1 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:09,320 >> WELCOME TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,640 COMPLIANCE TRACK OF THE 2022 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:13,480 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM, 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,480 I WILL BE YOUR TRACK MODERATOR 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,960 TODAY. 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,520 I WORK OUT OF EPA HEADQUARTERS, 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,240 FEDERAL FACILITY ENFORCEMENT 8 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,520 OFFICE OF EECA, I HAVE A FEW 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:30,760 HOUSEKEEPING POINTS TO BRING UP. 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,400 PRESENTATIONS AND PROGRAM LOOK 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,600 THAT CONTAINS BIOS AND ABSTRACTS 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:40,400 OF YOUR PRESENTERS ARE AVAILABLE 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:41,360 AT FED CENTER. 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,680 WE WELCOME THE QUESTIONS BUT THE 15 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,320 CHAT IS ONLY VISIBLE TO 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,160 MODERATORS AND SPEAKERS. 17 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:50,840 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SUBMIT 18 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,920 THEM USING THE FEEDBACK BUTTON 19 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,520 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 20 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,720 HERE IS A SCREEN SHOT. 21 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,280 YOU CAN SEND LIVE FEEDBACK AND 22 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:00,320 OUR CHAT MODERATORS GARTH CONOR 23 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:06,520 AND BRIM -- BRIAN KIM WILL LET 24 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:12,320 THE SPEAKER KNOW. 25 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:17,320 WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER 26 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:22,560 TO OUR FIRST PRESENTER, RICH 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,320 ALBORES, ACTING OFFICE DIRECTOR 28 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,720 OF FFEO, HELD MANY POSITION, 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,760 RECENTLY ATTORNEY ADVISER IN THE 30 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,200 SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,720 RESPONSE LAW OFFICE IN OGC. 32 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,120 ALSO SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,520 WITHIN OECA, I'LL PASS IT OVER 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,200 TO RICH TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,120 COMPLIANCE AT FEDERAL 36 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:43,560 FACILITIES. 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,200 AND JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND AND 38 00:01:46,200 --> 00:02:06,440 I WILL GET HIS POWERPOINT UP. 39 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:06,560 40 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:13,720 >> THANK YOU, JESS. 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:24,120 >> OF COURSE. 42 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:24,520 >> OKAY. 43 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,720 WELCOME TO TODAY'S OVERVIEW OF 44 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,920 THE EPA PRIORITIES UNDER THE 45 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,760 BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,000 I'M RICH ALBORES, ACTING 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,320 DIRECTOR OF EPA'S FEDERAL 48 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,640 FACILITY ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 49 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,280 I WANT TO THANK JESS FOR 50 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:49,520 PREPARING MY SLIDES AND TALKING 51 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:50,440 POINTS FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 52 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,880 I'LL START WITH A LOOK AT THE 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,920 AGENCY AS A WHOLE AND FOCUS ON 54 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:58,600 ENFORCEMENT IN OECA, UMBRELLA 55 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,120 ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AT EPA, AND 56 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:14,800 FFEO, THE OFFICE THAT I AM 57 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,520 ACTING IN DEALING WITH 58 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,760 COMPLIANCE OF OTHER FEDERAL 59 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,320 AGENCIES. 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,960 ARE YOU ON SLIDE 2, JESS? 61 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,200 OKAY. 62 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,720 63 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:34,960 EPA'S OVERARCHING AREAS INCLUDE 64 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:43,320 CLIMATE CHANGE, ENFORCEMENT WITH 65 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,640 LEAD AND PFAS, I'LL ALSO COVER 66 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:46,720 SOME COME COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES 67 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,360 WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT FEDERAL 68 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,000 FACILITIES AND SPECIFIC 69 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,480 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES TAKEN BY 70 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:53,800 EPA. 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,000 FINALLY I'LL BRIEFLY DISCUSS 72 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,240 PARTNERSHIPS, WORKING WITH 73 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,400 STATES AND OTHER FEDERAL 74 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,280 AGENCIES. 75 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:02,480 OKAY. 76 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:08,240 SLIDE 3. 77 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,480 78 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,360 THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,720 HAS MADE ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL 80 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,640 ISSUES A TOP PRIORITY. 81 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,880 TO LEAD THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIGHT 82 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,440 MICHAEL REGAN WAS APPOINTED AS 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,800 THE 16th ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 84 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,920 U.S. EPA. 85 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:26,640 ADMINISTRATIONOR REAGAN BECAME 86 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,080 THE FIRST BLACK MAN, SECOND 87 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,240 PERSON OF COLOR TO LEAD THE 88 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:30,640 AGENCIES. 89 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,440 FUN FACTS, HE COMES FROM A 90 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,720 FAMILY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, HIS 91 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,800 MOTHER WAS A NURSE FOR NEARLY 30 92 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,440 YEARS, HIS FATHER IS A 93 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,960 RETIRED -- WAS A RETIRED COLONEL 94 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,440 WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL 95 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:43,760 GUARD AND VIETNAM VETERAN. 96 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,760 AS A RESULT, HE HAS A KEEN 97 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,400 CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH 98 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,520 AND WELL-BEING OF OUR SERVICEMEN 99 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:59,120 AND WOMEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES. 100 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:08,640 NEXT SLIDE. 101 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,560 UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, 102 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,040 THERE ARE SEVERAL KEY EXECUTIVE 103 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,040 ORDERS THAT INVOLVE CLIMATE 104 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:15,960 CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL 105 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:16,320 JUSTICE. 106 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,320 I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM 107 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:18,960 ALREADY. 108 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:24,760 I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER 109 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,480 THEM. 110 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:27,120 EXECUTIVE ORDER 13990 INCLUDES 111 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,720 POLICY TO LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE, 112 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,200 TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND 113 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,640 PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO 114 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:38,760 ENSURE ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR AND 115 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,080 WATER. 116 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,320 IT ALSO INCLUDES DIRECTION TO 117 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,000 REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 118 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,280 AND BOLSTER RESILIENCE TO THE 119 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:50,160 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 120 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,720 EXECUTIVE ORDER 14008 IS THE 121 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,120 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EXECUTIVE 122 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,320 ORDER, AND IT CALLS ON 123 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,800 STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF 124 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,320 ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS WITH 125 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,120 DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON 126 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,600 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH 127 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,680 THE OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 128 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,520 ASSURANCE. 129 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,640 THE PRESIDENT ISSUED THESE 130 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:16,480 EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN THE FIRST 131 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,840 DAYS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. 132 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:24,760 LIKE I SAID BEFORE, E.O. 13990 133 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,360 DIRECTS AGENCIES TO IMMEDIATELY 134 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,800 REVIEW AND AS APPROPRIATE AND 135 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,560 CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE LAW 136 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,160 TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE 137 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,600 PROMULGATION OF FEDERAL 138 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,720 REGULATIONS AND OTHER ACTIONS 139 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,200 DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT 140 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,160 CONFLICT WITH THESE IMPORTANT 141 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,000 NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. 142 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,040 AND TO IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE WORK 143 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,880 TO CONFRONT THE CLIMATE CRISIS. 144 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,120 EPA LIKE MANY OF YOUR 145 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,400 ORGANIZATIONS HAS TAKEN STEPS TO 146 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,240 ACT ON THOSE. 147 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,680 EPA RECENTLY ISSUED REVISED 2023 148 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,360 AND LATER MODEL YEAR LIGHT DUTY 149 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,480 VEHICLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 150 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,840 STANDARDS, WHICH WILL GO A LONG 151 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:08,000 WAY TO ACHIEVING CLIMATE CHANGE 152 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,920 PROTECTIONS. 153 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,040 ALSO UNDER E.O. 14008 PRESIDENT 154 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,320 BIDEN HAS CALLED UPON EPA TO 155 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,280 STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF 156 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,720 ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS WITH 157 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,000 DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON 158 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,400 OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES. 159 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,040 EPA IS EMBEDDING THIS WORK IN 160 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,520 ALL OUR PROGRAMS AND OECA IS 161 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,800 COMMITTED TO MEETING THIS 162 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:35,600 PRIORITY IN OUR CIVIL SUPERFUND 163 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,760 WORK. 164 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:38,680 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND 165 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,760 CLIMATE CHANGE ARE A KEY PART OF 166 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,120 YOUR MISSIONS AS WELL. 167 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,160 ALSO, IN DECEMBER OF 2021 THE 168 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,560 PRESIDENT SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 169 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,520 14057, WHICH IS TITLED 170 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,360 CATALYZING CLEAN ENERGY AND JOBS 171 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,280 THROUGH FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY, 172 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,040 THIS ORDER AFFIRMS IT IS THE 173 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,720 POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES THAT 174 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,360 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADS BY 175 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,680 EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE A CARBON 176 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,560 POLLUTION FREE ELECTRICITY 177 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,200 SECTOR BY 2035, AND NET ZERO 178 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,480 EMISSIONS ECONOMY-WIDE BY NO 179 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,880 LATER THAN 2050. 180 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,640 THIS INCLUDES 100% CARBON 181 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,320 POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY ON A 182 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:30,200 NET ANNUAL BASIS BY 2030, 100% 183 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:37,120 ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE BY 2035, 184 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,200 BUILDING PORTFOLIO BY 2045, A 185 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,600 CLEAN POLICY TO PROMOTE USE OF 186 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,400 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND LOWER 187 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,600 EMBODIED EMISSION, CLIMATE 188 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,480 RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND 189 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:53,040 OPERATION, A CLIMATE AND 190 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:59,040 SUSTAINABILITY FOCUSED FEDERAL 191 00:08:59,040 --> 00:08:59,320 WORKFORCE. 192 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:04,520 NEXT SLIDE. 193 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,800 YESTERDAY EPA RELEASED ITS 2022 194 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,280 TO 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN. 195 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,200 FOR THE FIRST TIME, EPA'S 196 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:19,920 STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES A GOAL 197 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,680 FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE 198 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,520 CHANGE, A STRATEGIC GOAL TO 199 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:24,400 ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 200 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,440 AND CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER GOAL 2. 201 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,520 THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN OECA 202 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,480 IS BASED ON THE FIVE YEAR 203 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,520 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FY 22 TO 26. 204 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,360 THE PLAN DESCRIBES OUR 205 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,920 GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE REVIEW 206 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,520 ACT COMMITMENTS, IT HAS BROAD 207 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,120 AND GENERAL GUIDELINES TO HELP 208 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:49,000 US FOCUS OUR WORK BASED ON THE 209 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,440 ADMINISTRATOR'S PRIORITIES. 210 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:55,320 EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY HAS ITS OWN 211 00:09:55,320 --> 00:10:00,360 STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOURS MAY 212 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,520 INCLUDE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS 213 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,520 AS WELL. 214 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,520 THE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 215 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,920 OBJECTIVES OF EPA'S STRATEGIC 216 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,320 PLAN ARE IN GOAL 3. 217 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:18,040 BUT GOAL 3 IS DONE WITH GOALS 1, 218 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,840 2, 4-7 IN MIND. 219 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:27,280 EACH NATIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER AT 220 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:33,720 EPA LIKE OECA DEVELOPS NATIONAL 221 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:34,880 PROGRAM GUIDANCE. 222 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:35,920 PLANNING DOCUMENTS SETTING OUT 223 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,560 HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR CORE PROGRAM 224 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:41,280 GOALS AND TARGETS FOR OUR 225 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:46,360 ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE CORE 226 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,040 PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED ANNUALLY, 227 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:53,000 AND UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 228 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:53,840 OUR BUDGETS. 229 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,520 THREE ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE 230 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,320 REGARDING FEDERAL FACILITIES I 231 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:02,800 WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ARE THAT 232 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:08,280 WE HOLD THEM TO THE SAME 233 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,120 STANDARDS AND PRIVATE, ENSURE 234 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,600 EPA ALONG WITH OUR STATES MEET 235 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:14,920 STATUTORY LEED REQUIRED 236 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:15,560 INFECTIONS AT FEDERAL 237 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:16,560 FACILITIES. 238 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:17,640 I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN 239 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:33,440 DETAIL A LITTLE LATER ON. 240 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,720 NEXT SLIDE. 241 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:35,240 NEXT SLIDE. 242 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,520 WE'LL STAY HERE PLEASE. 243 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,000 I WANT TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC 244 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,920 OECA ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 245 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,160 PRIORITIES FIRST. 246 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,120 OECA IS OUR NATIONAL PROGRAM 247 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,200 MANAGER FOR ENFORCEMENT AND 248 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,840 COMPLIANCE AT EPA INCLUDING THE 249 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:51,240 REGIONAL OFFICES. 250 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,600 SO THESE PRIORITIES ARE THE 251 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:54,720 NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND 252 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,320 COMPLIANCE PRIORITIES ACROSS THE 253 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:57,520 AGENCY. 254 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,720 WE'RE COMMITTED TO USING ALL OUR 255 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,920 ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE TOOLS 256 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,680 AVAILABLE AS APPROPRIATE TO 257 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:06,480 ENSURE COMPLIANCE OF THE 258 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:07,800 REGULATED COMMUNITY. 259 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,800 THESE TOOLS INCLUES FORMAL 260 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,920 ENFORCEMENT ACTION, INFORMAL 261 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,080 ACTIONS SUCH AS NOTICES OF 262 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:15,280 VIOLATION, COMPLIANCE 263 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:21,960 MONITORING, ALSO KNOWN AS 264 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,760 INSPECTIONS, PENALTY ORDERS AS 265 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:26,760 WELL, COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE SUCH 266 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,480 AS FED CENTER AND THIS 267 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,960 SYMPOSIUM, COMPLIANCE INCENTIVES 268 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:38,320 SUCH AS OUR AUDIT AND 269 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,480 SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICIES. 270 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,360 DETAIL LATER. 271 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:52,120 SLIDE 7 PLEASE. 272 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:52,680 OKAY. 273 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:53,880 OECA'S ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES 274 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,120 AREAS ALSO KNOWN AS NCIs, I'LL 275 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,440 BE COVERING IN THE NEXT FEW 276 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,920 SLIDES IN DETAIL. 277 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,720 FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES, WE 278 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:05,800 FOLLOW OECA'S PRIORITIES, AND TO 279 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,120 THE EXTENT THAT THEY APPLY TO 280 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,240 FEDERAL FACILITIES WE FOCUS ON 281 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:12,680 THOSE. 282 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,080 PFAS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE WERE 283 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,920 EARLY ADAPTERS OF WHAT IS NOW AN 284 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:24,120 OECA-WIDE PFAS PRIORITY. 285 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,040 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 286 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:30,320 THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER 287 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,040 OF PRIORITY AREAS. 288 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,680 OECA'S PRIORITY AREAS WERE 289 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,720 DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH 290 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,000 THE STATES, AND THAT INCLUDED 291 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,720 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND 292 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,040 IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS THE MOST 293 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,960 SERIOUS VIOLATIONS, INITIALLY 294 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,600 CALLED NATIONAL COMPLIANCE 295 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,480 INITIATIVES, AND CURRENTLY THEY 296 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,920 ARE KNOWN AS NATIONAL INITIATIVE 297 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:56,520 AREAS. 298 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,600 WHAT ARE PRIORITY AREAS? 299 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,600 THEY ARE AREAS THAT HIGHLIGHT -- 300 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,520 THEY HIGHLIGHT AREAS WHERE 301 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:08,480 THERE'S A NEED FOR EPA EXPERTISE 302 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,320 AND FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND 303 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,920 PROBLEMS BEING ADDRESSED ARE NOT 304 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,200 SECTOR BASED. 305 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,080 SOME HAVE MORE RELEVANCE THAN 306 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,280 OTHERS TO THE FEDERAL FACILITY 307 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:17,520 UNIVERSE. 308 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,200 AS EPA CONTINUES TO WORK ON ALL 309 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:20,960 THE NATIONAL INITIATIVES, EPA 310 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,360 WILL BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO 311 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:26,120 INCORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL 312 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:26,920 JUSTICE CONSIDERATIONS, IN ALL 313 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,200 ITS WORK GOING FORWARD. 314 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,920 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TARGET 315 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,880 INSPECTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WE'LL 316 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,520 BE LOOKING TO PRIORITIZE AREAS 317 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,520 WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL 318 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,520 COMMUNITIES WITH CONCERNS OR 319 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,120 OVERBURDENED WITH POLLUTION. 320 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:48,440 NEXT SLIDE. 321 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,880 SO, THE FEDERAL FACILITIES 322 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,320 ENFORCEMENT OFFICE IS SITUATED 323 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,840 AT HEADQUARTERS, AND IT'S 324 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,720 FOCUSED ON TWO PRIMARY GOALS. 325 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,240 FIRST, IMPROVING COMPLIANCE OF 326 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,640 OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND 327 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,600 DEPARTMENTS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL 328 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,560 REGULATIONS THROUGH ENFORCEMENT 329 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,720 AS APPROPRIATE AND PROMOTING 330 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:09,720 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP 331 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:10,640 THROUGH COLLABORATION AND 332 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,000 COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE. 333 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,400 MUCH WORK STEMS FROM EXECUTIVE 334 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,640 ORDER 12088, FROM 1978, WHICH 335 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,280 DIRECTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S 336 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:27,120 COMPLIANCE WITH POLLUTION 337 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,240 CONTROL STANDARDS, CITING 338 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,120 RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER TOSCA, 339 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,560 CLEAN WATER ACT, CLEAN AIR ACT, 340 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,000 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT. 341 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,320 SECOND, FFEO HOLDS FEDERAL 342 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,880 AGENCIES TO THE SAME STANDARDS 343 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:43,200 AS THE REST OF THE REGULATED 344 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:43,680 COMMUNITY. 345 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,360 CONGRESS RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR 346 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,320 FEDERAL AGENCIES TO FULLY COMPLY 347 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:48,440 WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS 348 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,920 BY INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN VALUE 349 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:52,560 STATUTES, INCLUDING THE 350 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,600 GOVERNMENT AS PERSONS UNDER 351 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,320 THOSE STATUTES. 352 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,440 MANY OF YOU MOST LIKELY WORK 353 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,040 DIRECTLY WITH OUR REGIONAL 354 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:01,280 OFFICES. 355 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,520 IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THERE 356 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,680 WAS A REORGANIZATION OF 357 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:05,880 ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 358 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,280 FUNCTIONS IN REGIONAL OFFICES, 359 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,800 AND NOW EACH REGION HAS WHAT IS 360 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,680 KNOWN AS AN ENFORCEMENT AND 361 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,280 COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE DIVISION, 362 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,240 ECAD. 363 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,760 THESE DIVISIONS WORK IN PARALLEL 364 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,080 WITH OECA, AND THE REGIONAL 365 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,000 ECADSs HAVE STAFF TO WORK ON 366 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:32,920 FEDERAL ISSUES, WORKING WITH 367 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,800 FFEO WHICH ENSURES NATIONAL 368 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:42,320 CONSIST ENSURE. -- CONSISTENS. 369 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,160 FEDERAL FACILITY UNIVERSE IS A 370 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,560 SMALL PART OF THE ENTIRE 371 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:46,320 REGULATED UNIVERSE. 372 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,440 EPA'S APPROACH IS TO OBTAIN 373 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:49,640 COMPLIANCE MAY DEPEND ON THE 374 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,280 TYPE AND SOPHISTICATION OF THE 375 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,720 FACILITY WE'RE INVESTIGATING. 376 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,000 OF THE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 377 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,760 FEDERAL FACILITIES OUT THERE, 378 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,120 ABOUT A THIRD ARE DoD AND DOE 379 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,240 FACILITIES. 380 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,920 MOST OF THE FACILITIES ARE OTHER 381 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,960 FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCIES. 382 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,600 SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE SIZE OF A 383 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,400 SMALL CITY WITH COMPLEX OR TOP 384 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,520 SECRET FUNCTIONS, OTHER TIMES 385 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:25,120 THE SIZE OF A CAMPGROUND. 386 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:27,320 NEXT SLIDE. 387 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:28,920 THIS SLIDE INVOLVES OUR WATER 388 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,120 PRIORITY AREAS. 389 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:33,600 THERE ARE TWO WATER-RELATED 390 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:34,400 ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY AREAS. 391 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,040 THE FIRST IS THE PRIORITY OF 392 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,480 REDUCING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH 393 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,200 DRINKING WATER STANDARDS AT 394 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,880 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS. 395 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,280 IT IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY BUT NOT 396 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,800 EXCLUSIVELY ON REDUCING 397 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,240 HEALTH-BASED VIOLATIONS. 398 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,440 WE ALSO LOOK AT MONITORING AND 399 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,720 REPORTING VIOLATIONS TO 400 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,840 HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS 401 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:57,520 NON-COMPLIANCE. 402 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,240 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS ARE 403 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,840 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT SERVE 404 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,040 AT LEAST 15 SERVICE CONNECTIONS 405 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,720 AND ARE USED YEAR ROUND OR 406 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,640 REGULARLY SERVE 25 YEAR-ROUND 407 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,520 RESIDENTS. 408 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,720 EPA US USES ENFORCEMENT 409 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,440 TARGETING TOOL TO IDENTIFY 410 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,200 SYSTEMS WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER 411 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,600 ACT VIOLATIONS AND IDENTIFY 412 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,600 WHICH ONES ARE PRIORITY SYSTEMS. 413 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,840 USING THE NARROWEST CRITERIA 414 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,720 FROM THE DRINKING WATER NCI, 415 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,000 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS WITH 416 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,600 HEALTH-BASED VIOLATIONS, THERE 417 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,800 ARE APPROXIMATELY 84 FEDERAL 418 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,320 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS WITH 419 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:35,720 VIOLATIONS. 420 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,240 22, ABOUT A QUARTER OF THESE, 421 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,720 ARE DoD SYSTEMS. 422 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,920 FEDERAL FACILITIES AREN'T THE 423 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:48,080 WORST VIOLATORS NO DO THEY HAVE 424 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,320 SYSTEMS SERVING THE LARGEST 425 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,280 POPULATIONS BUT SHOULD BE A ROLE 426 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:52,480 MODEL. 427 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,040 I HOPE WE CAN SAY THEY HAVE 428 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:55,800 ADDRESSED 90% OF COMPLIANCE 429 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,080 PROBLEMS WHEN WE ARE COMPLETEs 430 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,000 WITH THIS NCI. 431 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:08,240 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 432 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,240 THIS IS THE SECOND DRINKING -- 433 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,920 SECOND WATER PRIORITY AREA. 434 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,120 AND IT INVOLVES REDUCING 435 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,720 SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE WITH 436 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,520 NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE 437 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,000 ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITS, 438 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:25,440 NPDES. 439 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,280 WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING THE 440 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,800 PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALLY 441 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,600 PERMITTED NPDES FACILITIES IN 442 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,720 SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE OR 443 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,120 SNC, THE GOAL TO REDUCE SNCs 444 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,320 BY 50%, ULTIMATELY SNC RATE OF 445 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,600 10.1 IN REACH REGION AND ASSURE 446 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,640 THE MOST SERIOUS SNC VIOLATIONS 447 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,600 RECEIVE A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE 448 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,200 RESPONSE. 449 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:04,480 THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE NCI OR 450 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,360 NPDES SNC IS WITH SNC RATE OF 451 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:08,560 10.6. 452 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,120 FEDERAL FACILITY UNIVERSE IS 453 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:13,640 MORE LIMITED THAN THE PRIVATE 454 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:14,080 ONE. 455 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,600 APPROXIMATELY 610 FEDERAL 456 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,880 FACILITIES ARE IMPLICATED, AND 457 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,640 BASED ON THE MOST RECENT 458 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,040 OFFICIAL DATA FROM FISCAL YEAR 459 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,760 22, QUARTER TWO, THERE ARE 28 460 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,520 FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT 461 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,080 NON-COMPLIANCE, OR AT RISK OF 462 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:31,920 BEING IN SIGNIFICANT 463 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,240 NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE 464 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:36,480 QUARTER. 465 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,520 IN FY 21, 23 INSPECTIONS WERE 466 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:46,640 CONDUCTED BY EPA FOR THIS NCI. 467 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:47,320 LET'S SEE. 468 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,000 EPA IN THE STATES RECOGNIZED 469 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,960 DATA ERRORS ARE PREVALENT IN 470 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,920 THIS NCI, AND JUST TO GIVE AN 471 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,320 EXAMPLE OF THE DATA ERROR 472 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,760 SOMETIMES TRANSLATION ISSUES CAN 473 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,480 OCCUR WHEN INFORMATION IS SENT 474 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,480 FROM A STATE DATABASE TO EPA 475 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,600 DATABASE, AND THAT RESULTS IN A 476 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,400 FACILITY APPEARING TO BE IN SNC 477 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,720 WITH PERMIT WHEN IT IS IN FACT 478 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,120 IN COMPLIANCE. 479 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:12,520 A BIG PART OF THIS NCI IS MAKING 480 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,360 SURE THAT THE DATA TRANSFERS ARE 481 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,920 HAPPENING IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. 482 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,520 WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOT OF 483 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,000 FEDERAL AGENCIES AND STATES TO 484 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:30,240 FIX AND IMPROVE THE DATA 485 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:35,960 TRANSFERS ACROSS ALL PROGRAM 486 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,320 AREAS. 487 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:37,720 LET'S SEE. 488 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,120 FFEO HAD SOME RECENT ACTIONS IN 489 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,160 THIS AREA. 490 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,920 WE ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ALERT IN 491 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,720 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ON FED 492 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:48,080 CENTER. 493 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,240 WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING WITH 494 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,360 FEDERAL AGENCIES IN IDENTIFYING 495 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,080 FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT 496 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,120 NON-COMPLIANCE. 497 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:56,920 WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE 498 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,000 STATES AND EPA REGIONS ON 499 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,320 ENFORCEMENT. 500 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,400 AND WE HAVE BEEN SENDING 501 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,720 QUARTERLY LETTERS TO FEDERAL 502 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,880 AGENCIES TO ALERT THEM ON 503 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:08,640 POTENTIAL SNC DESIGNATION. 504 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:14,120 AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, WE 505 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:18,800 SEE 45% OF FEDERAL FACILITY 506 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,720 SNCs BROUGHT BACK INTO 507 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:21,040 COMPLIANCE. 508 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:30,480 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 509 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,800 FFEO IS SENDING FEDERAL AGENCIES 510 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,080 QUARTERLY LETTERS THAT LOOK LIKE 511 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:45,960 THESE TO ALERT THEM -- SORRY. 512 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:46,920 THAT THEIR FACILITY IS 513 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:52,640 DESIGNATED OR AT AT RISK OF 514 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,480 BEING DESIGNATED IN SIGNIFICANT 515 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,160 NON-COMPLIANCE. 516 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,920 FOR DOING THIS WORK, WE USE 517 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,160 SOMETHING CALLED THE EARLY 518 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,480 WARNING DASHBOARD TO FIND 519 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:03,360 REALTIME FACILITY STATUS. 520 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:05,200 THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT 521 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,960 AGENCIES CAN USE TO SEE THE 522 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,080 STATUS OF THEIR FACILITIES IN 523 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:09,520 REAL TIME. 524 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,920 YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 525 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,960 END OF THE QUARTER AND BEYOND. 526 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,920 I THINK IN MY SLIDE DECK THERE 527 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,440 SHOULD BE A LINK TO THAT 528 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,320 FACILITY, EARLY WARNING 529 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,560 DASHBOARD, BUT IF NOT WE'LL GET 530 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,520 THAT OUT TO FOLKS IN THE FED 531 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:33,760 CENTER SITE. 532 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:34,920 NEXT SLIDE. 533 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,240 THERE ARE THREE NATIONAL 534 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,760 INITIATIVES FOR IMPROVING AIR 535 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,440 QUALITY. 536 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,400 ONLY TWO OF THESE REALLY APPLY 537 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:46,520 IN THE FEDERAL FACILITY 538 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:47,040 UNIVERSE. 539 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,600 FIRST, CREATING CLEANER AIR FOR 540 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,520 COMMUNITIES BY REDUCING EXCESS 541 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,520 EMISSIONS OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS 542 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,120 FROM STATIONARY SOURCES. 543 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,640 THIS PRIORITY ADDRESSES CLEAN 544 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,320 AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS. 545 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,840 PEOPLE LIVING IN NON-ATTAINMENT 546 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,520 AREAS OR IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 547 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,720 NEAR SOURCES OF HAZARDOUS AIR 548 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,040 POLLUTANTS MAY FACE SIGNIFICANT 549 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,520 RISK TO THEIR HEALTH AND 550 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:13,160 ENVIRONMENT. 551 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,040 SECOND, WE LOOK AT REDUCING RISK 552 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,320 OF ACCIDENTAL RELEASES AT 553 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,240 INDUSTRIAL AND CHEMICAL 554 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,720 FACILITIES. 555 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,040 MANY FACILITIES MAKE USE AND 556 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:28,760 STORE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS 557 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,120 SUBSTANCES, REGULATED UNDER THE 558 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:34,520 CLEAN AIR ACT 112R PROGRAM 559 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:35,920 THROUGH CHEMICAL ACCIDENT 560 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,560 PREVENTION REGULATIONS KNOWN AS 561 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:50,440 RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, RMP. 562 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:58,480 THE GOAL OF THIS NCI IS DECREASE 563 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,840 LIKELIHOOD OF CHEMICAL 564 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:01,120 ACCIDENTS. 565 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:01,920 SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE WOULD 566 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,120 REDUCE COMMUNITY RISK BY HAVING 567 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,840 REGULATED FACILITIES, AND 568 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,800 INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS WORK TO 569 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,600 IMPROVE SAFETY. 570 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,480 INCREASED COMPLIANCE WITH RISK 571 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,320 MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND GDC, OR 572 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,720 REQUIREMENTS, AND PROMOTE 573 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:20,400 COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 574 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,120 WITH STATE AND LOCAL RESPONDERS 575 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,960 AND COMMUNITIES. 576 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,400 GDC REQUIREMENTS ARE GENERAL 577 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,800 DUTY CLAUSE REQUIREMENTS. 578 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,960 IN FISCAL 21, EPA CONCLUDED 117 579 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,720 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ACTIONS, 580 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,720 THE MOST IN ANY YEAR SINCE THE 581 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,880 NCI WAS INITIATED IN 2017. 582 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:50,320 TWO FEDERAL FACILITY CASES WERE 583 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:55,520 INCLUDED IN THAT 117. 584 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,320 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 585 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,320 ANOTHER NATIONAL INITIATIVE IS 586 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,600 TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL 587 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,800 RELEASES AT INDUSTRIAL AND 588 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:04,600 CHEMICAL FACILITIES. 589 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,560 THE FOCUS IS ON CLEAN AIR ACT 590 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,400 112R REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. 591 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,040 THIS PRIORITY AREA ALSO HAS SOME 592 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:13,920 APPLICABILITY TO FEDERAL 593 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,400 FACILITIES. 594 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,520 AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS 595 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:21,000 SLIDE, ONE OF THE NCIs DEALS 596 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:21,760 WITH AIR EMISSIONS FROM 597 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:26,480 HAZARDOUS WASTE TAMPA -- 598 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,200 FACILITIES, THIS DEALS WITH 599 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,840 SECTIONS AA, BB, AND CC. 600 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,560 RCRA REQUIREMENTS. 601 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,320 THE SECOND IS A CONTINUATION 602 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,280 FROM THE LAST CYCLE OF NCIs, 603 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,120 ACCIDENTS AT THESE FACILITIES 604 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,960 CAN LEAD TO MASS CASUALTIES, 605 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,120 EVACUATIONS, SERIOUS HARM TO THE 606 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:46,280 LOCAL COMMUNITY. 607 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,920 MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE 608 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,560 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS. 609 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,280 THE GOAL IS TO DECREASE 610 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,720 LIKELIHOOD OF CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS 611 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,000 AT CLEAN AIR ACT 112R 612 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:01,560 FACILITIES. 613 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,920 THESE REGULATIONS APPLY TO 614 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,880 STATIONARY SOURCES THAT STORE 615 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,920 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, LISTED 616 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,040 CHEMICALS AT OR ABOVE THRESHOLD 617 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:13,320 QUANTITIES. 618 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,320 WE'VE TAKEN A FEW ACTIONS AT 619 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,360 FEDERAL FACILITIES WITHOUT OR 620 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:21,920 WITH DEFICIENT RISK MANAGEMENT 621 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:22,120 PLANS. 622 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,720 FOR INSTANCE, IN 2018 WE ISSUED 623 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:25,600 AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ORDER 624 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,440 AGAINST THE U.S. ARMY FOR CLEAN 625 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,160 AIR ACT VIOLATIONS FOR CHLORINE 626 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,520 STORED AND USED ON-SITE AT RED 627 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,320 STONE ARSENAL. 628 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,360 ALSO IN 2015 WE ISSUED A KFO 629 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:42,920 WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF 630 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,280 ENGINEERS FOR 112R VIOLATIONS AT 631 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,720 THE COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND 632 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:56,280 ENGINEERING LAB IN REGION 1. 633 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:56,720 NEXT SLIDE. 634 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,680 FOR US PFAS WAS A KNOWN ACRONYM 635 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,320 FOR MANY YEARS, AND FOR MANY OF 636 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:09,320 YOU IT PROBABLY IS AS WELL. 637 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,680 PFOA AND PFOS ARE TWO COMPOUNDS 638 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:18,680 MOST STUDIED, FOUND IN 639 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,880 INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES TO CREATE 640 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,160 NON-STICK SURFACES AND FLAME 641 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,320 RETARDANTS SUCH AS FOAM BUT THEY 642 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,120 ARE IN NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL 643 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:28,640 PRODUCTS AS WELL. 644 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:33,120 I THINK TODAY I SAW AN ARTICLE 645 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:38,480 THAT SAID PFAS IS ALSO IN MAKEUP 646 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,640 FOR WOMEN, THE POWDERS THAT THEY 647 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,280 PUT ON THEIR FACES, WHICH IS 648 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:44,800 KIND OF FRIGHTENING. 649 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,560 PFAS HAS ENDED UP IN GROUND 650 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:51,000 WATER, IN MANY DRINKING WATER 651 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:51,240 SOURCES. 652 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,840 PFAS, EPA IS COMMITTED TO 653 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,360 ADVANCING SCIENCE, IMPROVING 654 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,720 DATA, USING ITS AUTHORITY TO 655 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:58,320 HELP PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. 656 00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,880 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS 657 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,160 AREA, THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS 658 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,120 LATER IN THE SYMPOSIUM ON THIS 659 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,200 TOPIC IN PARTICULAR. 660 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,160 SO I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW 661 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:09,560 HIGHLIGHTS. 662 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,960 AS YOU MAY KNOW, EPA DOES NOT 663 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,520 YET HAVE SPECIFIC RULES 664 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:14,800 REGARDING PFAS BUT THERE'S A LOT 665 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,400 GOING ON IN THAT AREA. 666 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,320 IN THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 667 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,120 AREA, OFFICE OF WATER HAS 668 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,280 DEVELOPED A HEALTH ADVISORY OF 669 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,120 70 PARTS PER TRILLION. 670 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,920 THESE HEALTH ADVISORIES ARE 671 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:34,320 STILL BEING REVIEWED AND COULD 672 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:41,600 POSSIBLY BE ADJUSTED EVEN LOWER. 673 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,280 EPA IS ALSO DEVELOPING SUPERFUND 674 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,120 GROUND WATER GUIDANCE, EPA IS 675 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:45,920 PRIORITIZING PUBLIC HEALTH 676 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,880 IMPACTS BY FOCUSING ON 677 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,600 ADDRESSING GROUND WATER THAT IS 678 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,400 CURRENT OR POTENTIAL SOURCE OF 679 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:53,760 DRINKING WATER. 680 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:54,600 GUIDANCE RECOMMENDS USING 681 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,760 SCREENING LEVEL OF 40 PARTS PER 682 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,520 TRILLION TO DETERMINE PFOA OR 683 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:05,320 PFOS PRESENCE AT A SITE AND THEY 684 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,320 WARRANT FURTHER ATTENTION. 685 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,280 EPA HAS COMPLETED A FINAL 686 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,120 REGULATORY DETERMINATION WHICH 687 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,920 ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD TO 688 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,920 PROPOSE THE NATIONAL PRIMARY 689 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,480 DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS FOR 690 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,720 THESE TWO PFAS, AS PART OF THAT 691 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,640 PROCESS EPA IS EVALUATING THE 692 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,160 BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE TO 693 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:30,040 ESTABLISH A PROTECTIVE MAXIMUM 694 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,720 CONTAMINANT LEVEL GOAL, 695 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:37,200 ASSESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SET 696 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,080 FORCEFUL LIMITS. 697 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:44,120 UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 698 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,720 SORRY. 699 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,160 TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC DATA AND 700 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,240 ANALYSIS, EPA RE-SIGNED AN 701 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,000 ACTION TO SOLICIT DATA ON 702 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,040 PRESENCE AND TREATMENT OF PFAS 703 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:05,600 IN WASTE WATER DISCHARGE FROM P 704 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,120 PASS FORMULATORS AND 705 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,520 MANUFACTURERS TO REDUCE RISK 706 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,480 CAUSED BY THE BROAD CLASS OF 707 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,600 CHEMICALS AND IS EVALUATING IF 708 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,120 WASTE WATER DISCHARGE FROM 709 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,080 INDUSTRIAL SOURCES WARRANT 710 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,000 REGULATION THROUGH NATIONAL 711 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,880 EFFLUENT GUIDELINES. 712 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,640 EPA IS CONDUCTING TOXICITY 713 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,760 STUDIES ON OTHER PFAS AND 714 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,680 ANALYTICAL METHODS. 715 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:32,960 EPA'S RESEARCH ON PFAS IS 716 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,440 HELPING TO DEEPEN THE AGENCY'S 717 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,080 UNDERSTANDING OF THESE CHEMICALS 718 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,320 SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE RIGHT 719 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,920 STEPS TO CONTINUE REDUCING RISK 720 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:42,160 TO PUBLIC HEALTH. 721 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,480 THAT'S WHY PFAS RESEARCH IS SUCH 722 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:54,600 A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE AGENCY. 723 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,120 . 724 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,520 IN DECEMBER 2019 EPA ISSUED AN 725 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,120 ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED 726 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,920 RULEMAKING, SOLICITING INPUT ON 727 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,800 ADDING PFAS TO THE TOXIC RELEASE 728 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,440 INVENTORY TOXIC CHEMICAL LAST. 729 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,800 AS A RESULT FOR THE FIRST TIME 730 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,080 ENTITIES ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT 731 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,760 PFAS UNDER TRI, APPLIES TO ALL 732 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,320 FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL. 733 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,960 SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL WAS SEND 734 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,120 TO OMB TO ENSURE CERTAIN LONG 735 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,440 CHAIN PFAS CHEMICALS CANNOT BE 736 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,520 MANUFACTURED IN OR IMPORTED INTO 737 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,400 THE U.S. 738 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,240 EPA RECENTLY RELEASED THE FINAL 739 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:36,000 PEER REVIEWED TOXICITY 740 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,120 ASSESSMENT FOR PFBS. 741 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,840 FINALLY, EPA IS CONSIDERING 742 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,920 DEVELOPING RULE MAKING ON 743 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:48,560 WHETHER TO DESIGNATE PFOA AND 744 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,480 PFAS AS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 745 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:53,920 NEXT SLIDE. 746 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,960 DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, 747 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,720 EPA'S PFAS ACTION PLAN WAS 748 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,400 DEVELOPED BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM 749 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,200 VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 750 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,280 ADDITION TO INFORMATION RECEIVED 751 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,240 FROM APPROXIMATELY 120,000 752 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,040 COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC 753 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:09,280 DOCKET. 754 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,920 THE ACTION PLAN IS EPA'S FIRST 755 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:15,840 MULTIMEDIA MULTI-PROGRAM 756 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:16,840 NATIONAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AND 757 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,280 RISK COMMUNICATION PLAN TO 758 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,120 ADDRESS A CHALLENGE LIKE PFAS. 759 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,200 SOME OF THE ACTIONS I JUST 760 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,520 MENTIONED WERE DEVELOPED 761 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,600 PURSUANT TO THE ACTION PLAN. 762 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,160 EPA CONTINUES TO USE ENFORCEMENT 763 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,600 TOOLS TO ADDRESS PFAS EXPOSURE 764 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,120 IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ASSIST 765 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,880 STATES IN ENFORCEMENT 766 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,200 ACTIVITIES. 767 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:50,480 NEXT SLIDE. 768 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,120 MANY FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN 769 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:56,520 AT THE FOREFRONT OF PFAS 770 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:56,840 DEVELOPMENTS. 771 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,920 DoD HAS BEEN DEALING WITH PFAS 772 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:03,400 AT MANY OF ITS SITES ACROSS THE 773 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:03,640 COUNTRY. 774 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,720 EPA WORKS WITH ITS FEDERAL 775 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,480 PARTNERS IN MULTIPLE WAYS TO 776 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:13,440 ADDRESS PFAS. 777 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,800 FOR EXAMPLE, USDA AND FDA WERE 778 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:25,680 EXAMINING THE IMPACTS OF PFAS 779 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:25,920 SLIDES. 780 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,320 WORKED WITH NATIONAL INSTITUTES 781 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,360 OF HEALTH, NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY 782 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,200 PROGRAM, ADDRESSING PFAS 783 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:34,520 TOXICITY, WITH DoD ON 784 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,280 ANALYTICAL METHODS AND 785 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,520 APPROACHES FOR PFAS CLEANUP AND 786 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,320 FED CENTER IS WORKING ON PFAS 787 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,440 PAGE WHICH WILL ADDRESS UPDATES 788 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,640 AND INITIAL NEWS REGARDING PFAS. 789 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,040 790 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,880 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 791 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,160 FURTHER WITH MANY OF YOU ON HOW 792 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,680 BEST TO DO THIS, AS WE CONTINUE 793 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,600 TO INCREASE OUR COLLABORATION ON 794 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,200 THIS IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND 795 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,600 INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. 796 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,520 NEXT SLIDE. 797 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:16,720 798 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,800 EPA LIKE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES 799 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,440 IS PLACING A PRIORITY ON 800 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:25,200 REDUCING LEAD EXPOSURE IN 801 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:25,480 CHILDREN. 802 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:26,920 AGENCY-WIDE EFFORTS INCLUDE 803 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,080 INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH AND 804 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,640 AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF 805 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:30,920 LEAD SAFE RENOVATIONS UNDERSTOOD 806 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,640 THE RENOVATION REPAIR AND 807 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:34,000 PAINTING RULE. 808 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,400 DEVELOPING A MAPPING TOOL TO 809 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,920 IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES WITH 810 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,560 ELEVATED LEAD EXPOSURES. 811 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,600 AND CONDUCTING TARGETED 812 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,760 GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVES AND 813 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,880 UNDERTAKING PUBLIC AWARENESS 814 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,320 CAMPAIGNS ON LEAD ISSUES. 815 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,360 EPA CONTINUES TO CONDUCT 816 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,640 INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE RENOVATION 817 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,400 CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS INVOLVED 818 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,160 ARE IN COMPLIANCE ARE LEAD 819 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:00,880 RENOVATION AND DISCLOSURE RULES. 820 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,080 AS SOME OF OUR DoD 821 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,560 PARTICIPANTS MAY KNOW, NATIONAL 822 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,000 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FROM 823 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,200 2019 CONTAINS MILITARY HOUSING 824 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,520 REFORMS RELATED TO LEAD, AND 825 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:17,880 EXPANDS DoD HOUSING OVERSIGHT, 826 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:18,840 INCREASED HOUSING INSPECTIONS, A 827 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,520 TENANT BILL OF RIGHTS, APPROVED 828 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,760 $330 MILLION TO ADDRESS LEAD 829 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,320 ISSUES. 830 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,520 EPA AND DoD SENIOR MANAGEMENT 831 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,720 HAVE BEEN MEETING TO DISCUSS 832 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:31,560 OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE 833 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,000 INCLUDING HOW TO INFLUENCE 834 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,240 PMCs TO HIGHER RRP RULE 835 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,520 CERTIFIED FIRMS SHARING RELEVANT 836 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:45,160 DATA ON COMPLIANCE INFORMATION 837 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,640 FOUND DURING EPA INSPECTIONS. 838 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:49,680 NEXT SLIDE. 839 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:55,280 AS YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID, A 840 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,960 MAJOR FOCUS FOR EPA AND OTHER 841 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,280 FEDERAL AGENCIES. 842 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,880 EXECUTIVE ORDER 14008 CALLS ON 843 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,520 OECA TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT 844 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,120 OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS WITH 845 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:09,920 DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON 846 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,680 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 847 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,520 HERE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, 848 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,120 WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF 849 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,520 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND I 850 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,400 BELIEVE MATT HEADS UP THAT 851 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,120 OFFICE, AND WILL BE SPEAKING 852 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,400 LATER ON IN THE SYMPOSIUM, TO 853 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,360 REFINE OUR ABILITY TO USE EJ 854 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,440 SCREEN TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES 855 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,320 WITH EJ CONCERNS. 856 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,480 EJ SCREEN IS A MAPPING TOOL THAT 857 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,680 WORKS BY APPLYING A NUMBER OF 858 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:38,640 DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL 859 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,520 INDICATORS TO IDENTIFY AND 860 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,720 HIGHLIGHT THE MOST OVERBURDENED 861 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:43,000 COMMUNITIES. 862 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,000 IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL EXCELLENT 863 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,360 TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO HELP 864 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:53,280 YOU IN YOUR EJ WORK. 865 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,480 OECA HAS ALSO ISSUED THREE 866 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,520 ENFORCEMENT MEMOS, ONE ON 867 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,080 REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT, ANOTHER 868 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,680 ON CLEANUP ENFORCEMENT, A THIRD 869 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:02,320 ON CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT 870 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,960 OUTLINING HOW EACH OF THESE 871 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,800 PROGRAMS WILL BE ADVANCING OUR 872 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:07,720 WORK ON EJ. 873 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:11,320 A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE MEMOS 874 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,680 ARE REGARDING REGULATORY 875 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:12,960 ENFORCEMENT. 876 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,120 WE PLAN TO INCREASE OUR PRESENCE 877 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:20,920 IN OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES BY 878 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,800 CONDUCTING MORE INSPECTIONS, 879 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,600 DIRECTING CASE TEAMS TO USE THE 880 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,760 FULL ARRAY OF POLICY AND LEGAL 881 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,440 TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT 882 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,320 WE HAVE INNOVATIVE REMEDIES, IN 883 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,120 OUR ENFORCEMENT SETTLEMENTS. 884 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,520 THESE REMEDIES ASSURE THAT 885 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,360 COMPLIANCE IS ACHIEVED AND 886 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,000 MAINTAINED AND OFTEN MITIGATE 887 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,480 HARM. 888 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,680 THEY COULD INCLUDE THINGS SUCH 889 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:47,800 AS ADVANCED MONITORING, AUDITS 890 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,720 AND INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY 891 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:53,280 VERIFICATION, ELECTRONIC 892 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,920 REPORTING, AND INCREASED 893 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,920 TRANSPARENCY OF COMPLIANCE DATA. 894 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,120 WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AND 895 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:05,080 HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH DOJ TO 896 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,120 USE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL 897 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:07,720 PROJECTS. 898 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:10,880 THESE ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE 899 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:15,520 COMMUNITY, BUT WE CURRENTLY ARE 900 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,080 EXPERIENCING I GUESS A HALT IN 901 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:22,960 THAT PRACTICE BECAUSE DOJ HAS A 902 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:29,240 POLICY MEMO OUT AGAINST USING 903 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,320 SEPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL 904 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:31,640 SETTLEMENTS. 905 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:32,720 WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OUR 906 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:33,480 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 907 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,720 WE PLAN TO PROVIDE GREATER 908 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,360 PUBLIC ACCESS TO COMPLIANCE DATA 909 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:41,880 AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY 910 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,000 TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THEIR 911 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:49,960 RISKS, AND MONITOR COMPLIANCE AT 912 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,840 LOCAL FACILITIES. 913 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,800 WITH RESPECT TO CLEANUP 914 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:59,160 ENFORCEMENT, THE MEMO POINTS TO 915 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,560 FOUR PRIMARY AREAS TO ADVANCE 916 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:03,880 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 917 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:10,840 BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON ONE IN 918 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,160 PARTICULAR. 919 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,480 THE ONE THAT IS MOST AT ISSUE 920 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:18,720 HERE IS THAT REQUIRING 921 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,520 RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO TAKE 922 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,760 CLEANUP ACTIONS, TAKE EARLY 923 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,080 CLEANUP ACTIONS, SOMETIMES EARLY 924 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,200 CLEANUP ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO 925 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,720 ADDRESS THE MOST URGENT RISK TO 926 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,560 HUMAN HEALTH AND CAN BENEFIT 927 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,120 OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES WITH 928 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:36,920 THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF EXPOSURE. 929 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,640 FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER SECTION 106A 930 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,560 AND RCRA SECTION 7003, SAFE 931 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,320 DRINKING WATER ACT 1431, EPA IS 932 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,160 AUTHORIZED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE 933 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,320 ACTION WHEN IT FINDS AN ACTUAL 934 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,960 OR THREATENED RELEASE OF 935 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,400 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE MAY PRODUCE 936 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,720 IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL 937 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,040 ENDANGERMENT. 938 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,240 INCREASING AUTHORITIES IS A 939 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:04,720 GREAT WAY TO ACHIEVE QUICK 940 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,400 RESULTS IN THIS AREA. 941 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,000 AND WE WILL USE THOSE AS 942 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,480 NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE. 943 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:15,120 NEXT SLIDE. 944 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,640 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 945 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,200 FED CENTER HAS A NEW 946 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:20,360 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PAGE, 947 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,800 WHERE FEDERAL AGENCIES CAN SHARE 948 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,680 EJ RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE AND 949 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,080 STAY INFORMED AND INCORPORATE EJ 950 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,120 INTO THEIR WORK. 951 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,440 EPA AND CQ HAVE DEVELOPED GIS 952 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,160 TOOLS TO IDENTIFY AREAS WITH 953 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,000 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS, 954 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,440 AS I SAID EPA'S OFFICE OF 955 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:41,600 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS EJ 956 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,440 SCREEN, THEY HAVE A NEW ONE THAT 957 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,920 IS EJ SCREEN 2.0, AND CEQ HAS 958 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,800 WHAT IS KNOWN AS CLIMATE AND 959 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:53,920 ECONOMIC JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL. 960 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,120 THOSE ARE BOTH AVAILABLE ON 961 00:41:55,120 --> 00:42:00,720 THEIR WEBSITES IF YOU GOOGLE 962 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:05,880 THEM. 963 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,080 TURNING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, A LOT 964 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,560 OF EPA OFFICES HAVE A 965 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:11,320 SIGNIFICANT ROLE DEVELOPING 966 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,880 REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS TO HELP 967 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,600 ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. 968 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:15,920 FROM ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE 969 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,440 WE'RE LOOKING AT TARGETING CASES 970 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,720 THAT ADDRESS GHG-RELATED 971 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,040 REQUIREMENTS, INCORPORATING 972 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,880 CLIMATE FOCUSED MITIGATION, AND 973 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:30,040 RESILIENCE CONDITIONS AND 974 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,120 SETTLEMENTS, INJUNCTIVE RELEASE, 975 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:32,640 TRACKING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, 976 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,240 BUILDING CAPACITY WITH OUR 977 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:40,560 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 978 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,840 NEXT SLIDE. 979 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,360 IN THE FEDERAL FACILITY 980 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,120 ENFORCEMENT WORLD WE HAVE A LOT 981 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:49,480 OF TIMES THAT WE USE TO ENSURE 982 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:50,880 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. 983 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,400 WE USE FORMAL ENFORCEMENT 984 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,440 ACTIONS WHICH CAN INCLUDE 985 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:57,840 COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTS, IMMINENT 986 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,280 SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT AUTHORITY 987 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,320 AS I MENTIONED, UNILATERAL 988 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,720 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS. 989 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:06,840 WE ALSO HAVE PENALTY AUTHORITY 990 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:12,320 UNDER SOME OF OUR STATUTES. 991 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,680 WHEN WE DO GET PENALTIES, THOSE 992 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:19,080 GO BACK TO THE TREASURY OR THE 993 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,680 GENERAL SUPERFUND. 994 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:22,800 WE HAVE COMPLIANCE MONITORING 995 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,920 TOOLS, INSPECTIONS ON SITE AND 996 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,480 OFF SITE, AND COMPLIANCE 997 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,200 EVALUATIONS FOR OFF-SITE RECORD 998 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:32,200 REVIEWS. 999 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,920 WE DO INFORMAL ENFORCEMENT, 1000 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,640 USING NOTICES OF VIOLATION, AND 1001 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,720 OUR COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE TOOLS 1002 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:44,240 SUCH AS THIS SYMPOSIUM, FED 1003 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:45,680 CENTER, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT 1004 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,680 MORE IN A MINUTE, COMPLIANCE 1005 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,400 ADVISORIES, AND COLLABORATION, 1006 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,040 HOLDING MEETINGS, HAVING 1007 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:54,920 DISCUSSIONS TO EXPLAIN 1008 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,280 PRIORITIES, AND COMPLIANCE 1009 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:57,840 ISSUES. 1010 00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,520 AND THEN COMPLIANCE INCENTIVES 1011 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:04,720 SUCH AS SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY 1012 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:09,600 AND THE AUDIT POLICY. 1013 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:14,240 SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1014 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:16,720 SINCE 2015 EPA HAS TAKEN 1015 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:17,320 APPROXIMATELY 200 FORMAL 1016 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,640 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST 1017 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:26,080 FEDERAL FACILITIES RESULTS IN $6 1018 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,560 MILLION IN PENALTIES. 1019 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,000 52 ACTIONS UNDER SAFE DRINKING 1020 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,920 WATER ACT, SORRY, SOLID WASTE 1021 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:35,800 DISPOSAL ACT. 1022 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,720 71 OF THESE WERE UNDER RCRA, 21 1023 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:42,360 UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT, AND 12 1024 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:47,560 WERE UNDER THE NATIONAL 1025 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,200 POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION 1026 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:55,520 SYSTEM. 1027 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:56,640 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1028 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:03,960 YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE THAT 1029 00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,920 OVER -- SORRY. 1030 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:10,320 I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING IT ON 1031 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,240 MY SCREEN. 1032 00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:15,000 OVER 61% OF OUR FORMAL ACTIONS 1033 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,160 TAKEN OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS 1034 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:24,160 WERE AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF 1035 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:28,280 DEFENSE, AND MANY OTHER CIVILIAN 1036 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:34,560 AGENCIES MAKE UP 18% OF THOSE 1037 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:35,560 CASES. 1038 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:37,200 NEXT SLIDE. 1039 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,560 IN 2022 OUR INSPECTORS WILL BE 1040 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:42,520 GETTING BACK OUT IN THE FIELD 1041 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:43,760 AND ON THE GROUND. 1042 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,720 SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE 1043 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:47,120 PRIORITY, AND THE FOLLOWING 1044 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,520 PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE 1045 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:55,440 THE SAFETY OF OUR INSPECTORS. 1046 00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:56,920 INSPECTORS ARE VACCINATED. 1047 00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,560 THEY COMPLY WITH MASK MANDATES. 1048 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,880 AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. 1049 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,680 INSPECTIONS WERE DOWN IN 2020, 1050 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,040 OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF COVID. 1051 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,720 BUT THEY WENT BACK UP IN 2021 1052 00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:11,920 AND WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL 1053 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:17,320 CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE SEASON 1054 00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:25,520 GETS WARMER AND COVID STAYS IN 1055 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:26,800 ABEYANCE. 1056 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,040 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1057 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,760 SORRY. 1058 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:36,120 1059 00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,720 LET ME TALK ABOUT THE EPA'S 1060 00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:40,520 AUDIT POLICY, WHICH IS DESIGNED 1061 00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,320 TO ACHIEVE GREATER COMPLIANCE 1062 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:43,360 WITH FEDERAL LAWS AND 1063 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,240 REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT HUMAN 1064 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,520 HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 1065 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:55,760 IT WAS ISSUED IN APRIL OF 2000. 1066 00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,840 WE FEEL THAT IT PROMOTES HIGHER 1067 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:03,520 STANDARD OF SELF-POLICING BY 1068 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,320 WAIVING GRAVITY BASED POLICIES 1069 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,480 FOR DISCLOSURES CORRECTED AND 1070 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:08,240 DISCOVERED SYSTEMATICALLY 1071 00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:11,920 THROUGH VOLUNTARY AUDITS OR 1072 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,240 COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. 1073 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,440 COMPLIANCE INCENTIVES ARE TOOLS 1074 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,400 TO ENCOURAGE SELF-AUDITING, TO 1075 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,640 ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE, A WIN-WIN 1076 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,240 FOR THE REGULATED COMMUNITY. 1077 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:25,720 EPA AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 1078 00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:28,120 SO SOMETHING TO SERIOUSLY THINK 1079 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,360 ABOUT AS YOU'RE ASSESSING THE 1080 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:31,160 COMPLIANCE STATUS OF YOUR 1081 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:36,240 FACILITIES OUT THERE. 1082 00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:37,880 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1083 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,920 LAST TOPIC I WANT TO ADDRESS IS 1084 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,440 PARTNERSHIPS FOR COMPLIANCE, 1085 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,120 PARTICULARLY WITH STATES, 1086 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:51,040 TRIBES, OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 1087 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:51,840 NEXT SLIDE. 1088 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,000 EPA WORKS CLOSELY WITH STATES 1089 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,880 AND TRIBES IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL 1090 00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:57,160 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. 1091 00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:59,920 AUTHORIZED STATES ARE OFTEN YOUR 1092 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,520 FIRST LINE REGULATORS AND EPA 1093 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,520 RETAINS CONCURRENT AUTHORITY. 1094 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,800 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 1095 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:11,520 AUTHORIZED STATES AS YOUR FIRST 1096 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,920 LINE REGULATORS ARE FOLKS THAT 1097 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,360 YOU NEED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 1098 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:16,960 WITH AND WORK WITH. 1099 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,040 EPA CAN AUTHORIZE A STATE TO BE 1100 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:21,920 THE PRIMARY IMPLEMENTER OF 1101 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,840 INSPECTIONS AN ENFORCEMENT IN 1102 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:28,800 CERTAIN AREAS BUT EPA ALWAYS 1103 00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,200 RETAINS CONCURRENT AUTHORITY AS 1104 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,520 I SAID EARLIER. 1105 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:34,800 DESPITE STATE PRIVACY, EPA MAY 1106 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,600 TAKE THE LEAD ON CERTAIN CASES. 1107 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:39,720 FOR EXAMPLE, VIOLATIONS THAT ARE 1108 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:43,320 PART OF A NATIONAL INITIATIVE, 1109 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,160 OR IF THERE ARE MULTI-STATE 1110 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,040 ISSUES OR STATE OR FEDERALLY 1111 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:52,160 OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITY MAY 1112 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,320 WARRANT DIRECT EPA INVOLVEMENT. 1113 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,120 EMERGENCIES, CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS 1114 00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:58,240 AND OTHER SCENARIOS MAY ALSO 1115 00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,000 WARRANT DIRECT EPA INVOLVEMENT. 1116 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,440 1117 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:02,560 1118 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:19,000 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1119 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:28,320 ARE WE ON THE LAST SLIDE, JESS? 1120 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:30,000 >> ONE MORE AFTER THIS. 1121 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:30,720 >> OKAY. 1122 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:30,920 SORRY. 1123 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:36,680 I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT. 1124 00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:40,320 >> IT'S PARTNERSHIPS AND FEDERAL 1125 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:41,120 AGENCIES. 1126 00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:41,600 >> YEP. 1127 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:42,720 OKAY. 1128 00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:44,960 I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT AS 1129 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,280 ONE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE WE WANT TO 1130 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,240 WORK WITH YOU, SO KNOW MY DOOR 1131 00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:53,240 AND MY COLLEAGUES' DOORS ARE 1132 00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:55,520 ALWAYS OPEN. 1133 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,200 ON THE PHONE OR BY TEAMS OR 1134 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:01,720 E-MAIL, AS THE CASE MAY BE THESE 1135 00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:02,160 DAYS. 1136 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,320 OUR REGIONAL FEDERAL FACILITY 1137 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,400 PROGRAM MANAGERS ARE ALSO THERE 1138 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,160 FOR YOU, AND I THINK THEY ARE 1139 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,120 LISTED IN FED CENTER. 1140 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:16,240 IN ADDITION WE'VE PARTNERED WITH 1141 00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:16,920 OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES TO 1142 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:18,680 COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER TO 1143 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,640 ENSURE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1144 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:22,280 SERVES AS LEADERS IN 1145 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:23,560 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. 1146 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,120 AND EPA PROVIDES ASSISTANCE 1147 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:27,720 THROUGH OUR LETTERS ADVISING YOU 1148 00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:31,120 ON COMPLIANCE ISSUES, WEBINARS, 1149 00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:32,920 MEETINGS WITH FFPMs, AND 1150 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,240 REGIONAL STAFF AND THROUGH THE 1151 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:37,680 ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERAL AGENCY 1152 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:38,360 NETWORK. 1153 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:42,280 WE ALSO WORK TOGETHER HERE ON 1154 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:43,040 FED CENTER. 1155 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:48,200 SO, LAST SLIDE. 1156 00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,520 LET'S SEE. 1157 00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:56,240 IS THIS THE FED CENTER SLIDE? 1158 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:57,440 >> YES. 1159 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:57,720 >> OKAY. 1160 00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:00,280 LET ME SPEND A MINUTE TOUTING 1161 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,040 FED CENTER. 1162 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:02,920 FED CENTER IS A GREAT RESOURCE 1163 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,200 FOR ALL OF YOU TO FIND THE 1164 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:07,920 LATEST NEWS IN THE FEDERAL 1165 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,560 FACILITY ENVIRONMENT, AND 1166 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,520 ENFORCEMENT WORLD. 1167 00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:13,520 AND FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A GREAT 1168 00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:17,960 RESOURCE AS WELL AS I GET UP TO 1169 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,000 SPEED ON THE FEDERAL FACILITY 1170 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,320 ISSUES FOR EPA IN MY FIRST MONTH 1171 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,280 HERE AT THE FEDERAL FACILITY 1172 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:27,040 ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 1173 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,080 WE'VE WORKED WITH THE FED CENTER 1174 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:31,920 BOARD AND AGENCY EXPERTS TO 1175 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,840 DEVELOP TWO NEW AREAS FOR EJ AND 1176 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,920 PFAS ON FED CENTER. 1177 00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,440 AND WE'RE PLANNING ON AN 1178 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:44,200 UPCOMING FACE-TO-FACE NATIONAL 1179 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,400 ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM WHICH I 1180 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:50,720 UNDERSTAND MAY BE IN OCTOBER OF 1181 00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:51,080 2023. 1182 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,120 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1183 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:55,520 NIH AND OTHER AGENCIES TO MAKE 1184 00:51:55,520 --> 00:52:03,520 THAT HAPPEN. 1185 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:04,720 NEXT SLIDE. 1186 00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:06,680 IN CONCLUSION, I WANTED TO 1187 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,120 STRESS THAT AS FEDERAL AGENCIES 1188 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:12,000 WE'RE HELD TO THE SAME 1189 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:12,600 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, 1190 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:13,560 STANDARDS, AND COMPLIANCE 1191 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,240 EXPECTATIONS AS THE PRIVATE 1192 00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:15,480 SECTOR. 1193 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,440 I WOULD ARGUE WE'RE POSSIBLY 1194 00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:20,920 HELD TO A HIGHER STAND, SHOULD 1195 00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:21,920 BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS 1196 00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:25,080 AND LEADERS FOR THE REST OF THE 1197 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:25,600 NATION. 1198 00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,000 WE ALL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL 1199 00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:27,280 MISSIONS. 1200 00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:28,760 BUT AT THE HEART OF OUR MISSION 1201 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:32,080 IS THAT WE SERVE THE AMERICAN 1202 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:32,920 PUBLIC. 1203 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,800 EPA'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO 1204 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,120 PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND THE 1205 00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,320 ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS NOT NASA OR 1206 00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,040 DoD OR THE FOREST SERVICE'S 1207 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,440 PRIMARY MISSION YET IT IS A 1208 00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:46,640 COMPONENT OF THEIR MISSIONS. 1209 00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:47,960 I APPLAUD EVERYONE FOR TAKING 1210 00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,320 THE TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY 1211 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:53,400 SCHEDULES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR 1212 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,000 ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS AND 1213 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:57,520 HOPE THAT TODAY'S SYMPOSIUM 1214 00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,560 HELPS YOU HELP YOUR ORGANIZATION 1215 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,040 TO NOT JUST COMPLY BUT TO 1216 00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:03,560 DEMONSTRATE ENVIRONMENTAL 1217 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:03,880 LEADERSHIP. 1218 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,120 THANK YOU. 1219 00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:10,920 1220 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,400 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICH. 1221 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:15,000 GARTH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN 1222 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,800 THE CHAT? 1223 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:17,040 >> NO. 1224 00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,920 WE DIDN'T GET IN THE CHAT AT ALL 1225 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,040 FOR THIS SEGMENT YET. 1226 00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,320 >> REMEMBER EVERYONE, YOU CAN -- 1227 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:29,480 I'LL SHOW YOU AGAIN WHERE YOU 1228 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:31,320 CAN PUT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN 1229 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:36,360 THE CHAT FOR THE SPEAKERS. 1230 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,880 THERE IS A BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM 1231 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:42,560 OF YOUR SCREEN THAT SAYS SEND 1232 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:49,880 LIVE FEEDBACK. 1233 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:50,520 DOWN HERE. 1234 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:52,120 YOU'RE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR 1235 00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:54,760 OUR PRESENTERS THERE. 1236 00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:58,520 1237 00:53:58,520 --> 00:53:58,640 1238 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:01,920 >> NO WORRIES. 1239 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,640 1240 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:05,720 >> IF WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS 1241 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:07,040 QUESTIONS, WE CAN GIVE IT A 1242 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:08,760 COUPLE MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE 1243 00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:10,120 FIVE MORE MINUTES LEFT IN THE 1244 00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:10,400 SESSION. 1245 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,000 THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICH, FOR ALL 1246 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:12,920 THAT INFORMATION. 1247 00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:15,320 THAT WAS GREAT. 1248 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,480 >> THANK YOU, JESS. 1249 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:19,320 I APPRECIATE PEOPLE LISTENING 1250 00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:21,200 IN. 1251 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,280 AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING 1252 00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,320 PEOPLE IN PERSON SOON. 1253 00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,760 TAKE CARE. 1254 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:29,400 >> YES. 1255 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:30,640 WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, 1256 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:32,480 WE HAVE A BREAK COMING UP NEXT. 1257 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:33,800 WE CAN START THAT EARLY. 1258 00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,640 BUT WE WILL BE RETURNING AT 1259 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,560 12:15. 1260 00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:41,560 >> HI, EVERYBODY. 1261 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,360 THIS IS GARTH CONOR FROM EPA 1262 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:45,160 PHILADELPHIA. 1263 00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:51,360 YOU'RE ON TRACK 6. 1264 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:52,160 THE COMPLIANCE TRACK. 1265 00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:53,640 I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE 1266 00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:58,040 SPEAKERS FOR THE NEXT SEGMENT. 1267 00:54:58,040 --> 00:54:59,720 THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE 25 1268 00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:01,640 MINUTES TO GO THROUGH THEIR 1269 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:02,960 PRESENTATION AND WE'RE GOING TO 1270 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:04,920 LEAVE THE LAST FIVE MINUTES 1271 00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:09,600 APPROXIMATELY FOR QUESTIONS AND 1272 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:09,840 ANSWERS. 1273 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:12,360 SO THIS NEXT SESSION IS ABOUT 1274 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,760 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAIN 1275 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:17,160 DISPOSAL GUIDANCE FOR 1276 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,160 LABORATORIES AT THE NATIONAL 1277 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:21,760 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH. 1278 00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:26,960 OUR TWO SPEAKERS ARE BILL 1279 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:28,640 STEINMETZ AND PAUL JOHNSON. 1280 00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:34,960 GUYS, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OVER 1281 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:36,840 AND LET IT RIP. 1282 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:37,400 >> ALL RIGHT. 1283 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:38,400 THANKS A LOT. 1284 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,160 GOOD AFTERNOON FROM THE PIEDMONT 1285 00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:42,920 OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1286 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:44,280 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO 1287 00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:47,200 BE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF DRAIN 1288 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,600 DISPOSAL GUIDANCE FOR NIH 1289 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,200 LABORATORIES. 1290 00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,960 I'M BILL STEINMETZ, AN 1291 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:54,680 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE 1292 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:56,160 SPECIALIST WITH NIEHS. 1293 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,080 I WORK WITH PAUL JOHNSON IN 1294 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:01,720 NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE TY AND 1295 00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:04,920 CRAIG WORK AT THE BETHESDA, 1296 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:11,400 MARYLAND, NIH CAMPUS. 1297 00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:12,160 SO, OUR NIEHS MISSION, NATIONAL 1298 00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:13,680 INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 1299 00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,640 HEALTH SCIENCES, TO DISCOVER HOW 1300 00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,800 THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS PEOPLE 1301 00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:21,160 IN ORDER TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER 1302 00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:22,880 LIVES. 1303 00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:27,920 WE ARE ONE OF THE INSTITUTES 1304 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,440 WITHIN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES 1305 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,640 OF HEALTH, THE NATION'S MEDICAL 1306 00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:32,160 RESEARCH AGENCY. 1307 00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:37,480 THERE ARE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 3,000 1308 00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,880 LAB SPACES THROUGHOUT NIH. 1309 00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:44,520 AND AROUND 300 OF THOSE ARE 1310 00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:46,200 NIEHS. 1311 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:50,400 SO, HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND. 1312 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,960 WE HAVE ROBUST PROGRAMS WITH 1313 00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,120 REGARD TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. 1314 00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:59,000 WE HAVE THESE LONGSTANDING 1315 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,160 POLICIES. 1316 00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,360 WE HAVE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 1317 00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,080 WE HAVE NIH 3032 FOCUSING ON 1318 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:07,560 WASTE MINIMIZATION AND 1319 00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:10,120 MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF 1320 00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:10,360 CHEMICALS. 1321 00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,320 THESE ARE ALL LONGSTANDING BUT 1322 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:16,040 EVEN WITH GOOD ROBUST PROGRAMS, 1323 00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:19,080 YOU CAN HAVE SOME COMPLIANCE 1324 00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:21,920 PROBLEMS WHEN THERE ARE 1325 00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:22,480 INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS 1326 00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:23,920 DISCHARGED DOWN THE DRAIN. 1327 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,760 SO, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS 1328 00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,920 BOTH A POLICY GAP AND A 1329 00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:33,400 KNOWLEDGE GAP. 1330 00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:34,520 NEXT SLIDE. 1331 00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,800 SO, FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT 1332 00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:40,080 COMPLIANCE. 1333 00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:42,360 AS A FEDERAL FACILITY, WITH A 1334 00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:44,400 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT, 1335 00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:46,600 WE'RE TREATED JUST LIKE 1336 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:47,120 INDUSTRY. 1337 00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:50,960 WE ARE ACTUALLY INDUSTRIAL USERS 1338 00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:56,840 OF THE COUNTY OR THE CITY'S 1339 00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:58,560 POTW, SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM THAT 1340 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,800 DISCHARGES TO THE PUBLICLY OWNED 1341 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:02,480 TREATMENT WORKS, OR THE 1342 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:03,360 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. 1343 00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:05,120 THAT IS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A 1344 00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:07,360 PLANT ON YOUR PROPERTY. 1345 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:09,360 SO AS A RESULT, AS AN INDUSTRIAL 1346 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:12,680 USER, JUST LIKE A FACTORY, WE 1347 00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:15,800 HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT, AND THE 1348 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:18,200 PERMIT HAS LIMITS, RECORD 1349 00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:21,160 KEEPING, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, 1350 00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:23,160 PLAN REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO 1351 00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:24,480 COMPLY WITH THE LAW. 1352 00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,520 AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE 1353 00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:31,080 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS 1354 00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:32,800 THEIR OWN NIFTY SURFACE WATER 1355 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,360 PERMIT FOR TREATED DISCHARGE TO 1356 00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:36,360 THE ENVIRONMENT. 1357 00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:40,760 A FEDERAL FACILITY CAN RECEIVE A 1358 00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:43,120 NOTICE OF VIOLATION, AND CAN 1359 00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:45,240 BECOME UNDER ENFORCEMENT PLAN IF 1360 00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:51,400 THERE ARE COMPLIANCE ISSUES. 1361 00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:54,400 NEXT SLIDE. 1362 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,320 SO, WHAT WAS THE SOLUTION TO OUR 1363 00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:56,560 ISSUES? 1364 00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:59,040 WELL, IT WAS TWO PRONGED. 1365 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:02,120 ONE WAS TO DEVELOP A DRAIN 1366 00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:03,960 DISCHARGE GUIDE, AND THEN IN 1367 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:07,480 PARALLEL WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1368 00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:09,200 AN ONLINE APPLICATION APPROVAL 1369 00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:10,280 PROCESS. 1370 00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:13,040 THE DRAIN DISCHARGE GUIDE WAS A 1371 00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:15,560 STAND-ALONE LIST WITH THE GUIDE 1372 00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,400 BUILT AROUND IT FOR CHEMICALS 1373 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:24,120 THAT COULD BE DISCHARGED DOWN 1374 00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:27,280 THE DRAIN WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL 1375 00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:27,560 APPLICATION. 1376 00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:30,560 THE APPLICATION WAS A ONE AT A 1377 00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:32,520 TIME APPROACH FOR COMMONLY USED 1378 00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:34,280 LABORATORY CHEMICALS TO GO 1379 00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,920 THROUGH A PROCESS, APPROVAL 1380 00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,760 PROCESS, BEFORE DISCHARGE TO THE 1381 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,080 SANITARY SEWER. 1382 00:59:40,080 --> 00:59:42,360 BOTH OF THESE APPROACHES WERE 1383 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,160 DEVELOPED AND BETA TESTED WITHIN 1384 00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:46,920 THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 1385 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,000 THIS INVOLVED ESTABLISHING 1386 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,920 WORKING GROUPS THAT INCLUDED LAB 1387 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,560 MANAGERS, AS WELL AS HEALTH 1388 00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:54,480 SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 1389 00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:54,920 REPRESENTATIVES. 1390 00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:57,920 AND THEN IN ADDITION THERE WAS A 1391 00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:59,960 GREAT AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION 1392 00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:03,320 BETWEEN THE NIH MAIN CAMPUS IN 1393 01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:05,360 BETHESDA AS WELL AS SATELLITE 1394 01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:13,240 NIH CAMPUSES SUCH AS NIEHS. 1395 01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:13,880 NEXT SLIDE. 1396 01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:16,840 SO, WHERE DID THIS CONCEPT COME 1397 01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,320 FROM, HOW DID THIS BEGIN? 1398 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:24,560 HERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE DRAIN 1399 01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:26,000 DISCHARGE GUIDE. 1400 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:30,360 WELL, AT FIRST, WE WERE GOING 1401 01:00:30,360 --> 01:00:32,760 TO TAKE THE APPLICATION 1402 01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:35,320 DASHBOARD ROUTE. 1403 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,360 AND USING APPLICATION DASHBOARD 1404 01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,160 RESEARCHER, IF THEY WANTED TO 1405 01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:42,320 PUT A COMMONLY USED CHEMICAL 1406 01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,640 DOWN THE DRAIN THEY WOULD APPLY 1407 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,920 AND THEN THEY WOULD BE APPROVED 1408 01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:49,680 OR NOT APPROVED. 1409 01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:54,600 SO, WE BETA TESTED THE 1410 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,760 APPLICATION DASHBOARD WITH OUR 1411 01:00:56,760 --> 01:00:58,360 RESEARCH STAFF, AND RESEARCHERS 1412 01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,720 CAME BACK WITH SOME CONCERNS 1413 01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:06,000 THAT PROCESS WAS TOO LONG, 1414 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:07,080 COMPLICATED, SOMEWHAT CONFUSING, 1415 01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,040 AND THEIR BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT 1416 01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:13,960 IT TOOK TIME AWAY FROM RESEARCH. 1417 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,720 SO, OUR LAB STAFF EXPRESSED 1418 01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,000 THEIR CONCERNS TO OUR SCIENTIFIC 1419 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:23,480 LEADERSHIP AT NIEHS, AND OUR 1420 01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:25,040 LEADERSHIP REQUESTED THAT THE 1421 01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:27,000 ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL AT NIEHS 1422 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:28,840 AND LAB STAFF WORKED TOGETHER TO 1423 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,960 DEVELOP A LIST OF CHEMICALS THAT 1424 01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:34,560 DID NOT NEED AN APPLICATION TO 1425 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:38,040 BE DRAIN DISPOSED. 1426 01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,000 SO, OUR SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP 1427 01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:41,920 PROMOTED THIS CONCEPT, AND 1428 01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:45,640 SHARED IT WITH THE OTHER NIH 1429 01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:46,920 SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS WHO WERE 1430 01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:51,920 RECEPTIVE TO THE CONCEPT. 1431 01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:53,960 NEXT SLIDE. 1432 01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:58,760 SO, HERE ARE THE GOALS OF DRAIN 1433 01:01:58,760 --> 01:01:59,000 DISPOSAL. 1434 01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:00,280 THESE ARE GOALS. 1435 01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,400 THEY ARE ALSO BENEFITS. 1436 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:04,920 NUMBER ONE IS ADMINISTRATIVE 1437 01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:05,520 GOAL. 1438 01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:07,480 WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, ESPECIALLY 1439 01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:09,560 WHAT THE RESEARCHERS WANTED TO 1440 01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:14,040 DO, IS REDUCE STAFF TIME SPENT 1441 01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,960 SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR 1442 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:17,640 COMMONLY USED NON-REG 1443 01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:18,160 NON-HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL 1444 01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:18,760 SOLUTIONS. 1445 01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:21,560 INSTEAD OF DOING ONE AT A TIME, 1446 01:02:21,560 --> 01:02:24,680 WHICH COULD BE -- ENDED UP BEING 1447 01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:28,320 HUNDREDS, THEY COULD DO A WHOLE 1448 01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:30,200 BLOCK OF CHEMICALS AT ONCE, AND 1449 01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:33,280 THEN THAT WOULD BE THE STANDING 1450 01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:33,600 LIST. 1451 01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:37,880 THERE WAS ALSO AN AWARENESS 1452 01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:38,520 GOAL. 1453 01:02:38,520 --> 01:02:40,480 SO WE AS COMPLIANCE PERSONNEL 1454 01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:42,240 WANTED TO IMPROVE THE 1455 01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:44,800 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LAB 1456 01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:46,560 CHEMICALS CAN AND CANNOT BE 1457 01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:48,320 DISCHARGED TO THE SANITARY 1458 01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:49,080 SEWER, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE 1459 01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:52,280 MAKING A LIST OF WHAT CAN BE 1460 01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:54,680 DISCHARGED, YOU HAVE AN 1461 01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:56,400 OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE WHAT 1462 01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,720 CANNOT BE DISCHARGED TO THE 1463 01:02:58,720 --> 01:02:59,560 SANITARY SEWER. 1464 01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,240 AND THE COMPLIANCE GOAL WAS TO 1465 01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:05,160 ASSURE THAT THE CHEMICALS 1466 01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:07,960 APPROVED FOR DRAIN DISPOSAL BOTH 1467 01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:11,920 VIA THE DRAIN DISCHARGE GUIDE AS 1468 01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:13,600 WELL AS APPLICATION PROCESS WERE 1469 01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:16,880 SAFE, MEANING THEY WEREN'T GOING 1470 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:17,880 TO POTENTIALLY BE WRECKED WITH 1471 01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:21,120 ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DRAINAGE 1472 01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:25,720 SYSTEM CENTER OR SEWAGE SYSTEM, 1473 01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:28,000 WERE NON-HAZARDOUS, 1474 01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:36,960 NON-REGULATED, I'M REFER TO 1475 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:41,160 RCRA AND DID NOT INTERFERE WITH 1476 01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:41,440 OPERATIONS. 1477 01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:42,840 WE HAVE WASTE REDUCTION NOT 1478 01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:44,760 NECESSARILY GOAL BUT BENEFIT, WE 1479 01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:50,040 HAVE REDUCED VOLUME OF 1480 01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:54,760 NON-HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS 1481 01:03:54,760 --> 01:03:56,320 SUBMITTED FOR OFF SITE DISPOSAL. 1482 01:03:56,320 --> 01:04:00,880 TWO SLIDES AGO I MENTIONED OUR 1483 01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,760 SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS WERE 1484 01:04:02,760 --> 01:04:06,040 INTERESTED IN US ASSEMBLING THE 1485 01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:07,440 LIST OF CHEMICALS, STAND-ALONE 1486 01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:11,280 LIST OF CHEMICALS APPROVED FOR 1487 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,680 DRAIN DISPOSAL. 1488 01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,240 WE BEGAN THE PROCESS BY MEETING, 1489 01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:18,680 AND THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL 1490 01:04:18,680 --> 01:04:21,000 COMPLIANCE STAFF AT NIEHS, 1491 01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:22,960 MEETING WITH OUR COUNTERPART 1492 01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:27,560 RESEARCHERS TO TALK ABOUT WASTE 1493 01:04:27,560 --> 01:04:30,480 MANAGEMENT AND WASTEWATER 1494 01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:32,480 DISCHARGE PERMIT COMPLIANCE. 1495 01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:33,160 INITIALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 1496 01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:38,320 STAFF WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 1497 01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:38,960 PROSPECT OF DISCHARGING ANYTHING 1498 01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:40,800 TO THE DRAIN. 1499 01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:42,480 WE WERE CONCERNED THIS WOULD BE 1500 01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:45,760 A COMPLIANCE CHALLENGE AND IT 1501 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:49,320 COULD PUT US AT RISK FOR 1502 01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:51,640 VIOLATIONS AND OTHER 1503 01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:52,600 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE 1504 01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:52,920 ACTIONS. 1505 01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:54,880 HOWEVER, WE DECIDED TO GO 1506 01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:56,840 FORWARD AND SEE WHAT TYPES OF 1507 01:04:56,840 --> 01:05:03,080 CHEMICALS WOULD END UP ON THE 1508 01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:03,400 LIST. 1509 01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,160 OUR RESEARCHERS AT NIEHS USED A 1510 01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:08,000 GRASSROOTS APPROACH TO COMPILE 1511 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,400 THE LIST OF CHEMICALS BY 1512 01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:12,920 CONTACTING OTHER RESEARCHERS IN 1513 01:05:12,920 --> 01:05:15,440 OUR LOCAL RESEARCH CAMPUS 1514 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,160 COMMUNITY, AND ASKING FOR 1515 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:17,920 CANDIDATES, ASKING RESEARCHERS 1516 01:05:17,920 --> 01:05:20,760 WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE ON 1517 01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:21,920 THIS LIST. 1518 01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:25,080 SO, THE INITIAL LIST WAS 1519 01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:29,760 ASSEMBLED AND IT WAS AROUND 1520 01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:32,520 MAYBE 180 CHEMICALS, AND THE 1521 01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:33,400 NIEHS COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED 1522 01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:36,440 THAT LIST AND CAME UP WITH ABOUT 1523 01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:39,880 120 THAT SEEMED PRETTY GOOD. 1524 01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:44,280 AND WE APPROVED THOSE. 1525 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:45,920 AND THEN WE FORWARDED THE LIST 1526 01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:49,440 TO DEP AT THE NIH CAMPUS IN 1527 01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:56,640 BETHESDA FOR FARTHER EVALUATION. 1528 01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:57,480 NEXT SLIDE. 1529 01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:00,200 SO, THE LIST AT THAT TIME WAS 1530 01:06:00,200 --> 01:06:01,320 JUST A LIST OF CHEMICALS. 1531 01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,320 THAT WAS IT. 1532 01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:07,040 SO WE DECIDED THAT A GUIDANCE 1533 01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:09,200 DOCUMENT NEEDED TO BE BUILT 1534 01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:14,840 AROUND THAT LIST TO PROVIDE SOME 1535 01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:16,960 DEFINITION, AS WELL AS SOME 1536 01:06:16,960 --> 01:06:18,760 ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON WHAT CAN 1537 01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:21,920 AND CANNOT BE PUT DOWN THE 1538 01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:25,880 DRAIN, THERE WERE SEVERAL DRAFTS 1539 01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:27,080 PRODUCED, AND THE FINAL DRAFT 1540 01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:30,240 ENDED UP WITH THE LIST OF ALMOST 1541 01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:32,480 300 CHEMICALS THAT WERE NOW 1542 01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:35,720 PROPOSED FOR THE LIST, WHICH ARE 1543 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:39,360 CHEMICALS PRE-APPROVED FOR DRAIN 1544 01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:39,640 DISPOSAL. 1545 01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:42,160 WE ALSO IN THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT 1546 01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:45,200 DECIDED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE 1547 01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:52,760 REFRESHER ON WHAT TO DO WITH 1548 01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:53,360 ANTIBIOTICS, PHARMACEUTICALS, 1549 01:06:53,360 --> 01:06:54,800 AND BIOHAZARDOUS LIQUIDS, ALL 1550 01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:58,000 COVERED IN THE GUIDE, WHAT CAN'T 1551 01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:02,160 GO DOWN THE DRAIN AND WHAT 1552 01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,560 CANNOT, IN ORDER TO BROADEN THE 1553 01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:04,880 DOCUMENT. 1554 01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:09,760 SO ONCE THE FINAL DRAFT WAS 1555 01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:10,320 COMPLETED, THE SCIENTIFIC 1556 01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,640 DIRECTORS MET TO DISCUSS THIS 1557 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:14,960 FINAL DRAFT. 1558 01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:20,280 AND APPROVED THE GUIDE. 1559 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,160 NEXT SLIDE. 1560 01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:24,360 SO, ONCE THE GUIDE WAS APPROVED 1561 01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:29,400 BY THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS, WE 1562 01:07:29,400 --> 01:07:32,160 MOVED FORWARD WITH 1563 01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:36,000 IMPLEMENTATION AND THIS INVOLVED 1564 01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,200 FINALIZING THE DISCHARGE GUIDE, 1565 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:41,160 RELEASING THE FINAL VERSION TO 1566 01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:42,560 THE FIVE LOCATIONS, NIH 1567 01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,480 LOCATIONS, MOST OF NIH IS IN 1568 01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:47,120 BETHESDA. 1569 01:07:47,120 --> 01:07:49,440 THEN WE HAVE FOUR OTHER 1570 01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:53,280 LOCATIONS THAT ARE OFFSITE, 1571 01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:54,360 CONSIDERED SATELLITES 1572 01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:55,240 FACILITIES. 1573 01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,120 AND THESE FACILITIES REQUESTED 1574 01:07:57,120 --> 01:07:59,760 APPROVAL FROM THE LOCAL POTW, IN 1575 01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:03,840 OUR CASE THAT WAS DURHAM COUNTY, 1576 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:04,680 SINCE THEY RUN THE WASTEWATER 1577 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:05,680 TREATMENT PLAN THAT RECEIVES 1578 01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:08,520 WHAT COMES DOWN THE PIPE FROM 1579 01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:12,360 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK. 1580 01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:14,840 DURHAM COUNTY DID APPROVE THE 1581 01:08:14,840 --> 01:08:17,200 LIST, AND THE DRAIN DISCHARGE 1582 01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:17,400 GUIDE. 1583 01:08:17,400 --> 01:08:21,840 AT THAT POINT THE GUIDE WAS 1584 01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:23,360 LINKED TO FACILITY WASTE MANUALS 1585 01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:26,320 AND BECAME PART OF THE CHEMICAL 1586 01:08:26,320 --> 01:08:27,560 WASTE DISPOSAL PROCESS. 1587 01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:31,560 SO, WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS WE 1588 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:35,520 STILL HAVE OUR WASTE MANUALS AND 1589 01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:37,320 OUR WASTE DISPOSAL PROCESS, 1590 01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:39,360 WHICH INVOLVES SUBMITTING A 1591 01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:44,440 REQUEST FOR PICKUP, AND THEN OUR 1592 01:08:44,440 --> 01:08:46,080 WASTE MANAGEMENT TEAM PICKS UP 1593 01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,720 THE WASTE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING 1594 01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:52,640 THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S 1595 01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:54,360 DOWN THE DRAIN OR SOMETHING 1596 01:08:54,360 --> 01:08:55,520 SUBMITTED FOR PICKUP YOU WITH 1597 01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:56,640 FIRST CHECK THE GUIDE. 1598 01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:57,760 IF IT IS A CHEMICAL THAT'S 1599 01:08:57,760 --> 01:08:59,240 LISTED IN THE GUIDE THEN IT CAN 1600 01:08:59,240 --> 01:09:00,280 GO DOWN THE DRAIN. 1601 01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:05,960 IF IT'S NOT IN THE GUIDE IT HAS 1602 01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:08,720 TO BE SUBMITTED, OR YOU COULD 1603 01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:10,360 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR IT TO 1604 01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:12,560 BE DRAIN DISCHARGE, WHICH IS 1605 01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,160 WHAT TY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT 1606 01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:19,080 IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1607 01:09:19,080 --> 01:09:19,400 PRESENTATION. 1608 01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:21,000 NEXT SLIDE. 1609 01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:25,120 SO HERE'S AN ACTUAL EXCERPT FROM 1610 01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:28,240 THE DRAIN DISCHARGE GUIDE, AND 1611 01:09:28,240 --> 01:09:30,000 IT IS ALPHABETICAL. 1612 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:33,240 AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY LINKS TO 1613 01:09:33,240 --> 01:09:34,840 THE SDS DOCUMENTS FOR EACH OF 1614 01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:36,800 THESE CHEMICALS. 1615 01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:41,720 AGAIN, THERE'S AROUND 285 OR SO, 1616 01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:45,240 AND THIS PARTICULAR EXCERPT 1617 01:09:45,240 --> 01:09:48,160 COVERS PARTS OF Bs AND Is. 1618 01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:51,480 AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE LIST 1619 01:09:51,480 --> 01:09:52,360 AND THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE, MOST 1620 01:09:52,360 --> 01:09:59,920 OF THE LIST IS MADE UP OF SALTS, 1621 01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:05,920 GLUCOSE, MEDIUM, AS WELL AS 1622 01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:07,800 OTHER CHEMICALS COMMONLY FOUND 1623 01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:09,200 IN THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. 1624 01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:10,720 SOME OF THESE CHEMICALS DO HAVE 1625 01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:12,560 A LIMIT. 1626 01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:14,560 FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE BLEACH HAS 1627 01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:16,760 TO BE 10% OR LESS. 1628 01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:17,520 CLOROX BLEACH. 1629 01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:24,640 THAT'S PRETTY COMMON IN THE 1630 01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:25,440 RESEARCH FACILITY. 1631 01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:26,760 SOMETHING LIKE FULL STRENGTH 1632 01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,760 BLEACH WOULD NOT BE APPROVED 1633 01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:35,800 BECAUSE OF ITS CORROSIVE NATURE. 1634 01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:36,000 OKAY. 1635 01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:36,880 NEXT SLIDE. 1636 01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:38,040 AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO TURN 1637 01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:41,400 IT OVER TO TY AND HE'S GOING TO 1638 01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:43,360 PICK UP THE PRESENTATION AND 1639 01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:55,920 TALK ABOUT THE DRAIN DISCHARGE 1640 01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:57,600 APPLICATION SITE. 1641 01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:00,000 >> I'M TY ADKINS, NOW DISCUSSING 1642 01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:02,400 OR DOING MY BEST TO EXPLAIN THE 1643 01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:06,000 APPROVAL PROCESS THAT GOES INTO 1644 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,320 AUTHORIZING DRAIN DISCHARGE. 1645 01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:09,440 CHEMICAL WASTE. 1646 01:11:09,440 --> 01:11:10,920 THE STRUCTURED APPROVAL PROCESS 1647 01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:13,160 IS AN APPLICATION SYSTEM THAT 1648 01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:14,680 GRANTS THE APPROVAL FOR AN 1649 01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:17,720 APPLICANT OR APPLICANTS IN A 1650 01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:20,000 LAB, TO DISCHARGE A SPECIFIC 1651 01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:23,280 CHEMICAL WASTE STREAM INTO THE 1652 01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:23,480 DRAIN. 1653 01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:25,280 THIS DRAIN DISCHARGE APPLICATION 1654 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:27,960 SITE HELPS ALL AT THE NIH TO 1655 01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:34,840 CREATE AND MANAGE ALL OF THESE 1656 01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:36,320 APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE 1657 01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:36,560 LOCATIONS. 1658 01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:39,280 HERE IS THE HOME PAGE TO THE 1659 01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:40,240 SITE. 1660 01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:42,720 THE FORMAL NAME IS APPLICATION 1661 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,680 TO DISPOSE OF SPECIFIC CHEMICAL 1662 01:11:44,680 --> 01:11:46,560 REAGENTS TO SANITARY SEWER. 1663 01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:48,440 WE DON'T HAVE AN ACRONYM. 1664 01:11:48,440 --> 01:11:52,480 THE HOME PAGE PROVIDES LINKS TO 1665 01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:53,680 THE NIH MANUAL ISSUANCE 3032, 1666 01:11:53,680 --> 01:11:58,720 THIS IS THE POLICY FOR THE NIH 1667 01:11:58,720 --> 01:11:59,280 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 1668 01:11:59,280 --> 01:11:59,920 WASTE MINIMIZATION. 1669 01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:03,240 ALSO THERE'S A LINK TO THE NIH 1670 01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:04,920 DRAIN DISCHARGE GUIDANCE ITSELF. 1671 01:12:04,920 --> 01:12:06,040 YOU'LL SEE NOTATION PROVIDING 1672 01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:08,800 INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT 1673 01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:12,800 MOVING FORWARD WITH AND APPROVED 1674 01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:16,320 APPLICATION, AND UNDERSTANDING 1675 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:18,160 THAT AQUEOUS WASTE REQUIRES Ph 1676 01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:18,880 RANGE OF 6 TO 10. 1677 01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:20,760 NOW THAT WE'RE ON THE SITE AND 1678 01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:23,520 READY TO MOVE FORWARD, 1679 01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:25,040 APPLICANTS OR DEP STAFF HAVE 1680 01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,120 FOUR OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO 1681 01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:29,280 CREATING OR ACCESSING THE 1682 01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:29,760 APPLICATIONS. 1683 01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,160 THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 1684 01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:34,200 AN APPLICATION, THE OPTION TO 1685 01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:38,160 CHECK THE STATUS OF A SUBMITTED 1686 01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:40,120 APPLICATION, OR COMPLETE AN 1687 01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:42,520 APPLICATION SAVED AS A DRAFT, 1688 01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:43,920 COMMONLY SOMEONE STARTS AN 1689 01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:45,240 APPLICATION AND LEAVES IT FOR A 1690 01:12:45,240 --> 01:12:47,400 FEW MONTHS AND GETS TO IT LATER. 1691 01:12:47,400 --> 01:12:50,360 THE THIRD OPTION IS TO VIEW 1692 01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:51,480 APPROVED APPLICATIONS. 1693 01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:53,800 LASTLY, THE OPTION TO VIEW NOT 1694 01:12:53,800 --> 01:12:56,120 APPROVED APPLICATIONS. 1695 01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:59,160 THE LAST TWO OPTIONS THAT I JUST 1696 01:12:59,160 --> 01:13:00,560 MENTIONED ARE GREAT SOURCES FOR 1697 01:13:00,560 --> 01:13:01,920 REFERENCES TO DETERMINE WHETHER 1698 01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:03,120 OR NOT YOU WANT TO PUT AN 1699 01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:07,560 APPLICATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. 1700 01:13:07,560 --> 01:13:12,000 THIS SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN 1701 01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:12,600 APPROVED APPLICATION. 1702 01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:15,840 WE BLOCK OUT CONTACT INFORMATION 1703 01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:16,400 OF COURSE. 1704 01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:18,720 WHETHER YOU'RE CREATING, EDITING 1705 01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:20,760 OR REVIEWING THE WEBSITE LAYOUT 1706 01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:22,720 WILL REMAIN THE SAME. 1707 01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:23,640 THERE ARE TEN TABS. 1708 01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:26,520 I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF 1709 01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:28,880 THEM, ONLY A SLIGHT INSIGHT ON 1710 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:32,680 HOW THE APPLICATIONS ARE 1711 01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:32,920 COMPLETED. 1712 01:13:32,920 --> 01:13:37,400 WITH ALL SECTIONS, INFORMATION 1713 01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:39,560 TO IDENTIFY THE APPLICATION AT 1714 01:13:39,560 --> 01:13:42,400 THE APPLICANT AND THE 1715 01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:43,320 APPLICATION STATUS WILL ALWAYS 1716 01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:45,440 SHOW ABOVE THE TABS. 1717 01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:48,760 THIS SLIDE, THE APPLICANT TAB, 1718 01:13:48,760 --> 01:13:49,560 CONTAINS CONTACT INFORMATION FOR 1719 01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:52,800 THE P.I. OR LAB MANAGER, AND THE 1720 01:13:52,800 --> 01:13:58,600 SAFETY SPECIALIST FOR THE 1721 01:13:58,600 --> 01:14:00,680 APPLICANT'S LAB. 1722 01:14:00,680 --> 01:14:03,560 HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 1723 01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:05,160 PROCESS TAB HERE, THE PROCESS 1724 01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:06,360 TAB. 1725 01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:08,600 THIS SECTION LAYS OUT THE 1726 01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:10,640 DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF 1727 01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:13,360 THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING 1728 01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:18,920 NECESSARY FIELDS LIKE VOLUME AND 1729 01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:20,400 PH, ANY EQUIPMENT, ANALYZERS 1730 01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,200 OTHER INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE 1731 01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:24,520 PROCESS ARE TO BE ENTERED INTO 1732 01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:27,560 THIS TAB AS WELL, INCLUDING 1733 01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:29,000 MANUALS, BROCHURES, CERTIFIED 1734 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,160 TEST RESULTS FOR THESE ANALYZERS 1735 01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:32,040 OR INSTRUMENTS, WOULD BE 1736 01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:38,840 ATTACHED TO THIS SECTION AS 1737 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:39,920 WELL. 1738 01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:42,320 HERE WE'RE COMING TO THE 1739 01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:43,640 CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT TAB, THIS 1740 01:14:43,640 --> 01:14:45,360 TAB OR SECTION AIMS TO DELIVER A 1741 01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:47,600 LIST OF CHEMICALS IN THE TOTAL 1742 01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:50,640 WASTE, SO THEY CAN BE EVALUATED 1743 01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:53,960 FOR APPROVAL TO DISCHARGE. 1744 01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:57,240 THIS TAB IS CRITICAL SECTION, 1745 01:14:57,240 --> 01:14:58,680 AND REQUIRES GREAT ATTENTION, 1746 01:14:58,680 --> 01:15:01,640 DEFINES WASTE PROFILE OF EVERY 1747 01:15:01,640 --> 01:15:04,360 APPLICATION BUT ALSO GENERATES 1748 01:15:04,360 --> 01:15:06,760 QUALITY DATA FOR OUR USES AND 1749 01:15:06,760 --> 01:15:09,800 WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN, 1750 01:15:09,800 --> 01:15:10,920 QUALITY DATA. 1751 01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:13,560 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERATING 1752 01:15:13,560 --> 01:15:14,760 REPORTS FOR CHEMICALS, APPROVED 1753 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:18,560 OR NOT APPROVED BY DEP, TO GO 1754 01:15:18,560 --> 01:15:20,440 DOWN THE DRAIN, AWARENESS THAT 1755 01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:21,760 OVER 95% OF SUPPORTED DISCHARGE 1756 01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:24,800 GOING DOWN THE DRAIN IS ACTUALLY 1757 01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:26,440 WATER, WASTE WATER. 1758 01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:32,160 WE'RE NOT APPROVING OILS OR PEG 1759 01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:32,880 OR ORGANIC SOLVENTS, DYES. 1760 01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:35,280 WE HAVE THE TRACK RECORD OF 1761 01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:37,560 EVERYTHING WE APPROVE TO GO DOWN 1762 01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:40,320 THE DRAIN FOR COMPLIANCE IN OUR 1763 01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:42,280 OWN RESEARCH, AND CREATING 1764 01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:43,760 SUCCESSFUL TRACKING PLANS FOR 1765 01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,320 THIS PROGRAM. 1766 01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:47,800 WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT 1767 01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:50,880 THAT. 1768 01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:52,800 THE ATTACHMENT TAB STOCKPILES 1769 01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:53,760 ATTACHMENTS THROUGHOUT 1770 01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:56,040 COMPLETING AND REVIEWING AN 1771 01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:57,360 APPLICATION. 1772 01:15:57,360 --> 01:15:59,640 EVEN THOUGH MOST ATTACHMENTS ARE 1773 01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:01,680 ADDED IN THE PROCESS, CHEMICAL 1774 01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:03,240 CONSTITUENTS TAB, THIS TAB IS A 1775 01:16:03,240 --> 01:16:05,640 REALLY GREAT JOB OF CENTRALIZING 1776 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:07,160 ALL THE ATTACHMENTS, SO IF 1777 01:16:07,160 --> 01:16:08,160 YOU'RE AN APPLICANT AND FORGET 1778 01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:10,360 TO MENTION SOMETHING IN YOUR 1779 01:16:10,360 --> 01:16:12,840 APPLICATION, OR ADDITIONAL 1780 01:16:12,840 --> 01:16:16,400 INFORMATION IS NEEDED, EITHER 1781 01:16:16,400 --> 01:16:18,200 APPLICANT OR REVIEWERS FROM DEP 1782 01:16:18,200 --> 01:16:20,840 CAN ADD ATTACHMENTS OFF THIS 1783 01:16:20,840 --> 01:16:21,160 TAB. 1784 01:16:21,160 --> 01:16:23,560 LASTLY, ANY ATTACHMENTS CAN FALL 1785 01:16:23,560 --> 01:16:26,760 UNDER OR IS EQUIPMENT MANUALS, 1786 01:16:26,760 --> 01:16:29,040 BROCHURES, SAFETY DATA SHEETS, 1787 01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:30,560 REPORTS, RESEARCH DOCUMENTS, A 1788 01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:31,960 LONG LIST, E-MAILS, ALL THESE 1789 01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:36,560 ARE INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO 1790 01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:37,200 THIS SITE. 1791 01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:40,720 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 1792 01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:43,240 APPLICATIONS, REVIEWED CASE BY 1793 01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:43,440 CASE. 1794 01:16:43,440 --> 01:16:46,360 HERE WE USE FLOW CYTOMETRY AS AN 1795 01:16:46,360 --> 01:16:48,120 EXAMPLE OF A LAB PROCESS. 1796 01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:50,520 AND JUST EXPLAINING THE FLOW OF 1797 01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:52,920 AN APPLICATION TOWARD APPROVED 1798 01:16:52,920 --> 01:16:54,760 OR NOT APPROVED FOR DISCHARGE TO 1799 01:16:54,760 --> 01:16:57,600 THE DRAIN. 1800 01:16:57,600 --> 01:16:58,560 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1801 01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:00,680 PRESERVATIVE-FREE Ph 6 TO 10, 1802 01:17:00,680 --> 01:17:02,200 BLEACHES USED TO DISINFECT 1803 01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:04,360 EQUIPMENT, THIS WILL RECEIVE A 1804 01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:07,240 THUMBS UP ON OUR END, NOW WE SEE 1805 01:17:07,240 --> 01:17:09,640 THE PRESENCE OF A PRESERVATIVE 1806 01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:14,120 SO SOMETHING LIKE SODIUM AZIDE, 1807 01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:17,040 OR EXCEEDING Ph RANGE OR USE 1808 01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:18,680 OF -- USING A FLAMMABLE 1809 01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:19,720 MATERIAL, THAT WOULD RECEIVE A 1810 01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:23,560 THUMBS DOWN ON OUR END. 1811 01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:25,320 OUR DECISION TO DENY 1812 01:17:25,320 --> 01:17:28,560 AUTHORIZATION TO DISCHARGE ONLY 1813 01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:30,360 TAKES ONE ISSUE, SO WE'RE 1814 01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:31,600 REVIEWING APPLICATION AND MAY 1815 01:17:31,600 --> 01:17:33,080 SAY, OKAY, LOOKS GOOD, LOOKS 1816 01:17:33,080 --> 01:17:34,800 GOOD, LOOKS GOOD, AND UH-OH. 1817 01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:37,120 WELL, IF THERE'S AN UH-OH THAT 1818 01:17:37,120 --> 01:17:38,640 MEANS EITHER THAT REAGENT 1819 01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:44,040 CAUSING THE UH-OH NEEDS TO BE 1820 01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:44,920 REMOVED OR REPLACED, OR 1821 01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:49,720 APPLICATION LEANS TOWARD BEING 1822 01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:50,160 DISAPPROVED. 1823 01:17:50,160 --> 01:17:52,160 IF WE SEE AN UH-OH, WE'LL SEE 1824 01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:54,000 HOW MANY WE CAN FIND BUT ALL IT 1825 01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:55,920 TAKES IS ONE ISSUE FOR 1826 01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:57,920 APPLICATION TO BE DISAPPROVED. 1827 01:17:57,920 --> 01:18:00,720 AND HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1828 01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:03,760 JUST EVALUATION, HOW OR WHAT ARE 1829 01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:06,520 THE SOURCES USED TO EVALUATE FOR 1830 01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:08,360 DISPOSAL, USING A WIDE NET OF 1831 01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:09,480 SOURCES, NOT JUST LIMITED TO 1832 01:18:09,480 --> 01:18:16,240 WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WHETHER IT'S 1833 01:18:16,240 --> 01:18:17,160 SDS, WASTE DOCUMENTATION, 1834 01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:19,440 UNIVERSITIES, STATE OR LOCAL 1835 01:18:19,440 --> 01:18:20,560 GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR 1836 01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:21,840 MANAGEMENT POLICIES, THEY ARE 1837 01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:25,000 ALL GREAT SOURCES FOR EVALUATING 1838 01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:25,800 APPLICATIONS. 1839 01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:32,880 IT IS VITAL TO MAKE IT KNOWN 1840 01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:36,240 THAT RCRA COMPLIANCE AND POTWs 1841 01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:39,000 WILL SUPERSEDE ANYTHING THAT A 1842 01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:40,760 SAFETY DATA SHEET OR 1843 01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:41,640 MANUFACTURER MAY HAVE 1844 01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:44,920 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO 1845 01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:51,920 DISPOSE OF WASTE. 1846 01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:52,760 SIGNIFICANT POINTS, THESE ARE 1847 01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:54,640 SIGNIFICANT POINTS TO THE 1848 01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:55,560 APPLICATION PROCESS. 1849 01:18:55,560 --> 01:19:04,360 AND JUST TOTALITY OF THE NIH 1850 01:19:04,360 --> 01:19:05,360 DISPOSAL GUIDANCE, UNCERTAINTY 1851 01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:06,920 WILL ONLY CREATE PROBLEMS TODAY 1852 01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:08,400 AND IN THE FUTURE. 1853 01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,240 IF YOU'RE UNSURE WHAT'S IN YOUR 1854 01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:12,160 WASTE IT'S BEST TO CALL THE 1855 01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:16,320 WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 1856 01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:18,480 HANDLE THAT. 1857 01:19:18,480 --> 01:19:23,600 SECOND, STRAIGHTFORWARD, ALL 1858 01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:25,800 DISCHARGE WASTE, AQUEOUS WASTE 1859 01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,320 PH BETWEEN 6 AND 10, THIRD 1860 01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,640 AUTOCLAVE, ALL LISTED 1861 01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:32,360 ANTIBIOTICS APPROVED FOR 1862 01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:32,680 DISCHARGE. 1863 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:34,160 BLEACH IS NOT A REPLACEMENT OR 1864 01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:38,960 AL ALTERNATIVE TO AUTOCLAVING 1865 01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:43,400 FOR RELEASE TO DRAIN. 1866 01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:46,560 ALL APPROVED CHEMICALS, WHETHER 1867 01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:48,200 APPROVED WITHOUT APPLICATION OR 1868 01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:48,800 CHEMICAL WITH APPROVED 1869 01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:51,360 APPLICATION, ARE TO BE USED IN 1870 01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:53,920 THE PROCESS BEFORE DISCHARGE. 1871 01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:55,640 SO THE APPROVED UNUSED OR 1872 01:19:55,640 --> 01:19:57,760 SURPLUS OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN 1873 01:19:57,760 --> 01:19:58,840 THE SHELF OR CABINET THAT YOU 1874 01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:02,240 NEED TO GET RID OF, THEY NEED TO 1875 01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:04,320 BE HANDLED AND DISPOSED OF BY 1876 01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:07,520 WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 1877 01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:09,920 THIS HERE IS A POWER BI REPORT, 1878 01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:12,160 THIS IS DATA FROM THE 1879 01:20:12,160 --> 01:20:14,360 APPLICATION SITE, AND WITH USE 1880 01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:17,560 OF POWER BI WE'LL BE AIBLE TO 1881 01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:19,280 PROVIDE VISUALS, JUST ON LIKE 1882 01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,920 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS 1883 01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:25,080 APPROVED AND NOT APPROVED, WE 1884 01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:27,480 CAN SEPARATE OFFSITE FACILITIES, 1885 01:20:27,480 --> 01:20:48,680 MAIN I LITIES, MAIN CAMPUS, CAN 1886 01:20:48,680 --> 01:20:50,960 FILTER INSTITUTES. 1887 01:20:50,960 --> 01:20:54,760 DEP ISSUED ADHESIVE POSTERS AND 1888 01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:57,160 DECALS FOR AWARENESS OF DRAIN 1889 01:20:57,160 --> 01:20:58,160 GUIDE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, 1890 01:20:58,160 --> 01:20:59,800 THEY HAVE A QR CODE TO THE DRAIN 1891 01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:03,520 GUIDE AND LINK ADDRESS ITSELF. 1892 01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:05,600 ALL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND 1893 01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:09,640 DISTRIBUTED TO LABS BY REQUEST. 1894 01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:11,400 CALL, E-MAIL, REQUEST TO PROVIDE 1895 01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:14,480 A POSTER OR SINK DECAL FOR YOUR 1896 01:21:14,480 --> 01:21:15,960 LAB. 1897 01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:19,840 AND THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR 1898 01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:23,640 PRESENTATION ON DEVELOPING DRAIN 1899 01:21:23,640 --> 01:21:24,320 DISPOSAL GUIDANCE. 1900 01:21:24,320 --> 01:21:28,280 >> THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR 1901 01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:30,360 YOU GUYS. 1902 01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:31,760 THE FIRST IS A TWO-PART 1903 01:21:31,760 --> 01:21:32,040 QUESTION. 1904 01:21:32,040 --> 01:21:34,080 HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GET THE 1905 01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:36,160 LAB WORKERS ON BOARD WITH THIS 1906 01:21:36,160 --> 01:21:37,920 PROGRAM, AND ALSO HOW IMPORTANT 1907 01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:39,920 WAS IT TO GET SCIENTIFIC 1908 01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:43,240 LEADERSHIP ON BOARD WITH THIS 1909 01:21:43,240 --> 01:21:43,480 CONCEPT? 1910 01:21:43,480 --> 01:21:45,560 SO, YOU KNOW, WAS IT HARD TO GET 1911 01:21:45,560 --> 01:21:47,920 THE LAB WORKERS, YOU KNOW, DOING 1912 01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:49,880 THIS CORRECTLY AND ALSO DID YOU 1913 01:21:49,880 --> 01:21:51,880 HAVE TO GET SCIENTIFIC 1914 01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:54,920 LEADERSHIP ON BOARD WITH THIS 1915 01:21:54,920 --> 01:21:59,720 CONCEPT AS WELL? 1916 01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:02,960 >> WELL, I COULD SPEAK TO IT 1917 01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,560 FROM THE DISCHARGE GUIDE. 1918 01:22:05,560 --> 01:22:08,080 WE HAD SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP ON 1919 01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:10,800 BOARD RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S 1920 01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:12,120 THE ROUTE THE RESEARCHERS WANTED 1921 01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:12,760 TO TAKE. 1922 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:18,360 AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR DEPUTY 1923 01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:19,560 SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AT NIEHS WAS 1924 01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:25,240 A MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP 1925 01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:28,160 THAT DEVELOPED THE INITIAL LIST 1926 01:22:28,160 --> 01:22:34,880 OF CHEMICALS FOR DRAIN DISPOSAL. 1927 01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:36,560 >> YES, I WOULD AGREE. 1928 01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:40,160 ALWAYS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN A 1929 01:22:40,160 --> 01:22:42,480 RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND 1930 01:22:42,480 --> 01:22:43,560 COMPLIANCE STAFF. 1931 01:22:43,560 --> 01:22:44,920 THE APPLICATION, THE GUIDES, 1932 01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:47,200 EVERYTHING WE PASS THROUGH WE 1933 01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:48,800 GENERALLY RUN IT THROUGH 1934 01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:51,120 CONSORTIUM OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH 1935 01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:54,360 LAB MANAGERS AND THE LIKE TO 1936 01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:56,640 TEST POLICIES OUT AND IN THIS 1937 01:22:56,640 --> 01:22:59,160 CASE TO SEE HOW VIABLE IT IS 1938 01:22:59,160 --> 01:23:00,720 GOING FORWARD FOR THE 1939 01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:02,760 RESEARCHERS. 1940 01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:04,160 >> THANK YOU. 1941 01:23:04,160 --> 01:23:06,720 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 1942 01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:10,200 THE GUIDE ITSELF, HAS IT BEEN 1943 01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:12,520 SHARED WITH OTHER FEDERAL RTP 1944 01:23:12,520 --> 01:23:17,720 FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS 1945 01:23:17,720 --> 01:23:19,520 EPA LAB NEAR NIEHS? 1946 01:23:19,520 --> 01:23:21,040 THE GUIDE, HAS IT GONE TO OTHER 1947 01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:23,880 LABS SO MAYBE THEY COULD TRY IT 1948 01:23:23,880 --> 01:23:24,440 AS WELL? 1949 01:23:24,440 --> 01:23:28,360 >> AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT HAS NOT 1950 01:23:28,360 --> 01:23:32,320 GONE OUT TO OTHER LABS. 1951 01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:34,600 IT'S MAINLY AN NIH DOCUMENT. 1952 01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:39,080 ONE THING TO REALIZE IS EVERY 1953 01:23:39,080 --> 01:23:41,560 FACILITY HAS THEIR OWN WASTE 1954 01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:44,160 WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT, AND 1955 01:23:44,160 --> 01:23:47,000 MAYBE THEIR OWN RCRA PERMIT FOR 1956 01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:48,880 WASTE HANDLING FACILITY, IF THEY 1957 01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:50,040 HAVE ONE. 1958 01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:51,600 SO, EVEN IF WE DID SHARE IT, 1959 01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:53,600 THEY WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SEE 1960 01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:55,920 THE STRUCTURE OF IT AND WHAT WE 1961 01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:56,200 DID. 1962 01:23:56,200 --> 01:23:59,480 THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR 1963 01:23:59,480 --> 01:24:02,080 OWN APPROVAL PROCESS AND THEY 1964 01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:03,160 MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS. 1965 01:24:03,160 --> 01:24:05,000 >> THANK YOU. 1966 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:05,920 ONE LAST QUESTION. 1967 01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:10,560 WAS THERE ANY CONCERN ON YOUR 1968 01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:14,880 PART ABOUT PRESERVATIVES SUCH AS 1969 01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:16,120 MIRASOL BEING IN APPROVED 1970 01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:17,960 CHEMICALS AND RESEARCHERS NOT 1971 01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:21,360 EVEN BEING AWARE? 1972 01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:23,680 ANY CONCERN ABOUT PRESERVATIVES? 1973 01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:26,520 >> YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A CONCERN, 1974 01:24:26,520 --> 01:24:31,680 SOMETHING WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY 1975 01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:33,760 WITH OUR LABS, FLESHED THAT OUT, 1976 01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:35,360 MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD 1977 01:24:35,360 --> 01:24:39,120 EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE 1978 01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:39,400 SUBMITTING. 1979 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:42,240 THE LIST GENERALLY REFERS TO 1980 01:24:42,240 --> 01:24:45,560 UNUSED REAGENTS. 1981 01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:47,480 AND THE PROBLEM BECOMES WHEN A 1982 01:24:47,480 --> 01:24:48,560 WASTE HAS BEEN USED. 1983 01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:49,760 FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT WE 1984 01:24:49,760 --> 01:24:51,800 HAD TO SHARE WITH THE LAB TO 1985 01:24:51,800 --> 01:24:53,120 HELP THEM UNDERSTAND IS THAT 1986 01:24:53,120 --> 01:24:55,960 LET'S SAY A LABORATORY IS USING 1987 01:24:55,960 --> 01:24:58,800 A BUFFER MATERIAL IN AN 1988 01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:00,640 EXPERIMENT. 1989 01:25:00,640 --> 01:25:06,760 AND THE BUFFER ITSELF WOULD 1990 01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:08,720 MAYBE BE PROPER FOR DRAIN 1991 01:25:08,720 --> 01:25:16,520 DISPOSAL BUT IF IT COMES IN 1992 01:25:16,520 --> 01:25:18,240 CONTACT WITH ACRYLAMIDE GEL, NOW 1993 01:25:18,240 --> 01:25:19,080 NOT SUITABLE. 1994 01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:20,560 A LARGE PART OF THE 1995 01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:22,040 COMMUNICATION WAS HAVING THE 1996 01:25:22,040 --> 01:25:24,360 LABS UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS. 1997 01:25:24,360 --> 01:25:27,800 WHAT OUR OVERALL OUTCOMES, THE 1998 01:25:27,800 --> 01:25:30,600 GOALS OF THOSE WERE. 1999 01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:31,360 >> THANK YOU. 2000 01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:33,160 THAT WRAPS UP THIS SESSION. 2001 01:25:33,160 --> 01:25:35,200 THE ONE OTHER QUESTION YOU MIGHT 2002 01:25:35,200 --> 01:25:37,440 WANT TO JUST ANSWER FOR A SECOND 2003 01:25:37,440 --> 01:25:42,920 TIME IS A QUESTION CAME IN ABOUT 2004 01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:44,960 SUPPOSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO OBTAIN 2005 01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:47,920 THE SLIDES IN ALL THESE 2006 01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:49,480 PRESENTATIONS, JESS, WHY DON'T 2007 01:25:49,480 --> 01:25:51,360 YOU SAY HOW IT IS PEOPLE CAN 2008 01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:52,960 OBTAIN THE SLIDES IF THEY WANT 2009 01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:55,360 TO, SAY, LOOK AT THIS ONE OR ANY 2010 01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:55,720 OTHER? 2011 01:25:55,720 --> 01:25:58,120 THAT'S IT FROM THE QUESTIONS. 2012 01:25:58,120 --> 01:26:00,920 >> YES, THE SLIDES AS WELL AS A 2013 01:26:00,920 --> 01:26:03,920 PROGRAM BOOK WITH ALL OF THE 2014 01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:05,120 BIOS AND ABSTRACTS FOR 2015 01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:07,360 PRESENTATIONS CAN BE FOUND ON 2016 01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:12,120 FEDCENTER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN 2017 01:26:12,120 --> 01:26:14,920 ACCOUNT IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR -- 2018 01:26:14,920 --> 01:26:17,160 IT'S HOW EPA -- ONE OF THE WAYS 2019 01:26:17,160 --> 01:26:18,880 EPA PARTNERS WITH FEDERAL 2020 01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:19,160 AGENCIES. 2021 01:26:19,160 --> 01:26:24,240 YOU CAN FIND ALL THIS ON 2022 01:26:24,240 --> 01:26:24,520 FEDCENTER. 2023 01:26:24,520 --> 01:26:31,160 AND ON THAT I WILL MOVE TO OUR 2024 01:26:31,160 --> 01:26:34,320 NEXT PRESENTER, WHO WILL PRESENT 2025 01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:35,920 ON UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 2026 01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:36,280 REQUIREMENTS. 2027 01:26:36,280 --> 01:26:41,840 ELLEN WORKED WITH THE 2028 01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:43,360 DEPARTMENT'S OIL CONTROL PROGRAM 2029 01:26:43,360 --> 01:26:47,360 IN APRIL OF 2015, AND CURRENTLY 2030 01:26:47,360 --> 01:26:48,920 INSPECTS UNDERGROUND STORAGE 2031 01:26:48,920 --> 01:26:51,760 TANK FACILITIES AND REGULATORY 2032 01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:53,840 COMPLIANCE IN RESPONSE TO OIL 2033 01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:54,400 SPILLS. 2034 01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:59,560 ELLEN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER? 2035 01:26:59,560 --> 01:27:09,240 2036 01:27:09,240 --> 01:27:09,600 >> HI. 2037 01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:12,480 I NEED TO LOAD MY PRESENTATION, 2038 01:27:12,480 --> 01:27:19,760 RIGHT? 2039 01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:22,360 ARE YOU GUYS SEEING IT? 2040 01:27:22,360 --> 01:27:31,600 >> NOT YET. 2041 01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:34,080 >> I MAY NOT HAVE DONE THAT 2042 01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:54,360 RIGHT. 2043 01:27:54,360 --> 01:27:54,640 >> SORRY. 2044 01:27:54,640 --> 01:28:01,960 >> NOT A PROBLEM. 2045 01:28:01,960 --> 01:28:04,160 >> I HAVE IT IN THE WINDOW THING 2046 01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:06,600 BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT IN THE 2047 01:28:06,600 --> 01:28:08,760 WINDOW. 2048 01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:10,360 ENTIRE SCREEN WINDOW CHROME TAB. 2049 01:28:10,360 --> 01:28:12,920 >> ENTIRE SCREEN TRY. 2050 01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:19,040 2051 01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:22,440 2052 01:28:22,440 --> 01:28:24,080 >> IT'S NOT LETTING ME GO TO MY 2053 01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:24,600 COMPUTER. 2054 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:26,680 >> SEND IT TO ME, I CAN SHARE IT 2055 01:28:26,680 --> 01:28:29,880 FOR YOU IF THAT WILL BE QUICKER. 2056 01:28:29,880 --> 01:28:36,960 2057 01:28:36,960 --> 01:29:03,520 2058 01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:05,320 >> BIG SIGH, EVERYONE. 2059 01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:05,960 >> TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. 2060 01:29:05,960 --> 01:29:08,960 >> THEY ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN. 2061 01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:16,840 2062 01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:33,440 2063 01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:35,680 >> IT'S LOADING BUT TAKING A 2064 01:29:35,680 --> 01:29:36,120 WHILE. 2065 01:29:36,120 --> 01:29:37,640 SORRY. 2066 01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:44,760 I APOLOGIZE. 2067 01:29:44,760 --> 01:29:45,360 >> LUCKILY YOUR PRESENTATION 2068 01:29:45,360 --> 01:29:48,440 BACKS UP TO A BREAK. 2069 01:29:48,440 --> 01:29:50,040 IF WE RUN OVER A COUPLE MINUTES 2070 01:29:50,040 --> 01:29:52,840 WE SHOULD BE FINE. 2071 01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:58,840 2072 01:29:58,840 --> 01:30:06,800 2073 01:30:06,800 --> 01:30:08,160 >> I'M STEPPING IN FOR MY 2074 01:30:08,160 --> 01:30:08,560 SUPERVISOR. 2075 01:30:08,560 --> 01:30:09,920 HE MAY HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN I 2076 01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:11,560 AM AT THIS. 2077 01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:13,160 I APOLOGIZE. 2078 01:30:13,160 --> 01:30:18,720 >> YEAH, IT'S A LAST-MINUTE 2079 01:30:18,720 --> 01:30:23,680 CHANGE. 2080 01:30:23,680 --> 01:30:24,880 ARE YOU SENDING IT TO ME? 2081 01:30:24,880 --> 01:30:32,560 SHOULD I LOOK FOR IT IN MY 2082 01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:32,800 E-MAIL? 2083 01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:35,480 >> YES, IT'S ATTACHING, JUST 2084 01:30:35,480 --> 01:30:58,400 TAKING A WHILE. 2085 01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:00,040 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO 2086 01:31:00,040 --> 01:31:02,280 LET ME SEND YOU THIS VERSION 2087 01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:03,160 BECAUSE IT NEEDS PERMISSION. 2088 01:31:03,160 --> 01:31:08,280 ARE YOU SEEING IT? 2089 01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:09,480 >> NO, I AM NOT. 2090 01:31:09,480 --> 01:31:12,960 >> I CAN SEND MY PDF VERSION. 2091 01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:13,240 >> OKAY. 2092 01:31:13,240 --> 01:31:15,040 >> LET ME SEND YOU THAT ONE. 2093 01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:18,360 >> JESSICA, CAN YOU PULL IT DOWN 2094 01:31:18,360 --> 01:31:19,760 FROM THE FEDCENTER WEBSITE TOO? 2095 01:31:19,760 --> 01:31:24,720 >> I CAN DO THAT. 2096 01:31:24,720 --> 01:31:24,840 2097 01:31:24,840 --> 01:31:27,720 >> I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND 2098 01:31:27,720 --> 01:31:29,120 WHERE IT WENT TO IN MY 2099 01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:32,800 PRESENTATION. 2100 01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:36,040 2101 01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:38,760 >> IT'S THE JOYS OF DOING THIS 2102 01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:39,040 VIRTUALLY. 2103 01:31:39,040 --> 01:31:41,160 >> ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT FROM 2104 01:31:41,160 --> 01:31:47,360 THERE OR SHOULD I SEND THE PDF? 2105 01:31:47,360 --> 01:31:50,320 >> YES, I'VE GOT IT. 2106 01:31:50,320 --> 01:31:55,280 2107 01:31:55,280 --> 01:31:59,440 >> ELLEN, THIS IS GARTH. 2108 01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:00,600 WE'LL DO THE QUESTIONS AND 2109 01:32:00,600 --> 01:32:01,840 ANSWERS AT THE END SO YOU KNOW 2110 01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:02,280 AHEAD OF TIME. 2111 01:32:02,280 --> 01:32:03,120 >> ALL RIGHT. 2112 01:32:03,120 --> 01:32:04,160 IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME I HAVE 2113 01:32:04,160 --> 01:32:06,200 INFORMATION AT THE END OF MY 2114 01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:08,240 PRESENTATION THAT PEOPLE CAN 2115 01:32:08,240 --> 01:32:11,720 CONTACT ME THAT WAY, IF THEY 2116 01:32:11,720 --> 01:32:12,640 NEED TO. 2117 01:32:12,640 --> 01:32:15,280 >> SOUNDS GOOD. 2118 01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:15,680 >> OKAY. 2119 01:32:15,680 --> 01:32:21,080 I AM PUTTING IT UP NOW TO SHARE. 2120 01:32:21,080 --> 01:32:27,080 2121 01:32:27,080 --> 01:32:35,720 2122 01:32:35,720 --> 01:32:40,240 ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT? 2123 01:32:40,240 --> 01:32:40,920 >> HOLD ON. 2124 01:32:40,920 --> 01:32:43,000 >> YES, WE CAN SEE IT BUT YOU 2125 01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:44,800 NEED TO GET RID OF THE BOX ON 2126 01:32:44,800 --> 01:32:46,920 THE RIGHT. 2127 01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:50,880 PUT IT IN THE FULL SCREEN. 2128 01:32:50,880 --> 01:32:57,280 2129 01:32:57,280 --> 01:33:00,760 >> CAN YOU ADVANCE THE SCREEN? 2130 01:33:00,760 --> 01:33:02,560 ALL RIGHT. 2131 01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:05,320 HELLO, I'M ELLEN MANK WITH THE 2132 01:33:05,320 --> 01:33:06,520 COMPLIANCE DIVISION OF THE OIL 2133 01:33:06,520 --> 01:33:09,800 CONTROL PROGRAM, HERE TO DISCUSS 2134 01:33:09,800 --> 01:33:11,560 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK USR 2135 01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:12,320 REGULATIONS AND COMMON 2136 01:33:12,320 --> 01:33:14,400 VIOLATIONS RECEIVED DURING OUR 2137 01:33:14,400 --> 01:33:15,480 FIELD INSPECTIONS. 2138 01:33:15,480 --> 01:33:16,560 THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION 2139 01:33:16,560 --> 01:33:17,680 STATEMENT IS TO PROTECT AND 2140 01:33:17,680 --> 01:33:19,080 RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE 2141 01:33:19,080 --> 01:33:21,280 HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL 2142 01:33:21,280 --> 01:33:22,040 MARYLANDERS. 2143 01:33:22,040 --> 01:33:24,080 WE AIM TO PROTECT HEALTH AND 2144 01:33:24,080 --> 01:33:26,840 ENVIRONMENT THROUGH OUR 2145 01:33:26,840 --> 01:33:28,360 REGULATIONS. 2146 01:33:28,360 --> 01:33:29,720 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2147 01:33:29,720 --> 01:33:30,360 THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 2148 01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:31,760 FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND ARE 2149 01:33:31,760 --> 01:33:37,560 PUBLISHED IN THE CODE OF 2150 01:33:37,560 --> 01:33:38,440 MARYLAND REGULATIONS, COMAR. 2151 01:33:38,440 --> 01:33:41,400 REGULATIONS SPECIFIC TO OIL 2152 01:33:41,400 --> 01:33:42,720 POLLUTION AND TANK MANAGEMENT 2153 01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:46,960 CAN BE FOUND IN TITLE 16, 2154 01:33:46,960 --> 01:33:48,720 SUBTITLE 10. 2155 01:33:48,720 --> 01:33:51,120 THE OBJECTIVE TO ENSURE PROPER 2156 01:33:51,120 --> 01:33:52,800 HANDLING THROUGHOUT THE STATE 2157 01:33:52,800 --> 01:33:54,440 WHEN BEING TRANSFERRED OR 2158 01:33:54,440 --> 01:33:59,560 STORED. 2159 01:33:59,560 --> 01:34:06,760 NEXT SLIDE. 2160 01:34:06,760 --> 01:34:17,360 CURRENTLY, COMAR 26.10.01 COVERS 2161 01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:19,480 POLLUTION AND 26.10..16 COVERS 2162 01:34:19,480 --> 01:34:19,760 REGULATIONS. 2163 01:34:19,760 --> 01:34:22,200 REGULATIONS ENSURE OWNERS AND 2164 01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:23,600 OPERATORS OF REGISTERED STORAGE 2165 01:34:23,600 --> 01:34:25,600 TANK FACILITIES IN THE STATE ARE 2166 01:34:25,600 --> 01:34:26,840 PREVENTING AND/OR CONTROLLING 2167 01:34:26,840 --> 01:34:28,560 RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 2168 01:34:28,560 --> 01:34:31,240 MARYLAND IS A SPA STATE, STATE 2169 01:34:31,240 --> 01:34:33,280 PROGRAM APPROVAL FOR OUR 2170 01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:35,880 REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF ADOPTING 2171 01:34:35,880 --> 01:34:36,840 FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 2172 01:34:36,840 --> 01:34:38,280 UST REGULATIONS WERE MORE 2173 01:34:38,280 --> 01:34:41,240 STRINGENT THAN FEDERAL UNTIL THE 2174 01:34:41,240 --> 01:34:49,720 FEDERAL WERE REVISED IN 2015. 2175 01:34:49,720 --> 01:34:50,040 NEXT SLIDE. 2176 01:34:50,040 --> 01:34:52,600 CURRENTLY 26.10 IS BEING REVISED 2177 01:34:52,600 --> 01:34:54,280 TO BE AS STRINGENT. 2178 01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:57,160 IT WAS REPEALED IN ITS ENTIRETY 2179 01:34:57,160 --> 01:35:00,520 TO BE COMPREHENSIVE REPLACEMENT, 2180 01:35:00,520 --> 01:35:02,080 NEEDED SOME LIKE TWEAKING AND 2181 01:35:02,080 --> 01:35:04,040 CHANGE IN THE FORMATTING SO WE 2182 01:35:04,040 --> 01:35:06,760 INSTEAD OF REPLACING CERTAIN 2183 01:35:06,760 --> 01:35:08,400 SECTIONS JUST REPEALED THE WHOLE 2184 01:35:08,400 --> 01:35:09,840 DOCUMENT AND ARE REPLACING THE 2185 01:35:09,840 --> 01:35:10,960 WHOLE DOCUMENT. 2186 01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:12,720 IT'S BEING RETITLED FROM OIL 2187 01:35:12,720 --> 01:35:19,880 POLLUTION AND TANK MANAGEMENT TO 2188 01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:23,080 OIL POLLUTION CONTROL AND TANK 2189 01:35:23,080 --> 01:35:25,960 MANAGEMENT, IT'S ON HOLD FOR 2190 01:35:25,960 --> 01:35:26,800 MORE THOROUGH REVIEW DUE TO THE 2191 01:35:26,800 --> 01:35:28,360 SIZE OF THE REGULATION AND BELOW 2192 01:35:28,360 --> 01:35:32,840 IS A LIST OF SOME SIGNIFICANT 2193 01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:35,360 CHANGES MADE TO COMAR 26.10 TO 2194 01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:37,600 MEET CURRENT UST REGULATIONS. 2195 01:35:37,600 --> 01:35:39,560 WE WILL BE REQUIRING RELEASE 2196 01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:42,800 DETECTION ON ALL EMERGENCY POWER 2197 01:35:42,800 --> 01:35:46,320 GENERATORS, WE ALREADY HAD THIS 2198 01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:49,040 FOR SOME INSTALLED OR CAME INTO 2199 01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:52,200 PLACE AS OF MARCH 1, 2008. 2200 01:35:52,200 --> 01:35:53,200 WE'RE CHANGING SOME TESTING FROM 2201 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:56,800 EVERY FIVE YEARS TO EVERY THREE 2202 01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:57,480 YEARS. 2203 01:35:57,480 --> 01:35:59,400 WE'RE INCLUDING OVERFILL 2204 01:35:59,400 --> 01:36:00,320 PREVENTION EQUIPMENT TEST EVERY 2205 01:36:00,320 --> 01:36:01,840 3 YEARS. 2206 01:36:01,840 --> 01:36:04,560 WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWING VENT 2207 01:36:04,560 --> 01:36:06,840 RESTRICTORS AS A METHOD OF 2208 01:36:06,840 --> 01:36:09,160 OVERFILL PROTECTION. 2209 01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:12,600 ANY NEW DISPENSER INSTALLATIONS 2210 01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:14,120 WILL REQUIRE UNDERDISPENSER 2211 01:36:14,120 --> 01:36:14,400 CONTAINMENT. 2212 01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:16,960 WE'RE REQUIRING AUTOMATIC TANK 2213 01:36:16,960 --> 01:36:19,760 CLOSURE FOR ANY UST SYSTEM THAT 2214 01:36:19,760 --> 01:36:22,840 WAS RELINED AND HAS FAILED SO 2215 01:36:22,840 --> 01:36:24,160 WE'RE NOT ALLOWING REPAIRS 2216 01:36:24,160 --> 01:36:26,240 ANYMORE TO SYSTEMS. 2217 01:36:26,240 --> 01:36:29,400 IMPLEMENTING 30-DAY AND ANNUAL 2218 01:36:29,400 --> 01:36:31,200 WALK-THROUGH INFECTIONS, GROUND 2219 01:36:31,200 --> 01:36:33,360 WATER AND VAPOR MONITORING BEING 2220 01:36:33,360 --> 01:36:36,720 REMOVED AS METHOD OF RELEASE 2221 01:36:36,720 --> 01:36:37,360 DETECTION, ADDING REGULATIONS 2222 01:36:37,360 --> 01:36:40,120 SPECIFIC TO AIRPORT HYDRANT 2223 01:36:40,120 --> 01:36:42,600 SYSTEMS AND FIELD ERECTED UST, 2224 01:36:42,600 --> 01:36:47,000 NOT CURRENTLY IN OUR 2225 01:36:47,000 --> 01:36:47,320 REGULATIONS. 2226 01:36:47,320 --> 01:36:49,240 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2227 01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:52,840 THE CURRENTLY COMAR IS LISTED 2228 01:36:52,840 --> 01:36:55,480 BELOW SO CHAPTER 2 CONSISTS OF 2229 01:36:55,480 --> 01:36:56,760 GENERAL INFORMATION DEFINITIONS 2230 01:36:56,760 --> 01:37:01,920 AND INCORPORATED REFERENCES SUCH 2231 01:37:01,920 --> 01:37:05,400 AS API, NPFA, ACRONYMS FOR 2232 01:37:05,400 --> 01:37:06,840 DIFFERENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS 2233 01:37:06,840 --> 01:37:10,760 THAT WE RECOMMEND SO IF OUR 2234 01:37:10,760 --> 01:37:12,960 REGULATIONS DON'T SPECIFICALLY 2235 01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:14,280 STATE SOMETHING, WE ALSO 2236 01:37:14,280 --> 01:37:16,720 INCORPORATE THOSE STANDARDS AS 2237 01:37:16,720 --> 01:37:18,640 PART OF OUR REGULATIONS. 2238 01:37:18,640 --> 01:37:20,080 CHAPTER 3 COVERS PERFORMANCE 2239 01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:21,600 STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 2240 01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:25,840 SPILL AND OVERFILL PROTECTION, 2241 01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:27,520 PREVENTION, EQUIPMENT, NEW 2242 01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:29,160 INSTALLATION, UPGRADES TO 2243 01:37:29,160 --> 01:37:30,440 EXISTING SYSTEMS, REGISTRATION 2244 01:37:30,440 --> 01:37:32,360 AND INSPECTION OF UST SYSTEMS. 2245 01:37:32,360 --> 01:37:35,480 CHAPTER 4 COVERS GENERAL 2246 01:37:35,480 --> 01:37:36,240 OPERATING REQUIREMENTS. 2247 01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:38,920 CHAPTER 5 DEALS WITH RELEASE 2248 01:37:38,920 --> 01:37:40,360 DETECTION REQUIREMENTS AND 2249 01:37:40,360 --> 01:37:42,160 THOUGHTS. 2250 01:37:42,160 --> 01:37:45,520 CHAPTER 6 EXPLAINS REQUIREMENTS 2251 01:37:45,520 --> 01:37:48,320 FOR US TECHNICIAN REMOVE AND 2252 01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:48,960 INSPECTION CERTIFICATION. 2253 01:37:48,960 --> 01:37:53,600 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2254 01:37:53,600 --> 01:37:58,840 CHAPTER 7 DESCRIBES HYDROSTATIC 2255 01:37:58,840 --> 01:38:00,160 TEST METHODS, WITH 1,000 GALLONS 2256 01:38:00,160 --> 01:38:00,840 OR LESS. 2257 01:38:00,840 --> 01:38:03,000 I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF 2258 01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:05,600 TEST BEING PERFORMED SO I THINK 2259 01:38:05,600 --> 01:38:06,600 IT'S OBSOLETE. 2260 01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:14,760 8 AND 9 DETAIL REPORTING AND 2261 01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:18,760 HANDLING OF RELEASE, 10 AND 11, 2262 01:38:18,760 --> 01:38:23,360 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE 2263 01:38:23,360 --> 01:38:24,360 INCORPORATE 40 CFR THROUGH 116 2264 01:38:24,360 --> 01:38:27,000 BY REFERENCE FOR THIS SECTION, 2265 01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:28,200 BASICALLY ARE ADOPTING THE 2266 01:38:28,200 --> 01:38:30,560 FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHEN IT 2267 01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:31,920 COMES TO FINANCIAL 2268 01:38:31,920 --> 01:38:32,600 RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR 2269 01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:35,120 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. 2270 01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:44,160 CHAPTER 14 ADDRESSES UST SITE 2271 01:38:44,160 --> 01:38:47,600 CLEANUP REIMBURSEMENT. 2272 01:38:47,600 --> 01:38:51,000 16 CLEANUP, ADJUSTED IN COMAR 2273 01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:53,320 26.10 TO BE MORE CLEAR, JUST IN 2274 01:38:53,320 --> 01:38:56,040 THE ARRANGEMENT OF HOW THEY ARE 2275 01:38:56,040 --> 01:38:57,680 PRESENTED, NOT REALLY DOING AWAY 2276 01:38:57,680 --> 01:39:01,840 WITH MUCH BUT TRYING TO MAKE THE 2277 01:39:01,840 --> 01:39:04,360 NEW FORMAT MUCH MORE CLEAR AND 2278 01:39:04,360 --> 01:39:05,360 EASY TO READ. 2279 01:39:05,360 --> 01:39:07,960 AND IF YOU NOTICED, I SKIPPED A 2280 01:39:07,960 --> 01:39:08,840 FEW CHAPTERS. 2281 01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:11,120 THOSE CHAPTERS ARE NOT DIRECTLY 2282 01:39:11,120 --> 01:39:13,520 RELEVANT TO USTs. 2283 01:39:13,520 --> 01:39:16,360 NEXT SLIDE. 2284 01:39:16,360 --> 01:39:18,560 RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT 2285 01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:20,160 FACILITIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE, 2286 01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:23,240 THE OWNER OR OPERATOR HIRES A 2287 01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:24,880 THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR TO 2288 01:39:24,880 --> 01:39:25,960 COMPLETE INSPECTION OF 2289 01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:27,280 REGISTERED FACILITY, AND THEY 2290 01:39:27,280 --> 01:39:30,160 ARE ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE. 2291 01:39:30,160 --> 01:39:32,680 SO WHEN THEY REGISTER AS NEW 2292 01:39:32,680 --> 01:39:34,840 OWNER, THAT PROMPTS A THIRD 2293 01:39:34,840 --> 01:39:36,240 PARTY INSPECTION, IF THERE'S 2294 01:39:36,240 --> 01:39:40,160 CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OR CHANGE IN 2295 01:39:40,160 --> 01:39:41,360 FACILITY STATUS, THAT DEPENDING 2296 01:39:41,360 --> 01:39:44,000 ON HOW IT'S REVIEWED INTERNALLY 2297 01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:45,960 THAT WOULD PROMPT ANOTHER THIRD 2298 01:39:45,960 --> 01:39:48,640 PARTY INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY 2299 01:39:48,640 --> 01:39:51,720 TO DETERMINE THEIR COMPLIANCE. 2300 01:39:51,720 --> 01:39:55,240 THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR IS 2301 01:39:55,240 --> 01:39:59,680 CERTIFIED IN RECEIVING TRAINING 2302 01:39:59,680 --> 01:40:01,680 FROM APPROVED COMPANY, ATTENDS 2303 01:40:01,680 --> 01:40:04,320 ORIENTATION, PASSES MD INSPECTOR 2304 01:40:04,320 --> 01:40:05,160 TEST. 2305 01:40:05,160 --> 01:40:07,920 WE'VE TRAINED OUTSIDE PARTIES TO 2306 01:40:07,920 --> 01:40:10,760 PERFORM THESE INSPECTIONS AND 2307 01:40:10,760 --> 01:40:12,320 DURING THAT PROCESS THEY 2308 01:40:12,320 --> 01:40:13,240 COMPLETE THE INSPECTION USING A 2309 01:40:13,240 --> 01:40:18,480 FORM WE HAVE, IT'S A 25-PAGE 2310 01:40:18,480 --> 01:40:19,280 FORM, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 2311 01:40:19,280 --> 01:40:21,800 COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT. 2312 01:40:21,800 --> 01:40:23,080 ONCE COMPLETED, DURING THE 2313 01:40:23,080 --> 01:40:24,280 REPORT THEY IDENTIFY WHAT PARTS 2314 01:40:24,280 --> 01:40:26,720 OF THE SYSTEMS THEY ARE PASSING 2315 01:40:26,720 --> 01:40:29,000 OR FAILING, AND SUBMIT TO US TO 2316 01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:30,200 BE REVIEWED INTERNALLY. 2317 01:40:30,200 --> 01:40:32,760 WHEN THE OIL CONTROL PROGRAM 2318 01:40:32,760 --> 01:40:35,360 REVIEWS THE THIRD PARTY 2319 01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:38,840 INFECTION REPORT TO DETERMINE 2320 01:40:38,840 --> 01:40:41,480 COMPLIANCE STATUS THEY MAY 2321 01:40:41,480 --> 01:40:43,080 DISCOVER ADDITIONAL FACILITY 2322 01:40:43,080 --> 01:40:44,600 FAILS THAT BASED ON LIKE 2323 01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:46,480 DISAGREEMENT WITH HOW THE THIRD 2324 01:40:46,480 --> 01:40:48,520 PARTY INSPECTOR I GUESS OBSERVED 2325 01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:50,080 THEIR FINDINGS, OR WE MIGHT 2326 01:40:50,080 --> 01:40:51,960 CLEAR SOME THINGS THAT THE THIRD 2327 01:40:51,960 --> 01:40:55,400 PARTY INSPECTOR MAY HAVE FAILED 2328 01:40:55,400 --> 01:40:58,360 THAT WE EITHER GOT SUBSEQUENT 2329 01:40:58,360 --> 01:41:01,120 DOCUMENTATION FROM THE OWNER, 2330 01:41:01,120 --> 01:41:02,880 DECLARE IT OR JUST LIKE A 2331 01:41:02,880 --> 01:41:08,800 DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON LIKE IF 2332 01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:11,720 THEY MISUNDERSTOOD THE FORM. 2333 01:41:11,720 --> 01:41:12,440 THE OCP COMPLIANCE INSPECTORS 2334 01:41:12,440 --> 01:41:14,880 FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THE FACILITY 2335 01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:19,160 FAILS, IDENTIFIED, THAT HAVE NOT 2336 01:41:19,160 --> 01:41:20,360 BEEN CORRECTED. 2337 01:41:20,360 --> 01:41:21,360 SO, WE, ME, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD 2338 01:41:21,360 --> 01:41:26,920 GO INTO THE FIELD AND IF THE 2339 01:41:26,920 --> 01:41:29,200 OWNER OPERATOR FAILED TO SUBMIT 2340 01:41:29,200 --> 01:41:29,960 VERIFICATION THAT THE 2341 01:41:29,960 --> 01:41:32,240 DEFICIENCIES FOUND IN THE THIRD 2342 01:41:32,240 --> 01:41:33,480 PARTY WERE CORRECTED, WE WOULD 2343 01:41:33,480 --> 01:41:35,120 KIND OF GO AND HOUND THEM FOR 2344 01:41:35,120 --> 01:41:36,760 INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THEY 2345 01:41:36,760 --> 01:41:38,160 GET CORRECTIONS SO THEY 2346 01:41:38,160 --> 01:41:40,280 BECOME -- THAT THEIR FACILITY IS 2347 01:41:40,280 --> 01:41:43,720 IN COMPLIANCE. 2348 01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:45,920 AS OF JANUARY 22, OUR PROGRAM 2349 01:41:45,920 --> 01:41:49,240 CHIEF COMPOSED A LIST AND HE 2350 01:41:49,240 --> 01:41:51,360 DETERMINED THERE WERE 7,176 2351 01:41:51,360 --> 01:41:54,640 FEDERALLY REGULATED USTs IN 2352 01:41:54,640 --> 01:42:03,080 THE STATE, AND 1973 STATE 2353 01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:04,080 REGULATED USTS IN THE STATE. 2354 01:42:04,080 --> 01:42:07,000 THIS SLOWS -- SHOWS AT THE 2355 01:42:07,000 --> 01:42:11,320 BEGINNING OF JANUARY HOW MANY 2356 01:42:11,320 --> 01:42:13,560 FACILITIES HAD OPEN LIKE 2357 01:42:13,560 --> 01:42:14,720 FACILITY INSPECTION REPORTS AND 2358 01:42:14,720 --> 01:42:21,760 WERE IN THE FAILING STATUS SO 2359 01:42:21,760 --> 01:42:24,920 OUT OF 933 FACILITIES THAT IT 2360 01:42:24,920 --> 01:42:28,840 FAILS, 479 WERE FAILING FOR 2361 01:42:28,840 --> 01:42:31,200 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, 396 2362 01:42:31,200 --> 01:42:33,480 FAILING FOR CONTAINMENT ISSUES, 2363 01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:36,160 THE LIST GOES ON. 2364 01:42:36,160 --> 01:42:37,600 THE REASON THE FINANCIAL 2365 01:42:37,600 --> 01:42:40,520 RESPONSIBILITY APPEARS TO BE 2366 01:42:40,520 --> 01:42:42,280 LIKE HAVE JUMPED DRASTICALLY 2367 01:42:42,280 --> 01:42:43,360 RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING REALLY 2368 01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:45,200 CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW THE 2369 01:42:45,200 --> 01:42:47,160 WORDING IS OF THEIR INSURANCE 2370 01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:50,120 DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT 2371 01:42:50,120 --> 01:42:54,680 EVERYTHING MATCHES EXACTLY TO 2372 01:42:54,680 --> 01:42:57,000 THE 40 CFR 280.97. 2373 01:42:57,000 --> 01:42:58,880 NOW I'M HIGHLIGHT SOME FAILS 2374 01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:03,920 DURING INSPECTIONS. 2375 01:43:03,920 --> 01:43:05,240 NEXT SLIDE. 2376 01:43:05,240 --> 01:43:05,920 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, FR, 2377 01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:07,760 TOPS THE LIST AS FAILURE AT THIS 2378 01:43:07,760 --> 01:43:08,080 TIME. 2379 01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:09,720 MOST FACILITY OWNERS AND 2380 01:43:09,720 --> 01:43:12,000 OPERATORS HAVE THEIR USTs 2381 01:43:12,000 --> 01:43:13,960 INSURED BUT INSURE DOCUMENTED DO 2382 01:43:13,960 --> 01:43:16,560 NOT SATISFY FR REQUIREMENTS FOR 2383 01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:16,880 REGULATIONS. 2384 01:43:16,880 --> 01:43:18,760 CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE AND/OR 2385 01:43:18,760 --> 01:43:21,160 FR ENDORSEMENTS DO NOT MATCH 2386 01:43:21,160 --> 01:43:25,640 EXACTLY THE WORDING REQUIRED BY 2387 01:43:25,640 --> 01:43:26,840 40 CFR 280.97. 2388 01:43:26,840 --> 01:43:29,440 ITEM BY ITEM, WORD BY WORD, 2389 01:43:29,440 --> 01:43:30,280 WE'LL CHECK INSURANCE DOCUMENT, 2390 01:43:30,280 --> 01:43:31,360 FIT DOESN'T MATCH WE SEND IT 2391 01:43:31,360 --> 01:43:34,360 BACK AND SAY YOU NEED TO MAKE 2392 01:43:34,360 --> 01:43:34,880 CORRECTIONS. 2393 01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:36,760 IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT GETTING 2394 01:43:36,760 --> 01:43:37,760 UNDERWRITERS OF THESE POLICIES 2395 01:43:37,760 --> 01:43:40,760 TO KIND OF MAKE THESE CHANGES 2396 01:43:40,760 --> 01:43:43,880 BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED 2397 01:43:43,880 --> 01:43:47,800 WITH INSURING THE DOCUMENTS 2398 01:43:47,800 --> 01:43:49,360 MATCH UP. 2399 01:43:49,360 --> 01:43:50,960 ANOTHER FAIL WOULD BE 2400 01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:52,600 INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE 2401 01:43:52,600 --> 01:43:53,960 CERTIFICATE, ENDORSEMENT OR TANK 2402 01:43:53,960 --> 01:43:56,760 SCHEDULE DOES NOT AGREE WITH HOW 2403 01:43:56,760 --> 01:43:59,960 TANKS WERE REGISTERED WITH THE 2404 01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:00,840 DEPARTMENT SO SOMETIMES LIKE 2405 01:44:00,840 --> 01:44:02,680 SITE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED 2406 01:44:02,680 --> 01:44:04,360 SEVERAL YEARS BACK, CALLING THE 2407 01:44:04,360 --> 01:44:07,960 FACILITY ONE THING, BUT THEN 2408 01:44:07,960 --> 01:44:10,240 SOMEBODY ELSE IS OPERATING IT 2409 01:44:10,240 --> 01:44:12,600 AND WANTS TO CALL IT A NEW NAME, 2410 01:44:12,600 --> 01:44:14,960 IF THAT DOESN'T MATCH THAT COMES 2411 01:44:14,960 --> 01:44:16,160 BACK AS A FAIL. 2412 01:44:16,160 --> 01:44:17,360 OR LIKE THE PRODUCTS THEY ARE 2413 01:44:17,360 --> 01:44:19,960 STORING IN TANKS, IF THEY DON'T 2414 01:44:19,960 --> 01:44:22,160 MATCH ON INSURANCE DOCUMENTS IF 2415 01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:24,000 THEY HAVE GASOLINE AND NOT 2416 01:44:24,000 --> 01:44:25,920 GASOHOL THAT WOULD BE A FAME. 2417 01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:30,160 IF THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY A COME 2418 01:44:30,160 --> 01:44:32,920 PARTMENT TANK AND LISTED ONE 2419 01:44:32,920 --> 01:44:34,760 PRODUCT FOR A SPLIT TANK THAT 2420 01:44:34,760 --> 01:44:36,840 WOULD FILL. 2421 01:44:36,840 --> 01:44:38,280 WE'RE NITPICKING BECAUSE WE ANT 2422 01:44:38,280 --> 01:44:40,360 TO ASSURE OWNERS AND OWNERS ARE 2423 01:44:40,360 --> 01:44:42,800 NOT DENIED COVERAGE IF THERE'S 2424 01:44:42,800 --> 01:44:45,120 RELEASE FROM USTs. 2425 01:44:45,120 --> 01:44:46,560 NEXT SLIDE. 2426 01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:48,840 SO ANOTHER BIG ISSUE DURING 2427 01:44:48,840 --> 01:44:50,520 INSPECTIONS SEEMS TO BE 2428 01:44:50,520 --> 01:44:53,680 CONTAINMENT SUMPS. 2429 01:44:53,680 --> 01:44:55,640 NEXT SLIDE. 2430 01:44:55,640 --> 01:44:56,840 CONTAINMENT SUMPS SHOULD BE 2431 01:44:56,840 --> 01:44:58,560 LIQUID TIGHT SO RELEASE IS 2432 01:44:58,560 --> 01:45:00,320 CONTAINED IN THE SUMP AND DOES 2433 01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:02,520 NOT ESCAPE TO THE ENVIRONMENT 2434 01:45:02,520 --> 01:45:04,640 AND PREVENT INTRUSION OF GROUND 2435 01:45:04,640 --> 01:45:07,560 WATER OR SURFACE WATER. 2436 01:45:07,560 --> 01:45:09,960 AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE MAINTAINED 2437 01:45:09,960 --> 01:45:12,360 CLEAN AND DRY, SO YOU DON'T WANT 2438 01:45:12,360 --> 01:45:15,080 LIQUID IN YOUR SUMP ALL THE 2439 01:45:15,080 --> 01:45:15,280 TIME. 2440 01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:16,800 AND THE REASON YOU DON'T WANT 2441 01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:18,520 LIQUID IN THE SUMP ALL THE TIME 2442 01:45:18,520 --> 01:45:21,040 IF IT'S SITTING THERE IT WILL 2443 01:45:21,040 --> 01:45:22,880 PREVENT -- YOU WANT IT CLEAN AND 2444 01:45:22,880 --> 01:45:25,360 DRY SO YOU PREVENT CORROSION TO 2445 01:45:25,360 --> 01:45:27,800 METALLIC PIPING COMPONENTS OF 2446 01:45:27,800 --> 01:45:28,480 THE UST SYSTEM. 2447 01:45:28,480 --> 01:45:30,120 AND REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO 2448 01:45:30,120 --> 01:45:31,400 DETERMINE IF YOUR SUMP IS 2449 01:45:31,400 --> 01:45:34,160 STAYING CLEAN AND DRY IF YOU'RE 2450 01:45:34,160 --> 01:45:35,440 ROUTINELY INSPECTING IT OR IF 2451 01:45:35,440 --> 01:45:39,360 YOU HAVE LIQUID SENSORS IN YOUR 2452 01:45:39,360 --> 01:45:39,720 SUMPS. 2453 01:45:39,720 --> 01:45:41,040 NEXT SLIDE. 2454 01:45:41,040 --> 01:45:45,800 SO SUMP IS GOOD IF IT CONTAINS A 2455 01:45:45,800 --> 01:45:47,560 RELEASE BUT NOT GOOD IF IT'S 2456 01:45:47,560 --> 01:45:48,440 HOLDING WATER. 2457 01:45:48,440 --> 01:45:49,960 SO IT'S GOOD IF IT'S LIKE 2458 01:45:49,960 --> 01:45:51,360 KEEPING PRODUCT IN AND NOT 2459 01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:52,360 LETTING IT ESCAPE TO THE 2460 01:45:52,360 --> 01:45:53,920 ENVIRONMENT BUT IF IT'S HOLDING 2461 01:45:53,920 --> 01:45:56,520 THAT WATER THEN YOU'RE GOING TO 2462 01:45:56,520 --> 01:45:58,480 GET CORROSION POTENTIALLY TO 2463 01:45:58,480 --> 01:46:01,560 YOUR SYSTEM COMPONENTS. 2464 01:46:01,560 --> 01:46:03,320 NEXT SLIDE. 2465 01:46:03,320 --> 01:46:05,480 SO GENERALLY DURING LIKE OUR 2466 01:46:05,480 --> 01:46:08,400 INSPECTION PROCESS IF YOU -- IF 2467 01:46:08,400 --> 01:46:10,560 PRODUCT IS DETECTED DURING 2468 01:46:10,560 --> 01:46:12,480 INSPECTION WE REQUIRE THAT AN MD 2469 01:46:12,480 --> 01:46:13,680 CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN INVESTIGATE 2470 01:46:13,680 --> 01:46:17,160 AND MAKE REPAIRS TO THE PIPING 2471 01:46:17,160 --> 01:46:17,920 SYSTEM. 2472 01:46:17,920 --> 01:46:20,400 SO ANY WORK DONE IN THE STATE TO 2473 01:46:20,400 --> 01:46:21,680 THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE SYSTEM 2474 01:46:21,680 --> 01:46:24,240 HAS TO BE DONE BY SOMEBODY 2475 01:46:24,240 --> 01:46:25,040 THAT'S BEEN CERTIFIED THROUGH 2476 01:46:25,040 --> 01:46:28,000 THE STATE TO WORK ON THOSE 2477 01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:28,560 SYSTEMS. 2478 01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:31,480 IF WATER IS DETECTED DURING 2479 01:46:31,480 --> 01:46:33,240 INSPECTION, WE REQUIRE THAT IT 2480 01:46:33,240 --> 01:46:35,560 BE REMOVED AND PROPERLY DISPOSED 2481 01:46:35,560 --> 01:46:37,920 OF SO LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE IF 2482 01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:39,480 IT'S CLEAN WATER, THEY CAN 2483 01:46:39,480 --> 01:46:44,920 DISCHARGE IT, BUT IF 2484 01:46:44,920 --> 01:46:45,680 CONTAMINATED CANNOT BE 2485 01:46:45,680 --> 01:46:46,440 DISCHARGED TO THE GROUND AND 2486 01:46:46,440 --> 01:46:48,320 THEY HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS 2487 01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:50,720 TO BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE 2488 01:46:50,720 --> 01:46:52,360 WITH STATE AND LOCAL 2489 01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:53,960 REGULATIONS. 2490 01:46:53,960 --> 01:46:58,960 WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT M.D. 2491 01:46:58,960 --> 01:47:00,000 CERTIFIED MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS 2492 01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:00,760 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2493 01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:01,160 SPECIFICATIONS. 2494 01:47:01,160 --> 01:47:04,880 A LOT OF THESE SUMP COMPONENTS 2495 01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:09,280 ARE -- THEY DON'T ALWAYS MAKE 2496 01:47:09,280 --> 01:47:11,680 REPAIRS WITH THE WAY THE 2497 01:47:11,680 --> 01:47:14,960 MANUFACTURER WOULD PREPARE A 2498 01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:17,800 REPAIR METHOD LEAVING QUESTION 2499 01:47:17,800 --> 01:47:22,880 TO COMPATIBILITY, WE PUT IN IT 2500 01:47:22,880 --> 01:47:26,560 HAS TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE 2501 01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:27,400 WITH MANUFACTURER 2502 01:47:27,400 --> 01:47:28,040 SPECIFICATIONS. 2503 01:47:28,040 --> 01:47:29,960 COMMON SOURCES OF LIQUID 2504 01:47:29,960 --> 01:47:31,240 MOVEMENT IN OR OUT OF A SUMP 2505 01:47:31,240 --> 01:47:33,200 WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THE LIDS 2506 01:47:33,200 --> 01:47:36,160 NOT TIGHT FITTING SO THE GASKET 2507 01:47:36,160 --> 01:47:38,760 ON TOP IS BAD, OR TIEDOWNS THAT 2508 01:47:38,760 --> 01:47:40,080 KEEP THE LIDS SECURE TO THE TOP 2509 01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:46,280 OF THE SUMP ARE MISSING. 2510 01:47:46,280 --> 01:47:47,560 OR POSSIBLY SUMP PENETRATIONS 2511 01:47:47,560 --> 01:47:49,240 ARE NOT SEALED WELL. 2512 01:47:49,240 --> 01:47:51,200 ELECTRICAL CONDUITS CAN GET 2513 01:47:51,200 --> 01:47:52,160 RUSTY AND BE OPENED, ALLOWING 2514 01:47:52,160 --> 01:47:54,160 WATER TO GO BACK AND FORTH 2515 01:47:54,160 --> 01:47:57,200 BETWEEN THE CONDUITS. 2516 01:47:57,200 --> 01:47:59,760 GASKETS INSIDE THE SUMP START TO 2517 01:47:59,760 --> 01:48:01,480 LOSE THEIR SEALING CAPABILITY. 2518 01:48:01,480 --> 01:48:04,760 OR BOOTS WHICH USUALLY ARE USED 2519 01:48:04,760 --> 01:48:06,720 ON PIPING COMPONENTS TO SEAL THE 2520 01:48:06,720 --> 01:48:12,520 PIPES TO THE SUMP BECOME 2521 01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:12,840 DAMAGED. 2522 01:48:12,840 --> 01:48:13,560 NEXT SLIDE. 2523 01:48:13,560 --> 01:48:17,760 SO LIKE I SAID NOT ALL THE 2524 01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:18,440 CONTRACTORS WILL MAKE REPAIRS 2525 01:48:18,440 --> 01:48:20,600 THAT ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2526 01:48:20,600 --> 01:48:22,360 MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS SO 2527 01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:24,840 HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF KIND OF 2528 01:48:24,840 --> 01:48:30,680 STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOOPED ON TO 2529 01:48:30,680 --> 01:48:31,960 KEEP THE SUMP LIQUID TIGHT AND 2530 01:48:31,960 --> 01:48:36,760 LIKE I SAID THEY EITHER HAVE TO 2531 01:48:36,760 --> 01:48:38,480 BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2532 01:48:38,480 --> 01:48:40,280 COMAR OR THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH 2533 01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:43,760 THEY AREN'T ALWAYS. 2534 01:48:43,760 --> 01:48:45,320 NEXT SLIDE. 2535 01:48:45,320 --> 01:48:48,600 HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF BOSTIC 2536 01:48:48,600 --> 01:48:52,520 USED TO SEAL UP ALL THE I GUESS 2537 01:48:52,520 --> 01:48:55,240 IMPERFECTIONS IN THE SUMP BUT, 2538 01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:56,840 AGAIN, MANUFACTURER ALLOWS USE 2539 01:48:56,840 --> 01:48:59,120 OF THIS MATERIAL WHEN LIKE 2540 01:48:59,120 --> 01:49:00,480 INSTALLING GASKETS DURING THE 2541 01:49:00,480 --> 01:49:02,280 INSTALLATION OF THE SUMP BUT DO 2542 01:49:02,280 --> 01:49:04,600 NOT APPROVE IT TO MAKE REPAIRS 2543 01:49:04,600 --> 01:49:09,480 LIKE SUCH AS THESE. 2544 01:49:09,480 --> 01:49:09,760 NEXT SLIDE. 2545 01:49:09,760 --> 01:49:12,840 HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOUR SUMP 2546 01:49:12,840 --> 01:49:15,680 IS LIQUID TIGHT? 2547 01:49:15,680 --> 01:49:16,560 MARYLAND REGULATIONS REQUIRE 2548 01:49:16,560 --> 01:49:21,720 CONTAINMENT OF TESTING EVERY 2549 01:49:21,720 --> 01:49:23,600 FIVE YEARS, WILL BE CHANGED TO 2550 01:49:23,600 --> 01:49:24,960 THROUGH YEARS WITH NEW 2551 01:49:24,960 --> 01:49:27,160 REGULATIONS SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 2552 01:49:27,160 --> 01:49:29,360 A RECOMMENDED PROTOCOL FOR 2553 01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:33,160 TESTING SUMPS, CALLED MARYLAND 2554 01:49:33,160 --> 01:49:38,400 CONTAINMENT SYSTEM TEST PROTOCOL 2555 01:49:38,400 --> 01:49:40,640 FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, DURATION 2556 01:49:40,640 --> 01:49:51,760 HAS TO BE ONE HOUR, HYDROSTATIC 2557 01:49:51,760 --> 01:49:54,160 TEST, SPECIFIES WATER ADDED TO 2558 01:49:54,160 --> 01:49:56,120 AT LEAST 4 INCHES, CONDUCTED BY 2559 01:49:56,120 --> 01:50:00,480 MARYLAND CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN OR 2560 01:50:00,480 --> 01:50:03,560 TESTER OR TESTER OR MAINTAIN 2561 01:50:03,560 --> 01:50:03,880 CERTIFICATION. 2562 01:50:03,880 --> 01:50:08,800 HOWEVER, A SUMP CAN BE TESTED BY 2563 01:50:08,800 --> 01:50:10,760 ANOTHER MDE APPROVED METHOD SUCH 2564 01:50:10,760 --> 01:50:13,360 AS THOSE IN 1200 OR IF SOMEBODY 2565 01:50:13,360 --> 01:50:17,160 HAS A NEW METHOD THAT WE'VE 2566 01:50:17,160 --> 01:50:19,200 REVIEWED AND DECIDED SEEMS 2567 01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:21,160 FEASIBLE AND WE ARE OKAY WIT 2568 01:50:21,160 --> 01:50:23,480 THEY CAN GET WRITTEN APPROVAL TO 2569 01:50:23,480 --> 01:50:29,520 USE THAT METHOD. 2570 01:50:29,520 --> 01:50:30,920 NEXT SLIDE. 2571 01:50:30,920 --> 01:50:34,960 LIKE I WAS SAYING TEST BOOTS ON 2572 01:50:34,960 --> 01:50:38,000 IS ANOTHER REASON SUMPS FAIL, 2573 01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:40,120 THEY BECOME CRACKED OR THEY ARE 2574 01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:41,720 NOT BEING MAINTAINED THE WAY 2575 01:50:41,720 --> 01:50:44,000 THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. 2576 01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:45,960 THE TEST BOOTS, YOU HAVE TEST 2577 01:50:45,960 --> 01:50:47,320 BOOTS, ENTRY BOOTS AND TEST 2578 01:50:47,320 --> 01:50:47,520 BOOTS. 2579 01:50:47,520 --> 01:50:50,680 TEST BOOTS ARE ON THE DOUBLE 2580 01:50:50,680 --> 01:50:53,760 WALL PIPING. 2581 01:50:53,760 --> 01:50:55,800 AND THEY ARE THERE TO DETECT 2582 01:50:55,800 --> 01:50:57,240 RELEASE FROM THE SECONDARY 2583 01:50:57,240 --> 01:51:00,640 PORTION OF THE PIPING INTO THE 2584 01:51:00,640 --> 01:51:02,160 SUMP. 2585 01:51:02,160 --> 01:51:06,440 SO IF IT'S LIKE A VALVE TEST 2586 01:51:06,440 --> 01:51:09,480 BOOT HAS TO BE UNCAPPED, VALVE 2587 01:51:09,480 --> 01:51:09,880 REMOVED. 2588 01:51:09,880 --> 01:51:11,560 IF IT'S LIKE A BOLT WITH AN 2589 01:51:11,560 --> 01:51:14,680 OPENING, THE BOLT NEEDS TO BE 2590 01:51:14,680 --> 01:51:14,840 OUT. 2591 01:51:14,840 --> 01:51:17,560 OR SOMETIMES THEY CAN EVEN JUST 2592 01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:18,560 LOOSEN THE CLAMPS AROUND THAT 2593 01:51:18,560 --> 01:51:21,400 BOOT ON THE PIPING SO THE 2594 01:51:21,400 --> 01:51:24,160 SECONDARY IS EXPOSED, AND THAT 2595 01:51:24,160 --> 01:51:26,280 WAY IF ANYTHING HAS BREACHED THE 2596 01:51:26,280 --> 01:51:26,960 PRIMARY INTO THE SECONDARY IT 2597 01:51:26,960 --> 01:51:28,520 WILL END UP IN THE SUMP AND YOU 2598 01:51:28,520 --> 01:51:31,680 CAN TELL THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE 2599 01:51:31,680 --> 01:51:33,960 WITH THE PIPING. 2600 01:51:33,960 --> 01:51:36,560 THE PROBLEM IS THOUGH THAT WHEN 2601 01:51:36,560 --> 01:51:37,680 THESE SUMPS GET TESTED, THEY 2602 01:51:37,680 --> 01:51:40,600 CLOSE UP THE BOOTS SO THEY CAN 2603 01:51:40,600 --> 01:51:42,280 PERFORM THE HYDROSTATIC TEST BUT 2604 01:51:42,280 --> 01:51:47,360 FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS OFF OR 2605 01:51:47,360 --> 01:51:49,120 DON'T -- THEY LEAVE THE BOOTS 2606 01:51:49,120 --> 01:51:50,640 CLOSED BASICALLY AND FORGET TO 2607 01:51:50,640 --> 01:51:52,080 LEAVE THEM OPEN AFTER THEY ARE 2608 01:51:52,080 --> 01:51:55,760 DONE TESTING. 2609 01:51:55,760 --> 01:51:56,120 NEXT SLIDE. 2610 01:51:56,120 --> 01:51:58,600 SO HERE YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE, 2611 01:51:58,600 --> 01:52:01,000 JUST BEYOND THE BLUE PORTION OF 2612 01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:02,200 THE PIPING TOWARDS THE INTERNAL 2613 01:52:02,200 --> 01:52:04,120 PART OF THE SUMP WOULD BE LIKE 2614 01:52:04,120 --> 01:52:06,520 WHERE A TEST PORT WOULD BE ON 2615 01:52:06,520 --> 01:52:07,520 THIS PIPING. 2616 01:52:07,520 --> 01:52:11,200 THIS PICTURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S 2617 01:52:11,200 --> 01:52:11,440 CLOSED. 2618 01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:14,040 NEXT SLIDE. 2619 01:52:14,040 --> 01:52:16,560 ONE WAY LIKE I SAID TO DETECT IF 2620 01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:17,960 YOU HAVE LIQUID INSIDE YOUR SUMP 2621 01:52:17,960 --> 01:52:20,080 IS TO HAVE A LIQUID SENSOR. 2622 01:52:20,080 --> 01:52:21,560 THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ALERT THE 2623 01:52:21,560 --> 01:52:23,040 OPERATOR WHEN WATER AND/OR 2624 01:52:23,040 --> 01:52:26,640 PRODUCT HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE 2625 01:52:26,640 --> 01:52:27,080 SUMP. 2626 01:52:27,080 --> 01:52:28,160 AND FACILITY OPERATOR CONTRACTOR 2627 01:52:28,160 --> 01:52:29,720 MUST ENSURE THE LIQUID SENSORS 2628 01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:30,800 ARE PROPERLY SECURED TO WITHIN 2629 01:52:30,800 --> 01:52:36,760 ONE INCH OF THE SUMP BOTTOM PER 2630 01:52:36,760 --> 01:52:38,560 SPECIFICATION TO DO THE JOB 2631 01:52:38,560 --> 01:52:39,320 PROPERLY. 2632 01:52:39,320 --> 01:52:41,160 IF THEY ARE NOT BEING HELD 2633 01:52:41,160 --> 01:52:42,720 UPRIGHT OR ARE TOO HIGH THEY ARE 2634 01:52:42,720 --> 01:52:43,560 NOT DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED 2635 01:52:43,560 --> 01:52:44,520 TO BE DOING. 2636 01:52:44,520 --> 01:52:47,560 THE OTHER ISSUE ON THE OTHER 2637 01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:49,560 SIDE IS THOSE ARE TIED INTO 2638 01:52:49,560 --> 01:52:51,200 AUTOMATIC TANK GAUGES USUALLY 2639 01:52:51,200 --> 01:52:52,760 AND IF YOUR SENSOR IS TELLING 2640 01:52:52,760 --> 01:52:55,560 YOU HAVE LIQUID AND PEOPLE ARE 2641 01:52:55,560 --> 01:52:57,320 IGNORING THE ALARM YOU COULD 2642 01:52:57,320 --> 01:52:58,080 POTENTIALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 2643 01:52:58,080 --> 01:52:59,520 ONE OF MY FIRST SLIDES WHERE YOU 2644 01:52:59,520 --> 01:53:02,360 HAVE A SUMP FULL OF PRODUCT AND 2645 01:53:02,360 --> 01:53:03,440 THEN IT'S OVERFLOWING THE SIDES 2646 01:53:03,440 --> 01:53:04,880 OF THE SUMP BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T 2647 01:53:04,880 --> 01:53:06,360 PAY ATTENTION TO THE ALARM THAT 2648 01:53:06,360 --> 01:53:09,400 WAS BEING TRIGGERED. 2649 01:53:09,400 --> 01:53:10,560 NEXT SLIDE. 2650 01:53:10,560 --> 01:53:12,520 SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SENSOR 2651 01:53:12,520 --> 01:53:14,040 ON THE LEFT THAT'S PLACED TOO 2652 01:53:14,040 --> 01:53:16,360 HIGH AND THEN THE ONE ON THE 2653 01:53:16,360 --> 01:53:19,960 RIGHT HAS THE PROPER PLACEMENT. 2654 01:53:19,960 --> 01:53:21,240 ON THE LEFT, EVENTUALLY YOU 2655 01:53:21,240 --> 01:53:23,000 WOULD DETECT THERE'S WATER IN 2656 01:53:23,000 --> 01:53:24,400 YOUR SUMP BUT IT'S PROBABLY 2657 01:53:24,400 --> 01:53:26,360 BETTER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE 2658 01:53:26,360 --> 01:53:33,800 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 2659 01:53:33,800 --> 01:53:35,240 NEXT SLIDE. 2660 01:53:35,240 --> 01:53:40,160 SO INVENTORY CONTROL IS ANOTHER 2661 01:53:40,160 --> 01:53:40,520 ISSUE. 2662 01:53:40,520 --> 01:53:44,080 WE PROVIDE OUR FACILITY 2663 01:53:44,080 --> 01:53:47,000 OPERATORS WITH INVENTORY CONTROL 2664 01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:48,560 BEING DONE CORRECT. 2665 01:53:48,560 --> 01:53:49,960 IT'S AN EPA DOCUMENT. 2666 01:53:49,960 --> 01:53:52,720 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 2667 01:53:52,720 --> 01:53:55,680 FACILITY OPERATORS SHOULD BE 2668 01:53:55,680 --> 01:53:56,200 DOING. 2669 01:53:56,200 --> 01:53:57,960 I'D SAY I'M SEEING MORE 2670 01:53:57,960 --> 01:54:01,640 FACILITIES INSTEAD OF DOING 2671 01:54:01,640 --> 01:54:04,160 INVENTORY BY HAND THEY HAVE 450 2672 01:54:04,160 --> 01:54:05,960 PLUSES THAT CAN DO INVENTORY 2673 01:54:05,960 --> 01:54:07,560 RECONCILIATION FOR THEM BUT IT'S 2674 01:54:07,560 --> 01:54:08,160 IMPORTANT THEY ARE ACTUALLY 2675 01:54:08,160 --> 01:54:11,640 LOOKING AT THE RESULTS OF THAT 2676 01:54:11,640 --> 01:54:12,760 INVENTORY RECONCILIATION IF THEY 2677 01:54:12,760 --> 01:54:18,560 DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED DOING 2678 01:54:18,560 --> 01:54:18,960 IT MANUALLY. 2679 01:54:18,960 --> 01:54:20,560 >> WE SHOULD WRAP UP SOON SO 2680 01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:22,120 THERE'S TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 2681 01:54:22,120 --> 01:54:23,880 >> OKAY, I'M SORRY. 2682 01:54:23,880 --> 01:54:24,680 >> NO WORRIES. 2683 01:54:24,680 --> 01:54:26,600 >> I'M GETTING WAY BEHIND. 2684 01:54:26,600 --> 01:54:28,560 INVENTORY HAS TO BE DONE EVERY 2685 01:54:28,560 --> 01:54:28,800 DAY. 2686 01:54:28,800 --> 01:54:31,720 IF THEY ARE NOT DOING EVERY DAY 2687 01:54:31,720 --> 01:54:32,840 METERED FACILITIES HAVE TO DO 2688 01:54:32,840 --> 01:54:34,960 STICK READINGS ON THEIR TANKS 2689 01:54:34,960 --> 01:54:38,360 BEFORE AND AFTER EACH DELIVERY 2690 01:54:38,360 --> 01:54:38,760 AT A MINIMUM. 2691 01:54:38,760 --> 01:54:40,520 AT THE END OF THE MONTH IF 2692 01:54:40,520 --> 01:54:41,360 YOU'RE DOING INVENTORY CONTROL 2693 01:54:41,360 --> 01:54:42,560 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK TO SEE 2694 01:54:42,560 --> 01:54:46,000 IF THERE'S SEVEN DAYS OF 2695 01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:49,960 SHORTAGE THAT TOTAL 80 GALS OR 2696 01:54:49,960 --> 01:54:52,840 PERFORMING LEAK WEAK, 1% OF 2697 01:54:52,840 --> 01:54:58,520 SALES PLUS 130 GALLONS COMPARED 2698 01:54:58,520 --> 01:55:00,920 TO TOTAL VARIANCE, IF GREATER 2699 01:55:00,920 --> 01:55:02,800 THAT SUGGESTS THERE MIGHT BE A 2700 01:55:02,800 --> 01:55:05,880 LEAK IN YOUR SYSTEM. 2701 01:55:05,880 --> 01:55:06,960 NEXT SLIDE. 2702 01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:09,480 SPILL BUCKETS ARE ANOTHER ISSUE, 2703 01:55:09,480 --> 01:55:11,960 THEY NEED TO BE KEPT CLEAN, 2704 01:55:11,960 --> 01:55:16,280 PAINTED AND TESTED ANNUALLY. 2705 01:55:16,280 --> 01:55:17,160 NEXT SLIDE. 2706 01:55:17,160 --> 01:55:20,760 THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME ARE 2707 01:55:20,760 --> 01:55:22,640 DOUBLE WALL AND THEY ARE NOT 2708 01:55:22,640 --> 01:55:23,960 TESTED, SOMETIMES THEY WILL ONLY 2709 01:55:23,960 --> 01:55:26,360 TEST THE PRIMARY PORTION AND NOT 2710 01:55:26,360 --> 01:55:27,440 THE DOUBLE WALL PORTION OR THEY 2711 01:55:27,440 --> 01:55:30,160 WILL DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. 2712 01:55:30,160 --> 01:55:34,200 WE REQUIRE BOTH PORTIONS BE 2713 01:55:34,200 --> 01:55:34,680 TESTED. 2714 01:55:34,680 --> 01:55:37,880 NEXT SLIDE. 2715 01:55:37,880 --> 01:55:39,720 ANOTHER ISSUE IS DISPENSERS. 2716 01:55:39,720 --> 01:55:41,360 LEAKING DISPENSERS. 2717 01:55:41,360 --> 01:55:45,160 YOU SHOULD CHECK DISPENSER HOSES 2718 01:55:45,160 --> 01:55:47,600 FOR CUTS, CRACKS, DEGRADATION 2719 01:55:47,600 --> 01:55:49,160 AND LOOKING INSIDE FOR COMMON 2720 01:55:49,160 --> 01:55:52,360 AREAS WHERE LEAKS MIGHT OCCUR 2721 01:55:52,360 --> 01:56:03,680 LIKE PIPE BEUPS UNDER -- PIPING 2722 01:56:03,680 --> 01:56:03,920 UNIONS. 2723 01:56:03,920 --> 01:56:06,160 HERE IS A PIPING UNION WITH 2724 01:56:06,160 --> 01:56:08,360 PRODUCT COLLECTED ON THE, YOU 2725 01:56:08,360 --> 01:56:10,720 KNOW, THAT COULD BE FROM 2726 01:56:10,720 --> 01:56:12,240 FITTINGS ARE NOT TIGHT ENOUGH OR 2727 01:56:12,240 --> 01:56:13,120 SOMETHING FROM ABOVE HAS LEAKED 2728 01:56:13,120 --> 01:56:16,440 ON THE UNION. 2729 01:56:16,440 --> 01:56:17,160 NEXT SLIDE. 2730 01:56:17,160 --> 01:56:19,120 THIS WAS ACTUALLY A VIDEO OF 2731 01:56:19,120 --> 01:56:21,400 LEAKS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS DOING 2732 01:56:21,400 --> 01:56:22,840 INSPECTION AND EVERYTHING ABOVE 2733 01:56:22,840 --> 01:56:25,440 THE DISPENSER WAS LEAKING SO ALL 2734 01:56:25,440 --> 01:56:26,480 THE OIL CANISTERS IF THEY BECOME 2735 01:56:26,480 --> 01:56:28,760 CLOGGED AND HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED 2736 01:56:28,760 --> 01:56:30,520 THERE'S A LOT OF BACKUP PRESSURE 2737 01:56:30,520 --> 01:56:37,360 BUILT UP AND THEY WERE LEAKING. 2738 01:56:37,360 --> 01:56:39,360 NEXT SLIDE. 2739 01:56:39,360 --> 01:56:40,560 MONITORING PIPES ARE ANOTHER 2740 01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:44,560 ISSUE IN THIRD PARTY 2741 01:56:44,560 --> 01:56:46,000 INSPECTIONS, LIDS AREN'T ALWAYS 2742 01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:46,840 PAINTED CORRECTLY. 2743 01:56:46,840 --> 01:56:51,160 YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT PRODUCT ON 2744 01:56:51,160 --> 01:56:52,760 USUAL MONITORING PINE, IT'S 2745 01:56:52,760 --> 01:56:53,960 MEANT TO MONITOR GROUND WATER SO 2746 01:56:53,960 --> 01:56:55,520 YOU DON'T WANT PRODUCT ON GROUND 2747 01:56:55,520 --> 01:56:58,560 WATER, NEEDS TO BE KEPT TIGHT, 2748 01:56:58,560 --> 01:57:01,160 SEALED TO PREVENT SURFACE RUNOFF 2749 01:57:01,160 --> 01:57:02,520 INTRUSION AND YOU NEED TO KNOW 2750 01:57:02,520 --> 01:57:04,160 WHERE IT IS SO IF YOU DO HAVE TO 2751 01:57:04,160 --> 01:57:05,760 FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY 2752 01:57:05,760 --> 01:57:07,560 RELEASES FROM YOUR TANK FIELD 2753 01:57:07,560 --> 01:57:12,560 YOU HAVE THE PIPE TO LOOK INTO. 2754 01:57:12,560 --> 01:57:15,160 NEXT SLIDE. 2755 01:57:15,160 --> 01:57:16,280 >> NEXT GOOD STOPPING POINT. 2756 01:57:16,280 --> 01:57:17,360 >> ALL RIGHT. 2757 01:57:17,360 --> 01:57:18,480 I'M SORRY. 2758 01:57:18,480 --> 01:57:19,440 I APOLOGIZE. 2759 01:57:19,440 --> 01:57:22,640 I HAD A FEW MORE THINGS TO COVER 2760 01:57:22,640 --> 01:57:23,480 IN HERE. 2761 01:57:23,480 --> 01:57:25,680 >> NO WORRIES. 2762 01:57:25,680 --> 01:57:30,040 >> ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE? 2763 01:57:30,040 --> 01:57:31,320 >> THIS IS GARTH. 2764 01:57:31,320 --> 01:57:33,160 WE DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 2765 01:57:33,160 --> 01:57:35,520 ONE IS HOW DOES A COMPANY BECOME 2766 01:57:35,520 --> 01:57:39,560 CERTIFIED AND HOW OFTEN IS 2767 01:57:39,560 --> 01:57:40,760 CERTIFICATION REVIEWED IN 2768 01:57:40,760 --> 01:57:42,600 MARYLAND? 2769 01:57:42,600 --> 01:57:44,960 >> I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THE 2770 01:57:44,960 --> 01:57:46,960 RECERTIFICATION ASPECT BUT THEY 2771 01:57:46,960 --> 01:57:48,720 COME IN, SO BASICALLY THEY GO TO 2772 01:57:48,720 --> 01:57:50,360 AN OUTSIDE COMPANY AND GET 2773 01:57:50,360 --> 01:57:52,320 TRAINING FROM AN OUTSIDE COMPANY 2774 01:57:52,320 --> 01:57:55,240 ON HOW TO BECOME MARYLAND 2775 01:57:55,240 --> 01:57:55,520 INSPECTOR. 2776 01:57:55,520 --> 01:57:57,640 AND THEY COME IN TO OUR OFFICES 2777 01:57:57,640 --> 01:58:01,960 AND TAKE A TEST AND THEY HAVE TO 2778 01:58:01,960 --> 01:58:04,000 PASS THAT EXAM, I FORGET LIKE 2779 01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:09,520 85% OR GREATER ON OUR EXAM TO 2780 01:58:09,520 --> 01:58:11,320 GET THEIR CERTIFICATION CARD. 2781 01:58:11,320 --> 01:58:14,280 AND THEN THEY DO HAVE TO SUBMIT, 2782 01:58:14,280 --> 01:58:17,360 I DON'T KNOW THE FREQUENCY, BUT 2783 01:58:17,360 --> 01:58:20,080 THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT BASICALLY 2784 01:58:20,080 --> 01:58:22,760 PROOF THEY ARE PERFORMING 2785 01:58:22,760 --> 01:58:24,200 INSPECTIONS, WE ALSO MONITOR 2786 01:58:24,200 --> 01:58:25,320 BASED ON INSPECTIONS WE SEE 2787 01:58:25,320 --> 01:58:26,360 WHETHER THEY ARE DOING AN 2788 01:58:26,360 --> 01:58:31,640 ADEQUATE JOB OR IF THEY NEED 2789 01:58:31,640 --> 01:58:32,200 RETRAINING. 2790 01:58:32,200 --> 01:58:35,240 THEY COME FOR ORIENTATION CLASS 2791 01:58:35,240 --> 01:58:39,040 AT CERTAIN FREQUENCIES TO 2792 01:58:39,040 --> 01:58:41,800 MAINTAIN THEIR CARDS. 2793 01:58:41,800 --> 01:58:42,160 >> OKAY. 2794 01:58:42,160 --> 01:58:48,320 THE SECOND ONE WAS ABOUT EPA'S 2795 01:58:48,320 --> 01:58:48,520 REGS. 2796 01:58:48,520 --> 01:58:49,800 I NOTICE IN FINANCIAL 2797 01:58:49,800 --> 01:58:53,720 RESPONSIBILITY IT MATCHES UP BUT 2798 01:58:53,720 --> 01:59:00,160 IS THERE ANYWHERE THE MTA REGS 2799 01:59:00,160 --> 01:59:01,720 ARE DIFFERENT FROM FEDERAL? 2800 01:59:01,720 --> 01:59:04,680 >> UP UNTIL 2015 MORE STRINGENT, 2801 01:59:04,680 --> 01:59:06,760 WE WERE KIND OF INCORPORATING 2802 01:59:06,760 --> 01:59:08,520 THINGS THE FEDERAL REGS HADN'T 2803 01:59:08,520 --> 01:59:12,680 INCORPORATED SO, YES, TO ANSWER 2804 01:59:12,680 --> 01:59:13,000 YOUR QUESTION. 2805 01:59:13,000 --> 01:59:15,160 I THINK WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE 2806 01:59:15,160 --> 01:59:16,080 DETAIL ORIENTED ABOUT WHAT 2807 01:59:16,080 --> 01:59:19,160 PEOPLE CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH 2808 01:59:19,160 --> 01:59:19,920 THEIR SYSTEMS. 2809 01:59:19,920 --> 01:59:21,760 YOU WOULD HAVE TO I GUESS LOOK 2810 01:59:21,760 --> 01:59:25,360 AT THE TWO REGS SIDE BY SIDE TO 2811 01:59:25,360 --> 01:59:26,400 SEE THOSE DIFFERENCES BUT MY 2812 01:59:26,400 --> 01:59:29,200 EXPERIENCE JUST LOOKING AT THE 2813 01:59:29,200 --> 01:59:31,600 FEDERAL REGS THEY ARE NOT QUITE 2814 01:59:31,600 --> 01:59:37,960 AS DETAILED AS OUR REGULATIONS 2815 01:59:37,960 --> 01:59:41,840 ARE, RELEASE DETECTION OVER FILL 2816 01:59:41,840 --> 01:59:44,720 PROTECTION AND SO ON. 2817 01:59:44,720 --> 01:59:45,000 >> THANKS. 2818 01:59:45,000 --> 01:59:46,480 THANK YOU. 2819 01:59:46,480 --> 01:59:49,200 THAT'S IT FROM THE QUESTIONS. 2820 01:59:49,200 --> 01:59:51,560 JESS, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK 2821 01:59:51,560 --> 01:59:55,240 TO YOU. 2822 01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:55,960 >> OKAY. 2823 01:59:55,960 --> 01:59:56,200 GREAT. 2824 01:59:56,200 --> 01:59:59,720 WE'RE NOW ENTERING A BREAK. 2825 01:59:59,720 --> 02:00:04,960 WE HAVE TEN MINUTES TO BREAK. 2826 02:00:04,960 --> 02:00:06,240 UNLESS, ELLEN, IS THERE ANYTHING 2827 02:00:06,240 --> 02:00:08,160 BIG YOU WANT TO SAY FROM THE END 2828 02:00:08,160 --> 02:00:09,000 OF YOUR PRESENTATION? 2829 02:00:09,000 --> 02:00:10,760 >> LIKE I SAID, I WAS GOING TO 2830 02:00:10,760 --> 02:00:13,480 COVER MORE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, 2831 02:00:13,480 --> 02:00:15,040 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT TYPICALLY 2832 02:00:15,040 --> 02:00:17,400 FAIL. 2833 02:00:17,400 --> 02:00:23,360 ONE BIG THING TOO IS CATHOTIC 2834 02:00:23,360 --> 02:00:24,960 SYSTEMS, TOWARDS THE END. 2835 02:00:24,960 --> 02:00:28,560 THE WHOLE IDEA OF METALLIC 2836 02:00:28,560 --> 02:00:34,160 COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM, IF -- 2837 02:00:34,160 --> 02:00:35,440 YOU PASSED IT. 2838 02:00:35,440 --> 02:00:38,360 IN THE STATE WE DON'T HAVE 2839 02:00:38,360 --> 02:00:39,000 EVERYTHING REQUIRING CONTAINMENT 2840 02:00:39,000 --> 02:00:41,800 SUMPS RIGHT NOW SO IF THERE'S 2841 02:00:41,800 --> 02:00:43,720 ANY METAL COMPONENTS OF THAT 2842 02:00:43,720 --> 02:00:46,440 STORAGE SYSTEM THAT ARE BEING IN 2843 02:00:46,440 --> 02:00:51,360 CONSTANT CONTACT WITH SOIL OR 2844 02:00:51,360 --> 02:00:53,040 MOISTURE METAL PARTS CAN BECOME 2845 02:00:53,040 --> 02:00:54,880 CORRODED AND RUST AND CAUSE 2846 02:00:54,880 --> 02:00:55,960 RELEASE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING 2847 02:00:55,960 --> 02:00:57,960 WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP 2848 02:00:57,960 --> 02:01:00,840 AN EYE OUT, MAKE SURE PEOPLE 2849 02:01:00,840 --> 02:01:03,160 HAVE THINGS PROPERLY PROTECTED. 2850 02:01:03,160 --> 02:01:05,600 TO DO THAT THEY NEED TO ISOLATE 2851 02:01:05,600 --> 02:01:07,360 METAL COMPONENTS AS A FIRST LINE 2852 02:01:07,360 --> 02:01:10,160 OF DEFENSE BUT IF THAT'S NOT 2853 02:01:10,160 --> 02:01:12,800 WORKING WE TELL THEM TO DO A 2854 02:01:12,800 --> 02:01:14,360 PROTECTION SYSTEM, WE ALLOW 2855 02:01:14,360 --> 02:01:14,840 PROTECTION ON FLEXIBLE 2856 02:01:14,840 --> 02:01:17,080 CONNECTORS IN OUR STATE BUT THE 2857 02:01:17,080 --> 02:01:19,120 GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY KIND OF 2858 02:01:19,120 --> 02:01:21,560 FORCE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN NO 2859 02:01:21,560 --> 02:01:24,400 LONGER BE GRANDFATHERED BY OTHER 2860 02:01:24,400 --> 02:01:25,720 METHODS INTO HAVING CONTAINMENT 2861 02:01:25,720 --> 02:01:29,120 SUMPS AROUND ALL THESE METAL 2862 02:01:29,120 --> 02:01:29,440 COMPONENTS. 2863 02:01:29,440 --> 02:01:30,760 I'M ON THE EASTERN SHORE AND A 2864 02:01:30,760 --> 02:01:33,960 LOT OF MY SITES THAT I GO TO DO 2865 02:01:33,960 --> 02:01:35,360 NOT ALWAYS HAVE CONTAINMENT 2866 02:01:35,360 --> 02:01:37,120 SUMPS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS A LOT 2867 02:01:37,120 --> 02:01:39,400 OF OWNERS ON THE EASTERN SHORE 2868 02:01:39,400 --> 02:01:40,560 ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY 2869 02:01:40,560 --> 02:01:44,480 JUST DON'TS HAVE THE MONEY SO WE 2870 02:01:44,480 --> 02:01:45,680 DO GIVE OPTIONS BUT HOPE 2871 02:01:45,680 --> 02:01:49,240 EVERYBODY WILL END UP WITH MORE 2872 02:01:49,240 --> 02:01:50,200 CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS EVENTUALLY 2873 02:01:50,200 --> 02:01:52,880 TO HOLD PRODUCT SO IT'S NEVER 2874 02:01:52,880 --> 02:01:53,800 RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 2875 02:01:53,800 --> 02:01:58,320 THAT WILL BE THE END OF MY 2876 02:01:58,320 --> 02:01:58,960 SLIDE, CONTACT INFORMATION, IF 2877 02:01:58,960 --> 02:02:02,560 YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS 2878 02:02:02,560 --> 02:02:03,200 PRESENTATION ON FEDCENTER, YOU 2879 02:02:03,200 --> 02:02:06,320 CAN CALL ANY OF THESE PEOPLE TO 2880 02:02:06,320 --> 02:02:09,800 LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS 2881 02:02:09,800 --> 02:02:10,160 ARE. 2882 02:02:10,160 --> 02:02:11,960 >> ELLEN, WE'VE GOT ONE LAST 2883 02:02:11,960 --> 02:02:13,760 QUESTION, DOES MARYLAND HAVE 2884 02:02:13,760 --> 02:02:14,960 THEIR OWN WALK-THROUGH 2885 02:02:14,960 --> 02:02:17,200 INSPECTION FORMS OR JUST 2886 02:02:17,200 --> 02:02:18,200 REFERENCE THE BEI? 2887 02:02:18,200 --> 02:02:19,640 >> I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON ONE. 2888 02:02:19,640 --> 02:02:21,560 I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO 2889 02:02:21,560 --> 02:02:23,320 BE -- I THINK THAT WILL BE 2890 02:02:23,320 --> 02:02:25,280 AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. 2891 02:02:25,280 --> 02:02:28,560 SO MDE HAS A WEB SIDE, WE'RE 2892 02:02:28,560 --> 02:02:33,760 PART OF THE LAND ADMINISTRATION, 2893 02:02:33,760 --> 02:02:34,840 OLD CONTROL PROGRAM, UNDERGROUND 2894 02:02:34,840 --> 02:02:36,360 STORAGE TANK PAGE THAT PAGE HAS 2895 02:02:36,360 --> 02:02:39,680 A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND 2896 02:02:39,680 --> 02:02:42,160 YOU CAN FIND LIKE FACTSHEETS AND 2897 02:02:42,160 --> 02:02:44,560 KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR 2898 02:02:44,560 --> 02:02:46,760 SYSTEMS ON OUR WEBSITE AND I 2899 02:02:46,760 --> 02:02:47,800 BELIEVE IF THEY -- I KNOW THEY 2900 02:02:47,800 --> 02:02:49,560 ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING BUT I'M 2901 02:02:49,560 --> 02:02:50,560 GUESSING THAT'S PROBABLY WHETHER 2902 02:02:50,560 --> 02:02:52,760 IT'S GOING TO APPEAR WHEN IT'S 2903 02:02:52,760 --> 02:02:55,560 FINALLY WRITTEN. 2904 02:02:55,560 --> 02:02:58,960 2905 02:02:58,960 --> 02:03:00,560 >> THAT'S IT FOR THE QUESTIONS, 2906 02:03:00,560 --> 02:03:00,840 JESS. 2907 02:03:00,840 --> 02:03:01,760 >> OKAY. 2908 02:03:01,760 --> 02:03:02,080 GREAT. 2909 02:03:02,080 --> 02:03:04,320 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 2910 02:03:04,320 --> 02:03:08,240 WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK 2911 02:03:08,240 --> 02:03:15,320 WELCOME BACK. 2912 02:03:15,320 --> 02:03:28,240 NEXT A PANEL PRESENTATION, WITH 2913 02:03:28,240 --> 02:03:38,320 ANNIE HOYT, PAUL RUGE, BRUCE 2914 02:03:38,320 --> 02:03:41,600 HABER, STEPHANIE BROWN, WHO HAS 2915 02:03:41,600 --> 02:03:43,560 WORKED IN THE LEAD BASED PAINT 2916 02:03:43,560 --> 02:03:47,720 PROGRAM FOR OVER 18 YEARS, AND 2917 02:03:47,720 --> 02:03:56,120 FINALLY AIMEE HESSERT FROM THE 2918 02:03:56,120 --> 02:03:56,720 OFFICE OF FEDERAL FACILITY 2919 02:03:56,720 --> 02:03:57,680 ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 2920 02:03:57,680 --> 02:04:03,680 I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ANNIE. 2921 02:04:03,680 --> 02:04:05,960 ARE YOU CONTROLLING THE 2922 02:04:05,960 --> 02:04:06,320 PRESENTATION? 2923 02:04:06,320 --> 02:04:18,640 >> YES, THANK YOU, JESSICA. 2924 02:04:18,640 --> 02:04:20,280 THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. 2925 02:04:20,280 --> 02:04:25,640 CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? 2926 02:04:25,640 --> 02:04:26,360 >> YES. 2927 02:04:26,360 --> 02:04:29,320 >> EXCELLENT. 2928 02:04:29,320 --> 02:04:30,640 SO AS JESSICA MENTIONED WE'LL 2929 02:04:30,640 --> 02:04:32,080 TALK ABOUT LEAD STRATEGIES AND 2930 02:04:32,080 --> 02:04:36,520 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 2931 02:04:36,520 --> 02:04:41,560 WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE 2932 02:04:41,560 --> 02:04:42,480 SEVERAL PEOPLE KNOWLEDGEABLE 2933 02:04:42,480 --> 02:04:44,920 TO -- WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO 2934 02:04:44,920 --> 02:04:47,280 PUT THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. 2935 02:04:47,280 --> 02:04:52,400 WE HAVE FROM EPA REGION 3 I'M 2936 02:04:52,400 --> 02:04:55,480 ANNIE HOYT AND PAUL RUGE WILL 2937 02:04:55,480 --> 02:04:57,440 PRESENT, FROM HEADQUARTERS WE 2938 02:04:57,440 --> 02:04:59,840 HAVE AIMEE HESSERT, ALSO FROM 2939 02:04:59,840 --> 02:05:05,960 HUD, BRUCE HABER, ALSO FROM 2940 02:05:05,960 --> 02:05:07,720 HEADQUARTERS STEPHANIE BROWN. 2941 02:05:07,720 --> 02:05:08,800 SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY 2942 02:05:08,800 --> 02:05:09,680 WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'VE GOT 2943 02:05:09,680 --> 02:05:11,200 LOTS TO DISCUSS. 2944 02:05:11,200 --> 02:05:14,720 I'LL START THE PRESENTATION OFF 2945 02:05:14,720 --> 02:05:17,280 TALKING ABOUT THE RRP RULE AND 2946 02:05:17,280 --> 02:05:17,640 DISCLOSURE RULE. 2947 02:05:17,640 --> 02:05:20,360 SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF 2948 02:05:20,360 --> 02:05:23,160 OVERVIEW OF THE RULES THAT WE 2949 02:05:23,160 --> 02:05:26,520 ENFORCE HERE AT EPA. 2950 02:05:26,520 --> 02:05:28,920 THE DISCLOSURE RULE, REGULATED 2951 02:05:28,920 --> 02:05:30,240 COMMUNITY INCLUDES PROPERTY 2952 02:05:30,240 --> 02:05:40,200 MANAGERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, 2953 02:05:40,200 --> 02:05:42,720 LANDLORDS, ANYONE SELLING PRE-78 2954 02:05:42,720 --> 02:05:45,480 HOUSING, BEFORE THE TENANT OR 2955 02:05:45,480 --> 02:05:47,720 BUYER IS OBLIGATED THEY NEED TO 2956 02:05:47,720 --> 02:05:49,520 RECEIVE THE EPA PAMPHLET, 2957 02:05:49,520 --> 02:05:50,880 DISCLOSURE FORM, ANY KNOWLEDGE 2958 02:05:50,880 --> 02:05:52,920 OF TESTING OR ANY LEAD-BASED 2959 02:05:52,920 --> 02:05:55,960 PAINT INFORMATION FROM THAT 2960 02:05:55,960 --> 02:05:56,640 PROPERTY. 2961 02:05:56,640 --> 02:05:59,320 SO, THE EPA PAMPHLET IS A BLUE 2962 02:05:59,320 --> 02:06:01,520 BOOK THAT CAN BE HANDED OUT TO 2963 02:06:01,520 --> 02:06:06,320 THE TENANTS, AND THEN THE 2964 02:06:06,320 --> 02:06:12,440 DISCLOSURE RULES REQUIREMENTS, 2965 02:06:12,440 --> 02:06:15,720 EPA DOES HAVE A FORM THAT 2966 02:06:15,720 --> 02:06:16,800 INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF DISCLOSURE 2967 02:06:16,800 --> 02:06:18,000 AND YOU CAN INCORPORATE 2968 02:06:18,000 --> 02:06:22,360 INFORMATION INTO YOUR LEASE AS 2969 02:06:22,360 --> 02:06:25,080 LONG AS THOSE ARE INCLUDED, 2970 02:06:25,080 --> 02:06:25,680 INCLUDING LEAD WARNING 2971 02:06:25,680 --> 02:06:27,880 STATEMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE 2972 02:06:27,880 --> 02:06:33,960 VERBATIM, THE EXACT SAME WARNING 2973 02:06:33,960 --> 02:06:35,720 STATEMENT IN EPA REGS, NEEDS TO 2974 02:06:35,720 --> 02:06:39,040 BE A SECTION WHERE THE LANDLORD 2975 02:06:39,040 --> 02:06:40,520 DISCLOSES ANY KNOWN INFORMATION. 2976 02:06:40,520 --> 02:06:43,920 FOR EXAMPLE IF THERE WAS A RISK 2977 02:06:43,920 --> 02:06:45,120 ASSESSMENT PERFORMED, LEAD 2978 02:06:45,120 --> 02:06:48,160 TESTING ON THE PROPERTY, THAT 2979 02:06:48,160 --> 02:06:49,280 INFORMATION WOULD NEED TO BE 2980 02:06:49,280 --> 02:06:51,800 MADE AVAILABLE TO THE TENANT, 2981 02:06:51,800 --> 02:07:01,320 AND REPORTS WOULD NEED TO BE 2982 02:07:01,320 --> 02:07:02,080 AVAILABLE. 2983 02:07:02,080 --> 02:07:04,040 THE LEAD PAMPHLET IS AN 2984 02:07:04,040 --> 02:07:05,040 INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE THAT 2985 02:07:05,040 --> 02:07:07,720 GIVES TENANT OPPORTUNITY TO 2986 02:07:07,720 --> 02:07:08,520 LEARN MORE ABOUT LEAD-BASED 2987 02:07:08,520 --> 02:07:09,920 PAINT, POTENTIAL DANGERS OF 2988 02:07:09,920 --> 02:07:12,200 LEAD-BASED PAINT AND HOW TO MAKE 2989 02:07:12,200 --> 02:07:15,360 SURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE 2990 02:07:15,360 --> 02:07:18,880 SAFE IF YOU CHOOSE TO LEASE A 2991 02:07:18,880 --> 02:07:19,960 PRE-1978 PROPERTY. 2992 02:07:19,960 --> 02:07:22,720 BUYERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 2993 02:07:22,720 --> 02:07:23,800 INSPECTION, AND THEN THE RECORDS 2994 02:07:23,800 --> 02:07:32,320 NEED TO BE RETAINED FOR THREE 2995 02:07:32,320 --> 02:07:32,600 YEARS. 2996 02:07:32,600 --> 02:07:34,800 THERE'S A SEPARATE FORM FOR 2997 02:07:34,800 --> 02:07:35,720 BUYERS AND TENANTS. 2998 02:07:35,720 --> 02:07:38,760 THIS FORM IS FOR BUYERS. 2999 02:07:38,760 --> 02:07:41,920 IT ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 3000 02:07:41,920 --> 02:07:44,120 AN INSPECTION BUT IN GENERAL 3001 02:07:44,120 --> 02:07:47,920 BOTH FORMS ARE SIMILAR, A LEAD 3002 02:07:47,920 --> 02:07:48,720 WARNING STATEMENT, DISCLOSURE 3003 02:07:48,720 --> 02:07:50,600 STATEMENT, PRESENCE OR NO 3004 02:07:50,600 --> 02:07:52,640 PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT OR 3005 02:07:52,640 --> 02:07:54,880 REPORTS, IF THERE IS KNOWLEDGE, 3006 02:07:54,880 --> 02:07:57,920 ALSO IF AN AGENT IS INVOLVED IN 3007 02:07:57,920 --> 02:07:59,680 THE TRANSACTION, AGENT WOULD 3008 02:07:59,680 --> 02:08:02,040 INITIAL THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF 3009 02:08:02,040 --> 02:08:02,920 OBLIGATIONS AND THEY PROVIDED 3010 02:08:02,920 --> 02:08:04,880 THIS INFORMATION AND THEN 3011 02:08:04,880 --> 02:08:07,280 SIGNATURES AND DATES AT THE 3012 02:08:07,280 --> 02:08:09,720 BOTTOM OF THAT FORM. 3013 02:08:09,720 --> 02:08:14,040 THIS IS THE PAMPHLET, THE BLUE 3014 02:08:14,040 --> 02:08:15,480 BOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED 3015 02:08:15,480 --> 02:08:20,400 TO TENANTS BEFORE THEY MOVE IN. 3016 02:08:20,400 --> 02:08:24,760 SO A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 3017 02:08:24,760 --> 02:08:26,200 DISCLOSURE RULE, AGAIN, ANY LEAD 3018 02:08:26,200 --> 02:08:28,520 INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE 3019 02:08:28,520 --> 02:08:29,840 DISCLOSED BEFORE THE TENANTS 3020 02:08:29,840 --> 02:08:32,880 MOVE IN, THERE SHOULD BE A LEAD 3021 02:08:32,880 --> 02:08:35,080 WARNING STATEMENT, KNOWLEDGE 3022 02:08:35,080 --> 02:08:35,800 STATEMENT, PAMPHLET PROVIDED AND 3023 02:08:35,800 --> 02:08:37,520 SIGNED FOR AND THE COPIES OF ALL 3024 02:08:37,520 --> 02:08:39,440 THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE KEPT 3025 02:08:39,440 --> 02:08:40,200 FOR THREE YEARS. 3026 02:08:40,200 --> 02:08:42,120 AND, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO MAKE 3027 02:08:42,120 --> 02:08:43,720 SURE THAT TENANT OR THAT BUYER 3028 02:08:43,720 --> 02:08:45,880 IS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL 3029 02:08:45,880 --> 02:08:48,520 HAZARDS AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO 3030 02:08:48,520 --> 02:08:50,280 LOOK FOR, WHAT KIND OF HAZARDS 3031 02:08:50,280 --> 02:08:52,880 TO LOOK FOR IF THE LEAD IN THEIR 3032 02:08:52,880 --> 02:08:56,720 PARTICULAR UNIT COULD BECOME A 3033 02:08:56,720 --> 02:08:57,040 PROBLEM. 3034 02:08:57,040 --> 02:08:59,000 SO THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK 3035 02:08:59,000 --> 02:09:01,520 ABOUT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE 3036 02:09:01,520 --> 02:09:05,520 REGULATIONS DEALING WITH LEAD 3037 02:09:05,520 --> 02:09:07,600 AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 3038 02:09:07,600 --> 02:09:09,480 RENOVATION REPAIR AND PAINTING 3039 02:09:09,480 --> 02:09:13,320 RULE, RRP FOR SHORT. 3040 02:09:13,320 --> 02:09:16,600 SO, RRP, THE REGULATED COMMUNITY 3041 02:09:16,600 --> 02:09:19,200 FOR RRP, ANY INDIVIDUAL OR 3042 02:09:19,200 --> 02:09:23,360 ENTITY OR FIRM OR CONTRACTOR 3043 02:09:23,360 --> 02:09:24,080 INCLUDING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3044 02:09:24,080 --> 02:09:27,040 COMPANIES, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO 3045 02:09:27,040 --> 02:09:29,120 THE RULE IF THEY PERFORM OR 3046 02:09:29,120 --> 02:09:31,800 OFFER TO PERFORM A RENOVATION OR 3047 02:09:31,800 --> 02:09:34,320 REPAIR OR REPAINTING FOR 3048 02:09:34,320 --> 02:09:36,080 COMPENSATION IN HOUSING AND 3049 02:09:36,080 --> 02:09:38,720 CHILD OCCUPIED FACILITIES BUILT 3050 02:09:38,720 --> 02:09:40,000 BEFORE 1978. 3051 02:09:40,000 --> 02:09:45,320 WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IF 3052 02:09:45,320 --> 02:09:46,320 THERE'S COMPENSATION INVOLVED, 3053 02:09:46,320 --> 02:09:49,080 THAT TRIGGERS RRP. 3054 02:09:49,080 --> 02:09:50,560 PRE-1978 HOUSING, THIS IS NOT 3055 02:09:50,560 --> 02:09:58,680 APPLYING TO PEOPLE WORKING ON 3056 02:09:58,680 --> 02:09:59,440 THEIR OWN HOMES. 3057 02:09:59,440 --> 02:10:01,400 FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE SKILLED 3058 02:10:01,400 --> 02:10:03,040 ENOUGH TO RENOVATE YOUR OWN 3059 02:10:03,040 --> 02:10:07,880 BATHROOM, TO DO YOUR OWN WORK, 3060 02:10:07,880 --> 02:10:09,400 AND YOU DISTURBING LEAD-BASED 3061 02:10:09,400 --> 02:10:12,080 PAINT OR TAKING OUT WALLS, RRP 3062 02:10:12,080 --> 02:10:13,520 DOES NOT APPLY TO HOMEOWNERS 3063 02:10:13,520 --> 02:10:16,560 DOING WORK ON THEIR OWN HOMES. 3064 02:10:16,560 --> 02:10:19,840 BUT IT DOES APPLY TO PROPERTY 3065 02:10:19,840 --> 02:10:22,800 MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OR PEOPLE 3066 02:10:22,800 --> 02:10:26,880 WORKING ON RENTAL UNITS THEY MAY 3067 02:10:26,880 --> 02:10:27,480 OWN. 3068 02:10:27,480 --> 02:10:30,400 SO RRP IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH 3069 02:10:30,400 --> 02:10:34,520 THE RULE, THE RENOVATION FIRM 3070 02:10:34,520 --> 02:10:35,120 MUST BE CERTIFIED. 3071 02:10:35,120 --> 02:10:36,960 I SAY RENOVATION FIRMS, THAT 3072 02:10:36,960 --> 02:10:38,160 COULD BE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, 3073 02:10:38,160 --> 02:10:56,320 IT COULD BE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR, 3074 02:10:56,320 --> 02:10:56,920 GENERAL CONTRACTOR, ANYONE 3075 02:10:56,920 --> 02:10:58,640 WORKING ON THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO 3076 02:10:58,640 --> 02:11:03,120 BE CERTIFIED, LIKE A CONTRACTOR 3077 02:11:03,120 --> 02:11:07,440 OR SOMEONE SUBJECT TO THE RULE, 3078 02:11:07,440 --> 02:11:14,760 AND EACH JOB MUST HAVE A 3079 02:11:14,760 --> 02:11:17,920 CERTIFIED RENOVATOR, THAT HAS TO 3080 02:11:17,920 --> 02:11:20,760 GO TO A CLASS AND RECEIVE A 3081 02:11:20,760 --> 02:11:21,080 CERTIFICATE. 3082 02:11:21,080 --> 02:11:21,640 NOT EVERY PERSON ON THE JOB 3083 02:11:21,640 --> 02:11:25,600 NEEDS TO BE A CERTIFIED 3084 02:11:25,600 --> 02:11:27,040 RENOVATOR BUT EACH JOB MUST HAVE 3085 02:11:27,040 --> 02:11:33,120 AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED RENOVATOR 3086 02:11:33,120 --> 02:11:36,320 ASSIGNED TO THAT JOB THAT 3087 02:11:36,320 --> 02:11:38,320 DOCUMENTS COMPLIANCE WITH WORK 3088 02:11:38,320 --> 02:11:39,160 PRACTICES, THERE WHEN 3089 02:11:39,160 --> 02:11:40,520 CONTAINMENT IS SET UP, AT THE 3090 02:11:40,520 --> 02:11:41,560 BEGINNING OF A JOB, AT THE END 3091 02:11:41,560 --> 02:11:45,400 OF THE JOB TO VERIFY THINGS WERE 3092 02:11:45,400 --> 02:11:46,160 CLEANED UP PROPERLY, SO THAT'S 3093 02:11:46,160 --> 02:11:53,560 ONE OF THE ROLES OF THE 3094 02:11:53,560 --> 02:11:55,160 CERTIFIED RENOVATOR AND MAKE 3095 02:11:55,160 --> 02:11:56,640 SURE OTHERS ARE AWARE EVER LEAD 3096 02:11:56,640 --> 02:11:59,680 SAFE WORK PRACTICES, HOW TO 3097 02:11:59,680 --> 02:12:02,040 FOLLOW THEM WHILE ON THE JOB. 3098 02:12:02,040 --> 02:12:05,200 THE HOMEOWNERS, THEY SHOULD BE 3099 02:12:05,200 --> 02:12:07,280 RECEIVING A PAMPHLET BEFORE THE 3100 02:12:07,280 --> 02:12:09,360 WORK IS DONE. 3101 02:12:09,360 --> 02:12:11,320 IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE 3102 02:12:11,320 --> 02:12:12,520 DISCLOSURE RULE. 3103 02:12:12,520 --> 02:12:13,600 THIS PAMPHLET, I'LL SHOW A 3104 02:12:13,600 --> 02:12:16,480 PICTURE IN A FEW SLIDES, 3105 02:12:16,480 --> 02:12:18,720 RENOVATE RIGHT IT'S CALLED. 3106 02:12:18,720 --> 02:12:20,040 HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE THIS. 3107 02:12:20,040 --> 02:12:25,400 AGAIN, JUST TO EDUCATE THEM ON 3108 02:12:25,400 --> 02:12:26,160 POTENTIAL DANGERS OF LEAD-BASED 3109 02:12:26,160 --> 02:12:27,840 PAINT SO THEY ARE AWARE AND KNOW 3110 02:12:27,840 --> 02:12:31,120 WHAT TO LOOK FOR SO THEY MAKE 3111 02:12:31,120 --> 02:12:35,080 SURE THE FIRMS ARE SUPPOSED TO 3112 02:12:35,080 --> 02:12:37,920 COVER UP ANY FURNITURE OR TOYS 3113 02:12:37,920 --> 02:12:39,640 OR REMOVE THINGS FROM THE ROOMS 3114 02:12:39,640 --> 02:12:41,080 BEFORE WORK IS DONE BUT ALSO 3115 02:12:41,080 --> 02:12:44,040 GOOD FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO KNOW 3116 02:12:44,040 --> 02:12:46,760 THIS SO THEY CAN LIMIT EXPOSURE 3117 02:12:46,760 --> 02:12:50,520 OR THEIR CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO 3118 02:12:50,520 --> 02:12:52,120 DUST BY REMOVING THINGS AND 3119 02:12:52,120 --> 02:12:54,120 UNDERSTANDING THAT LEAD CAN BE 3120 02:12:54,120 --> 02:12:56,320 DANGEROUS, LEAD DUST IS 3121 02:12:56,320 --> 02:12:59,800 INVISIBLE, IT CAN FLY AROUND 3122 02:12:59,800 --> 02:13:00,920 EASILY DURING RENOVATION, YOU 3123 02:13:00,920 --> 02:13:03,400 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A FIRM 3124 02:13:03,400 --> 02:13:04,520 YOU'RE PROTECTING YOUR CLIENTS 3125 02:13:04,520 --> 02:13:08,520 AND FOLLOWING THE RULES BUT ALSO 3126 02:13:08,520 --> 02:13:10,840 AS A HOMEOWNER YOU WANT TO BE 3127 02:13:10,840 --> 02:13:11,720 AWARE OF DANGER OF LEAD-BASED 3128 02:13:11,720 --> 02:13:16,320 PAINT AND TAKE THE NEXT 3129 02:13:16,320 --> 02:13:16,600 PRECAUTIONS. 3130 02:13:16,600 --> 02:13:20,720 HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE THIS 3131 02:13:20,720 --> 02:13:21,160 PAMPHLET. 3132 02:13:21,160 --> 02:13:22,600 FIRMS NEED TO DOCUMENT THEY 3133 02:13:22,600 --> 02:13:24,080 PROVIDE TO THE HOMEOWNERS. 3134 02:13:24,080 --> 02:13:26,720 ALSO, THE FIRMS NEED TO FOLLOW 3135 02:13:26,720 --> 02:13:28,960 LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES, AND 3136 02:13:28,960 --> 02:13:30,480 DOCUMENT THAT THEY FOLLOWED 3137 02:13:30,480 --> 02:13:32,520 THESE LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES. 3138 02:13:32,520 --> 02:13:35,760 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FIRM 3139 02:13:35,760 --> 02:13:39,040 CERTIFICATION, THAT'S ISSUED BY 3140 02:13:39,040 --> 02:13:42,000 EPA, PEOPLE CAN APPLY ONLINE TO 3141 02:13:42,000 --> 02:13:43,880 BECOME A CERTIFIED FIRM, THERE'S 3142 02:13:43,880 --> 02:13:47,240 A FEE AND EPA PROVIDES A 3143 02:13:47,240 --> 02:13:48,000 CERTIFICATION. 3144 02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:48,760 THERE'S ALSO A SEPARATE 3145 02:13:48,760 --> 02:13:51,200 CERTIFICATE AS I MENTIONED 3146 02:13:51,200 --> 02:13:52,040 BEFORE FOR CERTIFIED RENOVATORS. 3147 02:13:52,040 --> 02:13:54,600 AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE 3148 02:13:54,600 --> 02:13:57,320 RECORD KEEPING CHECK LIST. 3149 02:13:57,320 --> 02:13:59,120 THE FONT IS SMALL. 3150 02:13:59,120 --> 02:14:03,400 BUT IT GIVES YOU JUST A GENERAL 3151 02:14:03,400 --> 02:14:05,640 OVERVIEW OF THE LEAD-SAFE WORK 3152 02:14:05,640 --> 02:14:07,000 PRACTICES CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE 3153 02:14:07,000 --> 02:14:09,000 FOLLOWING AND CHECKING OFF, YES, 3154 02:14:09,000 --> 02:14:10,520 THIS IS THE NAME OF MY FIRM, 3155 02:14:10,520 --> 02:14:16,840 THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING THE 3156 02:14:16,840 --> 02:14:19,240 RENOVATION, I POSTED WARNING 3157 02:14:19,240 --> 02:14:22,600 SIGNS, CHECK CONTAINMENT, I SET 3158 02:14:22,600 --> 02:14:25,120 UP THE CONTAINMENT, CHECK I 3159 02:14:25,120 --> 02:14:27,880 CLOSED THE WINDOWS AND MADE SURE 3160 02:14:27,880 --> 02:14:35,120 PLASTIC SHEETING WAS DOWN, NOT 3161 02:14:35,120 --> 02:14:35,960 REUSABLE TARPS, THINGS LIKE 3162 02:14:35,960 --> 02:14:36,160 THAT. 3163 02:14:36,160 --> 02:14:37,520 THIS IS THE CHECKLIST TO MAKE 3164 02:14:37,520 --> 02:14:39,680 SURE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE 3165 02:14:39,680 --> 02:14:42,080 LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES THEY 3166 02:14:42,080 --> 02:14:44,600 SHOULD BE FOLLOWING WHILE 3167 02:14:44,600 --> 02:14:48,320 WORKING ON THIS PRE-78 HOME. 3168 02:14:48,320 --> 02:14:50,720 THERE ARE LIKER RULE, THERE ARE 3169 02:14:50,720 --> 02:14:51,000 EXCEPTIONS. 3170 02:14:51,000 --> 02:14:55,200 SO WITH RRP THERE ARE A FEW. 3171 02:14:55,200 --> 02:14:58,320 THE RENOVATIONS THAT AFFECT ONLY 3172 02:14:58,320 --> 02:14:58,880 COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 3173 02:14:58,880 --> 02:15:01,200 DETERMINED TO BE FREE OF 3174 02:15:01,200 --> 02:15:04,760 LEAD-BASED PAINT, RULE DOES NOT 3175 02:15:04,760 --> 02:15:04,960 APPLY. 3176 02:15:04,960 --> 02:15:09,520 IF SOMEONE HAS LEAD TESTING DONE 3177 02:15:09,520 --> 02:15:11,280 AND IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT 3178 02:15:11,280 --> 02:15:13,080 COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE 3179 02:15:13,080 --> 02:15:15,480 DISTURBED HAVE NO LEAD, THEN 3180 02:15:15,480 --> 02:15:16,120 LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES DON'T 3181 02:15:16,120 --> 02:15:18,400 NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AND RRP 3182 02:15:18,400 --> 02:15:19,400 WOULDN'T APPLY. 3183 02:15:19,400 --> 02:15:22,920 BUT EACH COMPONENT NEEDS TO BE 3184 02:15:22,920 --> 02:15:23,120 TESTED. 3185 02:15:23,120 --> 02:15:27,080 SO EACH WALL OR EACH WINDOW. 3186 02:15:27,080 --> 02:15:31,440 JUST YOU CAN'T JUST TEST ONE 3187 02:15:31,440 --> 02:15:33,840 WINDOW IF YOU'RE REPLACING 3188 02:15:33,840 --> 02:15:34,280 WINDOWS. 3189 02:15:34,280 --> 02:15:35,720 MINOR REPAIR MAINTENANCE 3190 02:15:35,720 --> 02:15:36,480 ACTIVITIES, DISTURBING SIX 3191 02:15:36,480 --> 02:15:40,120 SQUARE FEET OR LESS PER ROOM ON 3192 02:15:40,120 --> 02:15:43,480 INTERIOR OR 20 SQUARE FEET OR 3193 02:15:43,480 --> 02:15:46,520 LESS OF EXTERIOR SURFACE THOSE 3194 02:15:46,520 --> 02:15:47,400 MINOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 3195 02:15:47,400 --> 02:15:50,080 ACTIVITIES THEY ALSO ARE NOT 3196 02:15:50,080 --> 02:15:51,240 INCLUDED IN THE RULE. 3197 02:15:51,240 --> 02:15:54,200 THAT MIGHT APPLY TO SOMEONE LIKE 3198 02:15:54,200 --> 02:15:57,000 AN ELECTRICIAN JUST DISTURBING A 3199 02:15:57,000 --> 02:15:59,440 SMALL AMOUNT OF PAINT TO MOVE A 3200 02:15:59,440 --> 02:16:01,840 WIRE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 3201 02:16:01,840 --> 02:16:03,720 SO THAT'S ONE EXCEPTION AS WELL. 3202 02:16:03,720 --> 02:16:06,320 AND THEN ALSO ANY WORK DONE AS I 3203 02:16:06,320 --> 02:16:07,640 MENTIONED BEFORE BY INDIVIDUALS 3204 02:16:07,640 --> 02:16:09,520 IN HOUSING THAT THEY OWN AND 3205 02:16:09,520 --> 02:16:10,800 OCCUPY, SO YOU'RE WORKING ON 3206 02:16:10,800 --> 02:16:14,320 YOUR OWN HOUSE, DON'T NEED TO 3207 02:16:14,320 --> 02:16:16,360 FOLLOW RRP, ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD 3208 02:16:16,360 --> 02:16:19,000 STILL ALWAYS WORK LEAD SAFE. 3209 02:16:19,000 --> 02:16:23,920 SO NOW WITH THAT BRIEF OVERVIEW 3210 02:16:23,920 --> 02:16:26,240 OF RRP AND DISCLOSURE RULE ALL 3211 02:16:26,240 --> 02:16:34,200 TURP -- I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 3212 02:16:34,200 --> 02:16:35,320 PAUL RUGE, EXAMPLES OF THINGS IN 3213 02:16:35,320 --> 02:16:37,520 THE FIELD AND WHAT WE FIND AND 3214 02:16:37,520 --> 02:16:41,120 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DURING 3215 02:16:41,120 --> 02:16:42,840 OUR INSPECTIONS, SO I'LL TURN IT 3216 02:16:42,840 --> 02:16:45,120 OVER TO YOU. 3217 02:16:45,120 --> 02:16:46,760 >> THANK YOU, ANNIE. 3218 02:16:46,760 --> 02:16:48,720 I'M FIELD INSPECTOR, TRYING TO 3219 02:16:48,720 --> 02:16:53,240 GET IN THE FIELD TO VISIT WORK 3220 02:16:53,240 --> 02:16:54,640 SITES, TYPICALLY WE WOULD GET 3221 02:16:54,640 --> 02:16:56,120 THE INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY 3222 02:16:56,120 --> 02:16:59,440 THAT TURNED IN WHAT IS A TIPPING 3223 02:16:59,440 --> 02:17:00,720 COMPLAINT, GIVE ME AN ADDRESS TO 3224 02:17:00,720 --> 02:17:04,280 GO TO AND I TRY TO GET THERE IN 3225 02:17:04,280 --> 02:17:07,200 TIME TO WATCH THEM WORKING AND 3226 02:17:07,200 --> 02:17:09,520 POSSIBLY TAKE PICTURES AND 3227 02:17:09,520 --> 02:17:10,720 DOCUMENT WORK PRACTICES THAT 3228 02:17:10,720 --> 02:17:14,040 THEY ARE OR ARE NOT DOING. 3229 02:17:14,040 --> 02:17:16,320 PRIME EXAMPLE, THIS PICTURE 3230 02:17:16,320 --> 02:17:17,320 YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 3231 02:17:17,320 --> 02:17:23,440 THEY'VE GOT A NICE TARP DOWN. 3232 02:17:23,440 --> 02:17:25,400 IT'S GOING TO CATCH LEAD CHIPS, 3233 02:17:25,400 --> 02:17:27,560 THAT'S A GOOD DOWN. 3234 02:17:27,560 --> 02:17:29,800 THE RRP RULES SAY YOU SHOULD NOT 3235 02:17:29,800 --> 02:17:33,840 USE TARPS BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE 3236 02:17:33,840 --> 02:17:35,160 LOOKING FOR IS PLASTIC, AND THE 3237 02:17:35,160 --> 02:17:37,360 REASON IS TO CATCH THE CHIPS AND 3238 02:17:37,360 --> 02:17:39,200 THEN YOU CONTAIN THE CHIPS 3239 02:17:39,200 --> 02:17:40,840 WITHIN THE PLASTIC, FOLD IT AND 3240 02:17:40,840 --> 02:17:43,080 THROW IT AWAY. 3241 02:17:43,080 --> 02:17:44,520 THIS CONTRACTOR I'D BE WILLING 3242 02:17:44,520 --> 02:17:46,360 TO BET IS NOT GOING TO FOLD UP 3243 02:17:46,360 --> 02:17:49,200 AND THROW AWAY HIS TARP. 3244 02:17:49,200 --> 02:17:53,520 WE EVEN -- IT'S EVEN AS BAD AS 3245 02:17:53,520 --> 02:17:57,600 WE HAD ONE INSTANCE WHERE -- 3246 02:17:57,600 --> 02:17:58,840 THIS HAPPENED ON AN INSPECTOR'S 3247 02:17:58,840 --> 02:18:00,480 HOUSE, THEY REPLACE THE HIS 3248 02:18:00,480 --> 02:18:02,080 WINDOWS, PUT THE TARP DOWN LIKE 3249 02:18:02,080 --> 02:18:02,920 THIS ON THE OUTSIDE. 3250 02:18:02,920 --> 02:18:04,720 HE TOLD THEM HE WAS AN INSPECTOR 3251 02:18:04,720 --> 02:18:06,400 AND THEY SHOULD DO IT CORRECTLY. 3252 02:18:06,400 --> 02:18:08,240 THEY DID NOT. 3253 02:18:08,240 --> 02:18:09,520 THEY PUT THE TARPS DOWN, WHEN 3254 02:18:09,520 --> 02:18:11,920 THEY GOT DONE WITH THE JOB THEY 3255 02:18:11,920 --> 02:18:13,680 ROLLED THE TARPS UP, SHOOK THEM 3256 02:18:13,680 --> 02:18:14,560 IN THE STREET. 3257 02:18:14,560 --> 02:18:17,120 AND ALL THE LEAD DUST AND LEAD 3258 02:18:17,120 --> 02:18:20,520 CHIPS WOUND UP IN THE STREET 3259 02:18:20,520 --> 02:18:22,360 WHICH WOULD WIND UP IN GUTTERS 3260 02:18:22,360 --> 02:18:24,720 AFTER A RAIN, GOING INTO THE 3261 02:18:24,720 --> 02:18:27,480 DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF THE COMMUNITY 3262 02:18:27,480 --> 02:18:30,720 HE LIVED IN. 3263 02:18:30,720 --> 02:18:32,880 NEXT SLIDE. 3264 02:18:32,880 --> 02:18:37,120 ANNIE, DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDES? 3265 02:18:37,120 --> 02:18:40,520 >> SORRY. 3266 02:18:40,520 --> 02:18:41,200 >> NO PROBLEM. 3267 02:18:41,200 --> 02:18:44,120 >> IT FROZE UP FOR A SECOND. 3268 02:18:44,120 --> 02:18:46,440 >> JUST GOING BACK TO THIS, THEY 3269 02:18:46,440 --> 02:18:48,160 SHOULD NOT BE -- IF ANYBODY SEES 3270 02:18:48,160 --> 02:18:49,920 WORK BEING DONE THEY SHOULD NOT 3271 02:18:49,920 --> 02:18:53,520 BE USING A CLOTH TARP OR 3272 02:18:53,520 --> 02:18:53,920 WHATEVER. 3273 02:18:53,920 --> 02:18:55,800 THIS IS ANOTHER SITE. 3274 02:18:55,800 --> 02:18:59,520 THIS ONE IS ONE OF MINE. 3275 02:18:59,520 --> 02:19:00,720 THE COMPLAINTANT WAS ACROSS THE 3276 02:19:00,720 --> 02:19:02,400 STREET, LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, 3277 02:19:02,400 --> 02:19:03,720 HAD A SMALL CHILD. 3278 02:19:03,720 --> 02:19:05,240 THIS HOUSE WAS BEING RENOVATED. 3279 02:19:05,240 --> 02:19:08,280 AS YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT LAWN IS 3280 02:19:08,280 --> 02:19:09,920 QUITE A MESS. 3281 02:19:09,920 --> 02:19:12,520 I HAPPENED TO BE THERE, WENT 3282 02:19:12,520 --> 02:19:14,040 THAT MORNING, TOOK THE PICTURE. 3283 02:19:14,040 --> 02:19:16,000 MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON SITE. 3284 02:19:16,000 --> 02:19:18,720 AND HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME 3285 02:19:18,720 --> 02:19:22,200 THAT POSSIBLY THE BAGS BROKE 3286 02:19:22,200 --> 02:19:23,320 WHEN THEY WERE CARRYING THE 3287 02:19:23,320 --> 02:19:25,080 DEBRIS OUT FROM THE 'DEM 3288 02:19:25,080 --> 02:19:26,520 ANYTHINGS INSIDE, TAKING DOWN 3289 02:19:26,520 --> 02:19:28,560 ALL THE PAINTED WALLS, SHEET 3290 02:19:28,560 --> 02:19:30,000 ROCK, WHATEVER. 3291 02:19:30,000 --> 02:19:32,560 LOOKS TO ME HE NEVER DID EXPLAIN 3292 02:19:32,560 --> 02:19:34,480 TO ME TOTALLY HOW THIS HAPPENED 3293 02:19:34,480 --> 02:19:36,320 BUT IT'S JUST A MESS. 3294 02:19:36,320 --> 02:19:39,320 AND IF YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK 3295 02:19:39,320 --> 02:19:40,600 CLOSELY UNDERNEATH THE -- ON THE 3296 02:19:40,600 --> 02:19:41,800 RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU SEE THE 3297 02:19:41,800 --> 02:19:44,720 PLYWOOD UP ON THE HOUSE, BELOW 3298 02:19:44,720 --> 02:19:47,160 IT IS ALSO SOME BRICK AND BLOCK 3299 02:19:47,160 --> 02:19:50,440 WITH PAINTED -- THAT IS PAINTED 3300 02:19:50,440 --> 02:19:50,640 ALSO. 3301 02:19:50,640 --> 02:19:52,720 HE COULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH ANY 3302 02:19:52,720 --> 02:19:55,560 LEAD TEST, COULD NOT SHOW ME IT 3303 02:19:55,560 --> 02:19:57,680 WAS LEAD FREE. 3304 02:19:57,680 --> 02:20:00,840 THEN WE -- HE WENT TO THROW IT 3305 02:20:00,840 --> 02:20:02,800 IN THE DUMPSTER, IN THIS CASE 3306 02:20:02,800 --> 02:20:06,280 THIS DUMPSTER HAS NO COVER ON 3307 02:20:06,280 --> 02:20:06,680 IT. 3308 02:20:06,680 --> 02:20:09,560 THE DUMPSTERS WHEN NOT BEING -- 3309 02:20:09,560 --> 02:20:11,880 WHEN NOT HAVING DEBRIS PUT IN 3310 02:20:11,880 --> 02:20:16,960 IT, THE DUMPSTERS SHOULD BE 3311 02:20:16,960 --> 02:20:18,600 COVERED WITH SOME KIND OF COVER 3312 02:20:18,600 --> 02:20:21,520 TO KEEP WATER OUT BECAUSE 3313 02:20:21,520 --> 02:20:24,160 OBVIOUSLY RAIN GOING IN WOULD 3314 02:20:24,160 --> 02:20:26,640 WASH THROUGH THE DEBRIS AND THEN 3315 02:20:26,640 --> 02:20:28,120 GO OUT ON THE GROUND ON THE 3316 02:20:28,120 --> 02:20:34,920 BOTTOM AND, AGAIN, GO INTO THE 3317 02:20:34,920 --> 02:20:36,320 SOIL AND SURROUNDING AREA. 3318 02:20:36,320 --> 02:20:39,560 A LOT OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN 3319 02:20:39,560 --> 02:20:40,840 HERE. 3320 02:20:40,840 --> 02:20:41,120 NEXT SLIDE. 3321 02:20:41,120 --> 02:20:44,160 THIS ONE, THIS IS KIND OF 3322 02:20:44,160 --> 02:20:44,400 TYPICAL. 3323 02:20:44,400 --> 02:20:46,800 THIS HOUSE WAS BEING WORKED ON, 3324 02:20:46,800 --> 02:20:52,360 BEING RENOVATED, TORN APART FROM 3325 02:20:52,360 --> 02:20:52,840 INSIDE. 3326 02:20:52,840 --> 02:20:54,640 AND THE LEAD-COATED WOOD FROM 3327 02:20:54,640 --> 02:20:56,120 INSIDE AND SHEET ROCK WAS ALL 3328 02:20:56,120 --> 02:20:57,600 THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW, ON THE 3329 02:20:57,600 --> 02:20:58,280 BACK YARD. 3330 02:20:58,280 --> 02:21:02,760 GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ANNIE, 3331 02:21:02,760 --> 02:21:03,120 PLEASE. 3332 02:21:03,120 --> 02:21:04,920 THIS IS THE SAME ONE ONLY FROM 3333 02:21:04,920 --> 02:21:06,040 FARTHER BACK. 3334 02:21:06,040 --> 02:21:09,240 YOU CAN SEE DEBRIS WAS THROWN 3335 02:21:09,240 --> 02:21:10,880 OUT THE WINDOW. 3336 02:21:10,880 --> 02:21:14,200 AND THE DEBRIS SHOULD HAVE HAD 3337 02:21:14,200 --> 02:21:15,320 PLASTIC UNDERNEATH IT. 3338 02:21:15,320 --> 02:21:18,840 I'D BE LOOKING FOR PLASTIC AND 3339 02:21:18,840 --> 02:21:20,360 IF SOMETHING IS NOT THROWN OUT 3340 02:21:20,360 --> 02:21:22,200 IT SHOULD BE COVERED OVER 3341 02:21:22,200 --> 02:21:22,480 ENTIRELY. 3342 02:21:22,480 --> 02:21:24,160 THIS TARP THAT'S ON THERE, THIS 3343 02:21:24,160 --> 02:21:25,520 BLUE TARP, IF ANYBODY IS 3344 02:21:25,520 --> 02:21:26,920 FAMILIAR WITH THESE TYPE OF 3345 02:21:26,920 --> 02:21:28,680 TARPS, IT'S NOT A TARP THAT YOU 3346 02:21:28,680 --> 02:21:30,640 ARE GOING TO THROW AWAY. 3347 02:21:30,640 --> 02:21:34,040 WHICH IT SHOULD BE. 3348 02:21:34,040 --> 02:21:35,680 IT SHOULD ALL BE IN PLASTIC. 3349 02:21:35,680 --> 02:21:36,600 THIS TARP IS NOT GOING TO BE 3350 02:21:36,600 --> 02:21:37,320 THROWN AWAY. 3351 02:21:37,320 --> 02:21:39,160 THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY 3352 02:21:39,160 --> 02:21:40,640 THESE TARPS FROM -- SHOULD NOT 3353 02:21:40,640 --> 02:21:42,120 CARRY THESE TARPS FROM JOB TO 3354 02:21:42,120 --> 02:21:44,520 JOB BECAUSE YOU JUST ARE 3355 02:21:44,520 --> 02:21:46,320 DRAGGING LEAD DUST AND LEAD 3356 02:21:46,320 --> 02:21:49,280 DEBRIS FROM ONE JOB TO ANOTHER. 3357 02:21:49,280 --> 02:21:51,760 NEXT SLIDE. 3358 02:21:51,760 --> 02:21:54,480 AND THIS IS JUST -- THE SAME 3359 02:21:54,480 --> 02:21:56,040 HOUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE COATED 3360 02:21:56,040 --> 02:21:57,160 WITH SHINGLES. 3361 02:21:57,160 --> 02:21:58,880 THIS IS SOMETHING IF YOU'RE 3362 02:21:58,880 --> 02:22:01,920 RENOVATING A HOUSE AND TAKING 3363 02:22:01,920 --> 02:22:03,360 SIDING OFF, UPDATING THE HOUSE, 3364 02:22:03,360 --> 02:22:05,520 IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO WATCH 3365 02:22:05,520 --> 02:22:05,880 FOR. 3366 02:22:05,880 --> 02:22:10,240 THE PAINT UNDERNEATH IS LEAD 3367 02:22:10,240 --> 02:22:10,560 PAINT. 3368 02:22:10,560 --> 02:22:12,800 IT'S A TYPICAL LOOK THAT YOU'LL 3369 02:22:12,800 --> 02:22:14,560 FIND WITH LEAD PAINT, 3370 02:22:14,560 --> 02:22:14,920 ALLIGATORING. 3371 02:22:14,920 --> 02:22:17,920 YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE AN 3372 02:22:17,920 --> 02:22:19,360 ALLIGATOR SKIN. 3373 02:22:19,360 --> 02:22:20,720 THIS HOUSE IS DEFINITELY COVERED 3374 02:22:20,720 --> 02:22:21,920 WITH LEAD PAINT SO ANYTHING THAT 3375 02:22:21,920 --> 02:22:26,800 THEY DO ON THE OUTSIDE NEEDS 3376 02:22:26,800 --> 02:22:27,360 PLASTIC DOWN. 3377 02:22:27,360 --> 02:22:29,120 IF THEY TAKE THE SIDING OFF THEY 3378 02:22:29,120 --> 02:22:31,560 DROP IT ON THE PLASTIC, WRAP IT 3379 02:22:31,560 --> 02:22:32,680 IN THE PLASTIC AND DISPOSE OF IT 3380 02:22:32,680 --> 02:22:34,560 OR IF THEY ARE GOING TO SCRAPE 3381 02:22:34,560 --> 02:22:37,520 IT OFF THE HOUSE SHOULD WET IT 3382 02:22:37,520 --> 02:22:39,280 DOWN, SCRAPE IT AGAIN, HAVE 3383 02:22:39,280 --> 02:22:40,040 PLASTIC DOWN, COLLECT IT ALL AT 3384 02:22:40,040 --> 02:22:42,680 THE END OF THE DAY, PUT IT IN 3385 02:22:42,680 --> 02:22:44,160 PLASTIC BAGS AND DEPENDING ON 3386 02:22:44,160 --> 02:22:49,200 MUNICIPALITY YOU CAN PUT IT IN A 3387 02:22:49,200 --> 02:22:51,720 PLASTIC BAG AND LEAVE IT FOR 3388 02:22:51,720 --> 02:22:55,400 GARBAGE OR TAKE TO LANDFILL. 3389 02:22:55,400 --> 02:22:57,000 THIS PERSON HAS SEVERAL 3390 02:22:57,000 --> 02:22:58,720 PROBLEMS. 3391 02:22:58,720 --> 02:23:00,080 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. 3392 02:23:00,080 --> 02:23:03,320 I BELIEVE SEVERAL OF ARE YOU IN 3393 02:23:03,320 --> 02:23:05,320 THE SERVICE, IN THIS SYMPOSIUM, 3394 02:23:05,320 --> 02:23:07,280 THIS WAS DOWN IN NORFOLK. 3395 02:23:07,280 --> 02:23:09,360 YOU CAN SEE A WHITE HOUSE DOWN 3396 02:23:09,360 --> 02:23:12,720 THE ALLEYWAY, IN THE BACK A 3397 02:23:12,720 --> 02:23:15,720 WHITE HOUSE, THAT WAS THE 3398 02:23:15,720 --> 02:23:16,240 COMPLAINANT. 3399 02:23:16,240 --> 02:23:17,560 THIS HOUSE WAS POWER WASHED, 3400 02:23:17,560 --> 02:23:19,200 KNOCKED ALL THE PAINT OFF, ALL 3401 02:23:19,200 --> 02:23:20,400 THE CHIPS FLEW OVER INTO THE 3402 02:23:20,400 --> 02:23:23,000 BACK YARD OF THE HOUSE NEXT 3403 02:23:23,000 --> 02:23:23,200 DOOR. 3404 02:23:23,200 --> 02:23:25,120 IF YOU GO TO POWER WASH A HOUSE 3405 02:23:25,120 --> 02:23:27,600 YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE 3406 02:23:27,600 --> 02:23:29,280 WATER BECAUSE THE WATER WILL 3407 02:23:29,280 --> 02:23:31,720 HAVE CHIPS AND DUST IN IT. 3408 02:23:31,720 --> 02:23:34,920 ALL HAS TO BE CAPTURED, PUT IN 3409 02:23:34,920 --> 02:23:42,280 DRUMS, DISPOSED OF AS AS A 3410 02:23:42,280 --> 02:23:58,200 TOXIC WASTE. 3411 02:23:58,200 --> 02:23:59,720 >> WE MIGHT HAVE LOST PAUL, 3412 02:23:59,720 --> 02:24:04,520 JESS. 3413 02:24:04,520 --> 02:24:04,680 3414 02:24:04,680 --> 02:24:04,920 >> YES. 3415 02:24:04,920 --> 02:24:07,600 >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STOPPED 3416 02:24:07,600 --> 02:24:07,920 MID-SENTENCE. 3417 02:24:07,920 --> 02:24:09,360 >> I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE 3418 02:24:09,360 --> 02:24:11,000 ACCIDENTALLY MUTED HIMSELF. 3419 02:24:11,000 --> 02:24:11,640 PAUL? 3420 02:24:11,640 --> 02:24:11,920 >> OH. 3421 02:24:11,920 --> 02:24:14,880 OKAY. 3422 02:24:14,880 --> 02:24:15,360 YEAH, MAYBE WE BETTER -- 3423 02:24:15,360 --> 02:24:18,160 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID THAT. 3424 02:24:18,160 --> 02:24:19,240 >> NO WORRIES. 3425 02:24:19,240 --> 02:24:21,000 >> I'M SITTING HERE TALKING AND 3426 02:24:21,000 --> 02:24:23,640 MOVING MY HANDS, I MUST HAVE -- 3427 02:24:23,640 --> 02:24:24,480 WHATEVER. 3428 02:24:24,480 --> 02:24:25,720 WHERE DID I STOP? 3429 02:24:25,720 --> 02:24:32,600 CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME A HINT? 3430 02:24:32,600 --> 02:24:34,880 >> THE NEIGHBOR COMPLAINING AND, 3431 02:24:34,880 --> 02:24:37,480 YES, THE POWER WASHING. 3432 02:24:37,480 --> 02:24:40,840 >> YEAH, POWER WASHED THE HOUSE, 3433 02:24:40,840 --> 02:24:43,880 YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE, 3434 02:24:43,880 --> 02:24:47,400 ANNIE, JUST FOR A MINUTE. 3435 02:24:47,400 --> 02:24:48,720 THE GENTLEMAN IS SCRAPING THE 3436 02:24:48,720 --> 02:24:50,320 WINDOWS, THERE SHOULD BE PLASTIC 3437 02:24:50,320 --> 02:24:52,720 AT THE BOTTOM FOR ANY -- ON THE 3438 02:24:52,720 --> 02:24:53,720 GROUND FOR CONTAINMENT SO THEY 3439 02:24:53,720 --> 02:24:56,120 CAN PICK UP AT THE END OF THE 3440 02:24:56,120 --> 02:24:56,320 NIGHT. 3441 02:24:56,320 --> 02:24:59,520 WHEN THEY HOUSE WAS POWER 3442 02:24:59,520 --> 02:25:01,520 WASHED, THE DRIVEWAY SLOPES 3443 02:25:01,520 --> 02:25:03,000 TOWARD THE STREET, THAT RAN INTO 3444 02:25:03,000 --> 02:25:10,360 THE STREET AND DOWN THE GUTTERS 3445 02:25:10,360 --> 02:25:11,960 TO A DRAIN IN THE ROAD. 3446 02:25:11,960 --> 02:25:15,000 AREN'T THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE 3447 02:25:15,000 --> 02:25:18,080 WHEN I CAME OUT, WHEN I VISITED 3448 02:25:18,080 --> 02:25:20,360 WITH THE COMPLAINANT NEXT DOOR I 3449 02:25:20,360 --> 02:25:24,200 HEARD SOME POWER SANDING, AROUND 3450 02:25:24,200 --> 02:25:25,520 THE BACK IS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON 3451 02:25:25,520 --> 02:25:30,320 THE HOUSE WITH A POWER SANDER. 3452 02:25:30,320 --> 02:25:33,080 AGAIN, NO PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, 3453 02:25:33,080 --> 02:25:34,800 NO MASKS, WHATEVER, JUST 3454 02:25:34,800 --> 02:25:35,760 CHIPPING AWAY AND LETTING 3455 02:25:35,760 --> 02:25:37,200 EVERYTHING FLY WHEREVER THEY 3456 02:25:37,200 --> 02:25:39,720 WANTED TO. 3457 02:25:39,720 --> 02:25:45,280 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THESE 3458 02:25:45,280 --> 02:25:46,280 PEOPLE WERE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE 3459 02:25:46,280 --> 02:25:47,280 PERSON THAT OWNED THE HOUSE. 3460 02:25:47,280 --> 02:25:49,120 THIS IS GOING TO BE A RENTAL 3461 02:25:49,120 --> 02:25:49,680 HOUSE. 3462 02:25:49,680 --> 02:25:52,440 THESE PEOPLE WERE DAY WORKERS. 3463 02:25:52,440 --> 02:25:54,280 I BELIEVE THEY WERE PICKED UP AT 3464 02:25:54,280 --> 02:25:56,400 THE LOCAL LOWE'S FOR THE DAY TO 3465 02:25:56,400 --> 02:25:57,320 DO WORK. 3466 02:25:57,320 --> 02:25:59,080 THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'LL FIND 3467 02:25:59,080 --> 02:26:10,760 THAT IS QUITE COMMON, BECOMING 3468 02:26:10,760 --> 02:26:11,960 EVEN MORE COMMON. 3469 02:26:11,960 --> 02:26:14,200 THEY WILL WORK FOR A DAY. 3470 02:26:14,200 --> 02:26:15,400 NOT TRAINED. 3471 02:26:15,400 --> 02:26:17,400 ANNIE SHOWED YOU CONTRACTOR 3472 02:26:17,400 --> 02:26:18,040 CERTIFICATION, UNFORTUNATELY WE 3473 02:26:18,040 --> 02:26:20,680 DID NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE 3474 02:26:20,680 --> 02:26:21,960 RENOVATOR CERTIFICATE, BUT WHEN 3475 02:26:21,960 --> 02:26:24,280 YOU'RE HAVING SOMEBODY DO A JOB 3476 02:26:24,280 --> 02:26:26,360 ON A PRE-78 HOUSE YOU SHOULD ASK 3477 02:26:26,360 --> 02:26:27,560 FOR THOSE CERTIFICATES. 3478 02:26:27,560 --> 02:26:31,680 ASK FOR THE CERTIFICATE, ASK FOR 3479 02:26:31,680 --> 02:26:32,520 THE RENOVATOR CERTIFICATE OF THE 3480 02:26:32,520 --> 02:26:34,560 PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE IN 3481 02:26:34,560 --> 02:26:37,080 CHARGE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE CAN 3482 02:26:37,080 --> 02:26:39,920 TRAIN THESE PEOPLE, THEY CAN 3483 02:26:39,920 --> 02:26:42,520 TRAIN HOW TO PUT DOWN THE 3484 02:26:42,520 --> 02:26:43,040 PLASTIC. 3485 02:26:43,040 --> 02:26:47,240 THEY CAN'T TEST FOR LEAD OR 3486 02:26:47,240 --> 02:26:48,440 CERTIFY IT'S CLEAN BUT CAN BE 3487 02:26:48,440 --> 02:26:51,080 TRAINED TO DO THE REST. 3488 02:26:51,080 --> 02:26:52,200 THESE PEOPLE MAY BE WORKING ON 3489 02:26:52,200 --> 02:26:53,920 THE HOUSE FOR A DAY OR TWO AND 3490 02:26:53,920 --> 02:26:56,320 THAT'S THE LAST YOU'LL SEE OF 3491 02:26:56,320 --> 02:26:56,520 THEM. 3492 02:26:56,520 --> 02:26:57,520 UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN FOR THEM 3493 02:26:57,520 --> 02:26:59,560 THEY MAY BE YOUNG PEOPLE, MAY 3494 02:26:59,560 --> 02:27:01,760 HAVE A FAMILY, TRYING TO MAKE A 3495 02:27:01,760 --> 02:27:02,360 LIVING, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND 3496 02:27:02,360 --> 02:27:02,880 THAT. 3497 02:27:02,880 --> 02:27:04,920 BUT THEY ARE TAKING THE DOTS AND 3498 02:27:04,920 --> 02:27:11,720 DIRT AND CHIPS ON THEIR CLOTHING 3499 02:27:11,720 --> 02:27:12,920 HOME TO THEIR YOUNG KIDS. 3500 02:27:12,920 --> 02:27:14,200 YOU NEED TO PROTECT THE WORKER 3501 02:27:14,200 --> 02:27:15,960 AND THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE 3502 02:27:15,960 --> 02:27:16,160 HOUSE. 3503 02:27:16,160 --> 02:27:19,920 AS I MENTIONED THIS IS A RENTAL, 3504 02:27:19,920 --> 02:27:25,000 SO THIS GUY, THE LANDLORD, HE 3505 02:27:25,000 --> 02:27:26,440 ALSO, SINCE HE'S -- HE ACTUALLY 3506 02:27:26,440 --> 02:27:28,520 WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS 3507 02:27:28,520 --> 02:27:32,760 HOUSE, HE ALSO NEEDED TO BE 3508 02:27:32,760 --> 02:27:33,640 ACTUALLY A CERTIFIED RENOVATOR 3509 02:27:33,640 --> 02:27:36,120 IN ORDER FOR HIM TO GO FORWARD 3510 02:27:36,120 --> 02:27:37,520 WITH THIS JOB. 3511 02:27:37,520 --> 02:27:38,560 OKAY, ANNIE, I'M SORRY. 3512 02:27:38,560 --> 02:27:42,520 >> THIS IS YOUR FINAL SLIDE 3513 02:27:42,520 --> 02:27:43,160 HERE. 3514 02:27:43,160 --> 02:27:43,600 >> YEP. 3515 02:27:43,600 --> 02:27:45,800 THIS ONE HERE, THIS IS NOT BAD. 3516 02:27:45,800 --> 02:27:47,200 THIS IS A GOOD THING. 3517 02:27:47,200 --> 02:27:49,040 EXCEPT MAYBE FOR THE GUY ON THE 3518 02:27:49,040 --> 02:27:50,400 LEFT WITH THE LADDER. 3519 02:27:50,400 --> 02:27:53,000 OSHA MIGHT HAVE A DISCUSSION 3520 02:27:53,000 --> 02:27:53,680 WITH HIM. 3521 02:27:53,680 --> 02:27:57,160 BUT THEY ARE ALL WEARING 3522 02:27:57,160 --> 02:27:58,600 PROTECTIVE SUITS, PPE, WEARING 3523 02:27:58,600 --> 02:28:00,920 MASKS, SCRAPING ON THE HOUSE, 3524 02:28:00,920 --> 02:28:01,880 THERE'S PLASTIC ON THE GROUND. 3525 02:28:01,880 --> 02:28:03,520 YOU CAN SEE THE PLASTIC DRAPED 3526 02:28:03,520 --> 02:28:05,120 OVER THE FENCE. 3527 02:28:05,120 --> 02:28:06,000 THE ONLY THING IS THERE SHOULD 3528 02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:09,400 BE SOME KIND OF BARRIER TO KEEP 3529 02:28:09,400 --> 02:28:11,040 PEOPLE AWAY BUT THERE ARE CONES 3530 02:28:11,040 --> 02:28:11,680 AND WHATEVER. 3531 02:28:11,680 --> 02:28:13,640 BUT THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART 3532 02:28:13,640 --> 02:28:17,920 DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF -- IT'S 3533 02:28:17,920 --> 02:28:22,840 A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT SHOULD BE 3534 02:28:22,840 --> 02:28:25,240 DONE, PLASTIC TO CAPTURE 3535 02:28:25,240 --> 02:28:26,520 EVERYTHING, NOT LETTING IT GET 3536 02:28:26,520 --> 02:28:27,480 IN THE BUSHES AND DIRT. 3537 02:28:27,480 --> 02:28:29,320 I THINK THAT'S IT. 3538 02:28:29,320 --> 02:28:33,800 >> THANK YOU, PAUL. 3539 02:28:33,800 --> 02:28:38,720 SO IN SUMMARY, HERE'S THE 3540 02:28:38,720 --> 02:28:40,920 PAMPHLET THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED 3541 02:28:40,920 --> 02:28:41,880 TO THE HOMEOWNER, THE FIRST 3542 02:28:41,880 --> 02:28:45,000 SHOULD SIGN THEY RECEIVED IT, 3543 02:28:45,000 --> 02:28:52,120 FIRM PERFORMING WORK SHOULD BE 3544 02:28:52,120 --> 02:28:53,760 CERTIFIED, CERTIFIED RENOVATOR, 3545 02:28:53,760 --> 02:28:54,720 AND DOCUMENTATION WHILE THE 3546 02:28:54,720 --> 02:28:59,760 RENOVATION IS OH CURBING. 3547 02:28:59,760 --> 02:29:00,040 OCCURRING. 3548 02:29:00,040 --> 02:29:01,120 THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE SEE 3549 02:29:01,120 --> 02:29:05,080 IN THE FIELD WHEN WE'RE DOING 3550 02:29:05,080 --> 02:29:05,480 INSPECTIONS. 3551 02:29:05,480 --> 02:29:07,680 >> ONE MORE THING. 3552 02:29:07,680 --> 02:29:09,520 THE CERTIFICATION AT THE END FOR 3553 02:29:09,520 --> 02:29:11,200 THOSE THAT ARE HAVING WORK DONE 3554 02:29:11,200 --> 02:29:13,920 OR HAVING A FIRM DO THE WORK YOU 3555 02:29:13,920 --> 02:29:16,800 SHOULD ALWAYS GET A COPY OF THAT 3556 02:29:16,800 --> 02:29:18,000 CERTIFICATION, THEY ARE SUPPOSED 3557 02:29:18,000 --> 02:29:22,920 TO GIVE IT IT TO YOU WITHIN 30 3558 02:29:22,920 --> 02:29:23,200 DAYS. 3559 02:29:23,200 --> 02:29:25,200 I SUGGEST THEY HAVE THE CUSTOMER 3560 02:29:25,200 --> 02:29:31,200 ALSO SIGN OFF ON THAT 3561 02:29:31,200 --> 02:29:33,320 CERTIFICATION, EPA COPY DOES NOT 3562 02:29:33,320 --> 02:29:34,400 HAVE A SPACE BUT A LOT OF 3563 02:29:34,400 --> 02:29:38,120 CONTRACT ORS ARE DOING THAT SO 3564 02:29:38,120 --> 02:29:40,240 YOU HAVE A MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT 3565 02:29:40,240 --> 02:29:41,360 EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY. 3566 02:29:41,360 --> 02:29:43,360 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AFTER. 3567 02:29:43,360 --> 02:29:44,920 YOU WANT -- THAT'S A LOT OF 3568 02:29:44,920 --> 02:29:48,400 TIMES WHERE SOME OF THE 3569 02:29:48,400 --> 02:29:49,280 COMPLAINTS COME FROM. 3570 02:29:49,280 --> 02:29:51,520 BE SURE YOU GET A COPY, IF 3571 02:29:51,520 --> 02:29:53,400 YOU'RE HAVING A JOB DONE BE SURE 3572 02:29:53,400 --> 02:29:56,880 YOU GET A COPY OF THE CLEAN 3573 02:29:56,880 --> 02:29:59,640 CERTIFICATION AT THE END. 3574 02:29:59,640 --> 02:30:01,680 >> DO WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS 3575 02:30:01,680 --> 02:30:03,680 BEFORE THE NEXT ONE? 3576 02:30:03,680 --> 02:30:04,600 >> SURE, YEAH. 3577 02:30:04,600 --> 02:30:07,080 >> THE FIRST ONE IS DO YOU HAVE 3578 02:30:07,080 --> 02:30:10,480 ANY INFO ON COMMERCIAL 3579 02:30:10,480 --> 02:30:11,200 RENOVATIONS? 3580 02:30:11,200 --> 02:30:15,240 SUCH AS A GSA LEASED FACILITY 3581 02:30:15,240 --> 02:30:16,680 FOR FEDERAL AGENCY? 3582 02:30:16,680 --> 02:30:19,600 >> AT THIS TIME, LIKE THE 3583 02:30:19,600 --> 02:30:24,400 DISCLOSURE RULE AND RRP RULE DO 3584 02:30:24,400 --> 02:30:26,600 NOT APPLY TO COMMERCIAL, ANY 3585 02:30:26,600 --> 02:30:27,520 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. 3586 02:30:27,520 --> 02:30:31,520 RRP DOES APPLY TO CHILD-OCCUPIED 3587 02:30:31,520 --> 02:30:32,320 FACILITIES WHERE CHILDREN UNDER 3588 02:30:32,320 --> 02:30:36,000 6 ARE PRESENT SUCH AS DAY CARES, 3589 02:30:36,000 --> 02:30:37,400 PRESCHOOLS, BUT DOES NOT APPLY 3590 02:30:37,400 --> 02:30:40,600 AT THIS TIME TO COMMERCIAL 3591 02:30:40,600 --> 02:30:40,880 BUILDINGS. 3592 02:30:40,880 --> 02:30:42,320 >> UNLESS THERE'S A DAY CARE IN 3593 02:30:42,320 --> 02:30:45,840 THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. 3594 02:30:45,840 --> 02:30:46,160 >> RIGHT. 3595 02:30:46,160 --> 02:30:49,560 >> THE SECOND ONE, SOMEONE ASKED 3596 02:30:49,560 --> 02:30:51,960 ABOUT THE PPE REQUIREMENTS OF 3597 02:30:51,960 --> 02:30:53,520 THE RENOVATOR. 3598 02:30:53,520 --> 02:30:56,240 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 3599 02:30:56,240 --> 02:30:58,440 THEY ARE USING THAT PPE 3600 02:30:58,440 --> 02:31:00,920 ABBREVIATION, SO THEY ARE SAYING 3601 02:31:00,920 --> 02:31:05,880 ANY PPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 3602 02:31:05,880 --> 02:31:08,240 PERSON RENOVATING THE HOUSE? 3603 02:31:08,240 --> 02:31:08,760 >> WELL, PPE -- 3604 02:31:08,760 --> 02:31:11,520 >> NO, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED. 3605 02:31:11,520 --> 02:31:15,440 THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED. 3606 02:31:15,440 --> 02:31:17,560 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NICE 3607 02:31:17,560 --> 02:31:18,800 THING TO DO. 3608 02:31:18,800 --> 02:31:19,480 TO PROTECT YOURSELF. 3609 02:31:19,480 --> 02:31:21,480 BUT THERE ARE NO PPE 3610 02:31:21,480 --> 02:31:22,440 REQUIREMENTS IN THE RULE. 3611 02:31:22,440 --> 02:31:24,800 >> IT'S NOT IN THE RULE. 3612 02:31:24,800 --> 02:31:26,800 OSHA WILL HAVE -- IF THEY FIND 3613 02:31:26,800 --> 02:31:27,760 YOU THEY WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION 3614 02:31:27,760 --> 02:31:28,520 WITH YOU. 3615 02:31:28,520 --> 02:31:37,240 THEY DO LIKE TO SEE PROTECTIVE 3616 02:31:37,240 --> 02:31:37,520 EQUIPMENT. 3617 02:31:37,520 --> 02:31:39,720 >> AND ALSO POSSIBLY ONE OF OUR 3618 02:31:39,720 --> 02:31:40,920 CO-PRESENTERS MENTIONED, THANK 3619 02:31:40,920 --> 02:31:43,320 YOU, THAT POSSIBLY FOR 3620 02:31:43,320 --> 02:31:43,600 ABATEMENT. 3621 02:31:43,600 --> 02:31:45,000 ABATEMENTS HAVE DIFFERENT -- 3622 02:31:45,000 --> 02:31:47,720 THAT'S A DIFFERENT REGULATION. 3623 02:31:47,720 --> 02:31:50,440 BUT FOR RRP THERE AREN'T ANY. 3624 02:31:50,440 --> 02:31:52,080 SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER 3625 02:31:52,080 --> 02:31:53,600 NOW, GARTH, ARE THOSE ALL THE 3626 02:31:53,600 --> 02:31:54,040 QUESTIONS FOR NOW? 3627 02:31:54,040 --> 02:31:57,320 >> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE NOW, 3628 02:31:57,320 --> 02:31:57,520 ANNIE. 3629 02:31:57,520 --> 02:31:58,920 THERE WILL BE MORE AFTER THE 3630 02:31:58,920 --> 02:32:00,040 NEXT TWO PEOPLE TALK. 3631 02:32:00,040 --> 02:32:01,800 >> THANK YOU. 3632 02:32:01,800 --> 02:32:04,200 NEXT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER 3633 02:32:04,200 --> 02:32:05,720 TO AIMEE HESSERT WITH EPA 3634 02:32:05,720 --> 02:32:08,760 HEADQUARTERS TO TALK ABOUT 3635 02:32:08,760 --> 02:32:10,080 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES 3636 02:32:10,080 --> 02:32:13,760 AND THE CHANGES TO OUR EPA 3637 02:32:13,760 --> 02:32:16,080 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 3638 02:32:16,080 --> 02:32:17,560 REGARDING RRP. 3639 02:32:17,560 --> 02:32:19,040 >> THANK YOU, ANNIE. 3640 02:32:19,040 --> 02:32:22,960 YES, THANK YOU AND GOOD 3641 02:32:22,960 --> 02:32:23,240 AFTERNOON. 3642 02:32:23,240 --> 02:32:27,560 I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON 3643 02:32:27,560 --> 02:32:30,320 THE RECENT WITHDRAWAL OF TWO 3644 02:32:30,320 --> 02:32:31,920 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON 3645 02:32:31,920 --> 02:32:33,400 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES 3646 02:32:33,400 --> 02:32:35,760 AND LEAD RRP RULE. 3647 02:32:35,760 --> 02:32:38,560 ON MARCH 21 EPA WITHDREW THESE 3648 02:32:38,560 --> 02:32:40,120 TWO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, 3649 02:32:40,120 --> 02:32:41,560 THAT ADDRESS COMPLIANCE 3650 02:32:41,560 --> 02:32:43,720 RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER RRP RULE 3651 02:32:43,720 --> 02:32:46,040 AND AS OF THAT DATE PMCs 3652 02:32:46,040 --> 02:32:51,840 CANNOT RELY ON THEM. 3653 02:32:51,840 --> 02:32:55,400 SINCE 2010, WE'VE BEEN 3654 02:32:55,400 --> 02:32:56,640 IMPLEMENTING AND HAVE A BETTER 3655 02:32:56,640 --> 02:32:58,600 UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTIVITIES 3656 02:32:58,600 --> 02:33:01,400 THAT ARE COMMONLY UNDERTAKEN BY 3657 02:33:01,400 --> 02:33:03,160 PMCs, AND WE'VE CONCLUDED IT'S 3658 02:33:03,160 --> 02:33:05,920 NOT APPROPRIATE TO MAKE 3659 02:33:05,920 --> 02:33:07,080 CATEGORICAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT 3660 02:33:07,080 --> 02:33:07,880 PMC COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION WHICH 3661 02:33:07,880 --> 02:33:10,840 WAS THE CASE FOR THESE TWO 3662 02:33:10,840 --> 02:33:11,120 FAQs. 3663 02:33:11,120 --> 02:33:14,320 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH THE 3664 02:33:14,320 --> 02:33:15,440 WITHDRAWAL OF THESE FAQs IT 3665 02:33:15,440 --> 02:33:19,520 DOES NOT CHANGE THE RRP RULE 3666 02:33:19,520 --> 02:33:20,200 INCLUDING DEFINITION OF 3667 02:33:20,200 --> 02:33:20,560 RENOVATION. 3668 02:33:20,560 --> 02:33:22,760 CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, 3669 02:33:22,760 --> 02:33:23,160 ANNIE. 3670 02:33:23,160 --> 02:33:23,360 OKAY. 3671 02:33:23,360 --> 02:33:27,960 SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE TWO 3672 02:33:27,960 --> 02:33:28,320 WITHDRAWN FAQs. 3673 02:33:28,320 --> 02:33:33,800 I'M GOING TO READ SO YOU 3674 02:33:33,800 --> 02:33:35,440 UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS 3675 02:33:35,440 --> 02:33:37,240 BEEN WITHDRAWN. 3676 02:33:37,240 --> 02:33:39,080 SO THE QUESTION FOR THE FIRST 3677 02:33:39,080 --> 02:33:42,760 STATES A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3678 02:33:42,760 --> 02:33:46,120 COMPANY PERFORMS MOST CLERICAL 3679 02:33:46,120 --> 02:33:47,520 FUNCTIONS, HIRES PLUMBERS, 3680 02:33:47,520 --> 02:33:48,560 ELECTRICIANS, CARPENTERS, ET 3681 02:33:48,560 --> 02:33:49,200 CETERA. 3682 02:33:49,200 --> 02:33:51,760 DOES THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3683 02:33:51,760 --> 02:33:54,600 COMPANY NEED FIRM CERTIFICATION? 3684 02:33:54,600 --> 02:33:56,200 THE ANSWER STATES A PROPERTY 3685 02:33:56,200 --> 02:33:57,920 MANAGEMENT COMPANY ACTS AS AN 3686 02:33:57,920 --> 02:34:00,920 AGENT FOR THE LANDLORD AND HAS 3687 02:34:00,920 --> 02:34:02,640 THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE 3688 02:34:02,640 --> 02:34:02,920 LANDLORD. 3689 02:34:02,920 --> 02:34:04,320 THEREFORE IF THE PROPERTY 3690 02:34:04,320 --> 02:34:05,160 MANAGEMENT COMPANY USES ITS OWN 3691 02:34:05,160 --> 02:34:06,920 EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK THE 3692 02:34:06,920 --> 02:34:08,240 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY MUST 3693 02:34:08,240 --> 02:34:09,640 BE A CERTIFIED FIRM AND ONE OF 3694 02:34:09,640 --> 02:34:12,000 THE EMPLOYEES MUST BE A 3695 02:34:12,000 --> 02:34:13,200 CERTIFIED RENOVATOR. 3696 02:34:13,200 --> 02:34:14,720 IF THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3697 02:34:14,720 --> 02:34:16,720 COMPANY HIRES A RENOVATION FIRM 3698 02:34:16,720 --> 02:34:18,320 TO PERFORM THE RENOVATION, THE 3699 02:34:18,320 --> 02:34:19,880 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY DOES 3700 02:34:19,880 --> 02:34:23,280 NOT NEED FIRM OR RENOVATOR 3701 02:34:23,280 --> 02:34:24,800 CERTIFICATION BUT THE FIRM THE 3702 02:34:24,800 --> 02:34:25,760 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 3703 02:34:25,760 --> 02:34:27,960 HIRES MUST BE CERTIFIED AND 3704 02:34:27,960 --> 02:34:30,600 PERFORM THE RENOVATION USING 3705 02:34:30,600 --> 02:34:31,800 CERTIFIED RENOVATOR THAT DIRECTS 3706 02:34:31,800 --> 02:34:34,000 AND PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 3707 02:34:34,000 --> 02:34:35,880 TO WORKERS NOT CERTIFIED 3708 02:34:35,880 --> 02:34:37,520 RENOVATORS. 3709 02:34:37,520 --> 02:34:39,160 THAT'S THE FIRST WITHDRAWN FAQ. 3710 02:34:39,160 --> 02:34:45,440 IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT 3711 02:34:45,440 --> 02:34:45,640 SLIDE. 3712 02:34:45,640 --> 02:34:47,680 THE QUESTION FOR THE SECOND 3713 02:34:47,680 --> 02:34:50,600 WITHDRAWN FAQ STATES IF A 3714 02:34:50,600 --> 02:34:53,160 COMPANY HIRES A CERTIFIED FIRM 3715 02:34:53,160 --> 02:34:56,440 TO PERFORM RENOVATION AND THEY 3716 02:34:56,440 --> 02:35:03,760 VIOLATE FOR , WHICH IS SUBJECT 3717 02:35:03,760 --> 02:35:04,440 TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION, THE 3718 02:35:04,440 --> 02:35:07,480 MANAGER OR FIRM? 3719 02:35:07,480 --> 02:35:09,360 THE ANSWER STATES IT IS THE 3720 02:35:09,360 --> 02:35:10,240 FEATHER SIDE OFFICIAL'S 3721 02:35:10,240 --> 02:35:11,600 RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH 3722 02:35:11,600 --> 02:35:13,720 REQUIREMENTS OF THE RRP RULE AND 3723 02:35:13,720 --> 02:35:14,680 ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN 3724 02:35:14,680 --> 02:35:24,840 WOULD BE AGAINST THE FIRM. 3725 02:35:24,840 --> 02:35:27,280 EPA WILL ASSESS COMPLIANCE, 3726 02:35:27,280 --> 02:35:28,920 WHETHER THE PMC IS AN EMPLOYEE 3727 02:35:28,920 --> 02:35:31,840 OR HIRES OUTSIDE FIRM. 3728 02:35:31,840 --> 02:35:33,720 THE KEY LANGUAGE STATES IT'S THE 3729 02:35:33,720 --> 02:35:35,920 LANGUAGE IN THE SECOND BULLET, 3730 02:35:35,920 --> 02:35:38,040 CONSISTENT WITH THE RRP RULE ANY 3731 02:35:38,040 --> 02:35:39,160 INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY INCLUDING 3732 02:35:39,160 --> 02:35:41,200 PMCs IS SUBJECT TO THE RRP 3733 02:35:41,200 --> 02:35:42,520 RULE REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY 3734 02:35:42,520 --> 02:35:45,240 PERFORM OR OFFER TO PERFORM 3735 02:35:45,240 --> 02:35:46,960 RENOVATION, REPAIR OR PAINTING 3736 02:35:46,960 --> 02:35:49,720 ACTIVITIES FOR COMPENSATION IN 3737 02:35:49,720 --> 02:35:52,720 HOUSING AND CHILD-OCCUPIED 3738 02:35:52,720 --> 02:35:53,920 FACILITIES BUILT BEFORE 1978 AND 3739 02:35:53,920 --> 02:35:57,440 MUST BE A CERTIFIED FIRM. 3740 02:35:57,440 --> 02:36:02,840 WITH THIS ACTION EPA PLANS TO 3741 02:36:02,840 --> 02:36:04,120 HOLD PMCs AND CONTRACTORS 3742 02:36:04,120 --> 02:36:05,560 RESPONSIBLE IF CIRCUMSTANCES 3743 02:36:05,560 --> 02:36:07,000 INDICATE BOTH ENTITIES ARE 3744 02:36:07,000 --> 02:36:13,160 SUBJECT TO THE RRP RULE 3745 02:36:13,160 --> 02:36:13,680 REQUIREMENTS. 3746 02:36:13,680 --> 02:36:17,320 SO IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THIS 3747 02:36:17,320 --> 02:36:20,160 ACTION, LEADING UP TO THE ACTION 3748 02:36:20,160 --> 02:36:21,200 AND RECENT WITHDRAWAL WE DID 3749 02:36:21,200 --> 02:36:23,480 REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC 3750 02:36:23,480 --> 02:36:24,760 NOTICE AND OUTREACH. 3751 02:36:24,760 --> 02:36:27,200 WE FIRST PUBLISHED A FEDERAL 3752 02:36:27,200 --> 02:36:31,440 REGISTER NOTICE ON NOVEMBER 4 OF 3753 02:36:31,440 --> 02:36:35,520 LAST YEAR, 2021, ANNOUNCING 3754 02:36:35,520 --> 02:36:39,720 INTENT TO WITHDRAW, THE NOTICE 3755 02:36:39,720 --> 02:36:42,400 EXPLAINED RATIONALE AND HOW EPA 3756 02:36:42,400 --> 02:36:43,800 WILL EXERCISE ENFORCEMENT 3757 02:36:43,800 --> 02:36:45,080 DISCRETION. 3758 02:36:45,080 --> 02:36:47,720 AS PART OF THAT NOTICE WE ALSO 3759 02:36:47,720 --> 02:36:49,560 REQUESTED PUBLIC COMMENT 3760 02:36:49,560 --> 02:36:51,680 SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY ANY 3761 02:36:51,680 --> 02:36:53,520 INFORMATION EPA HAD NOT 3762 02:36:53,520 --> 02:36:55,200 CONSIDERED WHEN ANNOUNCING 3763 02:36:55,200 --> 02:36:58,000 INTENT TO WITHDRAW FAQs. 3764 02:36:58,000 --> 02:36:59,400 ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THAT 3765 02:36:59,400 --> 02:37:00,080 FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE 3766 02:37:00,080 --> 02:37:02,720 PROCEEDED TO ISSUE A MEMO THAT 3767 02:37:02,720 --> 02:37:04,000 STATED, YOU KNOW, WE SAID WE 3768 02:37:04,000 --> 02:37:04,880 WOULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW 3769 02:37:04,880 --> 02:37:07,600 WHETHER OR NOT WE PLANT TO 3770 02:37:07,600 --> 02:37:08,800 PROCEED, AND AFTER CONSIDERING 3771 02:37:08,800 --> 02:37:11,640 THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON JANUARY 3772 02:37:11,640 --> 02:37:14,680 11 EPA AFFIRMED THE AGENCY WOULD 3773 02:37:14,680 --> 02:37:16,720 WITHDRAW TWO FAQs EFFECTIVE 3774 02:37:16,720 --> 02:37:19,120 MARCH 21, AND WE DID MAKE THIS 3775 02:37:19,120 --> 02:37:21,440 INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH A 3776 02:37:21,440 --> 02:37:23,200 PRESS RELEASE ON JANUARY 11 AND 3777 02:37:23,200 --> 02:37:24,600 NOVEMBER 4 ANNOUNCING THE 3778 02:37:24,600 --> 02:37:24,840 ACTION. 3779 02:37:24,840 --> 02:37:27,280 AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE SLIDES 3780 02:37:27,280 --> 02:37:29,480 FOR THE PRESENTATION WILL BE 3781 02:37:29,480 --> 02:37:29,880 SHARED. 3782 02:37:29,880 --> 02:37:31,400 THESE ARE LINKS. 3783 02:37:31,400 --> 02:37:33,560 WE CAN CIRCULATE LINKS TO 3784 02:37:33,560 --> 02:37:36,880 EVERYONE IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW 3785 02:37:36,880 --> 02:37:39,280 THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OR 3786 02:37:39,280 --> 02:37:42,600 MEMO OR ANY INFORMATION 3787 02:37:42,600 --> 02:37:44,160 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTION. 3788 02:37:44,160 --> 02:37:47,000 THERE'S AN EPA DOCKET FOR AWFUL 3789 02:37:47,000 --> 02:37:49,320 THESE DOCUMENTS, ON 3790 02:37:49,320 --> 02:37:50,120 REGULATIONS.GOV AN WE CAN 3791 02:37:50,120 --> 02:37:54,560 CIRCULATE THAT INFORMATION TO 3792 02:37:54,560 --> 02:37:55,040 YOU. 3793 02:37:55,040 --> 02:37:57,680 PMC COMPLIANCE, WHAT DOES A 3794 02:37:57,680 --> 02:38:00,240 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY NEED 3795 02:38:00,240 --> 02:38:04,400 TO DO? 3796 02:38:04,400 --> 02:38:07,880 FIRST PMC'S MUST POSSESS 3797 02:38:07,880 --> 02:38:08,200 CERTIFICATION. 3798 02:38:08,200 --> 02:38:09,440 IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY 3799 02:38:09,440 --> 02:38:11,800 MANAGEMENT COMPANY MUST ENSURE 3800 02:38:11,800 --> 02:38:13,680 THAT RENOVATIONS COMPLY WITH 3801 02:38:13,680 --> 02:38:18,920 LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES, 3802 02:38:18,920 --> 02:38:20,760 CERTIFIED RENOVATOR IS ASSIGNED 3803 02:38:20,760 --> 02:38:22,520 AND DISCHARGES DUTIES ASSIGNED 3804 02:38:22,520 --> 02:38:25,920 TO CERTIFIED RENOVATORS BY THE 3805 02:38:25,920 --> 02:38:30,840 RULE. 3806 02:38:30,840 --> 02:38:37,840 ALSO PMCs SHOULD ENSURE THEY 3807 02:38:37,840 --> 02:38:39,560 OR THEIR EMPLOYEES ENGAGE, AND A 3808 02:38:39,560 --> 02:38:41,320 PMC THAT WORKS IN AN AUTHORIZE 3809 02:38:41,320 --> 02:38:44,520 THE STATE OR TRAVEL AREA SHOULD 3810 02:38:44,520 --> 02:38:44,960 CONFIRM WITH RELEVANT 3811 02:38:44,960 --> 02:38:47,680 AUTHORITIES WHETHER THERE ARE 3812 02:38:47,680 --> 02:38:48,880 STATE OR TRAVEL PROGRAM 3813 02:38:48,880 --> 02:38:50,920 REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE 3814 02:38:50,920 --> 02:38:53,000 ADDITIONAL ACTION. 3815 02:38:53,000 --> 02:38:54,920 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE FOR 3816 02:38:54,920 --> 02:38:57,920 TODAY. 3817 02:38:57,920 --> 02:39:01,560 I THINK NEXT IS THE HUD LEAD 3818 02:39:01,560 --> 02:39:09,880 SAFE WORK PRACTICES OR 3819 02:39:09,880 --> 02:39:10,200 REQUIREMENTS. 3820 02:39:10,200 --> 02:39:12,280 >> THANK YOU, AIMEE. 3821 02:39:12,280 --> 02:39:15,680 >> THIS IS BRUCE HABER. 3822 02:39:15,680 --> 02:39:15,960 NEXT SLIDE. 3823 02:39:15,960 --> 02:39:17,760 CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 3824 02:39:17,760 --> 02:39:18,560 >> YEAH, YEAH. 3825 02:39:18,560 --> 02:39:18,840 >> GOOD. 3826 02:39:18,840 --> 02:39:21,520 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAD 3827 02:39:21,520 --> 02:39:22,960 SAFE HOUSING RULE, AND 3828 02:39:22,960 --> 02:39:25,360 SPECIFICALLY HOW IT APPLIES TO 3829 02:39:25,360 --> 02:39:26,120 HUD ASSISTED PROPERTIES. 3830 02:39:26,120 --> 02:39:28,000 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3831 02:39:28,000 --> 02:39:29,360 THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE 3832 02:39:29,360 --> 02:39:31,920 DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. 3833 02:39:31,920 --> 02:39:34,040 AND HUD REGULATIONS INCORPORATE 3834 02:39:34,040 --> 02:39:35,360 THE EPA REGULATION, WHY I HAVE 3835 02:39:35,360 --> 02:39:39,320 THEM ON THIS SLIDE. 3836 02:39:39,320 --> 02:39:41,040 HUD REGULATIONS WHICH ARE 3837 02:39:41,040 --> 02:39:42,560 DESIGNED FOR PRIMARY PREVENTION 3838 02:39:42,560 --> 02:39:46,040 OF LEAD EXPOSURE BECAUSE THEY DO 3839 02:39:46,040 --> 02:39:48,280 REQUIRE LEAD TESTING IN MANY 3840 02:39:48,280 --> 02:39:49,280 SITUATIONS WHERE THE EPA 3841 02:39:49,280 --> 02:40:01,840 REGULATIONS DON'T, SO THE HEAD 3842 02:40:01,840 --> 02:40:06,120 REGULATIONS ARE 24 CFR PART 35. 3843 02:40:06,120 --> 02:40:08,800 SUBPART A IS LEAD DISCLOSURE 3844 02:40:08,800 --> 02:40:09,720 RULE. 3845 02:40:09,720 --> 02:40:11,040 HUD AND EPA JOINTLY ENFORCE 3846 02:40:11,040 --> 02:40:14,520 THESE RULES. 3847 02:40:14,520 --> 02:40:15,680 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 3848 02:40:15,680 --> 02:40:24,680 WE TALK ABOUT LEAD LIST CLOSURE 3849 02:40:24,680 --> 02:40:27,400 RULE, BEFORE 1978 THE RULE CAME 3850 02:40:27,400 --> 02:40:28,280 OUT IN 1996. 3851 02:40:28,280 --> 02:40:30,520 FOLLOWING THAT WAS THE LEAD SAFE 3852 02:40:30,520 --> 02:40:32,760 HOUSING RULE WHICH APPLIED TO 3853 02:40:32,760 --> 02:40:35,360 FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING AND 3854 02:40:35,360 --> 02:40:37,160 FEDERALLY OWNED HOUSING, 3855 02:40:37,160 --> 02:40:38,440 PRIMARILY HUD ASSISTED HOUSING. 3856 02:40:38,440 --> 02:40:41,280 THERE ARE SOME OTHER FEDERAL 3857 02:40:41,280 --> 02:40:42,040 PROGRAMS INCLUDED. 3858 02:40:42,040 --> 02:40:45,440 IT WENT INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER 3859 02:40:45,440 --> 02:40:52,120 OF 2000. 3860 02:40:52,120 --> 02:40:55,360 AFTER THAT, THE EPA CAME OUT ARE 3861 02:40:55,360 --> 02:40:59,160 A RULE INCLUDING LEAD SAFE 3862 02:40:59,160 --> 02:41:01,120 HOUSING EFFORTS AND A LOT OF THE 3863 02:41:01,120 --> 02:41:02,360 SAME WORK PRACTICES IN THE LEAD 3864 02:41:02,360 --> 02:41:04,920 SAFE HOUSING RULE AND FINALLY 3865 02:41:04,920 --> 02:41:08,280 THE LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES 3866 02:41:08,280 --> 02:41:10,480 RULE WHICH APPLIES TO HOUSING 3867 02:41:10,480 --> 02:41:11,600 JUST AS THE RRP DOES. 3868 02:41:11,600 --> 02:41:13,040 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 3869 02:41:13,040 --> 02:41:16,000 SO HERE ARE THE STEPS FOR HUD 3870 02:41:16,000 --> 02:41:17,760 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. 3871 02:41:17,760 --> 02:41:19,720 WE START WITH DISCLOSURE. 3872 02:41:19,720 --> 02:41:25,840 SO IT'S THE SAME PAMPHLET. 3873 02:41:25,840 --> 02:41:33,320 YOU HAVE THE EPA AND HUD 3874 02:41:33,320 --> 02:41:33,600 PAMPHLET. 3875 02:41:33,600 --> 02:41:37,320 THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT 3876 02:41:37,320 --> 02:41:39,520 TO TAKE A LOOK, IT'S AS SIMPLE 3877 02:41:39,520 --> 02:41:42,600 AS VISUAL FOR CONDITION OF THE 3878 02:41:42,600 --> 02:41:44,120 PAINT AND ON OTHER PROGRAMS 3879 02:41:44,120 --> 02:41:47,400 INCLUDE INSPECTION OR RISK 3880 02:41:47,400 --> 02:41:49,120 ASSESSMENT. 3881 02:41:49,120 --> 02:41:50,000 UNDER BOTH IF DETERIORATED PAINT 3882 02:41:50,000 --> 02:41:53,520 OR HAZARDS ARE FOUND THERE'S A 3883 02:41:53,520 --> 02:41:54,520 REQUIREMENT FOR PAINT 3884 02:41:54,520 --> 02:41:55,800 STABILIZATION AND CONTROLS AND 3885 02:41:55,800 --> 02:41:59,320 ABATEMENT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE 3886 02:41:59,320 --> 02:42:01,160 OF PROGRAM, UNDER HUD RULES 3887 02:42:01,160 --> 02:42:03,160 THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR 3888 02:42:03,160 --> 02:42:04,640 CLEARANCE TESTING, THIS IS 3889 02:42:04,640 --> 02:42:08,800 TESTING THE DUST, DOING A VISUAL 3890 02:42:08,800 --> 02:42:11,200 ASSESSMENT, A STRONGER 3891 02:42:11,200 --> 02:42:15,760 ASSESSMENT THAN THE CLEANING 3892 02:42:15,760 --> 02:42:17,520 VERIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER RRP 3893 02:42:17,520 --> 02:42:17,920 REGULATIONS. 3894 02:42:17,920 --> 02:42:19,480 THERE'S THE REQUIREMENT TO 3895 02:42:19,480 --> 02:42:21,640 NOTIFY RESIDENT. 3896 02:42:21,640 --> 02:42:22,440 HUD REQUIRES RESIDENTS BE 3897 02:42:22,440 --> 02:42:23,640 INFORMED OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE 3898 02:42:23,640 --> 02:42:27,720 DOING WHEN AN INSPECTION IS 3899 02:42:27,720 --> 02:42:28,680 SCHEDULED, RESULTS, HAZARD 3900 02:42:28,680 --> 02:42:30,680 CONTROL IS DONE, AND WHEN 3901 02:42:30,680 --> 02:42:32,640 CLEARANCE IS DONE, AND THERE'S 3902 02:42:32,640 --> 02:42:36,320 THEN A REQUIREMENT FOR ONGOING 3903 02:42:36,320 --> 02:42:37,680 MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE LIFE 3904 02:42:37,680 --> 02:42:39,800 OF THE PROPERTY, FOR AS LONG AS 3905 02:42:39,800 --> 02:42:41,720 LEAD-BASED PAINT REMAINS THERE. 3906 02:42:41,720 --> 02:42:44,440 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 3907 02:42:44,440 --> 02:42:47,720 SO WE HAVE VARIOUS SUBPARTS. 3908 02:42:47,720 --> 02:42:50,480 WE HAVE PROJECT-BASED RENTAL 3909 02:42:50,480 --> 02:42:51,440 ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC HOUSING, 3910 02:42:51,440 --> 02:42:52,120 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 3911 02:42:52,120 --> 02:42:56,920 YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF 3912 02:42:56,920 --> 02:42:58,200 EVALUATIONS REQUIRED DIFFERENT 3913 02:42:58,200 --> 02:43:00,200 BY THE SUBPARTS. 3914 02:43:00,200 --> 02:43:01,920 IN PUBLIC HOUSING THERE IS AN 3915 02:43:01,920 --> 02:43:04,240 ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT FOR 3916 02:43:04,240 --> 02:43:05,600 LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTION, IF 3917 02:43:05,600 --> 02:43:07,720 IT'S PRESENT FOR RISK ASSESSMENT 3918 02:43:07,720 --> 02:43:13,160 TO IDENTIFY HAZARDS. 3919 02:43:13,160 --> 02:43:15,120 AND THEN HAZARDS IF ASSISTANCE 3920 02:43:15,120 --> 02:43:17,560 IS GREATER THAN $5,000 PER YEAR 3921 02:43:17,560 --> 02:43:18,520 IN EACH UNIT. 3922 02:43:18,520 --> 02:43:19,720 FOR TENANT BASED ASSISTANCE IT'S 3923 02:43:19,720 --> 02:43:22,160 A REQUIREMENT TO DO A VISUAL 3924 02:43:22,160 --> 02:43:24,760 ASSESSMENT BUT ONLY IF THERE IS 3925 02:43:24,760 --> 02:43:29,280 A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 6. 3926 02:43:29,280 --> 02:43:31,280 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 3927 02:43:31,280 --> 02:43:33,280 IN SUBPART J, THIS IS OUR 3928 02:43:33,280 --> 02:43:33,640 REHABILITATION. 3929 02:43:33,640 --> 02:43:35,840 THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT HUD 3930 02:43:35,840 --> 02:43:38,720 PUTS OUT UNDER COMMUNITY 3931 02:43:38,720 --> 02:43:40,760 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME 3932 02:43:40,760 --> 02:43:43,480 FUNDING, GOES INTO THE REPAIR 3933 02:43:43,480 --> 02:43:45,360 AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSING, LOW 3934 02:43:45,360 --> 02:43:46,120 INCOME HOUSING IN PARTICULAR, 3935 02:43:46,120 --> 02:43:49,280 AND SO IF THE AMOUNT OF 3936 02:43:49,280 --> 02:43:50,960 ASSISTANCE IS LESS THAN $5,000, 3937 02:43:50,960 --> 02:43:52,000 THEN THERE'S JUST A SIMPLE 3938 02:43:52,000 --> 02:43:54,600 REQUIREMENT TO TEST THE PAINT 3939 02:43:54,600 --> 02:43:56,320 THAT'S GOING TO BE DISTURBED, 3940 02:43:56,320 --> 02:43:57,480 AND REPAIR THOSE. 3941 02:43:57,480 --> 02:44:00,720 IF THE DOLLAR VALUE IS BETWEEN 3942 02:44:00,720 --> 02:44:02,280 $5,000 AND $25,000, YOU HAVE TO 3943 02:44:02,280 --> 02:44:05,440 DO PAINT TESTING BUT WE ALSO 3944 02:44:05,440 --> 02:44:07,320 REQUIRE A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE 3945 02:44:07,320 --> 02:44:10,520 ENTIRE PROPERTY, AND ANY 3946 02:44:10,520 --> 02:44:11,880 LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS THAT 3947 02:44:11,880 --> 02:44:14,480 ARE FOUND HAVE TO BE CONTROLLED 3948 02:44:14,480 --> 02:44:15,880 USING INTERIM CONTROL OF THE 3949 02:44:15,880 --> 02:44:17,840 HAZARDS, AND IF THE PROJECT IS 3950 02:44:17,840 --> 02:44:21,000 VALUED A THE MORE THAN $25,000 3951 02:44:21,000 --> 02:44:22,520 WORTH OF REHABILITATION WE STILL 3952 02:44:22,520 --> 02:44:24,920 HAVE THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND 3953 02:44:24,920 --> 02:44:26,920 PAINT TESTING, BUT THE HAZARDS 3954 02:44:26,920 --> 02:44:28,720 IF THERE'S ANY IDENTIFIED HAVE 3955 02:44:28,720 --> 02:44:31,320 TO BE CONTROLLED BY USE OF 3956 02:44:31,320 --> 02:44:35,840 ABATEMENT METHODS, NEXT SLIDE 3957 02:44:35,840 --> 02:44:36,520 PLEASE. 3958 02:44:36,520 --> 02:44:38,360 SO YOU CAN FIND THESE VERY 3959 02:44:38,360 --> 02:44:40,880 CAREFULLY DETAILED IN THE HUD 3960 02:44:40,880 --> 02:44:43,600 LEAD GUIDELINES, WE HAVE THE 3961 02:44:43,600 --> 02:44:45,160 DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVALUATIONS 3962 02:44:45,160 --> 02:44:46,680 THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED. 3963 02:44:46,680 --> 02:44:53,000 SO LEAD BASED PAINT INSPECTION 3964 02:44:53,000 --> 02:44:58,120 TESTS PAINTED SURFACE USING XRF 3965 02:44:58,120 --> 02:44:58,920 MACHINE. 3966 02:44:58,920 --> 02:45:01,560 IT EXCITES THE ATOMS, WILL 3967 02:45:01,560 --> 02:45:03,160 IDENTIFY LEAD BASED PAINT OR 3968 02:45:03,160 --> 02:45:06,520 NOT, DOES IT WITHOUT CAUSING ANY 3969 02:45:06,520 --> 02:45:09,400 DAMAGE TO THE SURFACES. 3970 02:45:09,400 --> 02:45:14,440 A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVALUATION 3971 02:45:14,440 --> 02:45:16,320 IS LOOKING FOR ELEVATED DUST AND 3972 02:45:16,320 --> 02:45:18,880 SOIL LEVELS, A RISK ASSESSMENT. 3973 02:45:18,880 --> 02:45:20,720 FINALLY THERE'S THE VISUAL 3974 02:45:20,720 --> 02:45:24,160 ASSESSMENT JUST LOOKING FOR 3975 02:45:24,160 --> 02:45:24,680 DETERIORATED PAINT, NO 3976 02:45:24,680 --> 02:45:28,520 CONFIRMATION THAT IT IS LEAD OR 3977 02:45:28,520 --> 02:45:29,000 NOT LEAD. 3978 02:45:29,000 --> 02:45:29,680 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 3979 02:45:29,680 --> 02:45:32,080 WE HAVE THE LEAD SAFE HOUSING 3980 02:45:32,080 --> 02:45:34,560 RULE AND LEAD DISCLOSURE RULE, 3981 02:45:34,560 --> 02:45:36,240 AND THAT APPLIES TO ASSISTED 3982 02:45:36,240 --> 02:45:39,160 HOUSES AS WELL AS APPLIES TO 3983 02:45:39,160 --> 02:45:40,040 UNASSISTED PROPERTIES. 3984 02:45:40,040 --> 02:45:43,520 AND BECAUSE IN THE ASSISTED 3985 02:45:43,520 --> 02:45:45,280 UNIVERSE, PUBLIC HOUSING AND 3986 02:45:45,280 --> 02:45:47,160 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 3987 02:45:47,160 --> 02:45:50,440 THERE ARE AFFIRMATIVE 3988 02:45:50,440 --> 02:45:51,960 REQUIREMENTS, LEAD-BASED PAINT, 3989 02:45:51,960 --> 02:45:53,160 THESE ITEMS ARE DISCLOSABLE WHEN 3990 02:45:53,160 --> 02:45:55,600 THERE'S A LEASE OR WHEN THE 3991 02:45:55,600 --> 02:45:56,920 PROPERTY IS SOLD. 3992 02:45:56,920 --> 02:45:59,600 ALSO IF THERE'S REPAIRS MADE, 3993 02:45:59,600 --> 02:46:00,400 CLEARANCE TESTING, THIS IS 3994 02:46:00,400 --> 02:46:01,680 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S 3995 02:46:01,680 --> 02:46:04,040 SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN 3996 02:46:04,040 --> 02:46:05,880 THE DISCLOSURE OF THAT 3997 02:46:05,880 --> 02:46:06,720 INFORMATION. 3998 02:46:06,720 --> 02:46:08,680 IT'S LISTING OF REPORTS. 3999 02:46:08,680 --> 02:46:09,720 WE RECOMMEND YOU NEVER MISPLACE 4000 02:46:09,720 --> 02:46:11,720 LEAD BASE THE PAINT TESTING 4001 02:46:11,720 --> 02:46:12,600 INFORMATION BECAUSE IT LONGS TO 4002 02:46:12,600 --> 02:46:15,600 THE BUILDING FOR THE LIFE OF THE 4003 02:46:15,600 --> 02:46:16,000 BUILDING. 4004 02:46:16,000 --> 02:46:18,120 AND A LEAD BASED PAINT PROPERTY 4005 02:46:18,120 --> 02:46:21,560 IS EXEMPT FROM RULE FOR LEASING 4006 02:46:21,560 --> 02:46:24,320 BUT IF THEY ARE SOLD THE RULE 4007 02:46:24,320 --> 02:46:25,440 APPLIES AND TESTING INFORMATION 4008 02:46:25,440 --> 02:46:31,920 NEEDS TO BE PASSED TO THE NEXT 4009 02:46:31,920 --> 02:46:32,200 BUYER. 4010 02:46:32,200 --> 02:46:33,720 AS EPA POINTED OUT THE RULE 4011 02:46:33,720 --> 02:46:35,960 APPLIES TO ALMOST ALL PRY 1978 4012 02:46:35,960 --> 02:46:37,480 SALE AND RENTAL UNITS. 4013 02:46:37,480 --> 02:46:40,640 OWNERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 4014 02:46:40,640 --> 02:46:41,680 PROVIDING PAMPHLET AND DISCLOSE 4015 02:46:41,680 --> 02:46:44,920 THE INFORMATION THEY KNOW. 4016 02:46:44,920 --> 02:46:47,080 SO IN HUD ASSISTED PROPERTIES 4017 02:46:47,080 --> 02:46:47,840 PROJECT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, 4018 02:46:47,840 --> 02:46:50,600 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE GONE 4019 02:46:50,600 --> 02:46:52,880 THROUGH REHABILITATION UNDER 4020 02:46:52,880 --> 02:46:53,880 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 4021 02:46:53,880 --> 02:46:57,280 GRANT MONIES, OR IN 4022 02:46:57,280 --> 02:46:58,360 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANTS 4023 02:46:58,360 --> 02:47:00,000 THERE SHOULD BE KNOWLEDGE 4024 02:47:00,000 --> 02:47:02,000 CONVEYED TO RESIDENTS, A GREAT 4025 02:47:02,000 --> 02:47:03,480 TIME FOR EDUCATING THEM. 4026 02:47:03,480 --> 02:47:08,400 ONCE AGAIN THE CORRECT 4027 02:47:08,400 --> 02:47:09,720 DISCLOSURE ANNIE SHOWED SALES, 4028 02:47:09,720 --> 02:47:13,360 THIS WARNING STATEMENT ON THE 4029 02:47:13,360 --> 02:47:16,000 TOP IS DIFFERENT IN A LEASE 4030 02:47:16,000 --> 02:47:18,320 VERSUS SALE, AND THEN ALSO SALES 4031 02:47:18,320 --> 02:47:19,720 TRANSACTION THERE'S REQUIREMENT 4032 02:47:19,720 --> 02:47:21,680 THAT THE PURCHASER IS OFFERED AN 4033 02:47:21,680 --> 02:47:23,760 OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT AN 4034 02:47:23,760 --> 02:47:24,320 ADDITIONAL EVALUATION. 4035 02:47:24,320 --> 02:47:26,600 IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, 4036 02:47:26,600 --> 02:47:31,120 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, MORE 4037 02:47:31,120 --> 02:47:32,360 INFORMATION ON THE REQUIREMENT 4038 02:47:32,360 --> 02:47:35,680 OF THE RULE WE HAVE LEAD 4039 02:47:35,680 --> 02:47:37,000 COMPLIANCE ADVISOR AND THIS IS A 4040 02:47:37,000 --> 02:47:39,080 TOOL THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH 4041 02:47:39,080 --> 02:47:40,920 THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES 4042 02:47:40,920 --> 02:47:41,800 AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND 4043 02:47:41,800 --> 02:47:44,560 WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR YOU 4044 02:47:44,560 --> 02:47:47,720 TO DO IF YOU ARE USING ASSISTED 4045 02:47:47,720 --> 02:47:51,520 HOUSING, I HAVE ANOTHER QUICK 4046 02:47:51,520 --> 02:47:55,440 LINK, YOU CAN SKIP THE NEXT TWO. 4047 02:47:55,440 --> 02:47:57,200 THAT CONCLUDES A QUICK OVERVIEW 4048 02:47:57,200 --> 02:48:01,360 OF THE LEAD SAFE HOUSING RULE 4049 02:48:01,360 --> 02:48:02,560 AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFIRMATIVE 4050 02:48:02,560 --> 02:48:05,120 IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS AND 4051 02:48:05,120 --> 02:48:08,560 CORRECTING THEM. 4052 02:48:08,560 --> 02:48:11,120 >> THANK YOU, BRUCE. 4053 02:48:11,120 --> 02:48:12,200 VERY INFORMATIONAL AND NEXT 4054 02:48:12,200 --> 02:48:14,960 WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEPHANIE 4055 02:48:14,960 --> 02:48:16,520 BROWN WHO IS FROM EPA 4056 02:48:16,520 --> 02:48:18,600 HEADQUARTERS TO TALK ABOUT THE 4057 02:48:18,600 --> 02:48:22,280 DRAFT NATIONAL LEAD STRATEGY AND 4058 02:48:22,280 --> 02:48:23,640 BIG PICTURE. 4059 02:48:23,640 --> 02:48:24,360 >> THANK YOU. 4060 02:48:24,360 --> 02:48:26,080 HELLO, EVERYONE. 4061 02:48:26,080 --> 02:48:29,120 THIS IS STEPHANIE BROWN. 4062 02:48:29,120 --> 02:48:29,640 NEXT SLIDE. 4063 02:48:29,640 --> 02:48:33,720 YOU MAY HAVE HEARD RECENTLY 4064 02:48:33,720 --> 02:48:36,000 ABOUT EPA'S NEW LEAD STRATEGY. 4065 02:48:36,000 --> 02:48:38,960 IT WAS ISSUED LAST NOVEMBER. 4066 02:48:38,960 --> 02:48:42,280 YOU CAN FIND IT BY GOOGLING EPA 4067 02:48:42,280 --> 02:48:44,120 LEAD STRATEGY. 4068 02:48:44,120 --> 02:48:48,480 OF COURSE THE PRESENTATION HAS 4069 02:48:48,480 --> 02:48:48,680 LINKS. 4070 02:48:48,680 --> 02:48:50,440 THIS STRATEGY IS EPA SPECIFIC 4071 02:48:50,440 --> 02:48:53,640 BUT WITH A STRONG ASPECT OF 4072 02:48:53,640 --> 02:48:56,000 COLLABORATING WITH OTHER FEDERAL 4073 02:48:56,000 --> 02:48:59,720 AGENCIES AND STATE AND LOCAL 4074 02:48:59,720 --> 02:49:00,080 ENTITIES. 4075 02:49:00,080 --> 02:49:03,120 THE LEAD STRATEGY FOCUSES 4076 02:49:03,120 --> 02:49:03,720 LARGELY ON ELIMINATING 4077 02:49:03,720 --> 02:49:07,280 DISPARITIES IN BLOOD LEAD 4078 02:49:07,280 --> 02:49:11,960 LEVELS, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON 4079 02:49:11,960 --> 02:49:13,480 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 4080 02:49:13,480 --> 02:49:14,160 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY 4081 02:49:14,160 --> 02:49:16,880 LEAD EXPOSURES. 4082 02:49:16,880 --> 02:49:19,120 IT IS A MULTIMEDIA STRATEGY, 4083 02:49:19,120 --> 02:49:22,880 PERTAINS TO LEAD IN AIR, WATER, 4084 02:49:22,880 --> 02:49:27,560 SOIL, AND PAINT. 4085 02:49:27,560 --> 02:49:30,520 AND IT COMPLEMENTS THE 2018 4086 02:49:30,520 --> 02:49:32,320 INTERAGENCY FEDERAL LEAD ACTION 4087 02:49:32,320 --> 02:49:37,560 PLAN, WITH WHICH MANY FOLKS ARE 4088 02:49:37,560 --> 02:49:39,320 FAMILIAR, THE INTERAGENCY ACTION 4089 02:49:39,320 --> 02:49:40,720 PLAN INCLUDED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 4090 02:49:40,720 --> 02:49:45,520 EPA AND HUD AS WELL AS OTHER 4091 02:49:45,520 --> 02:49:50,200 AGENCIES SUCH AS USDA, FDA, 4092 02:49:50,200 --> 02:49:54,040 CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY 4093 02:49:54,040 --> 02:49:54,680 COMMISSION, DOJ. 4094 02:49:54,680 --> 02:49:56,320 ET CETERA. 4095 02:49:56,320 --> 02:49:58,600 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 4096 02:49:58,600 --> 02:50:03,120 EPA'S LEAD STRATEGY HAS A BROAD 4097 02:50:03,120 --> 02:50:04,960 AGENCY-WIDE PARTICIPATION AND 4098 02:50:04,960 --> 02:50:06,720 COMMITMENT, JUST ABOUT EVERY 4099 02:50:06,720 --> 02:50:09,760 OFFICE IN EPA HAS CONTRIBUTED 4100 02:50:09,760 --> 02:50:12,240 PROPOSED COMMITMENTS TO THIS 4101 02:50:12,240 --> 02:50:13,440 STRATEGY. 4102 02:50:13,440 --> 02:50:16,320 AND THAT INCLUDES HEADQUARTERS 4103 02:50:16,320 --> 02:50:20,760 OFFICES FOR AIR, DRINKING WATER, 4104 02:50:20,760 --> 02:50:21,880 LEAD-BASED PAINT, SOIL, 4105 02:50:21,880 --> 02:50:22,880 SUPERFUND, HAZARDOUS WASTE, 4106 02:50:22,880 --> 02:50:25,920 OTHER OFFICES SUCH AS RESEARCH 4107 02:50:25,920 --> 02:50:28,960 AND DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF 4108 02:50:28,960 --> 02:50:30,160 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND THE 4109 02:50:30,160 --> 02:50:33,320 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND 4110 02:50:33,320 --> 02:50:34,600 COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE, I'VE 4111 02:50:34,600 --> 02:50:35,960 HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONLY BECAUSE 4112 02:50:35,960 --> 02:50:41,320 THAT'S THE OFFICE FOR WHICH I'M 4113 02:50:41,320 --> 02:50:41,640 SPEAKING. 4114 02:50:41,640 --> 02:50:43,600 NOTABLY OECA SUPPORTS THE RULES 4115 02:50:43,600 --> 02:50:45,920 AND REQUIREMENTS OF ALL OF THE 4116 02:50:45,920 --> 02:50:46,800 OTHER MEDIA. 4117 02:50:46,800 --> 02:50:49,720 SO WITH RESPECT TO ENFORCEMENT 4118 02:50:49,720 --> 02:50:52,720 AND COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE, OUR 4119 02:50:52,720 --> 02:50:54,240 VARIOUS OECA OFFICES ENFORCE 4120 02:50:54,240 --> 02:50:56,760 REQUIREMENTS IN AIR, DRINKING 4121 02:50:56,760 --> 02:50:59,720 WATER, LEAD-BASED PAINT, AND 4122 02:50:59,720 --> 02:50:59,960 SOILS. 4123 02:50:59,960 --> 02:51:02,440 AND SUPERFUND, OF COURSE. 4124 02:51:02,440 --> 02:51:04,720 THE STRATEGY ALSO INCLUDES 4125 02:51:04,720 --> 02:51:07,680 INVOLVEMENT OF ALL TEN EPA 4126 02:51:07,680 --> 02:51:07,920 REGIONS. 4127 02:51:07,920 --> 02:51:12,720 AND IN ADDITION TO THE EPA 4128 02:51:12,720 --> 02:51:13,600 REGIONS CONTRIBUTING TO 4129 02:51:13,600 --> 02:51:15,080 DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY 4130 02:51:15,080 --> 02:51:18,520 EACH REGION IS DEVELOPING ITS 4131 02:51:18,520 --> 02:51:20,760 OWN LEAD ACTION PLAN WHICH ALSO 4132 02:51:20,760 --> 02:51:22,880 WILL BE ADDRESSING LEAD IN THE 4133 02:51:22,880 --> 02:51:24,600 VARIOUS MEDIA. 4134 02:51:24,600 --> 02:51:28,920 SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S EVERYBODY'S 4135 02:51:28,920 --> 02:51:29,120 ENGAGED. 4136 02:51:29,120 --> 02:51:31,040 THANK YOU. 4137 02:51:31,040 --> 02:51:32,720 IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE 4138 02:51:32,720 --> 02:51:34,520 FEDERAL LEAD ACTION PLAN YOU 4139 02:51:34,520 --> 02:51:40,320 KNOW THAT THAT PLAN HAD FOUR 4140 02:51:40,320 --> 02:51:40,640 GOALS. 4141 02:51:40,640 --> 02:51:42,520 SIMILARLY, EPA'S LEAD STRATEGY 4142 02:51:42,520 --> 02:51:44,720 FOLLOWED THAT FRAMEWORK AND HAS 4143 02:51:44,720 --> 02:51:47,680 GENERALLY THE FOUR SAME -- SAME 4144 02:51:47,680 --> 02:51:48,200 FOUR GOALS. 4145 02:51:48,200 --> 02:51:50,600 GOAL 1 IS MOST RELEVANT TO THE 4146 02:51:50,600 --> 02:51:54,520 WORK DONE BY THE MEDIA PROGRAMS. 4147 02:51:54,520 --> 02:51:57,520 AND PARTICULARLY BY OECA WHICH 4148 02:51:57,520 --> 02:51:59,880 IS TO REDUCE EXPOSURES. 4149 02:51:59,880 --> 02:52:00,840 SO YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE 4150 02:52:00,840 --> 02:52:03,720 COMMITMENTS FROM ALL OF THE 4151 02:52:03,720 --> 02:52:08,200 MEDIAS OFFICES AS WELL AS OECA 4152 02:52:08,200 --> 02:52:13,000 TO REDUCE EXPOSURES. 4153 02:52:13,000 --> 02:52:14,440 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 4154 02:52:14,440 --> 02:52:15,480 FOR THIS STRATEGY BECAUSE 4155 02:52:15,480 --> 02:52:18,480 THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE 4156 02:52:18,480 --> 02:52:22,640 AND LEAD IS A PERVASIVE LEGACY 4157 02:52:22,640 --> 02:52:25,040 CHEMICAL, THE STRATEGY FOCUSES 4158 02:52:25,040 --> 02:52:27,480 ON THREE PRONGS OR THREE 4159 02:52:27,480 --> 02:52:28,640 APPROACHES WHICH WE HELPED TO 4160 02:52:28,640 --> 02:52:32,160 USE TO GUIDE WHAT WE ACTUALLY 4161 02:52:32,160 --> 02:52:32,960 DO. 4162 02:52:32,960 --> 02:52:37,600 THE FIRST IS TO REDUCE EXPOSURES 4163 02:52:37,600 --> 02:52:37,840 LOCALLY. 4164 02:52:37,840 --> 02:52:40,320 THAT GOES BACK TO A HIGH DEGREE 4165 02:52:40,320 --> 02:52:43,800 OF INTEREST IN MAKING SURE WE 4166 02:52:43,800 --> 02:52:45,920 MEET COMMUNITIES' NEEDS IN THIS 4167 02:52:45,920 --> 02:52:46,320 REGARD. 4168 02:52:46,320 --> 02:52:49,640 WE ALSO INTEND TO CONTINUE TO 4169 02:52:49,640 --> 02:52:50,960 REDUCE EXPOSURES NATIONALLY, 4170 02:52:50,960 --> 02:52:52,720 DOING THAT THROUGH STANDARDS AND 4171 02:52:52,720 --> 02:52:57,840 REQUIREMENTS AND TOOLS AND 4172 02:52:57,840 --> 02:52:58,120 OUTREACH. 4173 02:52:58,120 --> 02:53:01,600 AND THEN APPROACH 3 OF GREATEST 4174 02:53:01,600 --> 02:53:04,560 INTEREST HERE, OUR COMMITMENT TO 4175 02:53:04,560 --> 02:53:07,320 REDUCING EXPOSURES THROUGH A 4176 02:53:07,320 --> 02:53:09,400 WHOLE OF EPA AND 4177 02:53:09,400 --> 02:53:11,840 WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH. 4178 02:53:11,840 --> 02:53:12,480 NEXT SLIDE. 4179 02:53:12,480 --> 02:53:17,840 SO, WITH RESPECT TO THE WHOLE OF 4180 02:53:17,840 --> 02:53:19,480 GOVERNMENT, EVERY MEDIA OFFICE, 4181 02:53:19,480 --> 02:53:20,320 ALL PARTICIPATING OFFICES HAVE 4182 02:53:20,320 --> 02:53:24,400 THEIR OWN COMMITMENTS TO 4183 02:53:24,400 --> 02:53:25,920 WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL FAMILY. 4184 02:53:25,920 --> 02:53:29,520 I'LL HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU HERE WHAT 4185 02:53:29,520 --> 02:53:31,080 OECA HAS PROPOSED WITH RESPECT 4186 02:53:31,080 --> 02:53:31,760 TO COLLABORATIONS. 4187 02:53:31,760 --> 02:53:33,560 AND THESE ARE JUST THE ONES 4188 02:53:33,560 --> 02:53:35,640 WE'VE PUT IN THE MOST RECENT 4189 02:53:35,640 --> 02:53:38,160 DRAFT, WE WILL CONTINUE DOING 4190 02:53:38,160 --> 02:53:39,120 THE COLLABORATIONS WE'VE ALWAYS 4191 02:53:39,120 --> 02:53:42,040 DONE, AND WOULD LIKE TO 4192 02:53:42,040 --> 02:53:43,280 STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THOSE. 4193 02:53:43,280 --> 02:53:46,040 SO IN THE LEAD STRATEGY THAT WAS 4194 02:53:46,040 --> 02:53:47,800 ISSUED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND 4195 02:53:47,800 --> 02:53:50,920 THAT COMMENT PERIOD JUST CLOSED, 4196 02:53:50,920 --> 02:53:53,320 WE PROPOSED TO CONTINUE TO 4197 02:53:53,320 --> 02:53:57,000 ENGAGE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 4198 02:53:57,000 --> 02:54:04,640 DEFENSE TO ADDRESS EXPOSURES, 4199 02:54:04,640 --> 02:54:05,640 PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING, 4200 02:54:05,640 --> 02:54:14,440 THAT'S WHAT WENT INTO OUR THE 4201 02:54:14,440 --> 02:54:15,320 TRAFFIC STRATEGY. 4202 02:54:15,320 --> 02:54:17,840 WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH AGENCIES 4203 02:54:17,840 --> 02:54:22,400 TO GET RELIABLE ACCURATE DATA ON 4204 02:54:22,400 --> 02:54:25,360 ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS, 4205 02:54:25,360 --> 02:54:29,120 PARTNERING WITH HUD REGARDING 4206 02:54:29,120 --> 02:54:30,520 DATA ON PRE-1978 HOUSING. 4207 02:54:30,520 --> 02:54:32,600 AND BRUCE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED 4208 02:54:32,600 --> 02:54:37,240 FOR US THAT EPA AND HUD HAVE 4209 02:54:37,240 --> 02:54:40,880 IDENTICAL LEAD DISCLOSURE RULES. 4210 02:54:40,880 --> 02:54:41,680 WE HAVE INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY, 4211 02:54:41,680 --> 02:54:45,400 WE CAN GO ON OUR OWN AND ENFORCE 4212 02:54:45,400 --> 02:54:46,360 THOSE RULES. 4213 02:54:46,360 --> 02:54:49,520 AND WHEN WE CAN WE LIKE TO 4214 02:54:49,520 --> 02:54:49,800 COLLABORATE. 4215 02:54:49,800 --> 02:54:54,080 BUT EACH OF US ARE COVERING THE 4216 02:54:54,080 --> 02:54:55,240 WIDE UNIVERSE THAT'S REGULATED. 4217 02:54:55,240 --> 02:54:57,520 WE WANT TO WORK WITH OTHER 4218 02:54:57,520 --> 02:55:00,720 FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REFINE OUR 4219 02:55:00,720 --> 02:55:01,720 LEAD MAPPING CAPABILITIES, WE 4220 02:55:01,720 --> 02:55:05,560 HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. 4221 02:55:05,560 --> 02:55:07,800 WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LEAD -- 4222 02:55:07,800 --> 02:55:09,040 ELEVATED BLOOD LEVEL DATA AS WE 4223 02:55:09,040 --> 02:55:10,680 WANT BUT WE CAN ONLY GET WHAT 4224 02:55:10,680 --> 02:55:13,040 HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AND WHAT 4225 02:55:13,040 --> 02:55:14,400 IS BEING COLLECTED. 4226 02:55:14,400 --> 02:55:16,080 SO WE WANT TO HONE THE 4227 02:55:16,080 --> 02:55:18,600 CAPABILITIES TO FIND OUT WHERE 4228 02:55:18,600 --> 02:55:20,800 THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE, WHETHER 4229 02:55:20,800 --> 02:55:22,960 OUR CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR 4230 02:55:22,960 --> 02:55:25,400 POTENTIALLY BEING AFFECTED AND 4231 02:55:25,400 --> 02:55:27,040 ARE ACTUALLY AFFECTED BY LEAD, 4232 02:55:27,040 --> 02:55:29,680 IN DRINKING WATER, SOIL, AIR, 4233 02:55:29,680 --> 02:55:30,360 ANYTHING. 4234 02:55:30,360 --> 02:55:33,200 AND WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH 4235 02:55:33,200 --> 02:55:35,000 STATES REGARDING DRINKING WATER, 4236 02:55:35,000 --> 02:55:36,760 AND I SHOULD SAY CONTINUING TO 4237 02:55:36,760 --> 02:55:37,720 PARTNER WITH THEM. 4238 02:55:37,720 --> 02:55:40,680 AS YOU MAY KNOW THERE ARE IS AN 4239 02:55:40,680 --> 02:55:43,320 ACCELERATED WHITE HOUSE FOCUS ON 4240 02:55:43,320 --> 02:55:45,720 LEAD PIPES WHICH AFFECT DRINKING 4241 02:55:45,720 --> 02:55:46,160 WATER. 4242 02:55:46,160 --> 02:55:49,640 AND ALSO ON LEAD PAINT. 4243 02:55:49,640 --> 02:55:51,840 SO STATES ARE AN IMPORTANT 4244 02:55:51,840 --> 02:55:53,920 MEMBER OF THIS GROUP THAT TRIES 4245 02:55:53,920 --> 02:55:56,120 TO ADDRESS THE LEAD SERVICE 4246 02:55:56,120 --> 02:55:57,960 LINES AND PROVIDE FOR A SAFE 4247 02:55:57,960 --> 02:55:59,280 DRINKING WATER, AND WE'RE 4248 02:55:59,280 --> 02:56:02,560 COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THEM. 4249 02:56:02,560 --> 02:56:05,320 SO, THE WHOLE VIEW OF THIS 4250 02:56:05,320 --> 02:56:07,400 COMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE AND 4251 02:56:07,400 --> 02:56:09,360 STRENGTHEN OUR EXISTING 4252 02:56:09,360 --> 02:56:10,880 COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS, 4253 02:56:10,880 --> 02:56:14,240 AND ENCOURAGE NEW ONES TO 4254 02:56:14,240 --> 02:56:16,320 ADDRESS LEAD. 4255 02:56:16,320 --> 02:56:17,800 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 4256 02:56:17,800 --> 02:56:20,040 AS I MENTIONED, THE PUBLIC 4257 02:56:20,040 --> 02:56:22,680 COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE LEAD 4258 02:56:22,680 --> 02:56:23,320 STRATEGY CLOSED MARCH 16. 4259 02:56:23,320 --> 02:56:29,600 I THINK I JUST HEARD THAT THERE 4260 02:56:29,600 --> 02:56:30,920 WERE 13,000 COMMENTS, MANY OF 4261 02:56:30,920 --> 02:56:33,600 THEM ARE GOING TO BE POSTED ON 4262 02:56:33,600 --> 02:56:38,080 THE FEDERAL DOCKET. 4263 02:56:38,080 --> 02:56:41,560 EPA IS CONSIDERING THOSE 4264 02:56:41,560 --> 02:56:42,040 COMMENTS 4265 02:56:42,040 --> 02:56:43,320 AND WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS 4266 02:56:43,320 --> 02:56:45,280 FINALIZING THE STRATEGY WITH 4267 02:56:45,280 --> 02:56:46,880 THOSE COMMENTS IN MIND, AND 4268 02:56:46,880 --> 02:56:48,120 HAVING SOMETHING ISSUED IN THE 4269 02:56:48,120 --> 02:56:50,200 VERY NEAR FUTURE. 4270 02:56:50,200 --> 02:56:53,920 AND THEN MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS 4271 02:56:53,920 --> 02:56:54,320 OF IMPLEMENTATION. 4272 02:56:54,320 --> 02:56:56,920 SO I'LL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY 4273 02:56:56,920 --> 02:56:57,680 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 4274 02:56:57,680 --> 02:57:01,120 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4275 02:57:01,120 --> 02:57:03,560 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 4276 02:57:03,560 --> 02:57:07,080 I JUST HAVE TWO WEBSITES UP 4277 02:57:07,080 --> 02:57:09,560 HERE, EPA AND HUD, WITH 4278 02:57:09,560 --> 02:57:10,240 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 4279 02:57:10,240 --> 02:57:12,920 AND GARTH I'M NOT SURE IF WE 4280 02:57:12,920 --> 02:57:15,840 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE 4281 02:57:15,840 --> 02:57:16,120 RECEIVED. 4282 02:57:16,120 --> 02:57:16,720 >> STEPHANIE ACTUALLY ANSWERED 4283 02:57:16,720 --> 02:57:17,800 THIS ONE IN THE CHAT BUT A LOT 4284 02:57:17,800 --> 02:57:19,120 OF PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THE CHAT SO 4285 02:57:19,120 --> 02:57:22,240 I'M GOING TO ASK IT OVER AGAIN. 4286 02:57:22,240 --> 02:57:24,520 THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT CAN 4287 02:57:24,520 --> 02:57:27,440 ENFORCEMENT ACTION BE TAKEN 4288 02:57:27,440 --> 02:57:30,520 AGAINST A LANDLORD RATHER THAN 4289 02:57:30,520 --> 02:57:32,520 JUST THE RENOVATOR, BASICALLY 4290 02:57:32,520 --> 02:57:35,000 THE PERSON IS ASKING ABOUT IS 4291 02:57:35,000 --> 02:57:35,880 THE LANDLORD POTENTIALLY LIABLE 4292 02:57:35,880 --> 02:57:39,520 FOR SOME OF THIS OR IS IT ONLY 4293 02:57:39,520 --> 02:57:45,120 THE RENOVATION FIRM? 4294 02:57:45,120 --> 02:57:47,720 >> TO WHOM ARE YOU DIRECTING THE 4295 02:57:47,720 --> 02:57:50,080 QUESTION? 4296 02:57:50,080 --> 02:57:51,120 4297 02:57:51,120 --> 02:57:52,680 >> ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT. 4298 02:57:52,680 --> 02:57:54,680 IT MIGHT HAVE COME IN DURING 4299 02:57:54,680 --> 02:57:56,280 ANNIE'S PRESENTATION BUT IT TOOK 4300 02:57:56,280 --> 02:57:59,320 A WHILE FOR IT TO BOUNCE OVER TO 4301 02:57:59,320 --> 02:58:00,240 THE WEBSITE. 4302 02:58:00,240 --> 02:58:00,440 SORRY. 4303 02:58:00,440 --> 02:58:04,360 IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE. 4304 02:58:04,360 --> 02:58:07,560 >> THE RRP RULE APPLIES TO ANY 4305 02:58:07,560 --> 02:58:10,920 PERSON WHO PERFORMS, OFFERS TO 4306 02:58:10,920 --> 02:58:13,440 PERFORM, OR CLAIMS TO PERFORM 4307 02:58:13,440 --> 02:58:18,280 RENOVATIONS, THAT'S DEFINED IN 4308 02:58:18,280 --> 02:58:20,880 THE RULE, FOR COMPENSATION. 4309 02:58:20,880 --> 02:58:26,960 4310 02:58:26,960 --> 02:58:29,080 4311 02:58:29,080 --> 02:58:30,680 >> THE OTHER QUESTION THAT JUST 4312 02:58:30,680 --> 02:58:34,800 CAME IN, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY 4313 02:58:34,800 --> 02:58:35,680 DIRECTED TO JESSICA. 4314 02:58:35,680 --> 02:58:37,600 PEOPLE KEEP ASKING IN THE CHAT 4315 02:58:37,600 --> 02:58:39,240 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSE THEY 4316 02:58:39,240 --> 02:58:41,520 WANT TO SEE THE SLIDES THAT 4317 02:58:41,520 --> 02:58:43,360 SOMEONE JUST PRESENTED. 4318 02:58:43,360 --> 02:58:46,920 MAYBE YOU BETTER, JESS, SAY OVER 4319 02:58:46,920 --> 02:58:48,240 AGAIN, SUPPOSE SOMEONE WANTS TO 4320 02:58:48,240 --> 02:58:49,600 SEE THE LEAD SLIDES. 4321 02:58:49,600 --> 02:58:51,360 HOW CAN THEY SEE THE POWERPOINT 4322 02:58:51,360 --> 02:58:52,120 SLIDES? 4323 02:58:52,120 --> 02:58:53,920 >> OF COURSE, YES, THE SLIDES, 4324 02:58:53,920 --> 02:58:58,720 ALL THE SLIDES FROM THE ENTIRE 4325 02:58:58,720 --> 02:59:01,560 SYMPOSIUM ARE ON FEDCENTER. 4326 02:59:01,560 --> 02:59:02,920 4327 02:59:02,920 --> 02:59:04,720 >> I THINK THAT'S IT ON THE 4328 02:59:04,720 --> 02:59:05,720 QUESTIONS. 4329 02:59:05,720 --> 02:59:12,680 WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING ELSE. 4330 02:59:12,680 --> 02:59:13,680 >> OKAY. 4331 02:59:13,680 --> 02:59:17,560 IF THAT'S ALL THE SLIDES, TO BE 4332 02:59:17,560 --> 02:59:18,960 CLEAR THAT'S FEDCENTER.GOV. 4333 02:59:18,960 --> 02:59:22,280 AND I KNOW WE CAN'T SEND -- I 4334 02:59:22,280 --> 02:59:23,520 DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN SEND THE 4335 02:59:23,520 --> 02:59:26,560 LINK BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE 4336 02:59:26,560 --> 02:59:27,960 THE CHAT, BUT MAYBE WHEN WE CAN 4337 02:59:27,960 --> 02:59:31,400 HAVE THAT LINK SENT OUT TO ALL 4338 02:59:31,400 --> 02:59:32,480 THE ATTENDEES LATER WE'LL 4339 02:59:32,480 --> 02:59:35,760 HAVE -- I'LL TALK TO SOMEONE WHO 4340 02:59:35,760 --> 02:59:37,440 CAN SEND THAT TO EVERYBODY. 4341 02:59:37,440 --> 02:59:43,880 IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, 4342 02:59:43,880 --> 02:59:51,080 WE HAVE A BREAK NOW, UNTIL 2:45. 4343 02:59:51,080 --> 02:59:54,040 4344 02:59:54,040 --> 02:59:55,960 >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 4345 02:59:55,960 --> 03:00:01,760 >> THANK YOU. 4346 03:00:01,760 --> 03:00:05,280 THAT WAS WONDERFUL. 4347 03:00:05,280 --> 03:00:22,000 THANK YOU. 4348 03:00:22,000 --> 03:00:37,120 >> NEXT PRESENTATION ON THE USE 4349 03:00:37,120 --> 03:00:40,920 AANIMAL MODELLABILITY ANALYSIS, 4350 03:00:40,920 --> 03:00:42,640 PRESENTED BY TOM GOERING, LOS 4351 03:00:42,640 --> 03:00:45,760 ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB, MORE THAN 4352 03:00:45,760 --> 03:00:47,520 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN 4353 03:00:47,520 --> 03:00:50,000 ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD WITH MOST 4354 03:00:50,000 --> 03:01:09,600 WORK IN HYDROLOGY. 4355 03:01:09,600 --> 03:01:16,120 >> I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY 4356 03:01:16,120 --> 03:01:19,320 CO-AUTHORS AND COLLEAGUES, KAREN 4357 03:01:19,320 --> 03:01:23,120 AND ROBERT. 4358 03:01:23,120 --> 03:01:24,480 ROBERT IS HERE IN THE BACKGROUND 4359 03:01:24,480 --> 03:01:27,040 SO IF I GET IN OVER MY HEAD ON 4360 03:01:27,040 --> 03:01:28,720 THE QUESTIONS, HOPEFULLY HE CAN 4361 03:01:28,720 --> 03:01:33,040 STEP IN AND HELP ADDRESS THOSE. 4362 03:01:33,040 --> 03:01:34,720 FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE 4363 03:01:34,720 --> 03:01:38,000 LOS ALAMOS IS, IT'S IN NORTH 4364 03:01:38,000 --> 03:01:44,680 CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, AND THIS 4365 03:01:44,680 --> 03:01:46,400 STUDY TOOK PLACE AT THE 4366 03:01:46,400 --> 03:01:48,800 LABORATORY SHOWN ON IN THE 4367 03:01:48,800 --> 03:01:51,880 BREAKOUT MAP IN YELLOW, STUDY 4368 03:01:51,880 --> 03:01:54,920 AREA IS IN THIS PORTION RIGHT 4369 03:01:54,920 --> 03:01:58,520 HERE WHERE I'M SHOWING MY MOUSE. 4370 03:01:58,520 --> 03:02:00,280 WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE 4371 03:02:00,280 --> 03:02:04,000 RESULTS OF A SCIENTIFIC STUDY TO 4372 03:02:04,000 --> 03:02:07,880 PROCEED EVIDENCE FOR WATER 4373 03:02:07,880 --> 03:02:10,280 QUALITY STANDARD CHANGE THROUGH 4374 03:02:10,280 --> 03:02:11,120 THE REGULATORY PROCESS IN NEW 4375 03:02:11,120 --> 03:02:11,560 MEXICO. 4376 03:02:11,560 --> 03:02:14,600 IN NEW MEXICO IS ONE OF THREE 4377 03:02:14,600 --> 03:02:22,840 STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE PRIMACY, 4378 03:02:22,840 --> 03:02:25,160 EPA HAS PRIMACY FOR THAT. 4379 03:02:25,160 --> 03:02:27,560 I'LL DISCOVER USE ATTAINABILITY 4380 03:02:27,560 --> 03:02:28,680 ANALYSIS, STRUCTURED SCIENTIFIC 4381 03:02:28,680 --> 03:02:31,840 ASSESSMENT OF THE FACTORS 4382 03:02:31,840 --> 03:02:34,000 AFFECTING ATTAINMENT OF USES 4383 03:02:34,000 --> 03:02:42,200 SPECIFIED IN 101A OF THE CLEAN 4384 03:02:42,200 --> 03:02:42,480 WATER ACT. 4385 03:02:42,480 --> 03:02:48,480 THERE'S 2.2 MILES LONG, THE 4386 03:02:48,480 --> 03:02:50,400 REACH IS CLASSIFIED UNDER 20.6.4 4387 03:02:50,400 --> 03:02:52,520 NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 4388 03:02:52,520 --> 03:02:53,480 WITH COLDWATER AQUATIC LIFE 4389 03:02:53,480 --> 03:02:55,320 DESIGNATED USE. 4390 03:02:55,320 --> 03:02:57,480 THE PHOTO YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT 4391 03:02:57,480 --> 03:03:01,040 SHOWS THE WETLANDS. 4392 03:03:01,040 --> 03:03:05,320 THERE'S A 3.65-ACRE WET LAND IN 4393 03:03:05,320 --> 03:03:08,880 THE HEADWATER OF THE REACH, 4394 03:03:08,880 --> 03:03:10,640 SOMEWHAT -- HAS UNIQUE 4395 03:03:10,640 --> 03:03:12,920 CHARACTERISTICS, ACTUALLY AN 4396 03:03:12,920 --> 03:03:13,520 EFFLUENT DOMINATED REACH, AND 4397 03:03:13,520 --> 03:03:17,760 MOST OF THE WATER FROM THE REACH 4398 03:03:17,760 --> 03:03:20,560 IS FROM DISCHARGE FROM ONE OF 4399 03:03:20,560 --> 03:03:24,080 OUR OUTFALLS FROM A 4400 03:03:24,080 --> 03:03:27,440 CO-GENERATING POWER PLANT, 4401 03:03:27,440 --> 03:03:28,360 PRODUCES POWER, STEAM, 4402 03:03:28,360 --> 03:03:30,560 ELECTRICITY, FOR THE LABORATORY. 4403 03:03:30,560 --> 03:03:33,240 THIS IS ACTUALLY IF THIS WERE 4404 03:03:33,240 --> 03:03:34,760 NOT EFFLUENT DOMINATED, THIS 4405 03:03:34,760 --> 03:03:37,600 WOULD BE AN EPHEMERAL OR PERHAPS 4406 03:03:37,600 --> 03:03:38,720 INTERMITTENT REACH. 4407 03:03:38,720 --> 03:03:42,960 THE STREAM HAS FLOWED SINCE THE 4408 03:03:42,960 --> 03:03:43,200 1950s. 4409 03:03:43,200 --> 03:03:45,360 AND IT'S CURRENTLY AS I 4410 03:03:45,360 --> 03:03:46,840 MENTIONED DESIGNATED WITH COLD 4411 03:03:46,840 --> 03:03:50,680 WATER AQUATIC LIFE USE. 4412 03:03:50,680 --> 03:03:53,040 THAT WAS DESIGNATED IN 2005 BY 4413 03:03:53,040 --> 03:03:54,880 THE NEW MEXICO WATER QUALITY 4414 03:03:54,880 --> 03:04:00,680 CONTROL COMMISSION AND BASED ON 4415 03:04:00,680 --> 03:04:11,000 A STUDY OF FOUR PERENNIAL 4416 03:04:11,000 --> 03:04:13,320 REACHES AT THE LABORATORY. 4417 03:04:13,320 --> 03:04:16,320 THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL 4418 03:04:16,320 --> 03:04:17,720 COMMISSION LATER ADOPTED 4419 03:04:17,720 --> 03:04:20,520 TEMPERATURE CRITERION, ACUTE AND 4420 03:04:20,520 --> 03:04:22,160 CHRONIC CRITERION TO PROTECT 4421 03:04:22,160 --> 03:04:27,200 COLD WATER AQUATIC LIFE, AND 4422 03:04:27,200 --> 03:04:32,000 THEY DESIGNATED THAT ACUTE TMAX, 4423 03:04:32,000 --> 03:04:34,440 24 DEGREES, IS NOT TO BE 4424 03:04:34,440 --> 03:04:35,320 EXCEEDED AND THE CHRONIC 4425 03:04:35,320 --> 03:04:40,120 TEMPERATURE LIMIT WHICH WE REFER 4426 03:04:40,120 --> 03:04:42,800 TO AS 6T3, YOU'LL HEAR MY 4427 03:04:42,800 --> 03:04:44,120 MENTION THIS, 20 DEGREES 4428 03:04:44,120 --> 03:04:48,320 CELSIUS, AND THIS IS THE 4429 03:04:48,320 --> 03:04:51,480 TEMPERATURE, 6T3 IS TEMPERATURE 4430 03:04:51,480 --> 03:04:53,120 NOT TO BE EXCEEDED FOR 6 HOURS 4431 03:04:53,120 --> 03:04:56,480 IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD ON MORE THAN 4432 03:04:56,480 --> 03:04:58,240 THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. 4433 03:04:58,240 --> 03:05:01,720 HOWEVER, THE DATA FOR THE CANYON 4434 03:05:01,720 --> 03:05:02,520 SUGGESTS THIS COLDWATER AQUATIC 4435 03:05:02,520 --> 03:05:05,480 LIFE USE MAY NOT BE ATTAINABLE 4436 03:05:05,480 --> 03:05:06,520 DUE TO TEMPERATURE. 4437 03:05:06,520 --> 03:05:10,040 I DO NEED TO NOTE WATER IN 4438 03:05:10,040 --> 03:05:13,520 SANDIA CANYON IS LISTED 4439 03:05:13,520 --> 03:05:16,800 IMPAIRED FOR TEMPERATURE UNDER 4440 03:05:16,800 --> 03:05:19,640 PRESIDENT CLEAN WATER ACT 30 3D 4441 03:05:19,640 --> 03:05:20,120 INTEGRATED REPORT. 4442 03:05:20,120 --> 03:05:23,120 ON THE RIGHT IS A THERMO GRAPH 4443 03:05:23,120 --> 03:05:24,800 IN THE CANYON, IN THE REACH, AND 4444 03:05:24,800 --> 03:05:27,920 IT'S ONE OF THE KEY SETS OF DATA 4445 03:05:27,920 --> 03:05:35,040 I WILL GO OVER SOME THERMOGRAPH 4446 03:05:35,040 --> 03:05:35,400 DATA. 4447 03:05:35,400 --> 03:05:37,240 WE CONDUCTED ANALYSIS TO 4448 03:05:37,240 --> 03:05:40,320 DETERMINE THE MOST PROTECTIVE 4449 03:05:40,320 --> 03:05:48,520 AQUATIC LIFE USE ATTAINABLE IN 4450 03:05:48,520 --> 03:05:53,000 THE PERENNIAL REACH. 4451 03:05:53,000 --> 03:05:54,720 UNDER 40 CFR 131.10 DESIGNATED 4452 03:05:54,720 --> 03:06:00,520 USE NOT EXISTING USE MAY BE 4453 03:06:00,520 --> 03:06:02,320 REMOVED IF THE USE ATTAINABILITY 4454 03:06:02,320 --> 03:06:03,480 ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THE 4455 03:06:03,480 --> 03:06:04,880 DESIGNATED USE IS NOT FEASIBLE 4456 03:06:04,880 --> 03:06:08,520 BASED ON ONE OF SIX FACTORS 4457 03:06:08,520 --> 03:06:10,960 INCLUDING NATURALLY OCCURRING 4458 03:06:10,960 --> 03:06:12,920 POLLUTANTS CONCENTRATIONS 4459 03:06:12,920 --> 03:06:13,720 PREVENTING THE ATTAINMENT OF 4460 03:06:13,720 --> 03:06:14,080 USE. 4461 03:06:14,080 --> 03:06:16,400 THIS IS A MAP OF THE STUDY AREA, 4462 03:06:16,400 --> 03:06:18,720 FOR THE REACH. 4463 03:06:18,720 --> 03:06:22,120 IT'S A 2.2-MILE REACH, AS I 4464 03:06:22,120 --> 03:06:23,440 MENTIONED, IT STARTS ON THE WEST 4465 03:06:23,440 --> 03:06:25,520 SIDE OF THE MAP HERE. 4466 03:06:25,520 --> 03:06:27,720 THE OUTFALLS, THERE ARE THREE 4467 03:06:27,720 --> 03:06:29,680 OUTFALLS THAT DISCHARGE WATER 4468 03:06:29,680 --> 03:06:30,960 WITH THE PRIMARY OUTFALL BEING 4469 03:06:30,960 --> 03:06:34,440 RIGHT HERE BY THE NUMBER ONE ON 4470 03:06:34,440 --> 03:06:36,440 THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE MAP. 4471 03:06:36,440 --> 03:06:39,400 AND THEN THE REACH EXTENDS DOWN 4472 03:06:39,400 --> 03:06:42,120 TO JUST BEYOND SIGMA CANYON DOWN 4473 03:06:42,120 --> 03:06:43,480 HERE. 4474 03:06:43,480 --> 03:06:45,960 SOME OF THE POINTS TO BRING UP 4475 03:06:45,960 --> 03:06:49,360 ON THIS MAP, I MENTIONED 4476 03:06:49,360 --> 03:06:52,400 THERMOGRAPH DATA PROVIDING A KEY 4477 03:06:52,400 --> 03:06:54,760 DATA SOURCE FOR USE 4478 03:06:54,760 --> 03:06:55,520 ATTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, OUR 4479 03:06:55,520 --> 03:06:55,880 EVALUATION. 4480 03:06:55,880 --> 03:06:58,760 THOSE ARE SHOWN BY THE RED DOTS, 4481 03:06:58,760 --> 03:07:02,440 1 THROUGH 6 ON THIS MAP. 4482 03:07:02,440 --> 03:07:06,080 AND THESE ARE DEPLOYED AT SIX 4483 03:07:06,080 --> 03:07:07,160 LOCATIONS OVER FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, 4484 03:07:07,160 --> 03:07:10,800 WE GOT GOOD DATA WE USE FOR THIS 4485 03:07:10,800 --> 03:07:12,440 STUDY. 4486 03:07:12,440 --> 03:07:14,920 ALSO, THE LABORATORY HAS A 4487 03:07:14,920 --> 03:07:17,680 NUMBER OF METEOROLOGICAL 4488 03:07:17,680 --> 03:07:19,120 STATIONS, TWO THAT OVERLAP THAT 4489 03:07:19,120 --> 03:07:20,800 WE USE DATA FOR AIR TEMPERATURE, 4490 03:07:20,800 --> 03:07:22,560 AND IN ONE OF OUR LINES OF 4491 03:07:22,560 --> 03:07:27,040 EVIDENCE THAT I'LL BE SLOWING 4492 03:07:27,040 --> 03:07:28,880 THROUGH. 4493 03:07:28,880 --> 03:07:32,520 THOSE ARE MET STATION ON THE 4494 03:07:32,520 --> 03:07:33,800 LEFT SIDE AND TA 53 ON THE 4495 03:07:33,800 --> 03:07:34,000 RIGHT. 4496 03:07:34,000 --> 03:07:38,480 PART OF THE STUDY WAS TO 4497 03:07:38,480 --> 03:07:39,040 EVALUATE MACROINVERTEBRATES 4498 03:07:39,040 --> 03:07:40,360 SHOWN BY ORANGE CIRCLE, HERE ON 4499 03:07:40,360 --> 03:07:41,720 THIS REACH. 4500 03:07:41,720 --> 03:07:44,120 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE GAUGE 4501 03:07:44,120 --> 03:07:46,200 DATA, TEMPORARY GAUGES THAT WERE 4502 03:07:46,200 --> 03:07:50,800 INSTALLED IN THE PAST, THREE 4503 03:07:50,800 --> 03:07:52,760 PERMANENT GAUGES E 121, 122, 4504 03:07:52,760 --> 03:07:55,320 123, SHOWN BY THE TRIANGLES ON 4505 03:07:55,320 --> 03:07:56,880 THE MAP. 4506 03:07:56,880 --> 03:07:59,440 I MENTIONED THE 3.65-ACRE 4507 03:07:59,440 --> 03:08:02,080 WETLAND, THAT'S SHOWN HERE IN 4508 03:08:02,080 --> 03:08:05,520 THE STRETCH OF GREEN, IN THIS 4509 03:08:05,520 --> 03:08:07,000 PART OF THE REACH. 4510 03:08:07,000 --> 03:08:09,920 SO, I'M GOING OVER SOME OF THE 4511 03:08:09,920 --> 03:08:12,280 LINES OF EVIDENCE THAT WE USED 4512 03:08:12,280 --> 03:08:13,760 IN THE USE ATTAINABILITY 4513 03:08:13,760 --> 03:08:16,400 ANALYSIS, AND THE PICTURE ON THE 4514 03:08:16,400 --> 03:08:19,440 RIGHT IS A TOWER THAT WE USE FOR 4515 03:08:19,440 --> 03:08:21,280 DATA, FOR AIR TEMPERATURE DATA, 4516 03:08:21,280 --> 03:08:24,880 THE ONE AT TECH AREA 53, SOME OF 4517 03:08:24,880 --> 03:08:28,280 THE LINES OF EVIDENCE INCLUDE 4518 03:08:28,280 --> 03:08:31,200 THE MEASURED STREAM 4519 03:08:31,200 --> 03:08:32,960 TEMPERATURES, THERMOGRAPH DATA 4520 03:08:32,960 --> 03:08:35,400 THAT I DISCUSSED. 4521 03:08:35,400 --> 03:08:36,680 WE USE THE NEW MEXICO 4522 03:08:36,680 --> 03:08:38,680 ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AIR WATER 4523 03:08:38,680 --> 03:08:40,520 TEMPERATURE CORRELATION MODEL, 4524 03:08:40,520 --> 03:08:42,280 WE LOOKED AT DISSOLVED OXYGEN 4525 03:08:42,280 --> 03:08:46,200 AND Ph TO MEET STANDARDS, AND 4526 03:08:46,200 --> 03:08:49,560 ANALYSIS OF MAXIMUM WEEKLY 4527 03:08:49,560 --> 03:08:51,000 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DATA. 4528 03:08:51,000 --> 03:08:56,040 WE USED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4529 03:08:56,040 --> 03:08:57,560 STREAM SEGMENT TEMPERATURE MODEL 4530 03:08:57,560 --> 03:08:58,880 AND EVALUATED THREATENED AND 4531 03:08:58,880 --> 03:09:02,600 ENDANGERED SPECIES TO MAKE SURE 4532 03:09:02,600 --> 03:09:04,560 THAT ANY PROPOSED WATER QUALITY 4533 03:09:04,560 --> 03:09:06,960 CHANGES WOULD NOT INFLUENCE 4534 03:09:06,960 --> 03:09:09,360 THREATENED SPECIES AND DID AN 4535 03:09:09,360 --> 03:09:10,760 ECO-REGION ANALYSIS AND WERE 4536 03:09:10,760 --> 03:09:13,320 CURRENTLY UNDERGOING PART OF THE 4537 03:09:13,320 --> 03:09:16,720 PUBLIC PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF OUR 4538 03:09:16,720 --> 03:09:16,880 STUDY. 4539 03:09:16,880 --> 03:09:18,240 SO, LET'S GET TO THE 4540 03:09:18,240 --> 03:09:18,920 NITTY-GRITTY HERE. 4541 03:09:18,920 --> 03:09:21,800 THESE ARE THE NEW MEXICO 4542 03:09:21,800 --> 03:09:23,680 TEMPERATURE CRITERION FOR 4543 03:09:23,680 --> 03:09:26,480 AQUATIC LIFE DESIGNATED USES, AS 4544 03:09:26,480 --> 03:09:31,320 I MENTIONED THE REACH ITSELF IS 4545 03:09:31,320 --> 03:09:34,160 COLDWATER, SO FROM THE MOST 4546 03:09:34,160 --> 03:09:36,280 PROTECTIVE AT THE LEFT, TOP OF 4547 03:09:36,280 --> 03:09:37,480 THE CHART, HIGH QUALITY 4548 03:09:37,480 --> 03:09:40,120 COLDWATER GOING DOWN TO LESS 4549 03:09:40,120 --> 03:09:42,280 PROTECTED USE IS COLDWATER, 4550 03:09:42,280 --> 03:09:45,120 MARGINAL, COOL, WARM, AND 4551 03:09:45,120 --> 03:09:46,840 MARGINAL WARMWATER. 4552 03:09:46,840 --> 03:09:49,520 THE TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS 4553 03:09:49,520 --> 03:09:50,520 INCLUDE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, 4554 03:09:50,520 --> 03:09:56,400 TMAX, THE TEMPERATURE NEVER TO 4555 03:09:56,400 --> 03:10:00,120 BE EXCEEDED, AND CHRONIC 4556 03:10:00,120 --> 03:10:01,680 TEMPERATURE VALUE OF 6T3, 4557 03:10:01,680 --> 03:10:02,480 DEFINITION IS THE WATER 4558 03:10:02,480 --> 03:10:04,920 TEMPERATURE, NOT TO BE EXCEEDED 4559 03:10:04,920 --> 03:10:07,680 FOR 6 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS 4560 03:10:07,680 --> 03:10:11,040 IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ON MORE THAN 4561 03:10:11,040 --> 03:10:11,920 THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. 4562 03:10:11,920 --> 03:10:15,000 I WANT TO CAVEAT THAT WE HAVE A 4563 03:10:15,000 --> 03:10:19,320 COUPLE OF THESE DESIGNATED USES 4564 03:10:19,320 --> 03:10:21,080 HAVE THE TERM MARGINAL, 4565 03:10:21,080 --> 03:10:22,440 COLDWATER AND WARMWATER, AND 4566 03:10:22,440 --> 03:10:23,320 MARGINAL IS IN REFERENCE. 4567 03:10:23,320 --> 03:10:27,440 IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED FOOTNOTE 4568 03:10:27,440 --> 03:10:32,560 TO I OF AQUATIC LIFE, LOW FLOW 4569 03:10:32,560 --> 03:10:34,520 OR NATURAL CONDITIONS THAT 4570 03:10:34,520 --> 03:10:35,880 SEVERELY LIMIT THE MAINTENANCE 4571 03:10:35,880 --> 03:10:37,040 OF AQUATIC LIFE. 4572 03:10:37,040 --> 03:10:39,000 AND FOR THIS REASON WE DON'T 4573 03:10:39,000 --> 03:10:40,240 REALLY BELIEVE IT'S APPLICABLE, 4574 03:10:40,240 --> 03:10:41,640 WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT. 4575 03:10:41,640 --> 03:10:46,320 WE'LL BE IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR 4576 03:10:46,320 --> 03:10:47,640 REGULATORY FOLKS, BUT MARGINAL 4577 03:10:47,640 --> 03:10:49,080 MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE. 4578 03:10:49,080 --> 03:10:52,360 WE INCLUDED IT IN OUR 4579 03:10:52,360 --> 03:10:52,920 CONSIDERATION. 4580 03:10:52,920 --> 03:10:54,720 A KEY CORNERSTONE OF OUR DATASET 4581 03:10:54,720 --> 03:10:56,200 IS WATER COMPANY DATA. 4582 03:10:56,200 --> 03:10:58,720 THAT'S KEY ELEMENT FOR ANY KIND 4583 03:10:58,720 --> 03:11:01,000 OF AQUATIC LIFE USE CHANGES. 4584 03:11:01,000 --> 03:11:03,080 AND COLLECTED A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE 4585 03:11:03,080 --> 03:11:04,920 SET OF WATER TEMPERATURE DATA IN 4586 03:11:04,920 --> 03:11:09,640 THE REACH OVER A FIVE-YEAR 4587 03:11:09,640 --> 03:11:11,760 PERIOD FROM 2014 TO 2018 TO 4588 03:11:11,760 --> 03:11:13,720 EVALUATE THE USE ATTAINABILITY. 4589 03:11:13,720 --> 03:11:15,160 NOW, I APOLOGIZE, THIS CHART ON 4590 03:11:15,160 --> 03:11:16,960 THE RIGHT IS A LITTLE HARD TO 4591 03:11:16,960 --> 03:11:18,080 READ. 4592 03:11:18,080 --> 03:11:22,720 I'VE GOT A COUPLE BLOWUPS OF THE 4593 03:11:22,720 --> 03:11:25,560 SAME THERMOGRAPH DATA. 4594 03:11:25,560 --> 03:11:27,200 THIS IS WHAT THERMOGRAPH DATA 4595 03:11:27,200 --> 03:11:29,720 LOOK LIKE, DEPLOYED AT SIX 4596 03:11:29,720 --> 03:11:31,240 LOCATIONS ALONG THE REACH, THESE 4597 03:11:31,240 --> 03:11:35,200 LOCATIONS VARIED A BIT OVER TIME 4598 03:11:35,200 --> 03:11:36,520 BASED ON DIRECTION AND 4599 03:11:36,520 --> 03:11:41,320 DISCUSSION WITH THE NEW MEXICO 4600 03:11:41,320 --> 03:11:43,760 ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO 4601 03:11:43,760 --> 03:11:45,240 THEY WERE VERY -- TO BETTER 4602 03:11:45,240 --> 03:11:45,920 UNDERSTAND TEMPERATURE VARIATION 4603 03:11:45,920 --> 03:11:48,280 IN THE LOWER REACH. 4604 03:11:48,280 --> 03:11:52,960 THE THERMOGRAPH DATA OVER THIS 4605 03:11:52,960 --> 03:11:54,040 FIVE-YEAR PERIOD CONFIRMED 4606 03:11:54,040 --> 03:11:57,280 COLDWATER AQUATIC LIFE USE IS 4607 03:11:57,280 --> 03:12:00,960 NOT ATTAINABLE. 4608 03:12:00,960 --> 03:12:03,800 AND THAT DID INDICATE THE USE 4609 03:12:03,800 --> 03:12:06,760 CAN BE ATTAINED ACROSS ALL STUDY 4610 03:12:06,760 --> 03:12:07,280 YEARS. 4611 03:12:07,280 --> 03:12:09,160 AND THAT COOL WATER AQUATIC LIFE 4612 03:12:09,160 --> 03:12:10,960 USE CAN BE ATTAINED AT ALL 4613 03:12:10,960 --> 03:12:17,000 LOCATIONS DURING MOST OF THE 4614 03:12:17,000 --> 03:12:17,920 YEARS. 4615 03:12:17,920 --> 03:12:22,120 THAT HAS A MAXIMUM OF 29 DEGREES 4616 03:12:22,120 --> 03:12:22,880 CELSIUS. 4617 03:12:22,880 --> 03:12:24,880 IT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR 4618 03:12:24,880 --> 03:12:29,880 THE REASONS I MENTIONED 4619 03:12:29,880 --> 03:12:30,240 PREVIOUSLY. 4620 03:12:30,240 --> 03:12:33,400 PHOTOS HERE SHOW THERMOGRAPH 4621 03:12:33,400 --> 03:12:35,480 DEPLOYMENT AT TWO LOCATIONS, ON 4622 03:12:35,480 --> 03:12:42,120 THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS AT THE 4623 03:12:42,120 --> 03:12:43,360 e-123 MEASURING FLOW, AND 4624 03:12:43,360 --> 03:12:44,720 THERMOGRAPH IS IN THIS HOUSING 4625 03:12:44,720 --> 03:12:47,520 SHOWN WITH THE LITTLE RED PIPE 4626 03:12:47,520 --> 03:12:50,000 STICKING UP, THE GAUGE IS THIS 4627 03:12:50,000 --> 03:12:52,080 DEVICE HERE WITH THE GAUGE 4628 03:12:52,080 --> 03:12:52,680 EQUIPMENT. 4629 03:12:52,680 --> 03:12:55,760 ON THE RIGHT IS THERMOGRAPH 4630 03:12:55,760 --> 03:12:57,720 DEPLOYED AT LOCATION WE CALL 4631 03:12:57,720 --> 03:12:58,360 CROSSING. 4632 03:12:58,360 --> 03:13:00,160 THIS IS THE THERMOGRAPH DATA 4633 03:13:00,160 --> 03:13:04,440 THAT WE COLLECTED, THIS IS THE 4634 03:13:04,440 --> 03:13:11,960 TEMPERATURES MEASURED AT e-123 4635 03:13:11,960 --> 03:13:14,520 DURING THE SUMMER OF 2017. 4636 03:13:14,520 --> 03:13:15,920 Y-AXIS IS DEGREES CELSIUS, 4637 03:13:15,920 --> 03:13:18,440 X-AXIS IS DATE THROUGH SUMMER 4638 03:13:18,440 --> 03:13:18,960 MONTHS. 4639 03:13:18,960 --> 03:13:20,480 HEAVY BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE 4640 03:13:20,480 --> 03:13:22,680 ACTUAL STREAM TEMPERATURE FROM 4641 03:13:22,680 --> 03:13:24,720 THE THERMOGRAPH DATA, SO THAT IS 4642 03:13:24,720 --> 03:13:29,560 THE DATASET FROM THE 4643 03:13:29,560 --> 03:13:33,920 THERMOGRAPHS, AND THE HEAVY BLUE 4644 03:13:33,920 --> 03:13:39,120 20 DEGREES IS 6T 3 CHRONIC 4645 03:13:39,120 --> 03:13:41,320 TEMPERATURE LIMIT FOR COLDWATER. 4646 03:13:41,320 --> 03:13:44,760 YOU CAN SEE STREAM TEMPERATURES 4647 03:13:44,760 --> 03:13:52,600 TOP THAT 6T3 CHRONIC LIMIT. 4648 03:13:52,600 --> 03:13:55,280 THE TMAX FOR COOL WATER IS 29 4649 03:13:55,280 --> 03:13:56,800 DEGREES, SHOWN BY THIS ORANGE 4650 03:13:56,800 --> 03:13:57,320 LINE HERE. 4651 03:13:57,320 --> 03:14:06,120 I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE 4652 03:14:06,120 --> 03:14:08,480 GRAY TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS ARE 4653 03:14:08,480 --> 03:14:10,320 AIR TEMPERATURE, SO THERE'S A 4654 03:14:10,320 --> 03:14:11,960 CLOSE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE 4655 03:14:11,960 --> 03:14:14,920 AIR TEMPERATURE AND WATER 4656 03:14:14,920 --> 03:14:17,000 TEMPERATURE, THIS IS ANOTHER 4657 03:14:17,000 --> 03:14:18,320 THERMOGRAPH DATASET, THIS IS 4658 03:14:18,320 --> 03:14:24,880 FURTHER DOWNSTREAM ON THE REACH, 4659 03:14:24,880 --> 03:14:25,720 E123, SANDIA DURING THE SAME 4660 03:14:25,720 --> 03:14:26,560 TIME PERIOD. 4661 03:14:26,560 --> 03:14:28,520 YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF TIMES 4662 03:14:28,520 --> 03:14:32,720 WHERE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE 4663 03:14:32,720 --> 03:14:36,720 STREAM ITSELF TOPPED THE 20 4664 03:14:36,720 --> 03:14:37,520 DEGREES 6T3 CHRONIC LIMIT. 4665 03:14:37,520 --> 03:14:39,640 MORE THAN JUST THREE DAYS. 4666 03:14:39,640 --> 03:14:41,520 IF YOU LOOK AT THESE ANALYSIS, 4667 03:14:41,520 --> 03:14:45,640 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE 4668 03:14:45,640 --> 03:14:47,120 EXCEEDING COLDWATER AQUATIC LIFE 4669 03:14:47,120 --> 03:14:54,520 USE BASED ON THERMOGRAPH DATA 4670 03:14:54,520 --> 03:14:55,160 ALONE. 4671 03:14:55,160 --> 03:14:57,000 THIS IS THE SUMMER, QUITE 4672 03:14:57,000 --> 03:14:57,720 NOTICEABLE THE TEMPERATURES HAVE 4673 03:14:57,720 --> 03:14:59,200 SHIFTED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 4674 03:14:59,200 --> 03:15:02,560 IN FACT IN THE LOWER REACH OF 4675 03:15:02,560 --> 03:15:04,960 THE CANYON WE DO OBSERVE LOWER 4676 03:15:04,960 --> 03:15:06,400 TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FAR END OF 4677 03:15:06,400 --> 03:15:07,320 THE REACH. 4678 03:15:07,320 --> 03:15:11,640 AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO 4679 03:15:11,640 --> 03:15:14,280 CHANGES IN THE CANYON 4680 03:15:14,280 --> 03:15:15,680 CHARACTERISTICS, DIRECTIONS 4681 03:15:15,680 --> 03:15:17,000 CHANGE, THERE'S MORE SHADING, 4682 03:15:17,000 --> 03:15:18,640 IT'S DEEPER IN AND RESULT IS 4683 03:15:18,640 --> 03:15:21,040 THAT THERE ARE COOLER WATER 4684 03:15:21,040 --> 03:15:21,360 TEMPERATURES. 4685 03:15:21,360 --> 03:15:22,560 WE DID DO EVALUATION TO MAKE 4686 03:15:22,560 --> 03:15:27,560 SURE THERE WAS NOT GROUND WATER 4687 03:15:27,560 --> 03:15:28,120 INFLUX, CAUSING THOSE 4688 03:15:28,120 --> 03:15:29,440 TEMPERATURE CHANGES, AND THERE 4689 03:15:29,440 --> 03:15:31,320 IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS FROM 4690 03:15:31,320 --> 03:15:32,520 GROUND WATER. 4691 03:15:32,520 --> 03:15:34,840 I CAN PRESENT THAT, I'LL DISCUSS 4692 03:15:34,840 --> 03:15:35,880 THAT FURTHER LATER ON. 4693 03:15:35,880 --> 03:15:40,000 ONE OF OUR KEY MODELS WE USE WAS 4694 03:15:40,000 --> 03:15:41,800 WHAT WE CALL THE AIR WATER 4695 03:15:41,800 --> 03:15:43,480 TEMPERATURE CORRELATION MODEL, 4696 03:15:43,480 --> 03:15:46,720 THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED BY THE 4697 03:15:46,720 --> 03:15:47,920 NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT 4698 03:15:47,920 --> 03:15:49,720 DEPARTMENT, IN 2011. 4699 03:15:49,720 --> 03:15:52,840 AND IT'S USED TO DETERMINE 4700 03:15:52,840 --> 03:15:54,320 STREAM CLASSIFICATIONS AND 4701 03:15:54,320 --> 03:15:55,800 ATTAINABLE USE CATEGORIES, A 4702 03:15:55,800 --> 03:16:00,520 GOOD MODEL, BASICALLY IN THIS 4703 03:16:00,520 --> 03:16:03,680 STUDY IN 2011, AIR TEMPERATURES, 4704 03:16:03,680 --> 03:16:06,720 JULY AVERAGES WERE CORRELATED 4705 03:16:06,720 --> 03:16:08,360 WITH WATER TEMPERATURES AT 293 4706 03:16:08,360 --> 03:16:09,800 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF 4707 03:16:09,800 --> 03:16:10,440 NEW MEXICO. 4708 03:16:10,440 --> 03:16:13,840 THE PLOT ON THE RIGHT SHOWS 4709 03:16:13,840 --> 03:16:16,000 CORRELATIONS ALONG WITH 4710 03:16:16,000 --> 03:16:16,600 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND 4711 03:16:16,600 --> 03:16:18,280 REALLY ONE OF THE KEY FINDINGS 4712 03:16:18,280 --> 03:16:21,880 OF THIS STUDY WAS THAT THE 4713 03:16:21,880 --> 03:16:25,000 MAXIMUM WEEKLY AVERAGE WATER 4714 03:16:25,000 --> 03:16:29,640 TEMPERATURE WHICH I CALL MWAT IS 4715 03:16:29,640 --> 03:16:30,400 BASICALLY EQUAL, CLOSELY 4716 03:16:30,400 --> 03:16:32,040 CORRELATE AND QUALITY TO JULY 4717 03:16:32,040 --> 03:16:34,320 AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE. 4718 03:16:34,320 --> 03:16:35,640 THIS IS USEFUL BECAUSE A LOT OF 4719 03:16:35,640 --> 03:16:37,840 TIMES IT'S EASIER TO MEASURE AIR 4720 03:16:37,840 --> 03:16:38,600 TEMPERATURE THAN WATER 4721 03:16:38,600 --> 03:16:40,000 TEMPERATURE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING 4722 03:16:40,000 --> 03:16:40,920 AT THESE STUDIES IN DIFFERENT 4723 03:16:40,920 --> 03:16:42,520 PARTS OF THE STATE. 4724 03:16:42,520 --> 03:16:44,720 SO REALLY AIR TEMPERATURE CAN BE 4725 03:16:44,720 --> 03:16:46,880 USED TO ESTIMATE WHICH AQUATIC 4726 03:16:46,880 --> 03:16:48,120 LIFE BENEFICIAL USE IS 4727 03:16:48,120 --> 03:16:48,440 ATTAINABLE. 4728 03:16:48,440 --> 03:16:50,400 AND WE DID THAT OF COURSE ALONG 4729 03:16:50,400 --> 03:17:01,880 WITH OUR WATER TEMPERATURE DATA. 4730 03:17:01,880 --> 03:17:05,800 WE TOOK AIR TEMPERATURE DATA 4731 03:17:05,800 --> 03:17:08,600 FROM TWO STATIONS, SHOWN ON THE 4732 03:17:08,600 --> 03:17:17,400 RIGHT, TECH AREA 6 AND TECH AREA 4733 03:17:17,400 --> 03:17:21,240 53, AND WE LOOKED AT ALSO U.S. 4734 03:17:21,240 --> 03:17:23,840 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 4735 03:17:23,840 --> 03:17:25,640 CLIMATOLOGICAL DATASET, PRISM, 4736 03:17:25,640 --> 03:17:27,320 WHICH PROVIDES DATA ACROSS THE 4737 03:17:27,320 --> 03:17:33,880 UNITED STATES BASED ON THOUSANDS 4738 03:17:33,880 --> 03:17:36,200 OF CLIMATE METEOROLOGICAL DATA 4739 03:17:36,200 --> 03:17:38,200 STATIONS COLLECTED DAILY AND 4740 03:17:38,200 --> 03:17:39,600 PROVIDE AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE, 4741 03:17:39,600 --> 03:17:44,120 MIN, MAX, SO WE USE THAT IN 4742 03:17:44,120 --> 03:17:45,640 ADDITION TO ACTUAL MET STATION 4743 03:17:45,640 --> 03:17:48,560 DATA, LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS OF 4744 03:17:48,560 --> 03:17:51,640 DATA FROM 2014 THROUGH 2018, AND 4745 03:17:51,640 --> 03:17:54,800 BASED ON THIS MODEL THE MODEL 4746 03:17:54,800 --> 03:18:00,960 PREDICTED THAT WATER 4747 03:18:00,960 --> 03:18:04,920 TEMPERATURES IN SANDIA CANYON 4748 03:18:04,920 --> 03:18:06,520 SHOWED COLDWATER AQUATIC LIFE 4749 03:18:06,520 --> 03:18:12,120 USE DESIGNATED IS NOT ATTAINABLE 4750 03:18:12,120 --> 03:18:14,280 AND MARGINAL WARM WATER COULD BE 4751 03:18:14,280 --> 03:18:16,320 CONSISTENTLY ATTAINED. 4752 03:18:16,320 --> 03:18:19,720 I'VE MENTIONED CAVEATS WITH THE 4753 03:18:19,720 --> 03:18:21,000 TERM MARGINAL, BUT BASICALLY 4754 03:18:21,000 --> 03:18:22,840 BASED ON TEMPERATURE ALONE THOSE 4755 03:18:22,840 --> 03:18:24,400 AQUATIC LIFE USES COULD BE 4756 03:18:24,400 --> 03:18:25,040 ATTAINED. 4757 03:18:25,040 --> 03:18:27,040 LET ME SHOW HOW THE DATA LOOKED 4758 03:18:27,040 --> 03:18:29,880 WHEN WE APPLIED THIS MODEL. 4759 03:18:29,880 --> 03:18:31,400 THE AVERAGE JULY AIR TEMPERATURE 4760 03:18:31,400 --> 03:18:34,320 ARE SHOWN IN FOUR COLUMNS ON THE 4761 03:18:34,320 --> 03:18:35,960 LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE TABLE. 4762 03:18:35,960 --> 03:18:38,000 THE TWO FROM PRISM ARE THE FIRST 4763 03:18:38,000 --> 03:18:40,200 TWO SETS OF COLUMNS. 4764 03:18:40,200 --> 03:18:42,920 AND GOING DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE 4765 03:18:42,920 --> 03:18:44,720 ARE THE YEARS THAT THESE DATA 4766 03:18:44,720 --> 03:18:46,600 WERE COLLECTED. 4767 03:18:46,600 --> 03:18:51,720 SO IT GOES FROM 2014 TO 2018. 4768 03:18:51,720 --> 03:18:53,880 THE PRISM DATA, FIRST TWO, 4769 03:18:53,880 --> 03:18:56,480 MEETOLOGYICAL STATION DATA ARE 4770 03:18:56,480 --> 03:18:58,440 NEXT TWO COLUMNS, FOR JULY 4771 03:18:58,440 --> 03:19:00,120 AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE. 4772 03:19:00,120 --> 03:19:08,920 FROM THAT PARAMETER WE WERE ABLE 4773 03:19:08,920 --> 03:19:10,680 TO CALCULATE. 4774 03:19:10,680 --> 03:19:14,920 NEXT SET IS 6T3 PARAMETER, BASED 4775 03:19:14,920 --> 03:19:20,880 ON PRISM DATA AND LANL METADATA. 4776 03:19:20,880 --> 03:19:22,240 I INCLUDED THE TABLE I 4777 03:19:22,240 --> 03:19:24,280 REFERENCED EARLY, YOU DON'T HAVE 4778 03:19:24,280 --> 03:19:26,280 THAT MEMORIZED YET, THAT INSET 4779 03:19:26,280 --> 03:19:27,640 IN THE BOTTOM THERE IF YOU WANT 4780 03:19:27,640 --> 03:19:31,160 TO REFERENCE TO IT. 4781 03:19:31,160 --> 03:19:35,440 THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE NOT TO 4782 03:19:35,440 --> 03:19:37,960 BE EXCEEDED IS CALCULATED ON THE 4783 03:19:37,960 --> 03:19:38,840 RIGHT. 4784 03:19:38,840 --> 03:19:41,320 BASED ON THIS WE COULD DETERMINE 4785 03:19:41,320 --> 03:19:44,120 A PROJECTED ATTAINABLE USE BASED 4786 03:19:44,120 --> 03:19:47,560 ON AIR TEMPERATURE DATA. 4787 03:19:47,560 --> 03:19:49,000 FAR COLUMN, BASICALLY IT MET 4788 03:19:49,000 --> 03:19:52,720 COOL WATER FOR A COUPLE YEARS, 4789 03:19:52,720 --> 03:19:55,120 WARM FROM 2016 TO 2018. 4790 03:19:55,120 --> 03:19:57,320 WE USED ANOTHER APPROACH BASED 4791 03:19:57,320 --> 03:20:00,920 ON THE SAME AIRWATER TEMPERATURE 4792 03:20:00,920 --> 03:20:03,120 CORRELATION MODEL, USING MAXIMUM 4793 03:20:03,120 --> 03:20:05,240 WEEKLY AVERAGE WATER TEMPERATURE 4794 03:20:05,240 --> 03:20:05,880 ANALYSIS. 4795 03:20:05,880 --> 03:20:08,800 THIS IS REALLY DIRECTLY TYING 4796 03:20:08,800 --> 03:20:12,920 INTO THE THERMOGRAPH DATA AND 4797 03:20:12,920 --> 03:20:18,560 MWAT, THESE VALUES WERE USED TO 4798 03:20:18,560 --> 03:20:21,040 PREDICT 6T3 BASED ON EQUATIONS 4799 03:20:21,040 --> 03:20:25,880 IN THAT STUDY FROM 2011. 4800 03:20:25,880 --> 03:20:26,600 THESE ARE EQUATIONS, I WILL 4801 03:20:26,600 --> 03:20:28,280 SPARE YOU THE PAIN OF READING 4802 03:20:28,280 --> 03:20:29,320 THEM ALOUD. 4803 03:20:29,320 --> 03:20:33,120 THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT 4804 03:20:33,120 --> 03:20:36,000 PAPER, AND BASED ON THIS 4805 03:20:36,000 --> 03:20:37,880 ANALYSIS OF MAXIMUM WEEKLY 4806 03:20:37,880 --> 03:20:39,720 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DATA, IT 4807 03:20:39,720 --> 03:20:42,040 SUGGESTED COOL WATER AQUATIC 4808 03:20:42,040 --> 03:20:44,920 LIFE USE IS TYPICALLY ATTAINABLE 4809 03:20:44,920 --> 03:20:46,720 FOR UPPER SANDIA CANYON. 4810 03:20:46,720 --> 03:20:49,560 HERE'S A TABLE WITH THOSE 4811 03:20:49,560 --> 03:20:51,640 EQUATIONS WHERE WE TOOK WATER 4812 03:20:51,640 --> 03:20:52,720 TEMPERATURE VALUES, COLUMN ON 4813 03:20:52,720 --> 03:20:56,440 THE LEFT, FOR EACH OF THE 4814 03:20:56,440 --> 03:20:57,320 THERMOGRAPH LOCATIONS, 4815 03:20:57,320 --> 03:20:59,600 THERMOGRAPHS INSTALLED AT BELOW 4816 03:20:59,600 --> 03:21:01,120 OUTFALL, BELOW SERF THROUGH THIS 4817 03:21:01,120 --> 03:21:03,320 TABLE, THE YEARS THE DATA WERE 4818 03:21:03,320 --> 03:21:04,880 COLLECTED, WE TOOK THE MAXIMUM 4819 03:21:04,880 --> 03:21:06,400 WEEKLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 4820 03:21:06,400 --> 03:21:12,920 USING THOSE EQUATIONS I SHOWED 4821 03:21:12,920 --> 03:21:20,320 EARLIER WE CALCULATED 6T3 AND 4822 03:21:20,320 --> 03:21:24,520 TMAX, THE PREDICTED USE IS COOL 4823 03:21:24,520 --> 03:21:28,080 WATER, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE 4824 03:21:28,080 --> 03:21:31,120 REACH EXCEPT FOR ONE YEAR AT THE 4825 03:21:31,120 --> 03:21:32,960 FURTHEST DOWNGRADANT PART OF THE 4826 03:21:32,960 --> 03:21:34,480 REACH WHERE I MENTIONED WATER 4827 03:21:34,480 --> 03:21:37,080 TEMPERATURES TEND TO RUN COOLER, 4828 03:21:37,080 --> 03:21:42,200 IT MET COLDWATER CRITERION. 4829 03:21:42,200 --> 03:21:44,280 WE LOOKED AT DISSOLVED OXYGEN 4830 03:21:44,280 --> 03:21:47,120 AND PH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE 4831 03:21:47,120 --> 03:21:50,080 THERE WAS NOT IMPAIRMENT BASED 4832 03:21:50,080 --> 03:21:52,000 ON DISSOLVED OXYGEN OR PH 4833 03:21:52,000 --> 03:21:53,760 CONCENTRATIONS AND LOOKED AT 4834 03:21:53,760 --> 03:21:56,400 FOUR YEARS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN 4835 03:21:56,400 --> 03:22:00,120 DATA THAT WERE COLLECTED FROM 4836 03:22:00,120 --> 03:22:03,960 2016 TO 2019, DURING OUR ROUTINE 4837 03:22:03,960 --> 03:22:05,760 MONITORING PROGRAM. 4838 03:22:05,760 --> 03:22:11,120 AND THESE WERE COLLECTED AT 4839 03:22:11,120 --> 03:22:12,880 LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THREE 4840 03:22:12,880 --> 03:22:15,280 GAUGES, AND DURING THIS PERIOD 4841 03:22:15,280 --> 03:22:16,720 DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS 4842 03:22:16,720 --> 03:22:19,040 WERE GREATER THAN 6 MILLIGRAMS 4843 03:22:19,040 --> 03:22:22,480 PER LITER AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE 4844 03:22:22,480 --> 03:22:25,920 THIS INSET HERE, IN THE PLOT, 4845 03:22:25,920 --> 03:22:28,120 DISSOLVED OXYGEN MET ALL 4846 03:22:28,120 --> 03:22:32,160 CRITERION FROM HIGH QUALITY COLD 4847 03:22:32,160 --> 03:22:44,520 WATER, COLD WATER, MARGINAL, 4848 03:22:44,520 --> 03:22:44,720 WARM. 4849 03:22:44,720 --> 03:22:48,880 AT THREE GAUGE LOCATIONS PH 4850 03:22:48,880 --> 03:22:51,480 CONCENTRATIONS RANGE FROM 7.43 4851 03:22:51,480 --> 03:22:57,000 TO 8.8 DURING THIS PERIOD. 4852 03:22:57,000 --> 03:23:02,320 SO AGAIN Ph MET CRITERION, 4853 03:23:02,320 --> 03:23:07,880 Ph WAS NOT LIMITING EITHER. 4854 03:23:07,880 --> 03:23:10,400 WE LOOKED AT LINES OF EVIDENCE, 4855 03:23:10,400 --> 03:23:16,840 INCLUDING U.S.GS MODEL, SSTEMP 4856 03:23:16,840 --> 03:23:46,040 AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED 4857 03:23:46,040 --> 03:23:49,960 THOSE STREAM TEMPERATURES. 4858 03:23:49,960 --> 03:23:52,000 ECO-REGION ANALYSIS SHOWED NO 4859 03:23:52,000 --> 03:23:53,080 SIGNIFICANT -- THERE WERE NO 4860 03:23:53,080 --> 03:23:56,760 SURPRISES THERE. 4861 03:23:56,760 --> 03:23:58,120 WE DID ENDANGERED SPECIES 4862 03:23:58,120 --> 03:24:02,880 ANALYSIS, AND THEY LOOKED AT 4863 03:24:02,880 --> 03:24:04,160 MACRO INVERTEBRATES. 4864 03:24:04,160 --> 03:24:11,640 THERE ARE THREE IN THE AREA, AT 4865 03:24:11,640 --> 03:24:13,440 LOS ALAMOS, MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL, 4866 03:24:13,440 --> 03:24:14,520 SALAMANDER AND SOUTHWESTERN 4867 03:24:14,520 --> 03:24:16,120 WILLOW FLY CATCHER, NONE OF 4868 03:24:16,120 --> 03:24:20,120 THESE WOULD BE IMPACTED BY ANY 4869 03:24:20,120 --> 03:24:23,320 PROPOSED WATER QUALITY CHANGES. 4870 03:24:23,320 --> 03:24:29,000 THIS IS A SUMMARY SLIDE SHOWING 4871 03:24:29,000 --> 03:24:30,320 RESULTS FROM OUR SSTEMP 4872 03:24:30,320 --> 03:24:34,920 MODELING, WE RAN FOUR DATASETS 4873 03:24:34,920 --> 03:24:38,120 RANGING FROM 2007 TO 2017 TO 4874 03:24:38,120 --> 03:24:39,840 PREDICT STREAM TEMPERATURES, AND 4875 03:24:39,840 --> 03:24:42,760 LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, 4876 03:24:42,760 --> 03:24:44,600 OBJECTIVE OF USING THE MODEL WAS 4877 03:24:44,600 --> 03:24:46,840 TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS 4878 03:24:46,840 --> 03:24:48,880 EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INFLUX 4879 03:24:48,880 --> 03:24:50,440 OF GROUNDWATER INFLOW ALONG THE 4880 03:24:50,440 --> 03:24:52,160 REACH WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN THE 4881 03:24:52,160 --> 03:24:53,160 COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 4882 03:24:53,160 --> 03:24:56,680 PART OF THE REACH AND ALSO THAT 4883 03:24:56,680 --> 03:24:58,880 WOULD PERHAPS CAUSE PROBLEMS 4884 03:24:58,880 --> 03:25:02,600 WITH THE ASSUMPTION IN AIR-WATER 4885 03:25:02,600 --> 03:25:04,480 TEMPERATURE CORRELATION MODEL. 4886 03:25:04,480 --> 03:25:07,640 RESULT DID SHOW THAT GROUNDWATER 4887 03:25:07,640 --> 03:25:10,000 INFLUX IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT 4888 03:25:10,000 --> 03:25:13,200 FACTOR HERE BUT WHAT'S USEFUL 4889 03:25:13,200 --> 03:25:15,520 WITH THE SSTEMP MODEL IT GIVES A 4890 03:25:15,520 --> 03:25:16,800 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND TABLE 4891 03:25:16,800 --> 03:25:19,320 ON THE RIGHT IS SENSITIVITY 4892 03:25:19,320 --> 03:25:21,320 ANALYSIS FROM ONE OF OUR RUNS, 4893 03:25:21,320 --> 03:25:25,360 AND BASICALLY SHOWS SOME OF THE 4894 03:25:25,360 --> 03:25:26,960 INPUT PARAMETERS HERE, RANGING 4895 03:25:26,960 --> 03:25:30,000 FROM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALL 4896 03:25:30,000 --> 03:25:31,240 LISTED HERE, AND RELATIVE 4897 03:25:31,240 --> 03:25:34,320 SENSITIVITY OF THOSE PARAMETERS 4898 03:25:34,320 --> 03:25:34,880 WITH RESULTING TEMPERATURE 4899 03:25:34,880 --> 03:25:35,800 PREDICTED IN THE STREAM. 4900 03:25:35,800 --> 03:25:39,240 AND BY FAR THE HIGHEST 4901 03:25:39,240 --> 03:25:42,280 SENSITIVITY WAS TO THE AIR 4902 03:25:42,280 --> 03:25:42,720 TEMPERATURE. 4903 03:25:42,720 --> 03:25:45,760 SO BASICALLY AIR TEMPERATURE IS 4904 03:25:45,760 --> 03:25:48,400 REALLY A KEY DRIVING FACTOR FOR 4905 03:25:48,400 --> 03:25:49,840 THE WATER TEMPERATURES IN THAT 4906 03:25:49,840 --> 03:25:50,040 REACH. 4907 03:25:50,040 --> 03:25:52,240 THERE ARE SOME OTHER PARAMETERS 4908 03:25:52,240 --> 03:25:55,320 THAT DID HAVE INFLUENCE, NOT 4909 03:25:55,320 --> 03:25:58,320 QUITE AS MUCH, THOSE INCLUDE 4910 03:25:58,320 --> 03:25:59,800 INFLOW TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE 4911 03:25:59,800 --> 03:26:03,280 HUMIDITY, AND POSSIBLE SUN AND 4912 03:26:03,280 --> 03:26:05,000 SHADING ALL SHOWED LESSER 4913 03:26:05,000 --> 03:26:06,320 INFLUENCE BUT DO SHOW THEY DO 4914 03:26:06,320 --> 03:26:10,120 AFFECT TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER. 4915 03:26:10,120 --> 03:26:11,760 I MENTIONED ECO-REGION ANALYSIS, 4916 03:26:11,760 --> 03:26:15,160 SANDIA CANYON IS IN A TRANSITION 4917 03:26:15,160 --> 03:26:16,840 ZONE ECO-REGION, SHOWN BY THIS 4918 03:26:16,840 --> 03:26:19,160 LIGHTER GREEN AREA HERE. 4919 03:26:19,160 --> 03:26:24,200 WE LOOKED AT THERMOGRAPH DATA 4920 03:26:24,200 --> 03:26:26,400 DURING JULY OF 2017, FOR THREE 4921 03:26:26,400 --> 03:26:29,760 STREAMS, ONE IS IN TRANSITION 4922 03:26:29,760 --> 03:26:32,120 ZONE, ONE IN UPPER WATER CANYON 4923 03:26:32,120 --> 03:26:34,160 IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAIN 4924 03:26:34,160 --> 03:26:43,560 RANGE, ON THE WEST SIDE, AND ONE 4925 03:26:43,560 --> 03:26:45,400 XERIC, WARMER TEMPERATURES. 4926 03:26:45,400 --> 03:26:49,480 YOU SEE JULY TEMPERATURES FOR 4927 03:26:49,480 --> 03:26:52,720 THESE THREE STREAMS WITH XERIC 4928 03:26:52,720 --> 03:26:54,720 DATA IN RED. 4929 03:26:54,720 --> 03:26:57,760 THEY TOP OUT HIGH THERE. 4930 03:26:57,760 --> 03:26:59,720 THE SANDIA CANYON REACH IS GREEN 4931 03:26:59,720 --> 03:27:02,200 MIDDLE ZONE AND THEN THE COOLER 4932 03:27:02,200 --> 03:27:06,160 MOUNTAIN REACH IS SHOWN IN BLUE 4933 03:27:06,160 --> 03:27:06,600 HERE. 4934 03:27:06,600 --> 03:27:08,360 AND THIS IS BASICALLY CONSISTENT 4935 03:27:08,360 --> 03:27:10,840 WITH RESULTS OF THE OTHER LINES 4936 03:27:10,840 --> 03:27:12,800 OF EVIDENCE THAT THIS REACH, 4937 03:27:12,800 --> 03:27:16,080 SANDIA CANYON IS IN A TRANSITION 4938 03:27:16,080 --> 03:27:18,040 ZONE THAT'S TYPICAL OF COOLWATER 4939 03:27:18,040 --> 03:27:21,680 AQUATIC LIFE USE PER SOME OF THE 4940 03:27:21,680 --> 03:27:23,920 RESEARCH OUT THERE, AND 4941 03:27:23,920 --> 03:27:25,280 COLDWATER HIGH QUALITY WOULD BE 4942 03:27:25,280 --> 03:27:28,440 EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN AREA, 4943 03:27:28,440 --> 03:27:31,040 AND WARMWATER MARGINAL WOULD BE 4944 03:27:31,040 --> 03:27:36,040 EXPECTED IN THE XERIC REGION AS 4945 03:27:36,040 --> 03:27:38,160 INDICATED BY ANCHO CANYON. 4946 03:27:38,160 --> 03:27:41,120 LET'S WRAP THIS UP AND HAVE TIME 4947 03:27:41,120 --> 03:27:42,320 FOR QUESTIONS. 4948 03:27:42,320 --> 03:27:48,880 THE CURRENT DESIGNATED USE FOR 4949 03:27:48,880 --> 03:27:51,400 UPPER SANDIA CANYON AU IS 4950 03:27:51,400 --> 03:27:52,720 COLDWATER, WHAT WAS DESIGNATED 4951 03:27:52,720 --> 03:27:55,280 FOR THE REACH AT THIS TIME BUT I 4952 03:27:55,280 --> 03:27:56,960 HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE ARE 4953 03:27:56,960 --> 03:27:59,280 MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE THAT 4954 03:27:59,280 --> 03:28:00,480 INDICATE THIS COLDWATER AQUATIC 4955 03:28:00,480 --> 03:28:04,200 LIFE USE IS NOT ATTAINABLE. 4956 03:28:04,200 --> 03:28:04,800 HIGHEST ATTAINABLE DESIGNATED 4957 03:28:04,800 --> 03:28:10,960 USE IN THE UPPER SANDIA CANYON 4958 03:28:10,960 --> 03:28:19,120 IS COOLWATER WITH TMAX CRITERION 4959 03:28:19,120 --> 03:28:20,960 OF 29 DEGREES CELSIUS. 4960 03:28:20,960 --> 03:28:23,440 AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE 4961 03:28:23,440 --> 03:28:24,440 GREATEST INFLUENCE OVER THE 4962 03:28:24,440 --> 03:28:28,280 STREAM TEMPERATURES AND 4963 03:28:28,280 --> 03:28:29,000 RESULTING ATTAINABLE USE. 4964 03:28:29,000 --> 03:28:31,160 ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE PHOTO 4965 03:28:31,160 --> 03:28:34,600 TAKEN FROM A LOWER PORTION OF 4966 03:28:34,600 --> 03:28:41,680 THAT REACH, I THINK NEAR SIGMA 4967 03:28:41,680 --> 03:28:41,880 CANYON. 4968 03:28:41,880 --> 03:28:43,440 TEMPERATURE DATA WE COLLECTED AT 4969 03:28:43,440 --> 03:28:48,000 MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OVER A 4970 03:28:48,000 --> 03:28:50,280 FIVE-YEAR PERIOD SHOWED THE WARM 4971 03:28:50,280 --> 03:28:53,720 WATER USE CAN BE ATTAINED ACROSS 4972 03:28:53,720 --> 03:28:55,680 ALL STUDY YEARS AND COOLWATER 4973 03:28:55,680 --> 03:28:57,000 USE ATTAINED AT ALL LOCATIONS 4974 03:28:57,000 --> 03:29:04,880 DURING MOST OF THE YEARS. 4975 03:29:04,880 --> 03:29:06,680 pH MEASUREMENTS ALONG THE 4976 03:29:06,680 --> 03:29:09,560 REACH SHOW THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY 4977 03:29:09,560 --> 03:29:10,880 MEETING THE CRITERION FOR COLD 4978 03:29:10,880 --> 03:29:14,800 WATER AND COOL WATER USES. 4979 03:29:14,800 --> 03:29:19,440 THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS REALLY 4980 03:29:19,440 --> 03:29:23,520 THE DRIVING FACTOR CONTROLLING 4981 03:29:23,520 --> 03:29:25,320 ATTAINABLE USE, AND BASED ON OUR 4982 03:29:25,320 --> 03:29:28,600 ANALYSIS AND STUDY THE MOST 4983 03:29:28,600 --> 03:29:30,160 PROTECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE AND 4984 03:29:30,160 --> 03:29:34,120 ATTAINABLE DESIGNATED USE FOR 4985 03:29:34,120 --> 03:29:44,200 UPPER SANDIA CANYON IS COOLWATER 4986 03:29:44,200 --> 03:29:45,800 AQUATIC LIFE USE. 4987 03:29:45,800 --> 03:29:48,360 >> THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT 4988 03:29:48,360 --> 03:29:49,640 ALTITUDE, I'M SORRY, ALTITUDE. 4989 03:29:49,640 --> 03:29:51,440 SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT WAS THIS IN 4990 03:29:51,440 --> 03:29:54,440 THE MOUNTAINS OR DO YOU KNOW THE 4991 03:29:54,440 --> 03:30:00,040 APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF THIS 4992 03:30:00,040 --> 03:30:01,240 STUDY AREA? 4993 03:30:01,240 --> 03:30:03,120 IS IT LIKE 5,000 FEET OR MORE 4994 03:30:03,120 --> 03:30:05,600 LIKE SEA LEVEL OR HALFWAY? 4995 03:30:05,600 --> 03:30:09,000 >> THIS IS DEFINITELY IN THE NEW 4996 03:30:09,000 --> 03:30:12,920 MEXICO MOUNTAIN AREA. 4997 03:30:12,920 --> 03:30:14,400 AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 6,000 4998 03:30:14,400 --> 03:30:15,560 FEET PROBABLY. 4999 03:30:15,560 --> 03:30:16,440 >> OKAY. 5000 03:30:16,440 --> 03:30:16,640 OKAY. 5001 03:30:16,640 --> 03:30:19,440 YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THE 5002 03:30:19,440 --> 03:30:21,440 QUESTIONER WAS GETTING AT WAS 5003 03:30:21,440 --> 03:30:23,600 THAT MAYBE THE AIR TEMPERATURE 5004 03:30:23,600 --> 03:30:25,040 AND ALSO STREAM TEMPERATURE WAS 5005 03:30:25,040 --> 03:30:26,000 SOMEHOW INFLUENCED BY THE FACT 5006 03:30:26,000 --> 03:30:27,680 THAT IT WAS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS 5007 03:30:27,680 --> 03:30:29,720 WHERE IT MIGHT BE COLDER. 5008 03:30:29,720 --> 03:30:33,120 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT -- 5009 03:30:33,120 --> 03:30:36,120 >> THAT'S DEFINITELY A FACTOR, 5010 03:30:36,120 --> 03:30:36,960 ELEVATION CLEARLY CONTROLS THE 5011 03:30:36,960 --> 03:30:37,520 TEMPERATURE THERE. 5012 03:30:37,520 --> 03:30:42,680 THAT'S WHY WHEN WE DID THE 5013 03:30:42,680 --> 03:30:43,680 ECO-REGION ANALYSIS IT SHOWED 5014 03:30:43,680 --> 03:30:47,120 THE HIGH MOUNTAIN STREAM HAD A 5015 03:30:47,120 --> 03:30:49,120 DEFINITE COLDER AQUATIC LIFE USE 5016 03:30:49,120 --> 03:30:51,200 THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO 5017 03:30:51,200 --> 03:30:53,280 VERSUS TRANSITION ZONE WHICH 5018 03:30:53,280 --> 03:30:55,520 REALLY MOST APPROPRIATE WAS COOL 5019 03:30:55,520 --> 03:31:04,320 WATER AND THEN DEEPER DOWN AT 5020 03:31:04,320 --> 03:31:07,160 ANCHO CANYON IT'S LOWER AND 5021 03:31:07,160 --> 03:31:08,440 WARMER STREAM TEMPERATURES. 5022 03:31:08,440 --> 03:31:09,680 >> THE OTHER QUESTION, I THINK 5023 03:31:09,680 --> 03:31:11,520 YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I 5024 03:31:11,520 --> 03:31:13,080 DO, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT 5025 03:31:13,080 --> 03:31:16,200 YOU THINK OF IT. 5026 03:31:16,200 --> 03:31:19,040 THE PERSON WAS SAYING THE 5027 03:31:19,040 --> 03:31:21,560 TEMPERATURE IN CELSIUS VERSUS 5028 03:31:21,560 --> 03:31:25,000 FAHRENHEIT, I GATHER THE REGS 5029 03:31:25,000 --> 03:31:26,560 ARE ALL IN CELSIUS? 5030 03:31:26,560 --> 03:31:29,880 WHEN YOU PRESENTED YOU WERE 5031 03:31:29,880 --> 03:31:32,880 SAYING THIS IS 25 DEGREES C 5032 03:31:32,880 --> 03:31:34,280 VERSUS 74 F. 5033 03:31:34,280 --> 03:31:38,320 WHAT ABOUT THE C VERSUS THE F? 5034 03:31:38,320 --> 03:31:39,160 SOMEBODY WAS GETTING CONFUSED. 5035 03:31:39,160 --> 03:31:40,840 >> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A SLIP ON 5036 03:31:40,840 --> 03:31:42,120 MY PART. 5037 03:31:42,120 --> 03:31:45,320 OUR REGULATIONS ARE HIGHLIGHTED 5038 03:31:45,320 --> 03:31:47,840 IN 20.6.4 NEW MEXICO 5039 03:31:47,840 --> 03:31:48,560 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 5040 03:31:48,560 --> 03:31:50,000 TEMPERATURES THAT ARE REFLECTED 5041 03:31:50,000 --> 03:31:54,160 IN EACH OF OUR SEGMENTS ARE IN 5042 03:31:54,160 --> 03:31:54,400 CELSIUS. 5043 03:31:54,400 --> 03:31:56,680 SO I APOLOGIZE IF I WENT BACK 5044 03:31:56,680 --> 03:31:58,960 AND FORTH. 5045 03:31:58,960 --> 03:32:02,320 I'M STILL WORKING TO TRANSITION 5046 03:32:02,320 --> 03:32:07,720 BETWEEN CELSIUS AND FAHRENHEIT, 5047 03:32:07,720 --> 03:32:09,360 REGULATIONS ARE IN CELSIUS. 5048 03:32:09,360 --> 03:32:12,560 >> WHEN YOU SAID 25, MAYBE YOU 5049 03:32:12,560 --> 03:32:16,520 SAID 20, THEN CONVERTED, ONE OF 5050 03:32:16,520 --> 03:32:17,600 THEM, TO FAHRENHEIT, 64. 5051 03:32:17,600 --> 03:32:21,840 >> I'M SORRY. 5052 03:32:21,840 --> 03:32:22,800 >> YEAH, OKAY. 5053 03:32:22,800 --> 03:32:24,520 SOMEONE WAS GETTING LOST BETWEEN 5054 03:32:24,520 --> 03:32:24,800 THE TWO. 5055 03:32:24,800 --> 03:32:30,120 >> I PRESENTED A LOT OF 5056 03:32:30,120 --> 03:32:31,400 MATERIAL, I UNDERSTAND. 5057 03:32:31,400 --> 03:32:35,560 >> THAT WAS THE TWO QUESTIONS WE 5058 03:32:35,560 --> 03:32:37,440 HAD, JESS, ON THIS SEGMENT. 5059 03:32:37,440 --> 03:32:37,880 >> GREAT. 5060 03:32:37,880 --> 03:32:40,720 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5061 03:32:40,720 --> 03:32:43,320 VERY INTERESTING STUDY. 5062 03:32:43,320 --> 03:32:43,600 THANK YOU. 5063 03:32:43,600 --> 03:32:44,120 >> THANK YOU. 5064 03:32:44,120 --> 03:32:49,000 >> NEXT WE HAVE A SECOND 5065 03:32:49,000 --> 03:32:51,440 PRESENTATION ON UNDERGROUND 5066 03:32:51,440 --> 03:32:54,200 STORAGE TANKS WITH AN ENGINEER 5067 03:32:54,200 --> 03:32:56,720 OFFICE OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE 5068 03:32:56,720 --> 03:32:59,120 TANKS, PRIOR HE WORKED WITH NEW 5069 03:32:59,120 --> 03:33:00,600 YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 5070 03:33:00,600 --> 03:33:02,840 CONSERVATION WHERE HE WORKED 5071 03:33:02,840 --> 03:33:05,000 WITH UNDERGROUND AND ABOVE 5072 03:33:05,000 --> 03:33:07,520 GROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR 35 5073 03:33:07,520 --> 03:33:07,800 YEARS. 5074 03:33:07,800 --> 03:33:13,120 RUSS, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. 5075 03:33:13,120 --> 03:33:14,080 >> THANK YOU. 5076 03:33:14,080 --> 03:33:18,560 CAN YOU SEE MY SLIDES OKAY? 5077 03:33:18,560 --> 03:33:19,720 >> YES, WE CAN. 5078 03:33:19,720 --> 03:33:20,040 >> GREAT. 5079 03:33:20,040 --> 03:33:23,760 TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 5080 03:33:23,760 --> 03:33:26,560 THE NEW UST REGULATIONS BUT HAD 5081 03:33:26,560 --> 03:33:28,480 TO PUT NEW IN QUOTATION MARKS 5082 03:33:28,480 --> 03:33:30,280 BECAUSE THEY WERE ADOPTED IN 5083 03:33:30,280 --> 03:33:32,040 2015, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT 5084 03:33:32,040 --> 03:33:34,160 COMING UP ON 7 YEARS OLD AND 5085 03:33:34,160 --> 03:33:36,880 SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO STOP 5086 03:33:36,880 --> 03:33:40,400 CALLING THEM NEW. 5087 03:33:40,400 --> 03:33:41,840 A QUICK ROAD MAP I'M GOING TO 5088 03:33:41,840 --> 03:33:43,680 TAKE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND 5089 03:33:43,680 --> 03:33:46,960 TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE 5090 03:33:46,960 --> 03:33:49,120 REGULATIONS AND THEN TRANSITION 5091 03:33:49,120 --> 03:33:51,720 QUICKLY TO A SHORT DISCUSSION OF 5092 03:33:51,720 --> 03:33:53,040 APPLICABILITY AND MOST OF THE 5093 03:33:53,040 --> 03:33:55,720 TIME LOOKING AT THE REQUIREMENTS 5094 03:33:55,720 --> 03:33:57,680 OF THE REGULATIONS, PUTTING IT 5095 03:33:57,680 --> 03:33:59,640 IN CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM 5096 03:33:59,640 --> 03:34:01,800 WITH A FOCUS ON THE NEW 5097 03:34:01,800 --> 03:34:04,960 REGULATIONS THAT CAME OUT IN 5098 03:34:04,960 --> 03:34:05,320 2015. 5099 03:34:05,320 --> 03:34:07,080 WE'LL THEN FINISH UP WITH A 5100 03:34:07,080 --> 03:34:13,160 DISCUSSION ON SOME COMMON 5101 03:34:13,160 --> 03:34:14,440 VIOLATIONS, FACILITIES OR 5102 03:34:14,440 --> 03:34:19,040 OPERATORS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH. 5103 03:34:19,040 --> 03:34:21,280 SO, THE QUICK THINGS, 5104 03:34:21,280 --> 03:34:22,520 REGULATIONS, GO BACK TO 1988. 5105 03:34:22,520 --> 03:34:23,960 EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 5106 03:34:23,960 --> 03:34:25,920 PROGRAM IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN 5107 03:34:25,920 --> 03:34:27,360 DESIGNED TO BE PRIMARILY 5108 03:34:27,360 --> 03:34:29,400 IMPLEMENTED BY THE STATES. 5109 03:34:29,400 --> 03:34:31,200 SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A 5110 03:34:31,200 --> 03:34:32,120 LITTLE BIT MORE. 5111 03:34:32,120 --> 03:34:33,720 THE REGULATIONS DIDN'T REALLY 5112 03:34:33,720 --> 03:34:36,320 GET REVISED VERY MUCH UNTIL THE 5113 03:34:36,320 --> 03:34:38,720 ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 CAME 5114 03:34:38,720 --> 03:34:43,840 ALONG, THEN THE REGS CAME OUT IN 5115 03:34:43,840 --> 03:34:44,960 FINAL IN 2015. 5116 03:34:44,960 --> 03:34:46,880 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 5117 03:34:46,880 --> 03:34:49,400 IN TERMS OF STATE PROGRAM 5118 03:34:49,400 --> 03:34:52,800 APPROVAL, THIS IS THE IMPORTANT 5119 03:34:52,800 --> 03:34:54,960 MESSAGE, IF YOU HAVE YOUR TANKS, 5120 03:34:54,960 --> 03:34:58,160 IN A STATE WITH STATE PROGRAM 5121 03:34:58,160 --> 03:34:59,680 APPROVAL, THEN YOU NEED TO PAY 5122 03:34:59,680 --> 03:35:01,360 ATTENTION TO WHAT THE STATE 5123 03:35:01,360 --> 03:35:03,080 REQUIRES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE 5124 03:35:03,080 --> 03:35:06,120 PROGRAM IS SET UP, BECAUSE IT'S 5125 03:35:06,120 --> 03:35:06,880 PRIMARILY IMPLEMENTED THERE, 5126 03:35:06,880 --> 03:35:09,560 SOME OF THE STATES MAY BE 5127 03:35:09,560 --> 03:35:11,240 CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE 5128 03:35:11,240 --> 03:35:11,720 FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. 5129 03:35:11,720 --> 03:35:14,960 AND SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT 5130 03:35:14,960 --> 03:35:17,840 YOUR FEDERAL VERSUS STATE 5131 03:35:17,840 --> 03:35:18,240 REQUIREMENTS ARE. 5132 03:35:18,240 --> 03:35:20,760 IF ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE 5133 03:35:20,760 --> 03:35:22,200 YOUR FACILITY, YOUR TANKS, A 5134 03:35:22,200 --> 03:35:24,520 STATE WITHOUT STATE PROGRAM 5135 03:35:24,520 --> 03:35:25,280 APPROVAL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU 5136 03:35:25,280 --> 03:35:28,320 HAVE TO COMPLY WITH BOTH SETS OF 5137 03:35:28,320 --> 03:35:28,680 REGULATIONS. 5138 03:35:28,680 --> 03:35:30,840 EVERY STATE HAS AN UNDERGROUND 5139 03:35:30,840 --> 03:35:31,880 TANK PROGRAM WITHOUT STATE 5140 03:35:31,880 --> 03:35:34,680 PROGRAM APPROVAL THEN YOU HAVE 5141 03:35:34,680 --> 03:35:37,800 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMPLY WITH 5142 03:35:37,800 --> 03:35:39,720 BOTH SETS OF REGULATIONS. 5143 03:35:39,720 --> 03:35:42,760 IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO HAVE A 5144 03:35:42,760 --> 03:35:44,520 FACILITY IN INDIAN COUNTRY, THE 5145 03:35:44,520 --> 03:35:48,560 STATE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY. 5146 03:35:48,560 --> 03:35:50,640 YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FEDERAL 5147 03:35:50,640 --> 03:35:51,120 REQUIREMENTS. 5148 03:35:51,120 --> 03:35:52,720 LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE KNOW 5149 03:35:52,720 --> 03:35:56,480 IF YOU GOT A STATE WITH APPROVED 5150 03:35:56,480 --> 03:35:57,120 PROGRAM? 5151 03:35:57,120 --> 03:36:00,720 SO, ON OUR WEBSITE WE DO PROVIDE 5152 03:36:00,720 --> 03:36:03,480 A MAP, THAT SHOWS THESE PRETTY 5153 03:36:03,480 --> 03:36:03,880 COLORS. 5154 03:36:03,880 --> 03:36:06,920 BLUE ARE THE STATES THAT HAVE 5155 03:36:06,920 --> 03:36:10,880 BEEN UPDATED TO HAVE APPROVALS 5156 03:36:10,880 --> 03:36:12,080 UNDER THE 2015. 5157 03:36:12,080 --> 03:36:16,680 GREEN STATES ARE ONES THAT HAVE 5158 03:36:16,680 --> 03:36:18,200 THE OLDER REQUIREMENTS, OLDER 5159 03:36:18,200 --> 03:36:19,480 STATE PROGRAM APPROVAL. 5160 03:36:19,480 --> 03:36:22,320 AND THEN THE STATES THAT AREN'T 5161 03:36:22,320 --> 03:36:24,600 COLORED ARE THOSE THAT YOU HAVE 5162 03:36:24,600 --> 03:36:28,960 TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL 5163 03:36:28,960 --> 03:36:29,280 REGULATIONS. 5164 03:36:29,280 --> 03:36:30,280 EARLIER MARYLAND WAS HERE 5165 03:36:30,280 --> 03:36:31,440 TALKING ABOUT THEIR STATE 5166 03:36:31,440 --> 03:36:33,680 PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE STILL IN 5167 03:36:33,680 --> 03:36:33,880 PROCESS. 5168 03:36:33,880 --> 03:36:35,640 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE IN 5169 03:36:35,640 --> 03:36:36,160 GREEN. 5170 03:36:36,160 --> 03:36:39,240 AND SO THEY HAVE AN APPROVAL 5171 03:36:39,240 --> 03:36:41,200 FROM 1988, THEY ARE STILL 5172 03:36:41,200 --> 03:36:43,920 WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO 5173 03:36:43,920 --> 03:36:48,800 GET REGULATIONS AND APPROVAL 5174 03:36:48,800 --> 03:36:50,280 UNDERNEATH THE 2015 PROGRAM. 5175 03:36:50,280 --> 03:36:52,920 SO, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS 5176 03:36:52,920 --> 03:36:55,320 FOCUS REALLY ON THE FEDERAL 5177 03:36:55,320 --> 03:36:56,960 REQUIREMENTS, BUT AGAIN KEEP IN 5178 03:36:56,960 --> 03:36:59,880 MIND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR 5179 03:36:59,880 --> 03:37:01,880 STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE, A LOT OF 5180 03:37:01,880 --> 03:37:03,200 TIMES THEY ARE SIMILAR BUT THERE 5181 03:37:03,200 --> 03:37:06,440 ARE TIMES IT'S GOING TO BE 5182 03:37:06,440 --> 03:37:07,680 CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT. 5183 03:37:07,680 --> 03:37:08,880 ALL RIGHT. 5184 03:37:08,880 --> 03:37:12,080 THAT'S THE HISTORY. 5185 03:37:12,080 --> 03:37:14,360 QUICK RUNDOWN ON APPLICABILITY, 5186 03:37:14,360 --> 03:37:16,880 SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT 5187 03:37:16,880 --> 03:37:18,320 THE UNDERGROUND TANKS PROGRAM 5188 03:37:18,320 --> 03:37:21,440 DEALS WITH TANKS LARGER THAN 110 5189 03:37:21,440 --> 03:37:25,720 GALLONS IN SIZE, 10% OR MORE 5190 03:37:25,720 --> 03:37:27,320 VOLUME UNDERGROUND, STORING 5191 03:37:27,320 --> 03:37:28,480 REGULATED SUBSTANCES MOSTLY 5192 03:37:28,480 --> 03:37:29,760 PETROLEUM AND NOT OTHERWISE 5193 03:37:29,760 --> 03:37:30,480 EXEMPT OR EXCLUDED. 5194 03:37:30,480 --> 03:37:33,560 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A 5195 03:37:33,560 --> 03:37:33,800 MOMENT. 5196 03:37:33,800 --> 03:37:36,200 BUT GENERALLY PEOPLE WHEN THEY 5197 03:37:36,200 --> 03:37:37,840 THINK OF UNDERGROUND PROGRAM 5198 03:37:37,840 --> 03:37:39,880 THINK OF GAS STATIONS AND 5199 03:37:39,880 --> 03:37:41,320 VEHICLE FUELING FACILITIES. 5200 03:37:41,320 --> 03:37:44,320 AND THAT'S PROBABLY VERY 5201 03:37:44,320 --> 03:37:44,600 APPROPRIATE. 5202 03:37:44,600 --> 03:37:48,600 70%, MAYBE 80% OF THE PROGRAM 5203 03:37:48,600 --> 03:37:51,480 ARE OF THIS TYPE. 5204 03:37:51,480 --> 03:37:53,400 BUT PARTICULARLY WITH FEDERAL 5205 03:37:53,400 --> 03:37:54,880 FACILITIES, THEY HAVE SOME FUEL 5206 03:37:54,880 --> 03:37:57,200 CONSTRUCTED TANKS AND SOME 5207 03:37:57,200 --> 03:37:58,400 THINGS THAT ARE EXTREMELY 5208 03:37:58,400 --> 03:38:00,560 DIFFERENT THAN A MOTOR VEHICLE 5209 03:38:00,560 --> 03:38:03,280 FUELING FACILITY, AND THOSE HAVE 5210 03:38:03,280 --> 03:38:07,880 TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS AS 5211 03:38:07,880 --> 03:38:08,120 WELL. 5212 03:38:08,120 --> 03:38:11,800 SO, THINK BROADLY DON'T THINK 5213 03:38:11,800 --> 03:38:15,760 JUST OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING 5214 03:38:15,760 --> 03:38:17,200 TYPE FACILITIES. 5215 03:38:17,200 --> 03:38:18,400 WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE TANKS THAT 5216 03:38:18,400 --> 03:38:20,480 ARE COVERED IF THEY ARE NOT 5217 03:38:20,480 --> 03:38:24,120 OTHERWISE EXEMPT OR EXCLUDED. 5218 03:38:24,120 --> 03:38:25,600 THERE'S REALLY SIX MAJOR 5219 03:38:25,600 --> 03:38:26,800 EXEMPTIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, MOST 5220 03:38:26,800 --> 03:38:29,000 OF THEM ARE PRETTY NUANCED. 5221 03:38:29,000 --> 03:38:30,960 THE TOP BULLET POINT IS REALLY 5222 03:38:30,960 --> 03:38:36,600 THE ONLY ONE THAT IS COMMONLY 5223 03:38:36,600 --> 03:38:39,520 OUT THERE, AS LONG AS HEATING 5224 03:38:39,520 --> 03:38:44,520 OIL IS USED ON THE PREMISE IT'S 5225 03:38:44,520 --> 03:38:50,080 NOT COVERED BY THESE REGULATIONS 5226 03:38:50,080 --> 03:38:54,560 KEEPING IN MIND STATES CAN BE 5227 03:38:54,560 --> 03:38:55,520 STRANGENT, THE STATE COULD 5228 03:38:55,520 --> 03:38:58,080 INCLUDE THOSE IN THE PROGRAM. 5229 03:38:58,080 --> 03:39:00,760 I WANT TO TURN TO THE ACTUAL 5230 03:39:00,760 --> 03:39:01,120 REQUIREMENTS. 5231 03:39:01,120 --> 03:39:02,320 I'M GOING TO COMBINE THESE 5232 03:39:02,320 --> 03:39:04,280 TOGETHER SO I'M GOING TO TALK 5233 03:39:04,280 --> 03:39:05,800 ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN 5234 03:39:05,800 --> 03:39:07,760 PLACE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 5235 03:39:07,760 --> 03:39:10,520 PROGRAM AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT 5236 03:39:10,520 --> 03:39:11,360 WHAT CHANGED IN 2015. 5237 03:39:11,360 --> 03:39:14,120 SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 5238 03:39:14,120 --> 03:39:14,880 PROGRAM TANKS GOING IN THE 5239 03:39:14,880 --> 03:39:18,960 GROUND HAD TO BE PROTECTED FROM 5240 03:39:18,960 --> 03:39:19,400 CORROSION. 5241 03:39:19,400 --> 03:39:20,320 STEEL OR FIBERGLASS, THERE'S 5242 03:39:20,320 --> 03:39:21,920 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT COULD BE 5243 03:39:21,920 --> 03:39:22,360 DONE. 5244 03:39:22,360 --> 03:39:30,240 APPLIED TO THE PIPING AS WELL. 5245 03:39:30,240 --> 03:39:31,720 STEEL WAS COMMON, TRANSITIONED 5246 03:39:31,720 --> 03:39:35,400 TO FIBERGLASS, NOW OF NOW USING 5247 03:39:35,400 --> 03:39:38,120 FLEX PIPE, ACCEPTABLE PIPING, 5248 03:39:38,120 --> 03:39:43,720 PROTECTED FROM CORROSION, STEEL 5249 03:39:43,720 --> 03:39:45,680 BEING PROTECTED BY CATHOTIC 5250 03:39:45,680 --> 03:39:45,960 PROTECTION. 5251 03:39:45,960 --> 03:39:48,520 FROM THE BEGINNING EVERYBODY HAD 5252 03:39:48,520 --> 03:39:50,600 TO GET EQUIPMENT WITH SPILL AND 5253 03:39:50,600 --> 03:39:53,320 OVERFILL PROTECTION. 5254 03:39:53,320 --> 03:39:55,320 SPILL PREVENTION IS THE BUCKET 5255 03:39:55,320 --> 03:39:59,040 THAT GOES AT THE FILL PORT, THEY 5256 03:39:59,040 --> 03:40:01,200 MAKE SURE THAT ANY DRIPS OR 5257 03:40:01,200 --> 03:40:02,640 SPILLS FROM THE HOSE GETS 5258 03:40:02,640 --> 03:40:06,200 COLLECTED AND DOESN'T GO TO THE 5259 03:40:06,200 --> 03:40:06,520 ENVIRONMENT. 5260 03:40:06,520 --> 03:40:08,000 OVERFILL IS THOSE DEVICES THAT 5261 03:40:08,000 --> 03:40:10,960 ARE USED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU 5262 03:40:10,960 --> 03:40:13,440 DON'T OVERFILL THE TANK. 5263 03:40:13,440 --> 03:40:15,600 THERE'S A FLAPPER VALVE THAT 5264 03:40:15,600 --> 03:40:18,720 AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF, HIGH 5265 03:40:18,720 --> 03:40:21,040 LEVEL ALARM, AND BALL FLOAT 5266 03:40:21,040 --> 03:40:21,240 VALVE. 5267 03:40:21,240 --> 03:40:24,880 UNDERSTAND THAT HERE'S THE FIRST 5268 03:40:24,880 --> 03:40:26,280 CHANGE FROM 2015, WHILE THE BALL 5269 03:40:26,280 --> 03:40:29,240 FLOAT WAS ACCEPTED IN THE PAST 5270 03:40:29,240 --> 03:40:38,000 IT IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR A NEW 5271 03:40:38,000 --> 03:40:38,800 INSTALLATION GOING FORWARD. 5272 03:40:38,800 --> 03:40:40,160 THE OTHER THING FROM THE 5273 03:40:40,160 --> 03:40:41,120 BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM WAS 5274 03:40:41,120 --> 03:40:44,480 RECOGNITION YOU CAN HAVE THE 5275 03:40:44,480 --> 03:40:45,680 BEST EQUIPMENT BUT NEEDS TO BE 5276 03:40:45,680 --> 03:40:46,760 PROPERLY INSTALLED IN ORDER TO 5277 03:40:46,760 --> 03:40:48,680 MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 5278 03:40:48,680 --> 03:40:51,040 HAVE LEAKS AND SPILLS. 5279 03:40:51,040 --> 03:40:52,000 THERE'S DIFFERENT CODES OF 5280 03:40:52,000 --> 03:40:53,320 PRACTICES REQUIRED TO BE 5281 03:40:53,320 --> 03:40:57,800 FOLLOWED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT 5282 03:40:57,800 --> 03:40:58,800 WAS INSTALLED PROPERLY. 5283 03:40:58,800 --> 03:41:02,320 SO THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO 2015. 5284 03:41:02,320 --> 03:41:05,000 WHAT CHANGED IN THE EQUIPMENT 5285 03:41:05,000 --> 03:41:06,920 REQUIREMENTS WITH 2015? 5286 03:41:06,920 --> 03:41:10,880 THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. 5287 03:41:10,880 --> 03:41:11,400 ONE IS THE UNDERDISPENSER 5288 03:41:11,400 --> 03:41:14,880 CONTAINMENT, IF YOU HAVE A MOTOR 5289 03:41:14,880 --> 03:41:16,280 FUEL VEHICLE FACILITY, 5290 03:41:16,280 --> 03:41:20,360 DISPENSER, YOU HAVE A DISPENSER 5291 03:41:20,360 --> 03:41:22,240 CONTAINMENT THAT WOULD CATCH 5292 03:41:22,240 --> 03:41:24,960 DRIPS OR LEAKS FROM THE PIPING 5293 03:41:24,960 --> 03:41:26,920 CONNECTIONS UNDER DISPENSER. 5294 03:41:26,920 --> 03:41:29,280 THAT APPLIES TO ANYTHING THAT 5295 03:41:29,280 --> 03:41:33,880 WAS NEW OR REPLACED AFTER APRIL 5296 03:41:33,880 --> 03:41:34,120 2016. 5297 03:41:34,120 --> 03:41:38,240 THE OTHER REQUIREMENT THAT CAME 5298 03:41:38,240 --> 03:41:40,920 IN WAS SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. 5299 03:41:40,920 --> 03:41:42,800 EPA USED TO ALLOW SINGLE WALL 5300 03:41:42,800 --> 03:41:44,760 TANKS AND PIPING BUT NOW GOING 5301 03:41:44,760 --> 03:41:47,240 FORWARD ALL NEW AND REPLACED 5302 03:41:47,240 --> 03:41:50,360 TANKS AFTER APRIL 16 HAVE TO 5303 03:41:50,360 --> 03:41:52,840 HAVE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AND 5304 03:41:52,840 --> 03:41:57,520 THE RELEASE DETECTION METHOD HAS 5305 03:41:57,520 --> 03:42:02,160 TO BE INTERSTITIAL MONITORING. 5306 03:42:02,160 --> 03:42:03,840 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, SO 5307 03:42:03,840 --> 03:42:05,360 BREAKING THE REGS APART WE HAD 5308 03:42:05,360 --> 03:42:08,320 EQUIPMENT AND NOW OPERATIONS. 5309 03:42:08,320 --> 03:42:09,960 WHAT'S REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE 5310 03:42:09,960 --> 03:42:10,920 TANKS SAFELY? 5311 03:42:10,920 --> 03:42:14,440 ONE OF THE THINGS IS MAKE SURE 5312 03:42:14,440 --> 03:42:15,320 THAT YOU PREVENT OVERFILLS WHEN 5313 03:42:15,320 --> 03:42:17,840 YOU GET A DELIVERY USING PROPER 5314 03:42:17,840 --> 03:42:19,400 PROCEDURES, CAN HAVE ALL THE 5315 03:42:19,400 --> 03:42:20,840 BEST EQUIPMENT THERE, BUT YOU 5316 03:42:20,840 --> 03:42:31,320 CAN STILL HAVE LEAKS AND SPILLS. 5317 03:42:31,320 --> 03:42:32,640 CATHOTIC PROTECTION IS 5318 03:42:32,640 --> 03:42:38,520 MONITORED, YOU CAN HAVE GREAT 5319 03:42:38,520 --> 03:42:40,760 EQUIPMENT BUT COULD FAIL. 5320 03:42:40,760 --> 03:42:42,800 THERE'S REQUIREMENT FOR 5321 03:42:42,800 --> 03:42:49,200 CONDUCTING RELEASE DETECTION IN 5322 03:42:49,200 --> 03:42:50,240 TANKS AND PIPING, THERE WOULD BE 5323 03:42:50,240 --> 03:42:52,920 EQUIPMENT IN PLACE TO LOOK FOR 5324 03:42:52,920 --> 03:42:56,920 THESE LEAKS, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, 5325 03:42:56,920 --> 03:43:00,240 PRESSURIZED PIPING, LINE LEAK 5326 03:43:00,240 --> 03:43:03,160 DETECTOR PLUS ANOTHER FORM OF 5327 03:43:03,160 --> 03:43:05,720 LEAK DETECTION, TWO FORMS OF 5328 03:43:05,720 --> 03:43:06,880 DETECTION REQUIRED. 5329 03:43:06,880 --> 03:43:08,480 SUCTION PIPING COULD BE EXEMPT 5330 03:43:08,480 --> 03:43:13,560 OR HAVE MONTHLY MON -- 5331 03:43:13,560 --> 03:43:14,840 MONITORING, IN PLACE SINCE THE 5332 03:43:14,840 --> 03:43:17,120 BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM. 5333 03:43:17,120 --> 03:43:21,200 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OPERATIONAL 5334 03:43:21,200 --> 03:43:23,720 REQUIREMENT WITH THE 2015? 5335 03:43:23,720 --> 03:43:24,920 WELL, THERE'S SIX REQUIREMENTS 5336 03:43:24,920 --> 03:43:27,240 THAT GOT ADDED TO THE 5337 03:43:27,240 --> 03:43:28,680 REGULATIONS, WE'LL TAKE ACTUALLY 5338 03:43:28,680 --> 03:43:32,080 A LITTLE BIT SLOWER WALK THROUGH 5339 03:43:32,080 --> 03:43:33,640 THESE SIX BECAUSE THEY ARE WHERE 5340 03:43:33,640 --> 03:43:37,720 THE BIGGEST CHANGES TO THE 5341 03:43:37,720 --> 03:43:38,360 REGULATIONS OCCURRED. 5342 03:43:38,360 --> 03:43:39,560 COMPATIBILITY WAS THE FIRST 5343 03:43:39,560 --> 03:43:41,960 THING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. 5344 03:43:41,960 --> 03:43:44,160 THERE'S THREE CHANGES THAT 5345 03:43:44,160 --> 03:43:47,440 OCCURRED, ONE IS IF YOU'RE GOING 5346 03:43:47,440 --> 03:43:50,640 TO STORING MORE THAN e-10 OR 5347 03:43:50,640 --> 03:43:52,320 B-20 ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL. 5348 03:43:52,320 --> 03:43:54,320 THAT YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY AND NOT 5349 03:43:54,320 --> 03:43:57,080 ONLY THAT THERE HAD TO BE A 5350 03:43:57,080 --> 03:44:00,120 DEMONSTRATION OF COMPATIBILITY 5351 03:44:00,120 --> 03:44:01,400 OF ALL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE 5352 03:44:01,400 --> 03:44:02,320 TANK SYSTEM. 5353 03:44:02,320 --> 03:44:04,360 AND THERE HAD TO BE RECORDS THAT 5354 03:44:04,360 --> 03:44:06,360 HAD TO BE KEPT TO DEMONSTRATE 5355 03:44:06,360 --> 03:44:09,040 THAT TO ANYBODY THAT COMES ALONG 5356 03:44:09,040 --> 03:44:10,080 TO DO THE INSPECTION. 5357 03:44:10,080 --> 03:44:13,600 SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 5358 03:44:13,600 --> 03:44:17,440 EXAMPLES, YOU COULD GET THAT 5359 03:44:17,440 --> 03:44:18,080 FROM INDEPENDENT LAB 5360 03:44:18,080 --> 03:44:22,520 CERTIFICATION, I.E. U.L. WOULD 5361 03:44:22,520 --> 03:44:23,720 ISSUE TESTING RESULTS THAT 5362 03:44:23,720 --> 03:44:26,320 SHOWED EACH COMPONENT IS 5363 03:44:26,320 --> 03:44:27,240 ACCEPTABLE, OR THE MANUFACTURER 5364 03:44:27,240 --> 03:44:30,080 COULD DO THEIR OWN TESTING AND 5365 03:44:30,080 --> 03:44:32,360 PROVIDE AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT OF 5366 03:44:32,360 --> 03:44:32,720 COMPATIBILITY. 5367 03:44:32,720 --> 03:44:37,520 EITHER WAY, THERE NEEDS TO BE 5368 03:44:37,520 --> 03:44:38,160 SOME DOCUMENTATION. 5369 03:44:38,160 --> 03:44:39,880 WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON 5370 03:44:39,880 --> 03:44:42,920 NOWADAYS THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF 5371 03:44:42,920 --> 03:44:45,800 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAKING e-15 5372 03:44:45,800 --> 03:44:46,960 MORE READILY AVAILABLE. 5373 03:44:46,960 --> 03:44:50,040 THAT'S FINE BUT THERE IS A NEED 5374 03:44:50,040 --> 03:44:51,720 TO HAVE THE DEMONSTRATION IN 5375 03:44:51,720 --> 03:44:52,280 COMPATIBILITY. 5376 03:44:52,280 --> 03:44:54,960 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS 5377 03:44:54,960 --> 03:45:02,480 WORK YOURSELF OR HAVE A 5378 03:45:02,480 --> 03:45:03,600 CONTRACTOR COME IN, THEY WILL 5379 03:45:03,600 --> 03:45:05,480 HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH COMPONENT, 5380 03:45:05,480 --> 03:45:08,120 FIND OUT WHO THE MANUFACTURER 5381 03:45:08,120 --> 03:45:10,320 IS, WHO THE MODEL IS OF THAT 5382 03:45:10,320 --> 03:45:13,040 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, LOOK AT THE 5383 03:45:13,040 --> 03:45:15,440 CERTIFICATION AND LISTINGS, 5384 03:45:15,440 --> 03:45:18,280 TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW 5385 03:45:18,280 --> 03:45:19,840 THAT THAT EQUIPMENT WILL BE ABLE 5386 03:45:19,840 --> 03:45:21,520 TO STORE THAT FUEL 5387 03:45:21,520 --> 03:45:21,880 APPROPRIATELY. 5388 03:45:21,880 --> 03:45:24,400 THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT OUT 5389 03:45:24,400 --> 03:45:28,120 THERE THAT IS NOT LISTED OR 5390 03:45:28,120 --> 03:45:29,320 RECOGNIZED FOR e-15, SO KEEP 5391 03:45:29,320 --> 03:45:30,720 THOSE TIMES OF THINGS IN MIND IF 5392 03:45:30,720 --> 03:45:34,040 YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO e-15 5393 03:45:34,040 --> 03:45:36,440 MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE PLENTY OF 5394 03:45:36,440 --> 03:45:38,280 TIME TO POTENTIALLY DO A LITTLE 5395 03:45:38,280 --> 03:45:39,360 BIT OF UPGRADES TO THAT 5396 03:45:39,360 --> 03:45:44,200 EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT 5397 03:45:44,200 --> 03:45:46,920 CAN BE STORED SAFELY. 5398 03:45:46,920 --> 03:45:48,040 ANOTHER OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT 5399 03:45:48,040 --> 03:45:50,520 CHANGE DEALT WITH SPILL BUCKET, 5400 03:45:50,520 --> 03:45:51,520 SPILL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT, AND 5401 03:45:51,520 --> 03:45:53,080 REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE TESTED 5402 03:45:53,080 --> 03:45:55,760 ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS TO MAKE 5403 03:45:55,760 --> 03:46:00,920 SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY IS LIQUID 5404 03:46:00,920 --> 03:46:04,200 TIGHT, WILL HOLD SPILLS WHEN THE 5405 03:46:04,200 --> 03:46:05,280 TRANSFER HOSE IS DISCONNECTED. 5406 03:46:05,280 --> 03:46:07,080 THERE'S AN EXEMPTION IF YOU GET 5407 03:46:07,080 --> 03:46:09,280 THE NEWEST SPILL BUCKET OUT 5408 03:46:09,280 --> 03:46:10,760 THERE THAT'S DOUBLE WALLED, AND 5409 03:46:10,760 --> 03:46:13,000 YOU MONITOR INTEGRITY OF THE 5410 03:46:13,000 --> 03:46:14,640 BOTH WALLS, YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO 5411 03:46:14,640 --> 03:46:19,600 THE TEST EVERY THREE YEARS. 5412 03:46:19,600 --> 03:46:22,120 OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S REQUIRED 5413 03:46:22,120 --> 03:46:24,000 UNDER THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, 5414 03:46:24,000 --> 03:46:25,640 DONE AT INSTALLATIONS STARTING 5415 03:46:25,640 --> 03:46:30,120 IN 2015, AND THEN EVERY THREE 5416 03:46:30,120 --> 03:46:31,520 YEARS THEREAFTER, SO 2018 WOULD 5417 03:46:31,520 --> 03:46:32,960 HAVE BEEN THE FIRST MANDATORY 5418 03:46:32,960 --> 03:46:36,120 REQUIREMENT FOR THE OLDER 5419 03:46:36,120 --> 03:46:36,440 SYSTEMS. 5420 03:46:36,440 --> 03:46:37,760 RECORDS HAVE TO BE KEPT. 5421 03:46:37,760 --> 03:46:39,840 MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN 5422 03:46:39,840 --> 03:46:45,720 DEMONSTRATE THAT THAT HAS BEEN 5423 03:46:45,720 --> 03:46:46,520 TESTED APPROPRIATELY. 5424 03:46:46,520 --> 03:46:48,560 SIMILAR TO SPILL BUCKET TESTING 5425 03:46:48,560 --> 03:46:50,200 IS SUMP TESTING. 5426 03:46:50,200 --> 03:46:51,920 CONTAINMENT SUMPS WHERE THE 5427 03:46:51,920 --> 03:46:54,600 SUMPS ARE USED FOR PIPING 5428 03:46:54,600 --> 03:46:55,480 INTERSTITIAL MONITORING, YOU 5429 03:46:55,480 --> 03:46:58,120 CAN'T REALLY KNOW THAT YOU'VE 5430 03:46:58,120 --> 03:47:00,160 GOT GOOD RELEASE DETECTION IN 5431 03:47:00,160 --> 03:47:02,560 PLACE, IF WHEN THE PRODUCT 5432 03:47:02,560 --> 03:47:06,160 DRAINS BACK TO CONTAINMENT SUMP 5433 03:47:06,160 --> 03:47:09,120 IT DOESN'T GET CONTAINED AND 5434 03:47:09,120 --> 03:47:11,200 DETECTED SO THERE'S A 5435 03:47:11,200 --> 03:47:12,840 REQUIREMENT AGAIN THAT IT BE 5436 03:47:12,840 --> 03:47:15,360 TESTED TO SHOW IT'S LIQUID TIGHT 5437 03:47:15,360 --> 03:47:18,520 SO IT CAN DETECT ANY PRODUCT 5438 03:47:18,520 --> 03:47:25,480 THAT'S LEAKED INTO IT, DONE ONCE 5439 03:47:25,480 --> 03:47:27,760 AFTER 2015, DOUBLE WALLED SUMPS 5440 03:47:27,760 --> 03:47:29,080 SIMILAR TO DOUBLE CALLED SPILL 5441 03:47:29,080 --> 03:47:32,800 BUCKETS DON'T HAVE TO BE TESTED 5442 03:47:32,800 --> 03:47:35,960 IF BOTH WALLS OF THAT DOUBLE 5443 03:47:35,960 --> 03:47:43,080 WALL SUMP ARE MONITORED FOR 5444 03:47:43,080 --> 03:47:43,320 INTEGRITY. 5445 03:47:43,320 --> 03:47:45,880 ANOTHER THING THAT CHANGED IN 5446 03:47:45,880 --> 03:47:48,440 2015 WAS THE OVERFILL PREVENTION 5447 03:47:48,440 --> 03:47:49,160 INSPECTION. 5448 03:47:49,160 --> 03:47:52,160 SO THE EQUIPMENT, FLAPPER VALVE, 5449 03:47:52,160 --> 03:47:54,000 HIGH LEVEL ALARM, BALL FLOAT HAS 5450 03:47:54,000 --> 03:47:55,760 TO BE INSPECTED TO KNOW IT'S 5451 03:47:55,760 --> 03:48:00,720 ACTUALLY GOING TO PREVENT AN 5452 03:48:00,720 --> 03:48:02,800 OVERFILL. 5453 03:48:02,800 --> 03:48:05,600 AGAIN, DONE RIGHT AFTER 2015, 5454 03:48:05,600 --> 03:48:07,480 OLDER SYSTEMS NO LATER THAN 5455 03:48:07,480 --> 03:48:10,640 2018, DONE ONCE EVERY THREE 5456 03:48:10,640 --> 03:48:11,520 YEARS. 5457 03:48:11,520 --> 03:48:14,040 KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BALL 5458 03:48:14,040 --> 03:48:16,120 FLOAT, ONCE PULLED OUT AND 5459 03:48:16,120 --> 03:48:18,080 LOOKED AT, IF IT DOES NOT PASS 5460 03:48:18,080 --> 03:48:19,960 IT CANNOT BE PUT BACK IN, AND 5461 03:48:19,960 --> 03:48:22,920 YOU CANNOT PUT A NEW BALL FLOAT 5462 03:48:22,920 --> 03:48:23,360 IN. 5463 03:48:23,360 --> 03:48:25,760 SO, WHEN IT COMES OUT IF IT 5464 03:48:25,760 --> 03:48:26,880 FAILS THEN AT THAT POINT YOU 5465 03:48:26,880 --> 03:48:29,160 HAVE TO GO TO EITHER A HIGH 5466 03:48:29,160 --> 03:48:36,960 LEVEL ALARM OR FLAPPER VALVE. 5467 03:48:36,960 --> 03:48:39,880 ANOTHER OPERATIONAL CHANGE THAT 5468 03:48:39,880 --> 03:48:42,840 OCCURRED LOOKING AT THE RELEASE 5469 03:48:42,840 --> 03:48:43,520 DETECTION EQUIPMENT, THERE'S A 5470 03:48:43,520 --> 03:48:45,360 LOT OF TIMES OUT THERE THAT WE 5471 03:48:45,360 --> 03:48:47,160 HAVE THE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE, 5472 03:48:47,160 --> 03:48:48,520 PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 5473 03:48:48,520 --> 03:48:50,600 ABLE TO DETECT A LEAK BUT 5474 03:48:50,600 --> 03:48:52,480 REALITY IS IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING 5475 03:48:52,480 --> 03:48:54,520 PROPERLY SO NOW THERE'S AN 5476 03:48:54,520 --> 03:48:57,400 ANNUAL TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT 5477 03:48:57,400 --> 03:48:59,480 IT'S ACTUALLY DOING ITS JOB, 5478 03:48:59,480 --> 03:49:02,200 IT'S GOING TO FIND A LEAK IF ONE 5479 03:49:02,200 --> 03:49:04,000 EXISTS, SO THERE'S PROCESS AND 5480 03:49:04,000 --> 03:49:06,760 PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE 5481 03:49:06,760 --> 03:49:09,720 TO CHECK ALL THE VARIOUS 5482 03:49:09,720 --> 03:49:13,560 ELECTRONIC IN PARTICULAR RELEASE 5483 03:49:13,560 --> 03:49:15,320 DETECTION METHODS. 5484 03:49:15,320 --> 03:49:18,480 THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGED IN 5485 03:49:18,480 --> 03:49:20,640 THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS WAS 5486 03:49:20,640 --> 03:49:21,920 WALK-THROUGH INSPECTIONS. 5487 03:49:21,920 --> 03:49:23,640 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD 5488 03:49:23,640 --> 03:49:26,640 PROBLEMS WITH OVER THE YEARS IS 5489 03:49:26,640 --> 03:49:28,040 PEOPLE JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT 5490 03:49:28,040 --> 03:49:30,440 THEIR EQUIPMENT IS TELLING THEM. 5491 03:49:30,440 --> 03:49:32,440 AND SO THERE'S MONTHLY 5492 03:49:32,440 --> 03:49:34,160 INSPECTIONS, EVERY 30 DAYS GOING 5493 03:49:34,160 --> 03:49:35,920 OUT AND CHECKING YOUR SPILL 5494 03:49:35,920 --> 03:49:37,040 BUCKETS, MAKING SURE THERE'S 5495 03:49:37,040 --> 03:49:38,440 NOTHING THERE, MAKING SURE IT'S 5496 03:49:38,440 --> 03:49:39,840 IN GOOD SHAPE, THAT THE NEXT 5497 03:49:39,840 --> 03:49:41,920 TIME YOU GET A DELIVERY IT'S NOT 5498 03:49:41,920 --> 03:49:44,120 GOING TO HAVE A RELEASE. 5499 03:49:44,120 --> 03:49:46,320 AND CHECKING YOUR RELEASE 5500 03:49:46,320 --> 03:49:47,160 DETECTION EQUIPMENT, IF IT'S 5501 03:49:47,160 --> 03:49:49,040 TELLING YOU YOU'VE GOT A 5502 03:49:49,040 --> 03:49:54,880 SUSPECTED PROBLEM OR ACTUAL 5503 03:49:54,880 --> 03:49:55,720 PROBLEM. 5504 03:49:55,720 --> 03:49:58,520 COROLLARY IS ANNUAL INSPECTION 5505 03:49:58,520 --> 03:49:59,480 THROUGH THROUGH AND OPENING 5506 03:49:59,480 --> 03:50:02,920 EVERY SUMP, MAKING SURE IT'S IN 5507 03:50:02,920 --> 03:50:04,480 GOOD SHAPE, THIS IS IN ADDITION 5508 03:50:04,480 --> 03:50:06,560 TO THE TESTING THAT WE JUST GOT 5509 03:50:06,560 --> 03:50:07,880 DONE TALKING ABOUT. 5510 03:50:07,880 --> 03:50:09,920 SO EVERY THREE YEARS YOU TEST 5511 03:50:09,920 --> 03:50:12,320 THIS SPILL BUCKET, TEST THE 5512 03:50:12,320 --> 03:50:13,200 CONTAINMENT SUMP, EVERY 30 DAYS 5513 03:50:13,200 --> 03:50:14,880 YOU GO LOOK AT THE SPILL BUCKET, 5514 03:50:14,880 --> 03:50:17,160 MAKE SURE IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, 5515 03:50:17,160 --> 03:50:19,320 ALL DRY, SAME THING WITH 5516 03:50:19,320 --> 03:50:20,400 CONTAINMENT SUMPS EVERY YEAR, 5517 03:50:20,400 --> 03:50:26,000 YOU GO OPEN IT UP, TAKE A LOOK, 5518 03:50:26,000 --> 03:50:26,640 HAND-HELD RELEASE DETECTION 5519 03:50:26,640 --> 03:50:30,720 DEVICES, MAKE SURE THOSE ARE IN 5520 03:50:30,720 --> 03:50:32,320 GOOD SHAPE AS WELL. 5521 03:50:32,320 --> 03:50:33,560 OF COURSE, KEEP THOSE RECORDS 5522 03:50:33,560 --> 03:50:35,440 FOR A YEAR UNTIL YOU GET THE 5523 03:50:35,440 --> 03:50:40,000 NEXT INSPECTION DONE. 5524 03:50:40,000 --> 03:50:44,360 ONE OF THE LAST BIG THINGS THAT 5525 03:50:44,360 --> 03:50:46,040 CHANGED WITH THESE THINGS 5526 03:50:46,040 --> 03:50:47,120 WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH WE 5527 03:50:47,120 --> 03:50:48,480 NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT 5528 03:50:48,480 --> 03:50:51,120 UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING 5529 03:50:51,120 --> 03:50:51,680 AT. 5530 03:50:51,680 --> 03:50:52,920 THERE'S OPERATOR TRAINING. 5531 03:50:52,920 --> 03:50:56,960 CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C. 5532 03:50:56,960 --> 03:51:00,880 THINK OF CLASS A AS THE MANAGER 5533 03:51:00,880 --> 03:51:01,800 TYPE THAT OVERSEES THE PEOPLE 5534 03:51:01,800 --> 03:51:03,960 THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING 5535 03:51:03,960 --> 03:51:06,320 THE WORK, CLASS B ARE PEOPLE 5536 03:51:06,320 --> 03:51:07,680 THAT TYPICALLY GO OUT AND 5537 03:51:07,680 --> 03:51:10,000 ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING AT THE 5538 03:51:10,000 --> 03:51:12,080 SYSTEMS MAKING SURE SO THEY 5539 03:51:12,080 --> 03:51:15,720 MAYBE ARE DOING THE WALK-THROUGH 5540 03:51:15,720 --> 03:51:17,440 INSPECTIONS, MONTHLY AND 5541 03:51:17,440 --> 03:51:18,040 ANNUALLY. 5542 03:51:18,040 --> 03:51:20,240 CLASS C OPERATORS ARE THE ONES 5543 03:51:20,240 --> 03:51:22,520 THAT ACTUALLY ARE RESPONDING TO 5544 03:51:22,520 --> 03:51:23,400 AN EMERGENCY. 5545 03:51:23,400 --> 03:51:26,560 EACH CLASS OF THOSE OPERATORS 5546 03:51:26,560 --> 03:51:29,560 HAVE TO BE TRAINED SO THEY KNOW 5547 03:51:29,560 --> 03:51:30,600 WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 5548 03:51:30,600 --> 03:51:32,680 RECORDS HAVE TO BE KEPT ON THAT 5549 03:51:32,680 --> 03:51:33,880 TRAINING AS LONG AS THE OPERATOR 5550 03:51:33,880 --> 03:51:41,320 IS GOING TO BE AT THAT FACILITY. 5551 03:51:41,320 --> 03:51:46,240 RETRAINING IF THE FACILITY IS 5552 03:51:46,240 --> 03:51:48,120 OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 5553 03:51:48,120 --> 03:51:50,600 STATES ARE REQUIRING PERIODIC 5554 03:51:50,600 --> 03:51:51,440 RETRAINING, SOMETHING DIFFERENT 5555 03:51:51,440 --> 03:52:10,120 BETWEEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL. 5556 03:52:10,120 --> 03:52:11,880 OWNERS RESPOND TO SUSPECTED 5557 03:52:11,880 --> 03:52:13,120 RELEASES AND ACTUAL RELEASES. 5558 03:52:13,120 --> 03:52:14,760 ONCE THEY DETERMINE THAT THEY 5559 03:52:14,760 --> 03:52:16,840 DON'T NEED THE TANK ANYMORE, 5560 03:52:16,840 --> 03:52:18,360 THEY CAN'T JUST ABANDON AND WALK 5561 03:52:18,360 --> 03:52:18,600 AWAY. 5562 03:52:18,600 --> 03:52:19,760 THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A 5563 03:52:19,760 --> 03:52:21,920 REQUIREMENT THAT YOU CLOSE THE 5564 03:52:21,920 --> 03:52:25,800 TANK PROPERLY IN ORDER TO GET 5565 03:52:25,800 --> 03:52:27,640 AWAY FROM THE REQUIREMENTS. 5566 03:52:27,640 --> 03:52:29,920 THAT IS A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW, 5567 03:52:29,920 --> 03:52:32,720 THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT 5568 03:52:32,720 --> 03:52:35,920 OCCURRED IN THE 2015 5569 03:52:35,920 --> 03:52:39,200 REGULATIONS, AND THAT DEALT WITH 5570 03:52:39,200 --> 03:52:39,680 ADDRESSING DEFERRALS. 5571 03:52:39,680 --> 03:52:42,720 IN 1988 THERE WERE A COUPLE 5572 03:52:42,720 --> 03:52:43,880 DEFERRALS IN THE REGULATIONS 5573 03:52:43,880 --> 03:52:45,320 BECAUSE THERE WERE TECHNICAL 5574 03:52:45,320 --> 03:52:47,120 ISSUES THAT WEREN'T EASILY 5575 03:52:47,120 --> 03:52:48,920 ADDRESSED, THOSE HAVE CHANGED. 5576 03:52:48,920 --> 03:52:50,800 AND SO THOSE DEFERRALS HAVE BEEN 5577 03:52:50,800 --> 03:52:52,680 TAKEN AWAY. 5578 03:52:52,680 --> 03:52:54,720 SO EMERGENCY POWER GENERATORS, 5579 03:52:54,720 --> 03:52:57,680 IF THERE'S AN UNDERGROUND TANK 5580 03:52:57,680 --> 03:52:58,680 CONNECTED, THERE'S REQUIREMENT 5581 03:52:58,680 --> 03:53:01,440 NOW THAT RELEASE DETECTION BE 5582 03:53:01,440 --> 03:53:01,640 DONE. 5583 03:53:01,640 --> 03:53:05,240 HAD TO BE DONE NO LATER THAN 5584 03:53:05,240 --> 03:53:07,520 2018 EVEN FOR OLDER SYSTEMS. 5585 03:53:07,520 --> 03:53:09,680 I WILL SAY THAT EPA IS SOON 5586 03:53:09,680 --> 03:53:12,680 GOING TO BE RELEASING A SERIES 5587 03:53:12,680 --> 03:53:14,720 OF MANUALS ON EMERGENCY 5588 03:53:14,720 --> 03:53:16,120 GENERATORS IN PARTICULAR AND SO 5589 03:53:16,120 --> 03:53:17,720 THERE WILL BE SOME MORE 5590 03:53:17,720 --> 03:53:19,720 INFORMATION COMING OUT ON HOW 5591 03:53:19,720 --> 03:53:37,800 THESE REGULATIONS APPLY TO THE 5592 03:53:37,800 --> 03:53:38,840 EMERGENCY GENERATOR SYSTEMS. 5593 03:53:38,840 --> 03:53:39,880 THE OTHER CHANGE REGULATIONS 5594 03:53:39,880 --> 03:53:44,720 NOW DO APPLY TO THESE SYSTEMS, 5595 03:53:44,720 --> 03:53:47,200 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT GAS STATION 5596 03:53:47,200 --> 03:53:48,640 MIGHT BE LOOKING AT, BUT THEY 5597 03:53:48,640 --> 03:53:52,960 NOW HAVE TO MEET THIS RELEASE 5598 03:53:52,960 --> 03:53:54,520 PREVENTION AND RELEASE DETECTION 5599 03:53:54,520 --> 03:53:55,080 REQUIREMENT. 5600 03:53:55,080 --> 03:53:58,560 EPA RECOGNIZED THEY ARE UNIQUE 5601 03:53:58,560 --> 03:54:00,000 AND THEY TRIED TO CREATE 5602 03:54:00,000 --> 03:54:04,880 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE 5603 03:54:04,880 --> 03:54:05,240 TANKS. 5604 03:54:05,240 --> 03:54:09,920 THAT GOT PUT INTO SUBPART K. 5605 03:54:09,920 --> 03:54:12,880 UNDERSTANDING PIPING SENDARY 5606 03:54:12,880 --> 03:54:14,520 CONTAINMENT ON AIRPORT HYDRANT 5607 03:54:14,520 --> 03:54:16,280 SYSTEM IS MORE DIFFICULT SO 5608 03:54:16,280 --> 03:54:18,000 THERE'S AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT. 5609 03:54:18,000 --> 03:54:20,800 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO DO RELEASE 5610 03:54:20,800 --> 03:54:24,200 DETECTION ON VERY LONG PIPING AT 5611 03:54:24,200 --> 03:54:27,880 AIRPORT HYDRANT OR VERY LARGE 5612 03:54:27,880 --> 03:54:31,520 FIELD CONSTRUCTED TANKS WERE 5613 03:54:31,520 --> 03:54:32,600 PROBLEMATIC SO THERE'S OPTIONS 5614 03:54:32,600 --> 03:54:37,680 THAT GOT PUT INTO PLACE. 5615 03:54:37,680 --> 03:54:40,320 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT 5616 03:54:40,320 --> 03:54:42,640 PEOPLE BY SURPRISE IF YOU HOOK 5617 03:54:42,640 --> 03:54:45,360 UP ABOVE GROUND TANKS TO SOME OF 5618 03:54:45,360 --> 03:54:47,920 THESE THINGS, THE WHOLE SYSTEM 5619 03:54:47,920 --> 03:54:53,040 INCLUDING ABOVE-GROUND TANK IS 5620 03:54:53,040 --> 03:54:53,720 NOW CONSIDERED UNDERGROUND 5621 03:54:53,720 --> 03:54:54,600 STORAGE TANK SYSTEM. 5622 03:54:54,600 --> 03:54:56,960 WE ADDRESSED THAT. 5623 03:54:56,960 --> 03:54:58,960 SO ABOVE GROUND TANKS ASSOCIATED 5624 03:54:58,960 --> 03:55:01,360 WITH FUEL CONSTRUCTED 5625 03:55:01,360 --> 03:55:04,560 UNDERGROUND TANKS, AIRPORT 5626 03:55:04,560 --> 03:55:06,160 SYSTEM ARE PARTIALLY EXCLUDED. 5627 03:55:06,160 --> 03:55:08,120 WHAT APPLIES IS RELEASE RESPONSE 5628 03:55:08,120 --> 03:55:13,600 AND CORRECTIVE ACTION STILL 5629 03:55:13,600 --> 03:55:14,720 APPLICABLE THERE. 5630 03:55:14,720 --> 03:55:15,360 IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE 5631 03:55:15,360 --> 03:55:20,240 REGULATIONS CAME IN TWO PHASES, 5632 03:55:20,240 --> 03:55:21,120 2015 AND 2018. 5633 03:55:21,120 --> 03:55:28,960 ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS HAD TO 5634 03:55:28,960 --> 03:55:33,000 BE ADDRESSED. 5635 03:55:33,000 --> 03:55:34,720 OTHER DEFERRALS DEALING WITH 5636 03:55:34,720 --> 03:55:37,040 WASTE WATER, EMERGENCY 5637 03:55:37,040 --> 03:55:39,680 GENERATORS AT NUCLEAR REGULATED 5638 03:55:39,680 --> 03:55:42,920 FACILITY, I.E. NUCLEAR POWER 5639 03:55:42,920 --> 03:55:47,640 PLANT GOT RECLASSIFIED AND 5640 03:55:47,640 --> 03:55:48,720 PARTIALLY EXCLUDED. 5641 03:55:48,720 --> 03:55:51,880 LET ME JUST QUICKLY JUMP OVER 5642 03:55:51,880 --> 03:55:53,640 SOME COMMON VIOLATIONS THAT AS 5643 03:55:53,640 --> 03:55:55,400 WE DO THESE INSPECTIONS AND GO 5644 03:55:55,400 --> 03:55:58,120 OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT 5645 03:55:58,120 --> 03:56:00,320 FACILITIES WE'RE SEEING SOME 5646 03:56:00,320 --> 03:56:01,440 COMMON THINGS. 5647 03:56:01,440 --> 03:56:05,360 SO RELEASE DETECTION IN PIPING, 5648 03:56:05,360 --> 03:56:07,760 MISSING LINE TESTS, MISSING LINE 5649 03:56:07,760 --> 03:56:08,640 LEAK DETECTOR FUNCTIONALITY 5650 03:56:08,640 --> 03:56:10,520 TESTS, THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN 5651 03:56:10,520 --> 03:56:12,040 PLACE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 5652 03:56:12,040 --> 03:56:15,760 PROGRAM BUT PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP 5653 03:56:15,760 --> 03:56:18,480 PERHAPS IN NEW REQUIREMENTS AND 5654 03:56:18,480 --> 03:56:19,800 DON'T ACTUALLY DO ALL THE THINGS 5655 03:56:19,800 --> 03:56:22,080 THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO EVEN FOR 5656 03:56:22,080 --> 03:56:24,960 THE OLDER REQUIREMENTS. 5657 03:56:24,960 --> 03:56:25,880 SOMETIMES IT'S CONTRACTOR 5658 03:56:25,880 --> 03:56:26,320 AVAILABILITY. 5659 03:56:26,320 --> 03:56:30,720 ALL THAT TO SAY PLAN AHEAD TO 5660 03:56:30,720 --> 03:56:40,320 GET THESE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF. 5661 03:56:40,320 --> 03:56:41,240 RELEASE DETECTION, MONTHLY 5662 03:56:41,240 --> 03:56:42,400 MONITORING GOT FORGOTTEN. 5663 03:56:42,400 --> 03:56:44,240 OPERATOR TRAINING IS A NEW 5664 03:56:44,240 --> 03:56:45,320 REQUIREMENT AND SO PEOPLE DON'T 5665 03:56:45,320 --> 03:56:52,000 KNOW WHO HAS TO BE TRAINED, WORK 5666 03:56:52,000 --> 03:56:53,960 THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO KNOW WHO 5667 03:56:53,960 --> 03:56:57,560 YOU'RE ASSIGNING TO. 5668 03:56:57,560 --> 03:56:58,040 SAME WITH WALK-THROUGH 5669 03:56:58,040 --> 03:56:59,240 INSPECTIONS, HAS TO BE ASSIGNED, 5670 03:56:59,240 --> 03:57:04,320 NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED UP ON AND 5671 03:57:04,320 --> 03:57:07,160 MADE SURE IT'S COMPLETED. 5672 03:57:07,160 --> 03:57:08,880 SPILL BUCKETS ARE A COMMON LEAK 5673 03:57:08,880 --> 03:57:15,480 SOURCE, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 5674 03:57:15,480 --> 03:57:16,920 THEY ARE KEPT CLEAN. 5675 03:57:16,920 --> 03:57:20,520 THAT WAS A VERY QUICK 5676 03:57:20,520 --> 03:57:21,360 RUN-THROUGH OF REGULATIONS, LOTS 5677 03:57:21,360 --> 03:57:27,640 OF THINGS WE COULD TALK ABOUT. 5678 03:57:27,640 --> 03:57:32,600 HERE ARE RESOURCES IN THE SLIDE 5679 03:57:32,600 --> 03:57:34,440 SHOW AFTERWARDS, THE TOP LINE, 5680 03:57:34,440 --> 03:57:36,000 THERE'S LOTS OF RESOURCES, LOTS 5681 03:57:36,000 --> 03:57:36,960 OF PUBLICATIONS THAT WE'RE 5682 03:57:36,960 --> 03:57:39,840 TRYING TO DO TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO 5683 03:57:39,840 --> 03:57:41,720 UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO 5684 03:57:41,720 --> 03:57:46,160 TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH 5685 03:57:46,160 --> 03:57:46,720 REGULATIONS. 5686 03:57:46,720 --> 03:57:54,120 WITH THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT 5687 03:57:54,120 --> 03:57:55,040 OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 5688 03:57:55,040 --> 03:57:58,520 >> I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING 5689 03:57:58,520 --> 03:57:59,480 OIL/WATER SEPARATOR SYSTEMS. 5690 03:57:59,480 --> 03:58:04,360 ARE THEY EXEMPT FROM REGS OR ARE 5691 03:58:04,360 --> 03:58:09,720 THEY COVERED BY THESE REGS? 5692 03:58:09,720 --> 03:58:10,120 >> EXCELLENT. 5693 03:58:10,120 --> 03:58:11,560 OIL-WATER SEPARATORS SOMETIMES 5694 03:58:11,560 --> 03:58:13,520 HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 5695 03:58:13,520 --> 03:58:14,920 DESIGNS. 5696 03:58:14,920 --> 03:58:17,680 SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS MOST OF 5697 03:58:17,680 --> 03:58:21,880 THEM ARE COVERED BY SOME TYPE OF 5698 03:58:21,880 --> 03:58:23,640 PERMIT AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS 5699 03:58:23,640 --> 03:58:25,160 COVERED UNDER THE CLEAN WATER 5700 03:58:25,160 --> 03:58:27,880 ACT ARE NOT IN OUR PROGRAM. 5701 03:58:27,880 --> 03:58:33,200 IF IT'S NOT COVERED BY ONE OF 5702 03:58:33,200 --> 03:58:39,880 THOSE ALSO -- IT'S GOING TO BE 5703 03:58:39,880 --> 03:58:40,560 PARTIALLY EXCLUDED, INSTALLATION 5704 03:58:40,560 --> 03:58:42,040 RESPONSES AND RELEASE RESPONSE 5705 03:58:42,040 --> 03:58:44,160 AND CORRECTIVE ACTION, THE ONLY 5706 03:58:44,160 --> 03:58:48,240 OTHER THING THAT IS DIFFERENT 5707 03:58:48,240 --> 03:58:49,560 SOMETIMES IS WHERE THEY STORE 5708 03:58:49,560 --> 03:58:51,200 SKIMMED OFF OIL, AND IF THAT 5709 03:58:51,200 --> 03:58:54,880 GOES TO A SEPARATE TANK, NOT 5710 03:58:54,880 --> 03:58:57,760 JUST TO A COMPARTMENT, IN THE 5711 03:58:57,760 --> 03:59:00,360 SEPARATOR, THAT SEPARATE TANK IS 5712 03:59:00,360 --> 03:59:05,000 A TANK STORING USED OIL AND 5713 03:59:05,000 --> 03:59:06,160 COMES UNDER THE PROGRAM. 5714 03:59:06,160 --> 03:59:08,000 >> THANK YOU. 5715 03:59:08,000 --> 03:59:09,880 THE SECOND ONE, THIS PERSON IS 5716 03:59:09,880 --> 03:59:13,080 TALKING ABOUT THE ABOVE GROUND 5717 03:59:13,080 --> 03:59:15,560 STORAGE TANK REGS, SPCC REGS, 5718 03:59:15,560 --> 03:59:18,440 WHICH START AT 55 GALLON DRUMS 5719 03:59:18,440 --> 03:59:20,120 AND THE PERSON IS WONDERING WHY 5720 03:59:20,120 --> 03:59:22,680 IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE 5721 03:59:22,680 --> 03:59:24,720 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REGS 5722 03:59:24,720 --> 03:59:25,920 STARTING AT 110 GALLONS. 5723 03:59:25,920 --> 03:59:28,600 DO YOU HAVE ANY -- THIS MIGHT 5724 03:59:28,600 --> 03:59:30,520 NOT REALLY BE SOMETHING YOU KNOW 5725 03:59:30,520 --> 03:59:34,880 ABOUT BUT WHY IS ONE DOUBLE THE 5726 03:59:34,880 --> 03:59:35,880 OTHER ONE? 5727 03:59:35,880 --> 03:59:40,360 >> ACTUALLY THAT JUST COMES OUT 5728 03:59:40,360 --> 03:59:42,360 OF STATUTE. 5729 03:59:42,360 --> 03:59:45,760 SO SUBTITLE I SET OUR CONDITIONS 5730 03:59:45,760 --> 03:59:48,600 AT 110, THE SPCC PROGRAM REALLY 5731 03:59:48,600 --> 03:59:51,240 LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE SMALLEST 5732 03:59:51,240 --> 03:59:53,960 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TANK AND 5733 03:59:53,960 --> 03:59:55,280 CONTAINER THAT COULD BE USED SO 5734 03:59:55,280 --> 04:00:00,320 THEY JUST ARE LOOKING AT 5735 04:00:00,320 --> 04:00:00,800 DIFFERENT THINGS. 5736 04:00:00,800 --> 04:00:03,880 >> THOSE ARE THE TWO WE GOT. 5737 04:00:03,880 --> 04:00:08,200 I THINK THAT'S IT ON YOUR 5738 04:00:08,200 --> 04:00:08,520 SEGMENT. 5739 04:00:08,520 --> 04:00:11,000 >> EXCELLENT. 5740 04:00:11,000 --> 04:00:17,040 5741 04:00:17,040 --> 04:00:23,720 5742 04:00:23,720 --> 04:00:26,520 WE'LL MOVE TO HEAR FROM KEVIN 5743 04:00:26,520 --> 04:00:30,000 KENNEDY, REGIONAL COORDINATOR 5744 04:00:30,000 --> 04:00:31,840 FOR ARMY'S REGIONAL 5745 04:00:31,840 --> 04:00:32,320 ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE, 5746 04:00:32,320 --> 04:00:34,480 INTRODUCTION TO DEPARTMENT OF 5747 04:00:34,480 --> 04:00:36,440 DEFENSE'S REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 5748 04:00:36,440 --> 04:00:37,480 COORDINATOR PROGRAM. 5749 04:00:37,480 --> 04:00:37,880 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 5750 04:00:37,880 --> 04:00:39,360 CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 5751 04:00:39,360 --> 04:00:42,360 >> YES. 5752 04:00:42,360 --> 04:00:45,600 >> VERY GOOD. 5753 04:00:45,600 --> 04:00:47,560 AND SEEING THE SCREEN? 5754 04:00:47,560 --> 04:00:48,080 >> NO. 5755 04:00:48,080 --> 04:00:50,880 IT IT IS NOT -- I DO NOT SEE 5756 04:00:50,880 --> 04:00:51,440 YOUR SLIDES. 5757 04:00:51,440 --> 04:00:55,520 >> LET'S SEE HERE. 5758 04:00:55,520 --> 04:01:00,040 5759 04:01:00,040 --> 04:01:02,760 5760 04:01:02,760 --> 04:01:05,400 >> HOW ARE WE DOING NOW? 5761 04:01:05,400 --> 04:01:08,680 >> YES, WE'RE GOOD NOW. 5762 04:01:08,680 --> 04:01:08,920 >> OKAY. 5763 04:01:08,920 --> 04:01:11,000 THANK YOU. 5764 04:01:11,000 --> 04:01:12,320 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 5765 04:01:12,320 --> 04:01:15,360 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 5766 04:01:15,360 --> 04:01:15,600 TALK. 5767 04:01:15,600 --> 04:01:17,240 I'M KEVIN KENNEDY, WORK FOR 5768 04:01:17,240 --> 04:01:18,440 DEPARTMENT OF ARMY'S 5769 04:01:18,440 --> 04:01:20,560 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY OFFICE, 5770 04:01:20,560 --> 04:01:23,120 NORTHERN OFFICE, AND I WANTED TO 5771 04:01:23,120 --> 04:01:25,520 TALK ABOUT JUST INTRODUCING THE 5772 04:01:25,520 --> 04:01:29,840 GROUP TO THE DoD REGIONAL 5773 04:01:29,840 --> 04:01:30,800 ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION 5774 04:01:30,800 --> 04:01:31,160 PROGRAM. 5775 04:01:31,160 --> 04:01:31,920 THE REC PROGRAM. 5776 04:01:31,920 --> 04:01:34,680 AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP OF 5777 04:01:34,680 --> 04:01:38,520 THE SLIDE YOU HAVE THE ARMY, 5778 04:01:38,520 --> 04:01:40,360 NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND AIR 5779 04:01:40,360 --> 04:01:42,840 FORCE, PURPLE PROGRAM, ALL OF 5780 04:01:42,840 --> 04:01:44,520 THE MAIN SERVICES ARE ENGAGED IN 5781 04:01:44,520 --> 04:01:48,080 THE DoD REC PROGRAM AND WORK 5782 04:01:48,080 --> 04:01:49,440 EFFICIENTLY TOGETHER ACROSS 5783 04:01:49,440 --> 04:01:49,720 SERVICES. 5784 04:01:49,720 --> 04:01:51,720 THE MISSION HERE, I WANTED TO 5785 04:01:51,720 --> 04:01:55,680 READ IT, IT'S QUITE CRITICAL. 5786 04:01:55,680 --> 04:01:58,080 IT'S TO PROTECT THE MILITARY'S 5787 04:01:58,080 --> 04:01:59,720 ABILITY TO PREPARE U.S. 5788 04:01:59,720 --> 04:02:01,720 SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN TO DEFEND 5789 04:02:01,720 --> 04:02:03,640 OUR COUNTRY BY WORKING 5790 04:02:03,640 --> 04:02:04,920 COOPERATIVELY WITH STATE 5791 04:02:04,920 --> 04:02:07,040 GOVERNMENTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 5792 04:02:07,040 --> 04:02:09,040 ON ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED 5793 04:02:09,040 --> 04:02:11,120 ISSUES TO ENSURE CONTINUED 5794 04:02:11,120 --> 04:02:13,560 ACCESS AND USE OF THE NECESSARY 5795 04:02:13,560 --> 04:02:14,800 LAND, SEA, AND AIRSPACE. 5796 04:02:14,800 --> 04:02:19,560 OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE 5797 04:02:19,560 --> 04:02:21,440 TRAINING TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY 5798 04:02:21,440 --> 04:02:24,720 NEED THIS LAND, SAY, AND 5799 04:02:24,720 --> 04:02:26,520 AIRSPACE TO TRAIN PROPERLY, 5800 04:02:26,520 --> 04:02:28,560 THERE'S A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 5801 04:02:28,560 --> 04:02:30,520 SENSITIVE ISSUES AS YOU KNOW 5802 04:02:30,520 --> 04:02:33,080 WITH LAND MANAGEMENT, SO THE 5803 04:02:33,080 --> 04:02:36,440 DoD REC PROGRAM HAS BEEN 5804 04:02:36,440 --> 04:02:38,880 INSTILLED TO HELP MAKE SURE 5805 04:02:38,880 --> 04:02:40,400 THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR PROUD 5806 04:02:40,400 --> 04:02:41,280 MEN AND WOMEN. 5807 04:02:41,280 --> 04:02:43,960 A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE 5808 04:02:43,960 --> 04:02:45,840 ACCOMPLISH THAT MIX, A FEW 5809 04:02:45,840 --> 04:02:47,800 BULLET POINTS HERE. 5810 04:02:47,800 --> 04:02:49,800 MONITORING AND ENGAGING IN STATE 5811 04:02:49,800 --> 04:02:52,320 LEGISLATION AND RULEMAKING AND 5812 04:02:52,320 --> 04:02:54,720 DETERMINING IMPACTS TO DoD 5813 04:02:54,720 --> 04:02:55,880 MISSIONS AND OPERATIONS, 5814 04:02:55,880 --> 04:02:57,880 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STATE 5815 04:02:57,880 --> 04:02:59,840 LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS THAT 5816 04:02:59,840 --> 04:03:02,600 COME UP EACH YEAR, I KNOW IN THE 5817 04:03:02,600 --> 04:03:06,520 ARMY'S PROGRAM WE HAVE FOUR 5818 04:03:06,520 --> 04:03:09,800 OFFICES, IN OUR 2021 ANNUAL 5819 04:03:09,800 --> 04:03:12,120 REPORT. 5820 04:03:12,120 --> 04:03:14,920 WE MONITORED CLOSE TO 90,000 5821 04:03:14,920 --> 04:03:16,160 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY-RELATED 5822 04:03:16,160 --> 04:03:17,600 LEGISLATION REGULATIONS ACROSS 5823 04:03:17,600 --> 04:03:18,440 THE STATES. 5824 04:03:18,440 --> 04:03:21,600 AS DO THE OTHER SERVICES. 5825 04:03:21,600 --> 04:03:23,640 SECOND BULLET COORDINATING AND 5826 04:03:23,640 --> 04:03:25,000 DELIVERING A UNIFIED MILITARY 5827 04:03:25,000 --> 04:03:27,480 POSITION ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT 5828 04:03:27,480 --> 04:03:28,120 MILITARY SUSTAINMENT, THE 5829 04:03:28,120 --> 04:03:30,200 DoDAR REC PROGRAM IS I BELIEVE 5830 04:03:30,200 --> 04:03:33,480 OVER 25 YEARS OLD NOW, PRIOR TO 5831 04:03:33,480 --> 04:03:36,240 THAT DIFFERENT SERVICES WERE 5832 04:03:36,240 --> 04:03:38,080 RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT ISSUES 5833 04:03:38,080 --> 04:03:38,720 INDEPENDENTLY. 5834 04:03:38,720 --> 04:03:41,800 SO YOU WOULD BE GETTING MIXED 5835 04:03:41,800 --> 04:03:44,720 MESSAGES, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE 5836 04:03:44,720 --> 04:03:46,320 LEGISLATORS OR THE REGULATORS, 5837 04:03:46,320 --> 04:03:49,480 SO THE REC PROGRAM BECAUSE WE 5838 04:03:49,480 --> 04:03:51,400 WORK TOGETHER ACROSS SERVICES, 5839 04:03:51,400 --> 04:03:52,200 WE COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY, IF 5840 04:03:52,200 --> 04:03:57,600 WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND DELIVER 5841 04:03:57,600 --> 04:03:58,320 A MILITARY POSITION. 5842 04:03:58,320 --> 04:04:03,120 BULLET 3, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT 5843 04:04:03,120 --> 04:04:04,200 IN MORE DETAIL BUT A CRITICAL 5844 04:04:04,200 --> 04:04:07,720 PART OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR 5845 04:04:07,720 --> 04:04:08,120 PROGRAMS. 5846 04:04:08,120 --> 04:04:09,840 EDUCATING STATE AND FEDERAL 5847 04:04:09,840 --> 04:04:12,320 AGENCIES ON OUR OPERATIONAL 5848 04:04:12,320 --> 04:04:13,640 ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, PRIORITIES 5849 04:04:13,640 --> 04:04:16,360 AND CONCERNS SO WE'VE GOT 5850 04:04:16,360 --> 04:04:19,560 RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WITH THESE 5851 04:04:19,560 --> 04:04:20,520 AGENCIES, THE MANAGEMENT OF 5852 04:04:20,520 --> 04:04:24,160 THESE AGENCIES, WE CAN REACH OUT 5853 04:04:24,160 --> 04:04:25,080 TO THEM, DISCUSS ISSUES THAT 5854 04:04:25,080 --> 04:04:27,520 MIGHT BE POPPING UP THAT THEY 5855 04:04:27,520 --> 04:04:31,320 MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IMPACTING 5856 04:04:31,320 --> 04:04:32,320 OUR OPERATIONAL CONCERNS. 5857 04:04:32,320 --> 04:04:36,880 AND THEN REPORTING BACK UP THE 5858 04:04:36,880 --> 04:04:37,560 CHAIN ADVISING ASSISTING DoD 5859 04:04:37,560 --> 04:04:39,080 ON REGIONAL STATE AND LOCAL 5860 04:04:39,080 --> 04:04:45,040 ACTIONS THAT COULD AFFECT THE 5861 04:04:45,040 --> 04:04:48,920 DoD MISSION. 5862 04:04:48,920 --> 04:04:57,760 THE PROGRAM HAS DoD 5863 04:04:57,760 --> 04:04:59,320 INSTRUCTION, A DoD, 475.02, 5864 04:04:59,320 --> 04:05:01,320 THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF THE REC 5865 04:05:01,320 --> 04:05:03,520 PROGRAM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON 5866 04:05:03,520 --> 04:05:06,560 THE BULLETS ON THE SIDE 5867 04:05:06,560 --> 04:05:11,040 MONITORING THE STATE LEGISLATION 5868 04:05:11,040 --> 04:05:13,880 RULEMAKING TO DETERMINE IMPACT 5869 04:05:13,880 --> 04:05:18,800 IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE DODI. 5870 04:05:18,800 --> 04:05:20,520 WE ADVOCATE, CONDUCT OUTREACH TO 5871 04:05:20,520 --> 04:05:22,920 FEDERAL AND STATE AND 5872 04:05:22,920 --> 04:05:24,040 STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE OFFICES 5873 04:05:24,040 --> 04:05:26,440 ACROSS THE SERVICES AND EVEN 5874 04:05:26,440 --> 04:05:28,800 WITHIN ARMY, DIFFERENT OFFICES 5875 04:05:28,800 --> 04:05:32,560 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DO THAT IN A 5876 04:05:32,560 --> 04:05:34,000 DIFFERENT LITANY OF WAYS AS FAR 5877 04:05:34,000 --> 04:05:35,880 AS GETTING TOGETHER WITH 5878 04:05:35,880 --> 04:05:39,360 STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PROGRAMS 5879 04:05:39,360 --> 04:05:43,920 THAT WE CAN INITIATE. 5880 04:05:43,920 --> 04:05:46,920 SO, DOD REC, THIS IS THE WAY 5881 04:05:46,920 --> 04:05:48,120 IT'S ORGANIZED. 5882 04:05:48,120 --> 04:05:49,480 IT SAYS RELATIONSHIPS 5883 04:05:49,480 --> 04:05:50,960 ESTABLISHED BEFORE THEY ARE 5884 04:05:50,960 --> 04:05:52,840 NEEDED IS CRITICAL AND THAT'S 5885 04:05:52,840 --> 04:05:56,040 HOW WE'RE IN CONSTANT 5886 04:05:56,040 --> 04:05:58,520 COMMUNICATION WITH THESE 5887 04:05:58,520 --> 04:05:58,760 OFFICIALS. 5888 04:05:58,760 --> 04:06:00,920 YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY ARE 5889 04:06:00,920 --> 04:06:04,640 ALIGNED WITH EPA REGIONS, SO IN 5890 04:06:04,640 --> 04:06:07,920 REGIONS 1, 3, CALIFORNIA AREA, 5891 04:06:07,920 --> 04:06:11,080 9, NAVY HAS THE DoD LEAD FOR 5892 04:06:11,080 --> 04:06:11,280 THAT. 5893 04:06:11,280 --> 04:06:16,880 THE MUSTARD COLOR IN REGIONS 5, 5894 04:06:16,880 --> 04:06:20,440 4, 6 AND 8, I'M SORRY, 7, IS 5895 04:06:20,440 --> 04:06:21,320 ARMY. 5896 04:06:21,320 --> 04:06:27,240 AND THEN AIR FORCE HAS TEXAS 5897 04:06:27,240 --> 04:06:29,160 AREA REGION 6 AND NORTHWEST 5898 04:06:29,160 --> 04:06:30,040 REGION 10. 5899 04:06:30,040 --> 04:06:31,560 ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE DoD 5900 04:06:31,560 --> 04:06:36,480 LEAD MEANING IF WE ARE GOING TO 5901 04:06:36,480 --> 04:06:38,480 A REGULATOR OR LEGISLATOR OR NGO 5902 04:06:38,480 --> 04:06:42,080 TO TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC ISSUE, 5903 04:06:42,080 --> 04:06:43,400 THE DoD REC WILL HAVE THE LEAD 5904 04:06:43,400 --> 04:06:43,720 ON THAT. 5905 04:06:43,720 --> 04:06:46,120 THEY ARE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR. 5906 04:06:46,120 --> 04:06:49,120 BUT IN THE CASE OF LET'S SAY 5907 04:06:49,120 --> 04:06:51,360 REGION 1 WITH SHARON BAUMAN, 5908 04:06:51,360 --> 04:06:54,560 SHE'S THE DoD LEAD IN REGION 5909 04:06:54,560 --> 04:06:54,800 1. 5910 04:06:54,800 --> 04:06:57,400 HOWEVER, OUR OFFICE AND THE AIR 5911 04:06:57,400 --> 04:06:59,280 FORCE WORKS WITH SHARON TO 5912 04:06:59,280 --> 04:07:00,920 DISCUSS THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES 5913 04:07:00,920 --> 04:07:03,880 AND LEGISLATION, WE MIGHT BRING 5914 04:07:03,880 --> 04:07:05,720 IT TO HER ATTENTION BUT SHE WILL 5915 04:07:05,720 --> 04:07:07,320 TAKE THE MESSAGE FORWARD AS THE 5916 04:07:07,320 --> 04:07:14,560 DoD LEAD AND SO ON ACROSS THE 5917 04:07:14,560 --> 04:07:16,600 DIFFERENT EPA REGIONS. 5918 04:07:16,600 --> 04:07:19,440 THERE WILL BE A SLIDE AT THE END 5919 04:07:19,440 --> 04:07:23,920 BUT I HAVE POCS HERE, THE DoD 5920 04:07:23,920 --> 04:07:27,440 LEADS, SHARON IN 1 AND 3 WITH 5921 04:07:27,440 --> 04:07:29,320 THE NAVY, JOHN HERTZ IN REGION 5922 04:07:29,320 --> 04:07:33,160 2, THERE WILL BE A PERMANENT 5923 04:07:33,160 --> 04:07:34,320 REPLACEMENT SOON FOR JOHN. 5924 04:07:34,320 --> 04:07:39,840 IN THE REGION 4 THE ARMY HAS THE 5925 04:07:39,840 --> 04:07:43,440 LEAD, THERE WILL BE A NEW DoD 5926 04:07:43,440 --> 04:07:44,720 LEAD ON THAT SHORTLY. 5927 04:07:44,720 --> 04:07:47,000 I WORK WITH DR. JIM HARTMAN IN 5928 04:07:47,000 --> 04:07:53,040 OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE THE LEAD FOR 5929 04:07:53,040 --> 04:07:54,320 REGION 5. 5930 04:07:54,320 --> 04:07:57,000 DR. RABBEY FOR THE AIR FORCE IN 5931 04:07:57,000 --> 04:07:59,000 REGION 6, GREAT GUY. 5932 04:07:59,000 --> 04:08:02,760 REGION 7 AND 8 ARE THE ARMY, 5933 04:08:02,760 --> 04:08:04,320 STAN RASMUSSEN AND MARK MAHONEY 5934 04:08:04,320 --> 04:08:06,560 HAVE THE LEAD THERE. 5935 04:08:06,560 --> 04:08:10,800 REGION 9 MIKE HUBER AND WITH 5936 04:08:10,800 --> 04:08:12,920 CALIFORNIA BEING SUCH A LARGE 5937 04:08:12,920 --> 04:08:14,640 PLAYER IN REGULATIONS AND 5938 04:08:14,640 --> 04:08:15,440 LEGISLATION AND DEVELOPMENT, 5939 04:08:15,440 --> 04:08:18,600 MIKE IS A BUSY GUY IN THAT AREA. 5940 04:08:18,600 --> 04:08:20,960 AND THEN THE NORTHWEST MISS 5941 04:08:20,960 --> 04:08:23,040 KAREN KOLTER. 5942 04:08:23,040 --> 04:08:25,400 SO THE SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE, AS 5943 04:08:25,400 --> 04:08:27,200 MY BOSS LIKES TO SAY DoD REC 5944 04:08:27,200 --> 04:08:29,720 IS A PORTAL OR ENTRY INTO THE 5945 04:08:29,720 --> 04:08:31,880 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SO THESE 5946 04:08:31,880 --> 04:08:34,080 POC IT'S IF THERE ARE CONCERNS 5947 04:08:34,080 --> 04:08:35,920 AT REGIONAL OR STATE LEVEL OR 5948 04:08:35,920 --> 04:08:38,720 LOCAL LEVEL THAT HAS TO DO WITH 5949 04:08:38,720 --> 04:08:40,440 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE DoD 5950 04:08:40,440 --> 04:08:42,600 REC PROGRAM IS POSITIONED TO 5951 04:08:42,600 --> 04:08:46,320 ALLOW ENTRY AND GET THAT MESSAGE 5952 04:08:46,320 --> 04:08:46,560 HEARD. 5953 04:08:46,560 --> 04:08:49,080 YOU CAN SEE BY THE CARTOON, PUT 5954 04:08:49,080 --> 04:08:50,520 ME THROUGH THE PENTAGON, THE 5955 04:08:50,520 --> 04:08:53,120 DoD IS A HUGE ANIMAL. 5956 04:08:53,120 --> 04:08:55,400 I JUST MENTIONED WE PROVIDE A 5957 04:08:55,400 --> 04:08:58,200 SINGLE VOICE ON BEHALF OF DoD 5958 04:08:58,200 --> 04:09:01,400 TO THE REGULATORY COMMUNITY AND 5959 04:09:01,400 --> 04:09:02,040 ELECTED OFFICIALS. 5960 04:09:02,040 --> 04:09:04,960 WE'RE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF 5961 04:09:04,960 --> 04:09:07,480 THIS, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ALL 5962 04:09:07,480 --> 04:09:08,760 THE DIFFERENT LAYERS DEALING 5963 04:09:08,760 --> 04:09:11,520 WITH ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY AND 5964 04:09:11,520 --> 04:09:13,480 RESILIENCY, COMPLIANCE AND 5965 04:09:13,480 --> 04:09:14,000 PLANNING. 5966 04:09:14,000 --> 04:09:17,280 SO WE REPORT UNDER THIS CHAIN 5967 04:09:17,280 --> 04:09:19,880 BUT THE FOLKS DOWN WHO WANT TO 5968 04:09:19,880 --> 04:09:22,800 GET INTO THE DoD CAN USE THIS 5969 04:09:22,800 --> 04:09:26,160 REC PROGRAM AS AN ENTRYWAY AND 5970 04:09:26,160 --> 04:09:29,960 WE CAN FACILITATE THOSE MESSAGES 5971 04:09:29,960 --> 04:09:30,920 AND BRING THOSE TO FRONT OF THE 5972 04:09:30,920 --> 04:09:36,360 FOLKS THAT NEED TO BE AWARE OF 5973 04:09:36,360 --> 04:09:41,280 THE POSSIBLE CONCERNS. 5974 04:09:41,280 --> 04:09:43,120 I MENTIONED LEGISLATIVE 5975 04:09:43,120 --> 04:09:45,800 REGULATING AND ENGAGEMENT, 170 5976 04:09:45,800 --> 04:09:48,240 STATE AND REGULATORY AGENCIES 5977 04:09:48,240 --> 04:09:48,840 THAT WRITE AND ENFORCE 5978 04:09:48,840 --> 04:09:49,920 REGULATIONS, 1800 PROGRAMS THAT 5979 04:09:49,920 --> 04:09:52,320 MUST BE TRACKED FOR NEW RULE 5980 04:09:52,320 --> 04:09:53,000 CHANGES. 5981 04:09:53,000 --> 04:09:55,360 AND THE STATES TAKE OVER 90% OF 5982 04:09:55,360 --> 04:09:59,520 ALL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 5983 04:09:59,520 --> 04:10:01,640 SO, I MONITOR 12 STATES AND I 5984 04:10:01,640 --> 04:10:05,000 CAN TELL YOU BETWEEN ENERGY AND 5985 04:10:05,000 --> 04:10:06,960 ENVIRONMENT WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE 5986 04:10:06,960 --> 04:10:10,080 SEASONS HIT WE'RE VERY BUSY. 5987 04:10:10,080 --> 04:10:12,360 IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO 5988 04:10:12,360 --> 04:10:14,120 REVIEW THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED 5989 04:10:14,120 --> 04:10:15,640 PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN A 5990 04:10:15,640 --> 04:10:18,000 SINGLE MONTH THAT'S BEING 5991 04:10:18,000 --> 04:10:19,520 PROPOSED, JUST MY 12 STATES. 5992 04:10:19,520 --> 04:10:21,160 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ACROSS THE 5993 04:10:21,160 --> 04:10:23,120 COUNTRY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT 5994 04:10:23,120 --> 04:10:24,760 PART OF WHAT WE DO. 5995 04:10:24,760 --> 04:10:27,080 AND IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT 5996 04:10:27,080 --> 04:10:30,240 MAY, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR 5997 04:10:30,240 --> 04:10:33,200 MISSION IMPACT OUR SERVICE MEN 5998 04:10:33,200 --> 04:10:35,120 AND WOMEN'S ABILITY TO TRAIN, WE 5999 04:10:35,120 --> 04:10:37,560 BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF 6000 04:10:37,560 --> 04:10:40,880 THE BILL AUTHORS OR REGULATORY 6001 04:10:40,880 --> 04:10:44,320 AGENCIES, IF NEW RULEMAKING IS 6002 04:10:44,320 --> 04:10:45,320 TAKING PLACE. 6003 04:10:45,320 --> 04:10:47,000 WE HAVE A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS 6004 04:10:47,000 --> 04:10:48,080 THAT WE DO. 6005 04:10:48,080 --> 04:10:49,720 THE REC PROGRAM IS NOT A HUGE 6006 04:10:49,720 --> 04:10:51,600 PROGRAM BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE 6007 04:10:51,600 --> 04:10:57,280 REACH OUT TO A WHOLE LITANY OF 6008 04:10:57,280 --> 04:10:57,600 GROUPS. 6009 04:10:57,600 --> 04:11:00,720 EACH OFFICE AS LEGAL COUNSEL, SO 6010 04:11:00,720 --> 04:11:03,080 WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS DOWN 6011 04:11:03,080 --> 04:11:06,920 BELOW AT THE LOWER 7:00 6012 04:11:06,920 --> 04:11:08,000 INSTALLATIONS AND GUARD AND 6013 04:11:08,000 --> 04:11:10,720 RESERVES WHAT YOU FIND THESE MEN 6014 04:11:10,720 --> 04:11:13,360 AND WOMEN AT THAT LEVEL WEAR A 6015 04:11:13,360 --> 04:11:15,160 LOT OF HATS. 6016 04:11:15,160 --> 04:11:17,400 THE STAFFS ARE SMALL. 6017 04:11:17,400 --> 04:11:19,680 THEY ARE DEDICATED. 6018 04:11:19,680 --> 04:11:22,200 SO WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS, MONTHLY 6019 04:11:22,200 --> 04:11:24,040 BASIS, THAT GO OUT AND INFORM 6020 04:11:24,040 --> 04:11:26,680 THESE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SO TO 6021 04:11:26,680 --> 04:11:27,880 SPEAK, WHAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN 6022 04:11:27,880 --> 04:11:29,640 THE PIKE THAT COULD BE IMPACTING 6023 04:11:29,640 --> 04:11:35,040 THEM SO THEY COULD POSITION 6024 04:11:35,040 --> 04:11:36,840 THEMSELVES TO COMPLY. 6025 04:11:36,840 --> 04:11:40,000 10:00, 11:00, NATIVE AMERICANS 6026 04:11:40,000 --> 04:11:40,760 IN THE WESTERN STATES 6027 04:11:40,760 --> 04:11:44,080 PARTICULARLY, A LOT OF 6028 04:11:44,080 --> 04:11:45,240 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND 6029 04:11:45,240 --> 04:11:47,000 PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVED WITH 6030 04:11:47,000 --> 04:11:49,720 NATIVE AMERICANS, AS WELL AS 6031 04:11:49,720 --> 04:11:50,840 PUBLIC AND NGOs, IF YOU GO 6032 04:11:50,840 --> 04:11:54,680 OVER TO 2:00 YOU CAN SEE OTHER 6033 04:11:54,680 --> 04:11:58,080 FEDERAL AGENCIES, FISH AND 6034 04:11:58,080 --> 04:11:59,120 WILDLIFE, INTERIOR, ENERGY. 6035 04:11:59,120 --> 04:12:00,480 WE COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE FOLKS 6036 04:12:00,480 --> 04:12:04,160 ON A REGULAR BASIS, OBVIOUSLY 6037 04:12:04,160 --> 04:12:05,840 EPA REGIONAL OFFICES, AND THEN 6038 04:12:05,840 --> 04:12:08,000 SERVICES HEADQUARTERS DOWN TO 6039 04:12:08,000 --> 04:12:08,840 THE PENTAGON. 6040 04:12:08,840 --> 04:12:09,640 IT GOES BOTH WAYS. 6041 04:12:09,640 --> 04:12:12,280 WE REACH OUT TO THEM TO INFORM 6042 04:12:12,280 --> 04:12:17,520 THEM OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 6043 04:12:17,520 --> 04:12:24,240 VICE VEER 6044 04:12:24,240 --> 04:12:25,840 VICE VERSA. 6045 04:12:25,840 --> 04:12:27,960 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES VARIES. 6046 04:12:27,960 --> 04:12:31,320 YOU CAN SEE REGIONAL ADVOCACY. 6047 04:12:31,320 --> 04:12:35,600 WE INTERFACE WITH THE 6048 04:12:35,600 --> 04:12:36,520 LEGISLATORS, SITE ASSISTANT 6049 04:12:36,520 --> 04:12:37,800 VISITS, STAFFS ARE QUITE SMALL 6050 04:12:37,800 --> 04:12:41,960 IN A LOT OF INSTALLATIONS, 6051 04:12:41,960 --> 04:12:42,840 STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, NGOs, 6052 04:12:42,840 --> 04:12:43,880 CONFLICT RESOLUTION, I'LL TALK 6053 04:12:43,880 --> 04:12:48,720 ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, 6054 04:12:48,720 --> 04:12:49,280 PERMIT REVIEWS. 6055 04:12:49,280 --> 04:12:51,240 TO THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP 6056 04:12:51,240 --> 04:12:52,320 DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT THESE 6057 04:12:52,320 --> 04:12:54,640 ARE A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS 6058 04:12:54,640 --> 04:12:56,920 THAT THE REC PROGRAM HAS EITHER 6059 04:12:56,920 --> 04:12:58,240 GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH OR GOTTEN 6060 04:12:58,240 --> 04:13:01,080 OFF THE GROUND AND ESTABLISHED 6061 04:13:01,080 --> 04:13:02,520 TO BRING THE DoD INTO THESE 6062 04:13:02,520 --> 04:13:04,720 AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A 6063 04:13:04,720 --> 04:13:07,440 COUPLE SPECIFIC PARTNERSHIP JUST 6064 04:13:07,440 --> 04:13:08,320 AS AN EXAMPLE. 6065 04:13:08,320 --> 04:13:10,520 THERE'S A LITANY OF PARTNERSHIPS 6066 04:13:10,520 --> 04:13:14,680 WE WORK ON, AN ANNUAL BASIS, 6067 04:13:14,680 --> 04:13:21,000 QUARTERLY, MONTHLY, SO ON. 6068 04:13:21,000 --> 04:13:23,680 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, WE ANALYZED, 6069 04:13:23,680 --> 04:13:25,720 COORDINATE, COMMENTS TO BILL 6070 04:13:25,720 --> 04:13:27,720 AUTHORS, IF NEEDED. 6071 04:13:27,720 --> 04:13:30,320 LEGAL COORDINATION. 6072 04:13:30,320 --> 04:13:31,640 OUTREACH AND RULEMAKING. 6073 04:13:31,640 --> 04:13:35,360 AND THEN THE DoD REC SERVICES 6074 04:13:35,360 --> 04:13:37,320 HERE, AGAIN, UNIFIED POSITION, 6075 04:13:37,320 --> 04:13:40,720 COORDINATE WITH SERVICE 6076 04:13:40,720 --> 04:13:43,960 HEADQUARTERS AND OSD, STATE 6077 04:13:43,960 --> 04:13:50,360 EXECUTIVE BRANCH COORDINATION, 6078 04:13:50,360 --> 04:13:51,600 INSTALLATION AND SUSTAINANT. 6079 04:13:51,600 --> 04:13:52,600 WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS 6080 04:13:52,600 --> 04:13:53,640 ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENT, 6081 04:13:53,640 --> 04:13:53,920 ENVIRONMENT. 6082 04:13:53,920 --> 04:13:56,000 PARTICULARLY IN THE LEGISLATION 6083 04:13:56,000 --> 04:14:00,320 AND REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE 6084 04:14:00,320 --> 04:14:01,720 SEEING VERY IMPORTANT CLIMATE 6085 04:14:01,720 --> 04:14:04,560 CHANGE, RESILIENCY, ALL THE 6086 04:14:04,560 --> 04:14:06,160 SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF 6087 04:14:06,160 --> 04:14:10,440 DEFENSE VERY, VERY IN TUNE WITH 6088 04:14:10,440 --> 04:14:12,520 DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, PROTECTING 6089 04:14:12,520 --> 04:14:16,520 AGAINST LAND LOSS, THAT ARE DUE 6090 04:14:16,520 --> 04:14:18,720 TO CLIMATE CHANGE, FIRES, YOU 6091 04:14:18,720 --> 04:14:19,680 KNOW, NATURAL OCCURRENCES THAT 6092 04:14:19,680 --> 04:14:25,560 SEEM TO BE POPPING UP MORE 6093 04:14:25,560 --> 04:14:25,880 FREQUENTLY. 6094 04:14:25,880 --> 04:14:27,120 SO SUSTAINABILITY AND 6095 04:14:27,120 --> 04:14:30,400 ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESILIENCY AND 6096 04:14:30,400 --> 04:14:32,880 ENERGY, ENERGY SURETY, WATER 6097 04:14:32,880 --> 04:14:33,720 SURETY, THINGS COMING INTO OUR 6098 04:14:33,720 --> 04:14:37,080 PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE HISTORIC 6099 04:14:37,080 --> 04:14:42,200 PROGRAM SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL 6100 04:14:42,200 --> 04:14:44,280 COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION. 6101 04:14:44,280 --> 04:14:45,160 REGULATORY PARTNERING, I 6102 04:14:45,160 --> 04:14:47,120 MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS. 6103 04:14:47,120 --> 04:14:51,920 JUST A FEW EXAMPLES HERE. 6104 04:14:51,920 --> 04:14:54,120 CONSERVATION AGREEMENT, THAT'S 6105 04:14:54,120 --> 04:14:55,680 THE GOPHER TORTOISE, MULTIPLE 6106 04:14:55,680 --> 04:14:58,320 STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, 6107 04:14:58,320 --> 04:15:01,120 NGOs WITH NATURAL RESOURCES, 6108 04:15:01,120 --> 04:15:03,000 SHARED GOALS ON CANDIDATE 6109 04:15:03,000 --> 04:15:04,720 CONSERVATION AGREEMENT, FISH AND 6110 04:15:04,720 --> 04:15:06,960 WILDLIFE ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE 6111 04:15:06,960 --> 04:15:09,600 NEED TO LIST SPECIES ON 6112 04:15:09,600 --> 04:15:11,520 ENDANGERED OR THREATENED LISTS. 6113 04:15:11,520 --> 04:15:13,520 THERE'S ALSO A CONSERVATION 6114 04:15:13,520 --> 04:15:15,480 AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES FOR 6115 04:15:15,480 --> 04:15:16,480 NON-FEDERAL LANDOWNERS WITH 6116 04:15:16,480 --> 04:15:19,640 INCENTIVES FOR PROTECTING 6117 04:15:19,640 --> 04:15:20,000 HABITATS. 6118 04:15:20,000 --> 04:15:23,920 SO, SINCE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 6119 04:15:23,920 --> 04:15:25,760 MAINTAINING OUR TRAINING SPACE, 6120 04:15:25,760 --> 04:15:27,280 ENCROACHMENT IS AN ISSUE AS 6121 04:15:27,280 --> 04:15:30,120 POPULATIONS GROW AND THEN YOU 6122 04:15:30,120 --> 04:15:32,960 HAVE THESE THREATENED OR 6123 04:15:32,960 --> 04:15:35,720 ENDANGERED SPECIES, WORK WITH 6124 04:15:35,720 --> 04:15:38,320 THESE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT 6125 04:15:38,320 --> 04:15:40,520 IN THIS CASE CANDIDATE 6126 04:15:40,520 --> 04:15:41,720 CONSERVATION, A CANDIDATE 6127 04:15:41,720 --> 04:15:44,800 SPECIES IS NOT MOVED TO 6128 04:15:44,800 --> 04:15:47,320 THREATENED OR ENDANGERED. 6129 04:15:47,320 --> 04:15:49,960 SIMILARLY IN THE SOUTHERN AREA, 6130 04:15:49,960 --> 04:15:54,200 WE FOUND THERE WERE MULTIPLE 6131 04:15:54,200 --> 04:15:56,640 AGENCIES WITH DIFFERENT 6132 04:15:56,640 --> 04:15:57,680 MISSIONS, AGENCY OBJECTIVE, 6133 04:15:57,680 --> 04:16:00,920 EVERYBODY TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT 6134 04:16:00,920 --> 04:16:03,720 THING, BUT IN THE CASE OF THAT 6135 04:16:03,720 --> 04:16:05,480 GET TOGETHER WITH ALL THE 6136 04:16:05,480 --> 04:16:09,080 DIFFERENT GROUPS AND PUT 6137 04:16:09,080 --> 04:16:10,360 TOGETHER A PRESCRIBED BURN 6138 04:16:10,360 --> 04:16:13,240 PROGRAM, LAND MANAGEMENT TOOL WE 6139 04:16:13,240 --> 04:16:14,320 DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE 6140 04:16:14,320 --> 04:16:15,640 PRESCRIBED FIRE STRATEGY AGAIN 6141 04:16:15,640 --> 04:16:17,160 WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES SO 6142 04:16:17,160 --> 04:16:20,960 BY PULLING PEOPLE TOGETHER 6143 04:16:20,960 --> 04:16:24,880 LEVERAGING RESOURCES, IT 6144 04:16:24,880 --> 04:16:26,320 STREAMLINES EFFORTS, ELIMINATES 6145 04:16:26,320 --> 04:16:28,560 REDUNDANT EFFORTS, SAVES MONEY, 6146 04:16:28,560 --> 04:16:30,800 THE PROGRAMS BECOME MORE 6147 04:16:30,800 --> 04:16:32,120 EFFICIENT WHEN EVERYBODY IS 6148 04:16:32,120 --> 04:16:33,200 ACROSS THE TABLE TALKING ABOUT 6149 04:16:33,200 --> 04:16:38,560 WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT GOALS 6150 04:16:38,560 --> 04:16:38,960 ARE. 6151 04:16:38,960 --> 04:16:40,400 FOR THE RESTORATION, HISTORIC 6152 04:16:40,400 --> 04:16:41,640 RESTORATION AND CLEANUP WHICH 6153 04:16:41,640 --> 04:16:42,920 ENVIRONMENTALLY THE DEPARTMENT 6154 04:16:42,920 --> 04:16:49,400 OF DEFENSE IS ALWAYS INVOLVED 6155 04:16:49,400 --> 04:16:53,960 IN, STARTED IN 1998, WHAT WE 6156 04:16:53,960 --> 04:16:56,840 CALL THE TIER PARTNERING -- 6157 04:16:56,840 --> 04:16:57,720 TIERED PARTNERSHIPS, TIER 1 6158 04:16:57,720 --> 04:16:59,240 INSTALLATION LEVEL TEAM MEETINGS 6159 04:16:59,240 --> 04:17:01,080 WITH STATES AND EPAs, THE 6160 04:17:01,080 --> 04:17:03,920 FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING THE 6161 04:17:03,920 --> 04:17:05,440 PROJECTS, FOR RESTORATION AND 6162 04:17:05,440 --> 04:17:06,480 CLEANUP. 6163 04:17:06,480 --> 04:17:09,120 AND THEY WILL GET TOGETHER ON A 6164 04:17:09,120 --> 04:17:11,160 QUARTERLY BASIS IN MANY CASES TO 6165 04:17:11,160 --> 04:17:15,680 TALK ABOUT THE REAL NUTS AND 6166 04:17:15,680 --> 04:17:17,640 BOLTS OF PARTICULAR PROJECTS ON 6167 04:17:17,640 --> 04:17:18,520 RESTORATION AND CLEANUP 6168 04:17:18,520 --> 04:17:18,960 PROJECTS. 6169 04:17:18,960 --> 04:17:22,520 TIER 2 STATE LEVEL MEETINGS, IF 6170 04:17:22,520 --> 04:17:24,320 THERE ARE CERTAIN ISSUES THAT 6171 04:17:24,320 --> 04:17:25,320 ARE BECOMING PROBLEMATIC THAT 6172 04:17:25,320 --> 04:17:29,000 THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND SO TO 6173 04:17:29,000 --> 04:17:30,400 SPEAK, IT'S ABOVE THEIR ABILITY 6174 04:17:30,400 --> 04:17:32,040 TO DEVELOP POLICY OR MAKE 6175 04:17:32,040 --> 04:17:33,480 CHANGES, WE TAKE THAT TO THE 6176 04:17:33,480 --> 04:17:34,760 NEXT LEVEL. 6177 04:17:34,760 --> 04:17:36,920 AND THEN FINALLY TIER 3 WHICH IS 6178 04:17:36,920 --> 04:17:39,040 DoD AND EPA CO-CHAIRS WITH THE 6179 04:17:39,040 --> 04:17:42,320 STATES AND MILITARY REGIONAL 6180 04:17:42,320 --> 04:17:44,120 OFFICES, FOR LARGE ISSUES, THAT 6181 04:17:44,120 --> 04:17:47,320 NEED TO BE WORKED. 6182 04:17:47,320 --> 04:17:49,520 BUT THE BEAUTY OF THESE TIERED 6183 04:17:49,520 --> 04:17:51,160 PARTNERSHIPS WHERE THE STATE IS 6184 04:17:51,160 --> 04:17:54,080 NOT WORKING ON ONE ISSUE, DoD 6185 04:17:54,080 --> 04:17:56,160 AND ONE HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT 6186 04:17:56,160 --> 04:17:58,520 THE OTHER IS DOING, WE ORGANIZE 6187 04:17:58,520 --> 04:18:00,760 MULTIMEDIA PARTNERING EVENTS AND 6188 04:18:00,760 --> 04:18:01,880 COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE WITH 6189 04:18:01,880 --> 04:18:03,640 TRAINING, AND OUR INSTALLATION 6190 04:18:03,640 --> 04:18:06,240 VISITS TO ENSURE THAT THE FOLKS 6191 04:18:06,240 --> 04:18:08,320 AT THE INSTALLATION LEVEL ARE 6192 04:18:08,320 --> 04:18:13,480 AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS HERE. 6193 04:18:13,480 --> 04:18:16,480 BECAUSE OF THE WORK, TIERED 6194 04:18:16,480 --> 04:18:17,320 PARTNERSHIPS AND RESTORATION 6195 04:18:17,320 --> 04:18:20,080 CLEANUP, THERE'S A LITANY OF 6196 04:18:20,080 --> 04:18:23,720 SUCCESS STORIES, A COUPLE HERE 6197 04:18:23,720 --> 04:18:25,520 MENTIONED, NAVAL AIR STATION KEY 6198 04:18:25,520 --> 04:18:30,120 WEST RECEIVED A FEDERAL FACILITY 6199 04:18:30,120 --> 04:18:33,320 EXCELLENCE IN SITE REDUCE, A 6200 04:18:33,320 --> 04:18:35,720 BRAC, IT'S NOT ACTIVELY BEING 6201 04:18:35,720 --> 04:18:37,240 USED AS A MILITARY INSTALLATION, 6202 04:18:37,240 --> 04:18:40,880 BUT IN THE CASE OF KEY WEST THEY 6203 04:18:40,880 --> 04:18:42,640 TRANSFERRED TO PARKS AND 6204 04:18:42,640 --> 04:18:44,520 PLAYGROUNDS AND HORSE STABLES 6205 04:18:44,520 --> 04:18:45,920 AND AFFORDABLE LIVING HOUSE, 6206 04:18:45,920 --> 04:18:47,520 ASSISTED LIVING, THAT PARTICULAR 6207 04:18:47,520 --> 04:18:48,440 AREA. 6208 04:18:48,440 --> 04:18:51,800 SO YOU ARE TAKING AN EX-MILITARY 6209 04:18:51,800 --> 04:18:55,720 INSTALLATION, WORKING ON THESE 6210 04:18:55,720 --> 04:18:59,680 PROGRAMS, AND YOU CAN TURN LAND 6211 04:18:59,680 --> 04:19:00,760 BACK OVER. 6212 04:19:00,760 --> 04:19:02,880 GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE, 6213 04:19:02,880 --> 04:19:06,360 NATIONAL PRIORITY LISTING BRAC 6214 04:19:06,360 --> 04:19:09,440 SITE, 3600 ACRES THAT NOW 6215 04:19:09,440 --> 04:19:12,920 INCLUDES NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL 6216 04:19:12,920 --> 04:19:14,680 GUARD BASES, BUSINESSES, 6217 04:19:14,680 --> 04:19:17,000 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, USED TO 6218 04:19:17,000 --> 04:19:20,080 BE AN NPL SITE. 6219 04:19:20,080 --> 04:19:22,120 FORD ORD, CALIFORNIA, 6220 04:19:22,120 --> 04:19:24,040 28,000-ACRE BASE IN CALIFORNIA 6221 04:19:24,040 --> 04:19:25,200 STATE UNIVERSITY MONTERREY BAY 6222 04:19:25,200 --> 04:19:28,360 CAMPUS THERE NOW, DUNE STATE 6223 04:19:28,360 --> 04:19:31,120 PARK, OUTPATIENT CLINIC AS WELL. 6224 04:19:31,120 --> 04:19:34,320 AND FINALLY NAVAL STATION CECIL 6225 04:19:34,320 --> 04:19:37,960 FIELD IN FLORIDA, CECIL AIRPORT, 6226 04:19:37,960 --> 04:19:38,920 JACKSONVILLE COMMERCE CENTER, 6227 04:19:38,920 --> 04:19:40,520 4,000 JOBS CREATED. 6228 04:19:40,520 --> 04:19:44,320 YOU CAN SEE WHERE PAST 6229 04:19:44,320 --> 04:19:45,240 RESTORATION PROBLEMS WHEN THEY 6230 04:19:45,240 --> 04:19:47,120 ARE CLEANED UP AND COORDINATED 6231 04:19:47,120 --> 04:19:59,320 THEY CAN BE TURNED BACK FOR 6232 04:19:59,320 --> 04:20:02,320 REALLY BENEFICIAL USE. 6233 04:20:02,320 --> 04:20:03,720 PARTNERSHIP MODELS, YOU'LL GET 6234 04:20:03,720 --> 04:20:05,120 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 6235 04:20:05,120 --> 04:20:06,360 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, SENIOR 6236 04:20:06,360 --> 04:20:08,440 LEVEL MANAGEMENT THAT WILL GET 6237 04:20:08,440 --> 04:20:09,920 TOGETHER AND BASICALLY COME AND 6238 04:20:09,920 --> 04:20:12,960 SAY WHAT ISSUES DO YOU HAVE AND 6239 04:20:12,960 --> 04:20:16,720 IN MANY CASES THE ISSUES, THE 6240 04:20:16,720 --> 04:20:18,040 PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES, SUCCESS 6241 04:20:18,040 --> 04:20:19,960 STORIES, BEST MANAGEMENT 6242 04:20:19,960 --> 04:20:21,280 PRACTICES ARE SIMILAR, SO THE 6243 04:20:21,280 --> 04:20:25,120 INFORMATION COULD BE SHARED AND 6244 04:20:25,120 --> 04:20:25,600 STREAMLINES. 6245 04:20:25,600 --> 04:20:29,920 WESTERN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, 6246 04:20:29,920 --> 04:20:31,400 ANOTHER EXAMPLE, ACTUALLY 6247 04:20:31,400 --> 04:20:33,200 ESTABLISHED IN 2007, AGAIN 6248 04:20:33,200 --> 04:20:35,000 SENIOR LEVEL POLICY LEADERSHIP 6249 04:20:35,000 --> 04:20:36,600 IN THE WESTERN STATES. 6250 04:20:36,600 --> 04:20:38,680 THEY WILL GET TOGETHER AS 6251 04:20:38,680 --> 04:20:43,280 REGULATIONS ARE BEING THOUGHT TO 6252 04:20:43,280 --> 04:20:47,440 BE REVISED, GENERAL POLICIES AND 6253 04:20:47,440 --> 04:20:49,600 THESE ARE FEDERAL AGENCIES, 6254 04:20:49,600 --> 04:20:56,520 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, LOCAL 6255 04:20:56,520 --> 04:20:57,120 COMMUNITIES, SERPPAS RESOURCE 6256 04:20:57,120 --> 04:20:59,440 USE THEY GOT INTO A HUGE PROGRAM 6257 04:20:59,440 --> 04:21:01,200 OF RESTORING THE NATIVE LONG 6258 04:21:01,200 --> 04:21:03,480 LEAF PINE, AND AGAIN BY 6259 04:21:03,480 --> 04:21:04,800 ESTABLISHING GETTING THAT 6260 04:21:04,800 --> 04:21:07,520 REESTABLISHED DOWN SOUTH IT'S 6261 04:21:07,520 --> 04:21:09,320 GOOD HABITAT FOR THE CANDIDATE 6262 04:21:09,320 --> 04:21:10,840 SPECIES, THREATENED SPECIES, AND 6263 04:21:10,840 --> 04:21:13,320 ALSO ALLOWS FOR LAND USE BUFFERS 6264 04:21:13,320 --> 04:21:15,120 AROUND THE MILITARY INSTALLATION 6265 04:21:15,120 --> 04:21:17,880 SO IT'S REALLY A WIN-WIN. 6266 04:21:17,880 --> 04:21:20,080 AND OF COURSE CHESAPEAKE BAY 6267 04:21:20,080 --> 04:21:22,280 WHICH IS FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL 6268 04:21:22,280 --> 04:21:23,560 GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIC 6269 04:21:23,560 --> 04:21:26,480 INSTITUTIONS, THAT COME TOGETHER 6270 04:21:26,480 --> 04:21:27,200 TO ENSURE THAT THE RESTORATION 6271 04:21:27,200 --> 04:21:30,520 OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS ON 6272 04:21:30,520 --> 04:21:32,080 TRACK AND THAT'S A VERY WELL 6273 04:21:32,080 --> 04:21:34,080 ESTABLISHED PROGRAM GOING ON FOR 6274 04:21:34,080 --> 04:21:35,360 QUITE SOME TIME. 6275 04:21:35,360 --> 04:21:37,680 THESE ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS BUT I 6276 04:21:37,680 --> 04:21:40,080 MENTIONED THAT WE MONITOR THE 6277 04:21:40,080 --> 04:21:42,760 LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS ON A 6278 04:21:42,760 --> 04:21:43,360 DAILY BASIS REALLY. 6279 04:21:43,360 --> 04:21:49,480 I WANT TO GIVE ONE EXAMPLE WHERE 6280 04:21:49,480 --> 04:21:52,960 THIS WAS SPECIES PROTECTION, 6281 04:21:52,960 --> 04:21:56,360 ANTICOAGULANT PESTICIDES, SO 6282 04:21:56,360 --> 04:21:57,760 ASSEMBLY BILL, 1788, PROPOSED 6283 04:21:57,760 --> 04:22:00,400 THAT WOULD -- IN CALIFORNIA 6284 04:22:00,400 --> 04:22:03,400 BANNING USE OF ANTICOAGULANT 6285 04:22:03,400 --> 04:22:04,000 PESTICIDES STATEWIDE. 6286 04:22:04,000 --> 04:22:07,320 AND THE NAVY HERE HAS OWNED A 6287 04:22:07,320 --> 04:22:11,320 SERIES OF ISLANDS IN THIS AREA, 6288 04:22:11,320 --> 04:22:20,280 CHANNEL ISLANDS, AND IT WOULD 6289 04:22:20,280 --> 04:22:21,840 INCLUDE THIS BAND, WOULD INCLUDE 6290 04:22:21,840 --> 04:22:24,960 THOSE USED ON WONDERFUL 6291 04:22:24,960 --> 04:22:27,520 ECO-SYSTEMS, IF ANYBODY HAS 6292 04:22:27,520 --> 04:22:28,840 WITNESSED THEM. 6293 04:22:28,840 --> 04:22:31,240 SO NAVY MANAGES THESE FRAGILE 6294 04:22:31,240 --> 04:22:33,240 ECOSYSTEMS WITH PARTNERSHIPS 6295 04:22:33,240 --> 04:22:36,040 WITH INTERIOR AND CALIFORNIA AND 6296 04:22:36,040 --> 04:22:38,600 KEY NGOS INCLUDING NATURE 6297 04:22:38,600 --> 04:22:40,920 CONSERVANCY. 6298 04:22:40,920 --> 04:22:47,240 READING THIS, THE DoD REC MIKE 6299 04:22:47,240 --> 04:22:50,080 HUBER I MENTIONED BEFORE BROUGHT 6300 04:22:50,080 --> 04:22:56,840 THE -- TO THE ATTENTION, HAS TO 6301 04:22:56,840 --> 04:23:00,360 BE USED IN 72 HERE'S TO BE 6302 04:23:00,360 --> 04:23:00,640 EFFECTIVE. 6303 04:23:00,640 --> 04:23:04,960 AND IN WORKING WITH THE BILL 6304 04:23:04,960 --> 04:23:07,480 AUTHOR, RECEIVED A LEGISLATIVE 6305 04:23:07,480 --> 04:23:09,440 EXEMPTION THAT BASICALLY LINE 3, 6306 04:23:09,440 --> 04:23:14,120 USE OF PESTICIDE USED FOR 6307 04:23:14,120 --> 04:23:16,560 ERADICATION OF NON-INVASIVE 6308 04:23:16,560 --> 04:23:18,600 SPECIES ON OFFSHORE ISLANDS 6309 04:23:18,600 --> 04:23:21,120 CONSISTENT WITH ALL 6310 04:23:21,120 --> 04:23:21,480 REQUIREMENTS. 6311 04:23:21,480 --> 04:23:25,160 SO, AGAIN, JUST A BRIEF -- WE'VE 6312 04:23:25,160 --> 04:23:28,320 DONE SOME WITH REQUIREMENTS, 6313 04:23:28,320 --> 04:23:30,000 BILLS BEING INTRODUCED, INTENT 6314 04:23:30,000 --> 04:23:32,600 FOR 18-WHEELERS LET'S SAY IN 6315 04:23:32,600 --> 04:23:34,240 CITIES THAT IDLE, FOR AIR 6316 04:23:34,240 --> 04:23:36,240 QUALITY CONCERNS, IT'S A GOOD 6317 04:23:36,240 --> 04:23:38,000 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 6318 04:23:38,000 --> 04:23:39,720 BUT TACTICAL VEHICLES THAT THE 6319 04:23:39,720 --> 04:23:41,520 MILITARY USES FOR TRAINING 6320 04:23:41,520 --> 04:23:43,040 PURPOSES, NATIONAL GUARD 6321 04:23:43,040 --> 04:23:46,120 TRAINING IN THE SUMMER, IT'S 6322 04:23:46,120 --> 04:23:49,080 IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RUN 6323 04:23:49,080 --> 04:23:50,000 THOSE VEHICLES, IDLE THOSE 6324 04:23:50,000 --> 04:23:51,560 VEHICLES AS MEN AND WOMEN ARE 6325 04:23:51,560 --> 04:23:52,080 TRAINING. 6326 04:23:52,080 --> 04:23:53,200 SO THESE ARE TYPES OF EXAMPLES 6327 04:23:53,200 --> 04:23:54,920 THAT WE COULD GO BACK TO THE 6328 04:23:54,920 --> 04:23:57,920 BILL AUTHOR AND SAY, HEY, THIS 6329 04:23:57,920 --> 04:24:00,160 IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND WORK 6330 04:24:00,160 --> 04:24:00,960 WITH THEM ON THAT. 6331 04:24:00,960 --> 04:24:03,800 SO I GUESS BETWEEN THE 6332 04:24:03,800 --> 04:24:07,160 PARTNERING AND LEGISLATIVE 6333 04:24:07,160 --> 04:24:07,960 REVIEWS AND REQUIREMENTS, WE 6334 04:24:07,960 --> 04:24:11,120 LIKE TO SEE WE'RE THE EYES AND 6335 04:24:11,120 --> 04:24:16,240 EARS IN THE FIELD ON THIS TYPE 6336 04:24:16,240 --> 04:24:19,000 OF MOVEMENT THAT CAN IMPACT THE 6337 04:24:19,000 --> 04:24:21,720 DoD MISSIONS. 6338 04:24:21,720 --> 04:24:26,400 SO, AGAIN, HERE'S THE DoD 6339 04:24:26,400 --> 04:24:26,600 LEADS. 6340 04:24:26,600 --> 04:24:33,640 AND BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS 6341 04:24:33,640 --> 04:24:35,080 YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROGRAM. 6342 04:24:35,080 --> 04:24:37,560 ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW IS 6343 04:24:37,560 --> 04:24:38,880 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION 6344 04:24:38,880 --> 04:24:40,920 AND COMPLIANCE, SO IT SEEMED TO 6345 04:24:40,920 --> 04:24:43,360 HIT ALL OF THE HOT SPOTS THAT 6346 04:24:43,360 --> 04:24:45,680 THE DoD REC PROGRAM DOES. 6347 04:24:45,680 --> 04:24:48,080 IF ANYBODY WANT TO GET INVOLVED 6348 04:24:48,080 --> 04:24:49,600 IN THE PARTNERSHIPS, HAS A 6349 04:24:49,600 --> 04:24:51,240 PARTNERSHIP OR ENGAGEMENT THAT 6350 04:24:51,240 --> 04:24:52,320 THEY FEEL IS DEPARTMENT OF 6351 04:24:52,320 --> 04:24:54,720 DEFENSE WOULD BENEFIT FROM OR 6352 04:24:54,720 --> 04:24:57,720 THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING 6353 04:24:57,720 --> 04:24:58,960 DoD INVOLVED, THESE FOLKS AND 6354 04:24:58,960 --> 04:24:59,880 THESE DIFFERENT REGIONS COULD BE 6355 04:24:59,880 --> 04:25:03,280 REACHED AND WE CAN GET THE BALL 6356 04:25:03,280 --> 04:25:03,840 ROLLING. 6357 04:25:03,840 --> 04:25:05,240 THAT'S THE BRIEFING FOR TODAY. 6358 04:25:05,240 --> 04:25:06,960 I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY 6359 04:25:06,960 --> 04:25:08,440 QUESTIONS AT ALL. 6360 04:25:08,440 --> 04:25:10,040 >> THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 6361 04:25:10,040 --> 04:25:13,440 I HOPE THIS IS RELEVANT TO WHAT 6362 04:25:13,440 --> 04:25:14,720 YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT BECAUSE I 6363 04:25:14,720 --> 04:25:17,040 DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY THIS PHRASE 6364 04:25:17,040 --> 04:25:20,320 BUT THE PERSON IS ASKING ABOUT 6365 04:25:20,320 --> 04:25:24,040 DoD SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. 6366 04:25:24,040 --> 04:25:25,760 IS THERE EVER AN INSTANCE A 6367 04:25:25,760 --> 04:25:28,520 DoD FACILITY IS EXEMPT FROM, 6368 04:25:28,520 --> 04:25:30,120 SAY, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 6369 04:25:30,120 --> 04:25:31,680 REGS OR CERTAIN REGULATIONS 6370 04:25:31,680 --> 04:25:35,160 BECAUSE OF THEIR SOVEREIGN 6371 04:25:35,160 --> 04:25:35,920 IMMUNITY? 6372 04:25:35,920 --> 04:25:37,160 >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD 6373 04:25:37,160 --> 04:25:38,160 QUESTION. 6374 04:25:38,160 --> 04:25:39,240 I'M NOT A LAWYER. 6375 04:25:39,240 --> 04:25:43,160 IN THE CASE OF THAT EXAMPLE OF 6376 04:25:43,160 --> 04:25:45,120 UST REGULATIONS, THE ANSWER 6377 04:25:45,120 --> 04:25:47,440 WOULD BE NO. 6378 04:25:47,440 --> 04:25:50,400 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS 6379 04:25:50,400 --> 04:25:55,200 REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE 6380 04:25:55,200 --> 04:25:59,400 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL RULES AND 6381 04:25:59,400 --> 04:26:00,880 REGULATIONS, SO I SAY THE ANSWER 6382 04:26:00,880 --> 04:26:04,120 WOULD BE NO. 6383 04:26:04,120 --> 04:26:04,880 AND ANYTHING LIKE UST 6384 04:26:04,880 --> 04:26:07,200 REGULATIONS, THOSE FOR SURE. 6385 04:26:07,200 --> 04:26:08,720 AND THE STATES, WHAT'S 6386 04:26:08,720 --> 04:26:10,280 CHALLENGING SOMETIMES IS THAT 6387 04:26:10,280 --> 04:26:12,040 THE STATES WILL HAVE PRIMACY FOR 6388 04:26:12,040 --> 04:26:13,560 THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, 6389 04:26:13,560 --> 04:26:15,480 LET'S SAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE A 6390 04:26:15,480 --> 04:26:16,880 FEDERAL REQUIREMENT BUT THERE 6391 04:26:16,880 --> 04:26:17,960 MIGHT BE RULES OR REGULATIONS AT 6392 04:26:17,960 --> 04:26:20,600 THE STATE LEVEL THAT TRUMP THE 6393 04:26:20,600 --> 04:26:21,320 FEDERAL REQUIREMENT. 6394 04:26:21,320 --> 04:26:25,440 THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP SO TO SPEAK. 6395 04:26:25,440 --> 04:26:26,720 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US 6396 04:26:26,720 --> 04:26:28,320 TO BE AWARE OF THE STATE 6397 04:26:28,320 --> 04:26:29,720 REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS JUST THE 6398 04:26:29,720 --> 04:26:32,760 FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. 6399 04:26:32,760 --> 04:26:33,960 >> OKAY. 6400 04:26:33,960 --> 04:26:35,840 AND THE OTHER QUESTION, THIS 6401 04:26:35,840 --> 04:26:40,880 PERSON WAS USING THE PHRASE T AS 6402 04:26:40,880 --> 04:26:45,560 IN TOM, C AS IN CAT, R AS IN 6403 04:26:45,560 --> 04:26:48,400 RICHARD, TALKING ABOUT THIS 6404 04:26:48,400 --> 04:26:50,360 BROADLY TCR RATE, SAYING HOW ARE 6405 04:26:50,360 --> 04:26:52,920 THE FEDERAL FACILITIES DOING IN 6406 04:26:52,920 --> 04:26:55,320 FISCAL 2021 IN TERMS OF THEIR -- 6407 04:26:55,320 --> 04:26:57,520 I THINK HE'S REFERRING TO THEIR 6408 04:26:57,520 --> 04:26:58,960 TOTAL COMPLIANCE RATE, LIKE I 6409 04:26:58,960 --> 04:27:00,680 THINK HE WANTS YOU TO TALK 6410 04:27:00,680 --> 04:27:03,080 BROADLY ABOUT HOW ARE FEDERAL 6411 04:27:03,080 --> 04:27:06,160 FACILITIES DOING IN TERMS OF 6412 04:27:06,160 --> 04:27:07,560 THEIR TOTAL COMPLIANCE RATE? 6413 04:27:07,560 --> 04:27:10,320 >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING TERM. 6414 04:27:10,320 --> 04:27:14,120 I'VE PERSONALLY NEVER SEEN A 6415 04:27:14,120 --> 04:27:15,960 TOTAL COMPLIANCE RATE STATISTIC 6416 04:27:15,960 --> 04:27:16,200 AT ALL. 6417 04:27:16,200 --> 04:27:19,960 SO I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD 6418 04:27:19,960 --> 04:27:22,120 ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 6419 04:27:22,120 --> 04:27:24,400 I'VE TAKEN A NOTE HERE, AND I'D 6420 04:27:24,400 --> 04:27:28,080 BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT IF 6421 04:27:28,080 --> 04:27:30,440 YOU WANTED OR IF THE FACILITATOR 6422 04:27:30,440 --> 04:27:32,760 WANTED TO PROVIDE ME WITH THAT 6423 04:27:32,760 --> 04:27:34,320 GENTLEMAN OR THAT WOMAN'S POC I 6424 04:27:34,320 --> 04:27:37,520 WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO 6425 04:27:37,520 --> 04:27:39,680 THAT, TOTAL COMPLIANCE RATE. 6426 04:27:39,680 --> 04:27:41,320 >> YEAH, I THINK EPA SOMETIMES 6427 04:27:41,320 --> 04:27:46,760 YOU'LL HEAR US USE THE TERM 6428 04:27:46,760 --> 04:27:48,720 SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE. 6429 04:27:48,720 --> 04:27:50,520 >> THAT'S A SNC LIST, THAT'S 6430 04:27:50,520 --> 04:27:50,920 DIFFERENT. 6431 04:27:50,920 --> 04:27:53,560 >> MAYBE HOW ABOUT THE REVERSE 6432 04:27:53,560 --> 04:27:55,520 OF THAT? 6433 04:27:55,520 --> 04:27:58,680 I DON'T KNOW. 6434 04:27:58,680 --> 04:28:02,280 HE WAS AN ARMY PERSON, NOT AN 6435 04:28:02,280 --> 04:28:03,600 EPA PERSON. 6436 04:28:03,600 --> 04:28:06,640 >> THE SNC LIST, SIGNIFICANT 6437 04:28:06,640 --> 04:28:08,120 NON-COMPLIANCE -- I'M SORRY? 6438 04:28:08,120 --> 04:28:11,920 >> THAT ONE I'M MORE FAMILIAR 6439 04:28:11,920 --> 04:28:12,520 WITH. 6440 04:28:12,520 --> 04:28:14,640 I'M USED TO THAT. 6441 04:28:14,640 --> 04:28:16,320 IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE HE WAS 6442 04:28:16,320 --> 04:28:18,720 LOOKING AT THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, 6443 04:28:18,720 --> 04:28:24,920 LIKE WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF 6444 04:28:24,920 --> 04:28:25,920 COMPLIANCE BROADLY OVER FISCAL 6445 04:28:25,920 --> 04:28:27,920 2021, SO HE WAS GOING BACK SIX 6446 04:28:27,920 --> 04:28:30,960 MONTHS TO THE FISCAL YEAR THAT 6447 04:28:30,960 --> 04:28:32,720 ENDED IN THE FALL. 6448 04:28:32,720 --> 04:28:35,520 >> AGAIN, I WILL LOOK INTO THAT 6449 04:28:35,520 --> 04:28:36,560 BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF GOT ME 6450 04:28:36,560 --> 04:28:37,960 INTERESTED IN SEEING IF THERE'S 6451 04:28:37,960 --> 04:28:42,520 A SCORE CARD ACROSS THE WHOLE 6452 04:28:42,520 --> 04:28:45,000 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR HOW 6453 04:28:45,000 --> 04:28:46,240 WELL THEY ARE COMPLYING. 6454 04:28:46,240 --> 04:28:48,240 IT'S NOT JUST FEDERAL BUT ALSO 6455 04:28:48,240 --> 04:28:51,760 INDUSTRIAL AND EPA HAS AN 6456 04:28:51,760 --> 04:28:55,560 ECO-DATABASE THAT KEEPS TRACK OF 6457 04:28:55,560 --> 04:29:02,080 THOSE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS ON THE 6458 04:29:02,080 --> 04:29:02,560 ECO-DATABASE. 6459 04:29:02,560 --> 04:29:02,840 >> YEAH. 6460 04:29:02,840 --> 04:29:04,040 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 6461 04:29:04,040 --> 04:29:06,880 >> THAT'S IT ON THE QUESTIONS 6462 04:29:06,880 --> 04:29:07,920 FOR THIS SEGMENT. 6463 04:29:07,920 --> 04:29:08,200 THANK YOU. 6464 04:29:08,200 --> 04:29:10,200 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 6465 04:29:10,200 --> 04:29:10,560 TIME. 6466 04:29:10,560 --> 04:29:13,200 I APPRECIATE IT. 6467 04:29:13,200 --> 04:29:17,480 AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO WORK WITH 6468 04:29:17,480 --> 04:29:21,720 ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN 6469 04:29:21,720 --> 04:29:24,080 GETTING INVOLVED OR HAS 6470 04:29:24,080 --> 04:29:25,200 QUESTIONS ON THE DoD. 6471 04:29:25,200 --> 04:29:26,720 SOMETIMES FOLKS ARE NOT SURE 6472 04:29:26,720 --> 04:29:29,920 WHERE TO GO TO GET INFORMATION. 6473 04:29:29,920 --> 04:29:34,320 AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR 6474 04:29:34,320 --> 04:29:35,920 LANE AS THEY SAY, WE'RE A PORT 6475 04:29:35,920 --> 04:29:40,640 OF ENTRY INTO DoD AND CAN GET 6476 04:29:40,640 --> 04:29:44,960 THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR 6477 04:29:44,960 --> 04:29:51,360 FOLKS. 6478 04:29:51,360 --> 04:29:53,120 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEVIN. 6479 04:29:53,120 --> 04:29:59,240 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 6480 04:29:59,240 --> 04:29:59,880 THANK YOU. 6481 04:29:59,880 --> 04:30:05,800 >> NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM JULIE 6482 04:30:05,800 --> 04:30:07,400 JORDAN, PESTICIDES. 6483 04:30:07,400 --> 04:30:10,920 SHE'S A MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM 6484 04:30:10,920 --> 04:30:14,400 ANALYST IN ENFORCEMENT AND 6485 04:30:14,400 --> 04:30:18,240 COMPLIANCE OF EPA REGION 9, 6486 04:30:18,240 --> 04:30:24,720 FEDERAL FACILITY PROGRAM MANAGER 6487 04:30:24,720 --> 04:30:25,200 AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 6488 04:30:25,200 --> 04:30:26,560 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 6489 04:30:26,560 --> 04:30:27,160 >> YES. 6490 04:30:27,160 --> 04:30:29,320 AND YOU WANTED MY TO SHARE YOUR 6491 04:30:29,320 --> 04:30:30,240 PRESENTATION, CORRECT? 6492 04:30:30,240 --> 04:30:34,280 >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST 6493 04:30:34,280 --> 04:30:34,520 EASIER. 6494 04:30:34,520 --> 04:30:36,600 >> CAN EVERYONE SEE? 6495 04:30:36,600 --> 04:30:37,760 >> I CAN SEE IT. 6496 04:30:37,760 --> 04:30:43,040 I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE CAN. 6497 04:30:43,040 --> 04:30:44,480 >> IF YOU CAN SEE IT OTHER 6498 04:30:44,480 --> 04:30:44,920 PEOPLE CAN. 6499 04:30:44,920 --> 04:30:48,160 >> I WANT TO SAY I REALLY ENJOY 6500 04:30:48,160 --> 04:30:49,600 WORKING WITH OUR DoD REC 6501 04:30:49,600 --> 04:30:52,960 FOLKS, THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE. 6502 04:30:52,960 --> 04:30:56,040 AND WHAT A GOOD SEGUE INTO THIS, 6503 04:30:56,040 --> 04:31:02,480 THE EXAMPLE THAT KEVIN GAVE 6504 04:31:02,480 --> 04:31:04,920 ABOUT RODENTICIDES. 6505 04:31:04,920 --> 04:31:06,640 THE PESTICIDE STATUTE IS 6506 04:31:06,640 --> 04:31:07,600 COMPLICATED IN NATURE, EVEN 6507 04:31:07,600 --> 04:31:11,320 THOUGH IT'S ONE OF OUR SMALLER 6508 04:31:11,320 --> 04:31:13,800 PROGRAMS. 6509 04:31:13,800 --> 04:31:16,320 AS JUST MENTIONED I'M JULIE 6510 04:31:16,320 --> 04:31:17,720 JORDAN, WITH EPA FOR 22 YEARS, 6511 04:31:17,720 --> 04:31:20,880 THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORKING ON 6512 04:31:20,880 --> 04:31:22,160 PESTICIDE ISSUES. 6513 04:31:22,160 --> 04:31:24,920 ALSO WORKING WITH FEDERAL 6514 04:31:24,920 --> 04:31:25,600 FACILITIES. 6515 04:31:25,600 --> 04:31:28,720 I HAVE TO SAY IT TOOK A GOOD 6516 04:31:28,720 --> 04:31:30,160 FIVE YEARS WORKING WITH THIS 6517 04:31:30,160 --> 04:31:32,320 PROGRAM TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT 6518 04:31:32,320 --> 04:31:34,160 IT COVERED. 6519 04:31:34,160 --> 04:31:36,840 IT'S A VERY OLD STATUTE, THE 6520 04:31:36,840 --> 04:31:42,320 FIRST PESTICIDE LAW CAME OUT IN 6521 04:31:42,320 --> 04:31:44,640 1910, MEANT TO PROTECT FARMERS 6522 04:31:44,640 --> 04:31:50,600 FROM SNAKE OIL SALESMEN. 6523 04:31:50,600 --> 04:31:53,680 IT HAS BEEN REAUTHORIZED MORE TO 6524 04:31:53,680 --> 04:31:55,520 PROTECT THE CONSUMER, FARM 6525 04:31:55,520 --> 04:31:57,080 WORKERS AND OTHERS FROM 6526 04:31:57,080 --> 04:31:57,560 PESTICIDES. 6527 04:31:57,560 --> 04:31:58,800 I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT PESTICIDES 6528 04:31:58,800 --> 04:32:09,200 ARE AND HOW YOU CAN COMPLY WITH THEM. 6529 04:32:09,200 --> 04:32:10,360 NEXT SLIDE. 6530 04:32:10,360 --> 04:32:13,680 SO THE LEGAL DEFINITION GOES 6531 04:32:13,680 --> 04:32:15,320 THROUGH THE NITTY-GRITTY OF WHAT 6532 04:32:15,320 --> 04:32:18,480 IT IS, PESTICIDE IS JUST ABOUT 6533 04:32:18,480 --> 04:32:25,320 ANY SUBSTANCE, MIXTURE OF 6534 04:32:25,320 --> 04:32:26,880 SUBSTANCES THAT KILLS, 6535 04:32:26,880 --> 04:32:28,520 MITIGATES, REPELS, USUALLY A 6536 04:32:28,520 --> 04:32:29,360 LIVE ORGANISM. 6537 04:32:29,360 --> 04:32:32,880 I'M ONLY AWARE OF ONE EXAMPLE 6538 04:32:32,880 --> 04:32:35,920 WHERE EPA TREATED A NON-LIVING 6539 04:32:35,920 --> 04:32:41,840 THING AS A PEST. 6540 04:32:41,840 --> 04:32:48,160 THAT WAS PRIONS, A 6541 04:32:48,160 --> 04:32:49,400 SELF-REGULATING PROTEIN, NOT 6542 04:32:49,400 --> 04:32:51,120 EVEN AN ORGANISM, THAT CAUSES 6543 04:32:51,120 --> 04:32:53,880 WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OF MAD COW 6544 04:32:53,880 --> 04:32:54,440 DISEASE. 6545 04:32:54,440 --> 04:32:56,480 OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S AN 6546 04:32:56,480 --> 04:32:58,920 ORGANISM BEING CONTROLLED WITH A 6547 04:32:58,920 --> 04:33:00,880 SUBSTANCE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER 6548 04:33:00,880 --> 04:33:03,080 THINGS WHICH YOU PROBABLY WON'T 6549 04:33:03,080 --> 04:33:05,560 RUN INTO VERY OFTEN, PLANT 6550 04:33:05,560 --> 04:33:11,440 GROWTH REGULATORS AND NITROGEN 6551 04:33:11,440 --> 04:33:12,400 STABLIZERS, DIFFERING FROM 6552 04:33:12,400 --> 04:33:13,320 FERTILIZERS, THEY ARE NOT REALLY 6553 04:33:13,320 --> 04:33:15,640 A FOOD THAT YOU'RE GIVING THE 6554 04:33:15,640 --> 04:33:17,360 PLANT, IT'S MORE ABOUT 6555 04:33:17,360 --> 04:33:20,080 CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF THE 6556 04:33:20,080 --> 04:33:21,920 PLANT BY AFFECTING THINGS THE 6557 04:33:21,920 --> 04:33:26,520 PLANT RELIES ON LIKE NITROGEN 6558 04:33:26,520 --> 04:33:27,280 STABILIZERS, PRODUCT AFFECTING 6559 04:33:27,280 --> 04:33:31,000 BACTERIA IN SOIL TO BENEFIT THE 6560 04:33:31,000 --> 04:33:32,120 PLANT. 6561 04:33:32,120 --> 04:33:33,600 SO, WHAT'S REALLY FASCINATING 6562 04:33:33,600 --> 04:33:35,360 ABOUT FIFRA TO ME, YOU CAN TAKE 6563 04:33:35,360 --> 04:33:37,440 A BOTTLE OF WATER AND IF YOU 6564 04:33:37,440 --> 04:33:40,720 SLAP A LABEL ON IT THAT SAYS 6565 04:33:40,720 --> 04:33:42,320 KILLS E. COLI, YOU'VE GOT 6566 04:33:42,320 --> 04:33:44,120 YOURSELF A PESTICIDE. 6567 04:33:44,120 --> 04:33:46,760 EVEN THOUGH IN REALITY WE KNOW 6568 04:33:46,760 --> 04:33:48,800 THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE 6569 04:33:48,800 --> 04:33:49,240 EFFICACIOUS. 6570 04:33:49,240 --> 04:33:51,960 SO EPA HAS LOTS OF INFORMATION 6571 04:33:51,960 --> 04:33:53,720 ABOUT PESTICIDES AND INGREDIENTS 6572 04:33:53,720 --> 04:33:55,320 IN PESTICIDES ON OUR WEBSITE. 6573 04:33:55,320 --> 04:33:57,000 I PUT ONE LINK HERE BUT THERE'S 6574 04:33:57,000 --> 04:34:00,320 A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON IT. 6575 04:34:00,320 --> 04:34:03,680 WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 6576 04:34:03,680 --> 04:34:04,120 OKAY. 6577 04:34:04,120 --> 04:34:06,840 SO SOME EXAMPLES OF PESTICIDES, 6578 04:34:06,840 --> 04:34:10,560 MOST FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH 6579 04:34:10,560 --> 04:34:12,520 INSECTICIDES LIKE BUG SPRAYS, OR 6580 04:34:12,520 --> 04:34:15,800 SPOT-ON TREATMENTS ON YOUR CAT 6581 04:34:15,800 --> 04:34:18,600 OR DOG, ANT BAITS, SOME COMMON 6582 04:34:18,600 --> 04:34:25,080 ONES THAT ARE USED TO CONTROL 6583 04:34:25,080 --> 04:34:26,320 INSECTS. 6584 04:34:26,320 --> 04:34:32,200 AS KEVIN MENTIONED RODENTICIDE, 6585 04:34:32,200 --> 04:34:36,000 PELLETS, BLOCKS, BAITS THAT KILL 6586 04:34:36,000 --> 04:34:39,400 RODENT TYPE CREATURES. 6587 04:34:39,400 --> 04:34:41,000 HERBICIDES, WEED KILLERS, 6588 04:34:41,000 --> 04:34:45,320 ROUNDUP IS THE GRAND, FUNGICIDES 6589 04:34:45,320 --> 04:34:48,360 ARE MOLD AND MILDEW PRODUCTS. 6590 04:34:48,360 --> 04:34:49,680 MILDEW STAIN IS AN INTERESTING 6591 04:34:49,680 --> 04:34:50,760 CLAIM THAT SOME PRODUCTS WILL 6592 04:34:50,760 --> 04:34:54,040 HAVE ON IT THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT 6593 04:34:54,040 --> 04:34:55,240 A PESTICIDAL CLAIM. 6594 04:34:55,240 --> 04:34:57,000 IT GETS KIND OF IN THE WEEDS BUT 6595 04:34:57,000 --> 04:34:59,320 IF THE PRODUCT IS KILLING THE 6596 04:34:59,320 --> 04:35:01,520 MOLD OR THE MILDEW ORGANISM IT'S 6597 04:35:01,520 --> 04:35:02,480 A PESTICIDE. 6598 04:35:02,480 --> 04:35:04,520 AND THEN THE CATEGORY THAT A LOT 6599 04:35:04,520 --> 04:35:06,440 OF FOLKS DON'T THINK ABOUT 6600 04:35:06,440 --> 04:35:07,640 ALTHOUGH WE ARE THINKING ABOUT 6601 04:35:07,640 --> 04:35:13,400 THEM A LOT SINCE COVID HAPPENED, 6602 04:35:13,400 --> 04:35:14,840 THE ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCTS, LIKE 6603 04:35:14,840 --> 04:35:17,760 PRODUCTS THAT DISINFECT IN 6604 04:35:17,760 --> 04:35:20,720 HOSPITALS, THE HOSPITAL GRADE 6605 04:35:20,720 --> 04:35:23,480 DISINFECTANTS THAT KILL HIV AN 6606 04:35:23,480 --> 04:35:24,960 TB. 6607 04:35:24,960 --> 04:35:28,280 THEN THERE ARE CLASSES THAT 6608 04:35:28,280 --> 04:35:31,000 REQUIRE A LITTLE DATA LIKE 6609 04:35:31,000 --> 04:35:38,320 SANITIZERS AND STERILANTS. 6610 04:35:38,320 --> 04:35:38,520 OKAY. 6611 04:35:38,520 --> 04:35:39,120 NEXT SLIDE. 6612 04:35:39,120 --> 04:35:41,600 THERE ARE OTHER STRANGE EXAMPLES 6613 04:35:41,600 --> 04:35:44,480 IN MY CAREER. 6614 04:35:44,480 --> 04:35:47,320 A COMPANY REGISTERED A SILVER 6615 04:35:47,320 --> 04:35:49,840 ION AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL 6616 04:35:49,840 --> 04:35:51,720 TREATMENT THAT COULD GO INTO 6617 04:35:51,720 --> 04:35:56,920 ITEMS TO PROTECT THE ITEM FROM 6618 04:35:56,920 --> 04:35:57,600 BREAKING DOWN. 6619 04:35:57,600 --> 04:36:01,320 THEY ALSO ARE PUT IN BED RAILS, 6620 04:36:01,320 --> 04:36:03,400 DOORKNOBS, LIGHT SWITCHES AND IF 6621 04:36:03,400 --> 04:36:05,400 THEY MAKE CLAIMS TO PROTECT THE 6622 04:36:05,400 --> 04:36:08,120 USER, THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED 6623 04:36:08,120 --> 04:36:09,840 AS A PESTICIDE. 6624 04:36:09,840 --> 04:36:11,520 THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH SILVER 6625 04:36:11,520 --> 04:36:13,000 AND COPPER, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE 6626 04:36:13,000 --> 04:36:16,080 THE MAIN METALS THAT HAVE BEEN 6627 04:36:16,080 --> 04:36:16,560 REGISTERED. 6628 04:36:16,560 --> 04:36:19,080 IODINE CARTRIDGES THAT GO INTO 6629 04:36:19,080 --> 04:36:20,280 WATER PURIFICATION, YOU MIGHT 6630 04:36:20,280 --> 04:36:24,880 SEE THOSE IN CAMPING TYPE 6631 04:36:24,880 --> 04:36:25,200 PRODUCTS. 6632 04:36:25,200 --> 04:36:28,040 CLOTHING THAT PROTECTS WHEN 6633 04:36:28,040 --> 04:36:31,560 YOU'RE AROUND MOSQUITOES OR 6634 04:36:31,560 --> 04:36:32,960 BITING INSPECTS TREATED WITH 6635 04:36:32,960 --> 04:36:34,480 PERMETHRINE OFTEN. 6636 04:36:34,480 --> 04:36:43,920 YOU'LL SEE THE EPA REGISTRATION 6637 04:36:43,920 --> 04:36:46,920 NUMBER ON THE TAG. 6638 04:36:46,920 --> 04:36:48,320 AND PESTICIDES DEVICES, AIR 6639 04:36:48,320 --> 04:36:48,920 TREATMENT, WATER TREATMENT 6640 04:36:48,920 --> 04:36:52,400 SYSTEMS, IF THEY HAVE A TOXICANT 6641 04:36:52,400 --> 04:36:54,040 I.E. INGREDIENT THAT KILLS 6642 04:36:54,040 --> 04:36:56,320 SOMETHING IN THEM, THEY LEAVE 6643 04:36:56,320 --> 04:36:59,120 BEING A DEVICE AND BECOME A 6644 04:36:59,120 --> 04:37:00,960 PESTICIDE. 6645 04:37:00,960 --> 04:37:03,440 ALL RIGHT. 6646 04:37:03,440 --> 04:37:05,840 NEXT SLIDE. 6647 04:37:05,840 --> 04:37:09,640 SO AGAIN DEVICES ARE INSTRUMENTS 6648 04:37:09,640 --> 04:37:11,720 OR CONTRIVANCES, THE LEGAL 6649 04:37:11,720 --> 04:37:13,360 DEFINITION, INTENDED FOR 6650 04:37:13,360 --> 04:37:15,040 TRAPPING, DESTROYING, REPELLING 6651 04:37:15,040 --> 04:37:17,640 OR MITIGATING PESTS OR FORM OF 6652 04:37:17,640 --> 04:37:20,960 PLANT OR ANIMAL LIFE. 6653 04:37:20,960 --> 04:37:23,600 AND THEY ARE THINGS LIKE AIR 6654 04:37:23,600 --> 04:37:27,960 PURIFICATION SYSTEMS, WATER 6655 04:37:27,960 --> 04:37:30,680 TREATMENT SYSTEMS, BUG ZAPPERS, 6656 04:37:30,680 --> 04:37:31,320 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS, SOUND 6657 04:37:31,320 --> 04:37:32,440 GENERATORS, THERE'S A WHOLE 6658 04:37:32,440 --> 04:37:38,560 BUNCH OF THESE ON THE MARKET. 6659 04:37:38,560 --> 04:37:40,200 THE TRICK ABOUT DEVICES IS IF IT 6660 04:37:40,200 --> 04:37:42,720 DEPENDS ON THE SKILL OF THE USER 6661 04:37:42,720 --> 04:37:44,240 IT'S NOT A PESTICIDAL DEVICE. 6662 04:37:44,240 --> 04:37:46,160 IT'S MORE SOMETHING THAT YOU 6663 04:37:46,160 --> 04:37:48,760 FLIP ON AND KIND OF DOES ITS OWN 6664 04:37:48,760 --> 04:37:50,520 THING WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO DO 6665 04:37:50,520 --> 04:37:50,760 ANYTHING. 6666 04:37:50,760 --> 04:37:51,920 LIKE A MOUSE TRAP, WHERE YOU 6667 04:37:51,920 --> 04:37:54,720 HAVE TO PULL IT BACK AND SET IT, 6668 04:37:54,720 --> 04:37:58,040 WE DON'T REGULATE THOSE TYPES OF 6669 04:37:58,040 --> 04:38:01,760 PRODUCTS AS DEVICES. 6670 04:38:01,760 --> 04:38:02,160 OKAY. 6671 04:38:02,160 --> 04:38:03,400 NEXT SLIDE. 6672 04:38:03,400 --> 04:38:06,240 SO HOW DO WE REGULATE PESTICIDES 6673 04:38:06,240 --> 04:38:07,760 AT EPA? 6674 04:38:07,760 --> 04:38:09,080 IT'S QUITE COMPLEX AND DOESN'T 6675 04:38:09,080 --> 04:38:10,600 HAPPEN IN A REGIONAL OFFICE. 6676 04:38:10,600 --> 04:38:13,040 IT HAPPENS AT OUR HEADQUARTERS, 6677 04:38:13,040 --> 04:38:15,000 OFFICE OF PESTICIDE PROGRAMS. 6678 04:38:15,000 --> 04:38:18,960 AND SO ANYTHING THAT GOES IN TO 6679 04:38:18,960 --> 04:38:21,920 BE A PESTICIDE HAS TO BE 6680 04:38:21,920 --> 04:38:24,920 REGISTERED WITH EPA UNDER THE 6681 04:38:24,920 --> 04:38:28,280 FEDERAL INSECTICIDE FUNGICIDE 6682 04:38:28,280 --> 04:38:29,800 AND RODENTICIDE ACT. 6683 04:38:29,800 --> 04:38:34,560 THEY HAVE TO BE PRODUCED A 6684 04:38:34,560 --> 04:38:35,160 REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT, IF 6685 04:38:35,160 --> 04:38:36,920 THERE'S EVER A PROBLEM WITH THE 6686 04:38:36,920 --> 04:38:38,440 PRODUCT WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT 6687 04:38:38,440 --> 04:38:41,720 CAME FROM SO WE CAN GO BACK TO 6688 04:38:41,720 --> 04:38:43,240 THAT SOURCE. 6689 04:38:43,240 --> 04:38:44,560 SOME FOLKS THINK WHY DO YOU HAVE 6690 04:38:44,560 --> 04:38:45,600 TO COMPLY WITH THAT 6691 04:38:45,600 --> 04:38:46,640 ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER ON THE 6692 04:38:46,640 --> 04:38:47,120 LABEL? 6693 04:38:47,120 --> 04:38:48,720 IT'S REALLY JUST A PAPERWORK 6694 04:38:48,720 --> 04:38:50,760 THING BUT THAT'S THE REASON. 6695 04:38:50,760 --> 04:38:53,520 IT NEEDS TO BE TRACED BACK TO 6696 04:38:53,520 --> 04:38:54,920 THE SOURCE IF IT'S CONTAMINATED 6697 04:38:54,920 --> 04:38:57,760 OR SOME OTHER ISSUE WITH IT. 6698 04:38:57,760 --> 04:38:59,880 AND THEN IN THIS PROGRAM YOU 6699 04:38:59,880 --> 04:39:02,880 LEARN EARLY ON THE LABEL IS THE 6700 04:39:02,880 --> 04:39:03,040 LAW. 6701 04:39:03,040 --> 04:39:04,480 THAT THING YOU READ TO FIGURE 6702 04:39:04,480 --> 04:39:07,520 OUT HOW TO USE THE PRODUCT AND 6703 04:39:07,520 --> 04:39:11,120 HOW TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY AND 6704 04:39:11,120 --> 04:39:14,520 HOPEFULLY SAFELY, IS THIS LABEL. 6705 04:39:14,520 --> 04:39:17,480 AND SO EPA HAS REQUIREMENTS, 6706 04:39:17,480 --> 04:39:18,440 QUITE A FEW REQUIREMENTS, WHAT 6707 04:39:18,440 --> 04:39:20,480 HAS TO BE ON THAT LABEL. 6708 04:39:20,480 --> 04:39:23,520 WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT AS WELL. 6709 04:39:23,520 --> 04:39:25,680 AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO 6710 04:39:25,680 --> 04:39:27,560 USE THEM ACCORDING TO THE LABEL, 6711 04:39:27,560 --> 04:39:30,400 ALL PESTICIDES WILL HAVE A 6712 04:39:30,400 --> 04:39:32,160 STATEMENT ABOUT USING THE LABEL 6713 04:39:32,160 --> 04:39:35,760 IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ITS 6714 04:39:35,760 --> 04:39:38,920 LABEL AND LABELING. 6715 04:39:38,920 --> 04:39:40,920 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 6716 04:39:40,920 --> 04:39:42,440 SO DEVICES, THEY ARE NOT 6717 04:39:42,440 --> 04:39:46,120 REGULATED THE SAME WAY AS 6718 04:39:46,120 --> 04:39:46,400 PESTICIDES. 6719 04:39:46,400 --> 04:39:47,480 THE SORT OF THRESHOLD FOR 6720 04:39:47,480 --> 04:39:50,240 DEVICES IS THEY HAVE TO BE 6721 04:39:50,240 --> 04:39:52,080 PRODUCED IN A REGISTERED 6722 04:39:52,080 --> 04:39:52,400 ESTABLISHMENT. 6723 04:39:52,400 --> 04:39:54,160 THEY HAVE TO BEAR THAT 6724 04:39:54,160 --> 04:39:55,920 ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER ON THE 6725 04:39:55,920 --> 04:39:56,280 PACKAGING. 6726 04:39:56,280 --> 04:39:58,920 AND THEN THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY 6727 04:39:58,920 --> 04:40:01,520 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS. 6728 04:40:01,520 --> 04:40:04,120 SO, THAT'S QUITE A BROAD THING. 6729 04:40:04,120 --> 04:40:08,400 AND DURING COVID WE SAW A LOT OF 6730 04:40:08,400 --> 04:40:10,120 AIR PURIFICATION DEVICES MAKING 6731 04:40:10,120 --> 04:40:11,400 COVID CLAIMS. 6732 04:40:11,400 --> 04:40:13,520 I WOULD SAY PRODUCERS OF THESE 6733 04:40:13,520 --> 04:40:15,080 PRODUCTS SHOULD HAVE DATA TO 6734 04:40:15,080 --> 04:40:16,640 BACK UP THAT IT DOES WHAT IT 6735 04:40:16,640 --> 04:40:18,560 SAYS IT'S GOING TO DO. 6736 04:40:18,560 --> 04:40:21,480 OTHERWISE IT COULD BE FOUND TO 6737 04:40:21,480 --> 04:40:22,320 BE FALSE AND MISLEADING, 6738 04:40:22,320 --> 04:40:26,680 ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO 6739 04:40:26,680 --> 04:40:28,360 MAKE HUMAN HEALTH CLAIMS. 6740 04:40:28,360 --> 04:40:30,520 IF IT SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, 6741 04:40:30,520 --> 04:40:32,880 YOU NEED TO SCRUTINIZE CAREFULLY 6742 04:40:32,880 --> 04:40:35,560 AND IT'S FAIR TO ASK THE 6743 04:40:35,560 --> 04:40:36,680 MANUFACTURER WHETHER THEY HAVE 6744 04:40:36,680 --> 04:40:37,960 PROOF THAT IT KILLS WHAT THEY 6745 04:40:37,960 --> 04:40:39,840 SAY IT'S GOING TO KILL. 6746 04:40:39,840 --> 04:40:47,600 ALL RIGHT. 6747 04:40:47,600 --> 04:40:48,720 NEXT SLIDE. 6748 04:40:48,720 --> 04:40:50,680 WHEN YOU GO TO BUY A PESTICIDE 6749 04:40:50,680 --> 04:40:52,080 FOR YOUR FACILITY OR IF YOU'RE 6750 04:40:52,080 --> 04:40:54,360 GOING TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO IS 6751 04:40:54,360 --> 04:40:57,000 GOING TO DO PEST CONTROL SERVICE 6752 04:40:57,000 --> 04:40:58,720 FOR YOU, THERE ARE CERTAIN 6753 04:40:58,720 --> 04:41:00,720 THINGS YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR, THAT 6754 04:41:00,720 --> 04:41:02,480 EPA REGISTRATION NUMBER, DOES IT 6755 04:41:02,480 --> 04:41:04,120 HAVE THAT, DOES IT HAVE 6756 04:41:04,120 --> 04:41:04,920 ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER? 6757 04:41:04,920 --> 04:41:06,640 OTHER THINGS YOU CAN LOOK FOR, 6758 04:41:06,640 --> 04:41:09,520 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SORT OF A 6759 04:41:09,520 --> 04:41:10,920 LESS TOXIC PRODUCT, PESTICIDES 6760 04:41:10,920 --> 04:41:15,680 HAVE WHAT WE CALL SIGNAL WORDS, 6761 04:41:15,680 --> 04:41:16,840 DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION, SOME 6762 04:41:16,840 --> 04:41:17,840 PESTICIDES DON'T HAVE A SIGNAL 6763 04:41:17,840 --> 04:41:20,400 WORD ON THEM AND THAT'S USUALLY 6764 04:41:20,400 --> 04:41:22,560 BECAUSE THEY ARE SO LOW IN 6765 04:41:22,560 --> 04:41:24,520 TOXICITY THEY DON'T TRIGGER THE 6766 04:41:24,520 --> 04:41:25,960 NEED FOR THAT. 6767 04:41:25,960 --> 04:41:29,920 OBVIOUSLY DANGER IS GOING TO BE 6768 04:41:29,920 --> 04:41:34,880 THE MOST I DON'T WANT TO SAY 6769 04:41:34,880 --> 04:41:35,920 DANGEROUS BUT THE HIGHER 6770 04:41:35,920 --> 04:41:36,600 TOXICITY TYPE PRODUCTS. 6771 04:41:36,600 --> 04:41:39,160 THEY WILL HAVE A FIRST AID 6772 04:41:39,160 --> 04:41:41,560 STATEMENT, IF YOU GET IT IN YOUR 6773 04:41:41,560 --> 04:41:42,760 EYES WHAT DO YOU DO? 6774 04:41:42,760 --> 04:41:45,240 DO YOU RINSE WITH WATER OR DO 6775 04:41:45,240 --> 04:41:46,520 YOU DO SOMETHING ELSE? 6776 04:41:46,520 --> 04:41:48,720 THEY WILL HAVE STORAGE AND 6777 04:41:48,720 --> 04:41:49,240 DISPOSAL DIRECTIONS. 6778 04:41:49,240 --> 04:41:52,320 SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAVE 6779 04:41:52,320 --> 04:41:55,080 HALF EMPTY CONTAINER OF IT? 6780 04:41:55,080 --> 04:41:57,120 SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A LABEL 6781 04:41:57,120 --> 04:41:58,200 REVIEW MANUAL. 6782 04:41:58,200 --> 04:41:58,920 I'VE PUT THE LINK HERE. 6783 04:41:58,920 --> 04:42:00,960 YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. 6784 04:42:00,960 --> 04:42:02,920 WE USE THAT A LOT IN THE REGION 6785 04:42:02,920 --> 04:42:05,680 SINCE WE'RE NOT THE FOLKS WHO 6786 04:42:05,680 --> 04:42:06,800 ACTUALLY REGISTER THE PRODUCTS, 6787 04:42:06,800 --> 04:42:08,520 AND IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW LIKE 6788 04:42:08,520 --> 04:42:10,600 WHAT FONT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON 6789 04:42:10,600 --> 04:42:12,320 ON A PESTICIDE LABEL, THAT TYPE 6790 04:42:12,320 --> 04:42:13,240 OF THING. 6791 04:42:13,240 --> 04:42:15,640 THERE'S JUST A WEALTH OF 6792 04:42:15,640 --> 04:42:17,800 INFORMATION IN THAT LABEL REVIEW 6793 04:42:17,800 --> 04:42:18,160 MANUAL. 6794 04:42:18,160 --> 04:42:20,160 AND ANYBODY CAN READ IT. 6795 04:42:20,160 --> 04:42:21,520 IT'S COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT 6796 04:42:21,520 --> 04:42:40,120 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING ON 6797 04:42:40,120 --> 04:42:40,760 THESE PRODUCTS. 6798 04:42:40,760 --> 04:42:43,880 THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A 6799 04:42:43,880 --> 04:42:44,080 LABEL. 6800 04:42:44,080 --> 04:42:45,120 THEY CANNING COMPLICATED. 6801 04:42:45,120 --> 04:42:48,320 I DID OUTREACH YEARS AGO AND WE 6802 04:42:48,320 --> 04:42:50,240 PASSED OUT MAGNIFYING BOOK MARKS 6803 04:42:50,240 --> 04:42:53,000 FOR FOLKS TO USE ON SOME OF 6804 04:42:53,000 --> 04:42:53,880 THESE FINE PRINT LABELS BECAUSE 6805 04:42:53,880 --> 04:42:55,800 IT IS IMPORTANT YOU READ THE 6806 04:42:55,800 --> 04:42:58,360 WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU USE IT. 6807 04:42:58,360 --> 04:43:03,200 BUT THERE'S SOME KEY THINGS 6808 04:43:03,200 --> 04:43:05,920 YOU'D BE LOOKING FOR. 6809 04:43:05,920 --> 04:43:07,520 THERE'S THE SIGNAL WORD, THIS 6810 04:43:07,520 --> 04:43:09,800 ONE SAYS CAUTION, IF YOU CAN'T 6811 04:43:09,800 --> 04:43:11,480 READ THAT. 6812 04:43:11,480 --> 04:43:14,960 THERE ARE THE -- I CAN'T EVEN 6813 04:43:14,960 --> 04:43:18,120 SEE IT, PRECAUTIONARY 6814 04:43:18,120 --> 04:43:19,640 STATEMENTS, THE FIRST AID 6815 04:43:19,640 --> 04:43:21,400 STATEMENT, WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL 6816 04:43:21,400 --> 04:43:24,440 HAZARDS ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT 6817 04:43:24,440 --> 04:43:27,160 HAPPENS TO BE A PRODUCT THAT I 6818 04:43:27,160 --> 04:43:29,560 WOULD GUESS SOMEBODY LIKE FISH 6819 04:43:29,560 --> 04:43:32,080 AND WILDLIFE OR USDA MIGHT USE, 6820 04:43:32,080 --> 04:43:33,320 SO WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 6821 04:43:33,320 --> 04:43:34,400 ON HERE. 6822 04:43:34,400 --> 04:43:38,120 WE HAVE DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 6823 04:43:38,120 --> 04:43:39,960 WE HAVE THAT REGISTRATION 6824 04:43:39,960 --> 04:43:44,280 NUMBER, ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER, 6825 04:43:44,280 --> 04:43:47,480 WHO THE MANUFACTURER IS. 6826 04:43:47,480 --> 04:43:50,120 WE HAVE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL 6827 04:43:50,120 --> 04:43:53,080 WHICH TELLS YOU STORE IT BELOW 6828 04:43:53,080 --> 04:43:54,720 ROOM TEMPERATURE, STORE BAIT IN 6829 04:43:54,720 --> 04:43:56,920 A DRY LOCATION, THOSE ARE THE 6830 04:43:56,920 --> 04:43:58,120 TYPE OF THINGS YOU WANT TO MAKE 6831 04:43:58,120 --> 04:43:59,600 SURE YOU FOLLOW IF YOU'RE GOING 6832 04:43:59,600 --> 04:44:01,280 TO BE DOING THE APPLICATION. 6833 04:44:01,280 --> 04:44:04,280 AND THE REST OF THIS IS A LOT 6834 04:44:04,280 --> 04:44:06,840 ABOUT THE USE DIRECTIONS. 6835 04:44:06,840 --> 04:44:08,800 USE DIRECTIONS FOR MANY PRODUCTS 6836 04:44:08,800 --> 04:44:11,000 CAN BE VERY, VERY COMPLICATED, 6837 04:44:11,000 --> 04:44:13,600 AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR 6838 04:44:13,600 --> 04:44:15,280 TARGET PEST IS. 6839 04:44:15,280 --> 04:44:18,440 FOR THIS ONE, THIS HAS TO DO 6840 04:44:18,440 --> 04:44:20,440 WITH REDUCING EGG HATCH IN 6841 04:44:20,440 --> 04:44:21,440 CANADA GEESE. 6842 04:44:21,440 --> 04:44:23,320 PROBABLY NOT A PRODUCT YOU'LL BE 6843 04:44:23,320 --> 04:44:26,480 USING AT HOME BUT IF YOU'RE IN 6844 04:44:26,480 --> 04:44:27,440 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THIS MIGHT 6845 04:44:27,440 --> 04:44:29,040 BE THE TYPE OF THING YOU'RE 6846 04:44:29,040 --> 04:44:36,520 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. 6847 04:44:36,520 --> 04:44:39,520 OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD A NUMBER 6848 04:44:39,520 --> 04:44:40,920 OF VERY INTERESTING CASES. 6849 04:44:40,920 --> 04:44:44,520 THIS WAS A PRODUCT FROM ONE OF 6850 04:44:44,520 --> 04:44:45,360 MY CASES. 6851 04:44:45,360 --> 04:44:49,760 YOU CAN'T SEE THIS BUT I'VE 6852 04:44:49,760 --> 04:44:52,920 HIGHLIGHTED THAT THERE IS A 6853 04:44:52,920 --> 04:44:56,760 COUPLE STATEMENTS ON THIS SHOE 6854 04:44:56,760 --> 04:45:01,240 INSERT TAG, WHICH ONE SAYS 6855 04:45:01,240 --> 04:45:02,440 ORTHOTIC CUSTOM ANTIMICROBIAL 6856 04:45:02,440 --> 04:45:05,160 FOOT BED. 6857 04:45:05,160 --> 04:45:07,720 ANOTHER PLACE IT SAYS 6858 04:45:07,720 --> 04:45:08,760 ANTIMICROBIAL SILVER AGENT 6859 04:45:08,760 --> 04:45:12,160 INHIBITS GROWTH OF ODORS AND 6860 04:45:12,160 --> 04:45:14,400 DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA. 6861 04:45:14,400 --> 04:45:17,440 SO, RIGHT AWAY AS A FIFRA 6862 04:45:17,440 --> 04:45:19,480 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER I'M LOOKING 6863 04:45:19,480 --> 04:45:21,120 AT THIS AND I'M SAYING TO 6864 04:45:21,120 --> 04:45:25,080 MYSELF, OKAY, THERE ARE TWO 6865 04:45:25,080 --> 04:45:26,160 PESTICIDAL CLAIMS HERE. 6866 04:45:26,160 --> 04:45:27,600 IT'S CLAIMING TO PROTECT THE 6867 04:45:27,600 --> 04:45:30,240 PERSON WEARING THE SHOES, RIGHT? 6868 04:45:30,240 --> 04:45:32,720 BECAUSE IT SAYS IT DOESN'T 6869 04:45:32,720 --> 04:45:35,040 SPECIFY THAT THIS IS PROTECTING 6870 04:45:35,040 --> 04:45:37,000 THE SHOE, IT JUST SAYS INHIBITS 6871 04:45:37,000 --> 04:45:39,640 GROWTH OF ODORS AND 6872 04:45:39,640 --> 04:45:40,600 DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA. 6873 04:45:40,600 --> 04:45:42,320 SO SOMEBODY COULD THINK IF I 6874 04:45:42,320 --> 04:45:44,880 WEAR THESE, I'M NOT GOING TO GET 6875 04:45:44,880 --> 04:45:46,840 ATHLETES FOOT OR SOME KIND OF 6876 04:45:46,840 --> 04:45:50,560 BACTERIAL INFECTION ON MY FEET. 6877 04:45:50,560 --> 04:45:51,960 SO, THIS PRODUCT, THIS SHOE, 6878 04:45:51,960 --> 04:45:53,680 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WOULD NEED TO 6879 04:45:53,680 --> 04:45:56,040 BE REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE. 6880 04:45:56,040 --> 04:46:00,160 OBVIOUSLY THE COMPANY DID NOT 6881 04:46:00,160 --> 04:46:03,040 INTEND THAT. 6882 04:46:03,040 --> 04:46:04,760 THEY INCORPORATED SILVER ION 6883 04:46:04,760 --> 04:46:09,120 INTO THE SHOE AND REALLY IF THEY 6884 04:46:09,120 --> 04:46:15,120 DIDN'T HAVE THE DISEASE-CAUSING 6885 04:46:15,120 --> 04:46:16,000 CLAIM AND ANTIMICROBIAL CLAIM 6886 04:46:16,000 --> 04:46:19,840 COULD SELL THIS AS A TREATED 6887 04:46:19,840 --> 04:46:20,960 ARTICLE, EXEMPTION IN FIFRA AS 6888 04:46:20,960 --> 04:46:24,640 LONG AS YOU'RE NOT MAKING THESE 6889 04:46:24,640 --> 04:46:28,080 PESTICIDAL CLAIMS YOU CAN 6890 04:46:28,080 --> 04:46:28,880 INCORPORATE THAT REGISTERED 6891 04:46:28,880 --> 04:46:29,520 PRODUCT. 6892 04:46:29,520 --> 04:46:31,520 THIS WAS QUITE A BIG CASE. 6893 04:46:31,520 --> 04:46:33,600 IT HAD A SIX FIGURE PENALTY 6894 04:46:33,600 --> 04:46:37,720 BECAUSE A LOT WAS SOLD, VERY 6895 04:46:37,720 --> 04:46:39,440 INTERESTING. 6896 04:46:39,440 --> 04:46:41,680 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 6897 04:46:41,680 --> 04:46:45,160 AND ANOTHER ONE, AND THIS WAS A 6898 04:46:45,160 --> 04:46:49,960 FUNNY ONE. 6899 04:46:49,960 --> 04:46:51,720 SO THAT HIGHLIGHTED ON THE 6900 04:46:51,720 --> 04:46:54,680 PLAQUE, COATED TO PROTECT 6901 04:46:54,680 --> 04:46:56,960 AGAINST GERMS. 6902 04:46:56,960 --> 04:47:04,080 SO, THIS IS A TOILET FLUSH 6903 04:47:04,080 --> 04:47:05,400 MECHANISM THAT SHOWED UP IN 6904 04:47:05,400 --> 04:47:07,240 FEDERAL FACILITIES, BY THE WAY. 6905 04:47:07,240 --> 04:47:10,520 THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED 6906 04:47:10,520 --> 04:47:11,640 HARDWARE, THE GREEN FLUSH 6907 04:47:11,640 --> 04:47:14,080 MECHANISM HAD THE SILVER IONS 6908 04:47:14,080 --> 04:47:15,120 INCORPORATED IN IT. 6909 04:47:15,120 --> 04:47:22,320 AND SO WE HAD TO HAVE THAT CLAIM 6910 04:47:22,320 --> 04:47:23,320 REMOVED SO FOLKS DIDN'T THINK 6911 04:47:23,320 --> 04:47:26,680 THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED BY 6912 04:47:26,680 --> 04:47:31,520 TOUCHING THAT TOILET FLUSH 6913 04:47:31,520 --> 04:47:34,160 MECHANISM. 6914 04:47:34,160 --> 04:47:36,880 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 6915 04:47:36,880 --> 04:47:40,480 HERE'S ANOTHER PRODUCT WHICH WAS 6916 04:47:40,480 --> 04:47:43,120 COMMON, STILL SOLD IN A LOT OF 6917 04:47:43,120 --> 04:47:43,400 RETAILERS. 6918 04:47:43,400 --> 04:47:47,240 THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT WAS 6919 04:47:47,240 --> 04:47:48,200 IMPORTED FROM MEXICO. 6920 04:47:48,200 --> 04:47:52,160 AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES 6921 04:47:52,160 --> 04:47:52,920 WITH THIS. 6922 04:47:52,920 --> 04:47:55,680 FIRST IT LOOKS LIKE A DRINK, 6923 04:47:55,680 --> 04:47:55,960 RIGHT? 6924 04:47:55,960 --> 04:47:59,120 BRIGHT COLORS, LOOKS LIKE 6925 04:47:59,120 --> 04:48:00,520 KOOL-AID IN A BOTTLE. 6926 04:48:00,520 --> 04:48:02,680 UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A CLEAN 6927 04:48:02,680 --> 04:48:04,360 TYPE PRODUCT WHICH HAS A 6928 04:48:04,360 --> 04:48:09,760 PESTICIDAL CLAIM ON IT. 6929 04:48:09,760 --> 04:48:10,800 CLAIMS ANTIBACTERIAL. 6930 04:48:10,800 --> 04:48:14,360 SO, WE HAD A NUMBER OF CASES 6931 04:48:14,360 --> 04:48:16,760 WITH ILLEGAL PRODUCTS LIKE THIS 6932 04:48:16,760 --> 04:48:25,040 THAT ARE SOLD IN MORE ETHNIC 6933 04:48:25,040 --> 04:48:26,000 TYPE MARKETPLACES, UNFORTUNATELY 6934 04:48:26,000 --> 04:48:27,320 THIS GOT A NUMBER OF ENFORCEMENT 6935 04:48:27,320 --> 04:48:30,920 ACTIONS AGAINST IT. 6936 04:48:30,920 --> 04:48:32,800 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 6937 04:48:32,800 --> 04:48:35,760 AND ANOTHER ONE THAT NEVER SEEMS 6938 04:48:35,760 --> 04:48:36,880 TO GO AWAY. 6939 04:48:36,880 --> 04:48:38,840 AND THIS IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. 6940 04:48:38,840 --> 04:48:41,920 IT HAS A COCKROACH ON IT. 6941 04:48:41,920 --> 04:48:46,520 IT'S USED AGAINST ANTS AS WELL. 6942 04:48:46,520 --> 04:48:48,200 AND IT SAYS MIRACULOUS 6943 04:48:48,200 --> 04:48:49,680 INSECTICIDE CHALK. 6944 04:48:49,680 --> 04:48:51,720 OVER THE YEARS, THIS IS ANALYZED 6945 04:48:51,720 --> 04:48:54,360 A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IT HAS 6946 04:48:54,360 --> 04:48:58,520 SOME PRETTY NASTY INGREDIENTS IN 6947 04:48:58,520 --> 04:48:58,800 IT. 6948 04:48:58,800 --> 04:49:00,560 IT'S VERY, VERY CHEAP AND SEEMS 6949 04:49:00,560 --> 04:49:01,800 TO BE EVERYWHERE AND NEVER GOES 6950 04:49:01,800 --> 04:49:02,120 AWAY. 6951 04:49:02,120 --> 04:49:06,160 YOU CAN FIND IT ON E-BAY AND 6952 04:49:06,160 --> 04:49:08,920 PLACES LIKE THAT. 6953 04:49:08,920 --> 04:49:11,120 IT LOOKS LIKE CHALK BOARD CHALK, 6954 04:49:11,120 --> 04:49:13,920 AND KIDS HAVE PUT IT IN THEIR 6955 04:49:13,920 --> 04:49:17,520 MOUTHS. 6956 04:49:17,520 --> 04:49:18,960 YOU KNOW, KIDS PUT STUFF IN 6957 04:49:18,960 --> 04:49:19,920 THEIR MOUTHS SO WE WERE 6958 04:49:19,920 --> 04:49:23,080 CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND DID A 6959 04:49:23,080 --> 04:49:25,600 BIG COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE AND 6960 04:49:25,600 --> 04:49:27,600 ENFORCEMENT BLITZ ON IT SEVERAL 6961 04:49:27,600 --> 04:49:29,960 TIMES IN THE PAST. 6962 04:49:29,960 --> 04:49:32,160 SO, YOU SEE THIS, DON'T BUY IT. 6963 04:49:32,160 --> 04:49:38,080 ALL RIGHTY. 6964 04:49:38,080 --> 04:49:38,920 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 6965 04:49:38,920 --> 04:49:41,440 WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU AS A 6966 04:49:41,440 --> 04:49:43,400 FEDERAL FACILITY? 6967 04:49:43,400 --> 04:49:44,520 IF YOU'RE BUYING PESTICIDES FOR 6968 04:49:44,520 --> 04:49:46,480 USE IN YOUR FACILITY MAKE SURE 6969 04:49:46,480 --> 04:49:47,640 THEY ARE REGISTERED, MAKE SURE 6970 04:49:47,640 --> 04:49:49,680 THEY ARE PRODUCED IN A 6971 04:49:49,680 --> 04:49:50,400 REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT. 6972 04:49:50,400 --> 04:49:52,080 SO THEY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS ON 6973 04:49:52,080 --> 04:49:52,480 THEM. 6974 04:49:52,480 --> 04:49:56,200 YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE LABEL 6975 04:49:56,200 --> 04:49:57,000 DIRECTIONS. 6976 04:49:57,000 --> 04:49:59,880 AND AS KEVIN MENTIONED OR 6977 04:49:59,880 --> 04:50:03,000 SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 6978 04:50:03,000 --> 04:50:04,120 COMPLYING WITH STATE AND 6979 04:50:04,120 --> 04:50:07,360 FEDERAL, YOU DO HAVE TO COMPLY 6980 04:50:07,360 --> 04:50:10,000 WITH BOTH EPA AND THE STATE, AND 6981 04:50:10,000 --> 04:50:12,920 I'LL GO MORE INTO THAT IN A 6982 04:50:12,920 --> 04:50:13,160 MINUTE. 6983 04:50:13,160 --> 04:50:15,800 STATES DO HAVE THEIR OWN 6984 04:50:15,800 --> 04:50:16,880 PESTICIDE REGULATIONS. 6985 04:50:16,880 --> 04:50:21,760 THEY ALSO DO HAVE PRIMACY FOR 6986 04:50:21,760 --> 04:50:22,760 PESTICIDE USE. 6987 04:50:22,760 --> 04:50:33,120 EPA HAS LEAD ON SALE AND 6988 04:50:33,120 --> 04:50:33,480 PRODUCTION. 6989 04:50:33,480 --> 04:50:44,560 THE STATE IS USUALLY THE ONE 6990 04:50:44,560 --> 04:50:45,320 INVESTIGATING. 6991 04:50:45,320 --> 04:50:47,520 THIS IS GETTING INTO SOVEREIGN 6992 04:50:47,520 --> 04:50:48,120 IMMUNITY. 6993 04:50:48,120 --> 04:50:53,160 I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. EXECUTIVE 6994 04:50:53,160 --> 04:50:55,800 ORDER 12088 SAYS FEDERAL 6995 04:50:55,800 --> 04:50:58,000 AGENCIES HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL 6996 04:50:58,000 --> 04:50:59,440 FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL POLLUTION 6997 04:50:59,440 --> 04:51:00,960 CONTROL REQUIREMENTS. 6998 04:51:00,960 --> 04:51:05,120 AND THAT INCLUDES STATUTE LIKE 6999 04:51:05,120 --> 04:51:05,480 FIFRA. 7000 04:51:05,480 --> 04:51:09,360 IN ADDITION TO THAT AS I 7001 04:51:09,360 --> 04:51:10,040 MENTIONED, STATES HAVE PRIMACY, 7002 04:51:10,040 --> 04:51:13,200 AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A 7003 04:51:13,200 --> 04:51:14,400 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EPA 7004 04:51:14,400 --> 04:51:16,760 AND ALL OF STATES IN MY REGION 7005 04:51:16,760 --> 04:51:16,920 DO. 7006 04:51:16,920 --> 04:51:19,280 THERE MAY BE A COUPLE IN THE 7007 04:51:19,280 --> 04:51:22,000 COUNTRY WHO DON'T TAKE THAT 7008 04:51:22,000 --> 04:51:23,520 PRIMACY AUTHORITY BUT THE 7009 04:51:23,520 --> 04:51:25,520 MAJORITY DO AND SO THEY MAY BE 7010 04:51:25,520 --> 04:51:28,720 THE ONES KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR 7011 04:51:28,720 --> 04:51:32,640 TO DO AN INSPECTION, WE HAVE 7012 04:51:32,640 --> 04:51:33,480 INSPECTION AUTHORITY UNDER 7013 04:51:33,480 --> 04:51:35,680 SECTIONS 8 AND 9 OF FIFRA AS 7014 04:51:35,680 --> 04:51:38,520 WELL FOR SALE AND DISTRIBUTION 7015 04:51:38,520 --> 04:51:42,320 OF PESTICIDES, SO WE COULD 7016 04:51:42,320 --> 04:51:43,200 CONCEIVABLY INSPECT FOR THOSE 7017 04:51:43,200 --> 04:51:44,120 REGULATIONS AS WELL. 7018 04:51:44,120 --> 04:51:48,040 AND THEN OF COURSE STATES HAVE 7019 04:51:48,040 --> 04:51:52,840 PRIMACY FOR USE. 7020 04:51:52,840 --> 04:51:53,920 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 7021 04:51:53,920 --> 04:51:56,120 SO HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT 7022 04:51:56,120 --> 04:51:57,840 MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO FEDERAL 7023 04:51:57,840 --> 04:51:58,400 FACILITIES. 7024 04:51:58,400 --> 04:52:00,800 IF YOU HIRE SOMEONE TO COME AND 7025 04:52:00,800 --> 04:52:02,120 APPLY PESTICIDES AT YOUR 7026 04:52:02,120 --> 04:52:05,080 FACILITY, I.E. YOU'RE NOT DOING 7027 04:52:05,080 --> 04:52:06,400 THE APPLICATION YOURSELF, YOU'RE 7028 04:52:06,400 --> 04:52:07,920 HIRING A PEST CONTROL COMPANY, 7029 04:52:07,920 --> 04:52:10,640 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 7030 04:52:10,640 --> 04:52:12,320 ARE PROPERLY CERTIFIED WITH THE 7031 04:52:12,320 --> 04:52:15,040 STATE AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM 7032 04:52:15,040 --> 04:52:18,400 THAT THE STATES HAVE THE LEAD 7033 04:52:18,400 --> 04:52:18,560 ON. 7034 04:52:18,560 --> 04:52:20,840 THEY CERTIFY PEST CONTROL 7035 04:52:20,840 --> 04:52:22,640 OPERATORS UNDER MANY CATEGORIES, 7036 04:52:22,640 --> 04:52:24,320 AND EACH STATE HAS SLIGHTLY 7037 04:52:24,320 --> 04:52:26,840 DIFFERENT REGS ON THAT. 7038 04:52:26,840 --> 04:52:29,520 SO, IF YOU'RE EVER IN QUESTION 7039 04:52:29,520 --> 04:52:31,200 ABOUT A PEST CONTROL BUSINESS, I 7040 04:52:31,200 --> 04:52:33,480 WOULD DEFINITELY CHECK WITH THE 7041 04:52:33,480 --> 04:52:37,520 STATE ON THEM AND MAKE THAT THEY 7042 04:52:37,520 --> 04:52:42,320 ARE PROPERLY CERTIFIED. 7043 04:52:42,320 --> 04:52:44,320 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 7044 04:52:44,320 --> 04:52:47,120 THIS IS A MASSIVE SLIDE. 7045 04:52:47,120 --> 04:52:49,560 I HAD TO FIND ALL THESE 7046 04:52:49,560 --> 04:52:49,920 CITATIONS. 7047 04:52:49,920 --> 04:52:54,080 THIS WAS A HUGE CASE IN 7048 04:52:54,080 --> 04:52:55,640 CALIFORNIA, AGAINST A COMPANY 7049 04:52:55,640 --> 04:52:58,120 CALLED PEST MASTER SERVICES. 7050 04:52:58,120 --> 04:52:59,960 AND BASICALLY THIS IS A PEST 7051 04:52:59,960 --> 04:53:02,360 CONTROL COMPANY WHO GOT 7052 04:53:02,360 --> 04:53:06,640 THEMSELVES ONTO GSA, MANY OF US 7053 04:53:06,640 --> 04:53:08,920 CONTRACT ARE SERVICE PROVIDERS 7054 04:53:08,920 --> 04:53:10,000 THROUGH GSA SCHEDULES. 7055 04:53:10,000 --> 04:53:11,680 FOR THOSE WHO DO CONTRACTING, 7056 04:53:11,680 --> 04:53:14,960 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 7057 04:53:14,960 --> 04:53:16,280 THIS COMPANY WAS ON THERE. 7058 04:53:16,280 --> 04:53:20,000 AND SO A NUMBER OF FEDERAL 7059 04:53:20,000 --> 04:53:23,120 AGENCIES HIRED THIS COMPANY. 7060 04:53:23,120 --> 04:53:25,840 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, VETERANS 7061 04:53:25,840 --> 04:53:28,480 AFFAIRS, FEDERAL BUREAU OF 7062 04:53:28,480 --> 04:53:31,680 PRISONS, I'M TRYING TO THINK. 7063 04:53:31,680 --> 04:53:34,280 THOSE WERE THE MAIN ONES. 7064 04:53:34,280 --> 04:53:36,320 SO BASICALLY THIS GENTLEMAN LIED 7065 04:53:36,320 --> 04:53:38,120 TO THESE AGENCIES. 7066 04:53:38,120 --> 04:53:44,880 HE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER 7067 04:53:44,880 --> 04:53:45,320 CERTIFICATION. 7068 04:53:45,320 --> 04:53:48,160 HE ALLOWED ILLEGAL RELEASE OF 7069 04:53:48,160 --> 04:53:50,800 PESTICIDES, I'M TRYING TO 7070 04:53:50,800 --> 04:53:51,960 REMEMBER, FOLSOM DAM. 7071 04:53:51,960 --> 04:53:53,640 SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A BAD 7072 04:53:53,640 --> 04:53:53,880 DEAL. 7073 04:53:53,880 --> 04:53:56,120 THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO BE 7074 04:53:56,120 --> 04:54:00,200 REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YOU 7075 04:54:00,200 --> 04:54:00,400 HIRE. 7076 04:54:00,400 --> 04:54:02,120 SO, THIS CASE GOT BIG ATTENTION 7077 04:54:02,120 --> 04:54:05,080 A FEW YEARS AGO. 7078 04:54:05,080 --> 04:54:08,360 I HAD TO PAY $575,000 IN 7079 04:54:08,360 --> 04:54:08,640 PENALTIES. 7080 04:54:08,640 --> 04:54:10,440 AND THEN DO A BUNCH OF TRAINING 7081 04:54:10,440 --> 04:54:16,200 AND SOME OTHER THINGS THE STATE 7082 04:54:16,200 --> 04:54:16,520 REQUIRED. 7083 04:54:16,520 --> 04:54:18,520 SO, BIG RAMIFICATIONS, IF A 7084 04:54:18,520 --> 04:54:20,720 COMPANY DOES SOMETHING 7085 04:54:20,720 --> 04:54:21,600 FRAUDULENT WITH PESTICIDES. 7086 04:54:21,600 --> 04:54:24,560 ALL RIGHT. 7087 04:54:24,560 --> 04:54:25,520 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 7088 04:54:25,520 --> 04:54:29,000 SO WHY DOES IT ALL MATTER? 7089 04:54:29,000 --> 04:54:32,760 THIS WAS A CASE I HAD AT A 7090 04:54:32,760 --> 04:54:34,320 TRIBE, NOT A FEDERAL FACILITY 7091 04:54:34,320 --> 04:54:37,040 BUT THIS WAS A PEST CONTROL 7092 04:54:37,040 --> 04:54:40,000 COMPANY WHO WAS APPLYING 7093 04:54:40,000 --> 04:54:42,160 PESTICIDE IN A CHILD CARE CENTER 7094 04:54:42,160 --> 04:54:43,720 AT THE TRIBE. 7095 04:54:43,720 --> 04:54:45,920 THE LABEL CLEARLY STATED DO NOT 7096 04:54:45,920 --> 04:54:47,120 APPLY IN OCCUPIED CLASSROOMS. 7097 04:54:47,120 --> 04:54:50,840 IT HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER 7098 04:54:50,840 --> 04:54:52,520 PRECAUTIONARY LANGUAGE ON IT 7099 04:54:52,520 --> 04:54:54,520 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS 7100 04:54:54,520 --> 04:54:58,720 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AN -- 7101 04:54:58,720 --> 04:55:03,320 APPLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE AROUND. 7102 04:55:03,320 --> 04:55:06,040 FOR HOSPITALS, IT SAYS OCCUPANTS 7103 04:55:06,040 --> 04:55:09,520 MAY RETURN WHEN SURFACES DRY. 7104 04:55:09,520 --> 04:55:10,440 WE PURSUED ENFORCEMENT. 7105 04:55:10,440 --> 04:55:12,920 YOU CAN SEE A CHILD WAS IN A 7106 04:55:12,920 --> 04:55:14,280 CRIB WHILE THIS PERSON WAS 7107 04:55:14,280 --> 04:55:17,960 SPRAYING PESTICIDES IN THE ROOM. 7108 04:55:17,960 --> 04:55:23,240 REALLY NOT A GOOD THING. 7109 04:55:23,240 --> 04:55:25,400 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 7110 04:55:25,400 --> 04:55:28,800 AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE DEALT 7111 04:55:28,800 --> 04:55:30,280 WITH RECENTLY DURING THE 7112 04:55:30,280 --> 04:55:34,360 PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A DETENTION 7113 04:55:34,360 --> 04:55:35,680 CENTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7114 04:55:35,680 --> 04:55:38,120 WHERE LOTS OF ALLEGATIONS WERE 7115 04:55:38,120 --> 04:55:39,840 MADE THAT DETAINEES WERE BEING 7116 04:55:39,840 --> 04:55:42,560 EXPOSED TO PESTICIDES SO WE DID 7117 04:55:42,560 --> 04:55:44,320 INVESTIGATE THIS AND FOUND THAT 7118 04:55:44,320 --> 04:55:48,720 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INSTANCES 7119 04:55:48,720 --> 04:55:51,320 OF INCONSISTENT USE OF 7120 04:55:51,320 --> 04:55:52,720 DISINFECTANTS AT THAT FACILITY. 7121 04:55:52,720 --> 04:55:54,120 SO WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT THESE 7122 04:55:54,120 --> 04:55:57,440 THINGS WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND 7123 04:55:57,440 --> 04:56:01,120 WE INVESTIGATE AND WE TAKE 7124 04:56:01,120 --> 04:56:04,120 ACTION AS APPROPRIATE. 7125 04:56:04,120 --> 04:56:06,440 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 7126 04:56:06,440 --> 04:56:08,360 AND WE ARE DONE. 7127 04:56:08,360 --> 04:56:11,960 I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, YOU 7128 04:56:11,960 --> 04:56:14,120 KNOW, I DIDN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT 7129 04:56:14,120 --> 04:56:15,560 COVID. 7130 04:56:15,560 --> 04:56:16,800 COVID HAS KIND OF BROUGHT THIS 7131 04:56:16,800 --> 04:56:19,840 PROGRAM TO THE FOREFRONT. 7132 04:56:19,840 --> 04:56:22,480 THERE ARE PRODUCTS REGISTERED. 7133 04:56:22,480 --> 04:56:24,360 THERE WAS A TIME YOU HAD TO LOOK 7134 04:56:24,360 --> 04:56:27,240 FOR A PRODUCT FOUND TO BE JUST 7135 04:56:27,240 --> 04:56:28,160 AS EFFECTIVE EVEN THOUGH NOT 7136 04:56:28,160 --> 04:56:28,960 REGISTERED FOR COVID. 7137 04:56:28,960 --> 04:56:31,640 YOU NOW HAVE OPTIONS FOR THAT. 7138 04:56:31,640 --> 04:56:35,920 THAT'S LESS OF AN UNKNOWN THING 7139 04:56:35,920 --> 04:56:36,960 NOW. 7140 04:56:36,960 --> 04:56:37,320 OKAY. 7141 04:56:37,320 --> 04:56:40,360 SO QUESTIONS? 7142 04:56:40,360 --> 04:56:42,880 >> THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT 7143 04:56:42,880 --> 04:56:43,600 DISPOSAL. 7144 04:56:43,600 --> 04:56:44,400 LIKE THE PERSON ASKED ABOUT 7145 04:56:44,400 --> 04:56:48,720 SUPPOSE THEY HAVE A PESTICIDE, 7146 04:56:48,720 --> 04:56:49,440 EXPIRATION DATE HAS GONE OFF, 7147 04:56:49,440 --> 04:56:52,680 THERE MAY BE A THIRD OF THE 7148 04:56:52,680 --> 04:56:53,480 PRODUCT IN THERE. 7149 04:56:53,480 --> 04:56:55,960 AND THEY FEEL AS IF THEY WANT 7150 04:56:55,960 --> 04:57:00,360 YOU TO TALK ABOUT DISPOSAL OF 7151 04:57:00,360 --> 04:57:01,480 WASTE PESTICIDES. 7152 04:57:01,480 --> 04:57:03,200 >> SO, IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL 7153 04:57:03,200 --> 04:57:05,920 WITH A PESTICIDE LIKE THAT, YOU 7154 04:57:05,920 --> 04:57:08,560 WOULD TAKE IT TO YOUR LOCAL 7155 04:57:08,560 --> 04:57:10,640 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. 7156 04:57:10,640 --> 04:57:13,800 IF YOU'RE TALKING PESTICIDES AT 7157 04:57:13,800 --> 04:57:17,440 YOUR FACILITY, I'M NOT A RCRA 7158 04:57:17,440 --> 04:57:17,920 EXPERT. 7159 04:57:17,920 --> 04:57:21,240 BUT IF IT'S A PRODUCT THAT'S NOW 7160 04:57:21,240 --> 04:57:24,400 A WASTE, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD 7161 04:57:24,400 --> 04:57:27,120 NEED TO WORK WITH YOUR HAZARDOUS 7162 04:57:27,120 --> 04:57:28,760 WASTE DISPOSAL FOLKS SO IT KIND 7163 04:57:28,760 --> 04:57:30,720 OF DEPENDS IF YOU'RE ASKING FROM 7164 04:57:30,720 --> 04:57:32,400 A FACILITY STANDPOINT OR IF 7165 04:57:32,400 --> 04:57:34,920 YOU'RE TALKING YOU HAVE 7166 04:57:34,920 --> 04:57:37,320 SOMETHING AT HOME. 7167 04:57:37,320 --> 04:57:39,920 THEN IT'S YOUR HOUSEHOLD LOCAL 7168 04:57:39,920 --> 04:57:41,600 SANITARY PEOPLE. 7169 04:57:41,600 --> 04:57:46,160 USUALLY HAVE A HOUSEHOLD 7170 04:57:46,160 --> 04:57:46,920 HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM. 7171 04:57:46,920 --> 04:57:51,960 >> I THINK THE PERSON WAS SORT 7172 04:57:51,960 --> 04:57:55,360 OF ON THE JOB LOOKING AT 7173 04:57:55,360 --> 04:57:56,240 INVENTORY REALIZING SOME 7174 04:57:56,240 --> 04:57:58,640 PESTICIDES THEY HAD IN THEIR 7175 04:57:58,640 --> 04:58:01,280 STORAGE UNIT HAD GONE OFF IN THE 7176 04:58:01,280 --> 04:58:04,240 SENSE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT 7177 04:58:04,240 --> 04:58:06,280 THE EXPIRATION DATE, JUNE OF 7178 04:58:06,280 --> 04:58:09,480 2019, AND THEY ARE FIGURING OUT, 7179 04:58:09,480 --> 04:58:15,720 WELL, THIS HAS TO BE DISCARDED, 7180 04:58:15,720 --> 04:58:17,320 COULD BE A RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE 7181 04:58:17,320 --> 04:58:19,160 AT THAT POINT. 7182 04:58:19,160 --> 04:58:21,120 >> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY READ THE 7183 04:58:21,120 --> 04:58:22,200 STORAGE AND DISPOSAL DIRECTIONS 7184 04:58:22,200 --> 04:58:24,520 ON THE PRODUCT BECAUSE IT MIGHT 7185 04:58:24,520 --> 04:58:25,520 ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU'RE 7186 04:58:25,520 --> 04:58:28,240 SUPPOSED TO DO WITH ANY UNUSED 7187 04:58:28,240 --> 04:58:28,960 PRODUCT. 7188 04:58:28,960 --> 04:58:31,320 SOME LABELS DO HAVE THAT. 7189 04:58:31,320 --> 04:58:36,480 IF IT DOESN'T, YEAH, I WOULD GO 7190 04:58:36,480 --> 04:58:38,000 THE HAZARDOUS WASTE METHOD. 7191 04:58:38,000 --> 04:58:43,840 >> THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT 7192 04:58:43,840 --> 04:58:46,600 CAME IN ON PESTICIDES. 7193 04:58:46,600 --> 04:58:47,000 >> OKAY. 7194 04:58:47,000 --> 04:58:48,920 I WENT THROUGH IT FAST. 7195 04:58:48,920 --> 04:58:51,280 IT CAN BE A COMPLICATED PROGRAM 7196 04:58:51,280 --> 04:58:52,640 BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS, 7197 04:58:52,640 --> 04:58:55,520 IF SOMETHING IS A PESTICIDE. 7198 04:58:55,520 --> 04:58:57,480 MY E-MAIL IS HERE, IF YOU HAVE 7199 04:58:57,480 --> 04:58:58,720 QUESTIONS YOU CAN CERTAINLY 7200 04:58:58,720 --> 04:59:01,240 CONTACT ME AFTER THIS. 7201 04:59:01,240 --> 04:59:03,320 I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO PUT YOU IN 7202 04:59:03,320 --> 04:59:06,920 CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT ANSWERS. 7203 04:59:06,920 --> 04:59:08,120 >> SOUNDS GOOD. 7204 04:59:08,120 --> 04:59:11,120 I'M GOING TO PASS BACK TO JESS. 7205 04:59:11,120 --> 04:59:11,360 >> OKAY. 7206 04:59:11,360 --> 04:59:12,560 THANK YOU ALL. 7207 04:59:12,560 --> 04:59:16,080 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIE. 7208 04:59:16,080 --> 04:59:22,120 7209 04:59:22,120 --> 04:59:26,880 7210 04:59:26,880 --> 04:59:28,920 THE FINAL PRESENTATION IS OPEN 7211 04:59:28,920 --> 04:59:30,080 BURNING AND OPEN DETONATION OF 7212 04:59:30,080 --> 04:59:32,960 EXPLOSIVE WASTE UNDER YOU THE 7213 04:59:32,960 --> 04:59:36,440 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND 7214 04:59:36,440 --> 04:59:44,000 RECOVERY ACT, RCRA. 7215 04:59:44,000 --> 04:59:45,960 SASHA GEARHART HAS 20 YEARS OF 7216 04:59:45,960 --> 04:59:48,400 EXPERIENCE WITH THE POLICY AND 7217 04:59:48,400 --> 04:59:49,160 GUIDANCE AS RELATES TO THERMAL 7218 04:59:49,160 --> 04:59:52,960 TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND 7219 04:59:52,960 --> 04:59:54,960 ENERGETIC HAZARDS UNDER RCRA, 7220 04:59:54,960 --> 04:59:56,040 CURRENTLY ENERGYETIC TEAM LEAD 7221 04:59:56,040 --> 04:59:59,000 IN OFFICE OF RCRA AND FOCUSES ON 7222 04:59:59,000 --> 05:00:00,520 REGULATORY AND PERMITTING 7223 05:00:00,520 --> 05:00:04,840 CHALLENGES TO OPEN BURNING, OPEN 7224 05:00:04,840 --> 05:00:05,280 DETONATION. 7225 05:00:05,280 --> 05:00:06,960 TAKE IT, SASHA. 7226 05:00:06,960 --> 05:00:07,320 >> HI. 7227 05:00:07,320 --> 05:00:18,160 THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 7228 05:00:18,160 --> 05:00:27,720 I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN. 7229 05:00:27,720 --> 05:00:28,720 >> WE CAN SEE IT. 7230 05:00:28,720 --> 05:00:32,360 >> OKAY, PERFECT. 7231 05:00:32,360 --> 05:00:33,560 ALL RIGHT. 7232 05:00:33,560 --> 05:00:37,280 NOW MY SCREEN DOESN'T HAVE IT 7233 05:00:37,280 --> 05:00:39,280 ON. 7234 05:00:39,280 --> 05:00:41,000 BUT OKAY. 7235 05:00:41,000 --> 05:00:43,880 WELL, MY APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE, 7236 05:00:43,880 --> 05:00:46,280 I'M NOT -- I'M LOOKING FOR MY -- 7237 05:00:46,280 --> 05:00:48,360 I THOUGHT I HAD THIS ALL WORKED 7238 05:00:48,360 --> 05:00:48,840 OUT. 7239 05:00:48,840 --> 05:00:49,160 OKAY. 7240 05:00:49,160 --> 05:00:51,320 THERE WE GO. 7241 05:00:51,320 --> 05:00:52,320 ALL RIGHT. 7242 05:00:52,320 --> 05:00:55,480 SO THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 7243 05:00:55,480 --> 05:00:58,520 I'M GOING TO TALK, SWITCHING 7244 05:00:58,520 --> 05:00:59,920 STATUTES, AND IT'S THE END OF 7245 05:00:59,920 --> 05:01:02,920 THE DAY SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS 7246 05:01:02,920 --> 05:01:06,400 AS LIVELY AS I CAN. 7247 05:01:06,400 --> 05:01:09,880 SO JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN 7248 05:01:09,880 --> 05:01:11,880 OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'M GOING TO 7249 05:01:11,880 --> 05:01:14,800 TALK ABOUT TODAY, A QUICK 7250 05:01:14,800 --> 05:01:15,800 REGULATORY HISTORY, WITH REGARD 7251 05:01:15,800 --> 05:01:19,040 TO OPEN BURNING AND OPEN 7252 05:01:19,040 --> 05:01:20,000 DETONATION OF WASTE EXPLOSIVES, 7253 05:01:20,000 --> 05:01:24,040 SHOW YOU WHAT THE PRESENT 7254 05:01:24,040 --> 05:01:27,320 UNIVERSE LOOKS LIKE, ALSO 7255 05:01:27,320 --> 05:01:29,840 INFORMATION WE'VE COLLECTED, 7256 05:01:29,840 --> 05:01:32,360 LESSONS LEARNED OVER DECADES AND 7257 05:01:32,360 --> 05:01:34,000 CERTAIN REQUESTS AND ACTIONS 7258 05:01:34,000 --> 05:01:35,880 TAKEN AS WELL. 7259 05:01:35,880 --> 05:01:41,000 I'LL GIVE A PERSPECTIVE ON OB/OD 7260 05:01:41,000 --> 05:01:49,200 FROM EPA STAGED -- STANDPOINT 7261 05:01:49,200 --> 05:01:52,320 AND WRAP UP WITH REVISIONS TO 7262 05:01:52,320 --> 05:01:55,320 UPCOMING RULEMAKING AND WE'LL 7263 05:01:55,320 --> 05:01:59,920 HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 7264 05:01:59,920 --> 05:02:02,320 7265 05:02:02,320 --> 05:02:05,320 SO, GOING BACK TO 1980, EPA 7266 05:02:05,320 --> 05:02:07,360 PUBLISHED A RULE THAT INCLUDED A 7267 05:02:07,360 --> 05:02:11,200 BAN ON OPEN BURNING OF HAZARDOUS 7268 05:02:11,200 --> 05:02:13,720 WASTE BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL TO 7269 05:02:13,720 --> 05:02:15,360 HUMAN HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED 7270 05:02:15,360 --> 05:02:17,760 WITH PRACTICE DICTATED THAT OPEN 7271 05:02:17,760 --> 05:02:21,680 BURNING BE ENDED. 7272 05:02:21,680 --> 05:02:23,080 HOWEVER, WE ALSO INCLUDE AN 7273 05:02:23,080 --> 05:02:27,040 EXEMPTION WHICH WAS TO ALLOW THE 7274 05:02:27,040 --> 05:02:29,200 OB/OD OF WASTE EXPLOSIVE NOT 7275 05:02:29,200 --> 05:02:33,560 SAFELY DISPOSED OF THROUGH OTHER 7276 05:02:33,560 --> 05:02:36,760 MODES OF TREATMENT. 7277 05:02:36,760 --> 05:02:40,920 WASTE EXPLOSIVES CAN INCLUDE 7278 05:02:40,920 --> 05:02:43,640 MUNITIONS, PROPELLANTS, ROCKET 7279 05:02:43,640 --> 05:02:47,320 PROPELLANTS, BLASTING AGENTS, 7280 05:02:47,320 --> 05:02:49,120 FIREWORKS, FLARES, AND AUTOAIR 7281 05:02:49,120 --> 05:02:50,400 BAG INITIATORS. 7282 05:02:50,400 --> 05:02:54,320 SO IT COVERS A WHITE RANGE -- A 7283 05:02:54,320 --> 05:02:58,040 WIDE RANGE OF ITEMS AND WASTE. 7284 05:02:58,040 --> 05:03:04,040 I'LL SAY MOST FEDERAL FACILITIES 7285 05:03:04,040 --> 05:03:05,960 UNDER SUCH REGULATIONS WOULD BE 7286 05:03:05,960 --> 05:03:07,920 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 7287 05:03:07,920 --> 05:03:09,960 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND NASA 7288 05:03:09,960 --> 05:03:15,120 OF COURSE. 7289 05:03:15,120 --> 05:03:17,520 ALL THESE FEDERAL ENTITIES OWN 7290 05:03:17,520 --> 05:03:20,520 AND OPERATE OB/OD UNITS FOR 7291 05:03:20,520 --> 05:03:23,520 THESE TYPES OF WASTE. 7292 05:03:23,520 --> 05:03:27,120 SO, MOVING FORWARD A BIT TO 7293 05:03:27,120 --> 05:03:29,960 1987, EPA PUBLISHED A FINAL RULE 7294 05:03:29,960 --> 05:03:31,160 FOR MISCELLANEOUS UNITS. 7295 05:03:31,160 --> 05:03:33,280 THOSE ARE UNITS THAT DON'T 7296 05:03:33,280 --> 05:03:34,560 REALLY -- THEY ARE UNIQUE AND 7297 05:03:34,560 --> 05:03:37,640 DON'T REALLY FALL UNDER ANY OF 7298 05:03:37,640 --> 05:03:39,920 OUR OTHER STANDARDS. 7299 05:03:39,920 --> 05:03:41,320 SO, THESE ARE PERMITTING 7300 05:03:41,320 --> 05:03:42,960 STANDARDS DESIGNED TO ENSURE 7301 05:03:42,960 --> 05:03:45,480 COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL 7302 05:03:45,480 --> 05:03:51,800 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. 7303 05:03:51,800 --> 05:03:53,400 LOCATED IN 2 64.601. 7304 05:03:53,400 --> 05:03:54,720 AND INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS. 7305 05:03:54,720 --> 05:03:55,920 THEY ARE NOT PRESCRIBED 7306 05:03:55,920 --> 05:03:57,640 TECHNICAL STANDARDS YOU WOULD 7307 05:03:57,640 --> 05:04:00,720 FIND FOR INCINERATORS, FOR 7308 05:04:00,720 --> 05:04:01,040 EXAMPLE. 7309 05:04:01,040 --> 05:04:05,920 SO, THEN ALSO NOTING THAT THE 7310 05:04:05,920 --> 05:04:08,360 1987 FINAL RULE ESTABLISHED 7311 05:04:08,360 --> 05:04:10,520 OB/OD AS TREATMENT AND NOT 7312 05:04:10,520 --> 05:04:12,520 DISPOSAL, SIGNIFICANCE THERE IS 7313 05:04:12,520 --> 05:04:16,800 THAT OB - OD IS NOT SUBJECT TO 7314 05:04:16,800 --> 05:04:24,880 LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS AND 7315 05:04:24,880 --> 05:04:26,280 MUST THEREFORE CLEAN CLOSE. 7316 05:04:26,280 --> 05:04:31,080 IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN 7317 05:04:31,080 --> 05:04:37,080 1980, THAT WAS OUR DATABASE 7318 05:04:37,080 --> 05:04:37,640 ESSENTIALLY TRACKS 225 7319 05:04:37,640 --> 05:04:39,040 FACILITIES OVER THE YEARS BUT 7320 05:04:39,040 --> 05:04:42,720 RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOWN TO 67 7321 05:04:42,720 --> 05:04:43,840 OPERATING FACILITIES, JUST WANT 7322 05:04:43,840 --> 05:04:46,800 TO NOTE THAT THAT DOES NOT 7323 05:04:46,800 --> 05:04:49,600 INCLUDE OPEN BURNING AND OPEN 7324 05:04:49,600 --> 05:04:51,440 DETONATION THAT'S CONDUCTED IN 7325 05:04:51,440 --> 05:04:52,920 RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES, 7326 05:04:52,920 --> 05:04:55,400 TRAINING, OR RANGE MANAGEMENT. 7327 05:04:55,400 --> 05:04:58,120 THAT'S JUST YOUR MOSTLY 7328 05:04:58,120 --> 05:05:00,120 TREATMENT STORAGE DISPOSAL 7329 05:05:00,120 --> 05:05:02,400 FACILITIES REGULATED UNDER RCRA. 7330 05:05:02,400 --> 05:05:06,440 AND SO IN A NUTSHELL, TWO-THIRDS 7331 05:05:06,440 --> 05:05:11,480 ARE NO LONGER OPERATING, IN 7332 05:05:11,480 --> 05:05:14,520 VARIOUS STAGES OF CLOSURE. 7333 05:05:14,520 --> 05:05:17,680 WE HAVE 138 FACILITIES IN 7334 05:05:17,680 --> 05:05:20,120 CLOSURE STATUS OR THAT HAVE 7335 05:05:20,120 --> 05:05:21,520 CLOSED, SEVERAL INACTIVE, NOT 7336 05:05:21,520 --> 05:05:25,040 YET CLEAN CLOSE. 7337 05:05:25,040 --> 05:05:30,600 WE HAVE ROUGHLY 7% IN POST 7338 05:05:30,600 --> 05:05:31,920 CLOSURE STATUS. 7339 05:05:31,920 --> 05:05:34,400 AND DoD HAS BEEN ASSISTING US 7340 05:05:34,400 --> 05:05:38,120 WITH ASSESSMENT OF THE CLOSURE 7341 05:05:38,120 --> 05:05:40,960 STATUS OF THEIR FACILITIES SINCE 7342 05:05:40,960 --> 05:05:42,640 YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 7343 05:05:42,640 --> 05:05:45,800 WHILE THERE'S A FAIR NUMBER IN 7344 05:05:45,800 --> 05:05:47,000 THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MAJORITY 7345 05:05:47,000 --> 05:05:52,240 TEND TO FALL UNDER DoD'S 7346 05:05:52,240 --> 05:05:52,720 PURVIEW. 7347 05:05:52,720 --> 05:05:55,600 SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 7348 05:05:55,600 --> 05:05:58,720 CODES IN OUR RCRA DATABASE THAT 7349 05:05:58,720 --> 05:06:01,880 PERTAIN TO CLOSURE, SOME YOU CAN 7350 05:06:01,880 --> 05:06:06,560 BE INACTIVE CLOSING, YOU CAN BE 7351 05:06:06,560 --> 05:06:11,280 UNDER DELAY OF CLOSURE, 7352 05:06:11,280 --> 05:06:13,560 CONVERTED BUT NOT RCRA CLOSED, 7353 05:06:13,560 --> 05:06:15,640 CLEAN CLOSE, A LOT OF CLOSURE 7354 05:06:15,640 --> 05:06:15,880 CODES. 7355 05:06:15,880 --> 05:06:18,280 AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 7356 05:06:18,280 --> 05:06:21,080 IS ASCERTAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING 7357 05:06:21,080 --> 05:06:22,920 IN PRACTICE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN 7358 05:06:22,920 --> 05:06:28,200 WHEN A FACILITY IS INACTIVE AND 7359 05:06:28,200 --> 05:06:28,720 CLOSING. 7360 05:06:28,720 --> 05:06:30,720 SO, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE 7361 05:06:30,720 --> 05:06:33,440 ATTEMPTING TO DO AND DoD IS 7362 05:06:33,440 --> 05:06:34,520 HELPING US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 7363 05:06:34,520 --> 05:06:38,360 SO THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE 7364 05:06:38,360 --> 05:06:39,440 REVISIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS TO 7365 05:06:39,440 --> 05:06:45,560 OUR CODES AND OUR SYSTEM THAT 7366 05:06:45,560 --> 05:06:47,120 MORE ACCURATELY DEMONSTRATE WHAT 7367 05:06:47,120 --> 05:06:50,520 IS ACTUALLY GOING ON OUT THERE. 7368 05:06:50,520 --> 05:06:53,680 7369 05:06:53,680 --> 05:06:56,640 SO, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED OVER 7370 05:06:56,640 --> 05:06:58,720 THESE DECADES SINCE EPA FIRST 7371 05:06:58,720 --> 05:07:02,760 PUBLISHED OUR RULES? 7372 05:07:02,760 --> 05:07:04,960 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY 7373 05:07:04,960 --> 05:07:06,560 ADVANCES AND SO WE'VE LEARNED 7374 05:07:06,560 --> 05:07:08,600 THAT THERE ARE VIABLE 7375 05:07:08,600 --> 05:07:10,200 ALTERNATIVES TO OB/OD. 7376 05:07:10,200 --> 05:07:12,960 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF 7377 05:07:12,960 --> 05:07:17,920 SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE 7378 05:07:17,920 --> 05:07:20,680 PUBLISHED A REPORT IN 2019 FOR 7379 05:07:20,680 --> 05:07:21,840 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS, EPA 7380 05:07:21,840 --> 05:07:24,120 FOLLOWED WITH A SIMILAR BUT 7381 05:07:24,120 --> 05:07:27,520 SEPARATE REPORT IN 2019 7382 05:07:27,520 --> 05:07:29,520 DOCUMENTING AVAILABLE 7383 05:07:29,520 --> 05:07:29,840 ALTERNATIVES. 7384 05:07:29,840 --> 05:07:32,920 THE MAJORITY OF -- WE HAVE 7385 05:07:32,920 --> 05:07:35,520 OPERATING ALTERNATIVES IN PLACE, 7386 05:07:35,520 --> 05:07:38,720 THAT HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF 7387 05:07:38,720 --> 05:07:40,560 WASTE GOING TO OB/OD, AND 7388 05:07:40,560 --> 05:07:43,640 SOMETIMES IN SOME CASES THEY 7389 05:07:43,640 --> 05:07:46,600 HAVE EVEN -- WERE ABLE TO 7390 05:07:46,600 --> 05:07:48,320 ELIMINATE THE NEED, AND SOME 7391 05:07:48,320 --> 05:07:49,880 DEVICES, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR 7392 05:07:49,880 --> 05:07:53,640 WITH, WOULD BE STATIC DETONATION 7393 05:07:53,640 --> 05:07:55,440 CHAMBERS, CONFINED BURN 7394 05:07:55,440 --> 05:07:58,640 CHAMBERS, A LOTS OF THERMAL 7395 05:07:58,640 --> 05:08:00,040 TREATMENT IS PREDOMINANTLY THE 7396 05:08:00,040 --> 05:08:02,440 MOST SUCCESSFUL TYPE OF 7397 05:08:02,440 --> 05:08:03,040 ALTERNATIVE OUT THERE. 7398 05:08:03,040 --> 05:08:05,760 SO OF COURSE THE MAIN DIFFERENCE 7399 05:08:05,760 --> 05:08:08,200 BETWEEN THOSE ARE IN CLOSED 7400 05:08:08,200 --> 05:08:14,080 TECHNOLOGIES AS OPPOSED TO OPEN 7401 05:08:14,080 --> 05:08:16,520 BURN OPEN DETONATION OPERATIONS. 7402 05:08:16,520 --> 05:08:19,120 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT AIR 7403 05:08:19,120 --> 05:08:19,840 EMISSIONS? 7404 05:08:19,840 --> 05:08:23,720 IT'S STILL A VERY DIFFICULT AREA 7405 05:08:23,720 --> 05:08:25,240 TO MEASURE AND MONITOR. 7406 05:08:25,240 --> 05:08:28,520 YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY 7407 05:08:28,520 --> 05:08:31,800 ATTEMPTS TO PLACE MONITORS AT 7408 05:08:31,800 --> 05:08:35,720 THE FENCE LINE. 7409 05:08:35,720 --> 05:08:37,480 BACK IN EARLY 2000s I BELIEVE 7410 05:08:37,480 --> 05:08:44,800 AIR STOP -- AEROSTAT BALLOONS, 7411 05:08:44,800 --> 05:08:46,000 MORE RECENTLY DRONES, WHERE THE 7412 05:08:46,000 --> 05:08:47,000 EQUIPMENT IS PLACED ON THE 7413 05:08:47,000 --> 05:08:49,160 DRONE, THE DRONE CAN FOLLOW THE 7414 05:08:49,160 --> 05:08:55,720 FLUME FROM PLUME FROM OPEN BURN 7415 05:08:55,720 --> 05:08:58,520 AND MORE RECENTLY SUCCESSFULLY 7416 05:08:58,520 --> 05:09:00,680 SAMPLED FROM OPEN DETONATIONS. 7417 05:09:00,680 --> 05:09:04,720 WHY ARE WE LOOKING TO MEASURE 7418 05:09:04,720 --> 05:09:05,440 EMISSIONS? 7419 05:09:05,440 --> 05:09:07,000 OF COURSE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 7420 05:09:07,000 --> 05:09:13,560 WHAT IS THE RISK POSED AND SO 7421 05:09:13,560 --> 05:09:15,360 PART OF THIS IS DEVELOPING 7422 05:09:15,360 --> 05:09:26,720 EMISSION FACTORS THAT CAN BE 7423 05:09:26,720 --> 05:09:32,200 USED IN MODELING, WE'RE GIVEN 7424 05:09:32,200 --> 05:09:36,920 MORE DATA, STILL MUCH TO LEARN 7425 05:09:36,920 --> 05:09:37,320 THERE. 7426 05:09:37,320 --> 05:09:40,280 AND SO ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'VE 7427 05:09:40,280 --> 05:09:46,320 ALSO BEEN SEEKING TO LEARN MORE 7428 05:09:46,320 --> 05:09:47,880 ABOUT IS CLOSURE, AND AGAIN 7429 05:09:47,880 --> 05:09:50,480 MENTIONING MY PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS 7430 05:09:50,480 --> 05:09:52,760 THE DATA, WHAT THOSE CLOSURES 7431 05:09:52,760 --> 05:09:55,120 LOOKS LIKE BUT ALSO WE'RE 7432 05:09:55,120 --> 05:09:57,800 LOOKING AT CASE STUDIES. 7433 05:09:57,800 --> 05:10:01,920 AND CASE STUDIES FOR FACILITIES, 7434 05:10:01,920 --> 05:10:07,560 OB/OB/OD FACILITIES THAT HAVE 7435 05:10:07,560 --> 05:10:09,040 CLOSED AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN 7436 05:10:09,040 --> 05:10:14,760 KNOWING HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE OR 7437 05:10:14,760 --> 05:10:19,600 MAKE CLEANUP ACTIONS, YOU KNOW, 7438 05:10:19,600 --> 05:10:20,680 MORE EFFICIENT BY STUDYING WHAT 7439 05:10:20,680 --> 05:10:25,160 PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 7440 05:10:25,160 --> 05:10:29,040 PAST TO IDENTIFY EXTENT OF 7441 05:10:29,040 --> 05:10:30,640 CONTAMINATION AND THE CLEANUP. 7442 05:10:30,640 --> 05:10:34,160 AND THEN OF COURSE DOCUMENTING 7443 05:10:34,160 --> 05:10:36,280 EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION. 7444 05:10:36,280 --> 05:10:38,720 SO IT'S REALLY -- WE'RE LOOKING 7445 05:10:38,720 --> 05:10:43,680 TO ASSESS THE ABILITY OF 7446 05:10:43,680 --> 05:10:46,480 FACILITIES TO CLEAN CLOSE, AND 7447 05:10:46,480 --> 05:10:48,480 CERTAINLY ANOTHER AREA OF 7448 05:10:48,480 --> 05:10:52,480 INTEREST IS HOW MUCH DOES IT 7449 05:10:52,480 --> 05:10:58,280 COST TO CLOSE AN OB/OD FACILITY. 7450 05:10:58,280 --> 05:11:00,560 SO, THE CLOSURE STUDIES, CASE 7451 05:11:00,560 --> 05:11:04,840 STUDIES I WAS REFERRING TO, 7452 05:11:04,840 --> 05:11:06,800 WE'VE LOOKED AT NINE INDIVIDUAL 7453 05:11:06,800 --> 05:11:10,720 FACILITIES THAT HAVE CLOSED OR 7454 05:11:10,720 --> 05:11:13,720 CLEAN CLOSED, AND, YOU KNOW, THE 7455 05:11:13,720 --> 05:11:17,400 COSTS CAN BE SIGNIFICANT. 7456 05:11:17,400 --> 05:11:21,200 SOME CASE STUDIES PUT COST 7457 05:11:21,200 --> 05:11:24,600 AROUND $200 MILLION. 7458 05:11:24,600 --> 05:11:26,760 CONTAMINANTS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED 7459 05:11:26,760 --> 05:11:33,000 E PA CLEANUP ACTION LEVELS, 7460 05:11:33,000 --> 05:11:43,040 WE'VE OF OF EXPLOSIVES, HEAVY 7461 05:11:43,040 --> 05:11:43,720 METALS. 7462 05:11:43,720 --> 05:11:44,920 IT'S IMPORTANT WE RECOGNIZE A 7463 05:11:44,920 --> 05:11:48,160 LOT OF THESE CLOSURE CASE 7464 05:11:48,160 --> 05:11:49,600 STUDIES ARE FROM FACILITIES 7465 05:11:49,600 --> 05:11:53,120 THAT, YOU KNOW, OPERATED 7466 05:11:53,120 --> 05:11:55,520 PRE-RCRA, SO THERE WEREN'T 7467 05:11:55,520 --> 05:11:57,680 REALLY CONTROLS IN PLACE, SO WE 7468 05:11:57,680 --> 05:12:02,720 HAVE SOME MORE RECENT CASE 7469 05:12:02,720 --> 05:12:04,600 STUDIES THAT HAVE -- WHERE THE 7470 05:12:04,600 --> 05:12:05,920 FACILITIES HAVE OPERATED WITH 7471 05:12:05,920 --> 05:12:08,200 CONTROLS IN PLACE, SO THERE'S 7472 05:12:08,200 --> 05:12:09,920 DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT 7473 05:12:09,920 --> 05:12:12,120 WE'RE SEEING BUT NONETHELESS 7474 05:12:12,120 --> 05:12:14,640 THERE'S STILL -- WE'RE STILL 7475 05:12:14,640 --> 05:12:17,000 FINDING CONTAMINATIONS. 7476 05:12:17,000 --> 05:12:21,600 7477 05:12:21,600 --> 05:12:25,000 OVER THE YEARS THERE'S BEEN 7478 05:12:25,000 --> 05:12:28,120 INTEREST OFF AND ON IN WHAT CAN 7479 05:12:28,120 --> 05:12:32,600 WE DO ABOUT OB/OD, RECOGNIZING 7480 05:12:32,600 --> 05:12:35,280 IT'S A PRACTICE THAT'S NEEDED. 7481 05:12:35,280 --> 05:12:41,640 BUT YET, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 7482 05:12:41,640 --> 05:12:48,720 ALTERNATIVES, WE GO BACK TO AN 7483 05:12:48,720 --> 05:12:50,800 INTERESTING RULING FROM 1996, BE 7484 05:12:50,800 --> 05:12:57,120 FOUND THAT THEY WANTED TO 7485 05:12:57,120 --> 05:12:58,360 PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 7486 05:12:58,360 --> 05:13:04,640 AND ALSO PHASE OUT OB/OD AS SOON 7487 05:13:04,640 --> 05:13:07,400 AS POSSIBLE, IN SOME CASES THAT 7488 05:13:07,400 --> 05:13:11,000 HAS OCCURRED THROUGH BASE 7489 05:13:11,000 --> 05:13:11,960 REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 7490 05:13:11,960 --> 05:13:15,040 ACTIVITIES, DoD HAS 7491 05:13:15,040 --> 05:13:17,240 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED NUMBER OF 7492 05:13:17,240 --> 05:13:18,920 OB/OD FACILITIES AND UNITS THAT 7493 05:13:18,920 --> 05:13:19,920 THEY HAVE USED. 7494 05:13:19,920 --> 05:13:22,440 YOU DID SEE IN THE EARLIER 7495 05:13:22,440 --> 05:13:34,120 SLIDES THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 7496 05:13:34,120 --> 05:13:35,120 REDUCTION. 7497 05:13:35,120 --> 05:13:38,960 VARIABLES ARE IN PLAY. 7498 05:13:38,960 --> 05:13:42,480 RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS 7499 05:13:42,480 --> 05:13:44,200 HAVE INCLUDED THE NATIONAL 7500 05:13:44,200 --> 05:13:48,600 ACADEMIES TO DO ALTERNATIVE 7501 05:13:48,600 --> 05:13:48,920 REVIEW. 7502 05:13:48,920 --> 05:13:55,720 THERE WAS AN IG INVESTIGATION OF 7503 05:13:55,720 --> 05:13:56,720 DoD OB/OD FACILITIES, IN WHICH 7504 05:13:56,720 --> 05:14:00,280 I THINK MOST OF THE RESULTS 7505 05:14:00,280 --> 05:14:01,920 FOUND THAT THE OB/OD FACILITIES 7506 05:14:01,920 --> 05:14:08,040 WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PERMITS. 7507 05:14:08,040 --> 05:14:09,360 BUT DOESN'T ADDRESS 7508 05:14:09,360 --> 05:14:15,520 CONTAMINATION OR EMISSIONS FROM 7509 05:14:15,520 --> 05:14:18,440 OB/OD FACILITIES, SO I'M NOT 7510 05:14:18,440 --> 05:14:31,120 SURE TO EPA THE VALUE OF THAT 7511 05:14:31,120 --> 05:14:31,720 WAS NOT CLEAR. 7512 05:14:31,720 --> 05:14:35,360 IN PUERTO RICO THERE'S A 7513 05:14:35,360 --> 05:14:44,320 DETONATION CHAMBER BROUGHT IN TO 7514 05:14:44,320 --> 05:14:45,920 TREAT WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND BUT 7515 05:14:45,920 --> 05:14:46,920 WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION 7516 05:14:46,920 --> 05:14:50,000 THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 7517 05:14:50,000 --> 05:14:51,640 THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL COMMUNITY 7518 05:14:51,640 --> 05:14:56,120 WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN 7519 05:14:56,120 --> 05:14:59,840 WORKING WITH THEIR CONGRESSMAN 7520 05:14:59,840 --> 05:15:01,920 AND CONGRESSWOMAN TO MOVE THAT 7521 05:15:01,920 --> 05:15:05,640 FORWARD. 7522 05:15:05,640 --> 05:15:09,160 THE LATEST THING WE HAVE THERE 7523 05:15:09,160 --> 05:15:12,120 WAS REQUEST BY GUAM'S SENATOR TO 7524 05:15:12,120 --> 05:15:16,960 DENY THE OB/OD PERMIT, THAT IS 7525 05:15:16,960 --> 05:15:19,280 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION OR 7526 05:15:19,280 --> 05:15:20,720 IT'S IN A RENEWAL PHASE FOR AN 7527 05:15:20,720 --> 05:15:28,400 AIR FORCE BASE ON THE ISLAND, SO 7528 05:15:28,400 --> 05:15:29,920 LOTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, 7529 05:15:29,920 --> 05:15:31,480 NUMEROUS LETTERS TO CONGRESS AND 7530 05:15:31,480 --> 05:15:37,240 MOST RECENTLY A LOT OF LETTERS 7531 05:15:37,240 --> 05:15:40,960 TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR AND SO 7532 05:15:40,960 --> 05:15:45,000 SEVERAL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD 7533 05:15:45,000 --> 05:15:55,720 WITH OFFICE OF LAND AND 7534 05:15:55,720 --> 05:15:57,240 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND 7535 05:15:57,240 --> 05:16:00,960 THERE'S ONE IN APRIL BETWEEN 7536 05:16:00,960 --> 05:16:01,760 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OUR 7537 05:16:01,760 --> 05:16:10,920 ASSISTANTED ASSISTANT 7538 05:16:10,920 --> 05:16:12,800 ADMINISTRATOR, STILL HAPPENING. 7539 05:16:12,800 --> 05:16:14,640 WHAT DOES EPA THINK? 7540 05:16:14,640 --> 05:16:19,600 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 7541 05:16:19,600 --> 05:16:22,520 CONTINUATION OF THE TREND TOWARD 7542 05:16:22,520 --> 05:16:23,000 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT 7543 05:16:23,000 --> 05:16:24,640 TECHNOLOGIES AND REDUCTION IN 7544 05:16:24,640 --> 05:16:32,000 THE WASTE THAT'S GOING TO BE 7545 05:16:32,000 --> 05:16:35,760 TREATED BY OB/OD. 7546 05:16:35,760 --> 05:16:37,840 WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR OB/OD 7547 05:16:37,840 --> 05:16:40,920 IN CERTAIN CASES AND I HAVE A 7548 05:16:40,920 --> 05:16:47,800 SLIDE THAT SPEAKS TO THAT 7549 05:16:47,800 --> 05:16:48,640 FURTHER ON. 7550 05:16:48,640 --> 05:16:50,120 WHAT CAN WE DO THAT REMAINS 7551 05:16:50,120 --> 05:16:53,760 SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON, 7552 05:16:53,760 --> 05:16:57,200 CERTAINLY FOR ANY OWNER OPERATOR 7553 05:16:57,200 --> 05:17:02,920 OF OB/OD UNIT TO REVIEW 7554 05:17:02,920 --> 05:17:04,320 AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT 7555 05:17:04,320 --> 05:17:05,400 TECHNOLOGIES, AND IMPLEMENT THEM 7556 05:17:05,400 --> 05:17:09,880 IF THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS 7557 05:17:09,880 --> 05:17:10,120 VIABLE. 7558 05:17:10,120 --> 05:17:12,360 CERTAINLY WE'D LIKE TO SEE 7559 05:17:12,360 --> 05:17:17,840 INCREASED WASTE SCREENING AND 7560 05:17:17,840 --> 05:17:22,320 SEPARATION TO REDUCE, THERE ARE 7561 05:17:22,320 --> 05:17:23,600 SOME INSTALLATIONS THAT HAVE 7562 05:17:23,600 --> 05:17:30,800 IMPROVED THEIR METHODS AND HAVE 7563 05:17:30,800 --> 05:17:31,360 REDUCED WASTE. 7564 05:17:31,360 --> 05:17:34,480 AND CAN WE LOOK AT MUNITIONS 7565 05:17:34,480 --> 05:17:35,920 WITH REDESIGN AND DISMANTLING 7566 05:17:35,920 --> 05:17:42,600 AND TREATMENT IN MIND FURTHER 7567 05:17:42,600 --> 05:17:45,480 DOWN THE ROAD AND ALSO WASTE 7568 05:17:45,480 --> 05:17:49,080 CHARACTERIZATION SEEMS TO BE A 7569 05:17:49,080 --> 05:17:53,200 BIT OF AN ISSUE ACROSS ALL 7570 05:17:53,200 --> 05:17:57,880 OPERATORS, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT 7571 05:17:57,880 --> 05:18:01,640 EVIDENT THAT EVERY POINT OF 7572 05:18:01,640 --> 05:18:05,520 GENERATION NEEDS TO BE 7573 05:18:05,520 --> 05:18:06,720 CHARACTERIZED FOR EXPOSIVITY SO 7574 05:18:06,720 --> 05:18:11,080 IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT BY 7575 05:18:11,080 --> 05:18:12,480 OB/OD. 7576 05:18:12,480 --> 05:18:17,080 SO WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH 7577 05:18:17,080 --> 05:18:20,480 OUR PARTNERS TO CLARIFY SOME OF 7578 05:18:20,480 --> 05:18:21,240 THOSE WASTE CHARACTERIZATION 7579 05:18:21,240 --> 05:18:23,720 REQUIREMENTS. 7580 05:18:23,720 --> 05:18:25,680 7581 05:18:25,680 --> 05:18:27,560 AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE 7582 05:18:27,560 --> 05:18:32,120 CAN DO IS IN THE FUTURE, YOU 7583 05:18:32,120 --> 05:18:33,880 KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A BETTER LOOK 7584 05:18:33,880 --> 05:18:36,360 AT THE LOCATIONS FOR SOME OF 7585 05:18:36,360 --> 05:18:37,440 THOSE FACILITIES. 7586 05:18:37,440 --> 05:18:40,720 CERTAINLY IT MAKES SENSE WHERE 7587 05:18:40,720 --> 05:18:44,480 YOU HEAR THE MOST AND LARGEST 7588 05:18:44,480 --> 05:18:47,840 VOICE, I'M SORRY, A LOT OF THE 7589 05:18:47,840 --> 05:18:50,520 FOLKS THAT ARE IMPACTED ARE 7590 05:18:50,520 --> 05:18:54,280 THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VERY 7591 05:18:54,280 --> 05:18:54,640 CLOSE BY. 7592 05:18:54,640 --> 05:18:57,240 YOU KNOW, AN INSTALLATION OR 7593 05:18:57,240 --> 05:19:01,120 FACILITY THAT'S CONDUCTING 7594 05:19:01,120 --> 05:19:01,800 OB/OD. 7595 05:19:01,800 --> 05:19:03,720 AND SO CERTAINLY COMMUNITIES, 7596 05:19:03,720 --> 05:19:06,120 PROXIMITY TO COMMUNITIES, BUT 7597 05:19:06,120 --> 05:19:08,320 ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 7598 05:19:08,320 --> 05:19:10,200 THE EMISSIONS FROM OB/OD, THEY 7599 05:19:10,200 --> 05:19:13,320 GO INTO THE AIR AND FALL OUT. 7600 05:19:13,320 --> 05:19:16,240 OR EVEN SOME IN CERTAIN CASES 7601 05:19:16,240 --> 05:19:17,640 OPEN DETONATIONS WHICH THESE 7602 05:19:17,640 --> 05:19:20,440 DAYS AREN'T REALLY OPEN ANYMORE. 7603 05:19:20,440 --> 05:19:22,720 THEY ARE BURIED BUT YOU STILL 7604 05:19:22,720 --> 05:19:25,080 HAVE SOME KICKOUT. 7605 05:19:25,080 --> 05:19:27,440 WE DON'T WANT KICKOUT GOING 7606 05:19:27,440 --> 05:19:32,360 RIGHT OVER INTO THE NEARBY 7607 05:19:32,360 --> 05:19:34,320 COMMUNITY. 7608 05:19:34,320 --> 05:19:36,080 AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, TO THE 7609 05:19:36,080 --> 05:19:41,120 EXTENT WE CAN MINIMIZE RUNOFF TO 7610 05:19:41,120 --> 05:19:42,720 SURFACE WATERS, OR DEPOSITION 7611 05:19:42,720 --> 05:19:47,280 ONTO THE SOIL SO IT DOESN'T 7612 05:19:47,280 --> 05:19:50,520 REACH THE GROUND WATER. 7613 05:19:50,520 --> 05:19:53,120 AND THUS AFFECT A COMMUNITY'S 7614 05:19:53,120 --> 05:19:54,000 DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. 7615 05:19:54,000 --> 05:19:57,600 THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO IS BE 7616 05:19:57,600 --> 05:20:01,720 MORE AWARE OF IF ANY NEW UNITS 7617 05:20:01,720 --> 05:20:04,480 ARE CITED, TO LOOK AT THESE 7618 05:20:04,480 --> 05:20:05,720 THINGS AS IMPORTANT FACTORS. 7619 05:20:05,720 --> 05:20:12,000 SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE 7620 05:20:12,000 --> 05:20:12,920 HELPFUL ENSURING PUBLIC 7621 05:20:12,920 --> 05:20:16,920 OPERATIONS ARE SAFE INCREASED 7622 05:20:16,920 --> 05:20:18,720 SAMPLING AND ASSESSING AND THUS 7623 05:20:18,720 --> 05:20:21,720 PROVIDING THE ABILITY TO BETTER 7624 05:20:21,720 --> 05:20:23,120 ASSESS CONTAMINATION AND 7625 05:20:23,120 --> 05:20:23,840 POTENTIAL EXPOSURE. 7626 05:20:23,840 --> 05:20:27,320 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I THINK 7627 05:20:27,320 --> 05:20:30,080 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE'RE ALSO 7628 05:20:30,080 --> 05:20:33,520 LOOKING AT CLEANUP AND CLOSURE 7629 05:20:33,520 --> 05:20:36,960 AND HOPEFULLY TRYING TO 7630 05:20:36,960 --> 05:20:40,320 STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES. 7631 05:20:40,320 --> 05:20:45,280 AND LAST I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 7632 05:20:45,280 --> 05:20:47,000 WHILE OB/ODs ARE LEAST 7633 05:20:47,000 --> 05:20:47,760 PREFERRED TREATMENT METHOD 7634 05:20:47,760 --> 05:20:51,720 THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR 7635 05:20:51,720 --> 05:20:56,200 DEVELOPING LIKE A MINIMUM SET OF 7636 05:20:56,200 --> 05:20:59,720 TECHNICAL STANDARDS. 7637 05:20:59,720 --> 05:21:01,000 YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD SAY, YOU 7638 05:21:01,000 --> 05:21:02,440 KNOW, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT 7639 05:21:02,440 --> 05:21:06,360 OF, YOU KNOW, ALL PERMITS SHOULD 7640 05:21:06,360 --> 05:21:10,480 INCLUDE WIND SPEED AND 7641 05:21:10,480 --> 05:21:11,880 DIRECTION, SHOULD INCLUDE 7642 05:21:11,880 --> 05:21:14,800 SPECIFIED FREQUENCY FOR SOIL AND 7643 05:21:14,800 --> 05:21:18,440 GROUND WATER SAMPLING, SO THINGS 7644 05:21:18,440 --> 05:21:23,400 OF THAT NATURE. 7645 05:21:23,400 --> 05:21:25,760 WHETHER WE'RE AT NOW IS, YOU 7646 05:21:25,760 --> 05:21:28,680 KNOW, EPA IS CONSIDERING 7647 05:21:28,680 --> 05:21:31,800 REVISIONS TO THE EXISTING 7648 05:21:31,800 --> 05:21:32,120 REGULATIONS. 7649 05:21:32,120 --> 05:21:33,920 AND THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, 7650 05:21:33,920 --> 05:21:36,640 BEING DONE IN CONSIDERATION OF 7651 05:21:36,640 --> 05:21:40,600 AVAILABILITY OF VIABLE AND SAFE 7652 05:21:40,600 --> 05:21:41,960 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT 7653 05:21:41,960 --> 05:21:42,320 TECHNOLOGIES. 7654 05:21:42,320 --> 05:21:46,280 AND SO THE RULE IS LOOKING TO 7655 05:21:46,280 --> 05:21:48,920 REQUIRE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF 7656 05:21:48,920 --> 05:21:51,640 OB/OD FACILITIES TO CONDUCT AN 7657 05:21:51,640 --> 05:21:54,480 EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE 7658 05:21:54,480 --> 05:21:55,560 ALTERNATIVES AND REQUIRE 7659 05:21:55,560 --> 05:21:57,000 IMPLEMENTATION OF IDENTIFIED 7660 05:21:57,000 --> 05:22:00,120 VIABLE ALTERNATIVES IN PLACE OF 7661 05:22:00,120 --> 05:22:02,800 OB/OD. 7662 05:22:02,800 --> 05:22:07,720 WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS WE 7663 05:22:07,720 --> 05:22:08,520 HAVEN'T BEGUN ACTUALLY WRITING 7664 05:22:08,520 --> 05:22:09,800 OUR RULE. 7665 05:22:09,800 --> 05:22:13,000 WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING EARLY 7666 05:22:13,000 --> 05:22:14,320 ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, 7667 05:22:14,320 --> 05:22:20,400 MOST HAVE BEEN ALREADY 7668 05:22:20,400 --> 05:22:21,920 CONDUCTED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A 7669 05:22:21,920 --> 05:22:25,520 SECOND SESSION FOR THE REGULATED 7670 05:22:25,520 --> 05:22:26,440 COMMUNITY THIS THURSDAY. 7671 05:22:26,440 --> 05:22:32,000 SO WE HAVE ONE MORE TO GO. 7672 05:22:32,000 --> 05:22:36,800 AND AS HERE PRESENTED HERE, 7673 05:22:36,800 --> 05:22:39,360 WE'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE EVERYONE 7674 05:22:39,360 --> 05:22:40,880 WHO IS -- WHO MIGHT BE IMPACTED 7675 05:22:40,880 --> 05:22:45,920 OR HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS 7676 05:22:45,920 --> 05:22:46,240 RULEMAKING. 7677 05:22:46,240 --> 05:22:47,600 WE ANTICIPATE PROPOSED 7678 05:22:47,600 --> 05:22:49,600 PUBLICATION DATE SOMETIMES LATER 7679 05:22:49,600 --> 05:22:54,400 THIS YEAR OR EARLY IN 2023. 7680 05:22:54,400 --> 05:22:57,560 I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 7681 05:22:57,560 --> 05:22:58,760 RULEMAKINGS TAKE SEVERAL YEARS, 7682 05:22:58,760 --> 05:23:03,560 SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE 7683 05:23:03,560 --> 05:23:04,680 INTERIM IS WE'RE ENCOURAGING 7684 05:23:04,680 --> 05:23:06,760 EVALUATION AND USE OF 7685 05:23:06,760 --> 05:23:11,480 ALTERNATIVES THROUGH A FORMAL 7686 05:23:11,480 --> 05:23:16,080 COMMUNICATION TO EPA REGIONS AND 7687 05:23:16,080 --> 05:23:17,800 STATES AND TERRITORIES, 7688 05:23:17,800 --> 05:23:18,680 TERRITORIAL PARTNERS. 7689 05:23:18,680 --> 05:23:21,040 THIS COMMUNICATION, WE EXPECT TO 7690 05:23:21,040 --> 05:23:25,040 COME OUT LATER THIS SPRING. 7691 05:23:25,040 --> 05:23:30,520 THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SLIDE 7692 05:23:30,520 --> 05:23:32,200 ILLUSTRATING WHAT WE'RE 7693 05:23:32,200 --> 05:23:36,480 CONSIDERING IN THE MEMO AND WHAT 7694 05:23:36,480 --> 05:23:41,520 IT WILL CONVEY TO OUR REGULATORY 7695 05:23:41,520 --> 05:23:42,000 PARTNERS. 7696 05:23:42,000 --> 05:23:43,720 IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE 7697 05:23:43,720 --> 05:23:48,560 PROHIBITION ON OB/OD APPLIES 7698 05:23:48,560 --> 05:23:50,080 ALSO TO PERMITTED UNITS. 7699 05:23:50,080 --> 05:23:55,600 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 7700 05:23:55,600 --> 05:23:57,040 DEMONSTRATING ELIGIBILITY AND 7701 05:23:57,040 --> 05:23:59,440 HOW AUTHORITIES CAN REQUIRE 7702 05:23:59,440 --> 05:24:01,960 EVALUATION BASED ON EXISTING 7703 05:24:01,960 --> 05:24:03,760 REGULATIONS, CERTAINLY HOW TO 7704 05:24:03,760 --> 05:24:06,880 FACILITATE TRANSITION FROM OB/OD 7705 05:24:06,880 --> 05:24:10,160 TO ALTERNATIVES, AND AS I 7706 05:24:10,160 --> 05:24:12,800 MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE 7707 05:24:12,800 --> 05:24:15,080 REALIZE THAT THERE WILL BE A 7708 05:24:15,080 --> 05:24:17,360 NEED TO TREAT SOME WASTE 7709 05:24:17,360 --> 05:24:20,720 EXPLOSIVES THAT DO NOT HAVE A 7710 05:24:20,720 --> 05:24:23,600 SAFE MODE OF TREATMENT AND 7711 05:24:23,600 --> 05:24:24,320 AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE, THAT 7712 05:24:24,320 --> 05:24:29,520 COULD BE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO 7713 05:24:29,520 --> 05:24:32,400 BE CERTAIN MUNITIONS, FOR 7714 05:24:32,400 --> 05:24:34,960 EXAMPLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT 7715 05:24:34,960 --> 05:24:36,520 STABLE, YOU KNOW, AND SHOULDN'T 7716 05:24:36,520 --> 05:24:38,800 BE HANDLED AND THUS, YOU KNOW, 7717 05:24:38,800 --> 05:24:42,600 NEED TO BE TREATED, YOU KNOW, IN 7718 05:24:42,600 --> 05:24:45,560 THE FIELD WITH BLOWN IN PLACE OR 7719 05:24:45,560 --> 05:24:47,000 PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, OTHER 7720 05:24:47,000 --> 05:24:47,760 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 7721 05:24:47,760 --> 05:24:49,960 SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS 7722 05:24:49,960 --> 05:24:55,960 WHY OB/OD COULD STILL BE NEEDED. 7723 05:24:55,960 --> 05:24:59,680 SO, AND THE LAST THAT I HAVE 7724 05:24:59,680 --> 05:25:01,120 HERE ARE CERTAINLY 7725 05:25:01,120 --> 05:25:03,840 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE OB/OD 7726 05:25:03,840 --> 05:25:06,240 FACILITIES AND UNITS THAT STILL 7727 05:25:06,240 --> 05:25:07,560 NEED TO BE MAINTAINED. 7728 05:25:07,560 --> 05:25:11,040 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MEMO 7729 05:25:11,040 --> 05:25:12,120 COMING OUT, LATER THIS SPRING AS 7730 05:25:12,120 --> 05:25:14,120 WELL. 7731 05:25:14,120 --> 05:25:16,000 7732 05:25:16,000 --> 05:25:16,480 LET'S SEE. 7733 05:25:16,480 --> 05:25:22,000 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 7734 05:25:22,000 --> 05:25:24,240 SO, JUST IN CONCLUSION, YOU 7735 05:25:24,240 --> 05:25:29,000 KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE OB/OD HAS 7736 05:25:29,000 --> 05:25:32,320 BEEN CONSIDERED THE SAFEST AND 7737 05:25:32,320 --> 05:25:37,000 SIMPLEST AND A VERY PRACTICAL 7738 05:25:37,000 --> 05:25:40,520 TREATMENT METHOD. 7739 05:25:40,520 --> 05:25:41,480 HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY 7740 05:25:41,480 --> 05:25:43,800 DOES PRESENT MORE RISK TO HUMAN 7741 05:25:43,800 --> 05:25:45,360 HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN 7742 05:25:45,360 --> 05:25:48,960 YOU COMPARE IT TO A CONTAINED 7743 05:25:48,960 --> 05:25:53,320 TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD TREAT THE 7744 05:25:53,320 --> 05:25:57,320 EMISSIONS BEFORE RELEASING THEM. 7745 05:25:57,320 --> 05:25:58,120 OVER DECADES, ENCLOSED 7746 05:25:58,120 --> 05:25:59,640 TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED 7747 05:25:59,640 --> 05:26:04,200 AND SUCCESSFULLY USED, THUS 7748 05:26:04,200 --> 05:26:05,240 PROVIDING SAFER ALTERNATIVES 7749 05:26:05,240 --> 05:26:08,480 THAT DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY EXIST. 7750 05:26:08,480 --> 05:26:10,040 AND AS I MENTIONED WE, YOU KNOW, 7751 05:26:10,040 --> 05:26:12,520 UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE A 7752 05:26:12,520 --> 05:26:16,800 NEED FOR OB/OD CAPACITY, DESPITE 7753 05:26:16,800 --> 05:26:21,160 THE ALTERNATIVES, AND CERTAINLY 7754 05:26:21,160 --> 05:26:21,920 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE 7755 05:26:21,920 --> 05:26:28,720 SOMETHING THAT -- IT'S A VERY 7756 05:26:28,720 --> 05:26:29,280 SITE-SPECIFIC CASE-SPECIFIC 7757 05:26:29,280 --> 05:26:30,680 EVALUATION, SO TO THE EXTENT 7758 05:26:30,680 --> 05:26:33,960 THAT THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WE 7759 05:26:33,960 --> 05:26:39,120 CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT 7760 05:26:39,120 --> 05:26:39,400 HAPPEN. 7761 05:26:39,400 --> 05:26:40,960 AND LASTLY, COLLABORATION IS 7762 05:26:40,960 --> 05:26:44,440 DEFINITELY THE KEY TO MEETING, 7763 05:26:44,440 --> 05:26:47,800 YOU KNOW, RESPECTIVE SAFETY AND 7764 05:26:47,800 --> 05:26:49,960 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND 7765 05:26:49,960 --> 05:26:56,320 REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERYONE. 7766 05:26:56,320 --> 05:26:57,800 WITH THAT, WE HAVE A COUPLE 7767 05:26:57,800 --> 05:26:59,080 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. 7768 05:26:59,080 --> 05:27:09,840 MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS HERE. 7769 05:27:09,840 --> 05:27:12,120 YOU KNOW MY PARTNER, KEN 7770 05:27:12,120 --> 05:27:13,440 SCHUSTER, WHO KEEPS THREATENING 7771 05:27:13,440 --> 05:27:13,960 RETIREMENT. 7772 05:27:13,960 --> 05:27:15,280 IF YOU ARE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT 7773 05:27:15,280 --> 05:27:20,440 YOU'D LIKE TO PICK HIS BRAIN ON, 7774 05:27:20,440 --> 05:27:24,520 ESPECIALLY APPLYING TO MILITARY 7775 05:27:24,520 --> 05:27:25,840 MUNITIONS RULE, GET IN TOUCH 7776 05:27:25,840 --> 05:27:29,000 WITH HIM SOONER RATHER THAN 7777 05:27:29,000 --> 05:27:29,320 LATER. 7778 05:27:29,320 --> 05:27:31,720 AND PAUL DISS IS WORKING ON THE 7779 05:27:31,720 --> 05:27:33,160 RULEMAKING WITH ME. 7780 05:27:33,160 --> 05:27:35,920 SO YOU CAN CONTACT ANY ONE OF US 7781 05:27:35,920 --> 05:27:38,840 WITH QUESTIONS AS WELL. 7782 05:27:38,840 --> 05:27:38,960 7783 05:27:38,960 --> 05:27:41,000 >> SASHA, THERE ARE A COUPLE 7784 05:27:41,000 --> 05:27:43,560 QUESTIONS. 7785 05:27:43,560 --> 05:27:46,120 THE FIRST IS A TWO-PART 7786 05:27:46,120 --> 05:27:46,720 QUESTION. 7787 05:27:46,720 --> 05:27:48,160 SORRY, THIS ONE IS COMPLICATED, 7788 05:27:48,160 --> 05:27:51,480 I WANT TO WARN YOU. 7789 05:27:51,480 --> 05:27:52,080 >> OKAY. 7790 05:27:52,080 --> 05:27:54,920 >> IS THE EPA WORKING WITH DoD 7791 05:27:54,920 --> 05:27:57,720 CURRENTLY TO HELP FIND ADEQUATE 7792 05:27:57,720 --> 05:28:00,280 FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT CHANGES 7793 05:28:00,280 --> 05:28:02,600 RELATED TO A FACILITY CONVERTING 7794 05:28:02,600 --> 05:28:06,560 FROM OPEN BURNING TO OPERATING 7795 05:28:06,560 --> 05:28:07,840 INCINERATOR REGULATED BY RCRA? 7796 05:28:07,840 --> 05:28:11,320 YOU KNOW, A CLEAN BURN UNIT CAN 7797 05:28:11,320 --> 05:28:13,120 BE EXTREMELY COSTLY. 7798 05:28:13,120 --> 05:28:15,360 IS THERE ANY SORT OF FUNDING 7799 05:28:15,360 --> 05:28:16,240 AVAILABLE IF A FACILITY IS 7800 05:28:16,240 --> 05:28:17,800 TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM OPEN 7801 05:28:17,800 --> 05:28:23,320 BURNING AND DO IT IN AN 7802 05:28:23,320 --> 05:28:23,600 INCINERATOR? 7803 05:28:23,600 --> 05:28:30,920 THAT'S PART ONE OF TWO. 7804 05:28:30,920 --> 05:28:31,520 >> OKAY. 7805 05:28:31,520 --> 05:28:34,920 >> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF 7806 05:28:34,920 --> 05:28:41,080 WORKING WITH DoD TO 7807 05:28:41,080 --> 05:28:43,760 UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING PROCESS 7808 05:28:43,760 --> 05:28:45,120 AND CYCLE. 7809 05:28:45,120 --> 05:28:51,120 WE KIND OF HAVE A BIT OF 7810 05:28:51,120 --> 05:28:51,880 BACKGROUND ON THE DIFFERENCE 7811 05:28:51,880 --> 05:28:55,040 BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY, 7812 05:28:55,040 --> 05:28:59,120 FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST TALKED TO 7813 05:28:59,120 --> 05:29:00,840 DoD ABOUT A SPECIFIC 7814 05:29:00,840 --> 05:29:02,040 INSTALLATION WITH ALTERNATIVE 7815 05:29:02,040 --> 05:29:05,440 TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTLY BEING 7816 05:29:05,440 --> 05:29:06,400 USED FOR CHEMICAL 7817 05:29:06,400 --> 05:29:07,800 DEMILITARIZATION, AND WE'RE 7818 05:29:07,800 --> 05:29:10,000 LEARNING HOW THAT POTENTIALLY 7819 05:29:10,000 --> 05:29:11,960 THOSE UNITS POTENTIALLY COULD BE 7820 05:29:11,960 --> 05:29:15,200 APPLIED FOR CONVENTIONAL USE AT 7821 05:29:15,200 --> 05:29:18,440 THAT SITE OR EVEN ANOTHER DoD 7822 05:29:18,440 --> 05:29:19,640 INSTALLATION. 7823 05:29:19,640 --> 05:29:23,160 SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 7824 05:29:23,160 --> 05:29:26,000 THE PROCESS AND OBSTACLES IN THE 7825 05:29:26,000 --> 05:29:28,840 WAY OF COURSE. 7826 05:29:28,840 --> 05:29:29,240 HOPEFULLY I -- 7827 05:29:29,240 --> 05:29:32,880 >> YEAH, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE 7828 05:29:32,880 --> 05:29:34,200 OF DoD FACILITIES WHERE OPEN 7829 05:29:34,200 --> 05:29:36,280 BURNING WAS GOING ON. IT'S 7830 05:29:36,280 --> 05:29:39,960 QUITE AMAZING TO SEE. 7831 05:29:39,960 --> 05:29:41,760 TO VISUALLY SEE IT. 7832 05:29:41,760 --> 05:29:45,160 THE SECOND PART OF THAT SAME 7833 05:29:45,160 --> 05:29:48,080 QUESTION IS SORT OF ON THE SAME 7834 05:29:48,080 --> 05:29:52,280 LINES, THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE 7835 05:29:52,280 --> 05:29:55,320 PARTNERSHIPS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 7836 05:29:55,320 --> 05:30:00,240 EPA AND DoD IN FINDING WAYS TO 7837 05:30:00,240 --> 05:30:01,840 MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS? 7838 05:30:01,840 --> 05:30:02,440 REMEMBER THE PERSON IS TALKING 7839 05:30:02,440 --> 05:30:05,160 ABOUT THEY ARE SORT OF 7840 05:30:05,160 --> 05:30:07,240 CONVERTING AWAY FROM OPEN 7841 05:30:07,240 --> 05:30:09,240 BURNING TO PUTTING IN AN 7842 05:30:09,240 --> 05:30:10,640 INCINERATOR OF SOME SORT. 7843 05:30:10,640 --> 05:30:15,280 AND THEY ARE SAYING IS THERE 7844 05:30:15,280 --> 05:30:17,960 PARTNERSHIPS CREATED SOMEWHERE 7845 05:30:17,960 --> 05:30:20,520 BETWEEN EPA AND DoD TO FINDING 7846 05:30:20,520 --> 05:30:22,240 WAYS TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, 7847 05:30:22,240 --> 05:30:24,760 I THINK DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT 7848 05:30:24,760 --> 05:30:27,200 THE PERSON IS ASKING? 7849 05:30:27,200 --> 05:30:29,160 >> I THINK SO. 7850 05:30:29,160 --> 05:30:33,320 TO THE EXTENT SO I WOULD SAY 7851 05:30:33,320 --> 05:30:38,440 THAT WE AND KEN, I SEE HE'S ON 7852 05:30:38,440 --> 05:30:38,840 CAMERA. 7853 05:30:38,840 --> 05:30:39,960 DIDN'T SEE YOU BEFORE. 7854 05:30:39,960 --> 05:30:43,040 >> JUST GOT HERE. 7855 05:30:43,040 --> 05:30:45,440 >> BACK IN 2018, WE RECONVENED A 7856 05:30:45,440 --> 05:30:49,360 WORKING GROUP WITH DoD ON 7857 05:30:49,360 --> 05:30:51,440 OB/OD ISSUES SPECIFICALLY. 7858 05:30:51,440 --> 05:30:55,200 AND CERTAINLY IN OUR EPA 7859 05:30:55,200 --> 05:30:58,160 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES REPORT 7860 05:30:58,160 --> 05:30:59,040 WE COLLABORATED WITH DoD, THEY 7861 05:30:59,040 --> 05:31:04,480 WERE VERY MUCH A PARTNER IN 7862 05:31:04,480 --> 05:31:07,320 HELPING US ESPECIALLY KIND OF 7863 05:31:07,320 --> 05:31:09,560 UNDERSTAND THE STATUS OF 7864 05:31:09,560 --> 05:31:10,200 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT 7865 05:31:10,200 --> 05:31:15,720 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED 7866 05:31:15,720 --> 05:31:16,040 IN THE REPORT. 7867 05:31:16,040 --> 05:31:17,520 I THINK WE -- WE CONTINUE TO 7868 05:31:17,520 --> 05:31:19,160 MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, IN 7869 05:31:19,160 --> 05:31:23,440 FACT WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM 7870 05:31:23,440 --> 05:31:25,680 NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS OUR POLICY 7871 05:31:25,680 --> 05:31:29,760 MEMO THAT'S FORTHCOMING AS WELL 7872 05:31:29,760 --> 05:31:35,760 AS THE RULEMAKING AND WE ALSO 7873 05:31:35,760 --> 05:31:38,160 RECEIVED SOME VERY GOOD 7874 05:31:38,160 --> 05:31:38,920 COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTS FROM 7875 05:31:38,920 --> 05:31:41,520 DoD BASED ON OUR STAKEHOLDER 7876 05:31:41,520 --> 05:31:42,640 MEETING THAT WE HELD OUR FIRST 7877 05:31:42,640 --> 05:31:48,600 SESSION THAT WE HELD WITH OUR 7878 05:31:48,600 --> 05:31:51,320 REGULATED PARTNERS. 7879 05:31:51,320 --> 05:31:52,440 SORRY, ENTITIES. 7880 05:31:52,440 --> 05:31:54,440 SO, IN A WAY I WOULD SAY THE 7881 05:31:54,440 --> 05:31:57,240 ANSWER TO THAT IS YES THAT WE'RE 7882 05:31:57,240 --> 05:32:00,200 WORKING WITH THEM. 7883 05:32:00,200 --> 05:32:01,840 ARE THEY PLEASED ABOUT THE 7884 05:32:01,840 --> 05:32:04,280 DIRECTION THAT EPA WANTS TO GO? 7885 05:32:04,280 --> 05:32:06,840 I MEAN THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS 7886 05:32:06,840 --> 05:32:09,440 PRIMARILY RELATED TO SAFETY. 7887 05:32:09,440 --> 05:32:14,880 BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, 7888 05:32:14,880 --> 05:32:18,600 ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN 7889 05:32:18,600 --> 05:32:21,480 IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVES AND AT 7890 05:32:21,480 --> 05:32:22,720 SEVERAL INSTALLATIONS DoD HAS 7891 05:32:22,720 --> 05:32:24,760 DONE REVIEWS OF ALTERNATIVES AND 7892 05:32:24,760 --> 05:32:26,640 THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEM. 7893 05:32:26,640 --> 05:32:32,880 THERE'S A GOOD PROJECT GOING ON 7894 05:32:32,880 --> 05:32:36,840 AT HOLESTEN AND RADFORD TO 7895 05:32:36,840 --> 05:32:37,720 IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVES. 7896 05:32:37,720 --> 05:32:39,240 >> ANOTHER QUESTION JUST CAME IN 7897 05:32:39,240 --> 05:32:41,320 ABOUT WHAT ARE YOUR 7898 05:32:41,320 --> 05:32:44,480 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPEN BURNING 7899 05:32:44,480 --> 05:32:48,280 THAT'S CONDUCTED UNDER A 7900 05:32:48,280 --> 05:32:49,320 SUPERFUND CLEANUP ACTION, 7901 05:32:49,320 --> 05:32:52,120 SOMETIMES THERE'S OPEN BURNING 7902 05:32:52,120 --> 05:32:56,880 THAT GOES FOR THAT? 7903 05:32:56,880 --> 05:32:57,840 >> THAT'S CORRECT, YES. 7904 05:32:57,840 --> 05:33:00,240 THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS UNDER 7905 05:33:00,240 --> 05:33:02,400 CONSIDERATION FOR THE RULEMAKING 7906 05:33:02,400 --> 05:33:05,800 AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHO DO WE -- 7907 05:33:05,800 --> 05:33:09,640 YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE COPE OF 7908 05:33:09,640 --> 05:33:11,600 APPLICABILITY WOULD WE INCLUDE 7909 05:33:11,600 --> 05:33:13,640 SIRCLA CLEANUPS? 7910 05:33:13,640 --> 05:33:17,920 AND TO BE HONEST WE DON'T HAVE A 7911 05:33:17,920 --> 05:33:24,520 GOOD FEEL FOR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 7912 05:33:24,520 --> 05:33:26,560 OR NOT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN 7913 05:33:26,560 --> 05:33:32,840 THE RULEMAKING, IT HASN'T BEEN 7914 05:33:32,840 --> 05:33:33,640 DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. 7915 05:33:33,640 --> 05:33:35,840 >> THEY ARE COMING IN FAST AND 7916 05:33:35,840 --> 05:33:36,280 FURIOUS. 7917 05:33:36,280 --> 05:33:38,040 SUPPOSE YOU'RE DOING OPEN 7918 05:33:38,040 --> 05:33:41,240 BURNING UNDER LEVEL 1 EMERGENCY 7919 05:33:41,240 --> 05:33:45,840 ACTION, ARE THOSE WASTES COUNTED 7920 05:33:45,840 --> 05:33:49,840 IN YOUR MONTHLY RCRA GENERATION 7921 05:33:49,840 --> 05:33:50,360 COUNT? 7922 05:33:50,360 --> 05:33:55,600 I THINK IT SAYS FOR FOLKS USING 7923 05:33:55,600 --> 05:33:57,480 OPEN BURNING FOR LEVEL 1 7924 05:33:57,480 --> 05:33:59,880 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIONS, ARE 7925 05:33:59,880 --> 05:34:01,840 THEY COUNTING THE WASTE DISPOSED 7926 05:34:01,840 --> 05:34:05,640 OF IN THEIR MONTHLY RCRA 7927 05:34:05,640 --> 05:34:06,080 GENERATION COUNTING? 7928 05:34:06,080 --> 05:34:09,760 I GUESS IS THAT COUNTS OF WASTE 7929 05:34:09,760 --> 05:34:13,040 DISPOSED AFTER YOU OPENLY BURN 7930 05:34:13,040 --> 05:34:14,240 IT? 7931 05:34:14,240 --> 05:34:15,920 >> I'M ASSUMING THAT HAS TO 7932 05:34:15,920 --> 05:34:18,040 DO -- WHETHER OR NOT THAT 7933 05:34:18,040 --> 05:34:20,280 QUESTION PERTAINS TO WHETHER OR 7934 05:34:20,280 --> 05:34:23,920 NOT THAT'S PART OF THEIR ANNUAL 7935 05:34:23,920 --> 05:34:28,920 PERMITTED LIMITS FOR THE OB/OD 7936 05:34:28,920 --> 05:34:30,040 UNITS. 7937 05:34:30,040 --> 05:34:34,640 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE 7938 05:34:34,640 --> 05:34:37,080 EMERGENCY ACTIONS FALL WITHIN 7939 05:34:37,080 --> 05:34:39,800 THAT AREA, IF I AM CORRECT, THAT 7940 05:34:39,800 --> 05:34:42,640 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPACITY 7941 05:34:42,640 --> 05:34:46,320 LIMITATIONS IN THE RCRA PERMIT, 7942 05:34:46,320 --> 05:34:48,840 BECAUSE EMERGENCY ACTIONS 7943 05:34:48,840 --> 05:34:50,840 TYPICALLY EITHER ARE DONE UNDER 7944 05:34:50,840 --> 05:34:53,120 A SEPARATE EMERGENCY PERMIT 7945 05:34:53,120 --> 05:34:56,320 UNDER RCRA OR THEY ARE EXEMPT, 7946 05:34:56,320 --> 05:34:59,120 DEPENDING ON -- I'M NOT FAMILIAR 7947 05:34:59,120 --> 05:35:00,880 WITH LIKE LEVELS BUT LEVEL 1 7948 05:35:00,880 --> 05:35:03,200 SOUNDS LIKE AN IMMINENT AND 7949 05:35:03,200 --> 05:35:03,840 SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT HAZARD 7950 05:35:03,840 --> 05:35:07,320 AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF 7951 05:35:07,320 --> 05:35:07,800 IMMEDIATELY. 7952 05:35:07,800 --> 05:35:09,440 SO, THAT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM 7953 05:35:09,440 --> 05:35:11,920 RCRA ALTOGETHER. 7954 05:35:11,920 --> 05:35:17,240 7955 05:35:17,240 --> 05:35:19,240 >> A FINAL COMMENT, I HOPE THE 7956 05:35:19,240 --> 05:35:22,440 EPA IS GRACIOUS WHEN UP FOR 7957 05:35:22,440 --> 05:35:30,560 PERMIT RENEWAL AND THE PUBLIC IS 7958 05:35:30,560 --> 05:35:30,800 ARGUING. 7959 05:35:30,800 --> 05:35:37,760 >> THAT WILL FALL TO OUR STATE 7960 05:35:37,760 --> 05:35:39,720 PARTNERS PRIMARILY. 7961 05:35:39,720 --> 05:35:47,840 WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE 7962 05:35:47,840 --> 05:35:48,600 EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVES. 7963 05:35:48,600 --> 05:35:51,600 WE'LL STRIKE TO TAKE EVERYBODY 7964 05:35:51,600 --> 05:35:56,640 SERS 'S CONCERNS AND COME UP 7965 05:35:56,640 --> 05:35:58,520 WITH SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN 7966 05:35:58,520 --> 05:35:59,800 LIVE WITH. 7967 05:35:59,800 --> 05:36:01,680 >> WE COVERED EVERY QUESTION AND 7968 05:36:01,680 --> 05:36:01,920 COMMENT. 7969 05:36:01,920 --> 05:36:10,040 BACK TO JESS AND SEE IF SHE HAS 7970 05:36:10,040 --> 05:36:10,560 A FINAL WRAP-UP. 7971 05:36:10,560 --> 05:36:13,560 >> THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTERS. 7972 05:36:13,560 --> 05:36:16,440 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING, AND 7973 05:36:16,440 --> 05:36:18,080 THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO 7974 05:36:18,080 --> 05:36:18,440 ATTENDED. 7975 05:36:18,440 --> 05:36:20,040 THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. 7976 05:36:20,040 --> 05:36:22,520 BUT PLEASE JOIN TOMORROW FOR DAY 7977 05:36:22,520 --> 05:36:26,440 3 OF THE SYMPOSIUM, TRACK 7978 05:36:26,440 --> 05:36:28,440 TOMORROW, SUSTAINABILITY, 7979 05:36:28,440 --> 05:36:32,880 CONTINUED ON FROM TODAY, AND 7980 05:36:32,880 --> 05:36:34,080 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND 7981 05:36:34,080 --> 05:36:34,480 RESILIENCY. 7982 05:36:34,480 --> 05:36:35,080 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 7983 05:36:35,080 --> 00:00:00,000 HAVE A GREAT DAY.