1.
Online access to laws and regulations
- High
= listing and full text of both laws and regulations; and/or
searchable
- Medium
= available online, but scattered by division; or good information
about one and not the other (laws vs. regulations, etc.)
- Low =
only a few or none available online/can't find
2.
Online access to information on general environmental
problems = general information on environmental problems,
pollutants (source, health effects, etc.)
- High
= Information on many environmental media, with health effects,
etc.
- Medium
= Information on a few media
- Low
= No information/can't find
3. Online access
to information on state environmental conditions = current
information such as ambient air quality readings, and other
state-specific environmental information (watershed information,
fish consumption advisories, etc.)
- High
= Easy access to online information on variety of state
and local conditions, many media, up-to-date
- Medium
= Statewide information, harder to find, only a few media
- Low
= No information/can't find
4.
Online access to information on regulated facilities and toxic
releases
- High
= State's own toxic release information (as opposed to link
to EPA), and/or easy access to local data about regulated
facilities, companies, landfills, etc.
- Medium =
Link to EPA's Envirofacts, etc., statewide information (not
available on a local level, or local information
hard to find)
- Low =
no information/can't find
5. Online access
to information about opportunities for public participation
- High
= Easy access to thorough, encouraging information about
ways to participate (opportunity to join online) (sending
comments, joining volunteer groups, etc.)
- Medium
= Some information but scattered, hard to find
- Low
= No information/can't find
6.
Opportunity for citizens to provide input on environmental
policies/issues
- High
= Can comment and review others' comments
- Medium
= Can email webmaster, "comments" or "feedback" link on
homepage about policy, separate from comments on the
website
- Low
= No opportunity to comment/can't find
7. Ability
to comment online on proposed regulations
- High
= Can email comments (all or some divisions), and/or review
others' comments
- Medium
= List and dates of opportunities to submit written or oral,
not electronic comments
- Low
= No opportunity/can't find
8.
Ability to communicate online with other citizens
= ability to post and read comments, have a live "chat"
with other citizens, etc.)
- High
= Some type of bulletin board/conferencing with much use
- Medium
= Some type of bulletin board/conferencing with not much
use
- Low
= No opportunity to communicate with other citizens/can't
find
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