Region 8 P2 Roundtable - August 7-8, 1998,
Big Sky, Montana
Participants: Parry Burnap (CO), Dennis Clarke (SD), Kathy Dale (CO), Lara
Dando (MT), Laura Estes (MT), Danielle Fuligni (EPA-DC), Pat Jordan (WY), Mark
Lambrecht ( MT), Todd MadFadden (MT), Janis Storbo (MT), Mike Vogel (MT), Sonja
Wallace (UT), Linda Walters (EPA-CO) Facilitator: Louise Forrest (Settlement
Center)
Program Summaries:
South Dakota - Concentrates efforts in the ag sector, subs out many
efforts to accomplish more with less, always looking for networking opportunities.
Also working with P2 in schools, self-assessment programs, watersheds - Peaks
to Prairies Watershed Conference, Home*A*Syst and Farm*A*Syst, precision farming,
Bootstraps Program, animal confinement, rural community reduce reuse recycle
and water source program, industrial outreach through the School of Mines.
Wyoming - Not just p2 also compliance assistance. Started a newsletter
to raise awareness of the program. Checklists for small business. Most compliance
in WY comes from EPA intervention so EPA is the bad guy. Oil & gas people
are the biggest problem, need a good way to reach that sector. Previously did
large mining operations that worked well. Need to build trust. Produced TV PSA
to raise public P2 awareness.
Montana: Working with small business, consumers and youth, tribal, and
local governments. Some programs: on-site TAP, EcoStar Awards, small business
self-audit guide, newsletter, Home*A*Syst, real estate course, MT private land
stewardship program, youth internships, tribal through EJP2 student projects
and tribal leadership teams. Plans for local government P2 guidebook and ecostar
award, vendor equipment loan program, loss control P2, etc.
MT DEQ: Low interest loan program for energy efficiency; source reduction,
recycling and market development; Source Water Assessment Program in small communities;
biofuel and lubricant research; small business assistance program - regulatory
assistance; watershed delineation - locating and mapping watersheds at risk.
P2 partnerships - large industries; providing P2 incentives through regulations
(i.e. autobody shop project); SBAP (air quality).
Utah: Planning for the Olympics - partnering with SLOC (sustainable
facilities, materials management, environmental education, energy and water),
EPHA, NRCC 2002, DEQ Internal Group. Green Label Program - will do "Utah
Grown" program in the ag sector. National Park Service - Glen Canyon and
chemical tracking system (software program). On-site source reduction assessments;
Tele 2000; recycling - America Recycles Day; Utah P2 Association and Utah Recycling
Advisory Council.
Colorado: Internal - Change agent program from control to prevention;
making the world safe for P2; P2 included in directors evaluations; environmental
leadership program - pilot project for collecting data after compliance interaction.
External: Biannual forum, energy efficiency grants program, P2 Smart Growth
Tool Kit, P3 (Pollution Prevention Partnerships), industry-specific fact sheets,
on-site and phone technical assistance.
Region 8 EPA: Reorganized (see attached chart), Linda is 100% P2. She
wants from us: what should the new director know about our programs, case studies
of great things that have been done in our states. OPRA Office of Partnerships
and Regulatory Assistance.
EPA National: Has not heard from Region VIII for next PPIS schedule
for 2000. Competitive vs. Core funding, etc. EPA provides 2 forums for state
participation: 1) state media association forum - educate to bring back to local
P2 programs; 2) state and tribal toxics action - states give input on directions.
ISO 14000 - international environmental management standards
Some Regional Issues Identified:
- Growth in the west and pollution impact - growth planning structure
- Mining - Center of Excellence?
- Marketing - region looks alike, regional effort, once per week column
- How can Center save me time and help me build relationships?
- How to network in states like Montana, Wyoming
- Community recycling programs
- Information on how to get oil and gas to listen
- Implementing a P2 partnership with industry
- Local Government Initiatives
- P2 integration training and doing
- National P2 Act Amendment
- National Park P2
- What can new director do to help with limited dollars and resources
Partner/Provider Comments
Providers - providing direct technical assistance to industry, small business,
etc.
Partners - supporting P2 principals, a partner in the implementation of P2.
i.e. trade associations (working with providers)
The group would like to combine these in the database and refer to them as
"contacts"
List of potential contacts: Natural Resource Conservation Service, Extension
Service, Water Associations, Trade Associations, Manufacturers Associations,
Chamber of Commerce, League of Cities and Towns, Association of Counties, geological
survey, Contractors, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mining,
Small Business Development Center, MET, Mamtech, Conservation Districts, P2
yellow pages, Rocky Mountain Environmental Directory
Ideal Center Elements Identified by Group:
- Partner/Provider Database should become a "Contact Directory"
and include: siccode, key words, geographic location, description of function
and relevance to P2 - i.e. organizations to invite to conference, spray coding
regulations, etc. Database should be current and kept that way. Hi-lite new
ones on the web.
- Marketing P2 regionally for economy of effort and $$ - how to sensitize
the marketplace, coordinated effort, spread over the year, tell PPIS success
stories, consider target audiences
- Evaluation - models for evaluation, can take to governments for approval
- Library - clearinghouse of information, list resources from states and how
to get them
- Provide an infrastructure to pass on to those who come after
- Center of Excellence chosen by group
- More regional trainings - mining, industrial, regulatory integration, other
areas not done - bring in consultants
- On-site technical assistance assistance - continuing education for tech
assistance providers
- Information dissemination: heads-up, digest - need ability to consolidate
and summarize. Provide suggestions for directing information - i.e. pass this
to ag, Water Conservation groups
- Coordination conduit from EPA to the providers to eliminate duplication
of effort - can we get this info?
- Coordinate an annual roundtable
Center Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths--
- Willingness to help and to try
- Leadership/$$
- Access to media equipment/development
- Customer service
- Access to resources
- Diversity of each states program
- Responsiveness
- We are nice
- Different talents and abilities/services
Weakness--
- Busyness of individual programs - hard to be proactive
- Businesses not having access to web, dont focus toward businesses
- Use - will it be used? By who, what message?
- Road map of where to go as a Center
- Get rid of surveys
- Overcoming barrier of assistance going to another state - roundtables &
websites help
Vogels Summary of Ideal Center Elements (items hi-lited require
input from states)
- Fine-tune regional networking - coordinate/conduit/direct info, website/homepage
- Maintain/expand "provider" database
- Create P2 partner/ "contact directory" - add and review
- Regional Reference Collection - get new materials to Center & old ones
we dont have
- Regional marketing support - define elements, P2 week 99
- Evaluation/Measurement Support - compilation of formats, tools
- Mini-grant opportunities to states for: trainings, publications, measurement,
marketing, regional center of excellence, initiative
- Regional Center of Excellence - what should the emphasis be
- National Center of Excellence - Autobody
- Roundtable/phone conference calls
Center of Excellence
What can each center provide to a national network thats unique to their
center, i.e. audience group or industry center? How can each state contribute
to that process? Each Center gets one done-to-death industry (level 1 Center
of Excellence) and one they choose as the region being able to uniquely contribute
(level 2 Regional Center of Excellence).
Proposed: Region 8 is a Level 1 Center for the autobody industry (Region 9
is hospitality; NEWMOA - Metal finishing, Note: I will get information to you
about other Centers)
Regional Center of Excellence ideas - small business, mining, construction,
growth, oil & gas, rural communities, national parks, agriculture, government-federal
facilities
Construction - Chosen as Level 2 Center of Excellence in Region
8
Possible Focus List: sustainable building products, secondary markets for debris,
deconstruction - disassembly of a building, waste reduction/minimization, sustainable
development, community design, energy efficiency, residential, commercial, industrial,
roads - sand and gravel operations
Possible Elements - demonstration project, new publications, bibliography of
publications, training, peer match - linking one business to another, cutting
edge technology, innovation, R&D, marketing, gap analysis, agencies &
organizations, train the trainer for construction industry, evaluation case
study comparison - Ithaca study, MS green building
What states can contribute to construction center of excellence:
- Sonja - list of groups on sustainable building, train the trainer training
- Center - Project description of center of excellence, statistics, justification
to work on it, ask other regional centers for their information
- Parry - Mini-grant video on sustainable construction (no more than 12 minutes)
- Dennis - books from national highway & on sediment reduction
- Linda - training material or trainer for deconstruction
Next Roundtable hosted by Utah - Aug 11-13, 1999 in Park City (Center
to get costs from this year to Sonja for grant writing)
Conference calls will be once every two months, focused on a purpose, rotated
facilitator, Center will continue to set them up - 2nd Tuesday of every other
month (Oct. 13th 9:00, Dec. 8, Feb. 9)
Interest Areas for Mini-Grants $5000:
- Center of Excellence activities
- Mining - Parry, scoping study, contracted out $10-15,000; everyone talk
to mining associations
- Marketing video
- P2 financing workshop for loan officers
- NEWMOA train the trainer in Denver, money to get providers there, E2-P2
software
- Regulatory integration training
- Measurement effectiveness
Sonja to draft a letter in support of Judy Wong for Region 8 Director to
be signed by those who would like.
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