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      FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
        ONE-STOP REPORTING AND
          PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT,
                 CONTACT:
    Judy Heckman-Prouty, EPA Region I
         Telephone: (617) 565-3269
          Facsimile: (617) 565-1141
   E-mail: heckman.judy@epamail.epa.gov
       Meg Kelly, EPA Headquarters
         Telephone: (703) 603-7188
          Facsimile: (703) 603-9167
   E-mail: kelly.margaret@epamail.epa.gov
        Craig Weeks, EPA Region VI
         Telephone:  (214) 665-7505
          Facsimile: (214) 665-7446
    E-mail: weeks.craig@epamail.epa.gov
                PREPARED FOR:
     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
         Technology Innovation Office
           Washington, D.C. 20460
        and the One-Stop Reporting and
          Public Access Project Team


        WORK ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 051

       DATE PREPARED: September 11,1996

        CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-W5-0055

   EPA WORK ASSIGNMENT MANAGER: Meg Kelly
           TELEPHONE: (703) 603-7188

PREPARED BY: PRC Environmental Management, Inc.

  PRC WORK ASSIGNMENT MANAGER:  Patricia Reed
           TELEPHONE: (703) 287-8845

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                                                                     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


              IN JULY 1994, THE UNITED STATES (U.S.) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
               Agency (EPA) announced the creation of the Common Sense
               Initiative (CSI). Six industry sectors were chosen to begin the
             initial phase of the initiative.  In the petroleum refining sector, the
                  One-Stop Reporting and Public Access Project Team has
               completed its project. This Executive Summary describes the
               project team objectives, membership, the approach taken, the
                  results obtained, and the recommendations developed.

             This Executive Summary was prepared by the project consultant,
              PRC Environmental Management, Inc. (PRC), and reflects PRC's
               observations. This document also is the product of successful
               consensus-building and cooperation among a wide variety of
              stakeholders representing government, environmental and envi-
              ronmental justice organizations, community, industry and labor,
             and other stakeholders. Project team members believe that much
                can be learned from the process they adopted, and that their
                   findings, conclusions, and recommendations can lead
                  to real "common sense" changes that result in cleaner,
                     cheaper, and smarter environmental protection.

                  Additional information on the One-Stop Reporting and
                     Public Access Project, including the final report,
                     can be obtained from the resources identified on
                         the inside front cover of this document.
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      Lois Epstein
      Environmental Defense Fund

      Karen Granata
      Toledo Department of Public Utilities

      Dennis Parker
      Conoco

      Mark Perry
      Marathon Oil Company
      Texas City, Texas
Wayne Roush
Shell Oil Company

Wilma Subra
Louisiana Environmental
Action Network

Steve Thompson
Oklahoma Department
of Environmental Quality
      EPA SUPPORT STAFF
PROJECT CONSULTANT
      Judy Heckman-Prouty
      Meg Kelly
      Craig Weeks
      United States Environmental
      Protection Agency
Patricia Reed
Carrie Capuco
Michael Rolen
PRC Environmental
Management, Inc.
                      One-Stop Reporting and Public Access Project
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OVERVIEW OF THE
COMMON SENSE
INITIATIVE
IN JULY 1994, UNITED STATES (U. S.) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Administrator Carol Browner announced the creation of the Common Sense
Initiative (CSI). CSI is EPA's highest-priority effort to implement the President's
regulatory reinvention mandate. CSI reflects EPA's commitment to setting strong
environmental standards, while encouraging common sense, innovation, and
flexibility in how standards are achieved.  The goal of CSI is cleaner and cheaper
environmental  protection,  which may  be achieved by modifying  existing
environmental statutes, regulations, and policies or by developing entirely new
options.  The approach is tailored to the specific concerns within an industry and
among stakeholders associated with that industry, in contrast to the "one-size-fits-
all" approach to environmental regulation that has been the norm in the past.

The objective in establishing CSI is to bring together representatives of federal
agencies; state and local governments; environmental and environmental justice
organizations; community, industry, and labor; and other stakeholders to examine
the full range of environmental requirements affecting industry. The six industry
sectors that EPA has chosen to begin the initial phase of this initiative are listed
below:
                              1. Auto assembly
                              2. Computers and electronics
                              3. Iron and steel
                                            4. Metal finishing
                                            5. Petroleum refining
                                            6. Printing
                      For each industry sector, EPA formed a team of representatives from numerous
                      stakeholder groups. Teams are co-chaired by EPA Assistant Administrators and
                      Regional Administrators.

                      Elliott P.  Laws, EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
                      Response, and A. Stanley Meiburg, Deputy Regional Administrator for EPA Region
                      TV, are the current co-chairs of the Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee. The
                      subcommittee has  23 members, all of whom are appointed by Administrator
                      Browner.

                      The Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee at present has formed two project
                      teams:

                          • The Equipment Leaks Project Team addresses issues related to
                             loss of process fluids/vapors through equipment leaks.

                          • The One-Stop Reporting and Public Access Project Team
                             addresses regulatory reporting requirements that govern air
                             emissions and the public's access to and understanding and use
                             of the information provided in those reports.

                      This document  focuses on the findings of the One-Stop Reporting and Public
                      Access Project.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
                      THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED A PILOT PROJECT TO FACILITATE ANALYSIS OF A
                      "real world" scenario. The pilot facility was identified by soliciting volunteers
                      based on criteria developed by the project team. The Marathon Refinery in Texas
                      City, Texas was selected as the pilot facility for this project.
THE ONE-STOP
REPORTING AND
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PROJECT
                      The Marathon Refinery is a medium-sized (capacity of 70,000 barrels per day
                      [BPD]) and middle-aged (1930s) petroleum refinery.  It is located in an area where
                      the public had shown a willingness to participate in the project: the Texas City/
                      LaMarque, Texas area has an existing Community Advisory Panel (CAP) of local
                      residents that serves seven facilities in the Texas City area, including the Marathon
                      Refinery.

                      The goals of the pilot project are threefold:
                             Eliminate redundancy, duplication, and obsolescence in the
                             reports of air emissions.

                             Facilitate the access to and understanding and use of reported
                             data among the affected community.

                             Translate the results of the pilot project into issues to be
                             considered further and recommendations to the CSI Council.
                      The project focused on selected federal environmental (EPA) and Occupational
                      Safety  and Health Administration (OSHA)  and state  (Texas) air emissions
                      reporting requirements (there were no applicable local requirements).

                      The project team was made up of representatives of many stakeholder groups,
                      including representatives of refining companies, staff members of state and local
                      environmental regulatory agencies, and members of local and national public
                      interest and community groups.

                      In addition to the members of the project team, several other groups of individuals
                      provided their advice and viewpoints during this project. Information was sought
                      from all those individuals, in addition to the project team, so that the observations
                      could be developed fully into options acceptable to most, if not all, stakeholders.
                      Those parties include:

                           • Staff of the Marathon Refinery

                           • The Texas City/LaMarque CAP and its facilitator

                           • Regulatory personnel of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
                             Commission (TNRCC)

                           II Staff of EPA Headquarters, EPA Region VI, and the EPA Office of
                             Air Quality Planning and Standards

                           M Staff of the American Petroleum Institute (API)

                           If Members of the Texas City/LaMarque community
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                     IN LATE NOVEMBER 1995, PRC (THE PROJECT CONSULTANT) BEGAN TO ASSIST THE
                     project team in implementing the One-Stop Reporting and Public Access Project. To
PROJECT            achieve the goals of the project, the project team identified and implemented the
APPROACH          following general approach:
                             Solicit project team members who are representative of the
                             stakeholder community.

                             Scope a narrow focus for the project and project approach.

                             Enlist a pilot facility and communicate to that refinery the
                             incentives and parameters of the project and how EPA would
                             apply policies (such as enforcement) during the project period.

                             Identify the members of the existing CAP and enhance, if
                             necessary, the membership to cover additional interested groups
                             to ensure that, to the extent possible, the representatives of the
                             community reflect the diversity of issues and needs in the
                             community.

                             Meet with community representatives in the vicinity of the
                             Marathon Refinery to obtain their views on their information
                             needs and the degree to which they have access to and
                             understand and use the reported air emissions information.

                             Conduct research on federal and state regulations that establish
                             reporting parameters for air emissions that are applicable to
                             refineries in general and to the pilot refinery in particular.

                             Work closely with the Marathon Refinery to verify applicable
                             reporting requirements and obtain information on the practices
                             of and burden of fulfilling the reporting requirements.

                             Develop a database to help organize, analyze, and classify the
                             reporting requirements for air emissions.

                             Prepare and present status briefings to the community and
                             members of the CSI Subcommittee and Council.

                             Document the procedures and processes applied throughout the
                             project to facilitate transfer to future endeavors.

                             Develop observations and formulate recommendations that
                             incorporate information from the project team, the Marathon
                             Refinery, regulatory agencies, and representatives of the
                             community.

                             Prepare briefings and a final report.
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                     ALTHOUGH THE REGULATORY ANALYSIS COULD BE CONDUCTED ACADEMICALLY TO
                     identify the areas of redundancy and overlap in the regulations, the project team
SOLICITING         determined that the  only way to identify public information needs and the
PUBLIC INPUT       accessibility of the information that is currently available is to ask the community.
	  The project team benefited from the availability of the CAP as a  means of
                     communicating with the community.

                     Consequently, with the assistance of the professional facilitator already associated
                     with it, the Texas City/LaMarque CAP was consulted about its information use
                     and needs with respect to air emissions reporting requirements.  The CAP is
                     composed of both members of the community who work or have worked at the
                     local refineries and chemical plants and those who work or have worked in other
                     local businesses. The members include health professionals, financiers, engineers,
                     teachers, ministers, and representatives of many other groups. The CAP meets
                     monthly with several industry liaisons (facility management) to discuss issues of
                     interest to the local community that are directly affected by industry.

                     In March 1996, members of the project team attended a meeting of the CAP to which
                     several other individuals had been invited.  For this  project, the  project team
                     realized that it was advantageous to include persons in the community who were
                     not currently serving as members of the CAP. That group was  called the
                     Community Advisory Panel Plus (CAP+). The other individuals invited included
                     local emergency response personnel, state enforcement officials, representatives of
                     labor, representatives of local  churches,  and  local  environmental  officials.
                     (However, representatives of labor and of local churches were not able to attend the
                     meeting.) At that March 1996 meeting, the project team discussed the access of the
                     CAP+ to air emissions reports and its understanding and use of that information.
                     Because the project was new to the CAP+, follow-up telephone calls were placed to
                     all who attended. From that information, combined with the information gathered
                     during the meeting, a set of preliminary observations about community access to
                     and understanding and use of air emissions reporting information was developed.

                     The preliminary observations then were presented to a larger group at a public
                     meeting hosted by the CAP+ in early June 1996. The opportunity to participate in
                     this project through the June meeting was advertised in local newspapers - both
                     Spanish and English; posted in flyers throughout the community; posted in the pilot
                     facility's newspaper and on bulletin boards; distributed by direct mailings to
                     community environmental groups; and offered in person, as flyers were distributed
                     door-to-door. In addition to the 15 to 20 CAP+ members, another four members of
                     the public who are not members or regular observers of the CAP attended the June
                     meeting.  Their views  were considered by the project team as findings  and
                     recommendations were developed.
                     THE FOCUS OF THE PROJECT DELIBERATELY HAS BEEN KEPT NARROW. THE PROJECT TEAM
                     made a distinction between "reporting" and "recordkeeping" requirements related
PROTECT S COPE     *o a** emissions. Although some of the reporting requirements are met by drawing
	  on records that must be kept regularly, many more records must be kept at the
                     facility.  Because the goals of reporting and recordkeeping differ, the participants
                     agreed that the pilot project would focus only on reporting requirements.
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                     The project team decided to identify and analyze not only environmental (EPA and
                     state) regulations that require air emissions reports to regulatory agencies, but also
                     applicable air emissions regulations promulgated by OSHA.  These regulatory
                     reporting requirements include reports made to employees, as well as those made
                     to the appropriate OSHA authorities. Further, the analysis included only those
                     regulations that were determined to be applicable to the Marathon Refinery on
                     December 31,1995.

                     The project team discussed the difference between required air emissions reports
                     and required notifications (such as notification of startup). The group agreed that
                     the scope of the project would include notifications, in addition to periodic reports,
                     because  the notifications  contribute to the  volume of paperwork submitted to
                     regulatory agencies.

                     The project team also agreed to categorize as  reporting requirements tools
                     developed by state or local agencies, such as the Inspection Protocol Guidance (IPG)
                     report required by the TNRCC. Therefore, the three areas under review were
                     statutes, regulations, and guidance.

                     The project team agreed to  the  following exclusions: 1) accidental release
                     reporting under sections  311  (the Material Safety Data Sheet [MSDS]) and 312
                     (Emergency  and Hazardous Chemical Inventory  Forms)  of the Superfund
                     Amendments and  Reauthorization Act (SARA),  and notifications required
                     under the  Comprehensive  Environmental Response, Compensation,  and
                     Liability Act (CERCLA) section 103(c) because they were beyond the scope of
                     this effort; 2) the asbestos  National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
                     Pollutants (NESHAP) (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M) because of  its unique nature;
                     and 3) the requirements  under development under CAA section 112(r), risk
                     management reporting, because  the proposed regulation  was expected to
                     change during the project.
        SUMMARY OF KEY
KEY FINDINGS
FOLLOWING is A SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED
by the One-Stop Reporting and Public Access Project Team. These findings and
recommendations are based on the Marathon Refinery pilot project that addressed
specific federal and state environmental air emissions reporting requirements and
on input from the Texas City/LaMarque community where the Marathon Refinery
is located. The findings are presented in conjunction with the project goals to which
they are related.

       ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY, DUPLICATION, AND OBSOLESCENCE DM THE
       REPORTS OF AIR EMISSIONS.

Air emissions reports are required by statute and regulation for a number of
purposes, and stakeholders have different uses for the reported data. Purposes of
reporting air emissions data include:
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                             Demonstrate compliance with federal, state, and local statutory
                             mandates to ensure the protection of human health and the
                             environment

                             Provide information to the public

                             Provide information necessary to ensure proper and
                             adequate federal, state, and local emergency prevention,
                             preparedness, and response
                      Air emissions reports are used by 1) industry, 2) regulators, 3) environmental
                      organizations, and 4) citizens. Uses of air emissions reports include demonstrating
                      progress in emissions reduction and providing facility performance information.

                      The regulatory environment affecting air emissions reporting in the petroleum
                      refining industry is complex. To conduct the regulatory analysis portion of the
                      project, a database  was designed using Microsoft Access software.  The
                      database  was constructed by  identifying 445 separate reporting  tasks  or
                      reporting requirements* that are outlined in federal environmental and OSHA
                      and in state of Texas air emissions regulations.   (There are  no  local air
                      emissions reporting  regulations for this refinery.)

                      It is important to note that while a "universal" list of 445 reporting requirements was
                      developed:

                          H Not all of those reporting requirements are applicable to any one
                             refinery, because requirements are contingent upon the type and
                             age of equipment used, and the types of processes undertaken at a
                             facility

                          • Statements regarding the number of reports prepared cannot be
                             made because the relationship between the number of reporting
                             requirements and the number of reports  produced was not
                             examined

                      Once the "universal" database was developed, PRC worked closely with the
                      Marathon Refinery to identify and verify the reporting tasks that were
                      applicable to the refinery and a subset of reporting tasks was identified as
                      applicable to the Marathon Refinery. All subsequent analyses were con-
                      ducted by using the  database of reporting tasks that apply to the Marathon
                      Refinery.
 For example, a quarterly report, required under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Subpart J, 40 Code
 of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60.107 (c) (1) through (6), mandates completion of such reporting tasks as: report
 any 7-day period when the average emissions rate of sulfur dioxide emission standards were not met and report
 any 30-day period when sulfur oxides data collection requirements were not met. Such reporting tasks are counted
 separately in the database and in the analysis because they are distinct actions.
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               Analysis of this database resulted in the following general observations:
        Approximately 51 percent (227) of the
       air emissions reporting requirements
       contained in the "universal" database
       are applicable to the Marathon
       Refinery, which is a medium-sized,
       middle-aged facility.
Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
      That Apply to Pilot Facility
                                                                   Total = 445
       Approximately 86.3 percent (196) of the
       air emissions reporting requirements
       applicable to the Marathon Refinery are
       required under the Clean Air Act.  The
       remaining legislative drivers are: state
       of Texas, 7.5 percent (17); SARA, 0.9
       percent (2); the Resource Conservation
       and Recovery Act (RCRA), 0.9 percent
       (2); and OSHA, 4.4 percent (10).
         Legislative Drivers for
              Pilot Facility
                            Texas 7.5% (17)

                              SARA 0.9% (2)
                              RCRA 0.9% (2)
                               OSHA 4.4% (10)
            \   Clean Air Act    /
            \   86.3% (196)
                                                                    Total =227
       Approximately 45 percent (102) of the
       air emissions reporting requirements
       applicable to the Marathon Refinery are
       reported on a per-occurrence basis.
       Approximately 38 percent (86) of the
       requirements are reported on a regular
       basis (5.3 percent annually, 26 percent
       semiannually, and 6.6 percent
       quarterly), and approximately
       17 percent (39) are reported on a
       one-time basis.
          Report Frequency for
              Pilot Facility
   Regular
   Basis*
   38% (86)
                                                 •5.3% (12) Annually
                                                  26% (59) Samiannually
                                                  6.6% (15) Quarterly
  Each
Occurrence
 45% (102)
                    One Time
                    17% (39)

                 Total =227
       Many of these reports are submitted to demonstrate compliance.  However, if a facility is in
       compliance, such reporting may be viewed as unnecessary. Alternatives should be explored to
       identify other options for demonstrating compliance and goodwill. Other findings regarding the
       process of regulatory reporting include the following, which have not been prioritized:
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                        In the opinion of the Marathon Refinery environmental coordinator, three main
                        environmental air emissions reports are the most time-consuming to prepare: the
                        annual TRI, the annual report prepared in response to the TNRCC Inspection
                        Preparation Guidance (IPG), and the annual state emissions inventory. Two of
                        these three most time-consuming reports appear to be used by regulators, and
                        the TRI is used by the public (but to a limited extent by the Texas City public).
                        The project team noted the inverse relationship between the relative percentage
                        of requirements imposed on the pilot facility under SARA Title HI (0.9 percent)
                        and under the Clean Air Act (86.3 percent) and their respective use by the
                        public.

                        The  EPA  project consultant  and refinery were  unable  to easily conduct a
                        comparative  analysis  of the  cost  (regulatory  burden)  of  completing
                        environmental air  emissions reporting  requirements, using EPA estimates
                        developed when the regulations were  established and estimates of actual
                        experience provided by Marathon Refinery staff.  Therefore, this pilot project
                        demonstrates that it would be extremely difficult to compare with any degree of
                        accuracy the actual regulatory burden with EPA estimates.

                        There  is  vast inconsistency regarding timing  and frequency of  reports,
                        which leads to confusion on the part of the pilot facility and additional time and
                        resources expended to comply with the varying frequency of report requirements.

                        The age of equipment currently contributes to the regulatory requirements that
                        apply. (For example, over time, separate regulations were developed to address
                        tanks having different construction dates, which is confusing for facilities that have
                        numerous tanks of various ages.) It is not apparent why this age issue needs to
                        continue to be addressed through separate regulations.

                        The  analysis  of air emissions  reporting regulations led to the conclusion
                        that  the  air emissions  regulatory  reporting  requirements  exhibit less
                        redundancy and more complexity than originally anticipated.  However, it
                        should be pointed out that a thorough analysis and review of the Marathon
                        Refinery's files was not conducted to identify all cases of redundancy.
                            FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF
                            REPORTED DATA AMONG THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.

                     Presented below are comments gathered from the CAP+ meeting and the
                     community meeting held in Texas City, Texas. During the two community
                     meetings, some members of the community expressed the following views,
                     which have not been prioritized:

                        The Texas City/LaMarque CAP, with its neutral facilitator, may be able to
                        help the public understand and have access to air emissions data reported by
                        the refinery. For example, the annual TRI data summary report is prepared
                        by local industries and presented to the CAP.

                        Some members of the community have a desire to receive air emissions
                        information in terms of how such emissions affect their health.
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                         The current regulatory reporting system does not provide a comprehensive
                         view  of air reporting at the facility.  There appears to be  a  great deal of
                         information on air emissions from specific units, but the system does not
                         require comprehensive and consistent reporting on the entire facility.

                         The air  emissions information  currently reported  may  not be in a form
                         understood by and readily available to the public.

                         Some members of the community are generally more interested in episodic
                         events that impact the community. However, the public may not be aware of all
                         episodic events that have occurred.

                         Some members of the community are interested in obtaining release information
                         that currently is reported to regulatory agencies but is not part of the Toxics
                         Release Inventory (TRI).
                              TRANSLATE THE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROJECT INTO ISSUES TO
                              BE CONSIDERED FURTHER AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
                              CSI COUNCIL.

                      The project team developed the following recommendations, which have not been
                      prioritized:

                         Test the Microsoft Access "universal" database of air emissions reporting
                         requirements with interested parties. Issues to be resolved in implementing the
                         pilot project include:

                               • Maintaining current regulatory data

                               • Offering electronic access on the Internet

                               • Developing an appropriate designation for the tool,
                                 such as guidance

                         Develop and test at a pilot facility a new air emissions reporting system that is
                         sector-based. Such a new system would be based upon a semiannual status
                         report that would record accomplishments over the past six months and project
                         planned activities for the coming six months.  Issues  to  be resolved  in
                         implementing the pilot include:

                               II Formats  (the report could be broken down in different ways,
                                 such as by tanks or fugitive emissions, or could be in checklist
                                 or "fill-in" format similar to that of tax forms)

                               • Types  of report requirements (such as separate reports for
                                 routine or periodic reports and episodic reports, as designated)

                               • Schedule (to ease the regulatory agency's burden of review, a
                                 revolving schedule could be developed for industries so that
                                 different six-month intervals are assigned to different refineries)
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                               li  Public accessibility (solicit public input on the format and content
                                  of the report and identify ways to make the information accessible,
                                  such as on the Internet)

                         Develop a pilot  project that  addresses  multi-media regulatory reporting
                         requirements for a petroleum refinery.
               During this project, the project team identified several logical follow-on efforts, which
               have not been prioritized:

                       P Create consolidated reporting requirements for refineries to ease the burden on
                         industry while providing the same level of environmental protection and
                         needed information to regulators and the general public.

                       M Address the inability to compare the EPA estimates with the actual reporting
                         burden.

                       H Evaluate whether there could be better indicators (or one indicator per facility)
                         of health effects for the public.

                       H Improve the way new regulatory requirements are established:  do not write
                         regulations in a vacuum, and consider the results of the pilot project to avoid
                         creating an even more complex regulatory structure.

                       B Provide the CSI Council a list of lessons learned on this pilot project to facilitate
                         information transfer to other groups and efforts. (Lessons learned include
                         involving multiple stakeholders,  using a real facility  in an evaluation, and
                         keeping the approach and scope simple).

                       • Consider selecting one electronic format that does not change from year to year.
                         Facilities invest in changing formats and systems, and then the requirements are
                         altered  by regulatory agencies.

                       M Evaluate whether there are other ways to make regulatory agencies comfortable
                         with the compliance status of facilities. Assess programs and approaches such
                         as the Environmental Leadership Pilot (ELP) Program and self-audits.
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   December
   Hold Kick-off
   Meeting with
   Marathon
   Refinery Staff
Begin Data
Collection and
Analysis
Continue Data
Collection and
Analysis
   Meet with
   Community
   Advisory Panel
  Present Preliminary
  Findings
 Refine Preliminary
 Report
   Refine Findings
   and Draft Report,
   Obtain Input
   from Expanded
   Audience
   Present
   Findings to Petroleum
   Refining Sector
   Subcommittee
   Revise Draft Report,
   Prepare Draft
   Executive
   Summary

  Finalize Report and
  Executive Summary,
  Present Findings to
  CSI Council
     Implement
     Recommendations
      Implement
      Recommendations
The project team met all deadlines, and plans to implement
recommendations in late 1996 and in 1997.

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