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2011 Annual Meeting, October 26-27, 2011
Plenary Session
Topic: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Impact to State Programs
Moderated by: Karen Hale (OH), ASTSWMO PIE Subcommittee Chair
The presentation will feature speakers from two States and two Federal Agencies regarding their
perspectives on the challenges of the exploration and production of the Fayetteville Shale Play in
Arkansas and the Marcellus Shale on the East Coast of the United States. This presentation covers
the many different and unexpected regulatory areas affected by the exploration of the Shales.
Speakers:
- Dennis Risser, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Bernadette Rappold, Division Director, Special Litigation and Projects Division, U.S. EPA Office of Civil Enforcement (OCE) and Sandra Connors, Deputy Director, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)
- Steve Socash, Chief, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Ryan Benefield, Deputy Director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
2011 Solid Waste Managers Conference, August 9-11, 2011
Welcoming Remarks
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT), Chair, ASTSWMO Solid Waste Training and Technology Transfer (T3) Task Force, Solid Waste Subcommittee
- The Honorable Sly James, Mayor, Kansas City, Missouri
- Chris Nagel, Director, Solid Waste Management Program, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Bill Bider, Director, Bureau of Waste Management, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the Region 7 representative on the ASTSWMO Board of Directors
- Karl Brooks, Region 7 Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Plenary Session: EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Strategy
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
Speaker: Suzanne Rudzinski, Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Plenary Session: Finding Sustainable Funding Sources for State Regulatory Programs in a Time of Market Shift*
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
Discussion Facilitator: Mark de Bie (CA), Chair, ASTSWMO Solid Waste Subcommittee
This session will explore options and new sources of funding for State solid waste regulatory programs. Many States that rely on per ton fees collected on waste disposed at landfills have experienced a downturn in the revenue collected. This downward trend, although exaggerated by the current economic climate, has been going on for some time and is the result, at least in part, of the effort to divert waste from landfilling to more useful purposes. A speaker will present some possible funding sources that have been identified for funding recycling programs. We will follow the presentation with a facilitated discussion of funding options for State regulatory programs.
- Jeremy O’Brien, P.E., Director of Applied Research, Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, MD, will discuss a SWANA study of alternative financing for recycling
Plenary Session: What State Legislators Look for in an Effective Presentation of State Program Needs
Moderator: Rodney Ferguson (KS), ASTSWMO Solid Waste T3 Task Force
This session is designed to be of use when approaching State legislators and other funding sources when requesting enhanced funding and/or submitting requests for additional resources. We will hear from Kansas Legislative Post Auditor Scott Frank who will provide a ‘101’ on how to best present information to legislators. Kansas Representative Tom Sloan and Missouri State Senator Jolie Justus will provide firsthand insight as to what lawmakers look for in successful presentation requests.
- Scott Frank, Legislative Post Auditor, Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit
- Representative Thomas Sloan, Kansas House of Representatives
- Senator Jolie Justus, Missouri State Senate
2011 Hazardous Waste Conference and Training, June 15-17, 2011
Welcome Session
Moderator: Mary Begin (DC), ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Training Task Force Chair
- Tammie Hynum (AR), ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Subcommittee Chair
- Stephen Cobb (AL), ASTSWMO President
- Alan Farmer, RCRA Director, EPA Region 4
Plenary Session: State of the States
Speaker: Stephen A. Cobb (AL), ASTSWMO President
During this 30 minute session, ASTSWMO’s President will present some information regarding research collected that focuses on the state of State budgets and the impacts the declines have had on State programs.
Plenary Session: Regulation Overview
Moderator: Anthony Fontana (NJ)
Sometimes we need to take a step back from the day to day issues and ask “How did we get here?” and “Why are we doing what we’re doing?” In this session we will evaluate the development of hazardous waste regulations and the motivations behind the beginning stages of RCRA. This session will provide an overview of the regulations and their organization, benefiting not only those relatively new to the RCRA program, but the seasoned veterans as well.
Plenary Session: Case Study Presentation
Moderator: Tammie Hynum (AR)
Speaker: Michael Brailsford (NC)
This presentation will examine a fire that occurred at a RCRA permitted TSD facility in Apex, North Carolina, which required the evacuation of 17,000 people. Through their analysis, we will address the fire’s cause, lessons learned, actions taken, and additional findings.
Inspections Breakout, Track A
Moderators: Mary Begin (DC) and Penny Wilson (AR)
Adequate preparation is critical to the effective performance of RCRA inspections. This session will provide an overview of preparing for an inspection with tips and basic information on how to properly scope and plan the inspection to make the most efficient use of time and ensure that all aspects of the facility subject to evaluation are inspected. In addition, this session will cover common violations found at facilities during inspections and how to decipher significant and secondary violations.
Plenary Session: Financial Assurance Fundamentals
Moderator: Mary Begin (DC)
Speakers:
Bob Maxey, EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
K.C. Schefski, EPA Office of Compliance and Enforcement
This session will help inspectors and permit writers know what to look for regarding cost estimates and financial projections when reviewing the financial assurance documents at a facility. To accomplish this, the panel will discuss financial assurance mechanisms and examples of facilities that would typically be required to have a RCRA permit with supporting financial assurance. All levels of inspectors and permit writers will surely benefit from this session; since Financial Assurance can be such a complicated topic.
Corrective Action Breakout, Track A
Moderator: Ed Hammerberg (MD)
Speaker: Dan Evans (NY)
This session will provide an introduction to the site-wide RCRA Corrective Action program. The session will discuss corrective action authorities and process, administrative tools to implement corrective action, State authorization, and key milestones on the way to remedy selection and implementation.
2011 Mid-Year Meeting, April 20-21, 2011
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Stephen Cobb (AL), ASTSWMO President
- Welcome to Colorado: Martha E. Rudolph, Director of Environmental Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Gary Baughman (CO), ASTSWMO Past President
- Welcome from EPA: Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator EPA OSWER
- Secretary-Treasurer Report: Cheryl Coleman (SC), ASTSWMO Secretary-Treasurer
2011 Mid-Year Meeting-Welcome Session from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Plenary Session: Financial Assurance – Industry Perspectives
Moderator: Karen Hale (OH), Program & Information Exchange Subcommittee Chair
This session will cover the results, as they pertain to industry, of EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board’s reports on the financial test, commercial and captive insurance options, and improved cost estimation practices; EPA’s pending CERCLA 108(b) rulemaking; and financial assurance structures from industry perspectives.
Speakers:
2011 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting: Financial Assurance - Industry Perspectives from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Plenary Session: Financial Assurance – EPA Perspectives
Moderator: Karen Hale (OH), Program & Information Exchange Subcommittee Chair
The National Enforcement Priority for Financial Assurance will be discussed in regards to lessons learned, where they are now, the importance of financial assurance, and possible next steps.
Speakers:
- K.C. Schefski, Associate Director, Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division, EPA OCE
- Bruce Kulpan, Branch Chief, EPA OSRE
ASTSWMO 2011 Mid-Year Meeting - Financial Assurance: U.S. EPA Perspective from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Plenary Session: Financial Assurance – State Perspectives
Moderator: Karen Hale (OH), Program & Information Exchange Subcommittee Chair
This session will offer State perspectives on financial assurance issues from the Financial Responsibility Division of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, which oversees the financial assurance for nine divisions, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Hazardous Waste Program Permits Section, which oversees the State equivalent regulations of RCRA Subtitle C.
Speakers:
2010 Annual Meeting, October 27-28, 2010
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Membership Policy Updates, including ASTSWMO 101
Moderated by: Gary Baughman, ASTSWMO President
Speakers:
- Gary Baughman, ASTSWMO President
- Cheryl Coleman, ASTSWMO Secretary-Treasurer
- Mary Zdanowicz, ASTSWMO Executive Director
2010 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting - ASTSWMO 101 from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Plenary Session: EPA OSWER Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) and OECA Environmental Justice (EJ) Presentations
Moderated by: Gary Baughman (CO), ASTSWMO President
Speakers:
- EPA OSWER: Mathy Stanislaus, U.S. EPA OSWER Assistant Administrator
- EPA OECA: Matt Bogoshian, U.S. EPA OECA Deputy Assistant Administrator
2010 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting - OSWER Community Engagement Initiative and OECA Environmental Justice from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Plenary Session: Community Engagement Successes, Lessons Learned and Partnerships
Moderator: Butch Dye (MD), ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Subcommittee Vice-Chair
This session will examine interaction among the State Environmental Agency, the regulated entity and the impacted public and surrounding community in addressing environmental contamination from legacy operations at sites in Maryland and Colorado.
Speakers:
2010 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting - Community Engagement Successes, Lessons Learned and Partnerships from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
CERCLA and State Response Session: Update on EPA Vapor Intrusion Activities
Moderated by: Ken Kloo (NJ), ASTSWMO CaBS Subcommittee Chair, and Deborah Smegal, EPA
Speakers will present a cross-program Vapor Intrusion update from EPA headquarters.
Speakers:
2010 Annual Meeting - Update on EPA Vapor Intrusion Activities from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
2010 State Superfund Managers Symposium, August 10-12, 2010
Auto Sector Bankruptcy “Keep the Motors Running: Making Auto Sector Bankruptcy Work”
Moderated by Todd Keyser, DE DNREC
2010 State Superfund Managers Symposium Auto Sector Bankruptcy Session from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
2010 Hazardous Waste Conference and Training, June 29 - July 1, 2010
Coal Ash Updates Session
Moderated by Iver Johnson, MT
2010 Hazardous Waste Conference & Training - Coal Ash Update Session from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
Universal Waste
Moderate by Ed Hammerberg, MD
2010 ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Conference - Universal Waste Session from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
AA, BB, and CC Regulations/Inspections Training
Moderated by Tammie Hynum, AR
2010 ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Conference - AA, BB, CC Regulations Training from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
2009 Annual Meeting, October 29 - 30, 2009
Plenary Session: Balancing the Basics with New Initiatives
Moderated by Cheryl Coleman
2009 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting Plenary Session from ASTSWMO on Vimeo.
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