This document provides brief examples of states using EPA research and resources through the Office of Research and Development to address environmental concerns.
New Hampshire
States, EPA, and Others Partner to Establish Stream Monitoring Networks
EPA is working with states, tribes, river basin commissions, its regional offices and other entities to establish Regional Monitoring Networks (RMNs) for freshwater wadeable streams. The objectives of the RMNs…
Seventeen State Governors Commit to Clean Energy Accord
In an historic move, 17 state Governors this week signed the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future. Democratic and Republican signatories to the accord commit that their states will…
2012 State Innovations
This report looks at how states are devising a variety of forward-thinking solutions to pressing challenges, with approaches range from simple to complex, and from narrowly focused to cross-media in…
New Hampshire Water & Wastewater Operator Training Facility
Opened in October 2011, the New Hampshire Operator Training Facility is an expansive, hands-on water system designed to demonstrate and teach basic principles of water and wastewater system operations. The…
New Hampshire’s Land Resources Management Program Application Receipt Center
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Land Resources Management Program’s Application Receipt Center (ARC) now conducts on the day of receipt the administrative completeness review for all applications…
New Hampshire Commissioner’s Speechcraft Program
In January 2011, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Commissioner Tom Burack implemented the Commissioner’s Speechcraft, a public speaking course designed by Toastmasters International. Commissioner Burack recognizes that NHDES’s…
