CEC Steering Committee

Mission

The purpose of the Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) Steering Committee, formed by the Board of Directors in October 2019, is to provide a forum for ASTSWMO representatives to discuss Federal and State and Territorial (State) regulatory, policy, and technical developments, and to recommend research projects and training activities for ASTSWMO Subcommittees, Focus Groups, and Task Forces to execute regarding CECs. The Committee defines CECs to include any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in any environmental media that may pose a risk to human and/or ecological health, is under regulated, and the presence, frequency of occurrence or source of which is not well understood, routinely monitored, and/or may lack analytical methods.

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Steering Committee Members

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Kasey Kathan (VT) Kasey Kathan works in the Sites Management Section (SMS) of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). She joined the DEC in 2013, as a regulator within the Solid Waste Management Program with a focus on closed and active landfills, including evaluation of contaminants of emerging concern within our waste streams and their impact on landfill leachate. In her current role, she is involved with the management of CERCLA sites, and other contaminated site remediation work. She holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Northern Arizona University in geology. Kasey became involved with ASTSWMO in early 2020 on the Solid Waste Disposal and Conversion Task Force and then joined the Contaminants of Emerging Concern Steering Committee later that same year. Kasey currently serves as vice-chair of the CEC committee and liaison to the Materials Management Subcommittee for CEC work. She is also the mother to two exuberant boys, and stays busy gardening, hiking and building tree forts.

Chair/Materials Management

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Angela Moore (NC)

Vice-Chair

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Christine Sieger (WI)

Board Liaison

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Judy Fassbender (WI)

Technical Liaison

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Rene Nahlik (NH)

Technical Liaison

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Jennifer Currie (AK) Ms. Currie is a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska in the Environmental Section. In this position, she represents the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation in both aid to agency and litigation roles. She specializes in handling sites in the State of Alaska contaminated by federal entities, whether those sites are still in federal hands or have been transferred out of federal hands. She has held this position since February of 2006. She previously worked in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts practicing environmental law at a small boutique firm representing both plaintiffs and defendants in environmental litigation and compliance. Prior to that, she practiced in Dallas, Texas when she specialized in litigating toxic tort cases. Ms. Currie moved to Alaska in 2005. She has a J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law and a B.A. from Colgate University.

Legal Liason

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Susan McKinley (IN)

Technical Liaison

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John Ziegler

Member

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The PFAS Website contains a compilation web resources from States, federal agencies, Association partners, private industry and others including regulatory and policy documents, guidance, fact sheets, and a news feed. Stay tuned! ASTSWMO is in the process of developing a more comprehensive website to include information on other CECs.