On May 7, 2019, E-Enterprise released the fifth edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, featuring the following:
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In May, E-Enterprise for the Environment hosted a webinar to spotlight work by states and EPA related to the development and deployment of various National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting applications and workflows. The workshop featured: Nevada: An overview of Nevada’s Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) state-developed E-Permitting system and NetDMR system. The NetDMR...
Every citizen wants to live in a clean environment. While environmental rules are implemented to reduce pollution, the application and reporting processes involved in environmental regulation may become burdensome for businesses that lack dedicated staff to handle them. In addition, the 28,000 manual permit transactions once performed each year by the Arizona Department of Environmental...
In efforts to improve the national emissions inventory of outdoor air toxic sources, which is used for the National Air Toxics Assessment and rule development, the Combined Air Emissions Reporting (CAER) project team researched commonalities and differences between air emissions data submitted and hosted in four databases. The team developed crosswalks for common data fields...
Tribes monitor, collect, and assess water quality annually on their lands under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act. Historically, tribes have submitted water quality assessments to the EPA regional offices in a paper format, creating challenges when tracking, analyzing, and sharing trend data across the EPA Regions and on a national level. In 2016,...
Is your agency using, or thinking of adopting, a system to accept online payments? If so, join this discussion thread via the E-Enterprise Community Inventory Platform (EECIP)! Todd Hochman of the New Mexico Environment Department is asking other departments and agencies about hosting online payment solutions (e.g. Paypal) for environmental services. Todd is looking for...
As part of its effort to promote timely permit review, E-Enterprise for the Environment recently hosted a webinar spotlighting work of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) on a state electronic permitting system. MassDEP worked with state partners to first streamline processes, and then develop and deploy a scalable e-permitting platform using standard components...
E-Enterprise partners are designing a Digital Strategy and Architecture Plan to help EPA, states, and tribes deploy transformative technologies to deliver more efficient services and enhance environmental protection. In response to a request from state agencies, the E-Enterprise Leadership Council charged partners with developing a strategy to leverage new technology for improving environmental services to...
In this April 2019 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Management Board member Mary Montoya of New Mexico Environment Department discusses her involvement in E-Enterprise and the valuable lessons she has learned along the way. What roles do you fill on behalf of the E-Enterprise initiative? I am currently a member of...
In this article from the December 2018 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler discusses his goals for EPA and how strong state, local, and tribal partnerships are an integral part of the Administration’s environmental agenda. EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. It’s a task that Congress didn’t intend for...
On December 4, 2018, E-Enterprise released the fourth edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, featuring the following:
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