[CPEO-MEF] EPA plans IC tracking survey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[To those of you who subscribe to both CPEO listservers, please excuse
the duplicate posting. - LS]

U.S. EPA's Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR) is planning
a survey of Institutional Controls Tracking Systems. In an October 2,
2001 Federal Register notice, OERR explained:

"OERR is proposing to complete a study that includes: (1) Conducting
research into the types of institutional controls tracking systems that
are currently in use and evaluating their relative strengths and
weaknesses; (2) developing a focused list of data collection points and
definitions; (3) developing and piloting a process for the collection of
data to be used to estimate data availability and the cost and time
required for data acquisition; (4) developing a data entry process; and
(5) researching the feasibility of data sharing and/or linking Federal,
State, Tribal and/or local institutional control tracking into a
web-based system. In a second phase of this study, OERR is planning to
develop the tracking system, establish data linkages, and populate the
database. It is anticipated that information on institutional controls
eventually will be available to a variety of interested stakeholders
over the EPA web page.

"This proposed ICR specifies information necessary to determine what
types of institutional controls tracking systems are currently in use;
their purpose, scope, and structure; the kinds of data they track; their
data entry, quality assurance, administration, and access features; data
querying capabilities; compatibility with a future EPA system;
development, population, and operating costs; and lessons learned from
developing, implementing, and operating these systems.

"EPA estimates that approximately 52 States, 10 Tribes, and no more than
200 local agencies (planning, zoning, and real estate recording offices)
will be surveyed."

For the entire notice, see
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2001/October/Day-02/g24600.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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