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ASTSWMO ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA
October 23-24, 2008
Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel
Baltimore, MD

Please note: presentation titles are linked to the PDF of the presentation, and speaker names are linked to a PDF of the speaker's bio, if one was provided. You may click here to access the PDF of the speaker and moderator biographies.

Day One
Thursday, October 23, 2008

7:00 – 8:00 AM          
REGISTRATION:  Liberty Foyer

8:00 – 9:00 AM
Membership Business Meeting
Liberty Ballroom

• Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Strategic Plan Update:  Michael Savage, OH, ASTSWMO President
• Welcome to Maryland:  Shari T. Wilson, Maryland Secretary of the Environment
• Vice-President Candidate Remarks
• Secretary-Treasurer Candidate Remarks

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Election: State Caucus Break
Liberty Foyer

9:30 – 11:50 AM        
Plenary Session: Risk Communication
Liberty Ballroom

• Introduction by Cheryl Coleman, SC, Chair of the ASTSWMO PIE Subcommittee
• Communication Challenges in Project Management:  Kerry Kirk Pflugh, NJ DEP

12:00 – 1:30 PM
Lunch Presentation
International D&E Ballroom

• The Built Environment: Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director, National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PROGRAM BREAKOUTS

1:45 – 3:00 PM                                   
CERCLA and Brownfields Symposium
Liberty A Ballroom

Moderated by: Gary King, IL
Topic:  Risks Associated with Food Production at Contaminated Sites

• Gardening at Contaminated Sites: Ann Carroll, EPA/OBLR
• Gardens on the Site of a Former Steel-Galvanizing Factory: Jerry Naples, Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia, PA
• GreenScapes: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions: Jean Schwab, EPA/OSW

1:45 – 3:00 PM                                   
Hazardous Waste Session
Liberty B Ballroom

Moderated by:  Stephen A. Cobb, AL
Topic:  Risk Based Screening:  Using risk-based screening notices and impact to corrective action cleanups.

• Risky Business: Coping with the Evolution of Risk-Based Screening Numbers:  Rich Nussbaum, MO
• Risk-based Screening Notices: Jennifer Hubbard, EPA Region 3    

1:45 – 3:00 PM                                   
Federal Facilities Symposium
Hopkins Conference Room

Moderated by:  Dave Allison, UT
Topic:  Risk Communication and Community Involvement at Federal Facilities

• Discussion of Community Involvement Focus Group’s Current Projects: Dave Allison, UT
• Risk Communication:  A Refresher:  Marilyn Null, CO
• Risk Communication Challenges at Two Federal Facilities in Virginia:  Jim Cutler, VA

1:45 – 3:00 PM                                   
Solid Waste Session
Pratt A Conference Room

Moderated by:  Brian Tormey, IA
Topic:  Emerging Issues:  Pharmaceutical Waste and Mercury-Containing Products

• Product Stewardship Institute’s Pharmaceutical Waste Activities:  Sierra Fletcher, PSI
• Mercury-Containing Products:  Terri Goldberg, NEWMOA/IMERC

1:45 – 3:00 PM
Joint Tanks and Sustainability Session
Pratt B Conference Room

Moderated by: Russ Brauksieck, NY
Topic: Green Gas Stations

• Green Gas Stations: Stanley Walker, EPA Region 7 Air and Waste Management Division
• The SeQuential Story: Ian Hill, Co-Founder, SeQuential BioFuels
• Helios House: Nicole Dotts, Site Director of Helios House, BP

3:00 – 3:30 PM
BREAK:  Liberty Foyer

CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM BREAKOUTS

3:30 – 4:45 PM                                   
CERCLA and Brownfields Symposium
Liberty A Ballroom

Moderated by: Paul Locke, MA
Topic:  A Collection of Risk Assessment Issues

• Incorporating Childrens’ Exposures and Vulnerabilities into Clean-up Standards and Site-Related Risk Assessments: Gary Ginsberg, CT (unable to attend due to travel delays)
• The Dichotomy of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS): Jim Solyst, ENVIRON International Corp.
• Do Waste Site Risk Assessments Adequately Address Endocrine Disruption Effects?: Nancy Bettinger, MA
• Managing Asbestos in Soil (“AIS”) under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan: Paul Locke, MA

                                                           
3:30 – 4:45 PM                                   
Hazardous Waste Session
Liberty B Ballroom

Moderated by:  Butch Dye, MD
Topic:  New Techniques for Gathering Information

• EPA Tablet PC Training/Demonstration: Daniel Klaus, Everett Bishop, and Phyllis Flaherty, EPA OECA
• Federal Motor Carrier Software/Field Notebook Application:  Brian Cosgrove, MD

3:30 – 4:45 PM                                   
Federal Facilities Symposium
Hopkins Conference Room

Moderated by:  Clarence Smith, IL, and Dave Allison, UT
Topic:  Risk Communication at Federal Facilities

• Army Risk Communication Basics:  A Sick Building Case Study:  Lori Geckle, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine

Additional Resources:

• Gawande, Atul.  The Cancer-Cluster Myth
• Greenberg, Michael, and Daniel Wartenburg.  Communicating to an Alarmed Community About Cancer Clusters:  A Fifty State Survey
• Rowan, Katherine E.  Why Rules for Risk Communication Are Not Enough:  A Problem Solving Approach to Risk Communication
• USACHPPM.  Bibliography from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Risk Communication Course – PM0599

3:30 – 4:45 PM                                   
Solid Waste Session
Pratt A Conference Room

Moderated by:  Brian Tormey, IA
Topic:  Emerging Issue: Nanotechnology and End-of-Life Management

• Introduction to Nanotechnology and Regulatory Perspectives: Marti Otto, EPA OSRTI
• Where Does the Nano Go?: End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies:  John Pendergrass, Environmental Law Institute

3:30 – 4:45 PM
Joint Tanks and Sustainability Session
Pratt B Conference Room

Moderated by: Richard Spiese, VT
Topic: Green Remediation

• Maximizing the Environmental Benefits of Site Remediation: Gary King, IL
• Overview of Green Remediation: Deborah Goldblum, EPA Region 3

4:45 PM
Adjourn Day One Annual Meeting Sessions

5:30 – 7:00 PM
Reception and Awards Ceremony for ASTSWMO Members, Attendees, and Guests
International D&E Ballroom

• Presentation of ASTSWMO Certificates of Appreciation
• Subcommittee Chair Award to Gary King, IL
• Lifetime Achievement Award to Mark Giesfeldt, WI

Annual Meeting
Day Two:  Friday, October 24, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 AM          
REGISTRATION: Liberty Foyer

ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Hazardous Waste
Liberty Ballroom

Moderated by:  Stephen A. Cobb, AL, Matt Hale, Director, EPA/OSW, and Marcia Mulkey, Director, EPA/OSRE

Topics:

• Introduction to the Definition of Solid Waste Final Rule
• EPA OSW Reorganization
• EPA Corrective Action Enforcement Strategy
• EPA Rules Update
• OECA Surface Impoundments
• Financial Assurance Activities
• Compliance/Enforcement of the CRTs Rule
• Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMMER)
• Other State Topics TBD during the roundtable

8:30 – 10:00 AM
CERCLA and Brownfields
Carroll Ballroom

Moderated by: Mark Giesfeldt, WI

Research Center Reports:

• Long-Term Stewardship Focus Group - State Long-Term O&M Costs at Superfund Sites: Robert Stout, MO, and Heidi Sorin, OH
• Removal Action Focus Group - State Emergency Response Program Preparedness: Ellen Malenfant, DE
• State Response and Brownfields Program Operations Task Force: Andy Shivas, TN

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Federal Facilities
Hopkins Conference Room

Moderated by:  Clarence Smith, IL, John Reeder, EPA/FFRRO, and Maureen Sullivan, OSD
Topic:  Measuring Success at Federal Facilities

Open discussion on targets, goals, and guidelines instituted by State and Federal programs to measure success in the cleanup of Federal Facilities.

Presentations and Handouts:

• Measuring Success:  Cleanup of Federal Facilities – State Profiles
• U.S. EPA FFRRO - Federal Facility Progress Reporting
• DoD Current Metrics and Status

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Solid Waste
Pratt A Conference Room

Moderated by:  Brian Tormey, IL, and Peter Grevatt, EPA/OSW

Presentation and discussion of the following EPA activities:

• Status of Beneficial Use Risk Assessment Framework
• Status of Risk screening tool for foundry sand
• EPA 2008 Sector Performance Report and related efforts re: State information needs
• EPA follow-up activities to the February 2008 report on Beneficial Reuse of Industrial Byproducts in the Gulf Coast Region
• Update on revisions to Clean Air Act Sections 112 and 129 and the impact on how solid waste is defined

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Tanks
Pratt B Conference Room

Moderated by: Richard Spiese, VT, Chuck Schwer VT and Cliff Rothenstein, EPA/OUST
Cleanup Issues:

• Petroleum Brownfields Action Plan w/ David Lloyd, Director, EPA/OBLR
• GPRA Goals
• Financial Responsibility
• Updates from EPA

10:00 – 10:30 AM
BREAK:  Liberty Foyer

 CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM ROUNDTABLES

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Hazardous Waste
Liberty Ballroom

• Continuation of topics from previous roundtable session

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
CERCLA and Brownfields
Carroll Ballroom

State-EPA Roundtable: What Do We Foresee in 2009 and Beyond in Removals, Remediation and Land Revitalization Programs?
Co-Moderated by: Gary King, IL, and Ken Kloo, NJ, with Jim Woolford, Director, EPA/OSRTI, Debbie Dietrich, Director, EPA/OEM, David Lloyd, Director, EPA/OBLR, and representatives from EPA/OSRE and OSWER/CPA

Note: This is a closed session for State and EPA attendees only.

Discussion will focus on forecasts and outlook in the areas of:

• Program Funding
• Land Revitalization Activities
• Long-Term Stewardship
• Cross-Program Interaction and Multi-Media, e.g., Integrating Water and Waste
• Petroleum Brownfields
• Emphasis on Climate Change in Contaminated Land
• Performance Measurements
• Other Areas Where There is Still Uncertainty

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Federal Facilities
Hopkins Conference Room

State-EPA-DOD Roundtable (click for John Reeder's presentation)
Moderated by:  Clarence Smith, IL, John Reeder, EPA/FFRRO, and Maureen Sullivan, OSD

Discussion will focus on the following topics:

• New Munitions Response Workgroup
  • States, EPA, and DOD plans
• Enforcement issues
  • Site access issues (i.e., National Guard sites)
• Status of State programs; State capacity to handle:
  • FUDS
  • Munitions
  • Other programs
  • How can EPA and DOD help?
• State recommendations for Legislative proposals
• PA/SIs –
  • Adequacy
  • Role of States
• DSMOA

Handout:

• Army National Guard Bureau Environmental Division – Non-Department of Defense Owned Non-Operational Defense Sites (NDNODS) Fact Sheet

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Solid Waste
Pratt A Conference Room

Moderated by:  Brian Tormey, IA and Peter Grevatt, EPA/OSW
Discussion will focus on the following topics:

• Measurement of MSW and C&D Waste
• E-Waste Activities
• The Resource Conservation Challenge – planning for the next EPA RCC Workshop; Regional RCC outreach to States

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Tanks
Pratt B Conference Room

Moderated by: Russ Brauksieck, NY and Cliff Rothenstein, EPA/OUST
Discussion will focus on the following compliance issues:

• Compliance
• Alternative Fuels
• Federal Regulations Revisions Effort

Needs from the States:

• Vapor Intrusion
• Uniform Environmental Convent Act (UECA)
• Feedback from States on Grants

12:00 PM
Adjournment of Annual Meeting

12:15 –1:30 PM
ASTSMWO Board of Directors and Senior EPA Leadership Luncheon (by invitation only)
Liberty Ballroom

1:30 – 3:00 PM
Continuation of ASTSWMO Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting
Liberty Ballroom