Users' Meeting San Francisco, CA April 18 th, 2006 RCRAInfo Network Exchange

Discussion Topics  RCRAInfo 101  Exchange Overview  Getting Ready to Flow  Path Forward  Open Session – Input into Outbound Services – Questions

RCRAInfo 101: Scope of System And Flow Status

RCRAInfo 101: Historic Approaches to Interfacing with RCRAInfo

Exchange Overview: Submission Processing

Exchange Overview: Document Structure

Exchange Overview: Payload Operations  Transactional  Pros: – Provides precise control for manipulating data at the record level. – Can be more efficient in processing.  Cons: – Requires a thorough understanding of State’s data relative to RCRAInfo processing. – Requires that the State system have the ability to recognize and track record deletions to ensure accurate data synchronization.  Currently Supported

Exchange Overview: Payload Operations  Full Replace  Pros: – Significantly less complicated approach when compared to transactional processing.  Cons: – Has negative impacts on exchange efficiency due to file size and processing demands. – Requires that ALL of a handler’s data for a module be sent to RCRAInfo. This will result in newer data validation rules being applied to older data.  Currently Supported (Put in place this last year)

Exchange Overview: Payload Operations  Full Replace by Handler  Pros: – More efficient than Full Replace operation; as only specified handler’s data within a module is being replaced. – Offers more control to implementers, as they can send data only for those handlers who have had a change in data within a module.

Exchange Overview: Payload Operations  Cons: – Requires more system sophistication to determine which handlers have had modifications to their data. – Requires that ALL of a handler’s data for a module be sent to EPA. This will result in newer data validation rules being applied to older data.  Anticipated for RCRAInfo V3

RCRA Network Exchange: Getting Ready to Flow  Evaluate readiness and compatibility. – Mapping of look-up values from State to RCRAInfo. – Use of RCRAInfo compatible system keys. – Ability to meet RCRAInfo data validation checks. – Impacts of Data Ownership/Co-Implementation issues.  Evaluate and select submission processing mode.  Obtain user ID and authorization to RCRAInfo Pre- Production and Production databases. – Need to obtain rights to the specific modules you will be submitting.

RCRA Network Exchange: Getting Ready to Flow  Enter into agreement with EPA / Region on approach to testing, submission and data. stewardship (Trading Partner Agreement).  Notify EPA RCRAInfo system support of intention to submit data for testing.  Perform testing of selected processing method and XML document creation.  Resolve data issues.  Notify EPA RCRAInfo system support of intention to submit data to production system.

RCRA Network Exchange: Getting Ready to Flow  Biggest hurdles to date: – Gaining system ID’s and rights. – Relationship with Regions. – Underestimating effort necessary to successfully load data. The larger difference between the source system and RCRAInfo the greater the effort required to successfully submit data.

RCRA Network Exchange: Path Forward  Data Synchronization Services – Get (Handler/Permitting/Corrective Action/CME) Data – Used to synchronize States system with Federal system.  E.g. Retrieving all EPA Inspection and Enforcement Data for a State.

RCRA Network Exchange: Path Forward  Data Sharing Services – Get Handler ID  Used to create a new Handler and associated Handler ID in RCRAInfo.  Envisioned as a real-time service; used during Handler data entry in State system. – Get Handler Basic  Retrieves all basic handler data for a State or entire nation.  Envisioned to address data validation issues e.g. Validating out of state handlers listed on Hazardous Waste Manifest / Biennial Report.

RCRA Network Exchange: Path Forward  Update FCD.  Develop and test CME Conversion Style Sheets. (pending RCRAInfo V3 production release).  Finalize CME schema and re-release FCD.  Develop outbound services.

RCRA Network Exchange: Available Resources  Exchange Network Site – – Schema – Data Exchange Template – Flow Configuration Document  RCRAInfo Data Submission Overview and Challenges  RCRA XML Schema Users Guide  Flow Implementation and Testing Checklists

RCRA Network Exchange: Available Resources  RCRAInfo Site – – RCRAInfo Data Validation Checks  Contacts – RCRAInfo: Eric Schwartz  – RCRA Network Exchange Support 

RCRA Network Exchange: Open Session  Input into Outbound Services – Get (Handler/Permitting/Corrective Action/CME) Data. – Get Handler ID – Get Handler Basic  Questions?