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State/EPA Environmental Information Exchange

Network – Progress Report

Presented by Melanie Morris, Network Steering Board Member

February 28, 2004

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CY 2004 Performance Measures

• Focus on both building infrastructure and exchanging data

• Goal – Create critical mass by end of 2004

• 3 Measures with Specific Targets

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Success is defined as data flowing through to destination systems with no diminution of service.

Targets by FlowFlow Type Target No. Of States

Flowing in CY04

FRS 20

PCS/IDEF 10

NEI 12

Beaches 7

RCRAInfo 10

SDWIS 10

Performance Goal 1

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Performance Goal 2

Success is defined as States that are capable of multiple flows (two or more) to partners.

Target: 10-14 States doing multiple flows by end of 2004

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Performance Goal 3

Success is defined as having the technical architecture in place by having partners establish fully functional Nodes.

Target: 35 Nodes by the end of 2004

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HOW DID WE DO???

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Performance Goal 1 Targets

Type Schema/EPA Can Receive and Process

Goal Progress

FRS Yes/Yes 20 25

Beaches Yes/Yes* 7 3

NEI Yes/Yes 12 6*

PCS/IDEF Yes/Yes** 10 2

RCRAInfo Yes/Yes*** 10 3

SDWIS Yes/Yes**** 10 3

Summary:Exceeded FRS (new data to EPA)Lots of states ready for NEI in Spring 05RCRAInfo and SDWIS – not available until end of CY2004The only one that got easier was FRS

*Only 1 of 2 modules can be processed by EPA** PCS/IDEF is “scheduled” not available to all*** Only RCRAInfo Handler can be processed by EPA****Available in December 2004

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Performance Goal 2: States with Multiple Flows• Met goal with 10 states with more than 1

data flow– OR: FRS, PNNWQX, NEI, Hazardous

Waste Transporters (4) with RCRA Handler coming soon!

– WA: FRS, PNNWQX, Hazardous Waste Transporters, Fish Tissue with DOH (4)

– NJ: Beaches, FRS, NEI (3) with SDWIS coming soon

– DE: Beaches, NEI, and PCS/IDEF (3)– NH: Beaches, RCRAInfo Handler, FRS (3)

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Performance Goal 2: States with Multiple Flows (cont’d)• Met goal with 10 states with more than 1

data flow (cont’d)– NY: FRS, SDWIS– MI: DMR, TRI– ME: SDWIS, FRS– MD: SDWIS, FRS– MS: FRS, RCRAInfo Handler

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Status of Network NodesDecember 31, 2004 – 31 Operational

CA

OR

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ID

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CO

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AK

HI

OK

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PANJ

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MI

NM SC

NE

VT ME

FLIn Development

Operational

Not Yet Started

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Other things to Report

• Reusable tools and software code developed and shared….– Some demonstrated Node Configurations being

downloaded and installed in 1 day.– States developed sharable XML Style sheets to convert

drinking water lab data to SDWIS– States developed sharable Beach Monitoring web tools –

Great Lakes States going to adopt

• Looking at numbers:– Thousands of new FRS records at EPA (according to Pat)

• New Partners:– States environmental agencies exchanging data for the

first time– States giving access to their data to other State

Departments (one gave a copy of their Node Client for the other department to use to do a Query off their Node)

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Year End Reflections

• We fell short on the State to EPA data flows but we learned these were harder throughout the year

• New data flows we weren’t expecting– Hazardous waste transporters across states– DEP/DEQ and DOH exchanges

• If we make the tools (schema, and NFC) and rules available..the Network works– Proven by states being able to do flows quickly when

these tools and Nodes are in place

• Success in reaching ultimate goal of obtaining critical mass on the Exchange Network.

• End of the year (last 2 months) momentum was great…states just didn’t get Nodes up but they started doing multiple flows.

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February 2005 Update

• Nodes• Flows

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