Expert Systems for Compliance Assistance

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Expert Systems for Compliance Assistance

• CONSAD Research Corporation
• Pittsburgh, PA

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If communication is your responsibility, you know
about

• compliance guides,
• directory of sources,
• regulatory digests,
• fact sheets,
• check lists,
• FAQ sheets,

• handbooks,
• help hotlines,
• brochures,
• public service announcements,
• and all the others.

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What are expert systems?

• Computer programs which ask questions and
  provide conclusions.
• Based on Ifthen statements.
• Capable of implementing complex trees.
• Created for a specific domain or problem.

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Limitations

• Cannot provide solutions for problems outside its
  domain.
• Cannot learn.
• Requires a computer access to the Internet
  (CD-ROM is also available.)

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Advantages

• Makes tacit knowledge explicit.
• Allows the recording of expert knowledge.
• Provides repeatable and verifiable expertise.
• Self-service, available anytime.

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Class V Injection Wells

• Motor vehicle servicing a small business
  activity.
• All states.
• Specific regulatory requirements.
• One topic.

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Auto Recycling Advisor

• Auto recycling a small business activity.
• All States.
• Multiple regulatory requirements.
• Multiple topics covered.

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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure
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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure AND
Do you service motor vehicles? Yes
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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure AND
Do you service motor vehicles? Yes AND Do you
have floor drains or sinks in vehicle service
areas? Yes
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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure AND
Do you service motor vehicles? Yes AND Do you
have floor drains or sinks in vehicle service
areas? Yes AND Do you have floors drains or
sinks connected to a municipal sewer? No AND
Do you have floor drains or sinks connected to a
holding tank and the waste in the
holding tank disposed of off-site? No
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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure AND
Do you service motor vehicles? Yes AND Do you
have floor drains or sinks in vehicle service
areas? Yes AND Do you have floors drains or
sinks connected to a municipal sewer? No AND
Do you have floor drains or sinks connected to a
holding tank and the waste in the
holding tank disposed of off-site? No AND Do
you discharge motor vehicle wastewater directly
to surface waters or onto land? No
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Whats inside the program?
IF Do you currently own or operate a
Class V motor vehicle waste well in
a motor vehicle repair facility? Unsure AND
Do you service motor vehicles? Yes AND Do you
have floor drains or sinks in vehicle service
areas? Yes AND Do you have floors drains or
sinks connected to a municipal sewer? No AND
Do you have floor drains or sinks connected to a
holding tank and the waste in the
holding tank disposed of off-site? No AND Do
you discharge motor vehicle wastewater directly
to surface waters or onto land?
No THEN You have a Class V motor vehicle
waste disposal well.
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CONSAD Expert System Development Team

• Alex Botkin
• Amy Marino
• Gordon Marshall
• Howard Shih
• Andrea Sterdis

• CONSAD Research Corpoartion
• www.consad.com