Module 4: Establishing the Universe Common Measures Training Chelmsford, MA September 28, 2006.

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Module 4: Establishing the Universe Common Measures Training Chelmsford, MA September 28, 2006

Goals of Module Explore interstate consistency issues in Defining universe Identifying facilities that belong to universe Explore issues related to SQGs

Defining and Identifying a Class of Facilities A familiar topic, with a twist: New groups Interstate comparability

Establishing the Universe Step One: Define Universe Step Two: Identify Facilities Step Three: Update Universe over the Course of the Project

Step One: Defining Characteristics Jurisdiction Size of entity (e.g., number of employees, volume of waste processed) Ownership type (e.g., private sector v. government) Operational focus of the entity E.g., auto body shop universe: include larger operations that happen to do some collision repair/coating work? Primary SIC/NAICS code versus secondary, tertiary, etc. Basic Unit…

What is the Basic Unit? E.g., for dental mercury, what is it we are actually interested in counting? Dental facilities/practices? Individual practitioners? Individual chairs (possibly used by more than one dentist)?

Be Pragmatic in Defining Will available data sources allow you to identify facilities based on characteristics you have defined? Ideally, exclude as many false positives as possible in advance of the sample

Step Two: Identifying Facilities that Belong to the Universe Known universe (e.g., in state compliance database) Unknown universe

Resources to ID Unknowns Other government databases (“who else regulates this sector?”) Yellow pages Private databases Trade associations Phone calls Drive-bys

Universe-Identification Pitfalls An incomplete universe might be unrepresentative/biased E.g., if bad apples slip under the radar False positives—discovering too late that the list is full of facilities that don’t belong could throw off statistical planning and the scheduling of inspections and affect precision

Step Three: Updating the Universe over the Course of the Project Universe identification is never over New facilities open, others close False negatives, false positives Prepare for surprises…

Example: SQGs Variations in state definitions Challenges of working with a multi- sector group Interstate comparability issues

Defining SQGs Quantities (converted to kg/mo) CO, MA, NY, VT: 100 – 1000 kg/mo, accumulation of no more than 6000 kg CT: kg/mo, accumulation of no more than 1000 kg RI: kg/mo NH: kg/mo

Defining SQGs Waste Types CO, CT: RCRA only RI: RCRA and waste oil NH: RCRA and waste oil not recycled NY: RCRA and PCBs greater than 50 ppm MA: RCRA, PCBs greater than 50 ppm, and waste oil VT: RCRA, and petroleum contaminated wastes, but not waste oil

Multiple Sectors within the SQG Group Subject to same requirements, but Face potentially very different issues, such as differences in: Waste types, Waste quantities, Seasonality considerations, Relationship with agency, etc. Difficulty of compiling universe multiplies when number of sectors increases

Options for Dealing with Multi-Sector Groups Focus on particular problem sector(s) within SQG class Cope with and report on quality issues and move ahead

SQGs and Interstate Comparability Multiple universe definitions multiply the difficulty of producing comparable results What waste types & quantities are being monitored? What sectors are included? Practices required in one state may be BMPs in another

Strategies to Define a “Uniform” Universe Narrow definition, as the class of facilities where several definitions overlap (e.g., everyone is interested in RCRA waste); Broader definition, to include all facilities that any state would include in its definition (e.g., RI’s quantity criterion of kg/mo encompasses all others) Broadest definition, all generating facilities

Broader Universe may be Advantageous Selecting just one generator class instead of all generators may allow facilities to slip out of the universe when they either start performing substantially better or substantially worse -- a potential bias

“Uniform” Universe May Not Be Necessary As long as participants keep track of subclasses that overlap with other states’ universes

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