The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) is an organization supporting the environmental agencies of the States and trust territories. ASTSWMO focuses on the needs of State hazardous waste programs; non-hazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste programs; sustainability, recycling, waste minimization, and reduction programs; Superfund and State cleanup programs; waste management and cleanup activities at federal facilities; and underground storage tank and leaking underground storage tank programs.

A Letter from President Peggy Harris, P.E. (CA) letter to the ASTSWMO Membership

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Information about EPA’s "Federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act" programs can be found here.
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Recent News

June 2009

The Federal Facilities Research Center’s Radiation Focus Group has released Final Report:  2005 BRAC Round – State Experiences.  The Report is available on the Federal Facilities Research Center Publications page.

Registration now open for the 2009 EPA Community Involvement Training Conference, August 18-20, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. EPA is encouraging additional State participation, and is extending an invitation to all States to attend. ASTSWMO cannot fund attendees. Please visit the EPA's page for the conference for more information: http://www.epa.gov/ciconference/

The Chesapeake Bay Program Office is offering a webinar on LQG Flexibility under RCRA on Compliance Strategies. This 1-hour webinar is at 11:00am EDT on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Please go to the Other Meetings page for more information.

Presentations for the 2009 UST Compliance and Prevention Workshop are now online and can be found by following the appropriate link from the Past Meetings page.

May 2009

The CERCLA and Brownfields Research Center has released the following paper: Compendium of State Land Revitalization Indicators.

The Federal Facilities Research Center’s Radiation Focus Group has released A Regulator’s Guide to the Cleanup of Radiological Constituents at Department of Defense Facilities.  The Guide is available on the Federal Facilities Research Center Publications page.

The Hazardous Waste Subcommittee has released the ASTSWMO Position Paper on RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste Program Information and RCRAInfo Database Operation and Maintenance. The paper is available from the Hazardous Waste Publications page.

April 2009

ASTSWMO comments on EPA’s proposed regulatory schemes for managing Coal Combustion By-products, including results of the February 2009 survey of State programs and a collection of State comments

If you are a potential active member or a newly active member, see the new Potential & New Members page for pertinent information, including all committee openings.

ASTSWMO is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here to view the announcement PDF.

The CERCLA and Brownfields Research Center has released the following paper: State Emergency Response Preparedness: State Emergency Response Programs Analysis. It can be found on the CERCLA and Brownfields Publications page.

Online Process-Based Surface Impoundment Inspector Training: April 22 and May 11, 2009, via NETI Online. For full course detail, please click here to visit our Other Meetings of Interest page, or click here to go directly to the NETI Online course description.

Reminders

ASTSWMO's new Travel Policy and Special Travel Policy and Forms (formerly known as the Exceptional Travel Policy) are availible on the Travel and Reimbursement Page. Please read the new policies before the next time you travel with ASTSWMO. Thank you.

A Members in Action Frequently Asked Questions page is now available here. It contains a web form with which to submit your questions about any Members in Action topic. The permanent link is housed on the Policies page, which has replaced the By-Laws page but is found at the same URL.

If you are interested in becoming a member of an ASTSWMO Task Force, Focus Group or other Work Group, please respond to the questions in our survey.

Please click here for the members survey.

Upcoming Meetings

August 25-26, 2009: Long-Term Stewardship Symposium in Boise, ID
Click here for information.

September 15-16, 2009: ASTSWMO State Funds Workshop in St. Louis, MO.
Click here for more information.

October 29-30, 2009: Annual Meeting in Bethesda, MD
More information to come.

November 16-18, 2009: ASTSWMO co-sponsors the 13th Annual Brownfields Conference in New Orleans, LA.
Click here to redirect to the Brownfields 2009 website. You can also find more information on our Other Meetings page.