Environmental Information eXchange Network

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Enabling Access What Does the Exchange Network
Look Like?  ECOS Spring Meeting March 21,
2006 Charleston, SC Presented by Mitch West,
Oregon DEQ
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Whats New With the Exchange Network

• More Nodes
• More flowsincluding some big ones
• TRI Is Here Now
• STORET Close
• Touching the day jobs of more staff

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March 2006 - Status of Network Nodes
St. Regis Tribe (first Tribe operational)
WA
MT
ME
VT
ND
OR
MN
OR
NH
NH
ID
WI
SD
NY
MA
AK
WY
MI
RI
CT
IA
PA
PA
NE
NJ
NV
OH
IN
IL
UT
DE
CO
MD
WV
WV
CA
VA
KS
DC
MO
KY
NC
TN
OK
AZ
NM
NM
NM
SC
AR
HI
GA
AL
MS
MS
TX
LA
FL
US EPA CDX
FL
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Hazardous Waste Movement from WA
79,982,082 pounds 10,141 manifests
Hazardous Waste Movement from Washington
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Using the Network to Empower the Local Inspector
Waste Shipment Detail Link to Node
Link icon means Node link
WA WA WA OR OR WA OR - OR
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Node brings back the results
WasteX Results - Matching WA Generator and WA TSD
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TRI Oregon Current Process
Web
EPA
Node
CDX
TRIS Database
Envirofacts Database
Industry
Reconciliation Process
Reconciliation Process
SFM
TRI-ME
Two years later
UTIL
SFM Database
DEQ Database
Paper
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Oregon Process with the Network
EPA
Web
TRIS Database
Envirofacts Database
Industry
Node
CDX
TRI-ME
SFM
DEQ
Seconds later
Node
DEQ Database
SFM Database
UTIL
Web
Reconciliation Process
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Environmental and Health Data Sharing

• Washington Dept of Ecology already publishing
  water quality sampling results on their Node
• Reusing PNW Challenge work
• Washington Dept of Health assessing whether fish
  tissue contamination was related to birth defects
  in certain areas of the state
• Washington DOH was given a copy of the Washington
  Node client and integrated into their
  application
• Now accessing real time sampling results

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WA DOH Query Results List of Studies
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Other Exchanges Coming Online

• Oregon pilot on Health
• No nodes Required for Health to participate
• Quick execution, living system
• Electronic DMR
• Not Network, but connected
• Michigan online now, Texas leading a sharable
  effort
• STORET Coming soon. Pilot complete, testing
  no-touch feeding of STORET
• AirState to state exchange

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New! Shared Services

• What does the network look like to a general
  user?
• ENDS is being built for the network community to
  share
• Whats out there?
• How do I access it?
• Whats the data format?
• Any hints on displaying the data?
• Usable by Nodes, or web tools acting as a node
• CDX will deploy this summer

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Advantages of Shared Services

• Quick response to new needs
• No need to buy anything to use the Network
• Write onceuse many times.
• Examples
• Check HW shipments for a new state (without any
  programming)
• Look up a facility of interest
• Create ad hoc networks in response to a crisis

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Contact

www.exchangenetwork.net
Mitch West west.mitch_at_deq.state.or.us (503)
229-6295