Austin Meeting
National Mercury Reduction Programs Database - FY04
Prepared By Andy Bray
February 20, 2003
Where We Are
The National Mercury Reduction Programs Database is a repository
of information on local, state, and federal mercury reduction activities.
The database is designed to allow for information sharing on what
reduction strategies and programs exist and what the results of
these programs have been. The database is searchable by state, product,
affected groups, type of program, as well as being full-text searchable.
The Database resides on NEWMOA's website at http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/programs/.
There are over 150 records in the Database with programs from twenty
states, ten local programs, as well as regional, federal, and international
programs. There is an online input form to be used for adding programs
to the database. The input form is accessible to anyone who visits
the site. For quality control, new programs are reviewed by NEWMOA
staff before being posted to the web.
Currently, Centers are contributing to the data collection effort
by soliciting information from programs throughout their region
using regional listservs, newsletters, emails and other vehicles.
Centers have also been forwarding relevant information to NEWMOA
on an ongoing basis as they become aware of it.
Contributions to Meeting Our National Goals
The National Mercury Reduction Programs Database is a perfect example
of how P2Rx can use its reach to the state and local level to build
a national collection of information. By making this collection
available nationally, assistance providers can learn what mercury
reduction activities exist and how they might leverage these efforts,
hence preventing the duplication of effort.
Serve as the "first-stop" for pollution prevention information
for environmental service providers - The National Mercury Reduction
Programs Database acts as a national repository of information on
mercury reduction activities. There is no other collection of this
kind nationally that provides information on outreach and assistance
efforts focused on the reduction of mercury releases to the environment.
Increase the awareness, accessibility, and usability of P2 information
- The Database has been integrated with the Mercury Topic Hub on
the NEWMOA website so that users of the Hub can access the reduction
program information without needing to visit the stand-alone database.
For the hubs specific to thermostats, thermometers, and dental clinics,
visitors can view canned search results of the database specific
to each of these areas.
Facilitate dynamic, regional P2 networks - Assistance programs
who visit the database can learn about programs that are going on
around the country and find out who to contact for more information
about each program. Some assistance staff are more likely to pick
up the phone and call someone within their own region for more information
on their assistance efforts than they are to call someone across
the country. By providing the database in an easily searchable format,
assistance programs are easily able to make this connection.
Specific deliverables for FY04:
- Centers will continue to contribute to the data collection effort
by soliciting information from programs throughout their region
using regional listservs, newsletters, emails and other vehicles
- Centers will continue to forward relevant information to NEWMOA
on an ongoing basis as they become aware of it
What are the estimated resources needed to meet these deliverables?
A commitment of $500 per center to cover the cost of soliciting
program information from programs throughout their region.
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