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“It’s Not Just Garbage Anymore”
September 12 – 14, 2005
Scottsdale, Arizona
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
7:30 – 8:30 am
Registration - Conference Foyer
8:30 – 9:00 am
Welcome - Grande Ballroom C
- Ralph Bohn (UT), Chair, ASTSWMO Solid Waste Training and Technology Transfer (T3) Task Force, Solid Waste Subcommittee
- David Haldeman (NE), Chair, ASTSWMO Solid Waste Subcommittee
- Shannon Davis, Director, Waste Programs Division, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and Region 9 member of the ASTSWMO Board of Directors
- Lillian Bagus, Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
[The speakers did not have electronic presentations.]
9:00 – 10:00 am
Plenary Session: Overview of the Resource Conservation Challenge - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
This session will provide an overview of the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) -- its vision, direction, goals and the three national priority areas that are related to non-hazardous waste programs (i.e., achieving the national 35% recycling rate for municipal solid waste; beneficial use of secondary materials; and green initiatives – electronics).
- EPA Perspective: Matthew Hale, Director, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
9:00 – 10:00 am
Plenary Session: Overview of the Resource Conservation Challenge (continued)
- State Perspective: Frank Coolick, Assistant Director, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and a member of the RCC Steering Committee
[The speakers did not have electronic presentations.]
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break - Conference Foyer
10:15 – 11:45 am
Plenary Session: State and Regional Partnerships in the RCC - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
State/Region examples of partnerships on different RCC issues will be provided during this session.
- Identifying Collaborative Opportunities To Increase the Beneficial Use of Industrial Byproducts: State and Regional Perspective (45 KB): Susan Mooney, Environmental Scientist, Solid Waste Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 5, Chicago, IL and Bizhan Zia Sheikholeslami, Environmental Engineer, Waste Management Section, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- By-product Synergy (649 KB): David Flora, Solid Waste Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 7, Kansas City, KS and Kristin Allan, Market Development Program Manager, Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority
- State/EPA Priority-Setting in EPA Region 2 - Activities related to Mercury (76 KB): Andrew Bellina, RCRA Senior Policy Adviser, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 2, New York, NY
Noon – 1:30 pm
Luncheon - LaVencia A/B
Guest Speaker: Scott J. Horne, Vice President – Government Affairs and General Counsel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI), Washington, D.C.
- ISRI’s Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS) and Design for Recycling
[The speaker did not have an electronic presentation.]
1:45 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Bioreactor Landfills - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Mark de Bie (CA), Member, Solid Waste T3 Task Force
Several States have begun to implement the recent Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) rule which includes the flexibilities that will allow bioreactor research and development projects. There has been some opposition to this rule and its implementation. This session will share in a case study format the issues raised by opponents and how they were addressed by the State regulatory agency involved. The session will also provide recent data resulting from the ongoing bioreactor project at the Outer Loop Landfill in Kentucky as well as some of the technical challenges and concerns that have been experienced. Finally, the session will provide an update on all things bioreactor from the federal perspective including current EPA initiatives.
- RD&D Rule: Wisconsin’s Experience (173 KB): Brad Wolbert, Hydrogeologist, Waste Management Division, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Bioreactor Landfills – A Federal Perspective on Landfill Initiatives (120 KB): Presentation prepared by Craig Dufficy, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division (MISWD), Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. and presented by Deborah Hanlon, MISWD.
- Additional presentation – Outer Look Bioreactor Project Status and Data Summary (2 MB): prepared by Thabet M. Tolaymat Ph.D., National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH and Craig Dufficy for this session but not presented since the authors were not able to attend.)
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Beneficial Use - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: Bob Doctor (WY), Chair, ASTSWMO Beneficial Use Task Force
Hear a few State beneficial use examples and contribute some of your own. Hear and provide feedback on future work that EPA has identified for the Agency to undertake. Participate in an open forum to discuss how States and the EPA can work together for RCC success. What works? What hasn't worked? What obstacles are we seeing? How do we overcome obstacles? What help do we need from each other? How can we help fuse the needs of regulators, industry, environmental groups and the general public to achieve common goals?
- Lillian Bagus, Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and members of the ASTSWMO Beneficial Use Task Force will initiate the dialogue.
[The speakers did not have electronic presentations.]
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Break - Conference Foyer
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Problem Wastes - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Joan Litton (SC), Member, Solid Waste T3 Task Force
The first part of the session will look at Pennsylvania's program for radiation monitoring at solid waste landfills and highlight the work done by ASTSWMO's Radiation Focus Group. The second part will look at the use of TCLP versus alternative tests to characterize waste.
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Construction & Demolition Debris - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: Tom Byrne (NJ), Member, Solid Waste T3 Task Force
This session will look at the issue of the recycling of construction and demolition debris since this waste type can create problems at disposal facilities. The session will provide an overview of construction and demolition recycling programs with the goal of utilizing different methods and technologies to increase the amount of material that can be recycled and returned to the economic mainstream. A key component of increasing the amount of material to be recycled is to develop methods during the demolition or deconstruction at the source. This session will also provide information as to how the deconstruction process can be a method to increase the amount of recycling of construction-type materials.
- Florida’s Experiences with C&D Debris Management (4.1 MB): Richard B. Tedder, P.E., Administrator, Solid Waste Management Section, Division of Waste Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Sustainable Alternatives to Building Demolition (1.4 MB): Thomas R. Napier, Research Architect, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, IL
- Advantage Arizona (1.3 MB): Tammy Shreeve, Manager, Recycling and Brownfields Unit, Waste Programs Division, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
5:00 pm
Adjourn for the Day
5:15 – 6:15 pm
Mixer for Attendees - Lobby Bar Area
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005
7:30 – 8:30 am
Registration - Conference Foyer
8:30 – 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Landfill Construction QA/QC – Can It Be Done Better? - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
This session will discuss new directions that States are taking on the issue of QA/QC for landfill liners. It will also cover the issue of destructive vs. non-destructive testing of welded seams in HDPE liners.
- Landfill Construction QC/QA – “Can It Be Done Better”?: A Regulatory Perspective with Improved Construction Quality In Mind (4 MB): Robert J. Phaneuf, P.E., Chief, Hazardous Waste Engineering – Western Section, Bureau of Hazardous Waste and Radiation Management, Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Landfill Destructive Seam Testing – Industry Status and Observation (168 KB): Mark E. Case, P.E., Principal, and Henry Mock, Associate and Laboratory Manager, Golder Associates Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Electronics Recycling - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: Jay Shepard (WA), Chair, ASTSWMO Product Stewardship Task Force
Who should pay for electronics recycling programs? Approaches vary. They boil down to two basic concepts; the advanced recovery fee (ARF) and an end-of-life fee (aka: cost internalization, shared responsibility). In the final analysis, does either approach result in extended producer responsibility and true product stewardship? This session will highlight two of the three States that have adopted legislation to address unwanted electronics. They are very different. California has an ARF on cathode ray tubes at point of sale, financing managed by the State and paid out to recyclers. Maine has a shared responsibility law that requires manufacturers provide recycling services after collection and transportation to a central point and involves local government as a partner.
8:30 – 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Electronics Recycling (continued)
Learn about the pros and cons of both approaches. What could be done in your State?
10:00 – 10:30 am
Break - Conference Foyer
10:30 – Noon
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Landfill Gas - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Joan Litton (SC)
The first presentation will address the status of active and passive landfill gas systems, covering what works or doesn’t work, the type of system to use with standard cover vs. alternative cover, as well as the use of gas extraction systems in connection with groundwater monitoring. The second presentation will discuss work being done in Region 5 to address odor problems associated with hydrogen sulfide from construction and demolition debris landfill gas.
- Landfill Gas Systems – A General Overview (1.3 MB): Prepared by Steven C. Lamb, P.E., SCS Engineers, Charlotte, NC and presented by David J. Mezzacappa, P.E., SCS Engineers, Phoenix, AZ
- Construction and Demolition Debris: Changing Industry and New Issues (5.1 MB): Ramon C. Mendoza, Environmental Engineer, Waste Management Branch, Waste Pesticides and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 5, Chicago, IL and Dan Harris, Director, Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
10:30 – Noon
Concurrent Sessions
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Tire Recycling and Reuse - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: Fenton Rood (OK), Member, Solid Waste T3 Task Force
This session will address three topics:
Through the RCC, EPA has brought together a diverse national group to work on improvements in tire recycling. A State participant in the Tire Cluster group will summarize the group's activities and future directions.
Have baler manufacturers been marketing their waste tire solution in your State? A State representative will offer a perspective on the use of tire bales in that State.
One of the biggest uses for waste tires is for civil engineering applications such as septic systems and French drains. What is your State's experience with this form of tire recycling? A facilitated discussion will allow States to provide resources and trade experiences.
- Group discussion of this topic.
Noon – 1:30 pm
Lunch (on Your Own)
1:45 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Post-Closure Care – What to Monitor, When to End - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
Landfills that closed during the period shortly after the adoption of the Subtitle D rules are reaching a point where the operators are starting to look at final closure and removal of the site from the requirements for monitoring and financial assurance. As these facilities push for final closure, State regulators are faced with the decision of what to use to define stability. This session will discuss the parameters to use, the methods of measure and the decision options available to regulators.
1:45 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Post-Closure Care – What to Monitor, When to End (continued)
- Update: Performance-Based System for PCC at MSW Landfills – A Procedure for Long-Term Stewardship Under RCRA Subtitle D (469 KB): Michael F. Houlihan, P.E., DEE, Principal, GeoSyntec Consultants, Columbia, MD
- Regulatory Acceptance of Post-Closure Care Processes (1.1 MB): Charles G. Johnson, Solid Waste Unit Leader, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and member, Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC)
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Recycling Challenges - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: David Haldeman (NE), Chair, ASTSWMO Solid Waste Subcommittee
Communities of all sizes may experience challenges to implementing and maintaining successful recycling programs. This session will open with a presentation of a large Northeast city's experience in implementing a recycling program. The second presentation will contrast the first by focusing on recycling challenges of small, rural communities. In the second presentation the perspective of a coalition consisting of small communities and several counties in northwest Nebraska will be shared. The session will wrap up with a presentation by an EPA speaker about EPA’s Recycling On The Go program.
- Recycling and Politics: Both large and small (970 KB): Robert Lange, Director, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse & Recycling, New York City Department of Sanitation
- Recycling…A challenge for sparsely populated areas (599 KB): Bill Podraza, former City Manager of Lexington, Nebraska
- Recycling – Away from Home and On The Go! “Going Beyond Curbside” (944 KB): Deborah Hanlon, Information and Analysis Branch Chief, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
3:15 – 3:45 pm
Break - Conference Foyer
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
“Your Issues” – Technical - Grande Ballroom C
The main objective of this and the concurrent “Your Issues – Other” session is to provide a forum for attendee discussion of topics, issues, or concerns that were not covered in other sessions. Attendees will be able to identify and record topics of specific interest to them during the Conference to bring up during these sessions. Each session will begin with a discussion of topics that have the broadest interest. The sessions will allow for discussion of as many topics as the remaining time permits. Attendees are encouraged to bring your issues to the table and network with other States to share information, experiences and solutions.
This session will start with a presentation of a Waste-to-Energy Strategic GIS Tool being developed by EPA Region 6. The purpose of the Waste-to-Energy Strategic Geographic Planning Tool Development; Phase II is to develop the prototype of a publicly available web-based tool that will increase the market- driven use of wastes as renewable fuels. Questions/dialogue regarding the tool are invited following the presentation.
Other issues/ideas that have been suggested to date are:
- Landfill stabilization during active filling and long-term care.
- Acceptable closure grades and erosion control.
- Continuous operations (24/7) and daily cover requirements.
- Do other States allow cell design engineers to provide QA/QC services for construction of cells they design?
- Disposal of discarded animal carcasses from Vet Clinics, Animal Shelters, and Research Facilities.
- Estimation of volumes/number of passenger tire equivalents in large waste tire piles.
- C&D, lead based paint exemption for house fire debris.
- Transfer stations
- Homeland security
- Bioremediation
- Industrial D waste
- Leachate management
- Innovative programs
“Your Issues” – Other - Grande Ballroom D
Moderator: Mark de Bie (CA)
Ideas/issues that have been suggested to date are:
- Advance Disposal Fee laws, regulations, implementation, and lessons learned, if any, by other States.
- Disposal/recycling of discarded televisions
- What are other States doing to address this growing problem?
- Yard waste (green waste)
- Carpets, autos
- Import/export issues
- Innovative programs
[Other than the Waste-to-Energy GIS Planning Tool presentation, there were no electronic presentations at these sessions.]
5:15 pm
Adjourn for the Day
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
7:30 –8:00 am
Registration - Conference Foyer
8:00 – 9:30 am
Concurrent Sessions
Landfill Track
Landfill Redevelopment - Grande Ballroom C
Moderator: Tom Byrne (NJ)
The issue of the redevelopment of closed and old landfills will be the topic of this session. Many States, counties, cities, and municipalities where closed landfills are located have discovered that many of these sites have become candidates for economic development as clean land within these jurisdictions becomes more limited. This session will provide an overview of the issues that must be evaluated with the redevelopment of closed landfills as well as highlight some of the successes and failures of redeveloping closed landfills.
- Postclosure Land Use in California (3.3 MB): Don Dier, Jr., P.E., Closure, Remediation and Technical Services Branch, Permitting and Enforcement Division, California Integrated Waste Management Board
- New Jersey’s Landfill Program – The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1.1 MB): Tom Byrne, Supervising Environmental Specialist, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Recycling - LaVencia A
Moderator: Fenton Rood (OK)
This session will cover the following three topics:
Waste managers across the country are struggling to increase the recycling rate. One State program will share its experiences in developing a social marketing campaign designed to boost recycling participation.
- NC’s Reasons for Public Outreach (758 KB): Scott Mouw, Section Chief , Community and Business Assistance, Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
8:00 – 9:30 am
Concurrent Sessions
Recycling/Beneficial Use Track
Recycling (continued)
Increasing the recovery of organic waste is an opportunity in virtually every area of the country. One State will share its experience with initiatives in food waste recycling.
A number of States have organized a national discussion on ways to increase the recovery of beverage containers. One State participant will chronicle the history of the dialogue and present future directions for the effort.
9:30 –10:00 am
Break - Conference Foyer
10:00 –11:30 am
Plenary Session: State/EPA Solid Waste Issues - Grande Ballroom D
Moderators: Ralph Bohn (UT) and Lillian Bagus, Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
EPA’s plans to address provisions in the recently passed and signed Energy and Transportation bills regarding the development of criteria for the reuse of certain materials.
The status of solid waste-related homeland security projects.
Opportunity for questions or follow-up discussion regarding topics covered during prior Conference sessions.
[The speakers did not have electronic presentations.]
11:45 – Noon
Wrap-Up
Moderator: Ralph Bohn (UT)
Noon
Adjourn Conference
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