Description of Initiative: The Business Problem: Expediting permit, license, and approval (hereafter referred collectively as “permit”) application processing is an important strategy within the Environmental Health Administration (EHA) and among…
Environmental Data
The Information Management group was established in 1998 to address information management issues in the States and to work jointly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Oregon’s Environmental Complaint Electronic Management System
Description of Initiative: In December 2011, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) launched a new citizen complaint response system. For decades DEQ had received and responded to complaints about…
2014 Environmental Innovations Green Report: State Bridge-Building, E-Initiatives Yield Results
In 2014, ECOS was pleased to receive 17 impressive nominations and to present awards at its Fall Meeting in Santa Fe to the following five deemed by the Executive Committee…
Oregon’s Public Hearing Communications Model
Description of Initiative: Public involvement and transparency are key elements of government. Creating opportunities for meaningful involvement in controversial permits or rulemakings can be challenging. With public hearings for a…
Missouri’s ePermitting System – Stormwater Construction Permits
Description of Initiative: EPermitting is Missouri’s customized online web application that allows citizens to apply, pay for, and receive general stormwater construction permits from the Missouri Department of Natural…
2013 State Innovations Report
State-developed initiatives are solving pressing challenges, both in protecting human health and the environment and in enhancing operations within agencies themselves. From incorporating new technologies in data tracking and permitting…
Attachment to Letter to U.S. EPA on NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule
This attachment includes further information for the letter to EPA on the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (December 12, 2013).
Letter to U.S. EPA on NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule
This letter provides comments on the proposed, Electronic Reporting Rule, related to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). In summary, states affirm their support of EPA’s efforts to move…
2012 State Innovations
This report looks at how states are devising a variety of forward-thinking solutions to pressing challenges, with approaches range from simple to complex, and from narrowly focused to cross-media in…
