1. State Resource Locators: A State-of-the-Resource Report
Paul Chalmer
National Environmental Partnership Summit 2006
Atlanta, 5/9/06

2. Overview What are the State Resource Locators? When were they created?
Who might find them useful?
Where on the web can you find them?
How can you use them?

3. What?
The State Resource Locators (SRLs) provide state-by-state environmental compliance information, including
guides to the regulations
links to permit forms when available
state contacts
additional resources

4. What? (cont’d.) Each SRL covers a specific topic.
SRLs are now available for:
Land and Water
Stormwater (Construction)
Stormwater (Industrial)
Endangered Species
Wetlands
TMDL
Waste
RCRA Hazardous Waste
RCRA Universal Waste
Construc. & Demol. Waste
Regulated Medical Waste
Air
Open burning, dust
Pollutants and Toxics
Lead Paint
Mercury
Asbestos
Health and Safety
Worker safety (OSHA)
Food processing
General
State Regulations

5. When?
The project began in 1998 with an overall guide to state environmental regulations.
Indexed state regulatory information was only available by subscription from private providers – wanted to provide publicly accessible state information in a format that would enable web-based features.
Original idea was to encourage states to include and maintain XML markup on their sites. Still waiting.

6. When? (cont’d.)
As new compliance assistance centers were developed for specific sectors, new state tools were developed for topics relevant to sectors.
Result was a wealth of information, but in a wide variety of formats.
In 2005, Compliance Assistance Platform began to develop uniform presentation template for all state tools, and to make data available to other compliance assistance providers.

7. Who? National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) CAI Resources
EPA
Other partners include:
Auto recycling: Automotive Recyclers Assn. (ARA)
Healthcare: Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)
Construction: Associated General Contractors (AGC), National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

8. Where

9. How? As a stand-alone resource:
Wherever your compliance assistance text says something like “These are federal regulations – please be aware that other restrictions may apply in your state,” provide a link to the relevant SRL.
As a data source:
RSS feeds are now available
You use the data in your own context
The Platform maintains it for you

10. SRL Selector page

11. Stormwater Resource Locator Home

12. State page from SWRL (top)

13. State page from SWRL (bottom)

14. Sample RSS page

15. For more information
Paul Chalmer
NCMS
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