In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
Publications
EDF/ECOS SGC Report on Pathways for Alternative Compliance
Final Report of the ECOS-EPA Compliance Assurance Workgroup
This report details work of the joint ECOS-EPA Compliance Assurance Workgroup, which worked to find ways to improve the state-federal relationship in the context of compliance assurance.
Cooperative Federalism 2.0 Paper
ECOS’ Cooperative Federalism 2.0 paper details the organization’s collective thoughts, observations and recommendations on what cooperative federalism means to the states and describes the essential roles and functions that ECOS believes…
Field Guide to Flexibility and Results
This Version 1.0 of The Field Guide to Flexibility and Results (Field Guide) aims to show states clearly where EPA, through communications and documents from Headquarters and Regions, is promoting and…
Initiation of Emerging Contaminants Characterization and Response Actions for Protection of Human Health
This issue paper is one in a series of papers being developed by the ECOS-DoD Sustainability Work Group’s Emerging Contaminants (EC) Task Group.
Emerging Contaminants Risk Communication Principles
This document is a product of the ECOS and Department of Defense Sustainability Work Group. The purpose of this document is to provide information and resources on the issues pertaining to…
Oregon’s Riparian Shade Pilot Program
To address future pollutant-discharge requirements and potential temperature exceedances, the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission—a regional wastewater entity in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon—launched a pilot program to demonstrate the viability and cost-effectiveness of…
New York’s Storm Mitigation Loan Program
New York State’s Storm Mitigation Loan Program (SMLP) was created in 2014 to assist local governments in strengthening long-term resilience for wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities in areas impacted…
New York’s Green Innovation Grant Program and the Upper Susquehanna
Under its CWSRF Program, the New York Environmental Facilities Corporation has created a Green Innovation Grant Program to encourage the use of green infrastructure. One project under this program has…
