[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6328-6332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2978]



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Notice of National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant 
Guidelines; Notice

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of National Environmental Information Exchange Network 
Grant Guidelines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that the 
National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program is 
now soliciting applications for the Program. The goal of the National 
Environmental Information Exchange Grant Program is to advance the 
National Environmental Information Exchange Network by encouraging 
State and other partner's data integration efforts. Funding will be 
provided through grants to States, the District of Columbia, Trust 
Territories, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for capacity 
building capabilities for Network participation. Tribes will receive 
funds from a designated set-aside pool of resources.

DATES: Applications must be received or postmarked not later than April 
1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: These guidelines are final, however, comments and questions 
may be directed to Grant Program e-mail: [email protected]. Hard 
copies of all referenced documents may be obtained by contacting the 
appropriate regional contact (see Section VI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn Burger, U.S. E.P.A., Office of 
Environmental Information, Mail Code 2812, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20460; Phone (202) 564-0200; e-mail: 
[email protected]. For additional information, please visit the 
Grant Program Web site at: www.epa.gov/neengprg.

    Dated: February 1, 2002.
Kimberly T. Nelson,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Information.

FY2002 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant 
Program

Section I. Background

    Information is fundamental to the work of environmental protection. 
Environmental decision makers at all levels need timely and high 
quality environmental information to make informed decisions. Yet, many 
of the current systems and approaches to information exchange are not 
designed to meet those needs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), through work with the Environmental Council of the States, has 
developed a new vision for exchanging environmental data that, when 
fully established, will help meet those needs. The National 
Environmental Information Exchange Network (Network) is a major 
component of the solution envisioned by EPA.
    The Network utilizes technologies and approaches that help create 
E-commerce and will provide an alternative to the current approach of 
exchanging data. These data exchanges will replace and complement the 
traditional approach to information exchange that currently relies upon 
data being processed directly to multiple EPA national data systems. 
Network participants will house information on their own nodes or 
portals where it will be available upon authorized request. The Network 
is described in detail in a Blueprint document developed by States and 
the EPA. The Blueprint document can be accessed at: www.epa.gov/oei/imwg.
    The FY2002 appropriations to EPA include $25 million in grants that 
will be used to advance States, the District of Columbia, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands (referred to as States from here on) and Federally recognized 
Indian Tribes (referred to as Tribes from here on) readiness to 
participate on the Network. EPA will set-aside $2.5 million for Tribes.

Section II. Network Grant Components

    The appropriation funds the Network Grant Program for the 2002 
fiscal year only. States and Tribes have expressed the concern that 
uncertainty regarding the continuation of the Network Grant Program 
makes it difficult to integrate the program into their planning 
process, or to take on longer term projects. In order to partially 
address those concerns, EPA is committed to running the Network grant 
program in substantially the same manner, if funds are appropriated, 
for the first two years (FY 2002--2003). Some modifications may be 
required to address changes in funding levels, or to enhance the 
administration of the program.
    The Network Grant Program has four main parts which are:

1. Network One Stop
2. Network Readiness
3. Network Challenge
4. Network Administration

    There are no matching requirements for any part of the Grant 
Program.

Section III. Guidance for Applicants

    This section describes the application process for each part of the 
Grant Program.
    Part 1--describes general requirements that apply to each part of 
the Grant Program.
    Part 2--describes the eligibility, availability and use of funds 
and the particular requirements for submitting applications for Network 
One Stop Grants.
    Part 3--describes the eligibility, availability and use of funds 
and the particular requirements for submitting applications for Network 
Readiness Grants.
    Part 4--describes the eligibility, availability and use of funds, 
and the particular requirements for submitting applications for Network 
Challenge Grants.
    Part 5--describes the eligibility, availability and use of funds, 
and the particular requirements for submitting applications for Network 
Administration Grants.
Part 1: General Requirements and Assistance
    Eligible entities must designate a single lead agency that will 
have overall responsibility for developing the grant proposal, 
submitting the grant application, and managing grant funds. The lead 
agency may award sub-grants, contracts, and establish intra-
governmental agreements as necessary with other agencies to implement 
their work plan. States and Tribes may change the lead agency from one 
grant cycle to the next. However, the lead agency designated for a 
particular grant cycle must continue to report on the projects funded 
in that cycle until they are completed. Along with their grant 
proposals applicants must also submit:
    1. Federal Grant Forms--Federal Standard Forms 424 and 424A. SF 
424: Application for Federal Assistance, the official form required for 
all federal grants, requests basic information about the grantee and 
the proposed project. SF 424A requests budget information on the 
proposed project. For an electronic copy of these forms go to 
www.epa.gov/neengprg.
    2. Confidential Information--Applicants should clearly mark 
information in their grant proposals that they consider to be 
confidential. EPA will make final confidentiality decisions in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2, subpart B.
    3. Pre-application Assistance--Applicants seeking assistance on 
developing any of the grants should contact the appropriate regional or 
headquarters contact. (See Section V for contacts).

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    4. Submission of Multiple Grant Applications--States and Tribes 
submitting Network One Stop, Network Readiness and/or Network Challenge 
applications may submit applications at the same time.
    5. Lead Agency--The Lead Agency (e.g., an agency with delegation 
for environment, natural resources, health, agriculture, etc.) 
designated by the eligible entity must submit a single application. 
States and Tribes may work together to submit a Challenge grant but a 
Lead State Agency or Lead Tribe must be identified within the 
application.
    6. A clear definition of project goals and measures--Clearly 
describe the goal(s) of the project, describe in detail the measures to 
be used to evaluate the success of the project, and the plan for 
reporting results based on the measures. If a Quality Assurance Plan 
(QAP) exists for data flows being proposed with the application, a copy 
of this plan must be included with the application. If a QAP does not 
exist, grant recipients must work with the respective Regional or HQ 
Project Officer as well as the Regional or HQ Quality Assurance Manager 
to develop and implement a quality assurance project plan that is 
acceptable to all parties before federal funds will be released. 
Recipients may (though it is not required) use the template developed 
for technology grants. A copy of the template can be found at the 
Network Grants Web site www.epa.gov/neengprg.
    7. Funding Vehicle Preference--The grant proposal should indicate 
whether the applicant prefers receiving grant funds as part of an 
existing Performance Partnership Grant (PPG), or as a separate grant. 
If a grant recipient chooses to add funds to a Performance Partnership 
Grant (PPG), the Network grant work plan commitments must also be 
included in the PPG work plan and the Performance Partnership Agreement 
work plan negotiated with EPA HQ and Regions.
    8. Page Limitations--Proposals for Network One Stop Grants should 
be no more than 15-20 pages in length. Proposals for Network Readiness 
Grants should be no more than 5-10 pages in length. Proposals for 
Network Challenge Grant should be no more than 10-15 pages in length. 
Supporting materials may be submitted along with the proposal and will 
not be counted against the page limitations. However, applicants should 
ensure that they adequately describe the project they plan to undertake 
within the page limitation guidelines and do not depend upon supporting 
materials for this purpose. Proposals should be submitted using a 12 
point font or larger and in a format that is compatible with 
WordPerfect 8.0 or in a PDF format.
    9. Submission Requirements and Schedule--If applications and 
proposals are submitted in a paper format, eligible entities must 
submit two copies of the Grant Application to the appropriate regional 
contact, and two copies to the EPA headquarters contact. Electronic 
versions of application and proposals may be sent via e-mail to: 
[email protected]. Applications for All Parts of the Grant Must Be 
Received or Postmarked Not Later Than April 1, 2002.
Part 2: Network One Stop Grants--Eligibility and Availability of Funds, 
Use of Funds, Particular Requirements for Submitting Applications and 
Criteria

Eligibility and Availability of Funds

    All States and Tribes that have not previously received a One Stop 
Grant (i.e., VT, CT, KY, TN, AR, AL, KS, IA, ND, SD, WY, CO, ID, NV, 
AK, HI, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and all Tribes) may 
apply for a One Stop Grant. States are eligible to receive a maximum of 
$500,000. Tribes are eligible to receive a maximum of $100,000 from the 
Tribal set-aside funds.

    Note: A State or Tribe that has not received a Network One Stop 
Grant may apply for a Network Readiness and/or Network One Stop 
Grant, but may only be awarded funding from one category. A State or 
Tribe that has not previously received a Network One Stop Grant and 
receives funding for a Network Readiness Grant in 2002 will be 
eligible to apply for a Network One Stop Grant in the second year of 
the program (pending receipt of appropriations for the program).

Use of Funds

    These grants are intended for the purpose of continuing EPA's 
commitment to offer funding under the One Stop Reporting Partnership 
Program through 2003. These grant funds are intended to support the 
broader goals of the One Stop program which are to (1) reduce the 
reporting burden on industry, States, and local governments; (2) foster 
multimedia (air, water, waste) and geographic approaches to problem 
solving; and (3) provide the public with meaningful, real-time access 
to environmental data.

Particular Requirements

    To receive a grant, each State/Tribe must submit a 15-20 page 
proposal. The proposal should address State/Tribal plans and activities 
that demonstrate the following:
    1. Senior State/Tribal Leadership (Deputy Commissioner, 
Commissioner, Chief Information Officer, or Governor) willingness to 
establish clear accountability for environmental reporting reforms and 
to participate with EPA and other One Stop States in documenting and 
communicating the results of the grant.
    2. A commitment to accomplishing burden reduction, data integration 
and public access, as indicated by the level of investment in and 
capacity for environmental data management.
    3. Readiness for full-scale implementation of programs to work 
toward established objectives, as indicated by accomplishments and 
planned activities:
    Integrating State/Tribal/EPA data management. EPA will give special 
attention to proposals that address the State capacity and readiness to 
implement the cornerstone of integrating environmental data, the 
facility identifier. This approach is compatible with EPA's Facility 
Identification data standard, which was finalized in November 2000. 
Integration of environmental data at the facility level is the primary 
thrust of the Facility Identification Template for States (FITS2) dated 
February 2000 and sponsored by ECOS and the EPA. (www.sso.org/ecos/projects)
    Capitalizing on burden reduction opportunities. The measures that 
EPA is adopting to reduce reporting burden typically require State 
action to actually achieve the reductions. States/Tribes are not 
required to immediately and unconditionally implement these policies as 
a condition for receiving a grant; however, States/Tribes are expected 
to demonstrate a credible effort to adopt these or other measures for 
reducing reporting burden as part of their overall reforms.
    Employing an inclusive stakeholder process to design and implement 
reporting and data management reforms. EPA will not specify the form of 
the stakeholder process or specify requirements for representation. 
However, it is expected that States/Tribes will devise ways to ensure 
that local government, industry, environmental and other public 
interest groups, and the general public have an opportunity to 
participate in environmental reporting reforms.
    Enhancing electronic reporting, with the long term goal of 
achieving universal access to electronic reporting for the regulated 
community.
    Enhancing public access to environmental performance data, 
including data from sources, data about regulator performance, and data 
on environmental status and trends.

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    Network Transition, including the intent of adopting and adapting 
longer term efforts to participate on the Network.
    A State or Tribe grant proposal must also specify a commitment to 
produce the major deliverable of the grant which is a comprehensive 
three to five-year plan to reform environmental reporting and data 
management. In the past, the plan has been referred to as a 120-Day 
Plan, since each state awarded a grant was required to submit the plan 
120 days following their baseline visit. The baseline visit was an on-
site visit by EPA's information technology experts (staff and 
consultants) that gave the state's leadership a snapshot of their 
agency's information opportunities and challenges.
    EPA will continue to offer this assistance to each State/Tribe 
awarded a One Stop grant and this plan must be submitted within 120 
days of the beginning of the award. EPA agrees to participate with the 
State/Tribe in developing this plan by ensuring the availability of key 
Agency staff and managers, by providing expert technical support 
including contractor assistance if required, and by giving prompt 
attention to State/Tribal requests for policy clarifications and 
decisions. The State/Tribe may begin implementation of its work program 
and expend funds received through this grant during the period in which 
this plan is being developed.
    The plan will include:
    a. A statement of State/Tribe goals and objectives for 
environmental reporting and data management for a three-to-five year 
period;.
    b. A description of major outputs over the term of the program 
plan, projected dates for each major output, and assignment of 
responsibility for each project output;
    c. A list of key program participants and a description of their 
roles;
    d. An approach for tracking program progress and measuring success 
period.

Criteria and Selecting Proposals

    The Network One Stop grants are intended to stimulate a partnership 
with applicants who have decided to undertake a comprehensive re-
engineering of their information management process in order to reduce 
the burden of environmental reporting on the regulated community, 
integrate agency data and data management processes across program and 
organizational lines, and improve public access to environmental 
information.
    EPA will focus on (1) the applicant's commitment to accomplishing 
the above goals as indicated by their level of investment in and 
capacity for environmental data management; (2) the applicant's 
readiness for full-scale implementation of programs to accomplish the 
above goals over the long term, specifically including standards for 
identifying and locating regulated facilities across all programs; (3) 
applicants' commitment to produce a comprehensive three to five-year 
plan to reform environmental reporting and data management which 
clearly identifies the intent to adapt longer term efforts toward 
participation on the Network; and (4) Senior Leadership commitment.
    EPA's Office of Environmental Information (OEI) will form a 
proposal review panel consisting of representatives from OEI, EPA's 
American Indian Environmental Office (AEIO), and EPA's Regional 
Offices. The panel members will separately review and then discuss each 
proposal. OEI will make final selections based on panel recommendations 
and feedback on project proposals from Regional Offices. Regional 
Program Offices will award and manage these grants.
Part 3: Network Readiness Grants--Eligibility and Availability of 
Funds, Use of Funds, Particular Requirements for Submitting 
Applications and Criteria

Eligibility and Availability of Funds

    All States and Tribes may apply for a Network Readiness Grant. 
States are eligible to receive a maximum of $400,000 for a grant. 
Tribes are eligible to receive a maximum of $100,000 for a grant from 
the Tribal set-aside funds.

Use of Funds

    These grants are intended to assist States and Tribes to build upon 
their readiness that would address their priority internal information 
technology investments while constructing initial linkages to the 
Network. These grants must be used for work that advances the quality 
and availability of environmental data, and that produces a material 
advancement in one or more of the Network's components (Trading Partner 
Agreements, Data Standards, Data Exchange Templates, technical 
infrastructure, etc.). Each applicant will provide a proposal that 
addresses their commitment to participate on the Network and the actual 
development of a node or portal on the Network.

Particular Requirements

    An applicant must produce a comprehensive three-year transition 
plan that addresses critical steps and milestones that will demonstrate 
their commitment to participate on the Network. Ideally, the State/
Tribe transition plan would align with EPA's Central Data Exchange 
(CDX) data flow priorities. While States/Tribes are not restricted to 
proposed CDX data flows, they are strongly encouraged to align their 
proposals with EPA's proposed schedule. For the most current 
information on CDX flow priorities and status, please refer to the CDX 
Web site: www.epa.gov/cdx/priority.
    The transition plan must clearly identify which core capacity 
building functions, based on the list below, the applicant plans to 
undertake and complete:
    1. Establish an official information source and steward. The 
establishment will enhance the capacity to identify and manage an 
official, high quality data source (e.g., at least one source of data 
in a mature stage of production that is used for agency business, 
reconciled data across multiple sources using supported keys/linkages, 
and/or at least one source of data that would likely be used within the 
Network).
    2. Develop technical infrastructure for Internet node operation 
that will enhance the technical infrastructure and capabilities needed 
to support node operation (e.g., web server hardware in production, 
management of a relational database, IT personnel available to develop, 
establish, and support State node projects).
    3. Connection of information resources to the node which will 
extend the range of data sharing, data access, data integration and 
decisions tools to partners on the Network and/or stakeholders in need 
of access to the information resources.
    4. Node implementation which will establish the agency's single 
management point for providing its information to the Network.
    5. Node/TPA Management which will enhance the overall management 
capacity to be a participant on the Network, to execute data exchanges, 
Trading Partner Agreements, manage and operate on the Network with 
adequate and appropriate security protocols and/or conduct strategic 
information and architecture planning.
    Eligible activities, which support one or more of the above listed 
functions, could be, but are not necessarily limited to:
    Technical Infrastructure Capacity--servers, processors, storage 
devices and storage media, telecommunications products and services, 
computer peripherals and other capital expenditure items necessary to 
assist in the building of or acquiring of the necessary technical 
architecture or infrastructure to be part of and a

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participant on the Network. This includes Internet services that assist 
an organization to participate on the Network; security products and 
services necessary to safeguard data access on the Internet and 
Network; and additional products and services such as Global 
Positioning System units when used to promote improved values for 
environmental information that will assist in the management of 
environmental programs or Network activities.
    Systems Development--consultant services, software design, 
development, operations or evaluation services for database management, 
services for application development and operations, product purchases 
or development services and activities that assist in providing the 
capability to format, store, transform, transmit, manipulate, reconcile 
and/or improve the quality of data that might be available to the 
Network. These services, products, and development activities can 
include functions that support: central data exchange services, 
database management systems, data registries, data integration systems 
and applications, data access activities and applications that support 
the Network.
    Management Capabilities--consultation services, technical 
architecture planning and implementation support activities that 
promote Network participation. These services include: development and 
implementation of EPA adopted data standards, trading partner 
agreements, data format design templates and schemas, strategic 
planning, technical architecture planning and implementation support 
activities that promote Network participation.

Criteria and Selecting Proposals

    EPA will evaluate the proposals on how they best address critical 
steps and milestones that will be taken over the next three years that 
demonstrate commitment for participation on the Network. Actions that 
demonstrate a commitment to participate on the Network include 
(1)Establish an official information source and steward; (2) Develop 
technical infrastructure for Internet node operation; (3) Connection of 
information resources to a node; (4)Node implementation for providing 
information to the Network; (5) Node/Trading Partner Agreement and 
management.
    OEI will form a proposal review panel consisting of representatives 
from OEI, AEIO, and EPA's Regional Offices. The panel members will 
separately review and then discuss each proposal. OEI will make final 
selections based on panel recommendations and feedback on project 
proposals from Regional Offices. Regional Program Offices will award 
and manage these grants.
Part 4: Network Challenge Grants--Eligibility and Availability of 
Funds, Use of Funds, Particular Requirements for Submitting 
Applications, and Criteria

Eligibility and Availability of Funds

    All States and Tribes may apply for Challenge Grants. States are 
eligible to receive a maximum of $1,000,000 for a grant. Tribes are 
eligible to receive a maximum of $300,000 grant from the Tribal set-
aside funds.

Use of Funds

    Challenge grants will support single State/Tribe or multi-State/
Tribe collaborative efforts to advance the Network's development and 
implementation and create benefits for multiple States/Tribes. Examples 
of collaborative efforts in the past include the Network Node Pilot 
Project from the States of Nebraska, New Hampshire, Delaware, and Utah 
and the Facility Identification Template for States (FITS) developed 
and built upon the practical experience of the States of Washington, 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and Massachusetts. Additional 
examples might include an IntraState data integration effort among the 
Environmental Protection, Health, and Natural Resources Departments 
within a State/Tribe, an IntraState or Tribal collaboration on 
reporting environmental requirements to CDX, or an Industry to State/
Tribe data transfer effort.

Particular Requirements

    An applicant must produce a comprehensive proposal that addresses 
the following:
    1. Critical steps and milestones for the project that will be 
undertaken and demonstrate commitment to actual development of the 
project. The project may be media-specific or multi-media in nature.
    2. Explanation of why the proposed project would benefit the 
Network and data integration. Explain the potential for other States/
Tribes to collaborate and learn from the success of the project and the 
broad applicability for participation in the Network.
    3. Clear definition of project goals and measures. Clearly describe 
the goal(s) of the project, describe in detail the measures used to 
evaluate the success of the project, and the plan for reporting results 
based on the measures. The goal(s) should be stated in terms of the 
State/Tribe efforts, and the measures should emphasize results and 
outcomes to be achieved, not just activities or outputs produced.
    4. Clear and detailed description of the strategy. Clearly describe 
the strategy and how it will address the project identified. The 
strategy should demonstrate innovative and creative solutions to 
Network exchanges and should specify the tools or actions to be used, 
the schedule for implementing the project, the agencies/entities 
involved in implementing the strategies and their respective roles, and 
other resources leveraged to address the problem.

Criteria and Selecting Proposals

    EPA will evaluate proposals on their feasibility, and on their 
potential to make a contribution to nationwide Network capacity. The 
proposals should clearly address how the project would (1) advance the 
functionality of the Network through the immediate flow of higher 
quality environmental data; (2) create a model that would be easily 
implemented, have broad applicability, and would be readily 
transferable to a wide group of Network participants; (3) achieve a 
reduction in reporting and accessing burden; (4) provide increased 
public access to environmental data; and (5) involve collaboration 
throughout the project.
    OEI will form a proposal review panel consisting of representatives 
from OEI, AEIO, EPA's Regional Offices and technology experts (federal 
staff and/or consultants). OEI will make final selections based on 
panel recommendations and feedback on project proposals. OEI will 
manage and award these grants.
Part 5: Network Administration Grants--Eligibility and Availability of 
Funds, Use of Funds, Particular Requirements for submitting 
applications and Criteria.

Eligibility and Availability of Funds

    Network Administration funds will support technical and 
administrative functions of the Network for States and Tribes and will 
total $1,500,000.

Particular Requirements

    EPA will announce requirements for submitting requests for Network 
Administration Grant Funds later this year.

Section IV. Awarding of Grants

    States and Tribes that are selected to receive both a Network One 
Stop or Network Readiness Grant and a Network Challenge grant may 
receive the combined grant funds in a single award. However, if a State 
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receive the combined grant funds in a single award, it will have to 
wait until the Network Challenge grant selections are made to be 
awarded funds. EPA will award to those States and Tribes that only 
apply for the Network One Stop or Network Readiness Grants funds after 
final selections are made.
    Funds that States or Tribes do not apply for, or ultimately qualify 
for, under the Network One Stop Grant or the Network Challenge Grant, 
will be made available through the Network Readiness Grants. EPA 
reserves the right to reject any application or proposal. For questions 
concerning grant award decisions please refer to the contact 
information in Section VI.

Section V. Post Award Requirements

    Grant recipients must submit a copy of the semiannual program 
report to the regional grant manager and the headquarters contact. At a 
minimum, program reports will include:

--an update on the schedule and status of the implementation of the 
project, including any implementation problems encountered and 
suggestions to overcome them;
--an explanation of expenditures to date, and unless the grant is 
included in the PPG (40 CFR part 35.530(b) and 40 CFR part 35.130(b)), 
expenditures linked to project results;
--an assessment of progress in meeting project goals, including output 
and outcome measures when available.

Section VI. Authority & Applicable Regulations

--H.R. 2620, FY 2002 VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Bill
--Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 66.608
--Delegation of Authority: 1-47
--40 CFR part 31 and 40 CFR part 35, subpart A and subpart B apply to 
this grant program.

Section VII. Points of Contact

    Headquarters Contact--Lyn Burger, Office of Environmental 
Information, 5315A Ariel Rios Building, Washington, DC 20460, Phone, 
202-564-0200, FAX, 202-501-1718, e-mail: [email protected].
Regional Contacts
EPA Region I
    Mike MacDougall, US EPA Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 
(RSP), Boston, MA 02114, (617) 918-1941, [email protected].
EPA Region II
    Robert Simpson, US EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-
1866, (212) 637-3335, [email protected].
EPA Region III
    Joseph Kunz, US EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103, (215) 814-2116, (215) 814-5251 Fax, [email protected].
EPA Region IV
    Rebecca Kemp, US EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 
30303, (404) 562-8027, [email protected].
EPA Region V
    Noel Kohl, US EPA Region V, Resource Management Division, 77 W. 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6224, 
[email protected].
EPA Region VI
    Dorian Reines, US EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202, 
(214) 665-6542 [email protected].
EPA Region VII
    Maryane Tremaine, US EPA Region VII, 901 N. Fifth Street, Kansas 
City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7430, [email protected].
EPA Region VIII
    Josie Lopez, USEPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, 
CO 80202-2466, (303) 312-7079, [email protected].
EPA Region XI
    Jean Circiello, US EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street-Mail Stop 
SPE-1, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 947-4268, [email protected].
EPA Region X
    Jon Schweiss, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-1690, 
[email protected].
    Web site information--www.epa.gov/neengprg.

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