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ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings

September 16, 2022

This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…

Filed Under: Green Reports Tagged With: compliance

Solid Waste Management for Rural Alaska Operational Guidance

August 3, 2022

This document is intended to help community leaders and landfill operators tackle those challenges by explaining how best to ensure that solid waste is handled and disposed of in a…

Alaska Notifies DOI of Intent to Sue for over 500 Contaminated Sites

December 18, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation files 548 Notices of Intent to Sue the U.S. Department of Interior over contamination on lands transferred to Alaska Native…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: Alaska Native Corporation

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Celebrates 50th Anniversary

August 13, 2021

To celebrate 50 years of work, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is highlighting environmental accomplishments in the state. When Alaska became a state in 1959, protection of Alaska’s…

Filed Under: Member News

Nine State AGs Request Revocation of Test Methods for Wood Heaters

May 28, 2021

On May 21, nine state Attorneys General wrote to U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Assessment Division detailing how two alternative test methods used to certify that new wood stoves meet EPA’s…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: emissions

ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2021 Update

March 2, 2021

In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PFAS

Alaska Shares Experience with Drones in Protecting Source Water

February 26, 2021

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) presented on the agency’s use of drones at a Technology Virtual Workshop this week. During the February 23 event on source water protection,…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: technology

ECOS Green Report: State Environmental Agency Modernization — Leveraging Unmanned Aerial Systems to Improve Environmental Results

February 11, 2021

In recent years, states have established the use of drones within various environmental programs to boost emergency preparedness and response, water monitoring (harmful algal blooms, E. coli, Cyanobacteria, bathymetric, &…

Filed Under: Green Reports Tagged With: drones, technology

ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards

February 13, 2020

In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PFAS

ECOS Drinking Water Financing Webinar

April 19, 2019

This April 17 webinar highlighted three states’ innovative programs that are assisting small water systems finance drinking water infrastructure projects. The webinar can be viewed here. Presentations include: Connecticut Small…

Filed Under: Video

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