Re: City Pollution Prevention Manager

[Bruce.Suits@cinems.rcc.org (Bruce Suits)]

     Ric, (et al):
     Thank you for asking! For huge amounts of information on local 
     governments' P2 activities, see the National Pollution Prevention 
     Roundtable's website (http://es.epa.gov/nppr) and check out the Local 
     Government Workgroup page.  Over 70 local governments (and friends 
     e.g., U.S., Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, 
     National Association of City & County Health Officials) from around 
     the nation are on board - and it's growing fast!  There may not always 
     be a "P2 Manager" at the local government level, but there are great 
     P2 things happening in lots of local governments!  And by the way, 
     borrowing from what other local and state folks around the country 
     have been doing, we in Ohio (City of Cincinnati, Institute of Advanced 
     Manufacturing Sciences, Ohio EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and 
     Ohio EPA Southwest District Office - with some funding assistance from 
     the Ohio Environmental Education Fund) have just partnered to create 
     "The Southwest Ohio Local Government Pollution Prevention 
     Collaborative".  First meeting of the collaborative was two weeks ago 
     and we had over thirty local governments from all over Southwest Ohio 
     in attendance.  Counties, cities, townships, etc. - large and small.  
     Our meetings are monthly, with two training sessions, the first of 
     which will be in February.  Ohio EPA (and all of us) hope this will be 
     a successful pilot that will be self sustaining after the first year 
     and can be replicated in the other regions of Ohio (and beyond).  
     
     Regarding your other questions: I think most of us include energy 
     conservation and efficiency in our P2 activities; for detailed 
     examples of Local P2 programs and activities see "Preventing Pollution 
     in our Cities and Counties - a Compendium of Case Studies" (available 
     through the NPPR) which provides information on 19 case studies - 
     large and small local governments with varying structures and 
     approaches to P2.  In addition, the NPPR's Local Government Workgroup 
     also has a user friendly Matrix Chart of Local Government P2 
     Activities (not yet but soon to be on the website) with over 40 local 
     governments and their P2 activities listed.  Email me if you are 
     interested in receiving that document. 
     
     J. Bruce Suits
     Pollution Prevention Manager
     Office of Environmental Management
     City of Cincinnati
     Two Centennial Plaza
     805 Central Avenue, Suite 610
     Cincinnati, OH  45202-1947
     Telephone: 513/352-6270
     FAX:       513/352-4970
     email:     bruce.suits@cinems.rcc.org


______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: City Pollution Prevention Manager
Author:  p2tech@great-lakes.net at INTERNET
Date:    1/16/98 9:11 AM


    All,
     
    I'm writing relative to a message from J. Bruce Suits.  I couldn't 
    help but notice your title...P2 Manager for Cincinnati.  Maybe I 
    simply never noticed but do many cities have pollution prevention 
    managers??   It seems like a great idea, especially for smaller 
    towns where saving money and management of waste is on the level 
    of, if not much larger than, many businesses.
     
    I would be VERY interested in hearing from others on this list 
    regarding town or city P2, E2, or recycling efforts and some of 
    the more successful program areas of accomplishments, including 
    if tax $$$ are being saved, types of programs being established, 
    and how the position interconnects with other city offices 
    (duties, authority, ability to effect change, are school districts 
    impacted).
     
    Have you considered E2 applications or are you strictly P2 
    oriented??
     
    Any information is welcome, thanks,
     
    Ric
    illig.richard@a1.dep.state.pa.us