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About NEWMOA
2012. 4pp.
2013. 2pp.
2012. 17pp.
2011. 16pp.
2009. 24pp.
2008. 20pp.
2006. 20pp.
2005. 20pp.
2004. 16pp.
2002. 12pp.
2001. 12pp.
2000. 14pp.
1999. 16pp.
1998. 16pp.
1997. 15pp.
1996. 20pp.
1995. 16pp.
2000. 2pp.
Controlled vocabulary list used by NEWMOA for cataloging documents. Used in the "Subject" field of the record. Terms not on the list but thought to be necessary for the document are placed in the "Keyword" field. Agreed upon terms will be included in updated versions of the Thesaurus.
Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2)
2011. 28pp. The purpose of this White Paper is to:
- Discuss the purposes of chemical use disclosure
- Outline the benefits of interstate collaboration on chemical use reporting
- Examine the IC2-member programs and their reporting requirements to identify common elements and differences
- Describe state Confidential Business Information (CBI) policies and procedures
- Identify key questions and issues regarding data fields and coordination of the proposed reporting processes of the participating states
- Present a draft straw IC2 Chemical Use Reporting Form for discussion and possible use
2011. 8pp. This research paper analyzes the reporting forms and collection methods of various chemical use reporting programs to identify tools and strategies that could be employed in a coordinated IC2 reporting system.
Industry Sectors
Adhesives
Pressure Sensitive Tapes & Labels: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 & Pollution Prevention Opportunities [PDF]
1999. 94pp. +app.
Covers regulations and P2 options for pressure sensitive tape and label manufacturers.
Auto Repair
The Finishing Line: Q & A on Low VOC Compliant Coatings for Auto Body Shops [PDF]
1999. 4pp.
Covers applying low VOC paints at autobody shops.
Waste Oil Regulations: A Quick Guide for Auto Repair Shops
1998.
Covers state waste/used oil regulations and P2 options:
- Connecticut (English, Spanish)
- Maine
- Massachusetts (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
A Checklist for Auto Repair Shops [PDF]
1998. 2pp.
Provides a self-audit tool for regulatory compliance.
Metal Products
Pollution Prevention for Machining & Metal Fabrication: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers [PDF]
2001. 98pp.
An overview of the industry and environmental regulations, as well as information on innovative P2 technologies.
Pollution Prevention in Paints & Coatings Processes, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. 121pp. + app.
Information for technical assistance providers on metal coatings and P2 options and alternatives.
Pollution Prevention in the Primary Metals Industry, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. 35pp.
Information for technical assistance providers on primary metals manufacturing and P2 options and alternatives.
Pollution Prevention in Metal Finishing: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1997. 170pp. + app.
Information for technical assistance providers on metal finishing and P2 options and alternatives.
Slideshow & Video: RCRA Compliance for Metal Finishing Facilities
1998.
An overview of RCRA compliance and P2 for the metal finishing industry. Approximately 20 minutes long. To obtain a copy of the slideshow or video, contact the NEWMOA office.
Printing
Pollution Prevention, An Environmental Resource Guide for Off-set Lithographers
2000. CD-ROM.
Compliance assistance and P2 information for offset lithographers including videos, case studies, and planning and options analysis tools. To obtain a copy of the CD, contact the NEWMOA office.
Pollution Prevention in Printing: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1997. 130pp. + app.
Information for technical assistance providers on the printing industry.
Wood Furniture Finishing
A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for Vermont Wood Finishers
1999. 70pp.
Presents multi-media regulations and P2 for small wood furniture manufacturers.
A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for Maine Wood Finishers
1998. 70pp.
Presents multi-media regulations and P2 for small wood furniture manufacturers.
Wood Furniture: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 & Pollution Prevention Opportunities [PDF]
1997. 89pp. + app.
An overview of new regulations and P2 options for wood furniture manufacturers.
High Solids Topcoats & HVLP Spray Guns: Ethan Allen [PDF]
1997. 6pp.
Ethan Allen's efforts to use new coatings and new equipment to reduce air emissions and operating costs.
Ultraviolet Radiation Cured Coatings & Aqueous-Based Coatings [PDF]
1997. 6pp.
The Hussey Seating Company's efforts to use new coatings to reduce air emissions and operating costs.
Innovative P2 Technology Profiles
2007. 14pp.
Describes enclosed spray gun washers that use alternative cleaners that reduce hazardous chemical use and the generation of hazardous waste and air emissions.
2006. 13pp.
Describes computer-to-plate (CTP) lithographic printing technologies that reduce chemical use and the generation of hazardous waste and wastewater.
2003. 19pp.
Describes closed-loop aqueous cleaning technologies that increase the useful life of cleaning agents and significantly reduce water use and wastewater generation.
2003. 14pp.
Describes trivalent chromium plating as a replacement for hexavalent chromium plating.
2001. 16pp.
Describes closed-loop vapor degreasing technologies that increase cleaning effectiveness and significantly reduce pollution.
Environmental Management Accounting
2003. 5pp.
A case study in the roles of materials and cost accounting in an environmental management system.
3rd Edition. 1998. 85pp.
Methods for conducting financial assessment of P2 investment options at firms.
1996. 16pp.
1996. 16pp.
Helps lenders understand how P2 can enhance traditional loan evaluation criteria.
Mercury
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2010. 40pp.
A description of mercury-containing devices likely to be found at drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities.
2009. 24pp.
Highlights lessons learned from compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) collection and recycling programs in the U.S. and abroad.
2008. 30pp.
A summary of mercury use in products sold in the US in 2001 and 2004 to identify trends and opportunities for improvements in the collection and recycling of mercury waste.
2008-2010.
Information on mercury use in targeted categories of products and summarize data provided by manufacturers and distributors of mercury-added products to the IMERC-member states.
2008. 27pp.
An assessment of mercury-added thermostat collection and recycling programs.
2008. 5pp.
Covers the regional initiative in the Northeast to reduce mercury in the environment. This article appears in the May 2008 issue of EM Magazine, a publication of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA). To obtain copies and reprints, contact A&WMA at (412) 232-3444, www.awma.org.
Mercury Success Stories
2007.
Describes the results of mercury reduction programs in the Northeast that have targeted emissions, mercury-containing products, and wastewater discharges.
- Press Release [PDF]
- Summary [PDF]
- NEIWPCC [PDF]
- NESCAUM [PDF]
- NEWMOA [PDF]
New Jersey DEP Dental Amalgam Posters
2007.
Information for dentists in NJ on best management practices for dental amalgam waste and for dental patients on their choices of restorative materials.
2007.
Information for private schools on how to begin a mercury school cleanout.
2007. 21pp.
A report to examine the feasibility of the available non-mercury alternatives for mercury and mercury-added products that are commonly used in K-12 classrooms.
2007
A PowerPoint presentation for educating school, education, and other officials in New York State about eliminating mercury hazards.
2006
Information on best management practices for the handling of dental amalgam wastes in NY.
2005. 15pp.
A guide listing alternative equipment that is available to replace the mercury equipment commonly found in schools.
Lamp Recycling Flyers
- Connecticut [PDF]
- Maine [PDF]
- Massachusetts [PDF]
- New Hampshire [PDF]
- New Jersey [PDF]
- New York [PDF]
- Rhode Island [PDF]
- Vermont, see www.mercvt.org [PDF]
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Basic guidance on how to recycle mercury lamps.
2005. 4pp.
A guide for policy makers on reducing mercury pollution.
2004. 5pp.
A review of the available TCLP analyses of dental amalgam waste.
2004. 1pp.
Clarification about this commonly cited statistic.
2003. 12pp.
A survey of the TRC wholesalers in the Northeast.
2003. 7pp.
A review of the available literature on mercury releases from landfills.
2003. 8pp.
A report describing why mercury is a problem in indoor air, the sources of mercury in indoor air, guidelines for mercury exposure, and studies on indoor air mercury.
2003. 12pp.
Results of a phone survey of the electrical wholesale firms in the Northeast that participate in the TRC program to collect used mercury-containing thermostats.
2003. 7pp.
Basic instructions for how to clean-up small liquid mercury spills.
2002
A series of fact sheets for specific school staff members (e.g., facilities manager, science chairperson, medical personnel) on the items that may contain mercury typically found in areas of the facility. The accompanying folder contains pertinent information for the school administrator.
2002. 6pp.
A table identify mercury materials commonly found in schools to assist school staff and technical assistance providers. Tables are available for science rooms, medical offices, and school facilities. Non-mercury alternatives are also identified.
2002. 4pp.
Bay Path identified and eliminated elemental mercury and products containing mercury from their facilities, and their school committee passed a "mercury-free" resolution.
2002. 6pp.
Ideas for reducing mercury in communities.
2001
Ideas for conducting and publicizing a thermometer exchange, including a sample public service announcement, press release, and poster.
2001. 12pp.
An analysis of data from environmental and public health agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont on the occurrence of spills of mercury.
2001.
Links to case studies that represent the culmination of a cooperative effort of the US EPA Region 1, NEWMOA, MassDEP, and four facilities to develop a methodology to assist federal facilities with identifying and reducing uses of mercury.
NESCAUM/NEWMOA/NEIWPCC.
1998. 263pp.
Presents the results of an analysis of mercury emissions and deposition. To obtain a copy, contact the NEWMOA office.
Federal Facilities Case Studies
2001. 2pp.
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Lead
2001. 11pp.
A study determining the most common industry sectors where lead and lead compounds were being released or transferred.
2002. 11pp.
A report examining the pollution prevention opportunities for the lead-emitting key sectors in the region and exploring options for addressing lead/lead compound emission/transfer reduction regionally.
Pollution Prevention Policies & Programs
Published a few times a year and provided free, Northeast Pollution Prevention & Sustainability News (formerly the Northeast Assistance & Pollution Prevention News) covers P2, sustainability, and compliance assistance topics and activities of government programs at all levels in the Northeast.
2009. 49pp.
A strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change through improving waste prevention and recycling initiatives, increasing renewable energy on contaminated sites, implementing "greener" site remediation, and improving management and recycling of disaster debris.
1999. 15pp.
A baseline of metrics that P2 programs can utilize to help facilitate multi-state studies of results, such as Pollution Prevention Progress in the Northeast.
1999. 12pp.
Recommendations to EPA on integrating P2 into the MACT program.
1998. 112pp.
Presents the results of a study of P2 program activities for the Northeast states.
1998. 54pp.
Describes P2 programs and recommends national network.
Solid Waste
2013. 3pp.
Resolution of the NEWMOA Board of Directors that defines product stewardship as the act of minimizing health, safety, environmental, and social impacts, and maximizing economic benefits of a product and its packaging throughout all lifecycle stages and EPR as a mandatory type of product stewardship that includes, at a minimum, the requirement that the producer's responsibility for its product extends to post-consumer management of that product and its packaging.
2013. 33pp.
Results from NEWMOA's data collection and analysis efforts through a series of figures that summarize both state-specific and region-wide 2010 MSW disposal data, including trends from 1999 through 2010.
2012. 35pp.
A summary of the major themes, ideas, and options for action that were presented and discussed during a series of 2012 events in Connecticut focused on re-envisioning solid waste management for the 21st century.
2010. 29pp.
Viable policy options for state agencies to consider for promoting greater gypsum recovery.
2010. 31pp.
Results from NEWMOA's data collection and analysis efforts through a series of figures that summarize both state-specific and region-wide 2008 MSW disposal data, including trends from 1999 through 2008.
2009. 49pp.
A strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change through improving waste prevention and recycling initiatives, increasing renewable energy on contaminated sites, implementing "greener" site remediation, and improving management and recycling of disaster debris.
Agricultural Plastics Recycling Best Management Practices (BMP) Posters
BMP Poster for Horticultural Plastics [PDF]
2009. 2pp.
BMP Poster for Dairy Plastics [PDF]
2009. 2pp.
2009. 65pp.
Discusses the definition of C&D waste by the state environmental agencies in the Northeast in 2006 and NEWMOA's data gathering and analysis methodology.
2005. 64pp.
The quantity of C&D waste that was disposed of in each NEWMOA state and the quantity that is processed in each state, and a characterization of the interstate flow of the material for 2002.
2004. 64pp.
View: Report [PDF], Appendix B [PDF]
2002. 43pp.
Available 2000 data on the movement of municipal solid waste among the northeast states, and a comparison between 1999 and 2000.
2002. 26pp.
A report describing waste tire generation, particularly those tires for which reuse as a tire is not possible.
2000. 33pp.
Factsheets
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Program [PDF]
2002. 13pp.
Beneficial Use of Non-Hazardous Coal Power Plant Fly Ash as Flowable Fill [PDF]
2001. 5pp.
Beneficial Use of Tire Shreds as Lightweight Fill [PDF]
2001. 6pp.
Beneficial Use of Wood Ash on Agricultural Land [PDF]
2001. 5pp.
Public Service Announcements on Open Burning of Solid Waste
- Print [PDF]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
- Audio [MP3]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
- Video [AVI]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
2004. 2pp.
A joint resolution promoting interstate cooperation to reduce air pollution from open burning of solid waste.
Waste Site Cleanup
2012-2013. 4 pp.
Brochures illustrating how state waste site cleanup programs provide services that are key to the success of brownfields projects, including case studies and testimonials.
Connecticut
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New Hampshire
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Rhode Island
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2005. 6pp.
Details the 4 C's of successful site investigations: comprehensive planning, collection of sufficient data, clear reporting, and compliance with state requirements.
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2005. 6pp.
Brochures developed for responsible parties and their representatives emphasizing the importance of site investigation and hiring a consultant that will do quality work.
Maine
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Massachusetts
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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Rhode Island
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Vermont
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Consensus statements on innovative site investigation technologies and their on-site application in the northeast.
Gas Chromatography Field Analysis
2000. 11pp.
Immunoassay Field Analysis
1999. 4pp.
X-Ray Fluorescence Field Analysis
1999. 6pp.
Hazardous Waste
2012. 1p.
An Excel matrix that summarizes who submits hazardous waste manifests to each of the state environmental agencies in the northeast, their methods of storing them, contact/s for the program, and other useful information.
2004. 15pp.
A report that presents an approach to hazardous waste program performance and compliance measurement and recommendations for follow-up.
Environmental Results Program (ERP) & Common Measures
2012. 2pp.
Outlines what an Environmental Results Program approach is, when it is best used, and the benefits.
Common Measures Project Fact Sheet [PDF]
2012. 4pp.
Provides an overview of the multi-state Common Measures Project, including the purpose, findings and recommendations.
The States Common Measures Project Final Report
2009. 108pp. plus Appendices
Webpage containing the Final Report for the Common Measures Project and the supporting appendices and a summary of three key findings.
State Innovations Grant-Project Workplan [PDF]
2006. 14pp.
The workplan submitted to US EPA for the Common Measures Project funding, including the key elements and schedule.
Quality Assurance Project Plan [PDF]
2006. 23pp.
Details the methods used by the Common Measures Project to ensure that the data collected and used was of high quality.
For more information on these documents, contact Lois Makina at .
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