The Joint Training was a mix of plenary and concurrent sessions. Plenary sessions addressed issues relevant to both Hazardous Waste and Materials Management programs. Concurrent sessions allowed for a focus on Hazardous Waste and Materials Management program-specific topics.
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Moderators: Melissa Ferree, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Chair, ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Subcommittee, and James Jennings, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Chair, ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee
- Dania Rodriguez, ASTSWMO Executive Director
- Justin Buckler, Director, Environmental Remediation Program, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Carolyn Hoskinson, Director, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), via recorded video message
- Sonya Sasseville, Director, ORCR Program Implementation and Information Division
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A presentation and demonstration of U.S. EPA’s All-Hazards Waste Management Tool and Disaster Debris Recovery Tool will start the session. Time is being dedicated to seek feedback from attendees on possible enhancements to the All-Hazards Waste Management Tool. EPA would like to streamline the tool and would like input on the most important fields in a disaster debris management plan, such as what debris is likely to be generated, how much debris is likely to be generated, and where the debris will be managed, in order to come up with a “top 5” fields for a streamlined version. Attendees may wish to explore the tool prior to the meeting to get a sense of improvements you would like to see; the link to register for access to the All-Hazards tool is hyperlinked above. EPA is also seeking feedback regarding pre-incident debris management planning that would be most impactful to States and Territories and their communities and how EPA can most effectively provide outreach to communities. Please come with your ideas! A second presentation will discuss disaster debris management in responding to wildfires, floods, and tornados/storms. The presentation will highlight the differing challenges as well as the common threads in responding to different types of disasters.
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The session will discuss challenges associated with managing lithium batteries. An overview of the findings from a recent survey by the ASTSWMO Lithium Battery Workgroup will be presented as well as a State perspective on end of life lithium battery management and recycling. U.S. EPA ORCR speakers will provide an update on ORCR’s battery activities, and the status of U.S. EPA’s forthcoming universal waste rulemaking for lithium batteries.
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An operator’s perspective of the CCR rule interpretation and implementation will be provided in the first presentation. The second presentation will offer a case study that leverages field measurements, laboratory testing, and geochemical analyses to evaluate how site-specific conditions may lead to lithium attenuation and provide recommendations for conceptual model development.
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The session will discuss the relationship and intersection of RCRA and the Clean Water Act in the management of hazardous waste wastewater.
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The specific application of pyrolysis technology used to process electronic waste at a facility in Wyoming will be discussed in the first presentation. The second presentation will provide educational aspects of pyrolysis as a waste technology.
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Among the issues to be addressed include organizational and logistical challenges; funding prospects; changing regulatory landscape; emerging waste streams; and the status of rules, e.g., PFAS rules, Open Burning/Open Detonation rule.
Future issues in the RCRA Subtitle D program will be illustrated through work being done by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
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Issues pertaining to e-Manifest data quality, including those noted in the ASTSWMO Position Paper on Data Quality Issues Within the Hazardous Waste e-Manifest System, will be discussed from State, industry and U.S. EPA perspectives.
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The first presentation will discuss the State of California’s disaster preparedness, response, and how CalRecycle assists with the cleanup and management of disaster debris. The second presentation will address responding to HPAI and other unusual mortality events.
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The session will highlight State initiatives regarding solar panels (commercial/residential) and wind turbine blades.
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An overview of EPA’s RCRAInfo databases will be presented. In addition, what is new and upcoming for RCRAInfo.
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A panel will discuss State projects funded with U.S. EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants. Following EPA and State presentations, members of ASTSWMO’s SMM Task Force will briefly highlight their States’ SWIFR projects.
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Following a brief overview of the main points of the rule, the session will turn to a presentation of “hot topics” such as sequestration devices.
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An example of State funding of HHW collection will be provided by Kansas Department of Health & Environment staff. Missouri Department of Natural Resources staff will discuss the agricultural pesticide waste collection programs. An Alaska non-profit organization representative will highlight the Backhaul Alaska Program that returns spent materials to the circular economy.
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This session will look at non-traditional or emerging RCRA issues, such as vape pen collection and disposal at schools; school chemical cleanout.
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Research with rubber modified asphalt (RMA) and how State environmental agencies can work with State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to encourage the use of scrap tires in asphalt will be discussed. Missouri DNR staff will highlight the State’s efforts to support and advocate for the use of RMA in DOT pavement applications.
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The session will address issues such as remote work challenges/successes; adjustments in structure (combinations with agencies, breaking out from agencies); ways of outreach; young professionals; mid-career professionals; your RCRA history; recording/transferring institutional knowledge; technology and its accessibility; and logistical needs for agencies/programs. Poll questions will be used to facilitate discussion of topics among attendees.
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