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EPA's 10 regional offices
have been active in assisting organizations and communities
interested in pay-as-you-throw. In addition, each year EPA issues
grants to organizations working on pay-as-you-throw-related
activities. To learn more, use the map below. Click on any of the 10
regions for EPA contact information or to read about the activities
of grantees in that region. U.S. EPA Regional Contact Joe DeCola 1999 Grantee in Region I Governor's Recycling Program New Hampshire's GRP will develop a software program that helps small, rural communities throughout the United States successfully estimate PAYT rates. Using data that communities already have on hand, the software will allow users to increase or decrease variable parameters and produce various PAYT rate scenarios for a five year time span. GRP will also develop a manual, Web site, and other promotional materials. Elizabeth Bedard 1998 Grantee in Region I Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management To help increase the number of communities in Rhode Island using PAYT, the state's DEM will run 15 to 20 workshops and one statewide conference promoting this solid waste management strategy. In addition, DEM will hold six focus groups with public officials, solid waste planners, and city residents to discuss PAYT issues and concerns. The state also will launch a media campaign to educate the public on PAYT. Contact: Terri Bison 1997 Grantees in Region I Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection The Massachusetts DEP organized an interactive satellite videoconference on solid waste and PAYT. The organization also conducted a workshop to help communities create successful PAYT programs. Contact: Joseph Lambert Region II U.S. EPA Regional Contact Lorraine Graves 1998 Grantee in Region II Rutgers University Rutgers University plans to recruit 12 statewide "PAYT champions" who will visit and/or make presentations in six communities. These site visits will include education on PAYT, technical assistance, and individual program aid and troubleshooting. Contact: Jim Morris, Associate Director 1997 Grantee in Region II
New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse, and
Recycling To assist communities interested in waste prevention, NYSAR hosted a series of four solid waste workshops. The workshops introduced officials to PAYT and WasteWi$e and offered information and tools to help them use these programs to reduce solid waste. Contact: Ellen Harrison Region
III U.S. EPA Regional Contact Mike Giuranna 1998 Grantee in Region III Frederick County, Maryland Frederick County will schedule a series of PAYT workshops in Maryland. The county also will assemble and mail packets of PAYT educational materials to Maryland communities. Communities that show further interest in PAYT after the workshops will receive more detailed assistance on issues such as transition to PAYT, billing, container types, and public education. Contact: Linda Norris
Region IV U.S. EPA Regional Contact Mark Davis 1999 Grantee in Region IV North Carolina DPPEA The North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) will advance PAYT through technical assistance to 10 qualified communities, an in-depth guidance document to assist other communities in converting to PAYT, a list serve and Web site serving both North and South Carolina, and a document analyzing how PAYT affects communities in the Carolinas and answers questions about PAYT in rural states. James L. Hickman 1998 Grantee in Region IV International City/County Management Association The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) will conduct focus groups and workshops for providing technical assistance to communities who are part of the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives' (ICLEI) Climate Change Protection campaign (CCP). Participants in this project are required to devise greenhouse gas emission reduction plans. Specifically, ICMA will help communities in the CCP to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste by planning and implementing pay-as-you-throw programs. In a second aspect of the project, ICMA will teach participants to use ICLEI software to estimate greenhouse gas emission reductions from solid waste management. The emission estimates calculated using the software can then be incorporated into emission reduction plans. Barbara Yuhas 1998 Grantee in Region IV Georgia Georgia will encourage greater use of PAYT by providing two types of workshops. The first type will include education and implementation information for those communities considering or beginning PAYT. (Two of these workshops are planned.) The second type will cover enforcement issues for communities that have already implemented PAYT. (The state is planning two to three of these workshops.) Contacts: Karen Sabatini U.S. EPA Regional Contact Susan Mooney 1998 Grantees in Region V Indiana Department of Environmental Management Indiana will give 20 community-specific presentations on technical aspects of PAYT around the state. Also, state officials will provide direct assistance to 15 new PAYT communities on implementation and rate structuring through one-on-one meetings. Contact: Robert Gedert Region VI U.S. EPA Regional Contact Tracie Donaldson 1997 Grantee in Region VI
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control &
Ecology In 1997 and 1998, the Department of Pollution Control & Ecology has been organizing five workshops throughout Arkansas. Each workshop includes presentations on PAYT, program development activities, and planning sessions. Contact: Robert Hunter 1998 Grantee in Region VI Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will educate state, parish, and municipal government agencies and the general public on the benefits of PAYT through public displays, presentations, and multiple media sources. The DEQ will also produce three public service announcements (PSAs) to broadcast statewide in promoting public awareness and establish a database for tracking the municipalities and parishes that adopt PAYT. Contact: John Rogers Region
VII U.S. EPA Regional Contact David Flora 1997 Grantee in Region VII
Midwest Assistance Program MAP organized two workshops in Missouri and Nebraska to help train regional solid waste planners to visit communities in their district and discuss how PAYT can help them meet their waste management goals. In addition, MAP held three more workshops this year and plans to issue a final report on the workshops' proceedings. Contact: Art May Region
VIII U.S. EPA Regional Contact Judy Wong 1997 Grantees in Region VIII
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
The Wyoming DEQ conducted a one-day technical assistance workshop to help communities understand how to design and implement a PAYT program. In addition, DEQ is planning four additional workshops focusing on implementing PAYT in rural areas. Contact: Ken Schreuder Montana Department of Environmental Quality Montana's DEQ will be sponsoring a videoconference featuring an overview of existing PAYT programs in Montana and information on how communities can design and implement a successful program of their own. DEQ also will select two communities and work with them to implement PAYT. Contact: Laura Nicolai Region IX U.S. EPA Regional Contact Jessica Gaylord 1998 Grantee in Region IX Hawaii Hawaii officials will implement a PAYT program on the island of Hawaii (the "Big Island"). The idea of PAYT will be first introduced to residents through an educational campaign, including press releases, public meetings and workshops. Officials will then prepare a specific structure for a PAYT program on the Big Island, including rate structure design. Final steps will include producing a PAYT planning guide for rural communities. Contact: Laurel Dekker 1997 Grantee in Region IX
Global Futures Foundation To help educate local officials on PAYT and its advantages, the Global Futures Foundation organized a series of three workshops. A fourth workshop now being planned will focus on measuring PAYT program success. In addition, the organization is planning to provide direct PAYT program assistance to three local governments. Contact: Wendy Pratt Region
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