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Read the Eleventh Issue of the E-Enterprise Bulletin!

On April 26, 2021, E-Enterprise released the eleventh edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, featuring the following:

  • An interview with E-Enterprise Regional Coordinators Anthony DeLoach and Allen Melcer
  • Featured products including Be Well Informed and a new Underground Storage Tank (UST) Finder Tool
  • Other news regarding state successes from Oregon and West Virginia, an ECOS Green Report about Drones, and a recent E-Enterprise Leadership Council meeting

You can subscribe to future issues of the E-Enterprise Bulletin by clicking here.

Check Out the New E-Enterprise Factsheet!

E-Enterprise for the Environment has just released a new fact sheet that contains general information on how we work, the relationship between E-Enterprise and the Exchange Network, and highlights of current E-Enterprise projects. Please enjoy this new resource, and use it to spread the word to your colleagues! E-Enterprise Fact Sheet

E-Enterprise Touts Success by the Numbers with New Infographic

At the virtual E-Enterprise for the Environment Leadership Council meeting this week, E-Enterprise released a punchy, high-level infographic conveying its success by the numbers. The graphic shows that there are now more than 2,900 subscribers to the E-Enterprise Bulletin and 670 users of the E-Enterprise Community Inventory Platform. Among the other highlights: all 50 states...

Read the Tenth Issue of the E-Enterprise Bulletin!

On December 8, 2020, E-Enterprise released the tenth edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, featuring the following:

  • An interview with EELC State Co-Chair Ben Grumbles
  • Featured E-Enterprise projects including Combined Air Emissions Reporting (CAER), Advanced Monitoring, and the Regulation Navigation Tool
  • Meeting updates from the E-Enterprise Leadership Council and EE2020 meetings, as well as various tribal events
  • Other news regarding EPA’s 50th anniversary, a Data Management project workgroup from the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council, and more…

You can subscribe to future issues of the E-Enterprise Bulletin by clicking here.

Ideas Sought for Next E-Enterprise Bulletin!

The E-Enterprise Communications Team seeks project success stories and other content to feature in the next issue of the E-Enterprise Bulletin. If you would like to submit an article topic for consideration, please send a title and brief description to Sarah Abramowitz of Ross Strategic by January 18. The description should include who, what, where, and why the topic is significant...

EPA Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary, Recognizing Successful State and Tribal Partnerships

On December 2, EPA celebrated its 50th anniversary. Since its inception in 1970, EPA has worked to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment by improving the nation’s air and cleaning up our land and water resources. In the year leading to this milestone, EPA has featured achievements that represent the anniversary theme of Progress...

E-Enterprise Explores Sound Citizen Science

Patrick McDonnell speaking about community science at the ECOS meeting   Citizen science, a long-standing practice that engages the public in scientific research, data collection, and identifying environmental problems, is a focus for E-Enterprise partners. Tribal leaders from the E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) are working with EPA to catalog examples of tribal involvement in citizen...

Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council Announces 2021 Environmental Data Management Best Practices Team

  Environmental data is the cornerstone of sound decision-making and stewardship in the 21st century. Yet as the volume of environmental data rises, many organizations are struggling with how to manage data successfully. As a result, poorly managed data often become a burden rather than an asset. Early attention to sound data management practices can...

E-Enterprise Community Comes Together to Support Tribal Events

  Making the most of virtual meeting venues, tribal partners are actively participating in E-Enterprise projects and learning about E-Enterprise opportunities. Beginning with this summer’s 25th Annual Inter Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) webinar series, attendees received training for tribes on E-Enterprise initiatives that are now expanding nationally, the Disaster Debris Recovery Tool and the Assessment, Total Maximum Daily...

Remote Inspections Workgroup Shares Lessons Learned from Pilots During Pandemic

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, stay-at-home orders and social distancing requirements complicated the jobs of environmental agency inspectors who regularly visit and tour indoor facilities accompanied by facility personnel. While EPA provided enforcement flexibility to facilities that had difficulty keeping up with their regulatory requirements due to COVID-19 restrictions, federal and state compliance and enforcement...

Free Open-Source Tool Launched for Tribal Air Data Collection and Review

QREST, the free open source automated air quality data retrieval tool   In June, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, in partnership with several tribes, launched the Quality Review and Exchange System for Tribes (QREST). QREST is a free open source tool that automatically retrieves data from data loggers (though manual import is also an option),...

Modernized Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface Released

The new, streamlined CEDRI workflow.   Over the past year, the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI) has undergone a modernization effort to update and introduce new functionality for industry users; EPA; and state, local, and tribal agencies. Launched in 2012, CEDRI is the application that stationary sources use to prepare and submit New...