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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2002
Contact:
Brent Bradford, DEQ Deputy Director, (801) 536-4405
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has taken another important step forward in providing more efficient delivery of environmental services online. Through a $338,944 information technology grant from EPA, DEQ will share environmental data with EPA and other partners over the Internet. The project will provide Utahns with meaningful, real-time access to information about the condition of the environment where they live and work.
The grant is part of EPA’s National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN). DEQ has been heavily involved in the development of NEIEN and was one of the first five states to participate in the One-Stop Reporting Project. The One-Stop Reporting grant allowed DEQ to build a web-enabled warehouse of permit and compliance information for all regulated sites and facilities in Utah. It is accessible on the Web at www.deq.utah.gov.
With this new NEIEN grant, DEQ will be able to move into the next phase of development. Specifically, the grant will be used to:
“This project is significant because once the data is entered into the database, it is automatically assured for accuracy and becomes available immediately online for anyone to review at anytime,” said Brent Bradford, deputy director of DEQ. “It gives us a more accurate picture of our environment, simplifies the way we do business and makes this information available in real time.”
In 2000, DEQ established the Environmental Information Management Initiative (EIMI) in response to Gov. Leavitt’s e-government initiative to make state government more efficient and accessible online. Under EIMI, DEQ’s business process is enhanced and simplified using information technology. The NEIEN grant is an important step forward in DEQ’s goal to build an integrated, seamless process that provides simple access to accurate information 24/7/365 via the Internet. DEQ expects to complete the project by June 2003.
As part of Gov. Leavitt’s 1,000-day plan, DEQ continues to implement and track improvements in environmental quality for all Utahns. The information technology grant is just one of many milestones DEQ has achieved this year. A list of milestones is available on the Web at www.deq.utah.gov.
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