Publications List

The following is a list of NEWMOA publications. Documents available via the web are linked. For more information on these documents, call NEWMOA at 617-367-8558 or contact Lois Makina at .

Publications are organized into the following areas:

• About NEWMOA
• Industry Sectors
• Innovative P2 Technology
• Environmental Management Accounting
• Mercury
• Lead
• Pollution Prevention Policies & Programs
• Solid Waste
• Waste Site Cleanup
• Hazardous Waste
• Common Measuers

About NEWMOA

NEWMOA Newsletter: Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News

NEWMOA Profile [PDF]

NEWMOA Strategic Plan [PDF]

NEWMOA By-Laws [PDF]

Working Together to Protect Our Quality of Life: NEWMOA Annual Report 2010 [PDF]
2011. 24pp.

Acting on Climate Change & Materials Management: NEWMOA Annual Report 2009 [PDF]
2010. 24pp.

Setting A Course for the Future: NEWMOA Annual Report 2008 [PDF]
2009. 24pp.

Partnership for Sustainability: NEWMOA Annual Report 2007 [PDF]
2008. 20pp.

States Innovate to Promote Environmental Results: NEWMOA Annual Report 2006 [PDF]
2007. 17pp.

Interstate Coordination + Cooperation: A Formula for Success: NEWMOA Annual Report 2005 [PDF]
2006. 20pp.

Working Together for Environmental Progress: NEWMOA Annual Report 2004 [PDF]
2005. 20pp.

Partnering for the Future: NEWMOA Annual Report 2003 [PDF]
2004. 16pp.

Advancing Environmental Solutions in the Northeast: NEWMOA Annual Report 2002 [PDF]
2003. 12pp.

Sharing Our Resources: NEWMOA Annual Report 2001 [PDF]
2002. 12pp.

Building on the Success of A Cooperative Regional Approach: NEWMOA Annual Report 2000 [PDF]
2001. 12pp.

Advancing Environmental Progress Through Collaboration, Facilitation, and Education: NEWMOA Annual Report 1999 [PDF]
2000. 14pp.

Taking Coordinated Action: NEWMOA Annual Report 1998 [PDF]
1999. 16pp.

Beginning Another Decade of Service: NEWMOA Annual Report 1997 [PDF]
1998. 16pp.

NEWMOA Annual Report 1996 [PDF]
1997. 15pp.

Gaining Strength Through Unity: NEWMOA Annual Report 1995 [PDF]
1996. 20pp.

NEWMOA Annual Report 1994 [PDF]
1995. 16pp.

P2 Week Brochure: Tips for Parents to Recognize That a "Healthy Planet = Healthy Kids" [PDF]

P2 Week Bookmark: Save a Watt - Save a Lot: Conserve Energy & Prevent Pollution [PDF]

NEWMOA Thesaurus [PDF]
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.

Industry Sectors

Adhesives

Auto Repair

Waste Oil Regulations: A Quick Guide for Auto Repair Shops
1998. Covers state focused waste/used oil regulations and P2 options.
View as: pdf - Connecticut (English, Spanish); Maine; Massachusetts (English, Spanish, Portuguese); New Hampshire; Vermont

A Checklist for Auto Repair Shops [PDF]
1998. Provides a self-audit tool for regulatory compliance.

Metal Products

Pollution Prevention for Machining and 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 that are used in machining and metal fabrication facilities.

Pollution Prevention in Paints & Coatings Processes, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. 121pp. + app. Provides detailed information for technical assistance providers on the metal coatings process and P2 options and alternatives.
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Pollution Prevention in the Primary Metals Industry, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. Provides information for assistance providers on primary metals manufacturing and P2 options and alternatives.
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Pollution Prevention in Metal Finishing: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1997. 170pp. + appendices. Provides detailed information for technical assistance providers on metal finishing and P2 options and alternatives.
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Slideshow & Video: RCRA Compliance for Metal Finishing Facilities
1998. To obtain a copy of the slideshow or video, contact the NEWMOA office. The show provides an overview of RCRA compliance and P2 for the metal finishing industry. Approximately 20 minutes long.

Printing

Pollution Prevention, An Environmental Resource Guide for Off-set Lithographers
2000. CD-ROM. To obtain a copy of the CD, contact the NEWMOA office. Contains compliance assistance and P2 information related to offset lithography including videos, case studies, and planning and options analysis tools.

Wood Furniture Finishing

A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for Maine Wood Finishers
1998, To obtain a copy of the manual, contact the NEWMOA office. Presents multi-media regulations and P2 for small wood furniture manufacturers.

A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for New Hampshire Wood Finishers
1998, To obtain a copy of the manual, contact the NEWMOA office. 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. 89 pp. + app. Covers new regulations and P2 options for wood furniture manufacturers.

High Solids Topcoats & HVLP Spray Guns: Ethan Allen [PDF]
1997. 6 pp. Describes 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. 6 pp. Describes the Hussey Seating Company's efforts to use new coatings to reduce air emissions and operating costs.

Innovative P2 Technology Profiles

Closed-Loop Vapor Degreasing [PDF]
2001.

Closed-Loop Aqueous Cleaning [PDF]
2003.

Trivalent Chromium Replacements for Hexavalent Chromium Plating [PDF]
2003.

Using Alternative Cleaners in Enclosed Spray Gun Washers [PDF]
2007.

Computer-to-Plate Lithographic Printing [PDF] (2006)
2006.

Environmental Management Accounting

The Roles of Materials and Cost Accounting in an Environmental Management System: A Case Study of Precix, Inc. (formerly Acushnet Rubber Company) [PDF]
2003.

Improving Your Competitive Position: Strategic & Financial Assessment of Pollution Prevention Investments, Training Manual [PDF]
3rd Edition. 1998. Presents methods for conducting financial assessment of P2 investment options at firms.

P2 & Lending Case Study: Hubbardton Forge, Immediate Environmental & Efficiency Returns
1996. 15 pp.

P2 & Lending Case Study: National Chromium Company Renewed Profitability Through Pollution Prevention
1996. 16 pp.

Pollution Prevention & Profitability, A Primer for Lenders
1996. 16 pp.
Helps lenders understand how P2 can enhance traditional loan evaluation criteria.

Mercury

Click here for IMERC documents

Mercury-Added Products Found at Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities [PDF]
2010. 40 pp. Provides information about mercury-containing devices likely to be found at drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities to support outreach efforts during the upgrades of primary and secondary wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities.

Review of Compact Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Initiatives in the U.S. and Internationally [PDF]
2009. 24 pp. Reviews compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) collection and recycling programs in the U.S. and abroad to highlight lessons learned.

Trends in Mercury Use in Products
2008. 30 pp. Summarizes mercury use in products sold in the United States in 2001 and 2004 to identify trends and opportunities for improvements in the collection and recycling of mercury waste.

IMERC Factsheets
2008-2010. Provides fact sheets on mercury use in targeted categories of products that summarize data provided by manufacturers and distributors of mercury-added products to the IMERC-member states.

Review and Assessment of Thermostat Recycling Activities in the Northeast [PDF]
2008. 27 pp. Provides an assessment of mercury-added thermostat collection and recycling programs.

Reducing Mercury in the Northeast United States [PDF]
2008. 5 pp. Covers the regional initiative in the Northewast 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; www.awma.org). To obtain copies and reprints, please contact A&WMA directly at (412) 232-3444.

Mercury Success Stories:
2007. Describes results of mercury reduction programs in the Northeast that have targeted emissions controls, reduction and management of mercury-containing products, and wastewater discharges. Press Release [PDF]

• Summary [PDF]
• NEIWPCC [PDF]
• NESCAUM [PDF]
• NEWMOA [PDF]

New Jersey DEP Dental Amalgam Posters:
2007. Provides posters for dentists in NJ on best management practices for dental amalgam waste and for dental patients on their choices of restorative materials.

• Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste [PDF]
• Dentists are Doing Their Part [PDF]

New York Dental Amalgam Poster [PDF]
2006. Provides a poster on best management practices for handling of dental amalgam wastes in NY.

Reported Mercury Spills in the Northeast States [PDF]
2001. 12 pp. Provides 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.

Instructions for Cleaning Up "Small" Mercury Spills in Households [PDF]
2003. 7 pp. Contains basic instructions on how to clean-up small liquid mercury spills.

Mercury in Schools and Communities
Contains extensive information on identifying and removing elemental mercury and products containing mercury from schools and from homes.

State-specific 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]

Advertisement: Don't trash fluorescent lamps! Recycle them. [PDF]

How to Recycle Mercury Lamps in 8 Easy Steps [PDF]
Provides basic guidance on how to recycle mercury lamps.

Mercury Pollution in the Northeast - A Guide for Policymakers
2005. 4 pp. Provides a guide for policy makers on reducing mercury pollution.

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) Analysis of Waste Dental Amalgam [PDF]
2004. 5 pp. Provies a review of the available TCLP analyses of dental amalgam waste.

One Gram of Mercury Can Contaminate a Twenty Acre Lake [PDF]
2004. 1 pp. Provides clarification about this commonly cited statistic

Survey of Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC) Wholesalers [PDF]
2003. 12 pp. Provides a survey of the TRC wholesalers in the Northeast.

Summary of Research on Mercury Emissions from Municipal Landfills [PDF]
2003. 7 pp. Provides a review of the available literature on mercury releases from landfills.

Indoor Air Mercury [PDF]
2003. 8 pp. Provides 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.

Review of the Thermostat Recycling Corporation Activities in the Northeast [PDF]
2003. 12 pp. Provides 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.

Federal Facilities Case Studies
2001. Provides case studies that represent the culmination of a cooperative effort of the Environmental Protection Agency New England (EPA NE), NEWMOA, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP), and four New England Federal Facilities to develop a methodology to assist Federal Facilities to identify and reduce uses of mercury.

Northeast States & Eastern Canadian Provinces Mercury Study, A Framework for Action
NESCAUM/NEWMOA/NEIWPCC. 1998. Presents the results of an analysis of mercury emissions and deposition. To obtain a copy of the report, contact the NEWMOA office.

Federal Facilities Case Studies

Federal Facilities Mercury Log Sheet [PDF]

Federal Facilities Mercury Questionnaire [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Air Force Base [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Environmental Laboratory [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: New England College [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard [PDF]

Addendum [PDF]

Click here for other mercury reports.

Lead

Identifying Industry Sectors in the Northeast That Emit or Transfer Lead or Lead Compounds [PDF]

Pollution Prevention Technologies and Resources for Industry Sectors Emitting or Transferring Lead or Lead Compounds in the Northeast [PDF]

Pollution Prevention Policies & Programs

NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan [PDF]

Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News - Published a few times a year and provided free to subscribers. Covers federal, state, and local environmental assistance and pollution prevention activities in the Northeast. The production and distribution of this newsletter is funded by EPA Region 1 - New England and the NEWMOA member states. Subscribing to the newsletter is easy, just complete the online form. We urge subscribers to request the electronic version of the newsletter so that we can save paper and postage costs. Please indicate on the subscription form your preference for the electronic or hard copy version.

Pollution Prevention Metrics Menu [PDF]
1999. 15pp. The purpose of this menu is to provide a baseline list of metrics that programs can agree to utilize to help facilitate multi-state studies of pollution prevention activities, such as the recently published Pollution Prevention Progress in the Northeast.

Pollution Prevention Progress in the Northeast States [PDF]
1998.
Presents the results of a study of P2 program activities for the Northeast states.

Recommendations for a National P2 Information Network [PDF]
1998.
Describes P2 programs and recommends national network.

Hazardous Air Pollution Prevention (HAP2) Project: Final Report to EPA [PDF]
1999. 12pp. Recommendations to EPA on integrating P2 into the MACT program.

Solid Waste

NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan; July 2009 [PDF]

Policy Options White Paper - Promoting Greater Recycling of Gypsum Wallboard from Construction and Demolition (C&D) Projects in the Northeast; September 2010 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Among the NEWMOA States in 2008; August 2010 [PDF]

Agricultural Plastics Recycling Best Management Practices (BMP) Posters; September 2009

• BMP Poster for Horticultural Plastics [PDF]
• BMP Poster for Dairy Plastics [PDF]

Construction & Demolition Waste Management in the Northeast in 2006; June 2009 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Construction & Demolition Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002; January 2005 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002; June 2004
View as: Report [PDF], Appendix B [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2000; February 2002 [PDF]

Waste Tires in the NEWMOA States; February 2002 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 1999; December 2000 [PDF]

Factsheets:

• Beneficial Use of Non-Hazardous Coal Power Plant Fly Ash as Flowable Fill; April 2001 [PDF]
• Beneficial Use of Tire Shreds as Lightweight Fill; April 2001 [PDF]
• Beneficial Use of Wood Ash on Agricultural Land; April 2001 [PDF]
• Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Program; January 2002 [PDF]

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


• Don't Trash Our Air: A Joint Resolution Promoting Interstate Cooperation to Reduce Air Pollution from Open Burning of Solid Waste
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Waste Site Cleanup

Site Investigation Brochures

Improving Site Investigation Brochure - December 2005
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Maine Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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Massachusetts Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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New Hampshire Site Investigation Matters Brochure - May 2005
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New Jersey Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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Rhode Island Site Investigation Matters Brochure - April 2005
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Vermont Site Investigation Matters Brochure - May 2005
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Innovative Technology Advisory Opinions

Immunoassay Field Analysis - May 1999

X-Ray Fluorescence Field Analysis - September 1999

Gas Chromatography Field Analysis - November 2000

Passive Diffusion Bag Samplers for VOC Sample Collection from Groundwater Monitoring Wells - February 2002
View as: HTML, PDF

Hazardous Waste

The States Common Measures Report [PDF], December 2009

Common Measures

Common Measures Report