Pollution Prevention & Compliance Assistance Measurement

Terri GoldbergNortheast Waste Management Officials’ Association

Agenda

P2 & Compliance Assistance Measures– Purpose– Background

Demonstration of SoftwareReports

Purposes of Measurement

Communicate Activities & Accomplishments to Policy-Makers

Improve Program Management Provide Funders with Relevant Information Influence Policy Development Measure Progress Toward Goals

Types of Measurements

Activities (bean counting): # client visits, # workshops, # publications

Outcomes that are the direct results of or closely associated with activities: better understanding of requirements; # lbs. solid waste reduced; tons of air emissions eliminated

Environmental Indicators: Overall air quality; stream classification

Level of Measurement Focus

Specific sector initiative or geographic target: use focused surveys & follow-up

Program-wide: need defined set of data to aggregate & track across activities in a program

Agency-wide: need defined set of data to aggregate & track across all programs in an agency

Multi-state/Regional/National: need defined set of data to aggregate & track across agencies

Cautions

Going from activities to environmental indicators & from project to multi-agency measurement

– the system gets more complex– cause & effect are less clear– requires greater consensus among a wider array of

providers Cannot satisfy all needs with one system Need aggregated data to see overall trends Measurement is not free– need to budget time &

funds to support & maintain

Key Questions in Designing Measurement System

What are the purposes of the system? What are the reports/questions that you want

the system to address? What types of measurement, & what level of

measurement are you targeting? What types of data are you able to collect

with the resources you have available? Who will manage/maintain system?

Northeast Project Background

Multi-state/multi-agency projectRegional WorkgroupReport – P2 Progress in the NortheastMetrics MenuMemorandum of AgreementSoftware

Proposed Reports

Currently developing boiler-plate reports that can be produced by the software; need to reach consensus

Reports focus on aggregating data for key elements of the software: program wide & regionally

Examples from training events (i.e., conferences/workshops) portion

Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA)

Non-profit, non-partisan interstate organization established in 1986

New England, New Jersey, & New York Governed by the HW, SW, Waste Site

Cleanup, & P2 Program Directors Facilitates communication & cooperation Develops unified positions on waste & P2

issues Organizes training & conducts research

For Copies of the Software or For More Information

Terri Goldberg

NEWMOA

129 Portland St., 6th Floor

Boston, MA 02114

(617) 367-8558, ext. 302

(617) 367-0449 (fax)

tgoldberg@newmoa.org

www.newmoa.org