Kim Hudak Assistant Director
Water Permitting & Enforcement Division
Presented at NEWMOA Webinar
LEAN Approaches to Help State Environmental Agencies Improve Operations
February 24, 2011
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ea
ch
se
ssio
ns f
or
Sta
ke
ho
lde
rs.
S
tatu
s: N
o ac
tion.
Develo
p r
evis
ed c
rite
ria for
the n
egotiation p
rocess.
Sta
tus:
No
actio
n.
Co
nn
ecti
cut
DE
P L
EA
N C
eleb
rati
on
–Tr
ansf
erab
le K
no
wle
dg
e fo
r E
ffic
ien
t &
Eff
ecti
ve G
ove
rnm
ent
SUM
MAR
Y O
F D
EP L
EAN
PER
MIT
TIN
G P
RO
JECT
S
Lo
ng
Isla
nd
So
un
dP
rog
ram
Per
mit
Lo
ng
Isla
nd
So
un
dP
rog
ram
Per
mit
Lea
n I
–Ju
ne
2008
, B
rian
Th
om
pso
n
Inla
nd
Wat
er R
eso
urc
es P
erm
it
Lea
n II
–O
cto
ber
200
8, D
enis
e R
uzi
cka
NP
DE
S P
erm
it P
roce
ssin
g C
oo
rdin
atio
n
Lea
n IV
-M
ay 2
009,
Kim
Hu
dak
Was
tew
ater
Sst
em R
eai
rs &
Ura
des
yp
pg
Lea
n V
–O
cto
ber
200
9, K
im H
ud
ak
X-R
ay D
evic
es a
nd
Rad
ioac
tive
Mat
eria
ls
Lea
n V
I -Ja
nu
ary
2010
, Ed
Wild
s
So
lid W
aste
Fac
ility
Ind
ivid
ual
Per
mit
sL
ean
VII
-M
ay 2
010,
Dia
ne
Du
va
ND
DB
Sp
ecie
s R
evie
w R
equ
est
Pro
cess
ing
L
ean
VI -
Jan
uar
y 20
10, R
ick
Jaco
bso
n &
Jen
ny
Dic
kso
n
STA
ND
AR
DW
OR
KS
TA
ND
AR
D W
OR
K�
Cre
atin
gchecklis
ts a
nd d
evelo
pin
g S
OP
s for
perm
it e
ngin
eers
, fisheries a
nd o
ther
DE
P D
ivis
ions. S
taff a
ssis
ted in the d
evelo
pm
ent
of
the P
erm
itting D
esk
Refe
rence a
vaila
ble
on t
he D
EP
Intr
anet
site.
The industr
ial N
PD
ES
perm
it
applic
ation
revie
wpro
cess
with
aflow
chart
islin
ked
toth
er
levant
sta
ndard
applic
ation r
evie
w p
rocess, w
ith a
flo
wchart
is lin
ked to t
he r
ele
vant
sta
ndard
opera
ting p
rocedure
s (
SO
Ps)
and a
re a
vaila
ble
for
all
NP
DE
S p
erm
it e
ngin
eers
to
use
.
(NP
DE
S)
�R
ealiz
ing
that
the t
wo s
eara
te R
adia
tion R
eis
tration P
rora
ms
DT
X a
nd R
MI
gp
gg
,,
could
share
sim
ilar
regis
tration p
rocesses, allo
wed for
consis
tency a
nd
pre
dic
tabili
ty for
the r
egula
ted c
om
munity.
T
his
has o
pened t
he d
oor
to f
urt
her
coopera
tion b
etw
een the D
TX
and R
MI re
gis
tration g
roups a
s e
xem
plif
ied b
y a
sharing o
f sta
ff t
ime.
Requirin
g r
egis
tration in a
ltern
ating y
ears
allo
ws the t
wo
rou
s to a
ssis
t each o
ther
in a
sner
istic a
nd m
ore
cost effective
gp
yg
manner.
(Radia
tion)
�S
tan
dar
diz
ing
routine w
ork
by e
sta
blis
hin
g a
tw
o-s
tream
work
flo
w (
Level 1 a
nd
Level 2 r
evie
ws).
Routine r
evie
ws (
L1)
can b
e d
ealt w
ith u
sin
g s
tandard
re
sponses
and
will
nger
co
io
’tim
eor
dela
yth
epro
cessin
gf
responses a
nd w
ill n
o longer
consum
e b
iolo
gis
ts tim
e o
r dela
y the p
rocessin
g o
f m
ore
com
ple
x r
evie
ws (
L2).
(ND
DB
)
�Id
enti
fyin
gcert
ain
applic
ation types for
solid
waste
facili
ty indiv
idual perm
its t
o
tar
et
for
fast
trackin
such a
s r
enew
al a
lications.
Solid
Waste
gg
pp
()
EL
IMIN
AT
E W
AS
TE
�E
limin
atin
gre
dundancy in the n
um
ber
of data
bases c
urr
ently in u
se. E
xpecte
d futu
re
SIM
’s e
nh
an
ce
me
nts
to
en
ab
le f
urt
he
r co
nso
lida
tio
n t
o o
ne
da
tab
ase
. T
his
will
str
eam
line t
he p
rocess,
afford
consid
era
ble
savin
gs in s
taff t
ime,
and c
reate
a c
entr
al
reositor
of
rora
m r
eis
trations.
Radia
tion
py
pg
g(
)
�L
ever
agin
gexis
ting t
echnolo
gy b
y a
dopting S
IMS
as a
pro
cess t
rackin
g a
nd d
ocum
ent
sharing s
yste
m.
Sta
ff fro
m t
hre
e d
iffe
rent
DE
P locations n
ow
have s
hare
d a
ccess t
o
maps, pla
ns a
nd o
ther
mate
rials
subm
itte
d w
ith e
ach r
equest
and c
an c
olla
bora
te o
n a
sin
gle
response
letter
Do
ing
so
red
uce
dco
sts
asso
cia
ted
with
dis
trib
utio
no
fm
ate
ria
lsto
sin
gle
response
letter.
Do
ing
so
reduced
costs
associa
ted
with
dis
trib
utio
n o
f m
ate
rials
to
mu
ltip
le o
ffic
es a
nd
co
nso
lida
ted
mu
ltip
le le
tte
rs t
o t
he
ap
plic
an
t in
to o
ne
co
ord
ina
ted
re
sp
on
se
. (N
DD
B)
�Te
arin
gdow
n s
ilos t
hat w
ere
cre
ate
d o
ver
tim
e t
hro
ugh t
he a
dm
inis
tration o
f th
e v
arious
regula
tory
pro
gra
ms
within
the
Div
isio
dh
gm
sin
toe
yn
regula
tory
pro
gra
ms w
ith
in t
he
Div
isio
n a
nd
brin
gin
g t
he
six
pro
gra
ms into
one
by takin
g
the
six
se
pa
rate
re
gu
lato
ry p
rog
ram
s a
nd
co
nd
en
sin
g it to
tw
o te
ch
nic
al d
iscip
line
s w
ith
o
ne
file
le
ad
. T
he
LE
AN
te
am
ma
pp
ed
ou
t th
e c
urr
en
t S
uffic
ien
cy R
evie
w p
roce
ss b
y
usin
g a
Sw
im L
ane a
ppro
ach w
hic
h c
learly s
how
ed a
lot of w
aste
and d
uplic
ative e
ffort
betw
een t
he p
rogra
ms a
nd s
taff. (I
WR
D)
�S
trea
mlin
ing
maili
ng lis
ts m
eans less m
aili
ngs t
o d
o w
hic
h s
aves t
he d
epart
ment
tim
e
and m
oney.
(O
LIS
P)
PL
AN
& C
OM
MU
NIC
AT
E
�Te
amin
gup w
ith p
rofe
ssio
nal org
aniz
ations D
EP
was a
ble
to levera
ge their w
ebsites
and p
eriodic
meetings to info
rm t
his
targ
ete
d a
udie
nce, bringin
g m
ore
facili
ties that
should
have r
egis
tere
d into
com
plia
nce w
ith S
tate
law
. (
Radia
tion)
Incl
ud
ing
sta
kehold
ers
both
during
the
Ka
ta
ui
ieeps
tsta
kehold
ers
both
during t
he K
aiz
en e
vent
and d
uring im
ple
menta
tion k
eeps the
com
munic
ation c
hannels
open.
(Subsurf
ace)
�C
han
gin
gapplic
ation c
onte
nt
to b
e s
pecific
in r
equirem
ents
such a
s topogra
phic
surv
eys for
OLIS
P;
Cre
ating fact
sheets
and m
inim
um
requirem
ents
for
desig
n,
constr
uction,
and insta
llation,
in the c
ase o
f subsu
rface s
ew
age d
isp
osal syste
ms;
focusin
g o
n o
bta
inin
g h
igher
qualit
y info
rmation f
rom
applic
ants
so that
ND
DB
sta
ff
are
perf
orm
ing r
evie
ws w
ith few
er
dela
ys r
ela
ted t
o insuffic
ient subm
issio
ns; and,
pla
cin
g e
xam
ple
applic
ations for
solid
waste
indiv
idual perm
its o
n the D
EP
website.
�In
stit
uti
ng
pre
-applic
ation c
oord
ination
with local offic
ials
and o
ther
agencie
s to
ensure
OLIS
P is c
onsis
tent w
ith a
wid
e v
ariety
of
sta
ndard
s inclu
din
g H
arb
or
Managem
ent
Com
mis
sio
n, lo
cal S
hellf
ish C
om
mis
sio
n, and C
T D
ept of A
griculture
.
In S
olid
Waste
Perm
itting,
update
d p
erm
it r
enew
al notification letters
offer
the o
ption
of
apre
-applic
ation
meeting
for
Solid
Indiv
idualP
erm
iIn
the
NP
DE
Sof
a p
reapplic
ation m
eeting f
or
Solid
Waste
Indiv
idual P
erm
its.
In t
he N
PD
ES
P
erm
itting P
rogra
m,
an a
pplic
ation is p
re-a
ssig
ned to t
he e
ngin
eer
who m
eets
with
applic
ant at
least 300 d
ays p
rior
to t
he p
erm
it e
xpiration to d
iscuss the s
ubm
itta
l of
the a
pplic
ation a
nd a
ny c
om
plia
nce, fisheries a
nd W
Q issues.
Offic
e o
f L
on
g Isla
nd
So
un
d P
rog
ram
T
hi
hill
hi
if
SD
di
dF
illd
lT
his
gra
ph
illu
str
ate
s th
e a
ve
rag
e p
roce
ssin
g tim
es fo
r S
tru
ctu
res, D
red
gin
g a
nd
Fill
an
d T
ida
l
We
tla
nd
ap
plic
atio
ns. A
s t
he
gra
ph
re
fle
cts
, th
e a
ve
rag
e p
roce
ssin
g tim
e s
ince
LE
AN
imp
lem
en
tatio
n is 1
67
da
ys. O
LIS
P h
as r
ed
uce
d its
to
tal p
erm
it p
roce
ssin
g tim
e b
y 7
2%
.
So
lid W
aste
Pe
rmittin
g P
rog
ram
Th
is g
rap
hic
illu
str
ate
s th
at in
six
sh
ort
mo
nth
s th
e S
olid
Wa
ste
Fa
cili
ty In
div
idu
al P
erm
it T
ea
m h
as
red
uce
d th
e b
acklo
g b
y 1
1%
an
d s
ho
uld
exce
ed
th
eir
go
al o
f a
20
% r
ed
uctio
n in
12
mo
nth
s.
�
ND
DB
Sp
ecie
s R
evie
wT
his
gra
ph
icill
ustr
ate
s th
e s
tatu
s o
f th
e N
DD
B r
evie
ws r
ece
ive
d s
ince
DE
P im
ple
me
nte
d th
e u
se
of
SIM
So
nO
ct1
20
10
an
dsta
rte
du
sin
gth
en
ew
ND
DB
req
ue
stfo
rmP
rio
rto
imp
lem
en
tin
gS
IMS
SIM
S o
n O
ct 1
, 2
01
0 a
nd
sta
rte
d u
sin
g th
e n
ew
ND
DB
re
qu
est fo
rm.
Pri
or
to im
ple
me
ntin
g S
IMS
,
DE
P h
ad
an
in
co
mp
lete
pic
ture
of sta
tus a
nd
tu
rna
rou
nd
tim
es o
f N
DD
B r
evie
w r
eq
ue
sts
.
Co
nn
ecti
cut
DE
P L
EA
N C
eleb
rati
on
–Tr
ansf
erab
leK
no
wle
dg
efo
rE
ffic
ien
t&
Eff
ecti
veG
ove
rnm
ent
SUM
MAR
Y O
F D
EP
Tran
sfer
able
Kn
ow
led
ge
for
Eff
icie
nt
&E
ffec
tive
Go
vern
men
t
COM
PLIA
NCE
/EN
FOR
CEM
ENT
LEAN
PR
OJE
CTS
Wat
er E
nfo
rcem
ent
Pro
gra
mL
ean
I -
Jun
e 20
08, K
im H
ud
ak
So
lid W
aste
En
forc
emen
t P
rog
ram
L
ean
IIO
cto
ber
2008
Dia
ne
Du
vaL
ean
II–
Oct
ob
er20
08,D
ian
eD
uva
Sto
rag
e Ta
nk
Co
mp
lian
ce In
spec
tio
n
Lea
n II
-O
cto
ber
200
8, P
eter
Zac
k
Titl
e V
Maj
or
So
urc
e In
spec
tio
n
Lea
n IV
-M
ay 2
009,
Bo
b G
irar
d
Team
wo
rk�
Co
llab
ora
tin
gw
ith p
art
ners
such a
s local offic
ials
, enlis
ting their a
ssis
tance in
colle
ction o
f fa
cts
. To b
orr
ow
fro
m t
he h
ealth c
are
industr
y t
his
enable
s a
‘c
oord
ination o
f care
’ to o
ptim
ize t
he c
ase a
ssessm
ent and d
evelo
pm
ent
role
s o
f lo
cal and/o
r sta
te o
ffic
ials
investi
atin
ille
al dum
in c
om
pla
ints
S
olid
Waste
gg
gp
gp
()
�C
om
mu
nic
atin
gbetw
een d
ivis
ions h
as b
ecom
e p
art
of
our
daily
routine b
ecause o
f th
e L
EA
N p
rocess.
We n
ow
recogniz
e tw
o g
roups o
f in
tern
al custo
mers
in t
he T
itle
V
perm
it lifecycle
, perm
itting a
nd f
ield
engin
eers
.In
cre
asin
g c
om
munic
ation h
as
resulted
inth
ere
com
mendation
tosta
ndard
ize
the
perm
itin
spection
report
and
resulted in the r
ecom
mendation t
o s
tandard
ize the p
erm
it,
inspection r
eport
, and
sourc
e r
eport
ing t
hat
were
em
bra
ced b
y inte
rnal custo
mers
and e
xte
rnal
custo
mers
.(A
ir I
nspection)
�C
on
stan
tg
entl
e p
ress
ure
thro
uh w
eekl
meetin
s b
etw
een m
ana
ers
and
gg
yg
genfo
rcem
ent
superv
isors
pro
vid
es b
etter
com
munic
ation s
o the f
low
of
enfo
rcem
ent
actions is tim
elie
r. (
WP
ED
)
�Tr
ansf
erri
ng
new
softw
are
technolo
gy a
nd a
share
d u
niv
ers
e o
f sourc
es to t
he
Sta
ge
IIG
asolin
eD
ispensin
acili
tyin
spect
wm
eans
effic
iencie
sin
ed
by
Sta
ge II
Gasolin
e D
ispensin
g F
acili
ty inspecto
rs n
ow
means e
ffic
iencie
s g
ain
ed b
y
one g
roup b
enefits
anoth
er
inspection u
nit w
ithin
the a
gency.
(E
SR
US
T)
Vis
ual
Mea
sure
s &
Sta
nd
ard
Wo
rk
�L
ever
agin
g t
ech
no
log
yby inte
gra
ting t
he u
se o
f ele
ctr
onic
tra
ckin
g f
or
sta
tus o
f each c
ase h
elp
s t
o k
eep t
he s
taff’s
case load o
n t
rack.
Identify
ing n
ext
ste
ps k
eeps
work
flo
win
g a
nd a
ssis
ts the m
anagers
in identify
ing s
tatu
s o
f th
e c
aselo
ad.
(S
olid
W
aste
)W
aste
)
�P
rovi
din
g v
isu
al s
tatu
s b
oar
ds
incl
ud
ing
key
per
form
ance
ind
icat
ors
allo
ws
sta
ff, superv
isors
, and m
anagers
, an o
pport
unity t
o s
ee w
ork
load d
em
ands o
n a
n
on
go
ing
ba
sis
an
d k
ee
p o
n t
op
of
de
ad
line
s.
(WP
ED
, S
olid
Wa
ste
, &
Air I
nsp
ectio
n)
�R
evis
ing
an
d u
pd
atin
g s
tan
dar
d o
per
atin
g p
roce
du
res
an
d p
rovid
ing
tra
inin
g
means s
taff p
erf
orm
tasks,
such a
s inspections a
nd c
old
case c
losure
s,
consis
tently,
ensuring t
hat
regula
tory
requirem
ents
are
bein
g m
et.
(Solid
Waste
& A
ir Inspection)
�L
ever
agin
g in
stit
uti
on
al k
no
wle
dg
e, b
y s
tan
da
rdiz
ing
pe
na
lty c
alc
ula
tio
ns a
nd
enfo
rcem
ent
ord
er
form
ats
makes t
he p
rocess m
ore
consis
tent
and e
ffic
ient
to the
po
int
of
issu
ing
ord
ers
in
th
e f
ield
. (W
PE
D)
�S
tan
dar
diz
ing
the
inspection
tem
pla
teso
thatnotices
ofvio
lation
can
be
�S
tan
dar
diz
ing
the
in
sp
ectio
n t
em
pla
te s
o that notices o
f vio
latio
n c
an
be
auto
matically
genera
ted f
rom
the inspection r
eport
tem
pla
te,
avoid
s d
uplic
ation o
f w
ork
. (U
ST
)
Eff
icie
ncy
/Pre
par
atio
n�
Bu
ildin
gin
sh
ort
er in
tern
alti
mef
ram
esto
meet
the a
gency’s
Enfo
rcem
ent
Response P
olic
y r
equired t
imefr
am
es,
resultin
g in e
nvironm
enta
l benefit
sooner.
(Solid
Waste
& W
PE
D)
�M
anag
ers
wo
rkin
g o
nth
e b
usi
nes
sin
stea
d o
f in
the
bu
sin
ess,
freein
g t
he
managers
for
oth
er
priorities r
esultin
g in e
nvironm
enta
l com
plia
nce s
ooner.
M
anagers
will
be m
ore
involv
ed w
ith n
egotiation o
n a
n a
s n
eeded b
asis
, but
less
involv
ed for
sta
ndard
work
. (W
PE
D)
�In
stit
uti
ng
Pla
n, D
o, C
hec
k, A
ct a
t th
e w
ork
ing
leve
l.T
he facili
ty c
ase file
s a
re
now
bein
g p
repare
d for
by o
ffic
e s
taff s
upport
ing the f
ield
engin
eers
in
advance.
This
allo
ws the f
ield
engin
eers
to b
e m
ore
effective in their f
ull
com
plia
nce
evalu
ation v
erif
in c
om
liance w
ith n
um
ero
us s
tate
and federa
l re
uirem
ents
. A
ir
yg
pq
(in
spection)
�S
trea
mlin
ing
enfo
rcem
ent
thro
ugh a
new
Incentiviz
ed P
enalty n
egotiation,
for
routine types o
f vio
lations c
overe
d u
nder
the a
gency’s
Civ
il P
enalty P
olic
y, the
pro
gra
moffers
the
maxim
um
reductions
the
Penalty
Polic
yallo
ws
iffa
cili
ties
rapid
lypro
gra
m o
ffers
the m
axim
um
reductions the P
enalty P
olic
y a
llow
s if
facili
ties r
apid
ly
retu
rn t
o c
om
plia
nce a
nd m
eet
deadlin
es r
esultin
g in tim
ely
consent ord
er
issuance.
(Solid
Waste
)
�A
uto
mat
ing
the ins
ection r
eort
form
at
so t
hat
reort
s c
an b
e
enera
ted a
nd
gp
pp
gprinte
d o
ut
in t
he f
ield
im
media
tely
follo
win
g the inspection.
By e
nablin
g t
he
technolo
gy to w
ork
for
the f
ield
sta
ff t
he c
usto
mer
receiv
es feedback in a
more
tim
ely
m
anner. (
US
T)
Wat
er E
nfo
rcem
ent
Pro
gra
m
Sta
nd
ard
wo
rkch
ang
esto
the
en
ee
fr
ibed
form
ats
wer
eS
tan
dar
dw
ork
,ch
ang
esto
the
del
egat
ion
,an
dth
eu
seo
fp
resc
rib
edfo
rmat
sw
ere
the
resu
lt o
f L
EA
N a
nd
th
e re
sult
s ar
e am
azin
g, r
edu
cin
g o
rder
issu
ance
tim
e b
y m
ore
th
an 2
00 d
ays
fro
m 3
36 d
ays
to 1
10 d
ays.
# o
f d
ays to
issu
an
ce
# o
f o
rde
rs
So
lid W
aste
En
forc
emen
t P
rog
ram
By
elim
inat
ing
th
e b
ackl
og
an
d r
evis
ing
sta
nd
ard
op
erat
ing
pro
ced
ure
s, t
he
Pro
gra
m n
ow
is
able
to
fo
cus
insp
ecti
on
s o
n a
larg
er p
erce
nt
of
the
per
mit
ted
fac
iliti
es t
o e
nsu
re c
om
plia
nce
.
Th
an
k y
ou