CERCLA & Brownfields

EPA OECA and EPA OLEM: COVID-19 & Inspections and the EPA OLEM and EPA OECA NPM Guidance’s • Susan Bodine, Assistant Administrator, EPA OECA • Peter Wright, Assistant Administrator, EPA OLEM

Theme: Resiliency Dr. O’Grady will discuss creating greater resiliency for dealing with uncertainty and ensuring a growth mindset for greater success and happiness.

This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the U.S. General Services Administration’s role in ensuring compliance with applicable environmental requirements during the transfer and disposal of federal properties.

During this webinar representatives from three State programs will share strategies to assist States with assessing costs of cleanup technologies and identifying and preventing against fraud in State reimbursement programs.

The ASTSWMO CERCLA Post Construction Focus Group developed a checklist in June called, Preparing Post-Construction Cleanup Sites for Natural Disasters. This checklist is to help States in identifying efficient and effective measures for preparation in advance of potential natural disasters to aid in the identification of likely concerns following a natural disaster. This webinar will go through the checklist with case studies and examples to show how this checklist can be used.

• ASTSWMO Position Paper on Recycling: Cathy Jamieson (VT), Chair, ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee
• EPA Draft National Recycling Strategy and National Recycling Goals and Metrics: Caroline Emmerson, Meghan Radtke, Ron Vance, EPA ORCR
• Current State of the Recycling Industry: David Biderman, Executive Director, SWANA

This webinar will share examples of how several State UST programs have adapted to the pandemic including the development of new safety policies and procedures for employees, owners, and operators, implementation of new outreach and oversight methods, and a discussion of what has and has not worked.

Public outreach and community involvement is one of the most important jobs States and lead Federal agencies have when working on remediation projects. Outreach and looking at ways to engage our communities in meaningful community participation during the life cycle of our projects is essential. Due to COVID-19, we have had to shift ways to engage the public and in-person public meetings may not be possible. This challenge has led to innovation on using different platforms and tools on how to perform engagement remotely. This 90- minute session will share success stories and challenges from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense (DoD) and States

The Recycling session covered the following topics:

• ASTSWMO Position Paper on Recycling: Cathy Jamieson (VT), Chair, ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee

• EPA Draft National Recycling Strategy and Draft National Recycling Goals: Caroline Emmerson, Meghan Radtke, Ron Vance, EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)

• Current State of the Recycling Industry: David Biderman, Executive Director and CEO, Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)