Advanced Monitoring Scan & Screen Network & Technology Clearinghouse While new smaller, faster, and cheaper advanced monitoring technologies have the potential to significantly improve environmental protection, agency officials have questions regarding their use. The E-Enterprise Advanced Monitoring Strategy and Implementation Team is a group of EPA, state, and local air agency staff working to…
In 2019, state and EPA employees embarked on a journey to identify differences in data codes between state, local, and tribal (SLT) emissions inventory systems and EPA’s National Emissions Inventory (NEI) system. Alongside the Combined Air Emissions Reporting (CAER) Product Design Team, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Minnesota) analyzed emissions inventory code table data from…
The E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) held its semiannual, two-day meeting virtually in October, focusing in part on members’ innovative efforts to address environmental protection challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the examples highlighted at the EELC meeting were innovative approaches of EPA, states, and tribes to ensure continued operations through activities such as…
E-Enterprise and the Exchange Network are nearing the finish line on a successful and well-attended EE2020 webinar series. Launched in June, the series has featured monthly installments on a wide range of topics selected from the originally planned in-person meeting program. The August webinar explored how agencies can tell more effective and engaging stories…
From left to right, Ben Grumbles, Mike Keyack, Alisha Bartling, Jennie Campbell, Stephen Forrest The E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) is pleased to announce new state leadership and a new member. Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment – EELC State Co-Chair Mike Keyack, Deputy Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental…
Do you have experience managing user access to a regulated entity portal? Your fellow E-Enterprise Community Inventory Platform (EECIP) user, Victoria Phillips of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, seeks your perspective in this EECIP discussion thread. Phillips posted that she is interested in connecting with EPA, state, or tribal staff who have experience building or…
On Wednesday, December 2, an interview with E-Enterprise State Chair and Maryland Department of Environment Director Ben Grumbles was published in Inside EPA. The interview covers topics including environmental data, remote operations, and the E-Enterprise Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP) project. Interested users with Inside EPA login credentials can click the following link to read…
On Thursday, October 8th, E-Enterprise convened its fifth webinar for the virtual EE2020 national meeting. The webinar was a conversation about community science, or the involvement of the public in expanding scientific knowledge and understanding. This session showcased results from an EPA-funded project at the Environmental Law Institute that is assessing how different state and…
EELC Tribal Chair Kari Hedin of the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa just recorded two excellent explainer videos about E-Enterprise topics – click the links below to check them out! Tribal Consortium Explainer “What E-Enterprise Means to Me” Explainer
On Thursday, September 17th, E-Enterprise convened its fourth webinar for the virtual EE2020 national meeting. The webinar was a conversation about the E-Enterprise Digital Strategy, which represents a shared vision to help environmental agencies: Better coordinate their IT systems and services; Improve collaboration using shared data, and; Reimagine ways to use technology to achieve better…