1. 1 NE Assistance & P2 Roundtable Strategic Plan Terri Goldberg Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association

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3. 3 NEWMOA’s Mission To develop and sustain an effective partnership of states to explore, develop, promote, and implement environmentally- sound solutions for the reduction and management of materials and waste, and for the remediation of contaminated sites, in order to achieve a clean and health environment

4. 4 Support Services Facilitate communications and cooperation among member states and between state and the U.S. EPA Support the efficient sharing of state and federal program resources to help avoid duplication of effort and to facilitate development of regional approaches to solving critical environmental problems

5. Northeast Assistance & P2 Roundtable Mission Established in 1989 Enhance the capabilities of state and local government officials in the Northeast to implement effective multimedia source reduction and assistance programs to promote sustainability & improvement in public health & the environment 5

6. Roundtable Services Meetings & workgroups Information resource center & online databases Source reduction research & publications Training events Regional policy coordination & development 6

7. 7 Recent Activities 4-5 Web conferences/year Annual Meetings One-day workshops – i.e., P2 measurement Newsletter – 2/year Sector coordination – marinas Email lists P2Rx EMFACT & A & P2 measurement systems Coordination w/ NEWMOA Board & Interstates

8. Recent Topics 8 A & P2 measurement systems Survey design Green cleaning & green products Emerging chemical issues & priority toxics Innovative P2 technologies

9. NEWMOA’s Structure NEWMOA Board of Directors – meets quarterly & involves A & P2 Program Directors Steering Committee - meets via conference call 4-5 times/yr to plan activities & set direction Workgroups Roundtable list :~ 65 people 9

10. Purpose of Strategic Plan -- 2007 Reinvigorate Roundtable – regional P2 initiatives Examine current directions – new ones?? Create focus for efforts that does not exclude topics or issues that emerge Create more buy-in and involvement Connect assistance and P2 with environmental priorities 10