NEWMOA Workgroups

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Agricultural Plastics Recycling Workgroup
Mission: To assist in the development and implementation of a regional project to conduct training and provide technical assistance to increase recycling of agricultural plastics in rural areas of four Northeastern states: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.

• - Cornell University
• - Cornell University
• - Cornell University
• - DSM Environmental Services, Inc.
• - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• - New Hampshire Department of Agriculture
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rutland County Solid Waste District
• - The Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (NEKWMD)
• - University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• - Vermont Agency of Agriculture
• - Vermont NACDNET

Beneficial Use Determinations Workgroup
Mission: To improve BUDs program effectiveness through increased understanding of other states programs and the sharing of information regarding waste materials successfully used in products.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
• - Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• - Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection
• - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Brownfields Workgroup
Mission: To support state brownfields programs as they implement the requirements of the new grant program, including improving communication with EPA, as well as assisting in efforts to improve voluntary site cleanup programs.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Climate-Waste Action Workgroup
Mission: To oversee development and implementation of the NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Commerical Paper Recycling Workgroup
Mission: To support state efforts in the Northeast to increase recycling of commercial waste paper.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York Empire State Development
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
• - Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Common Measures Project Workgroup
Mission: To support state efforts to develop and use common measures of environmental performance of one or more business sector/groups.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Construction & Demolition Debris Workgroup
Mission: To improve state understanding of C & D waste generation, processing, and disposal capacity, end-use markets, and interstate flow; to improve C & D waste management and increase beneficial uses.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York Empire State Development
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Hospitality Workgroup
Mission: To enhance the ability of the state and local agencies to promote pollution prevention and sustainability in the hospitality industry in the Northeast.

• - Buffalo State College
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
• - Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
• - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
• - New York City Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York Erie County
• - New York Erie County
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

IMERC - Interstate Mercury Education & Reduction Clearinghouse
Mission: To form a single point of contact for information submission and access on mercury-added products; to reduce mercury in waste; to facilitate interstate deliberations on mercury-added product requirements that provide advice and assistance to the individual states for their decision-making.

• - California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• - California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Washington Department of Ecology

IMERC Enforcement Subcommittee
Mission: To facilitate coordination among IMERC member states on enforcement of state mercury reduction laws and requirements.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Washington Department of Ecology

IMERC Labeling Subcommittee
Mission: To facilitate coordination among IMERC member states on product labeling requirements.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Washington Department of Ecology

IMERC Notification Subcommittee
Mission: To facilitate coordination among IMERC member states on product notification requirements.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

IMERC Phase-Out Exemptions Subcommittee
Mission: To facilitate coordination among IMERC member states on product phase-out requirements.

• - California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• - California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
• - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Washington Department of Ecology

Lamp Recycling Outreach Workgroup
Mission: To help states increase the recycling of mercury-containing lamps.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Marina Workgroup
Mission: To enhance the ability of the state agencies to implement effective environmental assistance programs to marinas in the region.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Cornell University
• - Cornell University
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
• - Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Northeast States Assistance & Pollution Prevention Roundtable Steering Committee
Mission: To enhance the capabilities of state and local government environmental officials in the Northeast to implement effective multi-media source reduction and assistance programs to promote sustainability and improvement in public health and the environment.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

RCRA Hazardous Waste Training Committee
Mission: To plan training activities for state hazardous waste program managers and staff.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

RCRA Regulations & Policy Workgroup
Mission: To review and comment on EPA proposals and draft regulations and policies related to RCRA.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Solid Waste Metrics Workgroup
Mission: To keep states informed about the flow of solid waste within and outside of the region to facilitate improved solid waste planning in the states.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Solid Waste Steering Committee
Mission: To help states improve the effectiveness of their solid waste programs by facilitating information sharing on program activities, successes, and challenges. Identify priorities and successful approaches for NEWMOA's regional activities to support solid waste programs, including developing annual training plans.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Waste Site Cleanup Steering Committee
Mission: To help states improve the effectiveness of their waste site cleanup programs by facilitating information sharing on program activities, successes, and challenges. Identify priorities and successful approaches for NEWMOA's regional activities to support waste site cleanup programs, including developing annual training plans.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Auto Recycling Networking Group
Mission: To enhance the ability of the states to conduct enforcement and assistance to auto salvage facilities.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island - The Narragansett Bay Commission
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Disaster Debris Networking Group

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Garment Cleaning Networking Group

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
• - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Small Business Development Centers
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Office of the Attorney General
• - New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
• - New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
• - New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
• - New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
• - New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - OnSight Advisors, LLC
• - University of Southern California Los Angeles (USCLA)
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Pollution Prevention & Compliance Assistance Metrics Networking Group
Mission: To enable state P2 and compliance assistance programs to present comprehensive data on their activities and the results of those activities to policy makers, agency managers, EPA, and others.

• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• - Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
• - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
• - Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• - US Environmental Protection Agency
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation