Agenda: ASTSWMO 2008
Mid-Year Meeting
2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting
April 23-24, 2008
Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel
Mobile, Alabama
“Waste Management to Materials Management: Creating a Vision”
Wednesday, April 23,2008
Membership Business Meeting
- Welcome, Opening Remarks and Strategic Plan Update: Michael Savage (OH), ASTSWMO President
- Welcome to Mobile: Gerald Hardy (AL), ASTSWMO Past President
- Secretary-Treasurer Report: Kathleen Stiller-Banning (DE), ASTSWM0 Secretary-Treasurer
- Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation
Vision 2020 Presentation
Introduced by: Michael Savage (OH), ASTSWMO President
Emerging Contaminants: Perfluoro-Chemicals (PFCs)
Moderated by: Michael Kanner (MN)
LUNCH Presentation
Introduced by Gerald Hardy (AL), ASTSWMO Past President
Program Breakouts
CERCLA and Brownfields Symposium
State-EPA Roundtable
Co-moderated by: Gary King (IL), Chair, CERCLA and Brownfields Research Center Subcommittee; Jim Woolford (EPA), Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation; David Lloyd (EPA), Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization; Ed Chu (EPA), Director, Center for Program Analysis; Elliott Gilberg (EPA), Deputy Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement; and Gilberto "Tito" Irizarry (EPA), Director, Program Operations & Coordination Division, Office of Emergency Management.
Note: This is a closed session for State and EPA attendees only.
In addition to updates provided by EPA staff re: regulatory issues of concern to States, this session is designed to provide State attendees with an opportunity to discuss specific issues of concern with their regulatory partners at EPA. Among the topics to be explored are:
- Dialogue with State members re: PFOA/PFOS presentation
- Draft EPA MOA Process Memo
- State concerns re: municipal liability associated with involuntary acquisition of contaminated properties
- Highlights from OEM, to include: Institutional Controls at removal action sites, and EPA-State coordination on drug lab cleanups
- EPA updates re: OMB Workplan Template; anticipated changes to 104(k) grants; availability of 104(k)(6) research grants; and summary of data collected on 128(a) measures
- Dialogue with State members re: issues with PCB cleanups
- How States can assist with EPA’s Sitewide and Acres Ready for Anticipated Reuse measures
- EPA Draft TCE Risk Assessment Guidance
Joint Federal Facilities/Hazardous Waste Session
Moderated by: Clarence Smith (IL), Chair, Federal Facilities Research Subcommittee and Stephen Cobb (AL), Chair, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee
Note: This is a closed session for State and EPA attendees only.
Solid Waste Session: New Tools for the Solid Waste Tool Box
Moderated by: Brian Tormey (IA), Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee
This session will discuss three decision support tools that have been developed or are under development by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) for use by solid waste managers: the new Disaster Debris Management Decision Support Tool, and its landfill facility database; the MSW Decision Support Tool; and a proposed decision support tool for the management of fly ash and other coal combustion residues, which includes beneficial use and disposal.
Tanks Session
Moderated by: Dick Swanson (GA), Chair, Tanks Subcommittee
This is a closed session for State Attendees only.
Continuation of Program Breakouts
CERCLA and Brownfields Symposium:
How are States and EPA Dealing with Vapor Intrusion?
Moderated by: Gary King (IL),Chair, CERCLA and Brownfields Research Center
Note: This is a closed session for State and EPA attendees only.
This session will explore State and EPA policies re: the identification and mitigation of vapor intrusion concerns at contaminated sites.
Joint Federal Facilities & Solid Waste Session:
Radioactive Materials in Solid Waste Landfills and Eroding Landfills at Federal Facilities
Moderated by: Clarence Smith (IL), Chair, Federal Facilities Research Subcommittee and Brian Tormey (IA), Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee
Hazardous Waste Session: Financial Assurance
Moderated by: Bob Haggerty (NY), Chair, Program Operations Task Force
Tanks Session: Budget and Performance Measures
Note: This is a closed session for State and EPA attendees only.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Roundtable and Breakout Sessions
Joint Sustainability & CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee Sessions:
State and EPA Progress Towards Greener Cleanups
Co-moderated by: Gary King (IL), Chair, CERCLA and Brownfields
Research Center and Jennifer Kaduck (GA), Chair, Sustainability Subcommittee
These two joint sessions will focus on practical applications of green cleanup concepts at remediation sites to inform future regulatory decisions. Following the presentations will be a facilitated discussion with all attendees, with the objective of prioritizing future State and EPA efforts towards implementing greener cleanup policies and practices.
Solid Waste Roundtable
Co-moderated by Brian Tormey (IA) Chair, Solid Waste Subcommittee and Thea McManus, (EPA/OSW), Acting Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division
The Roundtable during this time slot will focus on topics that EPA will take the lead in presenting. The second time slot, which will also include EPA participation, will turn to a discussion of State issues identified for State information-sharing.
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March 2008 Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Workshop Follow-up
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Waste to Energy: CAA Sections 112 and 129 update
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CCW Landfill and Surface Impoundment NODA – summary of comments and next steps
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Integrated Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Issues – EPA’s tools and resources (i.e., WARM Model)
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EPA Recycling Initiatives:
Commercial Buildings
- National Parks
- Airports
- Electronics Recycling
- Cellphone campaign
- BMPs for Electronics Recyclers
- Plug-In To eCycling
- Disaster Debris Disposal document
- Redefinition of Solid Waste rulemaking status
- Bioreactors Update
Hazardous Waste Roundtable
Co-moderated by Stephen Cobb (AL), Chair, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee; Matt Hale, (EPA), Director, Office of Solid Waste; and Don Lott (EPA), Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
The roundtable will focus on the following topics:
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EPA OSW Updates, Matt Hale (EPA)
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Financial Assurance, Monica Gardner (EPA)
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State input on Cost Estimation
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Non-Compliance with Financial Assurance - what are States doing about this issue?
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Corrective Action Ability to Pay Tool
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EIA Pre-emption
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RCRA Subtitle C Inspector Tablet Personal Computer Project, Phyllis Flaherty (EPA)
Federal Facilities Roundtable
Co-moderated by: Clarence Smith (IL) Chair, Federal Facilities Research Subcommittee and John Reeder (EPA), Director, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
Updates on the following topics:
Tanks Roundtable
Co-moderated by Dick Swanson (GA), Chair, Tanks Subcommittee and Cliff Rothenstein (EPA), Director, Office of Underground Storage Tanks
The following topics will be covered during the roundtable sessions:
Continuation of Sessions
Joint CERCLA and Brownfields & Sustainability Sessions (Continued)
Federal Facilities Roundtable
Continuation of topics from previous session
Hazardous Waste Roundtable (Continued)
Discussion will focus on:
Solid Waste Roundtable
This Roundtable, which will include EPA participation, will focus on State issues identified for State information-sharing. The following topics have been identified to date:
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Yard waste bans vs. landfill energy recovery: discussion of State experiences
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MSW Recycling Priority Issues – States’ and EPA’s perspectives
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Value of Building Strategic Partnerships
- Industrial Resources Council; Recycled Materials Resource Center;Recycling Commodity Groups (i.e., American Forest and Paper Association, others)
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Host community agreements – how effective are they in siting solid waste facilities?
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Development issues related to closed landfills
Tanks Roundtable (Continued)
Continuation of topics from previous session
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