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Effluent Guidelines
Chapter 9: Where to Get Additional P2 Help
List of resources for additional help in complying with the regulation.
Federal P2 Programs and Contacts
This chapter presents additional sources of information, as well as EPA contacts, that may help the user obtain additional information related to P2 implementation. Specifically, the chapter presents a list of selected federal P2 programs, a list of EPA regional P2 contacts, and a list of selected periodicals and directories relating to P2. These lists also include information on how to reach EPA program personnel and how to access periodicals and directories.
For copies of documents directly related to the PFPR effluent guidelines, such as the Technical Development Document (EPA 821-R-96-019), the Economic Analysis (EPA 821-R-96-017), the Cost Effectiveness Analysis (EPA 821-R-96-018), or additional copies of this guidance manual (EPA 821- B-98-017), contact the Office of Water Resource Center at (202) 260-7786 or by E-mail at: waterpubs@epamail.epa.gov or fax: (202) 260-0386.
Questions specifically related to the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the PFPR industry, including the P2 Alternative Option, should be directed to:
Ms. Shari Zuskin
Engineering and Analysis Division
Office of Water
U.S. EPA (4303)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-7130
Fax: (202) 260-7185
E-Mail: zuskin.shari@epamail.epa.gov
Federal P2 Programs and Contacts
Enviro$en$e
Enviro$en$e is EPA's new electronic library of information on pollution prevention, technical assistance, and environmental compliance. With free public access to the system, Enviro$en$e is aimed at facilitating the sharing of technologies and experience across private and public sectors, and encouraging pollution prevention technologies suitable for export. A list of topics Enviro$en$e contains information on includes:
- Contracts, training opportunities, and news;
- Federal regulations, executive orders, and laws;
- Pollution prevention technical information, databases, initiatives;
- Federal agency and facility information;
- Technology information, databases, and initiatives;
- Funding, grants, and contracts information; and
- International resources.
Other features include E-mail with thousands of environmental professionals world- wide, electronic registration for EPA training courses, and key word searching of full text or abstracts.
To access Enviro$en$e:
Via Internet
The address is:
http://www.epa.gov/envirosense/index.html
The World Wide Web hotline number is (208) 526-6956
Via Modem
Set communications to 8, N, 1; Emulation: ANSI or VT-100. Telephone Number: (703) 908-2092
EPA Headquarters Information Resource Center
The EPA Headquarters Information Resource Center provides information support services to EPA staff and maintains a varied collection of environmental resources, including CD-ROMs, an online catalog, and other program-specific services. The library provides services to the general public and develops several publications, including newsletters and brochures. Library hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. EPA's Online Library Service (OLS) is available through telnet: "epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov". (See Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC) and EPA on the World Wide Web.)
EPA on the World Wide Web
EPA's webserver is the primary public access mechanism on the Internet for EPA. The webserver provides a range of EPA-generated information in electronic format, and also offers access to OLS, the national online catalog of the EPA library network. It includes the catalogs of the Headquarters Information Resource Center and all the Regional libraries. The special collection of the PPIC is cataloged on OLS and is recognized with the call letters "PPC".
Via Internet
EPA's home page on the world wide web:
http://www.epa.gov
EPA's P2 home page on the world wide web:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home/
EPA's Pollution Prevention Research Branch Program
The Pollution Prevention Research Branch at EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory supports projects and provides technical assistance to encourage the development and adoption of technologies, products, and P2 techniques to reduce environmental pollution. Pollution prevention resources developed by the lab are available through the Technology Transfer and Support Division at:
Technology Transfer and Support Division
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Phone (513) 569-7562
Fax: (513) 569-7566
A compilation of summaries of current Branch Projects is available from:
Current Projects: Tomasina Bayliss
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Phone (513) 569-7748
Fax (513) 569-7566
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Located in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is the central source for the public sale of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports. It is also a central source for federally generated machine processible data files. It contains reports on air pollution, acid rain, water pollution, marine pollution, marine ecosystems, land use planning, fisheries management, solar energy, offshore oil drilling, solid wastes, traffic noise, and radiation monitoring.
For more information, contact:
Chief, Order Processing Branch
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Tel: (703) 487-4650
Fax:(703) 321-8547
Pollution Prevention Division (PPD)
The Pollution Prevention Division (PPD) within EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics was established in 1988 to integrate a multimedia P2 ethic within EPA and its developing programs, as well as to provide outreach support to the public and other government departments. Its primary role is to ensure that EPA incorporates P2 into rulemaking efforts and to support P2 efforts by EPA's program offices, EPA Regions, state and local governments, industry, and the public, in keeping with the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
PPD staff are involved with or assist EPA offices in a variety of ongoing projects, including the Source Reduction Review Project, the Common Sense Initiative, and Design for the Environment. PPD oversees the Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (see related listing), manages the Pollution Prevention Incentives for state grants program, and manages EPA's Environmental Accounting project. In addition, PPD coordinates EPA's work on environmental labeling issues, the development of guidance for environmentally preferable products, and International Standards, and is a collaborator on EPA's life cycle assessment work.
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Division
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. EPA (7409)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-3557
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
The Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC) was established by EPA in response to the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 to promote source reduction. It is a free service containing technical, policy, program, and legislative information relating to P2 and source reduction. PPIC has three primary functions: (1) acting as a distribution center for documents; (2) maintaining a telephone hotline to take document orders and refer callers to other EPA information resources; and (3) maintaining a library collection of documents and publications relating to P2, waste minimization, and alternative technologies. The library collection is available for browsing in the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Library during visitor hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET) and through EPA's Online Library System (OLS) (See EPA HQ Information Resource Center above). PPIC currently publishes a list of available P2 resources that they distribute free of charge.
Some highlights of the resources available from PPIC:
Pollution Prevention Directory. Directory of publicly sponsored pollution prevention sources and state contacts available across the United States.
Pollution Prevention Publications List. EPA fact sheet, updated periodically, including forms for ordering documents. Available through PPIC, (202) 260-1023.
Pollution Prevention News. Free bimonthly newsletter on pollution prevention topics, including reports from EPA offices, people and places in the news, state programs, and calendar of conferences and events.
Also available through PPIC are environmental accounting documents and software, particularly spreadsheet software for "P2/FINANCE" (Pollution Prevention Financial Analysis Cost Evaluation). This is a spreadsheet system for conducting financial evaluations of current and potential investments. P2/FINANCE differs from conventional capital budgeting tools because it expressly addresses traditional obstacles to the financial justification of pollution prevention (P2) investments. Specifically, it expands the cost and savings inventory to include indirect and less tangible environmental costs, and uses profitability indicators and time horizons that capture the longer-term savings typical of pollution prevention investments. It runs with either Lotus 1-2-3 Version 3.4a for DOS or Microsoft Excel Version 5.0 for Windows. (EPA 742-C-96-001/002)
For more information, contact:
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
U.S. EPA (MC 7409)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 260-1023, Fax: (202) 260-4659, E-mail: ppic@epamail.epa.gov
EPA Regional P2 Contacts
Contacts* for general P2 assistance are listed by each EPA Regional Office:
| Region | Address | Name | Telephone | Fax |
| 1 | JFK Federal Building Boston, MA 02104 (617) 565-3420 |
Abby Swaine Mark Mahoney |
(617) 565-4523 (617) 565-1155 |
(617) 565-3346 |
| 2 |
(2-OPM-PPI) |
Janet Sapadin | (212) 637-3584 | (212) 637-5045 |
| 3 | 841 Chestnut Building Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 566-5000 |
Jeff Burke Cathy Libertz |
(215) 597-8327 (215) 597-0765 |
(215) 597-7906 |
| 4 | 345 Courtland Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30365 (404) 562-8357 |
Connie Roberts | (404) 562-9084 | (404) 562-9066 |
| 5 | (HRP-8J) 77 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604-3590 (312) 353-2000 |
Phil Kaplan | (312) 353-4669 | (312) 353-5374 |
| 6 | 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75270 (214) 665-6444 |
Robert Lawrence Linda Thompson |
(214) 665-6568 (214) 665-6568 |
(214) 665-7446 |
| 7 | 726 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, KS 66101 (913) 551-7000 |
Marc Matthews | (913) 551-7517 | (913) 551-7065 |
| 8 | 999 18th Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202-2405 (303) 312-6312 |
Linda Walters | (303) 312-6385 | (303) 312-6339 |
| 9 | 75 Hawthorne Street, (H-1-B) San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 744-1305 |
Bill Wilson (waste minimization) Eileen Sheehan (water) |
(415) 744-2192 (415) 744-2190 |
(415) 744-1796 |
| 10 | 1299 Sixth Avenue (MD-142) Seattle,.WA 98101 (206) 553-1200 |
Carolyn Gangmark | (206) 399-4072 | (206) 553-4957 |
Periodicals and Directories
Access EPA. Directory published by EPA's Office of Information Resources Management. Includes public information tools, major EPA dockets, clearinghouses and hotlines, library and information services, state environmental libraries, and EPA acronyms. 1993 edition, EPA 220-B- 008. Available from the EPA HQ Information Resource Center, U.S. EPA (3404), 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. Superintendent of documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, Cost $24.
Guide to Pollution Prevention Funding Organizations. Directory of public and private organizations that fund pollution prevention research. Available from Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center, 1218 Third Avenue #1205, Seattle, WA 98101. Tel: (206) 223-1151.
Pollution Prevention Review. Quarterly journal on source reduction and waste minimization, with emphasis on technical and institutional issues encountered in industrial settings. Available from Executive Enterprises, Inc., 22 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010- 6990. Tel: (800) 332-8804.
Pollution Prevention Update. Highlights federal legislation, EPA initiatives, roundtable activities, and state pollution prevention program activities. Available from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, 218 D Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: (202) 543-7272.
Pollution Prevention Yellow Pages. Lists and describes state and local pollution prevention programs. Available from National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, 218 D Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: (202) 543-7272.
Public Information Center Publications List. List of publications available from the EPA HQ Information Resource Center, U.S. EPA (3404), 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. 5-6568 (214) 665-7446
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