Inno-Media is a resource center that provides guidance
and services to investors, innovators, and industry to assist
them in the innovation process.
For more information, contact:
Sam Koutavas
Inno-Media
230 Tenth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Tel: (612) 342-4311
Minnesota Environmental Initiative
This nonprofit educational organization works in a collabo-
rative fashion to facilitate solutions to contemporary regional
environmental problems. The initiative is currently sponsor-
ing an executive environmental management seminar.
For more information, contact:
Ciaran Mannion
Minnesota Environmental Initiative
27 Maquette Avenue South, Suite 2120
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Tel: (612) 334-3388
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
This board is spearheading a multi-agency sustainable de-
velopment initiative. The board will be hosting a congress
on sustainable development in 1994 and will be producing
a final report discussing strategies for sustainable develop-
ment in seven key topic areas, including manufacturing.
For more information, contact:
John Wells
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
State Administration Building
658 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Tel: (612) 297-2377
Minnesota Office of Waste Management
The overall mission of this office is to conserve resources
and prevent pollution by developing projects and programs
that reduce waste, recycle usable materials, recover re-
sources from wastes, and treat waste to reduce the risk of
pollution. The office provides matching grants to compa-
nies for projects that assess the feasibility of pollution pre-
vention technologies. It also gives the Governor's Awards
for Excellence in Pollution Prevention.
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In terms of business assistance, the office assists Minnesota
companies in developing their mandatory pollution pre-
vention plans by providing a Guide to Pollution Prevention
P/a»«j^rand works in partnership with industry and pro-
fessional associations to advance pollution prevention ef-
forts in the state. It also finances the Minnesota Technical
Assistance Program, which provides nonregulatory assis-
tance to Minnesota industry (sec below). The community
assistance program provides information, education, refer-
rals to and coordination of others, meeting facilitation, and
matching grants. The annual pollution prevention
conference's attendance exceeds 600 people, primarily
from the private sector.
For more information, contact:
Kevin McDonald
Minnesota Office of Waste Management
1350 Energy Lane, Suite 201
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-5272
Tel: (612) 649-5750/5744
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
The agency, in addition to its other programs, provides
technical assistance to hazardous waste generators, has a
waste minimization pilot project for waste solvent genera-
tion, and offers training programs for RCRA compliance
and waste reduction fact sheets.
For more information, contact:
Eric Kilbcrg
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Environmental Assessment Office
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Tel: (612) 296-8643
Minnesota Project Innovation
This project is a statewide, nonprofit partnership of gov-
ernment, business, and other sectors whose purpose is to
promote technological innovation, technology transfer,
and economic development. It also helps small businesses
learn about SBIR programs and obtain SBIR grants.
For more information, contact:
James Swiderski
Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc.
1107 Hazcltinc Boulevard
Chaska, Minnesota 55318
Tel: (612) 448-8826
Minnesota Technical
Assistance Program (MnTAP)
This program helps Minnesota businesses protect the envi-
ronment by providing practical alternatives for properly
managing industrial waste and preventing pollution of
land, air, and water. It offers telephone and site visit assis-
tance, a student intern program, an information clearing-
house, computerized library workshops and seminars,
education and training program development, and materi-
als exchange listings. It is funded by the Minnesota Office
of Waste Management.
For more information, contact:
Cindy McComas, Director
Bob Lundquist, Assistant Director
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
Environmental Health School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
1313 5th Street, S.E., Suite 207
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Tel: (612) 627-4555/4646
Science and Technologies Office
This office provides businesses access to NASA technologi-
cal information and other state business assistance pro-
grams, via database searches and in-house directories.
For more information, contact:
Science and Technologies Office
900 American Center Building
150 East Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Tel: (612) 297-1554
University Research Consortium
The faculty at the University of Minnesota formed this
consortium to provide technical assistance and consulting
services to the business community.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ellen Fitzgerald
University Research Consortium
Minnesota Business and Technology Center
511 llth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Tel: (612) 341-0422
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Upper Midwest Manufacturing
Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN
See Chapter 3.
Waste Reduction Institute for Training
and Applications Research (WRITAR)
WRITAR is an independent, nonprofit, nonadvocacy orga-
nization dedicated to facilitating the implementation of
innovative strategies, techniques, and technologies that
prevent pollution at the source. The institute's activities
include training, policy analysis, the development of educa-
tional materials, and program strategies designed to further
the implementation of pollution prevention in both the
private and public sectors. Through the newly formed
Center for Excellence in Pollution Prevention, WRITAR
delivers a variety of industry-specific and sector-specific
training to both government and industry audiences.
For more information, contact:
Terry Foecke or Al Innes
Waste Reduction Institute for Training
and Applications Research, Inc.
1313 5th Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414-4502
Tel: (612) 379-5995
Fax: (612) 37905996
MISSISSIPPI
Institute for Technology Development
This institute provides assistance in technology develop-
ment, innovation, commercialization, and university re-
search networking.
For more information, contact:
Neil Yawn
Institute for Technology Development
700 North State Street, Suite 500
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Tel: (601) 960-3615
Mississippi Technical Assistance
Program and Mississippi Solid Waste
Reduction Assistance Program
These two Mississippi State University programs work
cooperatively to provide pollution prevention research,
onsite waste assessments, workshops, conferences, em-
ployee and student education materials, a waste exchange,
technology databases, and a monthly newsletter.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Don Hill, Dr. Caroline Hill, or Dr. June Carpenter
Mississippi Technical Assistance Program
and Mississippi Solid Waste Reduction Program
P.O. Drawer CN
Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762
Tel: (601) 325-8454
Mississippi Waste Reduction/
Waste Minimization Program
This state program includes pollution prevention research,
onsite waste assessments, a waste exchange database, an
information clearinghouse, and a monthly newsletter. It
also provides pollution prevention conferences and work-
shops for industries, businesses, municipalities, and the
general public.
For more information, contact:
Thomas E. Whitten, Director
Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization Program
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 10385
Jackson, Mississippi 39289-0385
Tel: (601) 961-5171
MISSOURI
Environmental Improvement
and Energy Resources Authority
This organization provides financing for pollution preven-
tion projects, sponsors a Household Hazardous Waste
Project, and offers a waste exchange service in cooperation
with the Industrial Materials Exchange Service.
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For more information, contact:
Steve Mahfood, Director
Tom Welch, Assistant for Planning and
Project Development
Environmental Improvement
and Energy Resources Authority
225 Madison Street
P.O. Box 744
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Tel: (314) 751-4919
Hazardous Waste Program
This state program houses an agriculture-based informa-
tion clearinghouse, presents educational and information
projects focusing on agrichemical dealers, and cosponsors
(with the University of Missouri) pollution prevention
workshops for businesses.
For more information, contact:
Becky Shannon, Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Hazardous Waste Program
Division of Environmental Quality
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
205 Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Tel: (314) 751-2556
MONTANA
Entrepreneurship Center
This center offers technical assistance to businesses (usually
on a fee basis) and frequently makes use of the state uni-
versity system to provide such assistance.
For more information, contact:
Entrepreneurship Center
412 Reid Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana 59717
Tel: (406) 994-4423
Montana Pollution Prevention Program
This program's main focus is on small business pollution
prevention, Native American pollution prevention educa-
tion, and conditionally exempt small-quantity hazardous
waste generator/household hazardous waste issues. It
provides nonregulatory education and technical assistance
for small businesses, focusing on general, automotive, and
dry cleaning/laundry. It offers training and workshops,
vendor and supplier lists, fact sheets, do-it-yourself busi-
ness-specific pollution prevention assessment checklists,
and a library that includes videos, books, and journals.
Coordinated with the Montana State University Extension
Solid Waste Institute of Montana and the Water Quality
Program, the Pollution Prevention Program provides edu-
cation and training on household hazardous waste,
precycling and recycling, landfill requirements,
composting, water quality, and indoor air quality.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Michael P. Vogel, Director
Karen Bucklin Sanchez, Coordinator
Montana Pollution Prevention Program
Montana State University Extension Service
109 Taylor Hall
Bozeman, Montana 59717
Tel: (406) 994-3451
Fax: (406) 994-5417
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Montana Science and Technology Alliance
This alliance is a partnership of business, government, and
universities in Montana. It was created to strengthen and
diversify the state's economy by encouraging innovative
scientific and technological development.
For more information, contact:
Frank Culver
Montana Science and Technology Alliance
Department of Commerce
46 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 2B
Helena, Montana 59620
Tel: (406) 449-2778
Montana Solid and Hazardous Waste Bureau
This bureau conducts waste audits, provides solvent user
assistance, and carries out industry-specific pollution pre-
vention workshops.
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For more information, contact:
Roger Thorvilson
Montana Solid and Hazardous Waste Bureau
Department of Health and Environmental Sciences
1400 Broadway
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, Montana 59620-0901
Tel: (406) 444-1430
Fax: (406) 444-1499
Jeff Jacobsen
Montana State University Extension Service
807 Lean Johnson Hall
Bozeman, Montana 59717-0312
Tel: (406) 994-5683
Fax: (406) 994-3933
Montana Solid Waste Education Program
This program sponsors the Solid Waste Institute of Mon-
tana, which has a landfill operator training and certification
program in cooperation with the Montana Association of
Counties and the Montana Department of Health and
Environmental Sciences. The Solid Waste Outreach Net-
work provides a computerized information system for
Montana landfill operators, including access to training,
publications, regulations, and peer dialog. Other features
of the Solid Waste Education Program are education pro-
grams for youths, teachers, and the general public that
cover source reduction, recycling, composting, landfill
disposal, and household hazardous waste; a series of 13
integrated solid waste fact sheets; the monthly newsletter,
Solid Waste and Pollution Prevention Education Update;
self-guided teaching modules covering solid waste issues,
composting, and household hazardous waste; and a loan
library of publications, fact sheets, videos, and other re-
sources.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Michael P. Vogel
Montana State University Extension Service
109 Taylor Hall
Bozeman, Montana 59717
Tel: (406) 994-3451
Fax:(406)994-5417
Renewable Energy and Conservation Program
This program, funded with Montana's coal severance tax
revenue, was established to promote the research, develop-
ment, and demonstration of energy conservation and of
solar, wind, geothermal, and small-scale hydro and biomass
energy resources.
For more information, contact:
Greg Mills
Renewable Energy and Conservation Program
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
1520 East Sixth Avenue
Helena, Montana 59620
Tel: (406) 444-6774
NEBRASKA
Food Processing Center
This center provides the state's food processing industry
with extension and research assistance from a centralized
location. It assists in every aspect of the food industry
(such as packaging, regulations, and marketing) serving as
a liaison between industry and state government. The
center also has a unique computerized market referral sys-
tem that aids in locating food product and service needs
and sources within the state.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Steve Taylor
Food Processing Center
University of Nebraska—Lincoln
East Campus, 134 Filley Hall
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0919
Tel: (402) 472-2831
Hazardous Waste Section
This section provides waste minimization counseling and
workshops and operates an information clearinghouse.
For more information, contact:
Teri Swarts
Waste Minimization Coordinator
Hazardous Waste Section
Nebraska Department of Environmental Control
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
Tel: (402) 471-4217
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NEVADA
Business Environmental Program
This program was started in 1988 by the Nevada Small
Business Development Center, in conjunction with the
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. The program
provides free and confidential pollution prevention, waste
minimization, and hazardous waste regulatory assistance to
Nevada businesses. It has a toll-free Hazardous Waste Infor-
mation Line for calls within Nevada — (800) 882-3233 —
to assist businesses with regulations, alternative product use,
and pollution prevention. The program also offers tele-
phone assistance, free training seminars, onsite assessments,
fact sheets, a quarterly newsletter, and assistance manuals.
EPA has provided additional funding to provide assistance
with identifying and implementing pollution prevention
opportunities. The Nevada Small Business Development
Center also offers assistance to business in market research,
business and financial skills, trade, and forecasting.
For more information, contact:
Kevin Dick, Manager
Kristcn Franklin, Technical Assistance
Business Environmental Program
Small Business Development Center/MS 032
University of Nevada—Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557-0100
Tel: (702) 784-1717
Tel: (800) 882-3233 (in Nevada)
Colleen Cripps
Bureau of Waste Management
Division of Environmental Protection
Capitol Complex
333 West Nyc Lane •
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Tel: (702) 687-4670
Nevada Energy Conservation Program
This program offers funding for recycling projects and
houses an information clearinghouse for recycling.
For more information, contact:
Curtis Framcl, Manager
Nevada Energy Conservation Program
Office of Community Services
Capitol Complex
201 South Fall Street
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Tel: (702) 885-4420
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Business
and Industry Association
This organization provides onsite assistance, computer soft-
ware to help businesses recycle, and a newsletter and confer-
ences to promote pollution prevention for businesses.
For more information, contact:
Emily Hess
New Hampshire Waste Cap
New Hampshire Business and Industry Association
122 North Main Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
Tel: (603) 224-5388
New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Program
This program offers onsite technical assistance and houses
a pollution prevention information clearinghouse. It also
participates in the Northeast Industrial Waste Exchange,
conducts conferences and workshops, and disseminates a
newsletter.
For more information, contact:
Vincent R. Perelli or Paul Lockwood
Waste Management Division
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-6509
Tel: (603) 271-2902
NEW JERSEY
Hazardous Substance Management
Research Center
Areas of research include incineration, biological/chemical
treatment, physical treatment, site assessment remediation,
health effects assessment, and public policy/education.
For more information, contact:
Dick Magee
Hazardous Substance Management Research Center
Advanced Technology Center Building
323 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Tel: (201) 596-5864
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New Jersey Office of Pollution Prevention
This office develops legislation, rules, and regulations,
gives out a governor's award, and prepares industry pro-
files for pollution prevention trend analysis.
For more information, contact:
Jean Herb, Director
Office of Pollution Prevention
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection and Energy
401 East State Street, CN 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Tel: (609) 777-0518
New Jersey Technical Assistance Program
This program provides free and confidential technical ser-
vices on pollution prevention and source reduction for
small- and medium-sized manufacturers throughout New
Jersey. It offers onsite assistance to identify pollution preven-
tion options, training to aid in the development of a sustain-
able pollution prevention program, library research,
referrals, and industry-specific workshops and presentations.
For more information, contact:
Richard Gimello
Technical Assistance Program
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Hazardous Substances Management Research Center
Center for Environmental and Engineering Sciences
323 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Tel: (201) 596-5864
NEW MEXICO
All Indian Pueblo Council
The council coordinates waste management and environ-
mental activities for the 19 pueblos in New Mexico. It
serves as an information clearinghouse and provides tech-
nical support to individuals and facilities on pueblo lands.
For more information, contact:
Derrith Moore
Pueblo Office of Environmental Protection
All Indian Pueblo Council
3939 San Pedro, N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
Tel: (505) 884-0480
Bureau of Business Research and Services
The bureau provides research services and a data bank for
business-related information.
For more information, contact:
Kathy Brook, Director
Bureau of Business Research and Services
New Mexico State University
Box 3CR
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
Tel: (505) 646-1434
Municipal Water Pollution
Prevention Program
This program provides technical assistance to municipal
water utilities to prevent surface water and groundwater
pollution.
For more information, contact:
Patrick Hanson
Municipal Water Pollution Prevention Program
Surface Water Quality Bureau
New Mexico Environment Department
1190 St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502
Tel: (505) 827-2799
New Mexico Environmental Alliance
This alliance is a consortium of industry, governmental
agencies, universities, research laboratories, and others.
The goals of this effort are to facilitate the application and
commercialization of cost-effective, environmentally
sound, technologies in areas such as waste minimization,
remediation, waste management, pollution prevention, and
environmentally conscious manufacturing. The alliance has
a "working laboratory" for the development, permitting,
and dissemination of new technologies with assistance for
regulatory, technical, and economic issues. It also provides
assistance to industries in accessing the Sandia and Los
Alamos National Laboratories.
For more information, contact:
Marcia Oldakowski
New Mexico Environmental Alliance
New Mexico Economic Development Department
P.O. Box 20003
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
Tel: (505) 827-0563
Tel: (505) 827-0588
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Solid Waste Source Reduction Program
This program provides assistance to businesses in the areas
of source reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste.
For more information, contact:
Judy Kowalski
Director of Recycling
Solid Waste Source Reduction Program
New Mexico Energy, Minerals
and Natural Resources Department
2040 S. Pachco Street
Santa Fc, New Mexico 87505
Tel: (505) 827-5993
State Technology Assistance
Resource System (STARS)
The STARS Program coordinates the efforts of a wide
range of local, state, and national business and technical
assistance organizations. The STARS network includes
business and financial planning organizations, a manufac-
turing assistance group, national laboratories, and univer-
sity assistance programs, as well as access to the state and
national databases and technology transfer opportunities.
For more information, contact:
Erich Strebc
STARS Program
New Mexico Small Business Development Center
525 Bucna Vista, S.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
Tel: (800) 282-7232
Technology Enterprise Division
This organization is the lead state agency for promoting
defense conversion technology, coordinating the transfer
of defense and other technology from federal, state, and
local governmental facilities to private sector industries,
and promoting private-public partnerships. It develops
and strengthens New Mexico's technology-based assis-
tance infrastructure, including incubators, the State Tech-
nology Assistance Resource System (STARS—see above),
the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Program, in-
plant training, high-speed data links, and a capital
matchmaking network. The division also supports public-
private technology alliances and industry dusters and
promotes awareness of the state's technology-based eco-
nomic development programs.
For more information, contact:
Ronald Tafoya or Mary Archuleta
Technology Enterprise Division
New Mexico Economic Development Department
1100 St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
Tel: (505) 827-0265
Fax: (505) 827-0588
Waste Management Education
and Research Consortium
This consortium was established by New Mexico State
University under a U.S. Department of Energy grant in
1990. Along with New Mexico State University, members
are the University of New Mexico, the New Mexico Insti-
tute of Mining and Technology, Navajo Community Col-
lege, and the Sandia and Los Alamos National
Laboratories. The consortium's mission is to expand the
Nation's capability to address the issues related to the
management of all types of waste (hazardous, solid, and
radioactive). Activities involve all waste management op-
tions, including pollution prevention. The consortium
universities provide education and curricula development
in waste management (graduate, undergraduate, and asso-
ciate degrees with concentrations in environmental man-
agement). The consortium created a professional
development teleconference series for industry and govern-
ment and offers research programs that provide training to
faculty and students.
For more information, contact:
Ron Bhada
Waste Management Education and Research Consortium
New Mexico State University
Box 30001, Department WERC
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Tel: (505) 646-2038
NEW YORK
Bureau of Pollution Prevention
The bureau offers waste reduction manuals, pollution pre-
vention fact sheets, industry-specific workshops for small-
and medium-quantity generators, an annual waste reduc-
tion conference, public outreach programs, and technical
assistance. It serves as an information clearinghouse and
participates in the Northeast Industrial Waste Exchange.
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For more information, contact:
John lanotti, Director
Bureau of Pollution Prevention
Division of Hazardous Substances Regulation
and Division of Solid Waste
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, New York 12233-7253
Tel: (518) 457-7276
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
See Chapter 4, Clearinghouses.
Erie County Office of Pollution Prevention
This office provides free and confidential technical and
informational assistance on pollution prevention to small-
and medium-sized businesses, municipalities, and trade
associations in Erie County, western New York State, and
Canada. It serves as an information clearinghouse, pro-
vides onsite consultations, and offers industry-specific
small-quantity hazardous waste minimization workshops
and other related workshops targeted at local govern-
ment, public institutions, businesses, and the agricultural
community.
For more information, contact:
Thomas Hersey
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
Office of Pollution Prevention
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
Erie County Office Building
95 Franklin Street
Buffalo, New York 14202
Tel: (716) 858-7674
Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substance
Research and Management Center
This center coordinates and mobilizes funding for
multidisciplinary research at Clarkson University. Projects
currently being conducted include a wide range of basic
research, applied engineering, and technology development
topics. Many of these projects address waste minimization
and pollution prevention either directly or indirectly.
For more information, contact:
Thomas L. Theis, Director
Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substance Research
and Management Center
Rowley Laboratories
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York 13699
Tel: (315) 268-6542
INFORM
A national non-profit environmental research organization,
INFORM conducts research on industrial waste reduction
efforts, and publishes reports and guides for communities
and the public on pollution prevention topics.
For more information, contact:
INFORM ,
381 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016
Tel: (212) 689-4040
New York City Industrial
Technology Assistance Corporation
This non-profit organization provides free and confidential
technical advice on pollution prevention to New York City
manufacturers. It identifies needs and technically feasible
solutions, calculates costs and long-term savings, and iden-
tifies grants or financing programs for implementation.
For more information, contact:
Sara Garretson or Kevin Kelly
New York City Industrial Technology
Assistance Corporation
253 Broadway, Room 302
New York, New York 10007
Tel: (212) 240-6920
Fax:(212)240-4889
New York Manufacturing
Extension Partnership, Troy, NY
See Chapter 3.
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Small Business Assistance Program
This program provides free and confidential technical ad-
vice on pollution prevention and control strategies, con-
ducts environmental audits, and interprets federal and state
requirements for small businesses in New York State. It will
provide fee-free assistance for up to 3 days to achieve com-
pliance with the Clean Air Act Amendments.
For more information, contact:
Marian Mudar
Small Business Assistance Program
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
SO Wolf Road
Albany, New York 12205
Tel: (800) 882-9721 (in New York)
Tel: (518) 457-3833
Fax: (518) 485-8494
Southwestern New York
Environmental Compliance Network
This network provides free and confidential informational
assistance on pollution prevention for manufacturers lo-
cated in New York. It provides referrals and offers seminars
for a small fee.
For more information, contact:
Sylvia Stenandcr
Southwestern New York Environmental
Compliance Network
Jamestown Community College
Box 20
Jamestown, New York 14702
Tel: (716) 665-5220, ext. 446
Suffolk County Pollution Prevention Program
This program provides free and confidential technical assis-
tance focusing on waste reduction and waste management
that reduces the quantity and toxicity of generated wastes.
It assists businesses and industries in Suffolk County.
For more information, contact:
Judyjakobscn
Pollution Prevention Program
Suffolk County Water Authority
Box 38
Oakdalc, New York 11769
Tel: (516) 563-0306
Waste Management Institute
This institute coordinates interdisciplinary research on
waste reduction and management options for hazardous,
agricultural, solid, industrial, and sludge wastes. Numerous
fact sheets and publications are available on topics ranging
from source reduction opportunities for shoppers to waste
minimization opportunity assessments for communities
and businesses.
For more information, contact:
Richard Schuler, Director
Waste Management Institute
313 Hollister Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
Tel: (607) 255-8674
NORTH CAROLINA
EPA Research Center for
Waste Minimization and Management
EPA sponsors this major university-based research center
that focuses specifically on the challenge to minimize and
manage hazardous substances. Located at North Carolina
State University, this center involves Texas A&M Univer-
sity and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The mission of the center is to develop practical means for
industry to eliminate the use and generation of hazardous
substances, treat those wastes that cannot be eliminated,
and provide secure containment for treatment residues.
The major research focus at the center will be the elimina-
tion or reduction in the discharge of hazardous substances
to all environmental media. A strong commitment is also
being made to technology transfer and training.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Michael Overcash or Dr. Cliff Kaufman
Center for Waste Minimization and Management
North Carolina State University
Box 7905
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-2325
Tel: (919) 515-2325
Dr. William H. Glaze
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Tel: (919) 966-1024
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North Carolina Pollution Prevention Program
This program provides nonregulatory multimedia technical
assistance to industries, local governments, and state agen-
cies. It features an information clearinghouse, industry-
specific waste reduction reports, onsite technical assistance,
matching and research grants, and outreach, training, and
education programs.
For more information, contact:
Gary Hunt, Director
Pollution Prevention Program
Office of Waste Reduction
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Tel: (919) 571-4100
Waste Reduction Resource
Center for the Southeast
This center was established in 1988 to provide .multimedia
waste reduction support for the eight states of EPA's Re-
gion 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). The
center has a collection of technical waste reduction infor-
mation from the national level, from federal agencies, from
all 50 states, and from numerous private sources. It serves
as a clearinghouse and referral service on upcoming confer-
ences, meetings, and new publications. Technical staff
prepare reports on industry-specific waste reduction ques-
tions. The center has the capacity to assign trained engi-
neers to respond to questions regarding specific waste
reduction problems. The center also provides onsite waste
reduction assessments and training for regulatory agency
and industrial personnel.
For more information, contact:
Vic Young
Waste Reduction Resource Center for the Southeast
3825 Barrett Drive
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Tel: (800) 476-8686
NORTH DAKOTA
Center for Economic Development
This center provides a wide range of technical assistance to
small firms throughout the state and to Native American
reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Wallace Eide
Center for Economic Development
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
Tel: (701) 237-8873
Energy and Environmental Research Center
This center features an integrated systems approach to
energy and environmental research and technology devel-
opment. The approach begins with fundamental evaluation
and characterization of earth resources, followed by re-
search and development of innovative technologies to
extract and use these resources in an environmentally ac-
ceptable manner. The approach culminates in using natural
resources to safely dispose the wastes generated.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Gerald, Groenwald, Director
Energy and Environmental Research Center
Center of Excellence for Toxic Metal Emissions
University of North Dakota
15 North 23rd Street
University Station, Box 8213
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-8213
Tel: (701) 777-5131
Fax:(701)777-5181
Innovation and Business Development Center
This center provides technical and business support ser-
vices to entrepreneurs, inventors, and small manufacturers,
including engineering and science support, and Small Busi-
ness Innovative Research applications.
For more information, contact:
Bruce Gjovig
Innovation and Business Development Center
University of North Dakota
University Station, Box 8103
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202
Tel: (701) 777-3132
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North Dakota Department of Health
and Consolidated Laboratories
The North Dakota State Department of Health and Con-
solidated Laboratories is involved in a number of environ-
mental programs that arc consistent with pollution
prevention principles. For example, approximately 60
cities in the state arc active in the Wellhead Protection
Program, which strives to eliminate or reduce potential
groundwatcr contaminant sources. Through the
Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program, pollu-
tion is reduced through projects that promote the volun-
tary use of agricultural best management practices. This
program administers 19 projects totaling $1.8 million.
Funded projects demonstrate the effectiveness of reduced
cropland tillage, proper grazing use, livestock waste man-
agement, low-energy precision irrigation, and nutrient
and pesticide management.
Under the Fccdlot Program, approximately 900 waste dis-
posal systems arc reviewed and approved to reduce the
amount of pollution than may get to surface water or
groundwatcr resources. Through the Hazardous Waste
Management Program, generators arc required to adminis-
ter waste minimization programs and certify'each time a
manifest is used to transport hazardous waste that they have
taken waste minimization measures. Through the Solid
Waste Education Program, source reduction strategies and
safer alternatives to household hazardous substances are
provided to the public and private sectors via brochures,
seminars, health fairs, and other outreach avenues.
For more information, contact:
JcffBurgcs
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
North Dakota State Department of Health
and Consolidated Laboratories
P.O. Box 5520
Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-5520
Tel: (701) 221-5150
Fax: (701) 221-5200
University of North Dakota
Atmospheric Science Department
This department has applied for grant funding for a pollu-
tion prevention program, along with the Three Affiliated
Tribes and the North Dakota State Department of Agriculture.
For more information, contact:
Abdul Alkezweeny
University of North Dakota
Atmospheric Science Department
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202
Tel: (701) 777-2959
Fax: (701) 777-5032
OHIO
American Institute for Pollution Prevention
This institute was founded jointly by EPA and the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati in 1989 to assist EPA in promoting the
widespread and expeditious adoption of pollution preven-
tion concepts. The institute accomplishes this mission
through developing informational and educational materi-
als; participating in waste reduction demonstration
projects; conducting economic, program, and technologi-
cal analyses; and assisting government, universities, and
industry in identifying and resolving various pollution
prevention issues. The institute consists of a group of 25
volunteer experts selected by their professional societies,
agencies, and trade associations. These experts participate
in four councils that undertake various tasks—economics,
education, implementation, and technology.
For more information, contact:
Thomas R. Hauscr, Ph.D.
Executive Director
American Institute for Pollution Prevention
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0071
Tel: (513) 556-3693
Center for Environmental
Research Information (EPA)
See Chapter 1.
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Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program/
Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology Center
See Chapter 3.
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences
This institute offers technical assistance in waste reduction,
including onsite assessments, telephone assistance, training
programs, and testing and demonstration of clean produc-
tion technologies. Grants allow some of these services to
be offered free-of-charge to manufacturers.
For more information, contact:
Sally Clement
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences
Ohio Edison Technology Center
1111 Edison Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45216
Tel: (513) 948-2036
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
This department is involved with litter prevention and
recycling grants to local governments and state agencies. It
offers technical assistance to communities and businesses
and education, public outreach, and research.
For more information, contact:
Paul R. Baldridge
Division of Litter Prevention and Recycling
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Fountain Square Court, Building F2
Columbus, Ohio 43224-1387
Tel: (614) 265-6333
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
This agency reviews and develops pollution prevention
legislation, conducts pollution prevention data collection
and analysis, handles activities relating to permitting and
inspections, sponsors demonstration projects for industry,
participates in conferences and seminars, and is involved in
outreach and information dissemination.
For more information, contact:
Roger Hannahs or Anthony Season
Pollution Prevention Section
Division of Hazardous Waste Management
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1049
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0149
Tel: (614) 644-3969
RCRA Generator Training Program
Workshops introduce EPA's Pollution Prevention Program
for personnel at industries and commercial businesses that
generate hazardous waste. Training courses assist genera-
tors in developing waste minimization strategies, such as
source reduction, with the goal of eliminating waste gen-
eration. Regulation and compliance are also discussed.
Workshops consist of 2- to 3-day sessions.
For more information, contact:
George Kleevic
Workshop Instructor
RCRA Generator Training Program
P.O. Box 538
St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950
Tel: (614) 695-5036
OKLAHOMA
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments
This association provides technical assistance to central
Oklahoma businesses and municipalities on water supply
and availability, water quality, soil quality, land use, and
population projections. It also develops water conservation
programs, as well as water system and distribution system
needs and assessments.
For more information, contact:
Zack Taylor
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments
6600 North Harvey Place, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116
Tel: (405) 848-8961
Center for Resource Conservation
and Environmental Research
The goal of this center is to establish and maintain a "cen-
ter without walls" to provide Oklahoma, the Southwest
region, and the Nation with benefits of a coordinated,
multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research, analysis, and
evaluation of the technical, policy, and managerial issues
related to resource conservation and reduction, reduction
and disposal of municipal and industrial wastes, and avoid-
ance and correction of pollution for air, land, and water.
The center accomplishes its technical studies through the
resources of Oklahoma State University, the University of
Oklahoma, and the University of Tulsa.
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For more information, contact:
Robert Fulton
Vice President
Oklahoma Alliance for Public Policy Research
2630 Northwest Expressway, Suite B
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
Tel: (405) 943-8989
Fax: (405) 943-8997
Governor's Council on Environmental Quality
This council consists of government, industry, and com-
munity representatives that advise the governor on op-
tions, such as pollution prevention, for improving
environmental quality. It also develops pollution preven-
tion and waste minimization incentives and award pro-
grams for industry and businesses.
For more information, contact:
Ellen Busscrt or Mary Lane Schooley
Office of the Secretary of the Environment
P.O. Box 150
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-0150
Tel: (405) 231-2551
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
This program conducts a variety of pollution educational
services, including programs on household wastes, pesti-
cide handling and use, integrated pest management, and
water quality protection.
For more information, contact:
Sam Harp
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Oklahoma State University
214 Agriculture Hall
Stillwatcr, Oklahoma 74078-0469
Tel: (405) 744-8419
Fax: (405) 744-6059
Pollution Prevention
Technical Assistance Program
This program provides waste audits and technical assis-
tance for industries and workshops on waste minimization
for general audiences. Future workshops will be more spe-
cific to industries. A resource center provides information
and case studies.
For more information, contact:
Dianne Wilkins
Pollution Prevention Program
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
1000 Northeast 10th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117-1212
Tel: (405) 271-1400
Rural Enterprises
This organization offers a wide variety of business develop-
ment support services, including an evaluation (based on
33 factors) of a firm's ideas for development. Engineers
help address manufacturing and design engineering needs.
The organization is a certified development company au-
thorized by the Small Business Administration.
For more information, contact:
Tom Seth Smith
Rural Enterprises
P.O. Box 1335
Durant, Oklahoma 74702-1335
Tel: (405) 924-5094
Small Business Development Center
This center provides management assistance to small busi-
nesses through a consortium of state universities and the
Small Business Administration.
For more information, contact:
Velvree Ogle
Small Business Development Center
517 West University Boulevard
Durant, Oklahoma 74701
Tel: (405) 924-0277
Technology Transfer Center
This center provides evaluations of new technologies, as
well as information to inventors to facilitate their patent
application process. It also identifies productivity problems
and corresponding solution that will use new technology
applications. In addition, the center makes available infor-
mation regarding federal laboratories and other research
and development resources. The focus is on manufacturers
in rural Oklahoma. This is a regional office of the Small
Business Development Center (see above).
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For more information, contact:
Technology Transfer Center
Oklahoma State University District Office
P.O. Box 1378
Ada, Oklahoma 78420
Tel: (405) 332-4100
OREGON
Toxics Use Reduction Program
The Oregon Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste
Reduction Act of 1989 was designed to achieve facility-
wide changes that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the use of
toxic substances and the generation of hazardous wastes by
requiring affected parties to develop reduction plans. This
state law takes a comprehensive approach to addressing
chemical usage from start to finish. Long-term implemen-
tation of the law is expected to lower industrial costs and
liabilities, as well as to benefit public health and safety and
the environment.
Program staff monitor compliance with the law's reporting
requirements and provide onsite technical assistance upon
request. They provide training workshops to help the law's
planners throughout the state develop and implement
facility reduction plans. Staff also maintain an information
clearinghouse, develop and distribute toxics use reduction
literature on various reduction opportunities, and adminis-
ter the Governor's Award for Toxic Use Reduction, which
is a public recognition program for successful companies.
For more information, contact:
Sandy Gurkewitz, Coordinator
Toxics Use Reduction Program
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
811 S.W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Tel: (503) 229-5918
Fax: (503) 229-6977
Waste Reduction Assistance Program
This program offers waste reduction audits and other tech-
nical assistance for hazardous waste generators and trans-
porters, large users of chemicals listed in Section 313 of
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
(SARA), and businesses. Workshops for hazardous waste
generators and specific industries include sessions devoted
to waste reduction topics, such as "Developing Waste Re-
duction Plans," "Conducting Waste Assessments," and
"Oregon's Toxic Use Act." Other features of the program
are RCRA program development, capacity assurance plan-
ning, a technical resource library and clearinghouse, publi-
cations, an awards program, and a hotline.
For more information, contact:
Roy W. Brower, Manager
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
811 S.W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Tel: (503) 229-5913
WRAP/Oregon State University
The Waste Reduction Assistance Program and Oregon State
University are collaborating on revising the engineering
curriculum at the university to incorporate waste reduction
technologies, and on developing training courses at the
community college level on hazardous materials manage-
ment and toxic substance use reduction and planning.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ken Williamson
Environmental Engineering Office
Civil Engineering Department
Oregon State University
Apperson 206
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2302
Tel: (503) 754-2751
PENNSYLVANIA
Carnegie Mellon University:
Green Design Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University is conducting research and
education programs in the fields of product and process
design for the environment and "green" policy develop-
ment. The university is working in partnerships with indus-
try, government agencies, and foundations to develop
practical tools and guidelines for green design.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Noellette Conway-Schempf
Executive Director
Green Design Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Tel: (412) 268-2299
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Center for Hazardous Materials Research
Sec Chapter 4, Clearinghouses.
Department of Environmental Resources
This department offers technical assistance, outreach, in-
formation exchange, and hazardous waste facilities plan-
ning. It sponsors grants for hazardous waste recycling
equipment, the Annual Waste Minimization Award, and
funding for the Center for Hazardous Materials Research.
For more information, contact:
Meredith Hill
Assistant to the Deputy Secretary
Office of Air and Waste Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
P.O. Box 2063
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2063
Tel: (717) 772-2724
Fax: (717) 783-8965
David Piposzar
Assistant Director
Allegheny Health Department
3333 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Tel: (412) 578-8030
Fax: (412) 578-8325
National Environmental Technology
Applications Corporation (NETAC)
The organization conducts applied pollution prevention
research, testing and demonstrations, regulatory and busi-
ness development, and technology transfer. It also provides
pollution prevention training and education for industry,
government, and university representatives.
For more information, contact:
Devon Strcit
NETAC
University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center
615 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
Tel: (412) 826-5511
Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
This program offers technical assistance for industries,
access to pollution prevention information, networking to
provide key contacts, linkages to other resources and ex-
pertise, and sponsorship for seminars.
For more information, contact:
Jack Gido, Director
Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
Penn State University
110 Barbara Building II
810 North University Drive
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Tel: (814) 865-0427
Fax: (814) 865-5909
RHODE ISLAND
Chemical Engineering Department
The University of Rhode Island Chemical Engineering
Department has a program in which advanced students
and their professors develop and evaluate pollution preven-
tion engineering solutions for Rhode Island firms. These
firms are referred by the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management's voluntary pollution preven-
tion technical assistance program.
For more information, contact:
Prof. Stanley M. Barnett, Chairman
Chemical Engineering Department
Crawford Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
Tel: (401) 792-2443
Pollution Prevention Program
This program provides technical assistance for industries
and businesses, onsite waste reduction assessments, an
awards program, conferences and workshops that include
pollution prevention topics, and hazardous waste technol-
ogy, research, development, and demonstration with the
University of Rhode Island and industries. It has a waste
reduction information clearinghouse and disseminates a
newsletter and other publications.
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For more information, contact:
Richard Enander
Pollution Prevention Program
Office of Environmental Coordination
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
83 Park Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903-1037
Tel: (401) 277-3434
SOUTH CAROLINA
Center for Waste Minimization
This center provides technical assistance primarily for
small- and medium-sized companies, conducts telephone
and onsite waste reduction assessments, holds waste mini-
mization seminars for business and industry representa-
tives, and offers training assistance (including videotapes).
It also publishes a quarterly newsletter called Options.
For more information, contact:
Ray Guerrin
Center for Waste Minimization
South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Tel: (803) 734-4715
Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund
This organization sponsors workshops and seminars on
waste minimization that are offered by Clemson
University's Continuing Engineering Education office.
Workshop topics include waste reduction for vehicle/auto
service shops, textile manufacturers, metal fabricators,
machine shops, painting and coating shops, and solvent
users, as well as the development of site-specific waste re-
duction programs. This program also sponsors waste mini-
mization research and development programs and awards
programs. It has a research fund and a quarterly newsletter
titled P2SG.
For more information, contact:
Eric Snider, Ph.D., P.E., Director
Continuing Engineering Education
Clemson University
P.O. Drawer 1607
Clemson, South Carolina 29633
Tel: (803) 656-3308
Doug Dobsoh, Executive Director
Institute of Public Affairs
University of South Carolina
Gambrell Hall, 4th Floor
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Tel: (803) 777-8157
Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center,
Columbia/ SC
See Chapter 3.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Waste Management Program
This program consists of technical assistance primarily
focused on source reduction, onsite technical assistance
and waste audits for industries and businesses, workshops
and seminars on various waste management topics, a data-
base of small-quantity generator case histories, and an
awards program.
For more information, contact:
Wayne Houtcooper
Waste Management Program
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Joe Foss Building
523 E. Capitol Avenue
Pierre, South Dakota 57501-3181
Tel: (605) 773-4216
Fax: (605) 773-6035
TENNESSEE
Bureau of Environment
This bureau provides technical assistance for industries,
small communities, and government agencies, as well as
free and confidential onsite: waste reduction audits. It also
conducts pollution prevention workshops, seminars, and
conferences. Other features are an information clearing-
house, challenge grants for hazardous waste generators,
and an award program.
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For more information, contact:
Paul Evan Davis
Bureau of Environment
Tennessee Department of Health and Environment
L & C Building, 14th Floor
401 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0455
Tel: (615) 741-3657
Waste Minimization Assessment Center
Managed by the University City Science Center in Phila-
delphia, this center is staffed by engineering students and
faculty who have considerable expertise with process op-
erations in manufacturing plants. Staff perform quantita-
tive waste minimization assessments for small- to
medium-sized generators.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Richard J. Jendrucko, Director
Waste Minimization Assessment Center
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
310 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxvillc, Tennessee 37996-2030
Tel: (615) 974-7682
Waste Reduction Assessment
and Technology Transfer (WRATT)
This program, offered by the University of Tennessee Cen-
ter for Industrial Services, includes industry-specific work-
shops, workshops for federal and state agency staff, case
studies, national teleconferences on waste reduction oppor-
tunities, videos of previous teleconferences, interactive
training modules, comprehensive training manuals, and
onsite waste reduction assessments conducted by full-time
field engineers and retired engineers.
For more information, contact:
Cam Mctcalf, Training Coordinator
Center for Industrial Services
University of Tennessee
226 Capitol Boulevard Building, Suite 606
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1804
Tel: (615) 532-8657
Sylvia Gordon
WRATT Case Studies
University of Tennessee
Center for Telecommunications and Video
1345 Circle Park Drive, Suite 61
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Tel: (615) 974-1313
TEXAS
Center for Environmental Technologies
This center coordinates conferences, short courses, and
lectures that address environmental concerns, pollution
prevention, pollution controls, and Federal, state, and local
regulations. The conferences and short courses are offered
for state and municipal audiences, professional and civic
groups, and industry. The center is also conducting at least
15 different research projects involving pollution preven-
tion in such areas as stormwater discharge, groundwater
monitoring, and pesticides.
For more information, contact:
Dr. John R, Bradford, Director
Center for Environmental Technologies
Texas Tech University
P.O. Box 43121
Lubbock, Texas 79409-3121
Tel: (806) 742-1413
Center for Hazardous and Toxic Waste Studies
This center incorporates pollution prevention concepts
into existing engineering courses at Texas Tech Univer-
sity. It offers several graduate and undergraduate courses
that address waste minimization topics, such as chemical
process modifications for the petroleum, petrochemical,
and chemical industries, as well as feedstock alternatives.
The center conducts onsite waste audits and research and
development.
For more information, contact:
Dr. John R, Bradford, Director
Center for Hazardous and Toxic Waste Studies
Texas Tech University
P.O. Box 43121
Lubbock, Texas 79409-3121
Tel: (806) 742-1413
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Economic Development Center
This center at the University of Texas at San Antonio offers
technical and management assistance to small- and me-
dium-sized firms. Another economic development center,
located at Texas Southern University at (713) 527-7785,
also assists businesses; however, it focuses primarily on
financial and business planning assistance.
For more information, contact:
Economic Development Center
College of Business
University of Texas at San Antonio
1222 North Main, Suite 750
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Tel: (210) 558-2480
Environmental Institute
for Technology Transfer
This institute was established to facilitate research, techni-
cal assistance, and the dissemination of environmental
knowledge to assist business and industry in finding cost-
effective and environmentally acceptable solutions to com-
pliance problems. In addition to offering training courses
that address pollution prevention, the institute provides a
forum for industry and regulators to address common
concerns through workshops, seminars, and conferences.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Gerald I. Nehman, Director
Dr. Victorio Argento, Associate Director
Environmental Institute for Technology Transfer
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19050
Arlington, Texas 76109
Tel: (817) 273-2300
Fax: (817) 794-5653
EPA Research Center for Waste Minimization
and Management
Texas A&M University is a member of this center, which is
located at North Carolina State University in Raleigh (see
the listing under North Carolina).
For more information, contact:
Dr. Kirk Brown
Department of Soil and Crop Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843
Tel: (409) 845-5251
Gulf Coast Hazardous
Substance Research Center
This center is a research consortium of eight universities,
with its center located at Lamar University in Beaumont.
Its purpose is to conduct research to aid in more effective
hazardous substance response and waste management. The
center's efforts are concentrated in the areas of waste mini-
mization and alternative technology development. The
center receives funding from EPA and the State of Texas,
with a majority of those funds being pledged to pollution
prevention for the petrochemical and microelectronic in-
dustries. At this time, the center has approximately 60
projects in progress in a joint federal, state, and industry
effort at Texas universities and at research centers outside
the state. The other members of the consortium are Loui-
siana State University, Mississippi State University, the
University of Alabama, the University of Central Florida,
the University of Houston, the University of Texas at Aus-
tin, and Texas A&M University.
For more information, contact:
Tom Pinson, Assistant Director
Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center
Lamar University
P.O. Box 10613
Beaumont, Texas 77710
Tel: (409) 880-8707
Fax:(409)880-2397
Small Business Technical Development Center
The Small Business Technical Development Center was
designed to diversify the state's economy by advancing
the commercial technology base. It also provides techni-
cal assistance through its Small Business Research Center,
which includes books, periodicals, and other informa-
tional materials. A statewide network has been formed of
technical assistance centers, which are operated in con-
junction with the state's regional small business develop-
ment centers. These centers focus services on small
technology-based firms.
For more information, contact:
Christie Havemann
Small Business Technical Development Center
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
West Engineering Research Center Room 310
Texas A&M University System
College Station, Texas 77843-3369
Tel: (409) 845-6556
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Source Reduction and Recycling Program
Sponsored by the Kailroad Commission of Texas, this pro-
gram provides technology transfer of source reduction and
recycling methods and procedures for oil and gas explora-
tion and production wastes through a telephone help line
and its Waste Minimization and Management Manual. The
program's quarterly newsletter on source reduction and
recycling conveys up-to-date pollution prevention news to
the oil and gas operators of Texas. The program provides
onsitc assistance in assessing oil and gas exploration and
production operations for source reduction and recycling
opportunities. It also provides pollution prevention training
for personnel of the Texas oil and gas industry, emphasizing
waste stream identification, waste characterization, and
source reduction and recycling concepts.
For more information, contact:
Bart Sims
Source Reduction and Recycling Program
Oil and Gas Division
Railroad Commission of Texas
P.O. Box 12967
Austin, Texas 78711-2967
Tel: (512) 463-5405
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
This service sponsors agricultural waste pesticide collec-
tion, used oil and used tire recycling centers, and agricul-
tural pesticide container recycling centers and events. It
provides nutrient management planning, including soil
testing and precision application determinations. The ser-
vice operates the Tex-A-Syst Program, a wellhead protec-
tion system for agricultural producers and private domestic
wells. Outreach and educational efforts include landscape
waste minimization, the xeriscape program, landscape
irrigation audits, community composting, and pesticide
applicator training.
For more information, contact:
Dr. John M. Sweeten
Issues Coordinator for Water Quality and Conservation
Department of Agricultural Engineering
303 Scoates Hall
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-2121
Tel: (409) 845-7451
Fax: (409) 847-8828
Dr. Phillip J. Hamman
Agricultural Chemicals Project
Department of Entomology
411 Heep Center
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-2475
Tel: (409) 845-7026
Fax: (409) 845-7029
Don L. Renchie
Urban Pesticide Training Program
Agricultural Chemicals Project Group
115 Agronomy Field Lab
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-2474
Tel: (409) 845-3849
Fax: (409) 845-6251
Texas Department of Agriculture
The department cooperates with the Texas Natural Re-
source Conservation Commission (see below) and the
Texas Agricultural Extension Service (see above) to coordi-
nate the Pesticide Container Recycling Program and the
Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collection Program. The
department also offers technical assistance to the Tex-A-
Syst Program for groundwater protection.
For more information, contact:
Leslie Smith
Compliance and Quality Assurance
Texas Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847
Austin, Texas 78711
Tel: (512) 475-1620
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Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission
The commission's onsite assistance involves its staff provid-
ing nonregulatory assistance to facilities. Staff also provide
pollution prevention planning assistance through work-
shops and review of the source reduction and waste mini-
mization plans required by the Texas Waste Reduction
Policy Act of 1991. Clean Texas 2000 is a statewide pollu-
tion prevention program for businesses, industries, local
governments, schools, civic organizations, and citizens.
The commission serves as the state's Toxic Release Inven-
tory coordinator by assisting industries in complying with
the regulations. The commission's waste exchange efforts
is its Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste.
The commission also produces publications, guidance
documents, and other information materials for citizens,
groups, and industries.
For more information, contact:
PattiEveritt
Office of Pollution Prevention and Recycling
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, Texas 78711-3087
Tel: (512) 463-4580
Fax:(512)475-4599
Texas Research and Technology Foundation:
The foundation is providing a comprehensive development
program to help the San Antonio region advance techno-
logically in the life sciences and biomedical research. The
foundation is developing a 1,500-acre research park; it is
also working with the University of Texas to establish an
Institute of Biotechnology, as well as working to establish
an Invention and Investment Institute.
For more information, contact:
Texas Research and Technology Foundation
8207 Callaghan Road, Suite 345
San Antonio, Texas 78230
Tel: .(210) 677-6000
UTAH
Center for Environmental Services
Environmental management training and technical assis-
tance are available, with a special emphasis on the needs of
northern Utah's small- and medium-sized businesses and
manufacturers, as well as its cities and towns. Pollution
prevention opportunities are among the topics covered by
the center's services.
For more information, contact:
Dianne Siegfreid, Director
Barbara A. Wachocki, Director
Center for Environmental Services
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah 84408-2502
Tel: (801) 626-7559
Department of Environmental Quality
The department focuses on establishing a coordinated,
multimedia pollution prevention program statewide and
emphasizing education for Utah's businesses, industries,
and citizens about the importance of pollution prevention.
The department features an Industrial Pollution Preven-
tion Workgroup, Small Business Assistance Program, Elec-
tronic Pollution Prevention Bulletin Board Service,
Environmental Training Series, Sustainable Agriculture
Program, Adopt-A-Waterbody Program, Pollution Preven-
tion Outreach Program, and library.
For more information, contact:
Sonja Wallace or Stephanie Bernkopf
Pollution Prevention Co-Coordinators
Office of the Executive Director
Utah Department of Environmental Quality
168 North 1950 West Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4810
Tel: (801) 536-4480
Fax: (801) 536-4401
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VERMONT
Pollution Prevention Program
This program offers onsitc technical assistance and waste
reduction audits and reviews toxic use and hazardous waste
reduction plans submitted by industry. It sponsors confer-
ences and industry-specific workshops and seminars that
address pollution prevention topics and makes presenta-
tions at public forums to assist the private sector in devel-
oping and implementing pollution prevention strategies.
The program also has an information clearinghouse.
For more information, contact:
GaryGulka
Pollution Prevention Division
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
103 South Main Street
Watcrbury, Vermont 05671-0404
Tel: (802) 241-3888
Retired Engineers and Professionals (R.E.A.P.)
Pollution Prevention Program
The BJB.A.P. Program offers onsite assessments of waste
management problems and regulatory requirements for
developing toxics use reduction and hazardous waste man-
agement plans for Class A and Class B generators. It devel-
ops pollution prevention strategies, operates a pollution
prevention library, and provides training and workshops.
Administered by Vermont WastcCap under the sponsor-
ship of Associated Industries of Vermont, the program
maintains a pool of 25 Associates whose backgrounds in-
clude chemical engineering, electronics, aerospace engi-
neering, machine tooling, and plant management.
Associates arc regularly offered training opportunities in
pollution prevention technologies.
For more information, contact:
Connie Leach Bisson, Director
Vermont Waste Cap
P.O. Box 630
Montpclier, Vermont 05601
Tel: (802) 223-3441
Fax: (802) 223-2345
VIRGINIA
Minority Business Enterprise
Minority entrepreneurs receive technical assistance (among
other services), including educational courses and resource
information.
For more information, contact:
Minority Business Enterprise
200-202 North 9th Street
llth Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Tel: (804) 786-5560
Small Business and Financial Services Office
This office provides information to small businesses on
sources of technical, management, and financial assistance
programs operating throughout Virginia. It also provides
information on laws and regulations governing businesses.
The office operates a clearinghouse and "one-stop shop"
to further assist businesses in addressing their needs.
For more information, contact:
Small Business Coordinator
Small Business and Financial Services Office
Virginia Department of Economic Development
1000 Washington Building
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Tel: (804) 786-3791
University Center for Environmental
and Hazardous Materials Studies
This center conducts interdisciplinary research on environ-
mental topics, including pollution prevention, and pro-
vides technical assistance.
For more information, contact:
University Center for Environmental and Hazardous
Materials Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0113
Tel: (703) 231-7508
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Waste Minimization Program
Outreach programs are targeted at specific industries, local
and state government, institutions, laboratories, and other
generators of solid and hazardous wastes. Workshops ad-
dress the ship repair, furniture manufacturing, and printing
industries, as well as urban pesticide use issues. The pro-
gram also provides a source reduction conference, techni-
cal assistance and onsite waste reduction audits, a
hazardous waste information hotline, an information clear-
inghouse, and a Governor's Award.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Kenneally-Baxter, Director
Waste Minimization Program
Virginia Department of Waste Management
Monroe Building, llth Floor
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Tel: (804) 371-8716
WASHINGTON
Business Assistance Center
This center provides one-stop access to many business
resources, such as information on state regulations. A com-
munication and information program provides businesses
with publications, as well as access to other state services
via the center's toll-free Business Assistance Hotline.
For more information, contact:
Sandra Granger
Business Assistance Center
Washington Department of Trade
and Economic Development
919 Lakeridge Way, S.W.
Suite A (FU-12)
Olympia, Washington 98504
Tel: (206) 753-5614
Tel: (800) 237-1233 (in Washington State)
Hazardous Waste
and Toxics Reduction Program
In March 1990, Washington State passed the Hazardous
Waste Reduction Act, which requires certain hazardous
substance users and hazardous waste generators to develop
pollution prevention plans and submit annual progress re-
ports. Program staff provide free nonregulatory technical
assistance, including onsite pollution prevention assessments
and guidance on how to develop a pollution prevention
plan. They also develop and distribute written guidance on a
wide variety of pollution prevention topics. The program
organizes pollution prevention planning workshops
throughout the state, operates a resource center of pollution
prevention information available to the public and industry,
and publishes a free quarterly newsletter called Shoptalk.
For more information, contact:
Peggy Morgan
Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program
Washington Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, Washington 98502
Tel: (206) 407-6739
Fax: (206) 407-6715
Pacific Northwest Pollution
Prevention Research Center
This center is a nonprofit public-private partnership
formed to identify opportunities and overcome obstacles
to pollution prevention in the Northwest, and to serve as a
critical link among government officials, industry leaders,
and public interest representatives. Activities include iden-
tifying research and project needs, facilitating the transfer
of pollution prevention information, and providing re-
search support. The center acts as a referral service, provid-
ing links to a wide variety of information sources, from
technical assistance to advice on funding sources. It facili-
tates a number of roundtables related to pollution preven-
tion, including fish processing, pulp and forestry, oil and
gas exploration, and EPA Region 10's Regional Pollution
Prevention Roundtable. The center is establishing an In-
dustrial Liaison Project that will transfer the results of
nonproprietary pollution prevention research from large to
small companies. A bimonthly newsletter covers a wide
variety of pollution prevention topics. Other activities in-
cludes distributing reports and other materials on pollution
prevention, hosting seminars, and maintaining several data-
bases to help technical assistance programs and others
access and effectively transfer information.
For more information, contact:
Madeline M. Grulich, Executive Director
David Leviten, Technical Director
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center
1326 Fifth Avenue, Suite 650
Seattle, Washington 98101
Tel: (206) 223-1151
Fax: (206) 223-1165
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Small Business Development Center
Technical assistance is provided to small businesses, par-
ticularly minority firms, and to entrepreneurs. The center
assists in the development of innovations and technology
transfer. It also maintains special libraries for research pur-
poses and has access to computer mainframes to process
and search large volumes of data.
For more information, contact:
Frank Hoy
Small Business Development Center
College of Business and Economics
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-4740
Tel: (509) 542-5760
Washington Waste Reduction,
Recycling, and Litter Control Program
This program offers technical assistance for business, in-
dustry, and local government. It also offers grants for
small-quantity generators and local governments and dis-
tributes informational and educational materials.
For more information, contact:
Stan Springer, Joy St. Germain, or Peggy Morgan
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control Pro-
gram
Washington Department of Ecology
Mail Stop PV-11
Olympia, Washington 98504-8711
Tel: (206) 438-7541
WEST VIRGINIA
Center for Education and
Research with Industry
This center promotes links among universities, businesses,
and government to enhance economic development in the
state through the use of university resources. Marshall
University's Center for Regional Progress provides re-
search, technical assistance, and management consulting
using university resources.
For more information, contact:
William Edwards
Center for Education and Research with Industry
Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia 25755-2130
Tel: (304) 696-3368
Department of Commerce, Labor
and Environmental Resources
This department serves as a resource for pollution preven-
tion matters in the state.
For more information, contact:
William Brannen
Water Resources
West Virginia Department of Commerce,
Labor and Environmental Resources
1356 Hansford Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Tel: (304) 558-4000
West Virginia Generator Assistance Program
This program provides onsite technical assistance for gen-
erators of hazardous waste, as well as industry-specific
outreach and education.
For more information, contact:
Phil Albert
Generator Assistance Program
Waste Management Section
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
1356 Hansford Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Tel: (304) 558-6350
West Virginia Scorecard
The Scorecard, issued by the National Institute for
Chemical Studies (NICS), is an annual analysis of indus-
trial releases to the environment in West Virginia. The
effort is overseen by a group of environmentalists, indus-
try representatives, and representatives from the West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Each
TRI reporter in the state is included in the analysis, which
is accompanied by narrative discussion of pollution pre-
vention ideas. Originally developed as a voluntary pro-
gram to reduce air toxics, the Scorecard project quickly
expanded to a multimedia voluntary programs with over
170 companies on board.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Paul L. Hill
National Institute for Chemical Studies
2300 MacCorkle Avenue SE
Charleston, WV 24304
Tel: (304) 346-6264
Fax: (304) 346-6349
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WISCONSIN
Bureau of Business Development Services
This bureau coordinates resources for development
projects; promotes a Small Business Ombudsman to en-
courage entrepreneurship and assist new ventures; provides
technical assistance and information on state regulations
(contact Sara Burr at (608) 266-0562); and promotes the
economic development assets of the state and state devel-
opment funds (for example, the Technology Development
Fund and the Permit Information Center).
For more information, contact:
Louis Cornelius
Bureau of Business Development Services
Wisconsin Department of Development
123 West Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 7970
Madison, Wisconsin 53707
Tel: (608) 266-8629
Engineering Professional Development Program
The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin
offers intensive short courses on waste minimization, envi-
ronmental compliance, industrial environmental engineer-
ing, and pollution prevention from the design aspect.
For more information, contact:
Pat Eagan
Engineering Professional Development Program
College of Engineering
University of Wisconsin—Madison
432 North Lake Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Tel: (608) 263-7429
Innovation Service Center
This center assists inventors and businesses by providing
several services. One service involves consideration of 33
areas of a product's potential commercial viability, includ-
ing environmental impact, research and development,
production feasibility, and societal impact.
For more information, contact:
Debra Malewicki
Innovation Service Center
University of Wisconsin—Whitewater
402 McCutchan Hall
Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190
Tel: (414) 472-1365
Innovative Network Foundation
Among other efforts, this group oversees the development
of an entrepreneurial resource library, a newsletter, and
forums and training programs.
For more information, contact:
Diane Curtz
Innovative Network Foundation
P.O. Box 71
Madison, Wisconsin 53701
Tel: (608) 256-8348
Lake Michigan Federation
This federation is a nonprofit, citizen-based organization
whose mission is to restore and maintain the quality of the
Great Lakes. (See the extended writeup under Illinois.)
For more information, contact:
Lake Michigan Federation
647 W.Virginia, #307
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
Tel: (414) 271-5059
Lake Michigan Federation
812 S. Fisk Street
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54303
Tel: (414) 499-0220
Marketing Division
This division conducts market research and product feasi-
bility studies for smaller producers and agribusinesses. It
also identifies new product opportunities and provides
technical business advice, technical assistance, and assis-
tance in resource coordination.
For more information, contact:
James Smith
Marketing Division
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade,
and Consumer Protection
801 West Badge Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53713
Tel: (608) 266-7170
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Small Business Development' Center
This center was created to strengthen the state's economy
by assisting small businesses. The center generates basic and
applied research, publishes and distributes information, and
provides a variety of other services to small businesses.
Foe more information, contact:
Small Business Development Center
University of Wisconsin—Madison
602 State Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Tel: (608) 263-7766
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
In cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, the University of Wisconsin's Extension Office
offers workshops in solid waste reduction, recycling, and
composting, as well as general and industry-specific (elec-
troplating and metal finishing, auto repair, local govern-
ment, and schools) workshops on waste minimization and
pollution prevention. The center also works directly with
industry and government to provide technical assistance.
For more information, contact:
David Liebl, Wayne Pferdchirt, or Philip (Jack) Annis
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Extension Office
529 Lowell Hall
610 Langdon Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Tel: (608) 262-0385
University-Industry Research Program
This program provides businesses with convenient access
to the University of Wisconsin's research resources, special
research facilities, technology transfer activities, educa-
tional programs, library services, and industrial consortia.
For more information, contact:
University-Industry Research Program
University of Wisconsin—Madison
WARP Office Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53705
Tel: (608) 263-2840
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin DNR. conducts site-specific waste audits, pro-
vides regulatory compliance assistance, offers water reduc-
tion and recycling demonstration grants to industry,
provides training, and distributes information (through
courses, seminars, an information clearinghouse, newslet-
ters, brochures, case studies, and fact sheets). It also has an
awards program. It provides workshops for state agency
personnel on pollution prevention, as well as waste reduc-
tion workshops for specific businesses, industries, and pro-
cess users. The department coordinates pollution
prevention partnerships with industries and other groups.
Specific information on various programs follow.
The Office of Pollution Prevention creates a focus for mul-
timedia policy development and partnerships with industry
and other groups. It coordinates the department's Preven-
tion/Environment/Prosperity Awards, which recognize
businesses' accomplishments in source reduction. It also
coordinates staff training and identifies reporting and envi-
ronmental needs related to pollution prevention.
The Hazardous Waste Minimization Program's Pollution
Prevention Clearinghouse distributes more than 150 publi-
cations, publishes the newsletter "Waste*Less*News,"
holds workshops, provides small-quantity generator infor-
mation, and distributes the Industrial Materials Exchange
Service to help businesses and local government prevent
pollution, minimize waste, and remain in compliance. The
Small Business Clean Air Act Compliance Assistance pro-
gram, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of
Development, provides information on compliance respon-
sibilities, technical information, and alternative approaches
for complying with regulations. The Solid Waste Reduc-
tion and Recycling Assistance program provides informa-
tion, including handbooks, videos, and fact sheets, as well
as workshops on Wisconsin's (Solid) Waste Reduction and
Recycling Law and options for reducing and recycling
solid waste.
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For more information, contact:
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention (TS/6)
Lynn Persson, Hazardous Waste Minimization Program
Bob Baggot, Small Business Clean Air Act
Compliance Assistance
Kathleen Haas, Solid Waste Reduction
and Recycling Assistance
Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management (SW/3)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921
Tel: (608) 267-9700 (Director)
Tel: (608) 267-3763 (Persson)
Tel: (608) 267-3136 (Baggot)
Tel: (608) 264-6026 (Haas)
Wisconsin Hazardous Pollution Prevention
Assessment Grant Program
Through this program, the Department of Development
provides grants to businesses to conduct onsite pollution
prevention assessments.
For more information, contact:
Todd Kearney
Office of Development Finance
Wisconsin Department of Development
123 West Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 7970
Madison, Wisconsin 53707
Tel: (608) 266-6675
WYOMING
Economic Development and Stabilization Board
This board was developed to foster the economic growth of
businesses throughout the State of Wyoming. It provides a
range of services, including assistance with state regulations
and requirements and energy costs and availability.
For more information, contact:
Economic Development and Stabilization Board
Herschler Building, 3rd Floor
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Tel: (307) 777-7284
Wyoming Department
of Environmental Quality
The department, in addition to its other functions, con-
ducts site-specific waste audits for businesses and distrib-
utes information. It integrates pollution prevention
concepts into relevant agency programs, conducts pollu-
tion prevention workshops for small businesses, and houses
an information clearinghouse. The department sponsors
the Wyoming Pollution Prevention Roundtable, which
consists of representatives from business, industry, govern-
ment agencies, and environmental groups who meet to
promote pollution prevention in Wyoming. A program to
develop voluntary waste reduction agreements between
the State of Wyoming and individual industry participants
is underway. The department also operates the Wellhead
Protection Project and the Municipal Waste Pollution
Prevention Project.
For more information, contact:
David Finley, Manager
Patricia Gallagher, Senior Environmental Analyst
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Tel: (307) 777-7752
Fax: (307) 777-5973
ISLANDS AND TERRITORIES
American Samoa
Environmental Protection Agency
This agency is responsible for incorporating pollution pre-
vention into regulatory programs, such as permitting and
enforcement. It operates an island-wide waste oil collection
and recycling project, and it develops and implements
pollution prevention and waste minimization practices for
industrial facilities in Pago Pago Harbor.
For more information, contact:
American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Governor
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Tel: (684) 633-2304
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Guam Environmental Protection Agency
This agency oversees incorporation of pollution prevention
into regulatory programs, and conducts small-quantity
generator waste audits.
For more information, contact:
Guam Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
D-107 Harmon Plaza
ISOJRojas Street
Harmon, Guam 96911
Tel: (671) 646-8863
Northern Mariana Islands Division
of Environmental Quality
For more information, contact:
Division of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 1304
Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950
Tel: (670) 234-6984
Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board
For more information, contact:
Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board
Republic of Palau
P.O. Box 100
Koror, Palau 96940
Tel: (680) 488-1639
For information on American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau pollution
prevention programs from the EPA Regional
Office, contact:
Norman Lovelace, Chief
Office of Pacific Island and Native American Programs
U.S. EPA Region 9, (E-4)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Tel: (415) 744-1599
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Federal agencies have
become actively involved in
pollution prevention in recent
years, spurred on by
environmental
responsibilities, a need to
conserve resources, and most
recently, a series of Executive
Orders that mandate
pollution prevention as the
option of first choice in
environmental management.
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s chapter outlines a number of programs from se
JL lectcd federal agencies, focusing on projects that offer
assistance to, or interactions with, outside researchers,
businesses, and communities.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)
ACE Grants (Agriculture in Concert with the
Environment)
Sec Chapter 1, Grants.
Integrated Pest Management/
Cooperative State Research Service
Sponsored by the USDA Cooperative State Research Ser-
vice, this program funds research and collaborative pro-
grams with other agencies and organizations for the
management of pest populations. Competitive awards are
based on science peer review. Research focuses on biologi-
cal control, cultural control, host resistance, pest manage-
ment integration, resistance management, application
technology, and movement and dispersal of biotic agents.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Robert C. Rilcy, Dr. James R, Gate,
or Dr. John M. Barnes
USDA Cooperative State Research Service
Plant and Animal Sciences
Aerospace Building
Washington, D.C. 20250-2220
Tel: (202) 401-4781
Fax:(202)401-4888
Integrated Pest Management/
Cooperative Extension Service
USDA's Cooperative Extension Service has developed an
IPM program committed to guiding U.S. agriculture to-
wards widespread use of ecologically-based pest manage-
ment approaches that emphasize biological control and
other alternatives to pesticides. Extension's IPM program
strives to educate users of pesticides about the economic and
environmental benefits of IPM strategies through consulta-
tions, clinics, workshops, conferences, demonstrations, field
days, seminars, and a wide variety of publications and video
productions. The audience for these education and training
programs includes farmers, ranchers, homeowners, and
urban and industrial pest management professional.
For more information, contact:
Michael S. Fitzner
USDA Extension Service
Ag Box 0909
Washington, DC 20250-0909
Tel: (202) 720-2471
Fax: (202) 720-4395
E-mail: mfitzner@esusda.gov
Global Change Research Program
Sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, this program
investigates potential alterations in the earth's environ-
ment, including climate change, increased ultraviolet radia-
tion, air pollution, acidic deposition, and intensified land
use. The research is based on an ecosystem and regional
approach. Monitoring programs provide baseline informa-
tion for describing current resource conditions and trends.
For more information, contact:
Global Change Research Program
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, D.C. 20090-6090
Tel: (202) 205-1561
Fax: (202) 205-1546
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/
NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Formerly the Manufacturing Technology Center program,
this partnership is a nationwide system of manufacturing
extension centers, state planning support, and coordinated
information, services, and resources. The partnership is
designed to bridge a technological gap between sources of
manufacturing technology and the small- and medium-
sized companies that need new technologies.
The partnership works with state governments, industry,
and educational institutions nationwide to establish non-
profit manufacturing extension centers that serve as the
focal point for delivering services to smaller manufacturers.
The centers include, and are modeled after, seven manu-
facturing technology centers that were established by
NIST between 1989 and 1992 (in CA, KA, MI, MN, NY,
OH, and SC). To carry out the Clinton Administration's
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plan to create more than 100 centers by 1997, funding for
additional centers has been awarded through the Depart-
ment of Defense's Technology Reinvestment Project (see
below) as part of the department's support for assisting
manufacturing firms in becoming less dependent on the
defense industry.
The manufacturing extension centers provide a wide range
of services, all designed to help manufacturers improve
their competitiveness through the use of appropriate mod-
ern technologies, processes, and techniques. Among their
services, these centers provide manufacturing company
assessments, demonstrations, and company-specific tech-
nology projects. In addition, many of the centers assist
companies in becoming environmentally competitive.
These services may be provided directly or in partnership
with other organizations, such as state pollution preven^
tionprograms. Write-ups on theorigmalseven centers,
followed by a listing of the remaining 22 MEP centers (as
of September 1994) are given below.
For more information, contact:
Joyce Johannson or David Gold
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
U.S. Department of Commerce/NIST
Building 224 Room BUS
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001
Tel: (301) 975-5020
Fax: (301) 963-6556
California Manufacturing Technology Center
This center, located in Hawthorne, California, focuses on
assisting smaller aerospace suppliers and rural manufactur-
ers in transferring aerospace technologies to other com-
mercial applications.
For more information, contact:
Joan Carvell, Acting Director
California Manufacturing Technology Center
13430 Hawthorne Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Tel: (310) 355-3060
Fax: (310) 676-8630
E-mail: carvell@cerf.net
Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology Center
This center's client base is nearly 9,000 manufacturing
establishments in and around the Cleveland, Ohio, area.
Nearly 40 percent of these firms are SIC 3500 (industrial
machinery and equipment), with the remaining firms rep-
resenting a diverse cross-section of manufacturing tech-
nologies. The Environmental Services Program was
established in 1991 by the Cleveland Advanced Manufac-
turing Program to assist manufacturers with their environ-
mental concerns. Features of the program include waste
reduction assessments for manufacturers, regulatory assis-
tance, pollution prevention' seminars, a national teleconfer-
ence on water-based alternatives to solvent cleaning, and
an environmental hotline—(800) 927-0436.
For more information, contact:
Dr. George Sutherland, Director
Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program
Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology Center
4600 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44103-4314
Tel: (216) 432-5322
Fax: (216) 361-2900
E-mail: george.sutherland@camp.org
Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center
This center is a subsidiary of Kansas Technology Enterprise
Corporation, located in Topeka, Kansas. It is a nonprofit
corporation established by the State of Kansas. The center
oversees six regional technology transfer offices located in
the state, with a seventh planned to open. The center has
strong ties to the colleges and vocational technical insti-
tutes in the area. The three largest industry groups manu-
facture agricultural equipment, fabricated metal products,
and aircraft parts.
For more information, contact:
Paul Clay, Director
Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center
10561 Barkley, Suite 602
Overland Park, Kansas 66212
Tel: (913) 649-4333
Fax: (913) 649-4498
E-mail: "paul_clay.mamtckc"@qm-
gateway.tisl.ukans.edu
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Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center
This center was founded as part of the Industrial Technology
Institute, located in Ann Arbor. It primarily serves southern
Michigan. The small firms the center serves specialize in ma-
chine tools, tooling, metal forming, and plastic processing.
For more information, contact:
John Catticr, Director
Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center
Industrial Technology Institute
P.O. Box 1485
2901 Hubbard Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
Tel: (313) 769-4377
Fax: (313) 769-4064
E-mail: jfc@iti.org
New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership
The center's principal target region is New York State, and
the typical client firms are small- to medium-sized estab-
lishments in SIC 3400 (fabricated metals products) and
SIC 3500 (industrial machinery and equipment. During
1990, for example, the center initiated 68 field projects
with small manufacturing firms.
For more information, contact:
Mark Tebbano, Director
Northeast Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Rcnsselaer Technology Park
385 Jordan Road
Troy, New York 12180-8347
Tel: (518) 283-1010
Fax: (518) 283-1112
E-mail: mark_tebbano@ncmtc.itn.org
Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center
This center's client base is more than 4,000 small- and medium-
sized manufacturing firms in South Carolina. Typical client firms
have 50 to 100 employees. Most of the target firms are concen-
trated in small rural facilities that manufacture discrete parts and
metal working, with a small percentage specializing in electrical/
electronic, plastics, and lumber/wood products.
For more information, contact:
Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center
P.O. Box 1149
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Tel: (803) 252-6976
Fax: (803) 252-0056
E-mail: bishop@smtc.cngr.scaroluia.edu
Upper Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center
This center's target industries include computers, industrial
and electrical machinery, metals fabrication, plastics, and
composites. The center plans to initially serve the Minne-
apolis-St. Paul area and then expand to provide assistance
to Minnesota and neighboring regions.
For more information, contact:
Sandy Voight
Upper Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center
Minnesota Technology, Inc.
Ill Third Avenue S., Suite 4000
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Tel: (612) 654-6201
Fax: (612) 654-5207
E-mail: jshwed@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
Other Manufacturing Extension Partnerships
Arizona:
Charles Klement, Director
Arizona Applied Manufacturing Center
c/o Gateway College
108 N. 40th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
Tel: (602) 392-5184
Fax: (602) 392-5329
California:
Katy Wolf, Director
Pollution Prevention Center
Institute for Research and Technical Assistance
2800 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 101
Santa Monica, California 90404
Tel: (310) 453-0450
Fax: (310) 453-2660
Colorado:
Craig Carlile, Director
MAMTC Colorado Regional Office
Rockwell Hall
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
Tel: (303) 224-3744
Fax: (303) 224-3715
E-mail: carlille@longs.lance.colostate.edu
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Connecticut:
Peter Laplaca, Director
Connecticut State Technology Extension Program
368 Fairfield
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2041
Tel: (203) 486-2585
Fax: (203) 486-3049
E-mail: plapplac@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
Delaware:
John J. Schwed, Director
The Delaware Manufacturing Alliance
Delaware Technology Park
One Innovation Way, Suite 301
Dover, Delaware 19711
Tel: (302) 452-2522
Fax:(302)452-1101
E-mail: jshwed@tecnet.rtie.tufts.edu
Georgia:
Charles Estes, Director
Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance
Georgia Institute of Technology
223 O'Keefe Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Tel: (404) 894-3830
Fax: (404) 853-9172
E-mail: charles.estes@edi.gatech.edu
Illinois:
Rheal Turcotte, Director
Chicago Manufacturing Technology Extension Center
3333 West Arthington
Chicago, Illinois 60624
Tel: (312) 467-0622
Fax: (312) 265-8336
E-mail: turcotte@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
Iowa:
Del Shepard, Acting Director
Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center
Des Moines Area Community College
2006 South Ankeny Boulevard, Building 18-EDG
Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Tel: (515) 965-7040
Fax: (515) 964-6206
E-mail: iowamtc@exnet.iastate.edu
Kentucky:
Kris Kimel, Director
Kentucky Technology Service
P.O. Box 1049
Lexington, Kentucky 40588
Tel: (606) 233-3502
Fax:(606)259-0986
Maryland:
Edwin Gregg, Jr., Director
Maryland Manufacturing Modernization Network
Maryland Department of Economic Development
Division of Business
217 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Tel: (410) 333-6990
Fax: (410) 333-1836
Massachusetts:
Jan Pounds, Director
Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership
Bay State Skills Corporation
101 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Tel: (617) 292-5100
Fax: (617) 292-5105
E-mail: jpounds@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
New Mexico:
Bill Rector, Director
New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Program
New Mexico, Inc.
1601 Randolph Road, S.E., Suite 210
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
Tel: (505) 272-7800
Fax: (505) 272-7810
New York:
Douglas Koop, Director
Hudson \alley Manufacturing Outreach Center
Hudson Wley Technical Development Center
300 Westage Business Center Suite'140
Fishkill, New York 12524
Tel: (914) 896-6934
Fax: (914) 896-7006
E-mail: ny0071@mail.nyser.net ,
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Betsy Poolc, Director
Western New York Manufacturing Outreach Center
Western New York Technology Development Center
1576 Sweet Home Road
Amhcrst, New York 14228
Tel: (716) 636-3626
Fax: (716) 636-3630
E-mail: ny0065@mail.nyser.net
Sara Garrctson, Director
New York City Manufacturing Outreach Center
New York ITAC
253 Broadway, Room 302
New York, New York 10007
Tel: (212) 240-6920
Fax: (212) 240-4889
E-mail: ny0076@mail.nyser.net
Mike Dziak, Director
Manufacturing Outreach Center of New York
—Southern Tier
UniPEG
1310 North Street
Endicott, New York 13760
Tel: (607) 748-9214
Fax: (607) 785-0026
E-mail: ny0069@mail.nyscr.net
Ohio:
David Thomas-Greaves, Director
Plastics Technology Deployment Center
GLMTC Manufacturing Outreach Program
4600 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44103
Tel: (216) 432-5300
Fax: (216) 361-2088
Oklahoma:
Edmund J. Farrcll, Director
Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence, Inc.
525 South Main, Suite 500
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
Tel: (918) 592-0722
Fax: (918) 592-1417
Pennsylvania:
Ray Christman, Director
Western Pennsylvania Manufacturing Extension Program
4516 Henry Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Tel: (412) 687-0200, ext. 234
Fax: (412) 687-5232
E-mail: kfill@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
Edith Ritter, Director
Pennsylvania Manufacturing Extension Program:
North/East Region Manufacturers Resource Center
125 Goodman Drive
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
Tel: (610) 758-5599
Fax: (215) 758-4716
E-mail: edie@net.bfp.org
Virginia:
John D. Hudson, Jr., Director
A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Center
231 East Church Street
Martinsville, Virginia 24112
Tel: (703) 666-8890
Fax: (703) 666-8892
E-mail: phcc@vtvml.cc.vt.edu
Washington:
Peggy Flynn, Director
Washington Alliance for Manufacturing
2401 Utah Avenue South, Suite 700
Seattle, Washington 98134
Tel: (206) 622-3456
Fax: (206) 622-1609
E-mail: pflynn@tecnet.me.tufts.edu
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Department of Defense began developing pollution
prevention programs in the late 1980s, both in response to
its own environmental responsibilities and as part of its
research and technology development activities.
In-house pollution prevention: The Department of Defense
issued an overall hazardous waste minimization policy in
1987 and set a goal of 50 percent reduction in the disposal
of hazardous wastes by 1992, which was met by August
1992. Individual services within DOD have been operat-
ing under a number of additional waste minimization poli-
cies, such as the 1989 "Hazardous Material Control and
Management Program" for the Navy. The Defense Logis-
tics Agency is involved in reassessing procurement specifi-
cations to reduce the use of hazardous materials. In
addition, "Model Community" demonstration projects
aim at institutionalizing multimedia prevention-based tech-
niques and approaches across entire federal installations.
The first of these demonstrations, die Tidewater Inter-
agency Pollution Prevention Program (TIPPP), was initi-
ated for three DOD bases (Army, Navy and Air Force) in
the Chesapeake Bay/Tidewater VA region.
Significant new pollution prevention efforts are expected as
DOD services comply with Executive Order 12856 which
requires annual public reports on wastes and releases from
federal agencies to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory and to
the states where the chemicals are released. The first re-
ports are due by July 1,1995. The public can obtain the
reported information from a national computer database
and from their respective states (see TRI User Support in
Chapter 4, Databases).
For more information, contact:
Carole Parker
Director of Pollution Prevention
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Environmental Security
Office of the Secretary of Defense
3400 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-3400
Tel: (703) 614-3045
Research and Technology Development. Among the many
projects underway in DOD are the Technology Reinvest-
ment Project (TRP) and the Strategic Environmental Re-
search and Development Program (SERDP). Each is
described below.
Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP)
The Technology Reinvestment Project is a federal effort
administered by the Advanced Research Projects Agency
(ARPA) to develop "dual-use" technologies with both
military and commercial applications, and to help small
defense firms make the transition to commercial markets.
Funded at $554 million in FY 1994, the TRP consists of
eight statutory programs established under the Defense
Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assistance Act of
1992. The project awards matching federal funds on a
competitive basis to three types of activities:
• industry-led consortia to develop technologies with the
potential for commercialization within five years;
• state- and community-based manufacturing extension
programs and other innovative mechanisms to deploy
existing technology and best practices to small firms;
and
• college and university programs to educate and train
manufacturing engineers and technicians.
Program inquiries are directed to a 1-800-DUAL-USE
hotline. A program information package (the "Red Book")
is available as well.
Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program (SERDP)
EPA, DOD and DOE jointly manage SERDP, a coordinat-
ing mechanism that supports environmental quality re-
search, development, demonstration, and application
programs. One of SERDP's primary objectives is to con-
duct projects relating to innovative technologies, manage-
ment practices, and other approaches for preventing
pollution. SERDP has developed six "technology thrust
areas" — cleanup, compliance, conservation, pollution
prevention, global environmental change, and energy con-
servation/renewable resources.
Within the pollution prevention area, the program's major
objectives focus on decreasing the quantity of disposed
wastes, ensuring that environmental ramifications are key
evaluation factors for new defense systems, and developing
substitutes for banned substances such as ozone-depleters
and asbestos. For more information or for contacts in the
participating federal agencies, contact the SERDP Infor-
mation Line at (703) 525-5300, ext. 546.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Conservation and Renewable Energy Inquiry
and Referral Service
Known as CAKEIRS and administered by DOE's National
Kcncwable Energy Laboratory, this toll-free telephone and
post office box service provides the American public with
information about energy conservation and efficiency and
renewable energy technologies. The audience is
homeowners, small businesses, energy professionals, and
educators. CAKEIRS maintains an inventory of response
materials consisting of more than 150 publications and
topical fact sheets and 500 computer-generated informa-
tion briefs, professional organization and resource lists,
educational materials, and topical bibliographies. Informa-
tion on renewable energy technologies includes active and
passive solar water and space heating, passive cooling, pho-
tovoltaics, wind energy, biomass and municipal solid waste-
to-cncrgy conversion, solar thermal electric powerplants,
gcothcrmal and ocean energy, small-scale hydroelectric
power, electric vehicles, alcohol fuels, wood heating, and
hydrogen fuel.
For more information, contact:
CAKEIRS
P.O. Box 3048
Mcrrifield, Virginia 22116
Tel: (800) 623-2929
P2Info
This pollution prevention information hotline was devel-
oped for U.S. Department of Energy facilities and contrac-
tors. P2Info is operated by Pacific Northwest Laboratory
and includes pollution prevention technologies and tools,
and vendor data from within and outside the DOE com-
plex. Callers to the P2Info hotline can receive technical
assistance in locating information on pollution prevention
in three categories: pollution prevention resources and
tools, pollution types, or process technologies.
For more information, contact:
Sallic Ortiz
P2Info
c/o Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Mail Stop P838
P.O. Box 999
Richland, Washington 99352
Tel: (509) 3P2-INFO. (509-372-4636)
Tel: (509) 372-4540 (system operator)
E-mail: p2info@pnl.gov.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clearinghouse
See Chapter 4, Clearinghouses.
Climate Change Action Plan
Energy Partnerships for Climdte Action
President Clinton released a National Climate Change
Action Plan in October 1993 in partial fulfillment of the
United States' commitment to the Framework Convention
on Climate Change signed by the U.S. and other countries
at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Cli-
mate Change Action Plan sets forth a broad array of nearly
50 programs through which the private sector can actively
participate in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The
plan includes voluntary initiatives that represent ongoing
programs (such as Green Lights), as well as new programs
such as the Motor Challenge.
DOE is responsible for about half the programs listed in
the action plan; other federal agencies, such as the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, State Department, Department of
Agriculture, and EPA, share responsibility for the rest. The
initiatives in the plan not only will result in environmental
benefits, but are expected to yield energy and cost savings
as well as a surge of new environmental protection tech-
nologies and services. DOE energy programs listed in the
plan include the following:
• Accelerating the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Pol-
lution Prevention Technologies for Industry —
DOE will provide federal support for removing techni-
cal and nontechnical barriers and for speeding the adop-
tion of energy-efficient industrial process technologies.
DOE contacts: Marsha Quinn at (202) 586-2097 or
Ron Santoro at (202) 586-8296.
• Climate Challenge — Participating utility companies
choose how to best achieve or register the most cost-
effective greenhouse gas reductions they discover on
their own, including renewables, efficiency improve-
ments, electro-technologies, joint implementation
projects, and other efforts. Over a thousand electricity
producers have already joined this program. DOE con-
tact: Marsha Quinn at (202) 586-2097.
• ClimateWise — Participants are eligible for nationwide
recognition for emission reduction achievements and
pledge commitments. DOE and EPA will help partici-
pants design and tailor a "custom fit" of Climate
Change Action Plan programs for their companies and
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refer them to appropriate technical assistance resources
to help reduce emissions still further. Contacts: Jerry
Rotas at DOE at (303) 275-4714, Pam Herman at EPA
at (202) 260-4407, and Marsha Quinn at DOE at
(202) 586-2097.
Coordinate DOE Rebuild America and EPA Energy
Star Buildings — Companies, in partnership with local
organizations and government, can apply for assistance
to retrofit their facilities with energy-efficient technol-
ogy. Through Rebuild America, DOE will help improve
buildings through grants, planning and management
support, technical assistance and training, and recogni-
tion. Contacts: Mark Bailey at DOE at (202) 586-9424
and Chris O'Brien at EPA at (202) 233-9146.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Informa-
tion and Training — This program provides training
and information materials tailored to specific needs in
the building industry, as well as detailed information on
how to best achieve cost and energy savings. DOE con-
tact: Donna Hawkins at (202) 586-9389.
Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Centers — DOE
provides free energy audits and technical recommenda-
tions, through university centers, to small- to medium-
sized businesses, as well as a range of implementation
support services to take advantage of the audits. DOE
contact: Charles Glaser at (202) 586-1298.
"Cool Communities" Program — Companies, com-
munities, and federal facilities are eligible for technical
assistance and training to reduce their energy demands
and directly sequester carbon, as well as for local gov-
ernment funding for tree planting and installing light-
colored pavement or roofing surfaces. DOE contact:
Jacob Kaminsky at (202) 586-9204.
"Golden Carrot" Programs for High-Efficiency
Industrial Air Compressors, Pumps, Fans and
Drives and Other Industrial Process Technology —
DOE will work with utilities to develop targeted incen-
tive'strategies to encourage manufacturers to deliver
and/or develop new high-efficiency equipment for
future purchase. DOE will also provide information that
identifies cost-effective, efficient process equipment.
Companies can lower their capital investments in high-
efficiency industrial equipment through collaborative
incentive programs facilitated by DOE. DOE contacts:
Jeffery Dowd at (202) 586-7258 and Paul Scheihing at
(202) 586-7234.
• "Golden Carrot" Market-Pull Partnerships — Com-
panies working toward the development of super-effi-
cient appliances (e.g., clothes washers, residential
lighting, advanced heat pumps, and central air condi-
tioning) may be eligible to enter a competition funded
by a pooled utility rebate fund. DOE contact: James
Brodrickat(202) 596-5253.
• Motor Challenge — Participants in this program will
have the opportunity to receive reliable and timely in-
formation about energy-efficient electric motor systems,
help develop new information on electric motor sys-
tems, and be recognized for innovation and achieve-
ment in this technological field. DOE contacts: Motor
Challenge Hotline and Information Clearinghouse at
(800) 862-2086 and Paul Scheihing at (202) 586-
7234.
• Residential Energy Efficiency Programs (Energy
Value Homes) — This program rewards and recognizes
home builders who build new homes that exceed the
established energy standards and/or apply active and
passive solar technologies. The program offers cost-
shared demonstration projects that showcase advanced
energy efficiency and solar techniques and new design
programs for home builders. Contacts: Jon Stone at
DOE at (202) 586-9471 and Ery Bales at EPA at (202)
233-9127.
For more information, contact:
Arlene Anderson
U.S. DOE
Climate Change Action Team
EE-71, Green Room IJ-009
1000 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: (202) 886-3818
Fax: (202) 586-9847
Innovative Concepts Program
This Department of Energy (DOE) program provides
seed-money grants to encourage energy innovation and
help new technologies move more quickly from the con-
ceptual state into the marketplace. The program seeks to
be the "first funder" for concept stage technology in spe-
cific problem areas, which for the past 3 years have been
waste minimization and utilization. The seed funding is
intended to fund concept definition to a stage at which
other prospective sponsors can more dearly assess the po-
tential of the concept. After grant completion, the funded
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projects showcase their technologies at a technology fair,
which is the primary mechanism for exposing potential
sponsors to the concepts.
For more information, contact:
Elliott Lcvinc
U.S. DOE
Conservation and Renewable Energy Division
Inventions and Innovation Division
1000 Independence Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20585
Tel: (202) 586-1478
NICE3 Grants
(National Industrial Competitiveness Through
Efficiency: Energy, Environment and Economics)
Sec Chapter 1, Grants.
Office of Technology Development Pollution
Prevention Program
DOE is currently supporting three pollution prevention
activities. One involves a collaborative program with the
U.S. Air Force in technology development. The second
involves recycling, treatment, and disposal of nonnuclear
weapons. The third involves the effective implementation
of environmentally conscious manufacturing technologies
in cooperation with the U.S. electronic industry.
For more information, contact:
Environmental Technology Innovation Service
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
P.O. Box 62
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Tel: (800) 845-2096 or (615) 576-8401
Small Business Innovation Research
Program (SBIR)/Small Business Technology
Transfer Pilot Program
The SBIR program, created in 1982, has a goal of increas-
ing the private sector commercialization of technology
developed through federal research and development ac-
tivities and increasing small business participation in federal
R&D. Eleven agencies including DOE have established an
SBIR program; applicants are selected competitively for
awards in about 45 topic areas. For more information,
contact the DOE SBIR Program Office at (301) 903-
5867.
The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) pilot
program was established in 1992 and is administered by
five agencies: DOD, DOE, Health and Human Services,
NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Under this
program, a portion of the federal agency's extramural re-
search or R&D budget is reserved for awards to small busi-
nesses for cooperative R&D to be conducted jointly with a
non-profit research institution. For more information,
contact the DOE STTR Program Office at (301) 903-
5867.
Small Business Technology Integration Program
DOE, under the Office of Technology Development, has
established this program to facilitate the development and
use of small business technologies with the DOE Environ-
mental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) pro-
gram. Specific goals are to conduct outreach activities,
assist in structuring procurements so that small businesses
are given fair representation, reduce barriers to small busi-
ness participation in the EM program, and help firms ad-
vance their technologies into the government and
commercial environmental markets.
For more information, contact:
Joseph Paladino
U.S. DOE
1000 Independence Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20585
Tel: (301) 903-7449
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Department of Transportation is involved in numer-
ous activities related to transportation, energy, and the
environment through its constituent agencies, particularly
the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit
Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1990 (ISTEA) has engendered numerous
programs related to reducing pollution from automobiles,
improving community involvement in transportation plan-
ning, implementing effective travel demand management
measures, and encouraging public transit opportunities.
For more information, contact:
Technology Sharing Program
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington, DC 20590
Tel: (202) 366-4000
Hazardous Materials Information Exchange
Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and the Department of Transportation and housed at the
Argonne National Laboratory, this computerized bulletin
board is designed for the distribution and exchange of
hazardous materials information. It provides a centralized
database for sharing information pertaining to hazardous
materials emergency management, training, resources,
technical assistance, and regulations. The audience includes
federal, state, and local governments and private industry.
To access the system at (708) 972-3275, use 8 data bits,
no parity, 1 stop bit, and up to 14,400 baud.
For more information, contact:
Cathy Gerard
Argonne National Laboratory
DIS 900
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439
Tel: (800) 752-6367 (hotline)
Fax: (708) 252-5217
HMEX Coordinator
FEMA State and Local Program Support Directorate
Technological Hazards Division
500 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20472
Tel: (202) 646-3525
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The 25-member Council on Sustainable Development was
created by President Clinton in June 1993. The Council's
mission is to explore and develop policies that encourage
economic growth, job creation, and effective use of our
natural and cultural resources. The Council's goals include
developing policy recommendations that integrate eco-
nomic and environmental concerns, sponsoring projects
that demonstrate sustainable approaches, contributing to
the work of the United Nations Commission on Sustain-
able Development, and educating the public about sustain-
able development. Council members include
representatives from industry, environmental groups, labor,
and civil rights organizations, as well the Secretaries of
Commerce, Energy, and the Interior.
For more information, contact:
World Resources Institute
1709 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 638-6300
U.S. AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
U.S. AID has created an Environmental Pollution
Prevention Project (EPS) aimed at establishing pollution
prevention programs in developing countries through a
combination of in-plant diagnostic assessments, information
services, training, and institutional support for governments,
using both paid and volunteer U.S. industry and pollution
prevention experts. An EPS office opened in Tunisia in
October 1993 to support Tunisian businesses and the Min-
istry of the Environment. EPS offices are under consider-
ation in Egypt, Ecuador, and Eastern Europe. A volunteer
program is being coordinated by the Coalition for Interna-
tional Environmental Research and Assistance (CIERA);
contact Maurice Knight at (703) 351-4004 for information
on volunteering. EPS has developed a clearinghouse and
plans to issue a quarterly newsletter (EPS News).
For more information, contact:
EPS
1530 Wilson Blvd. Suite 900
Arlington, VA 20009-2406
Tel: (703) 351-4004
Fax: (703) 351-6166
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A wide variety of publications (including
audit manuals, facility assessment guides,
specific industrial process handbooks,
toxic use reduction guides, fact sheets,
and cost analysis manuals) are available
on pollution prevention topics, as are
videos, software packages, newsletters,
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I. Clearinghouses
II. Databases
III. Periodicals & Directories
IV. Hotlines
V. Index of Centers & Associations/
Index of Training Opportunities
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Continued from previous fage—
training materials, curriculum guides, and other re-
sources. On-line data searches through databases and
waste exchanges are available as well. This chapter pro-
vides a list of selected clearinghouses, databases, periodi-
cals and directories, and hotlines. No attempt is made at
comprehensiveness. Consult the listings in earlier chapters
for additional resources provided by federal, state, and
other programs.
L CLEARINGHOUSES
California Department of Toxic Substances
Control Technology Clearinghouse
The department implements a Technology Clearinghouse
and technology transfer outreach programs. These pro-
grams convey technical waste minimization information to
generators of hazardous waste through seminars, symposia,
training sessions, and presentations. In addition, thousands
of technical documents (including waste audit studies, fact
sheets, and reports) are mailed free of charge to California
generators and distributed through local governments.
The department develops and distributes the California
Waste Exchange—Newsletter/Catalog, a semi-annual docu-
ment that contains hazardous waste information topics
such as technology innovations, recycling potential, and a
calendar of seminars and training sessions. Also, the cata-
log lists waste wanted and waste available.
For more information, contact:
KimWilhclm
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Office of Pollution Prevention
and Technology Development
400 P Street
P.O. Box 806
Sacramento, California 95812-0806
Tel: (916) 322-3670
Center for Hazardous Materials Research (CHMR)
This center offers pollution prevention workshops for in-
dustrial representatives, consultants, engineering students,
and regulatory personnel. It also has a pollution preven-
tion speakers' bureau that provides experts for conferences
of trade associations, business groups, community organi-
zations, and local governments. Other features of CHMR
are onsite pollution prevention facility assessments and
technical assistance, pesticide research and education, and a
regulatory information and technical assistance hotline.
The center disseminates a quarterly newsletter, industry-
specific manuals and fact sheets, videos, a Hazardous Waste
Minimization Manual, and other publications including
pollution prevention handbooks on the fabricated metal
products industry, industrial solvents, and the vehicle
maintenance industry. CHMR is a non-profit subsidiary of
the University of Pittsburgh, funded by multiple private
and public sector contracts.
For more information, contact:
Roger L. Price, P.E.
Manager, Pollution Prevention Programs
Steven T. Ostheim, P2 Information
& Training Programs
Center for Hazardous Materials Research
University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center
320 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
Tel: (412) 826-5321, ext. 205 (Price)
Tel: (412) 826-5321, ext. 241 (Wilk)
Fax: (412) 826-5552
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies (CWRT)
CWRT is an industry-driven, non-profit organization affili-
ated with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
CWRT is dedicated to sponsoring and developing new and
innovative waste reduction technologies and methodolo-
gies and transferring this information to industry. The
Center has more than 25 sponsors including major petro-
leum and chemical companies, other manufacturers and
users of cehmicals, engineering contractors, and
enviornmental consultants. CWRT's work comprises tar-
geted research (both generic and collaborative), technol-
ogy transfer, and enhanced education in a collaborative
efforts among industry, government, and academia. Tech-
nology transfer activities include publications and the de-
velopment of broad, interlinked databases for identification
and application of waste reduction technologies.
For more information, contact:
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 705-7462
Fax: (212) 752-3297
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clearinghouse
Sponsored by DOE, this clearinghouse promotes the appli-
cation of sustainable energy technologies and contains infor-
mation on passive solar home design, energy-efficient
appliances, biofuels production, independent power genera-
tion using renewable resources, recycling, waste-to-energy
systems, and weatherization materials and techniques. Its
documents include feet sheets, publications, brochures,
source lists, and bibliographies. Staff offer detailed technical
responses on energy efficiency and renewables, personal
business assistance for entrepreneurs and inventors, and
referrals to appropriate contacts within trade and profes-
sional associations, federal, university, and private laborato-
ries, state energy offices, and special interest groups. To
receive and respond to requests electronically, toll-free ac-
cess is provided to a computer bulletin board system via
modem; dial 1-800-273-2955, with 8 data bits, no parity, 1
stop bit, and terminal emulation VT-100 (ANSI). Access
through the Internet is at ENERGYINFO@delphi.com.
For more information, contact:
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 3048
Merrifield,VA 22116
Tel: (800) 523-2929
Tel: (800) 273-2957 (for the hearing impaired)
Environmental Financing Information Network
This network provides information on financing alterna-
tives for state and local environmental programs and
projects, including pollution prevention and control, pri-
marily in the form of abstracts of publications, case studies,
and contacts. Services include an online database, a
hotline, and distribution of publications pertaining to
financing. The case studies and abstracts outline successful
financing alternatives, while the contact profiles refer users
to financial and program experts (for example, government
officials) who have general or particular experience in pub-
lic financing and environmental programs. The hotline
provides user support and refers callers to compatible clear-
inghouses and hotlines. The database is accessible to the
public through EPA's Online Library System (OLS),
which resides on the EPA mainframe computer. OLS con-
sists of several databases that can be used to locate a variety
of environmental information. OLS is available via modem
using telecommunications software or through the
Internet. Other than telecommunications charges, there
are no additional fees for accessing OLS.
For more information, contact:
Kathryn Pease-Hulshof
Environmental Financing Information Network
Resource Management Division
U.S. EPA (3304)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-0420
Fax: (202) 260-0710
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
Opened in the fall of 1992, this clearinghouse provides
access to information about indoor air quality problems.
It is equipped with toll-free, operator-assisted telephone
access. Staff provide written information (including fact
sheets, brochures, and EPA documents), perform litera-
ture searches, and make referrals to appropriate govern-
ment and nonprofit organizations. The targeted
audience is building design, construction, and manage-
ment professionals, indoor air quality researchers and
experts, private sector diagnostic and mitigation firms,
school administrators, government officials, health prac-
titioners, the real estate industry, and the general public.
Hours of operation are Monday through, Friday, 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.
For more information, contact:
Susan Dolgin
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 37133
Washington, DC 20013-7133
Tel: (800) 438-4318
Tel: (301) 233-9030 (Dolgin)
Fax: (301) 588-3408
International Cleaner Production
Information Clearinghouse
The International Cleaner Production Information Clear-,
inghouse (ICPIC) is the PPIC's sister clearinghouse oper-
ated by the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP). The ICPIC provides information to the interna-
tional community on all aspects of low- and non-waste
technologies and methods. Patterned after the PPIC, the
ICPIC has similar functions and components, including an
electronic information exchange system that is indirectly
accessible to PIES users through nightly exchanges of
messages on the PIES Main Menu message center.
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For more information, contact PPIC (see below) or:
The Director
Industry and Environment Program Activity Center
United Nations Environment Programme
39-43 quai Andre Citroen
75739 Paris CEDEX15
France
Tel: 33-1-40-58-88-50
Fax: 33-1-40-58-88-74
ICPIC computer network: 33-1-40-58-88-78
National Center for Environmental
Publications and Information
Known as NCEPI, this center focuses on scientific/technical
and public-oriented environmental information, both in
hard copy and multimedia products. Approximately 2,500
new tides arc added annually to the NCEPI system data-
base. Services are provided to federal, state, and local agen-
cies, businesses, civic and environmental groups, academia,
and the public, both nationally and internationally. Hours of
operation are Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
EST. Current in-stock issues arc available by identifying
your name, telephone number, address to forward the pub-
lication, publication tide, and EPA document number to:
NCEPI
11029 Kenwood Road, Building 5
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Tel: (513) 891-6561
Fax: (513) 891-6685
For more information, contact:
Deborah McNcalley
U.S. EPA/NCEPI
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Tel: (513) 569-7985
Fax: (513) 569-7186
Notional Technical Information Service
Located in the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIS is
the central source for the public sale of U.S. Government-
sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.
It is also a central source for federally generated machine-
processiblc data files. It contains reports on air pollution,
acid rain, water pollution, marine pollution, marine ecosys-
tems, land use planning, fisheries management, solar en-
ergy, offshore oil drilling, solid wastes, traffic noise, and
radiation monitoring.
For more information, contact:
Chief, Order Processing Branch
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, Virginia 22161
Tel: (703) 487-4650
Fax: (703) 321-8547
Office of Water Resource Center
This center houses a reference file and database of EPA's
Office of Water publications, which are free of charge. It
also has videotapes and other resources available. EPA
employees and the general public use the center to order
documents and research references. Office of Water
guides available include the Catalog of the Office of Sci-
ence and Technology, Office of Drinking Water publica-
tions, and Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
publications. Hours of service are Monday through Fri-
day, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, with 24-hour voice
mail.
For more information, contact:
Office of Water Resource Center
U.S. EPA (4100 P)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-7786
Fax: (202) 260-4383
Pollution Prevention Information
Clearinghouse (PPIC)
PPIC has three primary functions. It is a distribution cen-
ter for nonregulatory documents emanating from the EPA
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) and
various other EPA programs. These include the Design for
the Environment (DfE) Project, the Environmental Lead-
ership Program, various grants, and state and education
and training programs (see Chapter 1 for descriptions of
these programs). Second, PPIC maintains a telephone
hotline for document orders and to refer callers to other
EPA information resources. Third, PPIC maintains a col-
lection of documents relating to pollution prevention,
waste minimization, and alternative technologies. This is
available for browsing in the EPA Headquarters Library
during visitor hours (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST) and
through EPA's Online Library System (OLS). OLS is avail-
able through a synchronous (modem) communication at
(919) 549-0720, with 7 data bits, even parity, 1 stop bit,
and half duplex. PPIC currently publishes a quarterly dis-
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tribution list. For the most recent list, call (202) 260-
1023. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (24-hour voice mail).
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
U.S. EPA (3404)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1023
Fax: (202) 260-0178
E-Mail: ppic@epamail.epa.gov
Watershed Information Resource System
Known as WIRS, this system is a resource center for biblio-
graphic information maintained by the Terrene Institute.
Formerly known as the Clean Lakes Clearinghouse, it con-
tains information on technical reports, conference pro-
ceedings, Government documents, journal articles, and
other relevant publications. WIRS abstracts and indexes
approximately 4,000 watershed-related documents, more
than a quarter of them less than 5 years old. The database
is updated annually. Complete up-to-date information is
now available on diskette. The user-friendly system is avail-
able for the special introductory price of $250; a demon-
stration disk can be purchased for $20, which can be
applied to the purchase price. Users can purchase updates
by subscription or annually.
Data can be accessed by topic, keyword, author, state or
country, waterbody name and type, and publication date.
Topics covered include aquatic ecology, watershed man-
agement and problems, wetlands, lake management and
protection, restoration techniques, best management prac-
tices, and point and nonpoint sources of pollution.
For more information, contact:
Laura Ludwig
Terrene Institute
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 801
Washington, DC 20006-1504
Tel: (800) 726-LAKE
Tel: (202) 833-8317 (Ludwig)
Fax: (202) 296-4071
II. DATABASES
Cleanup Information
Bulletin Board System (CLU-IN)
Designed for hazardous waste cleanup professionals, CLU-
IN allows for the exchange of information and technology
transfer for those involved in Superfund cleanups, RCRA
corrective action, and underground storage tank sites, with a
particular emphasis on innovative treatment technologies.
The system operator can be reached at (301) 589-8368.
For more information, contact:
Gary Turner
Technology Innovation Office
U.S. EPA(5102W)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (703) 308-7025
Fax: (703) 308-8528
EcoGopher
(for Telnet Accessible Sources (Internet))
EcoGopher is a gopher developed by the University of
Virginia's Division of Recoverable and Disposable Re-
sources. It provides access to most major environmental
resources currently available over the Internet, including
many EPA resources. It is available through TELNET>
ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu, with the login of gopher. Dial-up
access is available for 2400 baud systems at 804-924-0577
and for 9600 baud systems at 804-982-5084. Type
ecosys.drdr at the prompt, and the login is gopher. Choose
8, "Education," in the EcoGopher menu; from there,
other environmental resources are available, including
EnviroGopher (29), which supplements the resources
available on the EcoGopher. EnviroGopher provides access
to numerous environmental resources, including various
listservs and other discussion groups.
U.S. EPA Gopher
EPA Gopher is the primary public access mechanism on the
Internet for EPA. Its Internet address is gopher.epa.gov.
EPA Gopher provides a range of EPA-generated informa-
tion in electronic format and also offers access to:
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> EPA Software for Environmental Awareness (18)—
This resource gives users access to EPA-generated
freeware on a number of topics, including pollution
prevention. "Agricultural Pollution Prevention" is avail-
able through the following path: 3/1/2 agricut.zip
.
> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Online Li-
brary System (OLS) (17)—OLS is the national online
catalog of the EPA library network. It includes the cata-
logs of the Headquarters Library and all the Regional
libraries. The special collection of the PPIC is cataloged
on OLS and is recognized with the call letters PPC.
For more information, contact:
Mike Weaver
U.S.EPA(3405R)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (703) 235-5577
Fax: (703) 557-3186
EPA Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards' Technology Transfer Network
Bulletin Board Systems
The Technology Transfer Network is a network of bulletin
board systems created by EPA's Office of Air Quality Plan-
ning and Standards. There are numerous bulletin boards
covering various air-related subjects. Dial-up access is at
800-541-5742 or 919, with 8 data bits, no parity, and 1
stop bit, on a terminal that is VT-100, ANSI, or their emu-
lations. This is also available through TELNET>
ttnbbs.rtpnc.cpa.gov. Two relevant resources are as follows:
> COMPLI (Pollution Prevention Data Base) —
COMPLI has the Pollution Prevention Data Base; it is
an archive of industry case studies, regulatory actions,
professional contracts and services, training and educa-
tion opportunities, and much more. It also provides
users with an electronic mail utility and the opportunity
to be added to a list of contacts.
t> National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse
(NATT.CH) — NATTCH was established to support
state and local agency efforts to control toxic air pollut-
ants. The database contains state and local air toxics
contacts, regulatory program descriptions, ambient
concentration guidelines and standards, pollutant re-
search and methods development activities, and other
air toxics information. Federal, state, and local officials
can access NATIC directly with a valid account. The
general public can access the system free of charge via
the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
bulletin board system, Fedlink.
For more information, contact:
Vasu Kilaru
Pollutant Assessment Branch
U.S.EPA(MD-13)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: (919) 541-5332
Fax: (919) 541-4028
EPA Office of Research and Development
Electronic Bulletin Board System:
ORD has created a text-searchable database (available 24
hours a day) of all ORD publications since 1976. It also
offers such services as new information bulletins, online
registration for ORD meetings, and public domain files.
The database offers online ordering of ORD publications.
For more information, contact:
ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System
Center for Environmental Research Information
U.S. EPA
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Tel: (800) 258-9605
Tel: (513) 569-7700 (in Ohio)
Tel: (513) 569-7272 (system contact)
Fax: (513) 569-7566
FedWorld™
This pilot project run by the National Technical Informa-
tion Service (NTIS) allows access to over 100 computer
bulletin board systems operated by the U.S. Government
through the FedWorld GateWay™. The system includes a
bulletin information center, a library of computer files,
conference areas, online help, search and retrieve capabili-
ties, and a weekly listing of NTIS's 25 best sellers. To ac-
cess, dial FedWorld™ at 703-321-8020. Set parity to
none, data bits to 8, and Stop Bit to 1 (N,8,l). Set termi-
nal emulation to ANSI or VT-100. For problems or more
information, call (703) 487-4608, Monday to Friday,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.
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Hazardous Solvent Substitution Data System
Provides information on 340 substitutes for hazardous
solvents. Users can access the system free of charge by
modem or through Internet. The system contains technical
product data sheets from solvent manufacturers as well as a
link to vendor-supplied and Material Safety Data Sheets.
Key word and topic searches available.
For more information, contact:
Kevin Twitchell
Hazardous Solvent Substitution Data System
EG&G Idaho, Inc.
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2208
Tel: (208) 526-6956
Fax: (208) 526-8541
National Materials Exchange Network
Electronic linking over 40 industrial waste exchanges
across North America, this network allows users to locate
materials available and wanted, which are organized into
17 categories, using any computer and modem. Materials
include waste by-product, surplus, off-spec, over-stock,
obsolete, and damaged materials.
For more information, contact:
Patrick Moctezuma
Pacific Materials Exchange
1522 N. Washington St. Suite 202
Spokane, WA 99201-2454
Tel: (509) 325-0551
Fax: (509) 325-2086
National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
• NCMS Material Compatibility Database—Assists
users of ozone-depleting chemicals in evaluating and
selecting alternative solvents. Includes over 1300 data
elements on each of the facility-tested alternatives.
• NCMS Solvent Database—Contains information on
solvents, including chemical and physical properties,
environmental fate, health, and safety data, and regula-
tory information. Designed for use by research, design,
and development engineers, plant environmental engi-
neers, and environmental policy personnel. Based on
Paradox, the database is designed to run on an IBM-
compatible PC.
For more information, contact:
Mike Wixom
900 Victors Way
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Tel: (313) 995-4910
Fax: (313) 995-4004
OZONET
A globally accessible system containing information on
processes, materials, and technologies for substitutes for
ozone-depleting substances. The database resides in the
General Electric network and is accessible via PC and Mac-
intosh. On-line access fee: $42/hour. Contains technical
reports, published results of research investigations, prod-
uct supplier information, international legislation, and
contacts in government and industry.
For more information, contact:
David Bergman
IPC
7380 Lincoln Ave.
Lincolnwood, IL 60646
Tel: (708) 677-2850
Fax: (708) 677-9570
Pollution Prevention Information
Exchange System (PIES)
PIES is a 24-hour electronic network consisting of techni-
cal databases and mini-exchanges that focus on specific
pollution prevention issues, a calendar of events, hundreds
of case study abstracts on pollution prevention, and mes-
sage centers for interaction and exchange with users. The
International Cleaner Production Information Clearing-
house (ICPIC) and OzonAction are also available by ac-
cessing PIES.
Accessing PIES
Anyone can access PIES using either an IBM PC (or com-
patible, an Apple, or a dumb terminal equipped with a
modem (1200 or 2400 baud) with appropriate communi-
cations software. PIES is accessible through a regular tele-
phone call, the SprintNetSM network, and the EPA x.25
wide area network (for EPA employees only). The follow-
ing communications software settings are required to call
PIES on a regular telephone line:
Phone number: (703) 506-1025
Speed: 1200 or 2400
Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1
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PIES Technical Support Office
Contact the PIES Technical Support Office for informa-
tion on how government employees can access PIES toll-
free. Tel: (703) 821-4800. Fax: (703) 821-4775.
SprintNetSM
SprintNctSM is a data network subscription service that
enables users to access PIES in most major metropolitan
areas using a local telephone call. Users are billed for con-
nect time through U.S. Sprint, thus saving long-distance
telephone charges. For information on how to subscribe to
SprintNctSM, contact the PIES Technical Support Office.
SprintNctSM is not affiliated with EPA or PPIC.
RighMo-Know Network (RTKnet)
This network, familiarly known as RTKnet, is an online
telecommunications link to national environmental data-
bases. It was started in 1989 in support of EPCRA. It
receives support from EPA and several foundations. The
audience is the general public, particularly grass roots envi-
ronmentalists. Other users include states, media, industry,
and academic researchers. The sponsoring agencies are
OMB Watch and the Unison Institute.
For more information, contact:
OMB Watch/Unison Institute
1731 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1146
Tel: (202) 797-7200
TRI User Support
TRI User Support provides access and support to TRI
data in various formats, including printed reports, online
databases, CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, and computer
diskettes. The services arc provided Federal, state, local,
and international governments, industry and trade asso-
ciations, environmental and public interest groups,
acadcmia, and citizens. These services include providing
general TRI information, TRI publications, searches,
searching assistance, National Library of Medicine
TOXNET online search training, CD-ROM training,
referral to EPA regional or state TRI contacts, other TRI
resource centers, and documentation support to all public
access TRI products.
For more information, contact:
Michele Tsai
Information Management Division
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7407)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1531 (hotline)
Tel: (202) 260-0568 (Tsai)
Fax: (202) 260-4659
Waste Reduction Advisory System (WRAS)
WRAS is a computerized waste management tool designed
to provide waste generators with a range of options for
reducing and recycling industrial waste. WRAS contains a
Waste Reduction Audit Checklist, which leads the user
through a series of question to assess current waste reduc-
tion activities arid then identify potential waste reduction
techniques. It also contains a Waste Reduction Informa-
tion Bibliography which provides literature abstracts and
case studies on waste reduction technologies. Users can
search by SIC code, waste type, process, and source, as
well as by economic information, reduction techniques,
and author/tide. Available for PCs for $95.
For more information, contact:
Buz Bailey or Jenny Saunders
Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center
One East Hazelwood Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Tel: (217) 333-8940
Fax: (217) 333-8944
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Hi. PERIODICALS & DIRECTORIES
Access EPA. Directory published by EPA's Office of In-
formation Resources Management. Includes public infor-
mation tools, major EPA dockets, clearinghouses and
hotlines, library and information services, state environ-
mental libraries, and EPA acronyms. 1993 edition, EPA
220-B-93-008. Available from the Public Information
Center, U.S. EPA (3404), 401 M Street SW, Washington,
DC 20460. Tel: (202) 260-7751.
EDF Letter. Bimonthly newsletter for members, covers a
wide range of environmental issues and EDF activities in
recycling, waste reduction, environmental protection.
Contact: Membership Department, Environmental
Defense Fund, 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY
10010. Tel: (212) 505-2100.
Environmental Management Research Faculty Profile.
Pollution Engineering, 1993. A 700-page directory with
profiles of 10,000 university researchers in North America
and Mexico involved in environmental control and pollu-
tion prevention research projects. Research projects are
arranged by subject and industry. Database version is avail-
able in PC and Macintosh formats for $225. Contact:
Pollution Engineering, Book Department, 1350 E. Touhy
Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60018. Tel: (800) 523-9654. Fax:
(708) 390-2779.
Guide to Pollution Prevention Funding Organizations.
Directory of public and private organizations that fund
pollution prevention research. Available from Pacific
Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center, 1218
Third Ave. #1205, Seattle, WA 98101. Tel: (206) 223-
1151.
International Journal of Environmentally Conscious
Manufacturing. Quarterly journal providing information
to manufacturers and the general public on recent ad-
vances and research related to environmentally conscious
manufacturing. Contact: ECM Press, P.O. Box 20959,
Albuquerque, NM 87154-0959.
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.
Designed to serve and inform professionals involved with
environmental management, particularly for air pollution.
Contact: Air & Waste Management Association, P.O. Box
2861, Pittsburgh, PA 15230. Tel: (413) 232-3444. Fax:
(412) 232-3450.
Journal of Cleaner Production. Quarterly journal de-
voted to the exchange of information on research, devel-
opment, and implementation of cleaner technologies
around the world. Contact: Journals Fulfillment Dept.,
Butterworth-Heinemann, 80 Montvale Ave., Stoneham,
MA 02180. Tel: (617) 438-8464. Fax: (617) 438-1479.
National Directory of U.S. Energy Periodicals. Lists
over 700 publications on renewable energy, energy effi-
ciency, nuclear power, and other energy topics. The Na-
tional Directory of Safe Energy Organizations (6th
edition, revised) contains listings for over a thousand non-
profit groups involved in energy issues. Available in hard
copy, diskette, or as zip-coded mailing labels from Public
Citizen, 215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC
20003. Tel: (202) 546-4996.
Northeast States Pollution Prevention News, free quar-
terly newsletter. Contact: Northeast Waste Management
Officials Association, 129 Portland Street, 5th Floor, Bos-
ton, MA 02114. Tel: (617) 367-8558.
Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet: Recent Publications.
EPA fact sheet, updated periodically. Available through
PPIC, (202) 260-1203.
Pollution Prevention News. Free bimonthly newsletter
on pollution prevention topics, including reports from
EPA offices, people and places in the news, state programs,
and calendar of conferences and events. Contact: Pollution
Prevention News, U.S. EPA (7409), 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC 20460. '
Pollution Prevention Research Branch: Recent Publica-
tions. Lists new publications available free of charge from.
EPA's Center for Enviornmental Research Information.
Available from CERI, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive,
Cincinnati, OH 45268. Tel: (513) 569-7562.
Pollution Prevention Review. Quarterly journal on
source reduction and waste minimization, with emphasis
on technical and institutional issues encountered in indus-
trial settings. Contact: Executive Enterprises, Inc. 22 West
21st St., New York, NY 10010-6990. Tel: (800) 332-
8804.
Pollution Prevention Update. Highlights federal legisla-
tion, EPA initiatives, Roundtable activities, and state pollu-
tion prevention program activities. Available from the
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, 218 D Street
SE, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: (202) 543-7272.
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Pollution Prevention Yellow Pages. This directory lists
and describes state and local pollution prevention pro-
grams. New edition forthcoming late 1994. Available from
National Pollution Prevention Roundtablc, 218 D Street
SE, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: (202) 543-7272.
Public Information Center Publications List. List of
publications available from the EPA Public Information
Center. Contact: PIC, U.S. EPA (3404), 401 M Street
SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel: (202) 260-7751.
IV, HOTLINES
Reusable News. A quarterly newsletter on municipal solid
waste issues. Contact: RCRA Information Center, U.S.
EPA, 401 M Street SW (5305), Washington, DC 20460.
Tel: (800) 424-9346.
Toxics Use Reduction Research Directory. 1992. A 64-
page guide with background and contact information on
government, private, university, and international organiza-
tions involved in toxics use reduction research. Contact:
Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts
at Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854-2881. Tel: (508) 934-3275.
Fax: (508) 453-2332.
EPA:
Acid Rain Hotline 617-674-7377
Control Technology Center (Small Business Assistance Program) 919-541-0800
Environmental Technology Hotline 202-260-2686
EPCRA Hotline (TRI information) 800-535-0202
Green Lights Hotline 202-775-6650
Office of Water Resource Center 202-260-2814
RCRA, UST, CERCLA Hotline 800-424-9346
Stormwatcr Hotline 703-821-4823
Stratospheric Ozone Info Hotline 800-296-1996
TRI User Support 202-260-1531
TSCA Hotline (33/50 information) 202-554-1404
Wetlands Information Hotline 800-832-7828 (703-525-0985 international)
DOE:
CAREERS 800-623-2929
Motor Challenge Hotline 800-862-2086
P2Info 509-3P2-INFO
SWANA:
Solid Waste Assistance Program 800-677-9424
Peer Match 301-585-2898
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V. INDEX OF CENTERS & ASSOCIATIONS/ INDEX OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
This list represents selected centers and associations with a and/or educational materials. Training in pollution pre-
larger regional or national focus. Many of these organiza-
tions have extensive collections of information applicable
and available to a broad range of industries and communi-
ties. Organizations marked with an asterisk offer training
Name
American Institute for Pollution Prevention
Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials (ASTSWMO)
•California Department of Toxic Substances Control
*Center for Environmental Research Information
Center for Hazardous Materials Research
*Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
•Environment Canada
Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center
•Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center (HWRIC)
•National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
•Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA)
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center
•Pollution Prevention Education and Research Center
Solid Waste Association of North America
•Toxics Use Reduction Institute
•WRATT-University of Tennessee
•Waste Reduction Resource Center for the Southeast (WRRC)
•Waste Reduction Institute for Training
and Applications Research, Inc. (WRITAR)
vention is also available through conferences and work-
shops offered by numerous technical assistance programs
described in Chapter 2.
Location
Cincinnati, OH
Washington, DC
Sacramento, CA
Cincinnati, OH
Pittsburgh, PA
New York, NY
Ottawa, Ontario
Beaumont, TX
Champaign, IL
Ann Arbor, MI
Washington, DC
Boston, MA
Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, CA
Silver Spring, MD
Lowell, MA
Knoxville, TN
Raleigh, NC
Minneapolis, MN
Telephone
(513) 556-3693
(202) 624-5828
(916) 324-1807
(513) 569-7562
(412) 826-5321
(212) 705-7407
(613) 241-5692
(409) 880-8897
(217) 333-8940
(313) 764-1412
(202) 543-7272
(617)367-8558
(206) 223-1151
(310) 206-2098
(301) 585-2898
(508) 934-3275
(615) 974-1313
(800) 476-8686
(612) 379-5995
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