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Workshops Session Two
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 • 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
EI.2: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Café
Room 309/310
Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for mercury thermostats, carpet, and paint are now in full swing in California. Some local ordinances take an EPR approach to varying degrees, and more programs are on the horizon. What makes EPR work well? What do you think is most important in an effective EPR program? How should the needs of local governments be addressed in EPR programs? How should programs be set up to better advance green design? Should costs be visible on consumer receipts or internalized? Come share your insights with others working on EPR programs and policy in this highly interactive, world café-style session. After short introductory presentations, participants will rotate through small groups where questions like these are posed, and discover the views of your peers and other professionals as EPR moves forward in California and the U.S.
Speakers
Cynthia Dunn,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Cynthia Dunn is a senior specialist at CalRecycle with a lead role in the department’s efforts related to sustainable packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility. With almost 15 years in the environmental field in both the private and public sectors, Cynthia had worked in the areas of extended producer responsibility, household hazardous waste, universal waste, and commercial recycling. Previous to her role in packaging at CalRecycle, Cynthia co-led a team to implement CalRecycle’s responsibilities under AB 1343, California’s paint stewardship law. Other projects include work related to identifying and quantifying the economic, environmental, and other impacts of product stewardship programs. Cynthia received her BS from San José State University in Environmental Studies with a minor in Packaging Technologies.
Kathy Frevert,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Kathy Frevert serves as a team lead for Product Stewardship at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and currently is focused on overseeing the implementation of the California Carpet Stewardship Program. In 2007 the product stewardship team was charged with implementing CalRecycle’ s strategic directive that seeks statutory authority to foster “cradle-to-cradle” producer responsibility and to develop producer-financed and producermanaged systems for product discards. The team now embarks on implementing three new recycling laws for carpet, paint, and now mattresses. Ms. Frevert has worked at CalRecycle (formerly the California Integrated Waste Management Board) for more than 20 years. During this time she facilitated activities for the State’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Task Force (2005-2007) and Sustainability Building Task Force (2000-2004), an inter-agency task force that worked on the state’s first LEED green building projects.
Burke Lucy,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Burke Lucy is an integrated waste management specialist at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) specializing in home-generated waste sharps, pharmaceuticals, batteries, and lamps and is managing the Form 303 household hazardous waste annual reporting process. Before joining CalRecycle, he worked for more than 17 years in the private sector primarily with government agencies. He managed a corporate website, produced a variety of marketing materials as a marketing writer, helped secure million dollar contracts as a proposal manager, and most recently managed and wrote environmental impact report sections for a variety of high-profile projects including landfills as a project manager and environmental specialist. He earned a bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Matthew Mullinax is a Hazardous Substances Engineer with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) as part of their Hazardous Waste Management Program's Implementation Unit. He is the program lead for implementing the Mercury Thermostat Collection and Performance Requirements regulations. Matthew has a B.S. from C.S.U. Sacramento in Mechanical Engineering Technology with an emphasis in industrial design and project management. Prior to DTSC, he worked as a process/facilities engineer on retrofit and new construction projects for a couple of Bay Area biotech companies. He lives in Sacramento with his wife of 16 years, a gymnast/cheerleader and a football/baseball player.
Presentations/Handouts
HHW.2 Who’s Liable for your HHW?
Room 313
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Programs provide a great public service but are not without some potential liability to sponsoring jurisdictions. Collected HHW passes though many hands and travels throughout the county before delivery to the final treatment or disposal facility. This session will provide an examination of various potential liabilities including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)— Superfund. Suggestions will be provided to minimize those liabilities including operational and contractual measures.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Leah Goldberg specializes in sustainable re-use and redevelopment of contaminated properties in addition to practicing general environmental, land use law and real estate law including cleanup of Underground Storage Tanks, Superfund liability, RCRA, the Clean Water Act, stormwater permits, NPDES permits, hazardous substances and wastes, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, the Endangered Species Act, Section 404 Wetlands permits, the Coastal Act, environmental insurance, and landfill regulation and closure. She is also working with several clients on the Paintcare Agreements and other household hazardous waste issues.
Malcolm Maxwell,
California Environmental Compliance Manager, NRC Environmental Services
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Malcolm Maxwell has been the California Environmental Compliance Manager for NRC Environmental Services Inc. for the past 19 + years. He oversees environmental compliance including internal environmental programs such as air programs (fleet and equipment), HMBP, SPCC Plans, and hazardous waste operations as well as client services such as HHW operations for the Butte Regional Permanent HHW Facility, Removal Action Work Plans, and Site Specific Health and Safety Plans.
Mr. Maxwell's HHW experience includes the development of a Standardized Permit for the City of Chico PHHWCF in 1994 – converted to Permit By Rule in 1995. Operation Plan development for the City of Sacramento (BLT Enterprises 1999), conversion of the City of Chico PHHWCF Operations Plan to Butte County Public Works (2002), development of Operations Plan for the Town of Paradise (Northern Recycling and Waste Services (2009), and development of Closure Plans and Closure Cost Estimates for multiple Norcal / Recology PHHWC facilities.
He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1983 with a B.S. in Chemistry and entered the hazardous waste industry in 1984 as a hazardous waste approval chemist for Casmalia Resources until 1986.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
UO.2: Online Tools for HHW Management: CERS, FacIT and Used Oil Mapping
Room 311/312
Are you confused over the new required online reporting system for your facility Hazardous Materials Business Plan? Wish there was an easier way to keep track of the data and promote HHW and used oil facilities in your jurisdiction? There are! Come learn about the process Household Hazardous Waste Programs are required to follow in submitting Hazardous Materials Business Plans to their Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) via the new online system known as the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS). As part of this unified system, some jurisdictions have their own portal for submitting information. Also, CalRecycle will introduce how jurisdictions can utilize the Facility Information Toolbox (FacIT), an interactive tool in promoting the HHW and used oil facilities in California. FacIT not only allows the public to access information about California’s collection, exchange and processing sites, but also allows industry stakeholders to contribute, edit and verify that information. In addition, FacIT houses information for 35 other disposal, diversion and recycled market activities. CalRecycle will also be presenting a used oil map, developed by the GIS team, which is currently being used by staff to visualize the effectiveness of the used oil collection program.
Speakers
Dan Firth,
Electronic Reporting Project Manager (CERS), Cal/EPA Unified Program
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Dan Firth contracts with Cal/EPA as project manager for the California Environmental Reporting System, CERS. Previously he worked for Alameda County as Chief, Environmental Health, and in Hazardous Materials and Fire related programs for twenty-six years for Palo Alto, San Jose and Sunnyvale. He was an initiator and project manager for Unidocs, the first online resource for local regional standardization of hazardous materials management and reporting forms, policies and guidelines for business, from its inception in 1998 through 2008. He has a degree in Biology from Cal State University at Hayward (now East Bay).
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Nicki Ruszczycky (Ruh.zis'key) has been with CalRecycle for 9 years and has worked in several different areas of the department, including local assistance, permitting, and the beverage container recycling program. She has both a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration and is in the process of earning an associate’s in computer science. Her current position is within CalRecycle's Policy Office where she is the lead staff person over the Facility Information Toolbox project.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Mike Tuck,
Research Analyst II (GIS), CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Mike Tuck has been providing CalRecycle with Geographic Information System support for 5 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in geography and currently holds a position in CalRecycle’s Policy Office.
Presentations/Handouts
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