Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0068-0227
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-01-06T05:00Z

STRONGER
STRONGER
State
State
Review
Review
Process
Process
Presentation
to
the
EPA
Presentation
to
the
EPA
May
2005
May
2005
Lori
Wrotenbery
Lori
Wrotenbery
1980
RCRA
Amendments
1980
RCRA
Amendments

EPA
study
(
1986
EPA
study
(
1986­
87)

87)


EPA
regulatory
determination
(
1988)

EPA
regulatory
determination
(
1988)


Found
state
and
federal
regulation
to
be
Found
state
and
federal
regulation
to
be
generally
adequate
generally
adequate

Recognized
regulatory
gaps
and
inadequate
Recognized
regulatory
gaps
and
inadequate
enforcement
enforcement

Developed
a
three
Developed
a
three­
pronged
approach:

pronged
approach:


Improve
existing
programs
under
RCRA,
Safe
Improve
existing
programs
under
RCRA,
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act,
and
Clean
Water
Act
Drinking
Water
Act,
and
Clean
Water
Act

Work
with
states
to
improve
their
programs
Work
with
states
to
improve
their
programs

Work
with
Congress
on
any
additional
Work
with
Congress
on
any
additional
legislation
that
might
be
needed
legislation
that
might
be
needed
State
Review
Process
State
Review
Process

1989
1989
­
IOGCC
Council
on
Regulatory
Needs
IOGCC
Council
on
Regulatory
Needs

1990
1990
­
Published
first
Guidelines
and
began
Published
first
Guidelines
and
began
state
reviews
state
reviews

State
State­
by
by­
state
reviews
of
regulatory
programs
state
reviews
of
regulatory
programs
against
the
published
Guidelines
against
the
published
Guidelines

Conducted
by
multi
Conducted
by
multi­
interest
stakeholder
teams
interest
stakeholder
teams

Result
in
written
report
of
findings
and
Result
in
written
report
of
findings
and
recommendations
recommendations

30
reviews
of
19
state
programs
conducted
to
30
reviews
of
19
state
programs
conducted
to
date
date
Purposes
of
State
Reviews
Purposes
of
State
Reviews

To
evaluate
state
oil
and
gas
programs
against
To
evaluate
state
oil
and
gas
programs
against
published
Guidelines
published
Guidelines

To
measure
To
measure
the
effectiveness
of
program
the
effectiveness
of
program
implementation
implementation

To
document
program
strengths
To
document
program
strengths

To
identify
and
recommend
areas
for
state
program
To
identify
and
recommend
areas
for
state
program
improvement
improvement

To
share
new
or
innovative
program
elements
To
share
new
or
innovative
program
elements

To
increase
the
understanding
of
the
regulatory
To
increase
the
understanding
of
the
regulatory
process
by
all
stakeholders
process
by
all
stakeholders

To
promote
consistency
among
state
programs,

To
promote
consistency
among
state
programs,

while
allowing
flexibility
to
address
unique
while
allowing
flexibility
to
address
unique
circumstances
circumstances
2000
Guidelines
2000
Guidelines
Section
1
Section
1   

   
Introduction
Introduction
Section
2.

Section
2.  
  ...
Scope
of
the
Guidelines
Criteria
...
Scope
of
the
Guidelines
Criteria
Section
3
Section
3   

   
General
Criteria
General
Criteria
Section
4
Section
4   

   
Administrative
Criteria
Administrative
Criteria
Section
5
Section
5   

   
Technical
Criteria
Technical
Criteria
Section
6
Section
6   

   
Abandoned
Sites
Abandoned
Sites
Section
7
Section
7   

   
NORM
NORM
Section
8
Section
8   

   
Performance
Measures
Performance
Measures
Section
9
Section
9   

   
Recommendation
for
Future
Work
Recommendation
for
Future
Work
2005
Guidelines
Revisions
2005
Guidelines
Revisions

Updating
and
Clarification
Updating
and
Clarification

Enhanced
Oilfield
Spill
Risk
Management
Enhanced
Oilfield
Spill
Risk
Management

Enhanced
Program
Performance
Enhanced
Program
Performance
Measurement
Measurement

Storm
Water
Management
Storm
Water
Management
Stormwater
Guidelines
Stormwater
Guidelines

New
section
of
Guidelines
New
section
of
Guidelines

Drafted
by
stakeholder
team
with
state,

Drafted
by
stakeholder
team
with
state,

industry,
and
public
interest
participation
industry,
and
public
interest
participation

State
programs
may
be
rule
State
programs
may
be
rule­
based
or
rely
on
based
or
rely
on
operator
operator­
specific
plans
specific
plans

STRONGER
may
place
links
to
state
and
other
STRONGER
may
place
links
to
state
and
other
BMPs
on
its
website
as
a
resource
BMPs
on
its
website
as
a
resource
Guidelines
Revision
Guidelines
Revision
Timetable
Timetable

Draft
Guidelines
published
May
1,
2005
Draft
Guidelines
published
May
1,
2005

Comments
requested
by
June
17,
2005
Comments
requested
by
June
17,
2005

Revised
draft
to
be
published
by
August
Revised
draft
to
be
published
by
August

Review
by
IOGCC
in
September
Review
by
IOGCC
in
September

Implementation
of
new
Guidelines
beginning
in
Implementation
of
new
Guidelines
beginning
in
2006
2006
State
Review
Process
State
Review
Process
Strengths
Strengths

Guidelines
standards
established
by
stakeholders
Guidelines
standards
established
by
stakeholders

Guidelines
recognize
regional
differences
Guidelines
recognize
regional
differences

Focus
on
program
performance
Focus
on
program
performance

Reviews
performed
by
multiple
stakeholder
teams
Reviews
performed
by
multiple
stakeholder
teams

Reviews
document
program
strengths
and
Reviews
document
program
strengths
and
opportunities
for
improvement
opportunities
for
improvement

Follow
Follow­
up
reviews
are
conducted
up
reviews
are
conducted

Process
can
fill
regulatory
gaps
Process
can
fill
regulatory
gaps

Process
is
a
model
for
evaluation
of
other
Process
is
a
model
for
evaluation
of
other
environmental
regulatory
programs
environmental
regulatory
programs