ASTSWMO's Mission: To enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs for waste and materials management, to encourage environmentally sustainable practices and to affect relevant national waste and materials management policies.

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FUDS Funding in Jeopardy
FY 2013 Budget Request of $213M is reduced significantly: 35% less than FY 2012 ($327M) & 33% less than FY 2011 ($317M).
ASTSWMO and ECOS letters to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense.
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Recent News

The Association's State Superfund Focus Group developed a Marginally Contaminated Soils Paper to highlight how States manage soils that do not meet a State’s unrestricted use criteria or standards for organic or inorganic contaminants. The report is available on the CERCLA and Brownfields Policies and Publications page.

Links to U.S. EPA's Integrated Cleanup Initiative (ICI) are available on the Federal Links Resources page.

The Association's Site Evaluation Focus Group developed a Phase II Report to highlight the beneficial outcomes not traditionally captured (e.g., State site cleanups that result from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Site Assessment Program. It is available on the CERCLA and Brownfields Policies and Publications page.

 

Reminders

Potential active members and newly active members: see our Members page for pertinent information, including all subcommittee openings.

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