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“Environmental Sustainability, Its Challenges,
and the Role of States”
April 24-25, 2007
Marriott Providence Downtown Hotel
One Orms Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02904
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
8:30 - 9:15 am
MEMBERSHIP BUSINESS MEETING: Grand Ballroom
- Welcome and Opening Remarks: Wm Gerald Hardy (AL), ASTSWMO President
- Welcome to Providence: Terrence Gray (RI), ASTSWMO Past President
- Nominating Committee: Terrence Gray<
- Secretary-Treasurer Report: Kathleen Stiller-Banning (DE), ASTSWMO Secretary-Treasurer
- Update on ASTSWMO Disinvestment and Leadership Surveys:
Michael Savage (OH), ASTSWMO Vice-President
- Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation
9:15 – 10:15 am
10:15 – 10:35 am
BREAK: Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:35 – 11:45 am
PLENARY SESSION: Environmental Sustainability - Tools for Regulators: Grand Ballroom
Moderated by Stephen Hammond (NY)
Examples of sustainability in action within the scope of members work will be highlighted, e.g., beyond cleanup, the environmental benefits of restoration, government and industry collaboration, green chemistry and hazardous waste regulations.
- Model State Mercury Thermostat Program (966KB): Scott Cassel, Director of the Product Stewardship Institute
- Thea Foss Waterway Cleanup and Re-development (4MB): Marv Coleman, Washington Department of Ecology
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
LUNCHEON for Members and Guests: Marquis Room
Paul Murray, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Herman Miller Inc.
The Power Of One: How You Can Embrace and Communicate the Environmental Ethic (4MB)
NOTE: After the luncheon, CERCLA and Federal Facilities managers will convene in a joint Research Symposium for the remainder of the afternoon, and RCRA solid waste, hazardous waste and tanks managers will proceed to the RCRA program session of their choice.
CERCLA & FEDERAL FACILITIES SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM:
Reprisal/Britania/Defiance Room
This joint symposium will include presentations by Jim Van der Kloot, Land Revitalization Coordinator for EPA Region 5, and representatives of the Genzyme Center in Cambridge, MA, and the Save The Bay Center in Warwick, RI. Mr. Van der Kloot is at the forefront of sustainable cleanup and reuse innovations. The Genzyme Center is a Platinum LEED Biotech Company located on a former coal gasification plant that was awarded the 2006 National Phoenix Award for excellence in Brownfields redevelopment. The Save The Bay Center, an environmental education center built on a former municipal landfill, was the Region 1 Phoenix Award winner in 2005. The joint symposium will also include presentations on a local redevelopment project in Providence, RI, and DoD sustainability initiatives. These presentations will provide the basis for the roundtable discussion on the second day of the mid-year meeting that will enable the State and EPA attendees the opportunity to provide input and plan for further research on incorporating sustainability into cleanup decisions.
Moderated by: Terrence Gray (RI), ASTSWMO Past President
1:30 – 3:00 pm
3:00 - 3:30 pm
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Presentations:
- The Save The Bay Center, Warwick, RI: Curt Spalding, Save the Bay
- The Genzyme Building at Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA: Rick Mattila, Genzyme Corporation: Presentation not available
5:00 pm
CONCURRENT RCRA PROGRAM SESSIONS
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Joint Hazardous and Solid Waste Session: Using Information to Inform the Public and Measure Success: College/Canal Room
Co-Moderated by Stephen Cobb (AL), Chair, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee and David Haldeman (NE), Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee
Good data has always been necessary to do our jobs well. Today, industry, the public, and regulators are using accurate and timely information in increasingly sophisticated ways to enable us to measure our effectiveness and allow others to make public policy determinations. Speakers will present a variety of systems being used for these purposes.
- Knowledge, Where You Need It (2MB) - Using a Common Knowledge Base to Build and Sustain a Knowledgeable Workforce: Pam Allen, Ohio EPA
- Measures that Support Sustainability: Lisa Lund, EPA OECA (No presentation)
- Iowa’s Waste Characterization Efforts (52KB): Brian Tormey, Iowa DNR
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Tanks Session: Benevolent Room
Moderated by Dick Swanson (GA), Chair, Tanks Subcommittee
Note: This session is open to State attendees only.
Energy Act Implentation:
- Certifying State Compliance with Mandates; Mechanisms; and Uniformity Throughout all Regions
- Overall State Costs if Complying with New Mandates
- Implications of FY 2007 and 2008 Budgets
- Discussion of the Agenda Development for Energy Policy Act Implementation Meeting II, scheduled for Fall 2007
Alternative Fuels:
- Ongoing Research of Compatibility Problems with Alternative Fuels, E85, Biodiesel, etc
- Potential Changes to Cleanup Technologies and Methods
- De minimus Applicability with Alternative Fuels
Other Issues:
- State Issues on GAO LUST Report: EPA Should Take Steps to Better Ensure the Effective Use of Public Funding for Cleanups, (GAO)-07-152, February 2007)
- LUST Technical Training for States in Regions 4 and 10: Sponsored by the ASTSMWO LUST Task Force and NEIWPCC, planned for Fall 2007
- Preparation for State-EPA Roundtable
3:00- 3:30 pm
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Hazardous Waste Session: The Importance of Functioning Data Systems: College/Canal Room
Moderated by Stephen Cobb (AL), Chair, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee
As data is used for more purposes and at more complex levels, it is critical for EPA and States to work closely on our mutual needs to track facilities and waste flow. EPA speakers will discuss the status of two major information systems that are good examples of both our collaborative relationship and the challenges of sophisticated data needs.
- RCRA Info Challenges: Debbie Goodwin, EPA OSW
- E-Manifest (16KB): Rich LaShier, EPA OSW
3:30 – 5:00pm
Solid Waste Session: Pharmaceuticals Disposal: Sessions Room
Moderated by David Haldeman (NE), Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee
This session will look at the disposal of pharmaceuticals as an emerging issue. Speakers will provide a national and global perspective, present a State take-back program, and discuss water quality issues
- Global and National Perspective (584KB): Scott Cassel, Product Stewardship Institute
- Drug Disposal Issues (2MB): A Washington State Approach: Emma Johnson, WA Department of Ecology
- Water Quality Issues (2MB): Patrick J. Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Tanks Session: Benevolent Room
Moderated by Dick Swanson (GA), Chair, Tanks Subcommittee and Cliff Rothenstein, Director, EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Note: This session is open to State and EPA attendees only
This session will focus on the following:
- General Update on Energy Act Implementation and Status of Act Guidelines
- Discussion of FY 2007 and 2008 Budgets: Affect of STAG vs. LUST Appropriations on State Cost Eligibility
5:00 pm
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
STATE/EPA ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
8:00 – 9:45 am
Hazardous Waste Roundtable: College/Canal Room
Note: Earlier Moderated by Stephen Cobb (AL), Chair, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee,
Start time Matt Hale, Director, EPA Office of Solid Waste and Lisa Lund, EPA Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Roundtable panelists will include: Don Lott, EPA Office of Civil Enforcement and Susan Bromm, Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
Note: This session is open to State and EPA attendees only.
This session will focus on current issues in managing hazardous waste programs.
- Task Force Activities
- Financial Assurance File Reviews
- Announcement of FA Review Assistance
- Financial Assurance Strategy Update
- Data Management Challenges
- OECA Reorganization
- Enforcement Performance Measures
- National Program Guidance
- Update on State Review Framework
- Rule Update Status
8:30 - 10:00 am
Joint CERCLA & Federal Facilities Research Symposium Session: Angell/Benevolent Room
Moderated by Gary King (IL), Chair, CERCLA & Brownfields Research Subcommittee and Clarence Smith (IL) Chair, Federal Facilities Research Subcommittee
- Update on CERCLA and Federal Facility Focus Group Research Activities
- Stovepipes - the Enemy of Sustainability (488KB) : Jan Larkin, DoD
A description of successful sustainability programs in the Department of Defense and the barriers that were overcome as they moved toward success. Discussion of methods to work with federal agencies in overcoming the stovepipe barriers that exist in the federal bureaucracy.
- Kettle Point Redevelopment, East Providence, RI (13MB): Russell Lindquist, Gilbane Development Company
8:30 - 10:00 am
Solid Waste Roundtable: Sessions Room
Co-Moderated by David Haldeman (NE), Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee and Lillian Bagus, Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, EPA Office of Solid Waste
- Task Force Activities
- Coal combustion waste activities
- Status of cement kiln dust rulemaking
- Update on EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge activities
- Evaluation of best management practices for electronics recycling
- State solid waste program issues
8:30 - 10:00 am
Tanks Roundtable: Reprisal/Defiance Room
Moderated by Dick Swanson (GA), Chair, Tanks Subcommittee and
Cliff Rothenstein, Director, EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Note: This session is open to State and EPA attendees only
- Task Force Activities
- Alternative Fuels: State and EPA Effort to Obtain Data on Compatibility and De minimus Applicability
- Status of LUST Cleanup Goals for State Programs
- Other Issues Raised During the April 24, 2007 Tanks Sessions
10:00 - 10:30 am
BREAK & CHECK-OUT: Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:15 - 11:30 am
Hazardous Waste Roundtable: College/Canal Room
Note: Earlier Start
Note: This session is open to State and EPA attendees only.
Start Time Discussions will continue from the previous session as necessary.
10:30 - 12:00 pm
CERCLA Sustainability Research Symposium Roundtable: Angell/Benevolent Room
Moderated by: Gary King (IL)
Roundtable panelists will include: Jim Van der Kloot, EPA Region 5; Jan Larkin, DOD; Ed Chu, EPA Office of Land Revitalization; David Lloyd, EPA Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment; and Susan Bromm, EPA Office of Site Remediation Enforcement.
The goal of this roundtable is to provide an opportunity for questions and discussion among the panelists and attendees relative to sustainable cleanup and property reuse, and to add to the information base of previous presentations by further assessing State and federal cleanup program sustainability initiatives.
10:30 - 12:00 pm
Tanks Roundtable: Reprisal/Defiance Room
Note: This session is open to State and EPA attendees only.
Discussions will continue from the previous session as necessary.
10:30 - 12:00
Federal Facilities Research Symposium Session: Parlor Room
Note: This session is open to State attendees only.
10:30 - 12:00 pm
Solid Waste Roundtable: Sessions Room
Discussions will continue from the previous session as necessary.
12:00 pm
12:15 - 1:30 pm Board of Directors' Luncheon with Senior EPA Officials:
College/Canal Room
1:30 - 2:30 pm
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