Keeping Current With Web Resources

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Keeping Current WithWeb Resources
. . . And Al Gore said, Let there be the
information super highway

• Terri L. Slack, NJDEP
• County Environmental Waste Enforcement

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Sources of information

• USEPA/USDOT/USDOL (OSHA)
• FEMA (federal emergency management agency)
• NJDEP ( other state agencies)
• Non-profit groups trade associations, (ASTSWMO,
  NEWMOA, AWMA, ANJR, CIC, NJBIA, etc.)
• For profit groups (consulting firms)
• Educational institutions (research)

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Where to begin . . .

• HW regulations
• NJ http//www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/hw.
  htmlregs
• EPA http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/
  laws-reg.htmregs
• HM (DOT) http//www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrasse
  mble.cgi?title200649
• OSHA http//www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.searc
  h_form?p_doc_typeSTANDARDSp_toc_level0p_keyval
  ue
• Regulations.gov

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Compliance Assistance

• Federal Regulatory guidance/interpretation
• RCRA Online http//www.epa.gov/rcraonline/
• Frequently asked questions http//waste.custhelp.
  com/cgi-bin/waste.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
• National Environmental Compliance Assistance
  Clearinghouse http//cfpub.epa.gov/clearinghouse/
  about.cfm

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Compliance Assistance

• Ask DEP http//www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/dep/contactdep_g
  eneral.pl
• DEP CE Compliance Assistance http//www.state.nj
  .us/dep/ enforcement/ca-intro.html
• DEP Compliance Advisories http//www.state.nj.us/
  dep/enforcement/advisories.html
• DEP SHWMP Assistance http//www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/

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Training

• RCRA Training Modules http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer
  / hotline/rmods.htm
• OSHA Training Info http//www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/in
  dex. html
• DOT HM Transportation http//www.phmsa.dot.gov/por
  tal/site/PHMSA/
• DEP HW Training See CE compliance assistance
  website

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Emergency Preparedness

• FEMA HM Emergency Response Guide
  www.fema.gov/pdf/library/bizindst.pdf
• DOT Emergency Response Guidebook
  http//hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm
• DEP DPCC Info http//www.nj.gov/dep/rpp/brp/dp/dp
  faq. htm
• DEP Emergency Response Planning
  http//www.nj.gov/dep/rpp/brp/dp/ dpfaq.htm

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Keeping current

• Statutory regulatory changes
• NJ http//njleg.state.nj.us
• US http//thomas.loc.gov/
• NJ http//www.nj.gov/dep/rules/
• EPA Listservs https//lists.epa.gov/read/all_foru
  ms/
• DEP news releases www.state.nj.us/dep
• DEP Public Participation Calendar
  http//www.nj.gov/dep/calendar/

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Keeping current

• Enforcement Advisories
• EPA http//www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/newsle
  tters/civil/enfalert/index.html
• DEP http//www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/advisories.h
  tml
• Enforcement history
• EPA http//www.epa-echo.gov/echo/
• DEP Data Miner http//www.state.nj.us/dep

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Business Info

• EPA Small Business Assistance http//www.epa.gov/
  smallbusiness/
• EPA Business Opportunities http//www.epa.gov/epah
  ome/doing business.htm
• DEP Greenstart http//www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement
  /greenstart.htm
• DEP Small business assistance program
  http//www.nj.gov/dep/opppc/small.html
• DEP Business http//www.nj.gov/dep/depbusiness.ht
  ml

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Going the extra mile

• DEP Environmental Stewardship http//www.nj.gov/de
  p/enforcement/stewardship/
• EPA Waste Minimization http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer
  /hazwaste/minimize/index.htm
• EPA Environmental Innovation http//www.epa.gov/NC
  EI/
• EPA/DEP Waste Wise Program http//www.epa.gov/wast
  ewise/ http//www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/recycle/
  brbn03.htm
• DEP Pollution Prevention http//www.nj.gov/dep/opp
  pc/

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Zero Waste Resources

• GrassRoots Recycling Network www.grrn.org/zerowas
  te
• Earth Resource Foundation www.earthresource.org/z
  erowaste.html
• Zero Waste International Alliance www.zwia.org
• Zero Emissions Research Initiatives
  www.zeri.org
• Zero Waste Communities Yahoo Group
  http//groups.yahoo.com/group/ZeroWaste
  Communities/
• Zero Waste Business Yahoo Group
  http//finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/
  ZWBusiness/
• Eco-Cycle http//www.ecocycle.org/zero/index.cfm

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When all else fails . . .

• Google it