2004 PPIS Grants

Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI)
Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE)
Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU)
Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA)

REGION 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Robert Guillemin

CONNECTICUT
Recipient: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
EPA Funding: $77,710
Using a P2 Metrics database, CT DEP will conduct surveys to measure the P2 and compliance success of 100 garment cleansers, 400 vehicle repair facilities and clients served by CONNSTEP between 1999 and 2003. CT DEP will partner with HAZNET to provide outreach to 25 towns (representing 25% of the state's population) on alternatives to toxic cleaners and other hazardous home products. DEP will provide train-the-trainer presentations for HAZNET members, education materials, ten "suitcase" exhibits, "green" cleaning caddies, and a report comparing HHQ collection data from 2004 to 2005. CT DEP will continue to sponsor the Connecticut Hospital Environmental Roundtable, including three meetings that focus on environmental compliance, P2, and waste reduction. Twenty-six of 32 Connecticut hospitals are current members of the Roundtable. CT DEP will publish and distribute four issues of "P2 View" to 1,800 readers.

MAINE
Recipient: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP)
EPA funding: $75,000
The P2 grant will fund the state's P2 assistance office, including phone assistance, P2 presentations, and maintenance of P2 partnerships with Maine business and environmental organizations. ME DEP will oversee implementation of P2-oriented EMSs (with an emphasis on PBTs) at 2-4 facilities with one day of assistance per month for each facility. ME DEP will also host an EMS training workshop and convene an EMS users group for all ISO certified facilities in the state to promote EMS mentorship programs. To track environmental improvements and benefits of the EMS, ME DEP will install a P2 Metrics Database developed by NEWMOA.

MASSACHUSETTS
Recipient: University of Massachusetts, Lowell's Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
EPA funding: $52,000
UMASS Lowell's Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI) will continue to identify small businesses that use Trichloroethylene (TCE) and other chlorinated solvents in Massachusetts and offer on-site technical assistance to reduce use and/or locate other alternatives. Support will be provided by MA OTA and TURI's Surface Cleaning Lab. Work will include a workshop on TCE risks and alternatives.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Recipient: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES)
EPA Funding: $80,000
NH DES will continue its work with healthcare facilities to reduce the use of mercury and improve compliance by encouraging participation in EPA's H2E program and coordinating with the New Hampshire Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. To assist vehicle salvage facilities with compliance and the voluntary collection of mercury switches, NH DES will offer workshops and a self-certification program based on ERP. NH DES will also revisit work conducted in 2001 by providing P2 and compliance assistance outreach to marinas. This assistance will include a conference, support of EPA's Clean Marine Engine program, and a Best Management Practices manual. Funds will also be used to institute a "Green Fleets" initiative for all NH State Department Fleets to promote the purchase and use of more efficient less polluting vehicles. All projects will be measured for progress in the areas of pollution prevention and compliance.

RHODE ISLAND
Recipient: Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Commission (RI NBC)
EPA funding: $35,000
To manage stormwater runoff, RI NBC will conduct five assessments of commercial facilities, develop a Stormwater Best Management Practices manual for commercial facilities, and disseminate the publication through the Sewer Connection Permitting Program. To minimize the impact on CSO discharge, RI NBC will conduct five environmental compliance/P2 assessments and develop a set of Best Management Practices for minimizing industrial pollutants. RI NBC will monitor and report on the P2 progress of participating commercial facilities. The grant will help integrated P2 and compliance for sources of stormwater runoff and CSO discharge.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island (URI)
EPA funding: $78,000
The University of Rhode Island (URI) will build on work from past P2 grants to analyze the effectiveness of the auto body ERP programs with follow-up visits to approximately 50 auto body shops. P2 and compliance outcomes will be entered into a P2 Metrics Database. Funding will also support the Center for Pollution Prevention, RI's only public resource providing P2 technical assistance for industry. The grant will help integrate P2 and compliance assistance with auto body shops and measure the effectiveness of P2 and compliance.

VERMONT
Recipient: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC)
EPA Funding: $75,000
Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation will support the Vermont Small Business Development Center in providing P2 assistance to businesses, including 5-10 new members to the Green Hotel Program, 15 P2 opportunity assessments for the vehicle service sector, 10-15 energy/lighting audits and reports to small businesses, and 5 workshops on P2 and compliance for Conditionally Exempt Generators (150 attendees). DEC will enlist 15 new vehicle service partners in the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership. The grant will initiate a Vermont Hospital Environmental Roundtable to provide 2-3 meetings and 3-5 on-site P2/compliance assistance. VT DEC will support the Small Business Compliance Assistance Program to provide phone assistance and 15 on-site P2/compliance assistance opportunity assessments, as well as 5 fact sheets on regulatory and P2 topics. VT DEC will develop a Municipal POTW Assistance Initiative to provide on-site P2 audits for 10-20 businesses with commercial discharges. VT DEC will also create a POTW auditing tool on P2 and best management practices and offer presentations.

REGION 2 (NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Tristan Gillespie

NEW JERSEY
Recipient: Rutgers University
Project title: "Enhancing Adoption of Biopesticides Through Development of an Online Database"
EPA funding: $75,000
Rutgers will develop a user friendly online database that focuses on biopesticides currently registered with EPA. The database will include searchable information on which crops are registered, and what pest control is currently taking place. Background information on how to utilize biopesticides and information on the benefits of biopesticides will also viewable from the database.

Recipient: Rutgers University
Project title: "P2 through EPP of Products & Services at New Jersey Higher Education Institutions"
EPA funding: $50,000
Rutgers proposes to provide self-selected New Jersey higher education institutions with EPP training, technical assistance, and assistance in creating EPP curriculums. The primary focus of EPP at these institutions will be P2, particularly substitutions for toxic materials. This will create a group of "early adopters (students)" and a body of material and experience which can be used to extend such EPP programs to higher education institutions across New Jersey and throughout the country.

Recipient: Rutgers University
Project title: "Disseminating Critical Information about Alternatives to Hazardous Substance Treated Wood: A Web-based, Bilingual & Multi-Cultural Approach"
EPA funding: $50,000
Rutgers will develop two seminars about alternative Hazardous Substance Treated Lumber products targeted to the needs of the Indian Nations, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Rutgers will video tape the seminars, translate the materials into Spanish, and disseminate the seminars via the web and CD-ROMS. Rutgers will also design a digital library/clearinghouse for all materials related to HSTL alternatives.

NEW YORK
Recipient: Binghamton University
Project title: "Environmental Conservation in Electronic Manufacturing"
EPA funding: $100,000
Binghamton University, in collaboration with industries, will identify opportunities to systematically eliminate lead and halides from electronic manufacturing. The applicant proposes to identify lead-free alternatives as well as identify opportunities to reduce the use of other resources, such as water, electrical power, and paper.

Recipient: Cornell University
Project title: "Development, Implementation & Evaluation of web-based P2 and EMS for Marinas & Boatyards"
EPA funding: $65,831
The applicant proposes to design, construct, test and publicize a multimedia web site that will serve as a "one stop" repository of information on pollution control BMP and regulations for marinas. The goal is to encourage marina and boatyard operators to adopt comprehensive EMS approaches to pollution management. The applicant proposes to provide the operators with practical information that will allow them to easily identify, select and implement cost-effective pollution control techniques and strategies tailored to their individual facilities and needs.

Recipient: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
Project title: "Mercury Free Schools Program"
EPA funding: $25,000
NYSDEC will hire NEWMOA as a contractor to help design and deliver several workshops to educate NYSDEC staff on how to work with the schools to identify, collect and recycle mercury and mercury-containing products. NEWMOA will also serve as a consultant to NYSDEC providing technical assistance on an "as needed" basis and provide guidance materials.

Recipient: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYSDEC
Project title: "Promoting EMS"
EPA funding: $70,000
NYSDEC will perform the following:

Hire a consultant to assist in the development of an EMS at two of its facilities.
Provide general EMS training to DEC permitting and compliance staff. More advanced EMS training will be provided to staff involved in auditing. This will also help fund travel expenses and registration fees.
Provide EMS training to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Recipient: St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Project title: "Green Building Technology"
EPA funding: $40,629
The Tribe will perform the following:

Develop a green building model that construction companies can use to develop green building design plans and use green building technologies in the actual construction processes. This model will also be shown at the Green Building Expo.
Develop a Green Building Handbook - the purpose of this handbook is to provide information that would allow other organizations to incorporate green building practices into their practices.
Hold a Green Building Expo. The purpose of this expo is to introduce green building practices to the community and to showcase the plans for new building. Copies of the Green Building Handbook, developed in the previous task, will be given to the expo participants.

REGION 3 (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Maryann Helferty

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Recipient: District of Columbia Department of Health
Project title: "Sustainable Gardening and Green Marinas in D.C."
EPA funding: $30,000
The recipient will provide P2 education and promote partnerships for community gardens and green marinas in the metropolitan D.C. area. Changes to the current community management practices will contribute to the reduction of discharges of fertilizers, pesticides and chemical waste to streams and bays.

PENNSYLVANIA
Recipient: Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO)
Project title: "Unbuild/Rebuild Philadelphia Project"
EPA funding: $86,027
MACREDO proposes to develop tools and provide technical assistance to increase the recovery, reuse, re-manufacture and recycling of building materials resulting from the demolition of 10,000 buildings by the City of Philadelphia Neighborhood Transformation Initiative during the next 3 - 5 years. The project will attempt to prevent pollution that would occur from raw materials use and waste in the next generation of building in the City. Expected results will be increased efficiency of materials use, land, and the conservation of natural resources due to the rebuilding of the built environment of a large municipality. The project is also intended to provide a model for other large-scale institutional building removal and rebuilding efforts in other urban municipalities, private urban redevelopment, closed and active military base redevelopment and HOPE VI programs.

Recipient: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality
EPA funding: $112,460
This project will fund two activities that address the reduction or elimination of pollution across all environmental media. Outreach, technical assistance and technical services are provided to reduce the environmental footprint of manufacturing. Site assessments are also performed at small businesses to reduce pollution, wastes, energy use and related costs.

VIRGINIA
Recipient: Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
EPA funding: $80,000
The Virginia DEP Pollution Prevention Program State Program will perform a variety of technical assistance activities to help businesses, communities and citizens reduce waste generation and increase recycling.

Recipient: Wytheville Community College
Project title: "How to Use Manufacturing Extension Services and Business Development Centers to Get P2 Implemented"
EPA funding: $25,000
For the past eight years, Wytheville Community College in Virginia has conducted a highly successful program to provide small to medium-sized businesses with pollution prevention and environmental assistance. This grant allows the Center to conduct outreach to other Manufacturing Technology Centers on how to establish Pollution Prevention Programs. In this year, the technical assistance program for manufacturing will continue through the promotion of a healthier and more sustainable economy in Virginia.

WEST VIRGINIA
Recipient: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Project title: "WV Pollution Prevention Program"
EPA funding: $80,000
The project sustains the operation, maintenance, integration and development of the West Virginia Pollution Prevention Program. The state program activities include greening businesses, buildings and communities; integrating pollution prevention across multimedia; and management system integration. Primary activities for this year include the promotion of the "Green Globe" program to the travel and tourism industry that will result in energy conservation, waste reduction and water management. Another focal activity is the management systems integration to support the business assistance effort for environmental management.

REGION 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Dan Ahern

ALABAMA
Alabama Department of Environmental Management (DEM)
EPA funding: $60,000
Alabama DEM will perform the following:

Provide technical assistance on EMS with projects with Alabama Department of Transportation and Jefferson County. It is estimated that waste reduced by 8.5 tons, 0.1 million gallons and 172,500 kwh conserved.
Assist the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) in hopes of recruiting at least two facilities to support national NPEP goals. It is estimated that these facilities will reduce 3,000 tons of waste, and conserve 291 million gallons and 69,000 kwh.
Continue work on ADEM EMS and consideration of P2 options to be incorporation into the project. It is estimated that these options could reduce 25 tons of waste, conserve 0.025 million gallons of water and 8,600 kwh of energy.
Continue P2 Awards Program and DOD/State P2 Partnerships that are estimated to identify reductions of 9,535 tons of waste and emissions.

FLORIDA
Recipient: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
EPA funding: $86,456
Florida DEP will fund activities in expanding the H2E program in the State. It is estimated that hospitals will annually reduce 50 lbs of mercury, 15 tons biomedical waste, 450 tons of solid waste, 1M kWh of energy conserved and 10 million gallons of water conserved. Projects include:

Creating "discovery gardens" that will serve as teaching gardens in Hillsborough County, offering courses in environmentally-friendly design and management techniques. It is estimated the 1/4 acre garden will conserve .4 million gallons of water, .8 million BTUs, and save about $3,500 over conventional techniques. Based on estimated visitors adopting these practices it is estimated that 28 million gallons will be saved in the community.
Creating a "clean auto repair" project. Florida DEP will develop brochures on P2 for auto body and paint shops to supplement existing compliance assistance initiatives.

GEORGIA
Recipient: Georgia Pollution Prevention Division
EPA Funding: $60,000
The recipient will support the new P2AD Partnership and focus activities in three key areas of the partnership: Program Development (Creating Annual Performance Reports and Program Incentives), Program Maintenance, and Continual Improvement (develop three feedback mechanisms). Based on objectives and targets set by charter applicants, the following reductions will occur in 2005: reduce 352 tons of waste and air emissions and conserve 29 million gallons of water.

KENTUCKY
Recipient: Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center, University of Louisville
EPA funding: $90,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Create a P2 Technology Diffusion Initiative that will supplement a multi-state effort by providing P2 assessments and stakeholder meetings within three sectors (metal finishing, painting and coating, and fiberglass reinforced plastics). Estimated annual reductions are 0.05 million gallons, 7 tons of waste reduced (solid and air) and $12,000 savings.
Continue Homeland and Environmental Security efforts to integrate P2 and E2 into security vulnerability assessments in participation with Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. It is estimated that ½ ton of hazardous materials reduction.
Create an Electronics Recycler's Environmental Management Systems outreach program, region-wide, to identify EMS infrastructure needs and certification drivers for recyclers in addition to holding stakeholder meetings. In related activities, the recipient will conduct Electronic Recycler EMS Gap Audits, region-wide, and solicit three companies (out of 54 in region) to participate in on-site visits and gap audits. The recipient will also assist companies in aligning with EMS elements. Estimated reductions for both actions will be about a ton of less waste generated.

MISSISSIPPI
Recipient: Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
EPA Funding: $60,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Develop swine and poultry Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) EMS plans.
Provide technical assistance to state regulatory programs and small business assistance program. This effort will utilize the PACE/STAR paint initiatives and reduce Air emissions by estimated 60 Tons.
Support a regional environmental conference and make P2 a component of this event.
Conduct on-site technical assistance as part of multimedia permit application completion/reporting projects. Estimated 10 tons of waste reduced.

NORTH CAROLINA
Recipient: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
EPA funding: $90,004
The recipient will support the North Carolina's Environmental Stewardship Initiative. It is estimated that this initiative will lead to annual reductions of 513 tons of waste and conservation of 10 million gallons and 10 million BTU's. North Carolina DENR will also provide challenge grants to Environmental Stewardship Initiative participants that lack funds to undertake necessary P2 and EMS development projects. Grants will require 50% match and the estimated annual reduction of 25 tons of waste and conservation of 5 million gallons and 1 million BTUs.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Recipient: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
EPA Funding: $60,000
The recipient will support the following:

Identify candidates for voluntary waste assessments through various coordination mechanisms.
Support recognition programs for P2 successes.
Promote partnerships with universities, DOD and various state agencies.
Participate in state and regional meetings, waste assessments and follow-up surveys. Long term technical assessment follow-up data indicates that about 30 percent of those receiving the approximately 50 assessments per year return surveys. Reported annual reductions from these surveys indicate 529 tons of waste reduced and conservation of 5.9 million gallons and 846 million BTUs.

TENNESSEE
Recipient: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC)
EPA funding: $70,000
The recipient will support the administration of the TP3 (Pollution Prevention Partners), the Tennessee P2 Roundtable and function as contact for EPA reduction programs. Reductions are expected from 20 projects and it is estimated that 500 tons of waste and air emissions will be reduced, and 5 B BTUs and 25 M gallons conserved. In related activities, DEC will supplement Tennessee's Green Schools program, by disposing of unknown, unusable, outdated and potentially dangerous chemicals from Tennessee schools. In addition, DEC will develop an EMS workshop and provide materials and program information for other states to use to scale-up and replicate this successful program

REGION 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Phil Kaplan

ILLINOIS
Recipient: Illinois EPA (IEPA)
Project title: "Illinois Sustainable Schools Project"
EPA Funding: $94,000
Through a joint partnership, IEPA and the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC) will develop a project to improve the environmental health and safety for students, faculty, and facility workers in Illinois schools. The project will promote environmentally healthy practices that can help schools lower facility costs, improve learning conditions and increase energy efficiency. Specifically, the project will: expand collaboration and information exchange among state agencies, academic professionals, organizations and the K-12 educational community; promote the use of sustainable environmental practices in standards based on K-12 curricula; increase the safety of Illinois schools for students, teachers, administrative and facility staff, and the community; create a learning environment that sets an example for sustainable environmental behavior for K-12 students, and develop performance measures and track the progress of environmentally sustainable activities at schools. In the first year of the project a website has been developed at http://www.greeningschools.org/
Contacts: Kevin Greene, phone: 217-785-0833; email: kevin.greene@epa.state.il.us

INDIANA
Recipient: Purdue University
EPA funding: $95,000
CMTI's P2 Grant-supported technical assistance services will be provided to any manufacturer; however, services will be focused on small manufacturers (<120 employees) in the following sectors: wood products; miscellaneous chemicals; plastics parts and products, including fiber reinforced plastics; metal parts and products; motor vehicle parts and transportation; foundries, and platers/metal finishers, in the 24 non-attainment counties. This multi-media P2 outreach strategy includes:

Replacement of toxic raw materials with less or non-toxic raw materials (e.g., reduced styrene content gelcoat and resincoat; high solids coatings and finishes).
Production process modifications (e.g., installation of HVLP and electrostatic coating application equipment; substitution of open mold with resin transfer mold production).
Employee training (e.g., in the use of new application equipment and to improve transfer efficiency). Three new EMS initiatives will be conducted. CMTI will acquire a new organizational competency - the ability to offer Lean Manufacturing services, first, in Northwest Indiana, then, in the remainder of the state. CMTI will promote its "Lean + Clean" initiative, combining elements of Lean manufacturing, Clean manufacturing (P2) and EMS management.

Contact: Dr. Lynn Corson, 765-463-4749, corsonl@ecn.purdue.edu

MICHIGAN
Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Project title: "Michigan P2 Program Assessment and Results Enhancement Project"
EPA Funding: $100,000
MDEQ will assess the impact of its P2 Program activities with regard to changes in knowledge, capabilities, attitudes, and behaviors of Michigan businesses that participate in Michigan's P2 Program.
In addition, the MDEQ intends to evaluate the integration of P2 into its multi-media regulatory programs to assess the successes and further opportunities to provide technical assistance to businesses, as well as develop outreach activities, and other strategies to address regulatory and non-regulatory barriers, and incentives for P2. This will be accomplished by:

Evaluating the Program's mission statement and objectives.
Developing measurement tools and indicators to evaluate the Program's activities/outcomes which can be shared with other local, regional, and national organizations.
Conducting a comprehensive performance evaluation of the activities and business participation in the Program over the last three years (or more if feasible). This will enable the MDEQ to assess the overall effectiveness of the Program and its impact on advancing P2 within the state of Michigan and Great Lakes region.

Contact: Robert Jackson, 517-373-2731, jacksorc@michigan.gov

MINNESOTA
Recipient: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
EPA Funding: $105,000
MPCA will partner with the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP), the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA), and other organizations and agencies to address: water quality; regulatory integration; multimedia outreach; policy planning; and regional/national networking.

P2 Tools Initiative: As part of this executive level regulatory integration initiative begun in 2003, a suite of pilot projects has been identified and designed for the purpose of exploring the effectiveness and appropriateness of preventive approaches within the Agency's core regulatory functions. With pilot project identification now complete and the project-specific needs better defined, pilot project implementation and evaluation activities will be expanded correspondingly.
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation: Based on a preliminary evaluation of opportunities for P2 integration in the TMDL process completed as part of the existing P2 grant work plan, a prevention-oriented pilot project will be identified to help meet the goals of a TMDL Implementation Plan.
Networking and Alliance Building: Strong relationships and a variety of partnerships drive P2 regulatory integration projects and ensure ongoing program and project development, including P2 results tracking and measurement. National and regional roundtable and work group participation provides a larger context for MPCA's regional and local efforts.
Grant and Project Management: Pilot project contractual coordination, grant management and program development and strategic planning.

Contact: Cynthia Hilmoe, phone: 651-297-7783; email: cynthia.hilmoe@pca.state.mn.us

OHIO
Recipient: University of Toledo
EPA Funding: $92,459
University of Toledo and members from the Ohio Statewide Environmental Network (OSEN) will work to supplement an existing pollution prevention grant by providing:

Pollution prevention planning and implementation efforts statewide.
Training in source reduction that will include a presentation of four OSEN seminars, one University workshop to provide outreach to Ohio Manufacturers, follow-up measurements on the effectiveness of the P2 seminars within the manufacturing sector.
Technical assistance to small and medium-size manufacturers, consisting of source reduction through pollution prevention, environmental management systems (EMSs), clean manufacturing, and energy consumption assessments with special attention being paid to persistent, bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) chemicals.

Contact: Ashok Kumar, phone:419-530-8136; email: akumar@utnet.utoldeo.edu

WISCONSIN
Recipient: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)
Project title: "Wisconsin Collaboration for P2"
EPA Funding: $90,000
The WDNR and the University of Wisconsin (UW) and the UW-Extension-Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center collaborate in developing the following four-component proposals: Wisconsin Collaboration For P2: Minimizing Dental Mercury Discharges; Source Reduction Indicators from Regulatory information; Identifying VSQG Hazardous Waste Trends; and Influence of a Cheese Plant's EMS on its Supply Chain.
Contact: Carla Wright, 608-267-7407, Carla.Wright@dnr.state.wi.us

REGION 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinators: Joy Campbell and Eli Martinez

ARKANSAS
Recipient: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
EPA Funding: $60,000
ADEQ will perform the following:

Create a materials exchange web site for Arkansas businesses to learn the benefits of pollution prevention and recycling. With help from the Information Network of Arkansas (INA), the ADEQ plans to involve its P2 Stakeholder Group in the design and development of the web site. Current members of the Group include the Arkansas Environmental Federation (AEF), which represents industry in Arkansas, the Arkansas Recycling Coalition (ARC), and ADEQ staff.
Promote the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment program in Arkansas. ADEQ believes that the H2E program will benefit Arkansas' environment by eliminating mercury from healthcare facilities and by reducing persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBTs) chemicals and waste. The ADEQ has already been accepted as an H2E Champion for Change. Data on the quantity and type of waste reduced through the Arkansas H2E program will be collected from the participating healthcare facilities via a questionnaire. The submission of the data to ADEQ will be voluntary on the part of the healthcare facilities. P2 measurement data will also be collected by ADEQ's Pretreatment Coordinator. The measurement data will stored in P2 Metrics, a P2 tracking databases developed by NEWMOA (the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association). The information will be submitted annually to the EPA Region VI P2 Program.
Implement an ADEQ Environmental Management System.
Promote P2 to ADEQ staff by holding periodic conferences/meetings.

NEW MEXICO
Recipient: New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED)
EPA Funding: $35,600
The New Mexico Environmental Department will perform the following:

Coordinate, promote and support the Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program through training and marketing. Not only is the Green Zia program a method to measure waste reduction, it is a voluntary program that has clear benefits for both the environment and the community.
Implement an additional category to the Green Zia Environmental Excellence acknowledgment program that is nomination-based. An alternative level of recognition may be an effective means of bringing micro businesses, exemplary individuals and community groups into the program.
Hold a series of NMED in-reach meetings to identify three major pollution generating industries or groups in the state. The Pollution Prevention Program will target three industries/groups for outreach and technical assistance with the goal of reduced regulatory exposure.
Integrate the "7 Generations..." manual into Native American communities across New Mexico. Through a 2003 P2 Grant the recipient launched a community-based environmental survey for Pueblos and Tribes. The outcome of the survey was eventually published in a manual titled: "7 Generations; A Community Based Environmental Survey." The manual is intended to assist Pueblos/Tribes in prioritizing their environmental needs and aid them in addressing those needs.

Recipient: Regents of New Mexico State University
EPA funding: $89,957
The recipient will perform the following:

Continue the WERC P2 Technical Assistance and Training program. The program will continue to provide businesses, industry and communities with on-site assessments, recommendations for improvement and any appropriate workshops for staff on P2 issues.
Conduct mercury thermometer exchanges at community health events in the cities of Albuquerque, Farmington, Silver City and Roswell, New Mexico, in conjunction with local health organizations and agencies. These exchanges will entail the collection of mercury thermometers from the public by a waste management firm in exchange for discounted coupons good toward the purchase of digital thermometers at a local retail pharmacy. All mercury thermometers collected will be stored appropriately until they are shipped by the firm for reuse or disposal. The total amount of mercury collected at each location will be recorded so that total amounts for the project can be calculated. Spill kits will be provided at each location for use in the event of any broken thermometers on-site.
Design, produce and distribute brochures, videos/DVDs and other promotional material describing the dangers of mercury exposure, its bioaccumulative nature, its presence in landfills and wastewater, and its prevalence in New Mexico's streams and lakes. This material will be distributed as part of the thermometer exchange program (Task 2 above) and will be utilized to promote the benefits of mercury reduction.
Represent New Mexico at important regional and national pollution prevention meetings and conferences.

Recipient: Regents of New Mexico State University
EPA funding: $47,989
The recipient will promote the small-scale chemistry (SSC) initiative. SSC is an innovative approach toward teaching general chemistry based on creativity, invention and authentic assessment using inquiry based, hands-on, time efficient, inexpensive and conservation based experiments. SSC offers many advantages in teaching chemistry to high and middle school students to include dramatic reductions in the use of laboratory chemicals.

TEXAS
Recipient: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
EPA Funding: $131,460
TCEQ will perform the following:

Promote a "Clean Texas Green Supplier Network" to establish an industry supply chain partnership with the automotive and electronics sectors in Texas, including Toyota's new San Antonio truck manufacturing plant and the anticipated 400 small to medium sized (SME) suppliers that will be established in the San Antonio and Central Texas region; encourage industry supply chain SMEs to participate in the Clean Texas Cleaner World program, including establishing pollution prevention-based Environmental Management Systems; and measure the environmental performance of the CTGSN network partners.
Support the development of a "user friendly" Internet tool to support environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) programs. The TCEQ will help develop a technical specification for the tool based on the kinds of analyses environmentally preferable purchasers conduct when evaluating the purchase of "green" products and services, including the environmental impacts resulting from the purchase of certain products. The tool will assist with measuring reductions in environmental impacts associated with purchasing.
Work in partnership with Texas Medical Association, Texas Dental Association, Texas Nurses Association, Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management, U.S. EPA, Hospitals for the Healthy Environment, the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Energy Star Program, and other healthcare institutions to promote elimination of PBT chemicals (i.e., mercury and dioxin) from the healthcare and dental care environment, promote energy efficiency and water conservation.
Provide on-line training and technical assistance to educate Food Service Establishments (FSEs), such as Restaurants and Hospital Cafeterias, on how to develop, implement, and evaluate a fats, oil, and grease (FOG) prevention program to reduce discharges into the sanitary sewer system, educate multi-family unit managers on how to implement and evaluate a FOG prevention program, and provide a compilation of successes of Pretreatment Programs, FSEs, and multi-family units resulting from implementing FOG prevention programs.

Recipient: University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
EPA Funding: $107,704
The recipient will perform the following:

Develop and disseminate guidance related to the implementation of the Texas Performance Based Environmental Management System through workshops.
Promote coordination of the Texas Environmental Management System through workshops.
Invite workshop participants to apply for and participate in Clean Texas and EPA's NEPT recognition programs

REGION 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinators: Gary Bertram and Chilton McLaughlin

IOWA
Recipient: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Project title: "Pollution Prevention Equipment Loan Program - Year Two"
EPA Funding: $105,664
The project will establish a revolving equipment loan program that will put monitoring equipment in the hands of organizations to improve equipment and/or process efficiencies and affect cost savings. In addition, IDNR will measure the environmental improvements resulting from organizations participating in the revolving equipment loan fund.

KANSAS
Recipient: Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
EPA Funding: $140,000
The grant will help fund the Kansas Department of Health and Environment P2 Program activities. The funding will provide a comprehensive assistance program with targeted industries to prevent pollution and provide education to Kansas businesses and industries utilizing the Pollution Prevention Institute of Kansas State University to provide comprehensive, free and confidential services. Activities will include: Energy and environmental awareness outreach and technical assistance; rehab the Kansas lab activities at Junior colleges to reduce PBTs; and provide general P2 technical assistance to Kansas companies.

MISSOURI
Recipient: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
EPA funding: $137,579
The grant will help fund the Missouri Department of Natural Resources P2 Program activities. The funding will be used to:

Advance data collection of performance based environmental and economic outcomes,
Promote pollution prevention and sustainability within businesses and the department through core pollution prevention activities and environmental management systems, and
Develop and nurture partnerships for targeted outreach initiatives that advance state and regional goals.

NEBRASKA
Recipient: Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ)
Project title: "Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance in Nebraska: Focus on Impact Evaluation and the Agricultural Sector"
EPA funding: $90,717
This project will entail selecting and training college students to provide assistance to Nebraska businesses. Fifteen to twenty students will be trained to provide pollution prevention technical assistance, training and written reports to at least 12 small businesses and five industries throughout the state. Approximately one half of the clients will come from the agriculture sector.

REGION 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinator: Linda Walters

COLORADO
Recipient: Colorado Department of Health and Environment
EPA Funding: $104,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Integrate assistance and pollution prevention elements into the compliance assurance program, as measured by the number of compliance assistance/pollution prevention workshops and trainees, and measurable pollution prevention in settlements of enforcement actions.
Increase and integrate the use of pollution prevention, EMSs and other cross media options in compliance assurance activities, including supplemental environmental projects.
Measure the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of Colorado's environment to help set environmental goals and standards, and report results to the public.
Reduce potential exposure and the health impact of environmental contamination and remediation by providing the CDPHE environmental program managers, other agencies, and the public with toxicological information to guide activities.
Build and coordinate databases that facilitate the transfer, sharing, and analysis of environmental and health data.
Develop a partnership between compliance assurance programs and the Environmental Leadership program to encourage companies to adopt the environmental leadership model in meeting environmental standards, including the Environmental Management System Permit Pilot Project.
Protect and improve the public's health through meeting the national ambient air quality standards and reducing impacts from hazardous air pollutants through voluntary processes that go above and beyond regulatory requirements to improve public health and the environment, including community-based supplemental environmental projects.
Identify, implement and measure the use of pollution prevention in cleanup programs, and the redevelopment and reuse of remediated properties.

MONTANA
Recipient: Montana State University Extension Service (MSU)
EPA Funding: $96,460
The recipient will perform the following:

Form state and tribal partnerships to strengthen the Tribal Pollution Prevention outreach and policy setting decisions. This partnership will be established as the Montana Tribal Pollution Prevention Consortium Initiative.
Define pollution prevention program initiatives, target environmental media and audiences, and funding needs for each Tribal Nation as well as a consortium of Montana Tribes.
Establish a rapid response "Tribal P2 Match" clearinghouse to track, post and link funding sources to Tribal P2 needs.
Provide Grant Writing training to Montana Tribes.
Replicate this project with Tribes throughout the United States by offering the model to Tribes, providing leadership as part of the EPA/FOSTTA/NPPR Tribal workgroup as well as integrating the results of the project into the Tribal Pollution Prevention web site.
Assist the Tribes in defining their "core needs" as those that focus on central pollution prevention themes, such as Tribal small business waste minimization or pollution prevention opportunities in agriculture.

The outcome measures from these activities will be the number of Tribal programs adopting pollution prevention principles and integrating them into core decisions.

NORTH DAKOTA
Recipient: North Dakota Department of Health (NDDH)
EPA Funding: $30,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Conduct environmental assessments of state parks and assist them with developing operating plans that reduce the pollutants and waste constituents at their facilities.
Advance the usage of community-operated biomass programs in six communities with greater than 10,000 residents and assist these communities to adopt innovative projects for biomass materials.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Recipient: South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources (SDDENR)
EPA Funding: $75,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Provide the South Dakota state park system with knowledge and cost effective source reduction alternatives for wastes generated/recycled in state parks.
Provide the livestock industry with financial and technical assistance that reduces pollution originating from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) at the source.
Continue to promote the adoption of source reduction as the preferred environmental strategy in South Dakota through the use of information transfer and marketing activities.

The outcome measures of these activities will be reported in the "Pollution Prevention (P2) Program Measurement Tool".

UTAH
Recipient: Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
EPA Funding: $80,000
The recipient will perform the following activities:

Adopt sustainable practices by business and improve environmental performance.
Showcase environmental improvements through "Clean Utah."
Improve environmental awareness by allowing Utah's P2 program to better inform, improve and influence the goals and priorities of other groups/agencies.
Reduce the amount of contact and improper disposal of wastes that can cause human health concerns and environmental pollution.
Direct environmental improvement toward enforcement action, flexibility, and innovative problem solving.
Improve tracking of P2 dollars spent and assess effectiveness in preventing pollution.

WYOMING
Recipient: Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
EPA Funding: $92,000
The recipient will perform the following:

Conduct twelve new P2 assessments of small businesses.
Develop and institute a means to distribute and teach P2 practices within the oil and gas drilling industry.
Follow-up with statewide implementation of P2 practices at facilities in state and local parks.
Partner with the Motor Vehicle Management Services Division to lease a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) to demonstrate the effectiveness of this new technology as a viable P2 practice.
Report P2 Program accomplishments from daily project activities.

REGION 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Islands)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinators: Jessica Counts, John Katz, Leif Magnuson, and Eileen Sheehan

ARIZONA
Recipient: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Project title: "Green Schools Program"
EPA funding: $60,000
The recipient will develop statewide guidelines for High Performance Schools and implement a High Performance Schools Technical Assistance Campaign and assist with individual school project implementation.

CALIFORNIA
Recipient: California Department of Health Services (DHS)
Project title: "Evaluation of Use, Toxicity and Alternatives to New and Emerging Industrial Solvents"
EPA funding: $88,942
The recipient will perform the following:

Identify health hazards, uses, and cost-effective, safe alternatives for five new and emerging industrial solvents.
Help businesses convert to safe alternatives to protect workers and community residents from chronic diseases.

Recipient: South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)
Project title: "Alternatives to VOC Emitting Lubricants and Rust Inhibitors"
EPA funding: $79,986
The recipient will conduct a project to characterize the inventory of emissions from lubricants and rust inhibitors and to identify, test and demonstrate alternative non-emitting products. The information generated during the project will be used as a basis for a regulation in the South Coast Basin.

NEVADA
Recipient: University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Small Business Development Center
Project title: "Pollution Prevention Assistance Program (PPAP)"
EPA funding: $103,000
The NV PPAP assists Nevada business by providing compliance and pollution prevention assistance. That assistance is via telephone, training workshops, on-site visits, web-site, newsletters and fact sheets. For this grant period, NV PPAP proposes conduct specific assistance activities with the mining sector, tourism, Dental sector and other future sectors TBD in consultation with EPA Grant PO. NV PPAP will provide quarterly reports, including the pollution prevention results of their assistance efforts. Partners include, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Nevada Power Company, UNLV, and UNR. Federal money goes primarily to staff and travel.

Recipient: University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
Project title: "Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network"
EPA funding: $94,192
To enhance regional collaborators, support and improve communication between WRPPN members, and provide a forum for WRPPN members to network and learn about important issues at the annual WRPPN conference. Partners: SBDCs, C2P2C, SBAPs, not-for profit organizations, and local governments.

PACIFIC ISLANDS
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Project title: "Green Garments Partnership""
EPA funding: $50,340
The recipient will conduct audits of garment manufacturing facilities to discover opportunities for source reduction and pollution prevention, and will also develop appropriate standards to be included in the SGMA Code of Conduct.

REGION 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA)
EPA Regional P2 Coordinators: Robert Drake and Carolyn Gangmark

ALASKA
Recipient: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)
EPA funding: $111,263
The University of Alaska at Anchorage will coordinate Alaska's pollution prevention program. Program components include:

Support small business technical assistance as provided by Green Star Program staff.
Provide management of the Alaska Materials Exchange (AME).
Develop an Alaskan sustainability network.
Develop an intern technical assistance program.
Conduct Energy Star outreach.

Estimated Results:
Reduced use of Toxic/Hazardous Materials as Inputs 2,000 pounds
Reduced use of Raw Materials as Inputs 10,000 pounds
Reduced use of Electricity 200,00 kWh
Reduced use of Diesel Fuel 20,000 gallons
Solid Waste Diverted to Recycling/Reuse 20,000 pounds

IDAHO
Recipient: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
EPA funding: $133,232
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality will integrate pollution prevention approaches into agency priorities of clean air, safe drinking water and waste management.
The recipient will perform the following based on environmental media.

Air

Conduct workshops, site visits and measurement of benefits associated with an Idaho Executive Order requiring green purchasing and fleet management.
Consult with "Treasure the Valley's Air" association and assist with a small engine buyback program, a media training program on ozone formation and provide prevention opportunities.
Develop an anti-idling program for Idaho Schools and replicate it.
Create a guide for air quality recognition programs.

Waste

Create five business pollution prevention case studies for National Pollution Prevention Week.
Provide technical assistance to K-12 school (science labs), auto repair, printing and agriculture sectors.
Provide assistance for Idaho healthcare facilities to develop Environmental Management Systems This project augments H2E.

Water

Provide technical assistance for PWS operators, particularly as it pertains to mercury containing pumping equipment - a fact sheet, web site information, a newsletter article and presentations to water associations.
Provide assistance to IDEQ staff to support source water protection efforts namely, green building concepts.

Estimated Results:
Reduced Vehicle Miles Traveled 1,582,000
Reduced Diesel Fuel 58,000 gallons (Idling project), 34,600 gallons (State use of B20)
Dollar Savings of $116,010. (Idling project)
Hazardous Waste Diverted to Recycling/Reuse 953 pounds (School Labs)
Reduced SW Output 82,500 pounds (H2E)
CO₂ Output Reduced 1,392 tons (Clean Air Zone)
NOX Output Reduced 34.8 tons (Clean Air Zone) 2.4 tons (Alternative Commuting State Agencies)
CO Reduced Output 11.6 tons (Clean Air Zone) 36 Tons (Alternative Commuting State Agencies)
PM Reduced Output 1.74 tons (Clean Air Zone)
HC Reduced Output 4.8 tons (Alternative Commuting State Agencies)

OREGON
Recipient: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
EPA funding: $100,000
The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD) will reduce diesel pollution in Oregon by significantly increasing Oregon's production and consumption of "biodiesel" fuel through a series of voluntary technical assistance efforts and leveraging of the momentum of current and planned initiatives among government agencies, businesses, and NGOs through the establishment of the Oregon Biodiesel network.

Estimated Results
Reduced diesel fuel use 15,000,000 gallons
Reduced CO₂ output 150,000 tons

WASHINGTON
Recipient: Washington Department of Ecology
EPA Funding: $130,000
The recipient will perform the following:

P2 Technical Assistance. Ecology staff will provide P2 technical assistance to about 100 facilities. The assistance will help the facilities develop P2 plans, ensure that existing P2 plans are adequate and provide assistance with implementing the P2 opportunities in the P2 plans.
Agricultural Plastic Waste Reduction. Ecology, a nonprofit organization and selected area businesses will identify markets for reuse of recovered granulated high density polyethylene pesticide containers, low density polypropylene drip tape, plastic film and bailing twine and publicize the reuse/recycle options to farmers.

Estimated Results:
Reduced use of toxic/hazardous materials as inputs: 31,800,000 pounds
Reduced vehicle miles: 16,000 miles
Reduced solid waste output: 350,000 pounds
Reduced solid waste diverted to recycling/reuse: 350,000 pounds
Reduced hazardous waste output: 1,704,000 pounds
Hazardous waste diverted to recycle/reuse: 337,000 pounds
Reduced CO₂ output: .44 tons
Reduced PM10 output: 3.3 tons
Reduced VOC (HAP) output: 2.4 tons
Reduced PAH outputs: .0032 tons
Reduced Dioxin outputs: 1.8x10^-5 tons

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