Publications List

The following is a list of NEWMOA publications. Documents available via the web are linked. For more information on these documents, call NEWMOA at 617-367-8558 or contact Lois Makina at .

Publications are organized into the following areas:

• About NEWMOA
• Industry Sectors
• Innovative P2 Technology
• Environmental Management Accounting
• Mercury
• Lead
• Pollution Prevention Policies & Programs
• Solid Waste
• Waste Site Cleanup
• Hazardous Waste
• Common Measuers

About NEWMOA

NEWMOA Newsletter: Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News

NEWMOA Profile [PDF]

NEWMOA Strategic Plan [PDF]

NEWMOA By-Laws [PDF]

Acting on Climate Change & Materials Management: NEWMOA Annual Report 2009 [PDF]
2010. 24pp.

Setting A Course for the Future: NEWMOA Annual Report 2008 [PDF]
2009. 24pp.

Partnership for Sustainability: NEWMOA Annual Report 2007 [PDF]
2008. 20pp.

States Innovate to Promote Environmental Results: NEWMOA Annual Report 2006 [PDF]
2007. 17pp.

Interstate Coordination + Cooperation: A Formula for Success: NEWMOA Annual Report 2005 [PDF]
2006. 20pp.

Working Together for Environmental Progress: NEWMOA Annual Report 2004 [PDF]
2005. 20pp.

Partnering for the Future: NEWMOA Annual Report 2003 [PDF]
2004. 16pp.

Advancing Environmental Solutions in the Northeast: NEWMOA Annual Report 2002 [PDF]
2003. 12pp.

Sharing Our Resources: NEWMOA Annual Report 2001 [PDF]
2002. 12pp.

Building on the Success of A Cooperative Regional Approach: NEWMOA Annual Report 2000 [PDF]
2001. 12pp.

Advancing Environmental Progress Through Collaboration, Facilitation, and Education: NEWMOA Annual Report 1999 [PDF]
2000. 14pp.

P2 Week Brochure: Tips for Parents to Recognize That a "Healthy Planet = Healthy Kids" [PDF]

P2 Week Bookmark: Save a Watt - Save a Lot: Conserve Energy & Prevent Pollution [PDF]

NEWMOA Thesaurus [PDF]
Controlled vocabulary list used by NEWMOA for cataloging documents. Used in the "Subject" field of the record. Terms not on the list but thought to be necessary for the document are placed in the "Keyword" field. Agreed upon terms will be included in updated versions of the Thesaurus.

Industry Sectors

Adhesives

Auto Repair

Waste Oil Regulations: A Quick Guide for Auto Repair Shops
1998. Covers state focused waste/used oil regulations and P2 options.
View as: pdf - Connecticut (English, Spanish); Maine; Massachusetts (English, Spanish, Portuguese); New Hampshire; Vermont

A Checklist for Auto Repair Shops [PDF]
1998. Provides a self-audit tool for regulatory compliance.

Metal Products

Pollution Prevention for Machining and Metal Fabrication: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers [PDF]
2001. 98pp. An overview of the industry and environmental regulations, as well as information on innovative P2 technologies that are used in machining and metal fabrication facilities.

Pollution Prevention in Paints & Coatings Processes, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. 121pp. + app. Provides detailed information for technical assistance providers on the metal coatings process and P2 options and alternatives.
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Pollution Prevention in the Primary Metals Industry, A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1998. Provides information for assistance providers on primary metals manufacturing and P2 options and alternatives.
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Pollution Prevention in Metal Finishing: A Manual for Technical Assistance Providers
1997. 170pp. + appendices. Provides detailed information for technical assistance providers on metal finishing and P2 options and alternatives.
View as: html

Slideshow & Video: RCRA Compliance for Metal Finishing Facilities
1998. To obtain a copy of the slideshow or video, contact the NEWMOA office. The show provides an overview of RCRA compliance and P2 for the metal finishing industry. Approximately 20 minutes long.

Printing

Pollution Prevention, An Environmental Resource Guide for Off-set Lithographers
2000. CD-ROM. To obtain a copy of the CD, contact the NEWMOA office. Contains compliance assistance and P2 information related to offset lithography including videos, case studies, and planning and options analysis tools.

Wood Furniture Finishing

A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for Maine Wood Finishers
1998, To obtain a copy of the manual, contact the NEWMOA office. Presents multi-media regulations and P2 for small wood furniture manufacturers.

A First Place Finish: An Environmental Guide for New Hampshire Wood Finishers
1998, To obtain a copy of the manual, contact the NEWMOA office. Presents multi-media regulations and P2 for small wood furniture manufacturers.

Wood Furniture: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 & Pollution Prevention Opportunities [PDF]
1997. 89 pp. + app. Covers new regulations and P2 options for wood furniture manufacturers.

High Solids Topcoats & HVLP Spray Guns: Ethan Allen [PDF]
1997. 6 pp. Describes Ethan Allen's efforts to use new coatings and new equipment to reduce air emissions and operating costs.

Ultraviolet Radiation Cured Coatings & Aqueous-Based Coatings [PDF]
1997. 6 pp. Describes the Hussey Seating Company's efforts to use new coatings to reduce air emissions and operating costs.

Innovative P2 Technology Profiles

Closed-Loop Vapor Degreasing [PDF]
2001.

Closed-Loop Aqueous Cleaning [PDF]
2003.

Trivalent Chromium Replacements for Hexavalent Chromium Plating [PDF]
2003.

Using Alternative Cleaners in Enclosed Spray Gun Washers [PDF]
2007.

Computer-to-Plate Lithographic Printing [PDF] (2006)
2006.

Environmental Management Accounting

The Roles of Materials and Cost Accounting in an Environmental Management System: A Case Study of Precix, Inc. (formerly Acushnet Rubber Company) [PDF]
2003.

Improving Your Competitive Position: Strategic & Financial Assessment of Pollution Prevention Investments, Training Manual [PDF]
3rd Edition. 1998. Presents methods for conducting financial assessment of P2 investment options at firms.

P2 & Lending Case Study: Hubbardton Forge, Immediate Environmental & Efficiency Returns
1996. 15 pp.

P2 & Lending Case Study: National Chromium Company Renewed Profitability Through Pollution Prevention
1996. 16 pp.

Pollution Prevention & Profitability, A Primer for Lenders
1996. 16 pp.
Helps lenders understand how P2 can enhance traditional loan evaluation criteria.

Mercury

Click here for IMERC documents

Review of Compact Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Initiatives in the U.S. and Internationally [PDF]
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) contracted with the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) to prepare a report that reviews compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) collection and recycling programs in the U.S. and abroad. The main purpose of Review of Compact Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Initiatives in the U.S. and Internationally is to examine these programs to highlight lessons learned and possible approaches to adopt in Massachusetts. This Report presents the results of CFL collection and recycling programs across the U.S. and in other countries for which information is publically available.

Trends in Mercury Use in Products
IMERC, funded by a grant from U.S. EPA, prepared a report that summarizes mercury use in products sold in the United States in 2001 and 2004 from information submitted by hundreds of manufacturers of switches and relays, dental amalgam, thermostats, lamps, thermometers and other measuring devices, batteries, and chemicals. The purpose of the report is to identify trends in mercury use in these product categories and opportunities for further reductions and improvements in the collection and recycling of mercury waste from products.

IMERC Factsheets
IMERC prepared a series of fact sheets on mercury use in targeted categories of products. These fact sheets summarize data provided by manufacturers and distributors of mercury-added products to the IMERC-member states in compliance with the state Notification requirements. The fact sheets cover the amount of mercury used in the products, why mercury has been or continues to be used in the products, the manufacturers of the products, and other useful information.

Review and Assessment of Thermostat Recycling Activities in the Northeast [PDF]
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) contracted with the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) to complete this assessment of mercury-added thermostat collection and recycling programs in order to identify mechanisms that could be used to enhance the recycling of these products in Massachusetts and elsewhere. The following report focuses on the results of the nationwide Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC), a voluntary industry-funded program to collect and recycle end-of-life mercury thermostats, which does not include incentive payments, as well as a number of other state mercury thermostat collection efforts, many of which do include incentives.

Reducing Mercury in the Northeast United States [PDF]
Over the past 10 years, the states in the Northeast United States—for purposes of this article, the Northeast States are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont—have put tremendous effort into regional approaches to reduce mercury in the environment. In 1998, the New England Governors (NEG) and Eastern Canadian Premiers (ECP) Committee on the Environment formed a regional mercury task force with a goal of virtually eliminating all in-region humanrelated sources of mercury emissions and discharges. This initiative was instrumental in jump-starting mercury reduction programs across the region.

This article appears in the May 2008 issue of EM Magazine, a publication of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA; www.awma.org). To obtain copies and reprints, please contact A&WMA directly at 1-412-232-3444.

Mercury Success Stories:
NEWMOA and its sister organizations, the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) collaborated on a series of reports that describe some of the results of mercury reduction programs in the northeast region that have targeted emissions controls, reduction and management of mercury-containing products, and wastewater discharges. To find the overall executive summary of the results of the three reports combined and each individual report, use these links:

• Press Release [PDF]
• Summary [PDF]
• NEIWPCC [PDF]
• NESCAUM [PDF]
• NEWMOA [PDF]

New Jersey DEP Dental Amalgam Posters:
NEWMOA collaborated with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) and developed posters for dentists on best management practices for dental amalgam waste and for dental patients on their choices of restorative materials. The posters were funded by EPA Region 2.

• Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste [PDF]
• Dentists are Doing Their Part [PDF]

New York Dental Amalgam Poster [PDF]: NEWMOA developed a poster on best management practices for handling of dental amalgam wastes for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. The poster was was funded by EPA, Region 2.

Reported Mercury Spills in the Northeast States [PDF]: NEWMOA compiled publicly available data from environmental and public health agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont on the occurrence of spills of mercury.

Instructions for Cleaning Up "Small" Mercury Spills in Households: [PDF]: With input from the state environmental agencies of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, NEWMOA combined available mercury spill clean-up instructions with the experience of individuals who have cleaned up mercury spills to create this document. It contains basic clean-up instructions for a small liquid mercury spill.

Mercury in Schools and Communities: Information on identifying and removing elemental mercury and products containing mercury from schools and from homes.

State-specific lamp recycling awareness flyers:

• Connecticut [PDF]
• Maine [PDF]
• Massachusetts [PDF]
• New Hampshire [PDF]
• New Jersey [PDF]
• New York [PDF]
• Rhode Island [PDF]
• Vermont, see www.mercvt.org [PDF]

Advertisement: Don't trash fluorescent lamps! Recycle them. [PDF]

How to Recycle Mercury Lamps in 8 Easy Steps [PDF]
-See more about lamp recycling.

Mercury Pollution in the Northeast - A Guide for Policymakers - This policy guide has been prepared by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA), New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). These three interstate organizations serve the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the areas of waste, water, and air, respectively.

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) Analysis of Waste Dental Amalgam [PDF]

One Gram of Mercury Can Contaminate a Twenty Acre Lake: [PDF] Provides a clarification of this commonly cited statistic

Report to the Maine Legislature on Mercury Use in Button Cell Batteries: Provides a report prepared by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

Survey of Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC) Wholesalers [PDF]

Summary of Research on Mercury Emissions from Municipal Landfills: (HTML, PDF)

Indoor Air Mercury [PDF]: Provides a report describing why mercury is a problem in indoor air, the sources of mercury in indoor air, guidelines for mercury exposure, and studies on indoor air mercury.

Review of the Thermostat Recycling Corporation Activities in the Northeast [PDF]: Provides results of a phone survey of the electrical wholesale firms in the Northeast who participate in the Thermostat Recycling Corporation's (TRC) program to collect used mercury-containing thermostats.

Federal Facilities Case Studies: Provides case studies that represent the culmination of a cooperative effort of the Environmental Protection Agency New England (EPA NE), NEWMOA, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP), and four New England Federal Facilities to develop a methodology to assist Federal Facilities to identify and reduce uses of mercury.

Northeast States & Eastern Canadian Provinces Mercury Study, A Framework for Action
NESCAUM/NEWMOA/NEIWPCC. 1998. To obtain a copy of the report, contact the NEWMOA office.
Presents the results of an analysis of mercury emissions and deposition.

Federal Facilities Case Studies

Federal Facilities Mercury Log Sheet [PDF]

Federal Facilities Mercury Questionnaire [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Air Force Base [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Environmental Laboratory [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: New England College [PDF]

Mercury Assessment: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard [PDF]

Addendum [PDF]

Click here for other mercury reports.

Lead

Identifying Industry Sectors in the Northeast That Emit or Transfer Lead or Lead Compounds [PDF]

Pollution Prevention Technologies and Resources for Industry Sectors Emitting or Transferring Lead or Lead Compounds in the Northeast [PDF]

Pollution Prevention Policies & Programs

NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan [PDF]

Northeast Assistance and Pollution Prevention News - Published a few times a year and provided free to subscribers. Covers federal, state, and local environmental assistance and pollution prevention activities in the Northeast. The production and distribution of this newsletter is funded by EPA Region 1 - New England and the NEWMOA member states. Subscribing to the newsletter is easy, just complete the online form. We urge subscribers to request the electronic version of the newsletter so that we can save paper and postage costs. Please indicate on the subscription form your preference for the electronic or hard copy version.

Pollution Prevention Metrics Menu [PDF]
1999. 15pp. The purpose of this menu is to provide a baseline list of metrics that programs can agree to utilize to help facilitate multi-state studies of pollution prevention activities, such as the recently published Pollution Prevention Progress in the Northeast.

Pollution Prevention Progress in the Northeast States [PDF]
1998.
Presents the results of a study of P2 program activities for the Northeast states.

Recommendations for a National P2 Information Network [PDF]
1998.
Describes P2 programs and recommends national network.

Hazardous Air Pollution Prevention (HAP2) Project: Final Report to EPA [PDF]
1999. 12pp. Recommendations to EPA on integrating P2 into the MACT program.

Solid Waste

NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan [PDF]

Agricultural Plastics Recycling Best Management Practices (BMP) Posters

• BMP Poster for Horticultural Plastics [PDF]
• BMP Poster for Dairy Plastics [PDF]

Construction & Demolition Waste Management in the Northeast in 2006; June 2009 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Construction & Demolition Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002; January 2005 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002; June 2004
View as: Report [PDF], Appendix B [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2000; February 2002 [PDF]

Waste Tires in the NEWMOA States, February 2002 [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 1999; December 2000 [PDF]

Factsheets:

• Beneficial Use of Non-Hazardous Coal Power Plant Fly Ash as Flowable Fill; April 2001 [PDF]
• Beneficial Use of Tire Shreds as Lightweight Fill; April 2001 [PDF]
• Beneficial Use of Wood Ash on Agricultural Land; April 2001 [PDF]
• Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Program; January 2002 [PDF]

Public Service Announcements on Open Burning of Solid Waste:

• Print [PDF]:  Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
• Audio [MP3]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
• Video [AVI]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont


• Don't Trash Our Air: A Joint Resolution Promoting Interstate Cooperation to Reduce Air Pollution from Open Burning of Solid Waste
  View as: PDF, HTML

Waste Site Cleanup

Site Investigation Brochures

Improving Site Investigation Brochure - December 2005
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Maine Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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Massachusetts Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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New Hampshire Site Investigation Matters Brochure - May 2005
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New Jersey Site Investigation Matters Brochure - June 2005
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Rhode Island Site Investigation Matters Brochure - April 2005
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Vermont Site Investigation Matters Brochure - May 2005
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Innovative Technology Advisory Opinions

Immunoassay Field Analysis - May 1999

X-Ray Fluorescence Field Analysis - September 1999

Gas Chromatography Field Analysis - November 2000

Passive Diffusion Bag Samplers for VOC Sample Collection from Groundwater Monitoring Wells - February 2002
View as: HTML, PDF

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Program Performance Measurement: Final Project Report [PDF]

Common Measures

Common Measures Report