RCRA Expert Brownbag Series
Sponsored by: Regions 1, 6, 9, and 10 and the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
Archived: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Underground Storage Tanks: Impact of the 3-Year Inspection Requirement on Compliance
Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EST (18:00-19:00 GMT)
With the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005, came the requirement that all regulated Underground Storage Tanks (UST) must be inspected to evaluate compliance with UST requirements at least once every three years. This webinar will cover how we combined an UST facility-level dataset from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality from before and after EPAct (2001 to 2012) with data on the socioeconomic and biophysical characteristics of the facilities’ locations, and used it to statistically examine the impact of changes in inspection frequency on compliance.
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Presenters:
Karen Sullivan, Office of Land and Emergency Management, Office of Communications, Partnerships and Analysis (sullivan.karen@epa.gov or 202-566-1259)
Underground Storage Tanks: Impact of the 3-Year Inspection Requirement on Compliance
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Karen Sullivan is an economist in the Office of Land and Emergency Management‘s Office of Communications, Partnerships and Analysis. Karen has a PhD from the University of Rhode Island, and uses her expertise in environmental economics to conduct program and policy impact analyses for OLEM. Karen's contributions to OLEM were recognized in FY16 when she was selected as OLEM's Analyst of the Year. The work that Karen will present to you today was a collaborative effort with Achyut Kafle, who is also an economist and an ORISE Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the same office. Last year this project was highlighted as one of two EPA projects in the White House Evidence Deputies Process—which was an effort to strengthen evidence work across the federal government.
Jeffry Fowley, Region I Office of Regional Counsel (former)
Looking at the Big Picture: the RCRA "Functional" Equivalency Policy and the Policy on More Stringent versus Broader in Scope
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Jeffry Fowley was an EPA attorney in the Region I Office of Regional Counsel from 1980 through Jan. 2017 (when he retired). From 1996 to 2017 he served as the RCRA counseling attorney for the Region, including doing extensive state authorization work. He was a principal author of both the national policy on Equivalency ("functional equivalency"), and the national policy regarding how to determine whether state requirements are more stringent or broader in scope.
Kathy Lett, U.S. EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Lett.Kathy@epa.gov or 703-605-0761)
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule ("Rule")
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Kathy Lett has worked at EPA for 17 years, primarily on hazardous waste recycling and generator issues, as well as on energy conservation and wastewater management. Recently, Kathy has worked on universal waste, the definition of solid waste rulemaking and the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule. She has a BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
MaryBeth Sheridan, U.S. EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Sheridan.Marybeth@epa.gov or 703-308-4941)
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule ("Rule")
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Mary Beth Sheridan has worked at EPA's Office of Resource Conservation and Recycling since 1997, primarily on hazardous waste recycling and the generator regulations. Before coming to EPA, Mary Beth worked as an environmental consultant, a technical writer for McCoy's Hazardous Waste Consultant, and at EPA's RCRA/Superfund Hotline. She has a B.S. from St. Lawrence University and a Master's degree from the University of Denver.
Moderator:
Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov or 202-566-0832)
Ms Balent is on the staff of the EPA's Technology Innovation and Field Services Division where she has worked to collect and disseminate hazardous waste remediation and characterization information since 2003. Ms Balent manages the Clean Up Information Network website and actively supports online communication and collaboration resources available to EPA. She formerly worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Engineering Division in the Buffalo District. Ms Balent was also a member of the SUNY-Buffalo Groundwater Research Group where she constructed and tested large scale models of groundwater flow. Ms Balent has also conducted research relating to the Great Lakes, environmental remediation, and brownfields re-development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from SUNY-Buffalo and a Master's degree in Information Technology from AIU.
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