1 00:00:05,004 --> 00:00:08,808 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE 2 00:00:08,875 --> 00:00:09,442 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM 3 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:12,946 DAY 2 AND TRACK 2. 4 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:14,714 THIS IS MARK AND A WILL BE 5 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:17,517 MANAGING THE EMERGING CHEMICAL 6 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:21,054 TRACKER AND I WANT TO GIVE A 7 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:26,960 WARM WELCOME TO MR. PETRO DA 8 00:00:27,026 --> 00:00:31,765 SILVA WITH FIVE YEARS OF 9 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:32,065 EXPERIENCE. 10 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:34,834 WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS INCLUDING 11 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:40,273 REMEDIATION AND WILL PRESENT TO 12 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:45,145 US TODAY ON MACHINE LEARNING 13 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:52,752 STRATEGY FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION. 14 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:55,622 >> WELCOME EVERYBODY. 15 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:59,893 I'LL TALKING ABOUT MY IN PFAS IN 16 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:06,433 DRINKING WATER WELLS. 17 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:08,835 I HAVE A SPECIALIZATION IN WATER 18 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,237 RESOURCES FROM UCLA. 19 00:01:11,304 --> 00:01:14,941 I AM WORKING TO GET MY P.E. IN 20 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:15,275 CALIFORNIA. 21 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:23,983 I HAVE FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN 22 00:01:24,050 --> 00:01:32,992 THE PRESENTATION WAS DONE FOR MY 23 00:01:33,059 --> 00:01:35,462 MASTER'S AND MY TOPIC WAS 24 00:01:35,528 --> 00:01:37,297 FOCUSSED ON HOW A.I. CAN BE USED 25 00:01:37,363 --> 00:01:41,468 TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 26 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:46,973 AND MANY ISSUES RESOLVED AROUND 27 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:47,507 CONTAMINANTS. 28 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:58,084 I SAMPLED FOR PFAS AND PEOPLE 29 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:04,157 MAYBE UNCONSCIOUSLY TO THE 30 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:04,457 SUBSTANCE. 31 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:05,892 THE PRESENTATION WILL START BY 32 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,795 GIVING A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON 33 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,163 PFAS AND MONITORING EFFORTS IN 34 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:11,698 OUR AREA OF INTEREST, 35 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:12,065 CALIFORNIA. 36 00:02:12,131 --> 00:02:17,537 OUR GOAL WAS TO GO OFF PREVIOUS 37 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:18,705 STUDIES USING MACHINE LEARNING 38 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:22,509 AND USE THE RESULTS FOR SAMPLING 39 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,043 TO BE PRIORITIZED AND I'VE 40 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:26,913 GLEANED FROM WORK ON THE PROJECT 41 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:27,881 FUTURE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES 42 00:02:27,947 --> 00:02:30,316 AND AN OVERVIEW OF HOW MACHINE 43 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,619 LEARNING IS BEING USED FOR OTHER 44 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:37,557 SIMILAR APPLICATIONS. 45 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:38,558 WHAT ARE PFAS? 46 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:43,763 IT'S A GROUP OF TOXIC AND 47 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:47,267 PERSISTENT CONTAMINANTS AS LONG 48 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:51,871 CHAIN ORGANIC MOLECULES AND HAVE 49 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:57,377 A HYDRO PHILIC HEAD AND THERE'S 50 00:02:57,443 --> 00:03:00,813 THOUSAND OF CHEMICALS SUCH AS 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,885 TEXTILES AND STAIN-RESISTANT 52 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:11,558 COATINGS, SUR FACTANTS AND PEFKT 53 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:14,694 -- SPECIFICALLY A FIRE FIGHTING 54 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:15,895 FOAM TO SUPPRESS FIRES. 55 00:03:15,962 --> 00:03:18,531 MOST CHEMICALS ARE SIMILAR IN 56 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:19,966 AND PROPERTIES AND FAIRLY MOBILE 57 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:20,934 AND STABLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 58 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,737 THE PERSISTENT IS USE TO THE 59 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:26,506 BOND DIFFICULT TO BREAK CAUSING 60 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:29,642 THEM TO BE RESISTANT TO 61 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:29,943 DEGRADATION. 62 00:03:30,009 --> 00:03:40,486 THE MOBILITY COMES FROM THE 63 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:03,876 SURFACTANT AND IT'S BEEN LINKED 64 00:04:03,943 --> 00:04:07,780 TO ENDOCRINE DESCRIPTION AND 65 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:10,283 IT'S AN ELUSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL 66 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:10,583 POLLUTANT. 67 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,585 TO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TIME 68 00:04:12,652 --> 00:04:15,321 LINE OF THE PFAS EMERGENCE AND 69 00:04:15,388 --> 00:04:17,323 AWARENESS IN THE U.S., PFAS WAS 70 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:19,826 FIRST DEVELOPED IN THE 1930s AND 71 00:04:19,892 --> 00:04:22,528 '40s BY DUPONT AND USED IN MANY 72 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:22,962 APPLICATIONS. 73 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:25,798 IT'S GOOD AS AN OIL, WATER OR 74 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:27,834 STAIN REPELLENT AND STABLE AND 75 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:35,875 FRICTION RESISTANT AND UTILIZED 76 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:43,583 IN AEROSPACE, AUTOMOBILE AND 77 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:44,751 MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES AND THERE 78 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:47,153 WAS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE 79 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:49,789 AFFECT OF PFAS DUE TO INCIDENCE 80 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:54,661 OF IMPROPER DISPOSAL. 81 00:04:54,727 --> 00:05:03,903 PFAS LATENT WASTE AND COMPANIES 82 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:07,340 WERE STARTING TO BE PRESSURED TO 83 00:05:07,407 --> 00:05:09,308 DEVELOP LESS TOXIC SUBSTITUTES. 84 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:10,777 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BEGAN 85 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:13,813 EFFORTS TO CHARACTERIZE PFAS 86 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,015 CONTAMINATION SPEARHEADED BY THE 87 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:17,583 EPA AND STATE OF MICHIGAN. 88 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:21,821 THERE WAS A SAMPLE OF WATER 89 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:23,956 SYSTEMS AS PART OF THE THIRD 90 00:05:24,023 --> 00:05:27,460 UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT 91 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:29,362 MONITORING RULE AND FOUND 92 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:30,029 WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION OF PFAS 93 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:33,099 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 94 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,802 OUR MAIN TAKEAWAY IS IT'S BEEN 95 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:38,671 IN USE OVER 70 YEARS AND 96 00:05:38,738 --> 00:05:40,073 ADDRESSING THE ISSUE IS 97 00:05:40,139 --> 00:05:41,607 RELATIVELY NEW. 98 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:45,878 IN 2017 THE U.S. EPA FOUND 99 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:51,551 THRESHOLDS AND STANDARDS OF 70 100 00:05:51,617 --> 00:05:53,720 PARTS PER TRILLION AND THE EPA 101 00:05:53,786 --> 00:05:56,522 REDUCED THE ADVISORY LEVEL FOR 102 00:05:56,589 --> 00:05:57,190 THE CHEMICALS AS WELL AS ADDING 103 00:05:57,256 --> 00:06:02,962 OTHERS TO THE LIST. 104 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:06,499 IT SHOWS CONSUMPTION OF WATER 105 00:06:06,566 --> 00:06:07,834 WITH THESE LEVELS IS POTENTIALLY 106 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:10,470 DANGEROUS. 107 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:13,239 IN 2023 THE EPA IMPOSED THE 108 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:15,842 STANDARD FOR SIX PFAS CHEMICALS. 109 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,810 THEY'RE MEANT TO BE MINIMUM 110 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:20,179 ENFORCE AND LEVELS AND THE 111 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:23,382 PROPOSED RULE STILL BE FINALIZED 112 00:06:23,449 --> 00:06:25,251 WITH THE COMMENT PERIOD ENDING 113 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:27,453 BUT IF ADOPTED WATER SYSTEMS 114 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:32,091 WOULD HAVE TO MONITOR AND NOTIFY 115 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:33,926 THE PUBLIC. 116 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:35,895 THE CURRENT METHODS FOR 117 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:39,499 MEASURING IS EPA METHODS 533 AND 118 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:39,732 537.1. 119 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:47,874 THE DETECTION ON THE COMPOUNDS 120 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:58,417 RANGE AND AND -- STATES ARE 121 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:06,259 CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH THEIR 122 00:07:06,325 --> 00:07:08,060 OWN REGULATIONS BASED ON 123 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:09,495 GUIDANCE BUT MANY STILL DON'T 124 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:11,497 HAVE STANDARDS IN PLACE AND 125 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:12,365 MICHIGAN AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE 126 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:13,466 LEADING THE CHARGE. 127 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:15,201 FOCUSSING IN ON CALIFORNIA THE 128 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,470 STATE CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE 129 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:19,238 ENFORCEABLE DRINKING WATER 130 00:07:19,305 --> 00:07:22,441 STANDARDS BUT HAVE A 131 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:24,610 NOTIFICATION LEVEL FOR SOME PFAS 132 00:07:24,677 --> 00:07:27,880 AND IT REQUIRE MUNICIPALITIES TO 133 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:30,716 NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THE PRESENCE 134 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:35,655 OF PFAS FOR HEALTH RISK AND 135 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:36,222 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND 136 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:42,228 REQUIRING THE MUNICIPALITIES TO 137 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:47,500 REMOVE IT FROM DISTRIBUTION AND 138 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:50,736 THEY'RE DEVELOPING CLEAN UP AND 139 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:51,304 ACTION PLANS. 140 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:53,206 WHAT IS BEING DONE TO MONITOR 141 00:07:53,272 --> 00:07:54,574 FOR PFAS? 142 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,008 THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE 143 00:07:56,075 --> 00:08:01,080 MONITORING EFFORTS OCCURRING IN 144 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:02,181 CALIFORNIA. 145 00:08:02,248 --> 00:08:05,251 THE MONITORING RULE IS PART OF 146 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,520 THE EPAs MONITORING FRAMEWORK 147 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,255 THAT REQUIRES PUBLIC WATER 148 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:13,860 SYSTEMS TO MONITOR FOR 149 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:14,193 CONTAMINANT. 150 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:17,830 ONE OF THE FIRST INCLUDED PFAS 151 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:19,599 AND ANOTHER LOOKS FOR 30 152 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:21,734 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. 153 00:08:21,801 --> 00:08:27,874 THE UCMR RESULTS HAVE BEEN 154 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:33,112 RECENTLY RELEASED AND HAD 155 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,480 FINDINGS IN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS 156 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:39,051 AND THERE WAS THE CONTROL BOARD 157 00:08:39,118 --> 00:08:40,653 AND CALIFORNIA ALSO ISSUED THESE 158 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,221 SEPARATE MONITORING ORDERS 159 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:43,923 REQUIRING PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES 160 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:47,460 TO MONITOR FOR PFAS. 161 00:08:47,526 --> 00:08:49,862 THE MONITORING ORDER TYPICALLY 162 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:51,631 TARGETS NEAR SOURCES OR WHERE 163 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:54,433 PFAS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DETECT 164 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,336 MOST RECENT WAS IN OCTOBER 2022 165 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:59,772 THAT TESTED NEAR SITES WITH 166 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:01,707 CONFIRMED PFAS CONTAMINATION 167 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:03,876 FROM PREVIOUS SAMPLING EVENTS. 168 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:06,946 FINALLY, THERE'S THE GROUND 169 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:08,648 WATER AMBIENT WATER MONITORING 170 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:10,783 AND ASSESSMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP 171 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:15,354 WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 172 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:16,789 CALIFORNIA LOOKS TO GROUND WATER 173 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:18,357 WELLS AND DOMESTIC WELLS AND 174 00:09:18,424 --> 00:09:20,493 ALSO PERFORMS OTHER ASSESSMENT 175 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,963 PROJECTS TO CHARACTERIZE GRAND 176 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:25,031 WATER CONTAMINATION. 177 00:09:25,097 --> 00:09:27,099 THE GAMMA PROGRAM IS AN 178 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:29,268 INITIATIVE DESIGN TO ASSESS THE 179 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:30,136 QUALITY OF CLINICAL RESEARCH'S 180 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:31,003 GROUND WATER RESOURCE. 181 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,706 IT WAS CREATED IN 2000 BY STATE 182 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:35,908 WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD 183 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:38,544 AND EXTENDED TO IMPROVE 184 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:39,979 COMPREHENSIVE GROUND WATER 185 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:40,980 MONITORING EFFORTS AND TO 186 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:43,349 INCREASE THE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY 187 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:44,517 OF GROUND WATER QUALITY DATA. 188 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:46,786 THIS STORES A WEALTH OF 189 00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:49,322 INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE 190 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:50,189 PARAMETERS INCLUDING PFAS 191 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,824 COLLECTED AND ORGANIZING FROM 192 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,226 SAMPLING EFFORTS IN THE PAST 20 193 00:09:54,293 --> 00:09:55,861 YEARS INCLUDING PFAS DATA 194 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:58,197 COLLECTED FROM PREVIOUS UCMR AND 195 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:01,267 STATE MONITORING EFFORTS AND FOR 196 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,935 OTHERS TO BE UPLOADED. 197 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:04,704 CALIFORNIA WAS THE FOCUS MAINLY 198 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:08,741 DUE TO THE AVAIL AMOUNT OF PFAS 199 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:14,780 DATA STATEWIDE IN THE ACCESS 200 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:16,782 WATER QUALITY REPOSITORY. 201 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:23,055 THIS PROJECT WAS DONE IN MAY 202 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:26,392 2023 AND WITH THE INTEREST AND 203 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:27,893 EFFORT TO PFAS MONITORING 204 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,130 INCLUDING NEW RESULTS FROM UCMR5 205 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:32,298 THERE'S MORE DATA AVAILABLE 206 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:32,598 CURRENTLY. 207 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:34,433 THE CONTROL BOARD AND DIVISION 208 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,402 OF DRINKING WATER IS RESPONSIBLE 209 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,137 FOR REGULATING THE 24,000 210 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:39,538 MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER WELLS 211 00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:40,806 IN CALIFORNIA. 212 00:10:40,873 --> 00:10:44,677 AS OF THIS ANALYSIS, ONLY 9.5% 213 00:10:44,744 --> 00:10:46,645 OF THESE WELLS HAVE DATA FOR 214 00:10:46,712 --> 00:10:48,514 PFAS MEANING THE EXTENT OF 215 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:49,615 CONTAMINATION AND THUS PUBLIC 216 00:10:49,682 --> 00:10:50,916 EXPOSURE THROUGH DRINKING WATER 217 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:52,218 IS STILL RELATIVELY UNKNOWN. 218 00:10:52,284 --> 00:10:55,087 AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, 219 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:57,056 SAMPLING ANALYSIS OF PFAS IS 220 00:10:57,123 --> 00:10:58,758 COSTLY AND LOGISTICALLY 221 00:10:58,824 --> 00:10:59,091 INTENSIVE. 222 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:00,459 IT'S EVERYWHERE AND SPECIAL CARE 223 00:11:00,526 --> 00:11:05,698 MUST BE TAKEN TO NOT CONTAMINATE 224 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:08,334 THE SAMPLE AND USING QUALITY 225 00:11:08,401 --> 00:11:11,270 ASSURANCE AND CONTROL AND DOWN 226 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:14,273 TO NANOGRAMS PER LITER OR PARTS 227 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:19,645 PER TRILLION REQUIRE METHODS. 228 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:23,049 AS A RESULT, CHARACTERIZATION IS 229 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,918 PROCEEDING SLOWLY AND THEY FOCUS 230 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:28,754 ON WELLS NEAR KNOWN SOURCES OF 231 00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:28,954 PFAS. 232 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:31,023 SOME MODELLING APPROACHES CAN 233 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:33,459 GIVE INSIGHT ON THE SPREAD IN 234 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,895 SOME ISOLATED SYSTEMS BUT 235 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:43,869 CURRENT EFFORTS DO NOT SCALE TO 236 00:11:43,936 --> 00:11:44,970 GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS. 237 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,239 AND HOW CAN WE OPTIMIZE OUR 238 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,541 MONITORING STRATEGY TO GET THE 239 00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:49,975 MOST INFORMATION ABOUT THE 240 00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:51,811 EXTENT OF PFAS RISK TO THE 241 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:55,748 PUBLIC WITH MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF 242 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:56,482 SAMPLING. 243 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,050 SO WHAT IS MACHINE LEARNING OR 244 00:11:58,117 --> 00:11:58,617 M.L.? 245 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:02,455 IT'S A SUBSET OF A.I. THAT 246 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:06,092 ENABLES SYSTEMS TO LEARN MANY, 247 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:07,893 IMPROVE AND RECOGNIZE PATTERNS 248 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,161 FROM DATA WITHOUT EXPLICIT 249 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:11,897 PROGRAMMING AND USE SOFTWARE OR 250 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:15,401 ALGORITHM TO MAKE PREDICTIONS, 251 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:16,335 ELUCIDATE PATTERNS AND AUTOMATE 252 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:16,802 DECISION MAKE. 253 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,105 WE CAN THINK OF A.I. IN TERMS OF 254 00:12:19,171 --> 00:12:26,679 A CHESS COMPUTER, A SIMPLE CHESS 255 00:12:26,745 --> 00:12:28,481 A.I. WOULD CALCULATE WHAT MOVE 256 00:12:28,547 --> 00:12:30,883 TO MAKE NEXT. 257 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:37,723 A MORE ADVANCED COMPUTER SYSTEM 258 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:39,024 WITH MACHINE LEARNING WOULD 259 00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:41,861 LEARN YOUR PREFERRED MOVE AND 260 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:42,862 IT'S A MORE POWERFUL VERSION OF 261 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:45,397 A SYSTEM THAT CAN TYPICALLY 262 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:45,931 RECOGNIZE MORE INTRICATE 263 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:53,205 PATTERNS. 264 00:12:53,272 --> 00:13:00,779 A MORE ADVANCED WITH -- SOME 265 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:02,481 DOWN SIDE INCLUDES THE NEED FOR 266 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:03,582 DATA AND COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES 267 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:05,484 TO RUN THE PROGRAMS TO TRAIN AND 268 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:09,021 TEST THE MODELS. 269 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,190 THE DATA CAN BE CARRIED TO THE 270 00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:12,958 RESULTS AND MAY BE DIFFICULT TO 271 00:13:13,025 --> 00:13:13,959 SPOT AND CORRECT. 272 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:15,394 ANOTHER ISSUE THE ALGORITHMS CAN 273 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:18,130 ACT LIKE A BLACK BOX AND RESULTS 274 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:21,233 CAN BE SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO 275 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,169 INTERPRET AND M.L. REQUIRES A 276 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:24,937 LOT OF DATA AND SOME TECHNICAL 277 00:13:25,004 --> 00:13:26,839 DATA BUT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE IN 278 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:30,042 DEPTH OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 279 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:33,846 VARIABLES TO MAKE ACCURATE 280 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:35,447 PREDICTIONS AND MODELS AND IT 281 00:13:35,514 --> 00:13:38,484 CAN BE SUMMARIZED AND ANALYZED 282 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:41,587 BY A COMPUTER USING M.L. MODELS. 283 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:44,123 THEY CAN EXTRACT PATTERNS THAT 284 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:47,560 MAY BE MISSED IN OTHER 285 00:13:47,626 --> 00:13:47,860 TECHNIQUES. 286 00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:49,261 HERE'S A SIMPLIFIED 287 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:50,129 REPRESENTATION OF HOW TO DEVELOP 288 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:52,264 AN M.L. MODEL TO MAKE PREDICTS 289 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:55,801 FOR UNKNOWN DATA POINTS. 290 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,237 WE BEGIN BY TAKING OUR KNOWN 291 00:13:58,304 --> 00:13:59,872 DATA SET AND FEEDING IT WITH 292 00:13:59,939 --> 00:14:00,639 TRAINING DATA. 293 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:02,474 MODEL WILL FIT THE TRAINING DATA 294 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:05,177 AND COME UP WITH MODEL 295 00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:09,148 PARAMETERS TO USE TO PREDICT 296 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:09,748 OUTPUTS. 297 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:12,851 THE REST OF THE DATA WILL BE 298 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,720 USED TO TEST THE DATA DEVELOPED 299 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,822 FROM THE M.L. ALGORITHM AND SEE 300 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:19,124 WHAT OUTPUT IT PREDICTS AN 301 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:20,960 COMPARE IT WITH THE REAL TEST 302 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,528 DATA TO SEE HOW ACCURATE THE 303 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:22,962 PREDICTS WERE. 304 00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:25,097 BASED ON OUR RESULTS WE CAN THEN 305 00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:26,865 TUNE OR MODEL TO TRY TO IMPROVE 306 00:14:26,932 --> 00:14:27,666 THE PREDICTIONS. 307 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:30,069 THIS CAN BE DONE BY CHANGING 308 00:14:30,135 --> 00:14:31,103 MODEL PARAMETERS OR TRYING 309 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:31,937 DIFFERENT MODELS AND INPUT 310 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:36,909 FEATURES. 311 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:39,178 ONCE WE HAVE A MODEL WE'RE 312 00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:41,180 COMFORTABLE WITH THE ACCURACY WE 313 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:43,449 CAN APPLY IT TO OUR UNKNOWN DATA 314 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:49,989 POINTS AND MAKE PREDICTIONS. 315 00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:52,658 M.L. TOOLS HAVE BEEN USED TO 316 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:55,894 PREDICT UNKNOWN WATER QUALITY 317 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:59,798 PARAMETERS IN THE PAST DECADE 318 00:14:59,865 --> 00:15:02,368 WITH QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF 319 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:05,904 DATA AND THIS HAS BEEN USED TO 320 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:07,873 PREDICT WITH FAIRLY GOOD 321 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:09,174 ACCURACY AND DETERMINE AREAS 322 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:12,444 THAT MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITHOUT 323 00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:20,452 NEEDING TO SAMPLE AND PAPER 324 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:24,390 DESCRIBED UTILIZING M.L. MODELS 325 00:15:24,456 --> 00:15:26,659 TO DETECT CONTAMINANTS IN WATER 326 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:29,094 AND MOST WERE FOCUSSED ON 327 00:15:29,161 --> 00:15:32,931 ARSENIC AND NITRATE AND THE MAIN 328 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:34,099 TAKEAWAYS WERE MODEL 329 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:34,933 CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE SUCH 330 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,469 ADDS DETERMINING IF A SITE IS 331 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:40,773 ABOVE OR BELOW A CONCENTRATION 332 00:15:40,839 --> 00:15:41,940 THRESHOLD WAS BETTER THAN 333 00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:43,175 PREDICTION OF CONTINUOUS 334 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:45,577 CONCENTRATIONS AN PREDICTIVE 335 00:15:45,644 --> 00:15:47,313 PERFORMS IS IMPACTED BY THE 336 00:15:47,379 --> 00:15:53,285 QUANT OF DATA AND INPUT 337 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,888 PARAMETERS USED IN THE MODEL 338 00:15:55,954 --> 00:16:03,062 ANOTHER WAS USED TO PREDICT THIS 339 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:04,963 IN GROUND WATER WELLS AND 340 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:06,932 ANOTHER STUDY DONE WAS PUBLISHED 341 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:07,900 RECENTLY AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH 342 00:16:07,966 --> 00:16:09,902 WAS COMPLETED BUT ALSO DEVELOPED 343 00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:12,371 A MODEL TO PREDICT 344 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:13,505 CONCENTRATIONS USING DATA FROM 345 00:16:13,572 --> 00:16:14,440 THE DATA SET. 346 00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:17,276 THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A 347 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:18,344 COMPREHENSIVE PIPELINE AND 348 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:21,714 ACHIEVED HIGH PREDICTIVE 349 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:27,252 ACCURACY FOR INDIVIDUAL PFAS 350 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:27,519 COMPOUNDS. 351 00:16:27,586 --> 00:16:29,688 OUR APPROACH WAS TO BUILD OF THE 352 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:32,091 METHODOLOGY AND WE CHOSE SIMILAR 353 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:37,596 PREDICTIVE VARIABLES AN 354 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,532 ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS AND 355 00:16:40,599 --> 00:16:43,268 THERE'S INPUT FROM THE DATABASE 356 00:16:43,335 --> 00:16:46,472 AND SITES TAKEN FROM THE EPA 357 00:16:46,538 --> 00:16:48,340 ECHO DATABASE AN HYDRO LOGICAL 358 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:50,209 AND SOIL PROPERTIES FROM A 359 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:53,846 COUPLE DIFFERENT MODELS AND 360 00:16:53,912 --> 00:16:54,279 SOURCES. 361 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,582 OUR ALGORITHM WAS A REGRESSION 362 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:58,650 AND CLASSIFICATION MODEL 363 00:16:58,717 --> 00:17:01,587 COMBINED WITH THE SYNTHETIC 364 00:17:01,653 --> 00:17:04,790 MINORITY OVER SAMPLING 365 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:05,057 TECHNIQUE. 366 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:07,793 IT WORKS BY TRAINING AN ENSEMBLE 367 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,628 OF DECISION TREES AND AVERAGING 368 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:10,362 THE PREDICTIONS. 369 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:12,364 THEY'RE GOOD AT EFFECTIVELY 370 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:15,601 HANDLING LARGE NUMERICAL AND 371 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,736 CATEGORICAL DATA AND CAN ADDRESS 372 00:17:17,803 --> 00:17:19,872 ISSUES AND IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANT 373 00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:20,172 PREDICTORS. 374 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:22,808 THE TECHNIQUE IS A COMMONLY USED 375 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,744 METHOD TO REDUCE BIAS AND 376 00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:27,780 BALANCE THE DATA SET BY 377 00:17:27,846 --> 00:17:29,815 CONCENTRATIONS WE WANTED TO 378 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:30,249 FOCUS ON. 379 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:32,117 WE STARTED BY COLLECTING OUR 380 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:33,419 INPUT DATA AND PREPARED IT FOR 381 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:34,253 THE MODEL. 382 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:36,789 THIS INCLUDED DETERMINING HOW TO 383 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:39,625 HANDLE DUPLICATE MISSING OR 384 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:41,627 NON-DETECT DATA AND COLLATING 385 00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:43,495 SPECIAL DATA WITH WELL 386 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:43,762 LOCATIONS. 387 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:45,497 WE CHOSE TO HAVE CONTINUOUS 388 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,132 CONCENTRATIONS AND TO CLASSIFY 389 00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:49,034 WHETHER THE WELLS EXCEEDED OR 390 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,036 WERE BELOW THE PROPOSED NATIONAL 391 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:53,172 PRIMARY DRINKING WATER MCLs. 392 00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:56,442 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MODEL WAS 393 00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:59,545 EVALUATED USING A TEN FOLD 394 00:17:59,611 --> 00:18:02,548 RANDOMIZATION TECHNIQUE USED TO 395 00:18:02,614 --> 00:18:04,082 CALCULATION THE CONCENTRATIONS 396 00:18:04,149 --> 00:18:06,151 AND THE ACCURACY RECALL AND 397 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:07,252 SPECIFICITY AND THE 398 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:08,720 CLASSIFICATION MODEL. 399 00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:11,056 WE DIDN'T DO MUCH OPTIMIZATION 400 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:16,762 BY ADJUSTI IING PARAMETERS OR 401 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:17,396 IMPROVE PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE 402 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:19,665 AND USED A MODEL TO FILL IN THE 403 00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:21,066 BLANKS AND PREDICT 404 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:22,301 CONCENTRATIONS FOR PFAS CHEMICAL 405 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:25,304 FOR WELLS WITH NO SAMPLING DATA. 406 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:30,242 THESE FIGURES SHOW ESTIMATED 407 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,877 PFAS ESTIMATIONS ON A 408 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:32,845 LOGARITHMIC SCALE. 409 00:18:32,911 --> 00:18:35,380 HERE'S THE RESULTS OF OUR 410 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:37,416 VALIDATION TESTS FOR OUR 411 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:39,251 CONTINUOUS MODEL. 412 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:47,192 THIS IS THE REPORT AND 413 00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:48,594 PREDICTIVE MODELS. 414 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:50,896 THIS SHOWS THE SUM OF 16 PFAS 415 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,731 CHEMICAL FOR EACH WELL ON A 416 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,032 LOGARITHMIC SCALE. 417 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:55,467 OUR APPROACH WAS SUCCESSFULLY 418 00:18:55,534 --> 00:19:02,007 ABLE TO IMPROVE THE DISCREET AND 419 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:03,275 CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE. 420 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:06,545 AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AN R 421 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:09,681 SQUARED .88 COMPARED TO .85 422 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:12,818 WHICH IS THE HIGHEST OF PAPERS 423 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:13,085 REVIEWED. 424 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:14,353 THOUGH DISCREET CONCENTRATION 425 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:18,223 NOT QUITE WHERE WE WANT THEM TO 426 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,226 BE, AS YOU CAN SEE I STILL HAVE 427 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:25,297 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT UNACCOUNTED 428 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,733 FOR AND PREDICTIVE POINTS MATCH 429 00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:29,434 THE TEST DATA ASSOCIATED WITH. 430 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:30,903 POINTS WITHIN THE DOTTED RED 431 00:19:30,969 --> 00:19:33,572 LINES ARE WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS 432 00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:35,741 10% OF THE TEST DATA AND WE USE 433 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,142 ONE THIRD OF THE DATA POINTS 434 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:38,143 WITHIN THE PLUS OR MINUS 10% 435 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:42,514 RANGE. 436 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:43,882 HOWEVER, THE MODEL PERFORMED 437 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:44,816 BETTER AT CLASSIFICATION. 438 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:47,786 AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE 439 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:50,088 ORANGE BOXES THAT DEPICT A 440 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:54,026 THRESHOLD OF 30 PARTS PER 441 00:19:54,092 --> 00:19:54,293 TRILLION. 442 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:54,826 THE MODEL WAS BETTER AT 443 00:19:54,893 --> 00:19:55,460 DETERMINING WHICH POINTS WERE A 444 00:19:56,728 --> 00:20:00,098 OR BELOW THE THRESHOLD BY EN 445 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:03,869 ENSURING THEY FELL WITHIN THE 446 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:04,436 BOX. 447 00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:05,571 DRINKING WATER REGULATION 448 00:20:05,637 --> 00:20:08,140 CLASSIFICATION MODEL HAD AN 449 00:20:08,206 --> 00:20:10,676 ACCURACY RATE OF 89% AND ABLE TO 450 00:20:10,742 --> 00:20:16,315 RECALL 83% OF ALL THE WELLS IN 451 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:19,351 EXCEEDENCE IN THE TEST DATA AND 452 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:20,519 OUR AREA RECEIVE AN OPERATING 453 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:25,757 CURVE FOR THE MODEL WAS .91. 454 00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,893 WE CAN NOW APPLY THIS MODEL TO 455 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,028 OUR UNKNOWN DATA SET AND TRY TO 456 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:31,730 DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS. 457 00:20:31,797 --> 00:20:33,999 THE 24,000 DEPARTMENT OF 458 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,867 DRINKING WATER WELLS IN THE 459 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:38,403 DATABASE ONLY 2300 HAD PFAS DATA 460 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:43,308 AND 500 OR A FOURTH EXCEEDED THE 461 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:47,779 PROPOSED AMOUNT. 462 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:53,285 11 OF THESE ARE IN EXCEEDENCE 463 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:55,120 AND BASED ON OUR TEST WE CAN 464 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,789 ASSUME AROUND 10% OF THESE 465 00:20:57,856 --> 00:21:00,459 PREDICTIVE WELLS ARE LIKELY 466 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:02,594 MISCLASSIFIED BUT GIVES AN IDEA 467 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:03,895 HOW MANY ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 468 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:04,863 THE CRITERIA. 469 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:10,836 OUR TEST SHOWED OUR CONTINUOUS 470 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:14,106 MODEL LESS RELIABLE BUT NO 471 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:14,706 CONCENTRATIONS EXCEEDED THE 472 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:17,142 REPORTED VALUES WHICH SUGGESTS 473 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,111 CURRENT METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN 474 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:21,079 TARGETING HIGHLY CONTAMINATED 475 00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:21,413 SITES. 476 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,815 HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF UNKNOWN 477 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:26,685 DATA SIDES SUGGESTS GAPS IN 478 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:28,120 METHODOLOGY AND THIS WELLS THAT 479 00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:31,056 HAVE LOWER CONCENTRATIONS NEAR 480 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,859 THE THRESHOLDS. 481 00:21:33,925 --> 00:21:37,863 GEOGRAPHICALLY, WE IN EXCEED 482 00:21:37,929 --> 00:21:43,468 WERE IN POCKETS AND POB LA -- 483 00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:45,671 POPULATED AREAS WITH PFAS 484 00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:45,937 SAMPLING. 485 00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:47,406 OUR PREDICTION HELPED FILL IN 486 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:50,942 THE GAPS IN THE DATABASE. 487 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:54,346 SOME EXPECTATIONS INCLUDE SANTA 488 00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:57,182 CLARITA AND SIMI VALLEY AND WERE 489 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,083 PREDICTED TO HAVE A HIGH NUMBER 490 00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:00,018 OF EXCEEDENCES OR HIGHER 491 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:00,619 CONCENTRATIONS. 492 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:03,889 THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR PROJECT 493 00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:07,993 INVOLVED DRCHLING HO I-- DETERM 494 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,462 THE MODELLING ADULTS SINCE 495 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:12,731 THERE'S NO CAPABILITIES TO TREAT 496 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:14,433 PFAS AND DEPARTMENT OF DRINK 497 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:16,034 WATER WELLS HAVE A CONSERVATIVE 498 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:18,170 ESTIMATE OF EXPOSURE LEVELS BUT 499 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,839 NOT WHERE IT MAY HAVE A LARGE 500 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:22,774 PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT. 501 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:25,077 LOCATIONS WITH HIGH CONTAMINATED 502 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:28,046 WELLS WITH A VULNERABLE WELL ARE 503 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:31,450 THE MOST AT RISK FOR SAMPLING 504 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:32,617 ATTENTION SHOULD BE GOING FIRST. 505 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:36,588 A LEVEL FOR COMMUNITY CAN BE 506 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:40,625 CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING 507 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,427 PROBABILITY OF PFAS AND THE RISK 508 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:45,263 LEVEL PROVIDES A METRIC FOR THE 509 00:22:45,330 --> 00:22:46,331 EXPOSURE TO A POPULATION AND 510 00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:50,135 THIS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A 511 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:58,810 SAMPLING METHODOLOGY AND THE 512 00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:03,915 ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN EVALUATED IN 513 00:23:03,982 --> 00:23:04,216 CALIFORNIA. 514 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:05,884 IN 2019 CALIFORNIA SIGNED A 515 00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:07,886 PRIORITY TO EACH OF THE GROUND 516 00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:09,588 WATER BASINS. 517 00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:10,922 THE PRIORITY RATING WAS BASED ON 518 00:23:10,989 --> 00:23:13,291 THE OVERLYING POPULATION AND 519 00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:14,826 PREDICTIVE GROWTH, THE DEGREE TO 520 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,828 WHICH POPULATION RELIES ON WATER 521 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,564 DRAWN FROM THE BASIN AS THE 522 00:23:19,631 --> 00:23:22,334 PRIMARY WATER SOURCE AND OTHER 523 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,236 RISK QUALITY DEGRADATION. 524 00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:25,704 THE PRIORITIZATION SCHEME IS 525 00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:28,507 USED TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE 526 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:33,478 GROUND WATER BASINS FOR PLANNING 527 00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:34,813 AND SUSTAINABILITY AND LOOK AT 528 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,482 PFAS EXPOSURE. 529 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,718 WITH OUR EXCEEDENCE PREDICTIONS 530 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:41,453 USED AS A PROBABILITY OF 531 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,088 EXPOSURE AND OUR BASIN 532 00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:46,558 PRIORITIZATION AS A MAGNITUDE WE 533 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,127 WE CALCULATED A RISK SCORE FOR 534 00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:50,962 EACH OF THE PRIORITY BASIN. 535 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:52,264 TO THE RIGHT WE HAVE A CHART 536 00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:57,235 THAT SHOWS THE EXTENT OF 537 00:23:57,302 --> 00:23:57,502 SAMPLING. 538 00:23:57,569 --> 00:23:59,137 THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE 539 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:00,372 PROPORTION SAMPLED AND EXCEED 540 00:24:00,438 --> 00:24:02,040 THE PROPOSED MCLs. 541 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,343 THE PINK ARE THE UNSAMPLED WELLS 542 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:07,045 PREDICTED TO EXCEED THE MCLs AND 543 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,181 THE GRAY BARS ARE THE WELLS 544 00:24:09,247 --> 00:24:11,883 PREDICTED OR REPORTED TO NOT BE 545 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:19,257 IN EXCEEDENCE. 546 00:24:19,324 --> 00:24:21,593 ANTELOPE VALLEY HAD A 4.0 RISK 547 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:24,830 SCORE BECAUSE THE BASIN WAS 548 00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:28,166 DESIGNATED AS THE HIGHEST 549 00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:35,273 PRIORITY AND OUR MODEL PREDICTED 550 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:38,109 THE WATER WELLS EXCEEDED AND IT 551 00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:40,178 SUPPORTS MILITARY OPERATIONS AND 552 00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:42,714 NEAR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER 553 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:44,049 PROVIDES CONDITIONS THAT MAY 554 00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:45,183 PROMOTE PFAS TRANSPORT THROUGH 555 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:47,285 THE SOIL AND INTO THE WATER 556 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:47,719 TABLE. 557 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,554 ONE NOTE IS THE DATABASE DOES 558 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:50,455 NOT INCLUDE ALL DEPARTMENT OF 559 00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:53,525 DEFENSE DATA SO THERE MAY BE 560 00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:55,894 SOME SAMPLING DATA AVAILABLE NOT 561 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:58,697 IN THE DATABASE. 562 00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,799 THIS HIGHLIGHTS THAT MANY 563 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,367 COMMUNITIES THAT RELY HEAVILY ON 564 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:04,202 THEIR LOCAL GROUND WATER 565 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:09,474 RESOURCES FOR POTABLE WATER AND 566 00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:15,881 THUS ARE AND WAS NOT ADEQUATELY 567 00:25:15,947 --> 00:25:26,491 SAMPLED FOR PFAS AND AND THERE 568 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:29,527 MAY BE MORE EXPOSURE. 569 00:25:29,594 --> 00:25:31,997 AND WE CAN DEVELOP AN ITERATIVE 570 00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:34,833 METHODOLOGY TO TARGET LOCATIONS 571 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,102 THAT MAY BENEFIT THE MOST FROM 572 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:39,271 PFAS SAMPLING EFFORTS. 573 00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:41,039 AND MODEL CONDITIONS WITH THE 574 00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:42,607 SCORE LIKE THE BASIN 575 00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:43,241 PRIORITIZATION CAN HELP 576 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:45,443 REGULATORS DEVELOP A LIST OF 577 00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:48,580 LOCATIONS AT HIGH RISK OF PFAS 578 00:25:48,647 --> 00:25:49,214 CONTAMINATION AND EXPOSURE WHICH 579 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:52,150 CAN INFORM REGULATORS IN MAKING 580 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:52,884 DECISIONS WHERE FUNDS AND 581 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:54,119 EVIDENCE SHOULD BE FOCUSSED. 582 00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:55,720 AS MORE DATA COMES IN, MODEL 583 00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:57,122 PREDICTIONS WILL IMPROVE AND 584 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,724 THUS WILL HELP TO DEVELOP MORE 585 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:01,092 ACCURATE HIGHER QUALITY RISK 586 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:01,393 ASSESSMENTS. 587 00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:03,695 CONTINUED RESEARCH AND 588 00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:05,997 DEVELOPMENT OF M.L. MODEL 589 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:07,632 PIPELINE AND NEW ALGORITHMS WILL 590 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:10,201 HELP TO IMPROVE MODEL ACCURACY 591 00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:14,673 AND RESULT IN MORE ROBUST RISK 592 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:15,073 ASSESSMENT. 593 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:18,310 ANOTHER MAJOR FOCUS OF 594 00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:19,511 INVESTIGATION SHOULD ADDRESS 595 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:22,147 EXPOSURE TO FEED IN THE RISK 596 00:26:22,213 --> 00:26:23,848 ASSESSMENT. 597 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:26,985 OUR APPROACH WAS RUDIMENTARY AND 598 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:29,487 DEMONSTRATES HOW OUR M.L. MODEL 599 00:26:29,554 --> 00:26:31,723 RESULTS CAN FIT IN THE SCHEME 600 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:35,360 AND ASPECTS SUCH AS VULNERABLE 601 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,062 POPULATION AN DELINEATION AND 602 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:38,096 TREATMENT CAPABILITIES IN 603 00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:39,230 ADDITION TO GROUND WATER 604 00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:41,900 DEPENDENCE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED 605 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:43,868 TO GET MORE REPRESENTATIVE 606 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:47,872 THREAT SCORE FOR THE COMMUNITY. 607 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,574 MACHINE LEARNING IS A PROMISING 608 00:26:49,641 --> 00:26:51,142 TOOL THAT CAN OPTIMIZE SAMPLING 609 00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:53,044 EFFORTS AND TARGET LOCATIONS 610 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,413 WHERE PFAS WOULD HAVE THE 611 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,849 BIGGEST IMPACT CONCEIVABLY 612 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:59,684 HELPING REDUCE PUBLIC HEALTH 613 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,120 IMPACT FOR LESS TIME AND MONEY. 614 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:03,421 THIS METHODOLOGY IS ONLY 615 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:06,358 POSSIBLE IN CALIFORNIA DUE TO 616 00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:07,525 THE WEALTH OF PFAS DATA 617 00:27:07,592 --> 00:27:07,826 AVAILABLE. 618 00:27:07,892 --> 00:27:10,061 WHILE THE STRATEGY CAN BE 619 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:11,863 EXTENDED, A SIMILAR WEALTH OF 620 00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:13,531 DATA IS REQUIRED TO MAKE 621 00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:16,768 REASONABLY ACCURATE PREDICTIONS. 622 00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:18,903 THERE'S NO GROUND WATER NATIONAL 623 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:20,872 REPOSITORY BUT SOME STATES 624 00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:22,340 MAINTAIN THEIR OWN DATABASES 625 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:23,475 THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED. 626 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:26,711 TO FORM THIS ON A NATIONAL 627 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:28,847 SCALE, MORE PLATFORMS WILL BE 628 00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:29,547 NECESSARY. 629 00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:31,249 CURRENTLY MODELS THAT PREDICT 630 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:31,983 CONTINUOUS CONCENTRATION ARE NOT 631 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:34,185 VIABLE AND NEW METHODS ARE 632 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:35,954 NEEDED TO IMPROVE ACCURACY. 633 00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:37,989 CLASSIFICATION ARE GOOD FOR 634 00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:38,957 SCREENING AND PRIORITIZATION 635 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:41,993 PLANS BUT NOT SUITABLE FOR 636 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,361 SOMETHING LIKE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL 637 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:43,561 STUDY. 638 00:27:43,628 --> 00:27:47,198 FURTHER RESEARCH IN PREDICTIVE 639 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:49,134 FEATURES AND HANDLING NON 640 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,036 DEFECTS AND TEMPORAL DATA AND 641 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:53,304 OTHER TECHNIQUES WILL HELP BOOST 642 00:27:53,371 --> 00:27:53,905 PREDICTIVE POWER. 643 00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:59,310 THE TOOL MAY BE USED FOR OTHER 644 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:02,814 CONTAMINANTS AND OTHER 645 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:03,815 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AS LONG AS 646 00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:05,116 THERE'S SUFFICIENT DATA TO MAKE 647 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:05,617 REASONABLE PREDICTION. 648 00:28:05,683 --> 00:28:09,687 OUR APPROACH IS ONE OF THE MANY 649 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:10,955 APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL 650 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:11,356 FIELD. 651 00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:13,925 THERE WAS A PAPER THAT REVIEWED 652 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:16,461 THE APPLICATIONS OF ML TOOLS AND 653 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:17,762 WATER RESOURCES DISCOVERED 654 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:18,329 MACHINE LEARNING IS BEING 655 00:28:18,396 --> 00:28:19,764 DEVELOPED AND APPLIED TO THE 656 00:28:19,831 --> 00:28:22,033 CONSTRUCTION, MONITORING AND 657 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,202 SIMULATION, EVALUATION AND 658 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:25,036 OPTIMIZATION OF VARIOUS WATER 659 00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:27,439 TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT 660 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:28,606 SYSTEMS. 661 00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:30,842 ADDITIONALLY, MACHINE LEARNING 662 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:31,910 CAN'T PROVIDE SOLUTIONS FOR 663 00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:33,878 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND 664 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:35,380 SECURITY MANAGEMENT. 665 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:38,850 THIS STUDY ANALYZED 45 666 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:40,819 METHODOLOGIES AND THE MAIN 667 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:42,654 DRAWBACKS INCLUDED DEPENDENCE ON 668 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,892 HIGH QUALITY DATA AND THE 669 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:48,593 SPECIFICITY ALGORITHMS AND MAY 670 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:53,198 NOT BE APPLICABLE TO WIDER 671 00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:54,899 APPLICATIONS AND APPLICATION 672 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:57,035 REQUIRES PERSONNEL TO HAVE 673 00:28:57,102 --> 00:28:57,902 BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE IN MACHINE 674 00:28:57,969 --> 00:28:59,337 LEARNING AND THE SYSTEM YOU'RE 675 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,872 APPLYING IT TO. 676 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:04,676 REGARDLESS THE PAPER CONCLUDE 677 00:29:04,742 --> 00:29:08,813 THE METHODS WAS A POWERFUL AND 678 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:09,948 PROMISING TOOL FOR SOLVING WATER 679 00:29:10,014 --> 00:29:15,887 RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL 680 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:16,354 PROBLEMS. 681 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:18,123 THERE'S THE TOXICITY OF 682 00:29:18,189 --> 00:29:20,191 MICROPLASTIC EXPLORER IS AN 683 00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:23,795 ONLINE TOOL DEVELOPED BY THE 684 00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:25,730 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER 685 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:26,631 COASTAL RESEARCH PROJECT TO 686 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:27,866 EXPLORE DATA. 687 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:30,135 THERE'S AN OPEN ACCESS DATABASE 688 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:30,869 INCLUDING TOXICITY DATA FROM 689 00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:33,004 HUNDREDS OF PEER-REVIEWED PAPER. 690 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:39,878 THE ALLOWS TO PREDICT 691 00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:41,246 CONCENTRATIONS WITH THE MACHINE 692 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,248 LEARNING TOOL SIMILAR IN THE 693 00:29:43,314 --> 00:29:44,149 PROJECT AND THERE'S THE 694 00:29:44,215 --> 00:29:46,918 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 695 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:49,420 PROJECT THAT IS RESEARCHING NEW 696 00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:51,189 LONG-TERM MONITORING FRAMEWORK 697 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,624 IN SITES AND THERE'S DEVELOPMENT 698 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:54,893 OF VARIOUS TOOLS FOR ADVANCED 699 00:29:54,959 --> 00:29:55,927 ANALYSIS OF SOIL AND GROUND 700 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:57,295 WATER DATA. 701 00:29:57,362 --> 00:29:59,864 THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF 702 00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:02,167 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR 703 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:06,704 CONCENTRATIONS BASED ON 704 00:30:06,771 --> 00:30:07,872 MEASURABLE AMOUNTS AND 705 00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:11,876 QUANTIFYING AMOUNTS LOOKING AT 706 00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:12,677 FLOODING AND DROUGHT. 707 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:14,679 AND BEFORE I END I WANT IT GIVE 708 00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:17,115 SPECIAL THANKS TO SOME OF MY 709 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:24,556 TEAM MEMBERS, MY ADVISER FROM 710 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:27,759 UCLA AND EVERYONE AT POTOMAC 711 00:30:27,825 --> 00:30:30,895 HUDSON FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PHE 712 00:30:30,962 --> 00:30:33,131 SUPPORTED THE PROJECT AND MY 713 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:35,033 EDUCATION AT UCLA AND WE 714 00:30:35,099 --> 00:30:38,169 SPECIALIZE AT TACKLING DEEP 715 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:39,871 ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS AN 716 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:42,473 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND 717 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,107 DOCUMENTATION AND SITE 718 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:43,808 EVALUATION CHARACTERIZATION. 719 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,511 IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE 720 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:51,216 QUESTION OUR SERVICES AT PHE, 721 00:30:51,282 --> 00:30:53,618 DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO 722 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:53,785 ME. 723 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:55,753 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME FOR 724 00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:57,222 QUESTIONS BUT IF YOU HAVE 725 00:30:57,288 --> 00:30:59,991 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FEEL FREE 726 00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:09,701 TO REACH OUT. 727 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:12,971 >> I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE TIME. 728 00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:15,006 >> I MAY NOT USE ALL MY TIME IF 729 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:16,541 HE WANTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 730 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:21,212 >> CAN YOU SEE THE CHART? 731 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:22,814 THE QUESTION IS THE PREDICTIONS 732 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,649 ARE BASED ONLY ON GROUND WATER 733 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:25,483 TESTING INFO. 734 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:29,520 IS THERE A REASON WHY DATA ON 735 00:31:29,587 --> 00:31:31,889 PFAS FROM AGRICULTURAL SITES IS 736 00:31:31,956 --> 00:31:40,565 NOT BEING INCLUDED? 737 00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:41,866 >> THE DATA DOES INCLUDE 738 00:31:41,933 --> 00:31:43,601 PRESENTEE OF THAT AND 739 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:44,702 AGRICULTURAL AND SOME PRIVATE 740 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:46,104 WELL WATER SOILS AS WELL. 741 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,006 FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT WE 742 00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:49,440 WANTED TO LIMITED OUR SCOPE 743 00:31:49,507 --> 00:31:50,975 SINCE IT WAS VERY BROAD IN 744 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:53,144 ANALYSIS WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON 745 00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:57,315 DRINKING WATER SINCE THAT WAS 746 00:31:57,382 --> 00:32:07,859 THE MAIN PATHS OF INTION -- 747 00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:17,402 INGESTION OF PFAS TO THE PUBLIC 748 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:18,903 AND LOOK AT PRIVATE WATER AS 749 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:22,240 WELL. 750 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:23,675 OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS GOING 751 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:25,176 TO BE ON DOD INITIATIVES TO 752 00:32:25,243 --> 00:32:28,613 REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GAS SUPPLY 753 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:39,757 EMISSIONS FOR THE SECRETARY OF 754 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:40,658 DEFENSE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND 755 00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:41,326 ENERGY RESILIENCE. 756 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:46,998 AND HER DUTIES, DR. MEIER 757 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:48,666 COORDINATES POLICIES AND 758 00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:52,036 PROGRAMS TO OPTIMIZE RESILIENCE 759 00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:54,005 AND ENHANCING GREEN HOUSE GAS 760 00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:55,006 MITIGATION. 761 00:32:55,073 --> 00:33:00,578 SHE HAS LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF 762 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:02,747 PROCESSES TO DRIVE DECISION 763 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,517 LOGIC FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA 764 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:06,818 STRUCTURES. 765 00:33:06,884 --> 00:33:08,519 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 766 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:14,459 THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SHIFT IN 767 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:16,094 THE OFFICE SINCE THAT BIO WAS 768 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:25,436 SENT IN IT WAS FORMALLY A DEPUTY 769 00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:26,304 ASSISTANT FOR DEFENSE AND WE'RE 770 00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:28,172 NOW THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE 771 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:31,576 AND WORK WITHIN THE CHIEF 772 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:35,113 SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER'S OFFICE. 773 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,982 DR. OWENS IS OUR ASSISTANT 774 00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:39,650 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 775 00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:41,219 INSTALLATIONS AN ENVIRONMENT. 776 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:44,622 OUR TEAM HAS A VERY LARGE 777 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,757 PORTFOLIO. 778 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:48,259 PART OF MY WORK IS GREEN HOUSE 779 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:49,894 GASES AND OUR SUPPLY CHAIN. 780 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:55,299 I WANTED TO START OFF A LITTLE 781 00:33:55,366 --> 00:34:00,037 BIT TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR 782 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:01,672 CHEMICAL PROGRAM FIT INTO THE 783 00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:02,440 SUPPLY CHAIN INITIATIVE AND WHY 784 00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:04,342 IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT 785 00:34:04,409 --> 00:34:04,542 THIS. 786 00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:08,045 AND HYDROFLOUROCARBON NOT QUITE 787 00:34:08,112 --> 00:34:09,647 EMERGING CHEMICALS. 788 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:14,919 TAY -- THEY ARE REGULATED AND 789 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:16,187 WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE 790 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:21,993 BEING PROCESSED AND HOW WE'RE 791 00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:26,164 CONSIDERING THEM AND HOW THAT 792 00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:27,165 TRANSLATES TO OUR SUPPLY CHAIN 793 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:29,700 MISSION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 794 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:30,268 DEFENSE. 795 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,537 LOOKING AT OUR SUPPLY CHAIN WE 796 00:34:32,603 --> 00:34:36,941 HAVE SEVERAL INITIATIVES FOR 797 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:37,742 GREEN HOUSE GAS MITIGATION AND 798 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:42,580 IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW 799 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:44,549 GREEN HOUSE GASES ARE ACCOUNTED 800 00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:47,084 FOR WE HAVE SCOPE 1 AND WE RENT 801 00:34:47,151 --> 00:34:48,719 IT AND IT'S OUR HOUSE AND THE 802 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:51,055 THINGS WE OPERATE AND USE AND 803 00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,157 THE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH 804 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:54,091 OPERATING THOSE THINGS. 805 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:56,461 SO YOU PARK IT IN YOUR GARAGE WE 806 00:34:56,527 --> 00:35:02,900 HAVE SHIPS AND TANKS AND PLANES 807 00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:06,637 THAT WE FIT IN OUR GARAGE SO 808 00:35:06,704 --> 00:35:09,373 THERE'S ENERGY AND WHEN WE TALK 809 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,341 ABOUT ENERGY SUPPLIERS AND SCOPE 810 00:35:10,408 --> 00:35:12,276 1 EMISSIONS ARE EVERYTHING WE 811 00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:15,346 HAVE AND OWN THE FUEL TO SUPPORT 812 00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:16,214 THAT. 813 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:23,321 SCOPE 2 EMISSIONS IS EVERYTHING 814 00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:25,990 OFFSITE AND THE CORRELATION WITH 815 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:29,393 OUR ENERGY SUPPLIERS SAY SCOPE 2 816 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:31,562 EMISSIONS BUT PART OF OUR OVER 817 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:33,564 ALL SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE FULL 818 00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:34,165 LIFE CYCLE IN THE PRODUCTS WE 819 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:40,671 BUY. 820 00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:44,041 WE ALSO HAVE EQUIPMENT ON THE 821 00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:46,511 PLATFORMS THAT ARE HYDRO 822 00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:47,378 FLUOROCARBONS AND THE FUEL AND 823 00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:51,349 WE WANT TO LOOK FOR GLOBAL 824 00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:52,750 WARMING POTENTIAL LOWER THAN THE 825 00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:54,485 CURRENT PRODUCTS WE'RE USING. 826 00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:58,322 THOSE ARE OUR SCOPE 1 AND 2 827 00:35:58,389 --> 00:36:01,158 EXAMPLES AND WHILE FOCUS ON THE 828 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:02,860 LOWER GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL 829 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:05,296 AND THE HYDROFLOUROCARBONS TODAY 830 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:06,564 AND THERE'S ANOTHER TALK. 831 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:15,306 THIS IS A SALES PITCH FOR DOING 832 00:36:15,373 --> 00:36:25,883 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT SESSION-- 833 00:37:15,232 --> 00:37:15,833 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS 834 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,268 MISSION FIRST AND FOR US TO 835 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:19,937 MAINTAIN MISSION AND ENSURE THAT 836 00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:23,774 RESILIENCE, WE HAVE TO PUT OUR 837 00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:25,610 PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS IN A 838 00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:30,881 WAY THAT MAKE SURE THE MISSION 839 00:37:30,948 --> 00:37:31,749 SPECIFICATIONS ARE THE 840 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:33,618 REQUIREMENT AND BENEFIT TO THE 841 00:37:33,684 --> 00:37:38,456 GOVERNMENT AND ENVIRONMENT WE 842 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:38,990 WANT TO BALANCE THE OTHER 843 00:37:39,056 --> 00:37:39,624 SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES AND 844 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:41,158 WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES 845 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:46,330 AND PART OF OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE 846 00:37:46,397 --> 00:37:52,036 SURE WE'RE SEEKING OR MAKING OUR 847 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:53,404 MISSION RESILIENT WE'RE MAKING 848 00:37:53,471 --> 00:37:56,140 SURE IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO LOWER 849 00:37:56,207 --> 00:38:03,314 GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL. 850 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:10,454 NOW THE AMERICAN INNOVATION AND 851 00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:11,589 MANUFACTURING ACT AND IT WILL 852 00:38:11,656 --> 00:38:14,425 ALIGN WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE 853 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:15,559 MONTREAL PROTOCOL. 854 00:38:15,626 --> 00:38:20,665 IT REQUIRES AN 85% REDUCTION IN 855 00:38:20,731 --> 00:38:25,102 HFCs BY 2023 AND ALLOWS OR 856 00:38:25,169 --> 00:38:30,041 AUTHORIZES THE EPA TO ADDRESS 857 00:38:30,107 --> 00:38:40,518 HFCs BY LOOKING AT THE 858 00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:41,719 INDUSTRIES ACROSS THE UNITED 859 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:44,055 STATES. 860 00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:46,791 AS PART OF THE FEDERAL 861 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:53,798 GOVERNMENT WE'RE ALSO WE HAVE TO 862 00:38:53,864 --> 00:38:58,536 USE A SPECIAL ALLOCATION TO 863 00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:00,204 ENSURE THE DOD'S MISSION. 864 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:02,440 WE SUBMIT AND ENSURE WE HAVE 865 00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:05,643 THOSE MISSION-CRITICAL 866 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:07,311 ALLOCATIONS EVERY YEAR AND 867 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:10,748 COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH THE EPA. 868 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:14,585 THERE'S THE FACILITATION OF 869 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:15,853 TRANSITION TO TECHNOLOGIES. 870 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,689 A LOT OF THAT IS COMMERCIAL 871 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:19,657 TRANSITION. 872 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:23,761 DOD HAS WORKED TO HELP 873 00:39:23,828 --> 00:39:24,929 UNDERSTAND OUR SPECIFICATION 874 00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:26,197 REQUIREMENTS AND CONDUCTING 875 00:39:26,263 --> 00:39:27,231 RESEARCH AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE 876 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:30,101 BIT ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING AT 877 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:34,171 THE LAST BLUE BULLET, RECENTLY 878 00:39:34,238 --> 00:39:39,543 IN OCTOBER WAS THE PROPOSED RULE 879 00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:44,715 FOR RELEASES FOR RECLAMATION AND 880 00:39:44,782 --> 00:39:47,852 REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO USE 881 00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:49,253 RECLAIMED MATERIALS. 882 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,955 AND WE ARE LOOKING TO EPA AND 883 00:39:51,021 --> 00:39:53,824 OTHERS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE 884 00:39:53,891 --> 00:39:55,793 QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF 885 00:39:55,860 --> 00:39:56,660 RECLAIMED MATERIAL TO HELP 886 00:39:56,727 --> 00:39:58,496 SUPPORT MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 887 00:39:58,562 --> 00:39:59,797 THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE 888 00:39:59,864 --> 00:40:02,900 TO TALK TO TALK TO INDUSTRY 889 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,335 EXPERTS WHERE POSSIBLE AND HELP 890 00:40:04,401 --> 00:40:07,037 UNDERSTAND THOSE CAPABILITIES. 891 00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:09,607 SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT 892 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:12,777 ALLOCATION ALLOWANCE REDUCTIONS. 893 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:17,014 SO THE ALLOCATIONS SPECIFIC 894 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:19,416 APPLICATIONS SPECIFIC 895 00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:21,819 ALLOCATIONS -- SAY THAT TEN 896 00:40:21,886 --> 00:40:23,687 TIMES FAST, ARE ABOUT 2% OF THE 897 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:25,289 BASE YEAR ALLOWANCES. 898 00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:25,890 SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE VERY 899 00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:29,126 MUCH. 900 00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:31,061 IT ISN'T VERY MUCH. 901 00:40:31,128 --> 00:40:34,098 IT'S ONLY 2% OF THE TOTAL 902 00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:36,066 ALLOWANCES PROVIDERS ARE ALLOWED 903 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:40,871 TO MANUFACTURER. 904 00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,306 90% MANUFACTURING QUANTITY AS OF 905 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:44,742 LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR STARTED 906 00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:47,144 THE FIRST 60% MANUFACTURING 907 00:40:47,211 --> 00:40:48,045 CAPABILITIES AND SO THAT 908 00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:50,681 FRACTION THAT 2% FRACTION MIGHT 909 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:51,715 GROW OVER TIME AND THAT'S THE 910 00:40:51,782 --> 00:40:53,818 EXPANSION OF THE GREEN OVER 911 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:58,222 TIME, IT MAY NOT GET THAT BIG 912 00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,290 BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A 913 00:40:59,356 --> 00:41:00,791 CERTAIN LEANING ON THE RELIANCE 914 00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:03,194 OF THOSE MISSION-CRITICAL 915 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:05,196 ALLOCATIONS AS WE START PUSHING 916 00:41:05,262 --> 00:41:08,332 THROUGH THOSE NEXT PHASES OF 917 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:09,867 DRAW DOWN. 918 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:12,203 AND SO THE APPLICATIONS BECOME 919 00:41:12,269 --> 00:41:16,307 MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT OVER 920 00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:18,008 TIME. 921 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:21,278 WITH 2% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION 922 00:41:21,345 --> 00:41:23,113 WHY ARE WE FOCUSSED ON HFCs? 923 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:25,983 THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY GET 924 00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,685 SUCH HIGH GLOBAL WARMING 925 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,954 POTENTIAL, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 926 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:32,723 OF TIMES OF THAT THE CO2 FOR THE 927 00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:34,925 SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. 928 00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:38,329 IT HAS A HUGE LIFE TIME IN THE 929 00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:39,630 ATMOSPHERE. 930 00:41:39,697 --> 00:41:42,633 THE COMPOUNDING VOLUME IN THE 931 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,034 ATMOSPHERE WITH THE HIGHER 932 00:41:44,101 --> 00:41:47,872 CAPABILITY OF HOLDING THAT 933 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:51,275 ENERGY IS THE FOCUS OF THAT 934 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:51,709 REGULATION. 935 00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:54,378 SO MISSION CRITICAL MILITARY END 936 00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:54,745 USES. 937 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:58,382 IT HAS A DEFINITION IN THE 40CFR 938 00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:03,587 AND THESE ARE IMPACTS DIRECTLY 939 00:42:03,654 --> 00:42:05,356 TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE. 940 00:42:05,422 --> 00:42:06,657 NECESSARY FOR DEPLOYMENT, 941 00:42:06,724 --> 00:42:09,627 TESTING, PRODUCTION, TRAINING, 942 00:42:09,693 --> 00:42:11,929 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE OF FARM 943 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:12,162 VESSELS. 944 00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:17,334 THERE'S SPECIFIC TO SIMILAR 945 00:42:17,401 --> 00:42:18,102 WEAPONS AND CAPABILITIES IN OUR 946 00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:26,510 TRAINING. 947 00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:29,847 SO DOD IN '22 SIGNED COMMITMENT 948 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:32,049 MEMORANDUM TO ENABLE THE WORKING 949 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:36,587 GROUP TO COORDINATE WITH THE 950 00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:36,854 SERVICES. 951 00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:43,560 THE AIM ACT WORKING GROUP SIT 952 00:42:43,627 --> 00:42:46,330 WIN THE CLEANER ACT COMMITTEE 953 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:48,599 AND INCLUDES THE NAVY AND 954 00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:51,168 INCLUDES OUR COMPONENT SERVICES. 955 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:54,038 THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP 956 00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:56,707 COORDINATE AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE 957 00:42:56,774 --> 00:43:01,679 ACCOUNT FOR, REQUEST AND MANAGE 958 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:04,048 THE MISSION CRITICAL MILITARY 959 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:05,215 END USE. 960 00:43:05,282 --> 00:43:10,287 THE PROCESS AND THE FACILITATION 961 00:43:10,354 --> 00:43:13,223 THROUGH THAT ACQUISITION OF 962 00:43:13,290 --> 00:43:17,728 MCMAU ALLOCATIONS THROUGH THE 963 00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:26,236 TRANSFERRAL TO THE PRODUCERS IS 964 00:43:26,303 --> 00:43:28,238 MANAGED AND TO BE REPORTED TO 965 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:29,873 THE EPA BIANNUALLY. 966 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:32,910 WE COMMITTED TO THE PROCESS AND 967 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:38,115 CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR HFC 968 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:42,052 TECHNOLOGIES AND LOWER EXCHANGE 969 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:45,489 VALUES FOR HFCs. 970 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:46,390 A LOT OF TRANSITIONS HAPPEN 971 00:43:46,457 --> 00:43:49,159 COMMERCIALLY AND CONTINUE TO AND 972 00:43:49,226 --> 00:43:52,029 WE CONTINUE TO SEEK INDUSTRY 973 00:43:52,096 --> 00:43:53,397 ENGAGEMENT TO HELP DRIVE 974 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:56,000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND 975 00:43:56,066 --> 00:43:58,302 UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN MEET NEW 976 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:01,105 MISSION SPECIFICATIONS. 977 00:44:01,171 --> 00:44:02,740 SO THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION 978 00:44:02,806 --> 00:44:05,676 ABOUT RISKS OF NEW CHEMICALS OR 979 00:44:05,743 --> 00:44:06,977 NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO THE PERSONS 980 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:08,379 OR THE MISSION. 981 00:44:08,445 --> 00:44:12,049 SO DOD HAS A HIGH STANDARD FOR 982 00:44:12,116 --> 00:44:12,616 CONDUCTING THESE DIFFERENT 983 00:44:12,683 --> 00:44:16,053 ASSESSMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT 984 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:17,621 ANY ALTERNATIVES WE COMMIT TO 985 00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:20,057 SHIFTING INTO OUR SYSTEMS IS 986 00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:21,759 GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS 987 00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:24,328 SAFE FOR OUR PERSONNEL AND NOT 988 00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:24,995 GOING TO PLACE ADDITIONAL RISK 989 00:44:25,062 --> 00:44:26,463 TO THE MISSION. 990 00:44:26,530 --> 00:44:28,032 WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND 991 00:44:28,098 --> 00:44:30,934 CAPABILITIES AND THE QUALITY AND 992 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:33,570 QUANTITY OF RECLAIMED MATERIAL. 993 00:44:33,637 --> 00:44:36,240 THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST. 994 00:44:36,306 --> 00:44:39,143 AND DOD THE ARMY COMPLETED 995 00:44:39,209 --> 00:44:41,245 ELIMINATION STUDY AND WE HAVE A 996 00:44:41,311 --> 00:44:42,679 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ARM 997 00:44:42,746 --> 00:44:44,214 THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK BUT 998 00:44:44,281 --> 00:44:46,350 WE HAVE A FEW STUDIES AND WE'RE 999 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,718 CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR MORE. 1000 00:44:47,785 --> 00:44:50,454 BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR NOT 1001 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,056 INCLINED OR LOWER GLOBAL WARMING 1002 00:44:52,122 --> 00:44:55,592 POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT. 1003 00:44:55,659 --> 00:44:56,226 THOSE ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS 1004 00:44:56,293 --> 00:45:02,266 WELL. 1005 00:45:02,332 --> 00:45:07,304 SO LOOKING TO SPECIFY NEW 1006 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:09,940 ALTERNATIVES AND TECHNOLOGIES 1007 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:12,676 FOR THOSE HIGH GLOBAL WARMERS 1008 00:45:12,743 --> 00:45:16,380 AND WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY 1009 00:45:16,447 --> 00:45:20,050 ADDRESS CHANGES FOR THOSE MCMAU 1010 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:20,384 APPLICATIONS. 1011 00:45:20,451 --> 00:45:21,852 WHILE THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY 1012 00:45:21,919 --> 00:45:23,921 CONTINUES WE HAVE CERTAIN 1013 00:45:23,987 --> 00:45:26,890 APPLICATIONS ON OUR 1014 00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:28,358 INSTALLATIONS THAT MAY BE 1015 00:45:28,425 --> 00:45:29,460 COMMERCIALLY RELATE AND FOR OUR 1016 00:45:29,526 --> 00:45:30,861 MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS WE 1017 00:45:30,928 --> 00:45:32,563 ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING TO 1018 00:45:32,629 --> 00:45:36,433 INDUSTRY TO HELP US IDENTIFY 1019 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:46,910 POTENTIAL EXCHANGE HFCs. 1020 00:45:52,916 --> 00:45:54,418 WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO THEM TO 1021 00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:56,153 INCREASE OTHER EFFICIENCIES AND 1022 00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:56,887 REDUCE WASTE. 1023 00:45:56,954 --> 00:45:59,490 UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY CAN 1024 00:45:59,556 --> 00:46:00,757 POTENTIALLY USE RECLAIMED 1025 00:46:00,824 --> 00:46:03,694 MATERIAL AND INCREASE RECYCLING 1026 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:04,862 AND CIRCULARITY. 1027 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:07,264 A BROADER PICTURE OF SUSTAINABLE 1028 00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:08,098 PURCHASING. 1029 00:46:08,165 --> 00:46:11,368 AND THEN LOOKING TO THE CLEAN 1030 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,370 ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHERE 1031 00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:17,241 THEY CAN LEVERAGE AND WHERE WE 1032 00:46:17,307 --> 00:46:22,379 CAN SUPPORT AND GAIN ADDITIONAL 1033 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:24,047 CO-BENEFITS OF STRENGTHENING 1034 00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:26,483 THEIR SUPPLY. 1035 00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:28,018 AND ENERGY. 1036 00:46:28,085 --> 00:46:29,586 SO ONGOING EFFORTS. 1037 00:46:29,653 --> 00:46:32,089 WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EPA ON 1038 00:46:32,156 --> 00:46:35,025 THE RECLAMATION OPPORTUNITY OWN 1039 00:46:35,092 --> 00:46:36,693 ALLOWANCE TRANSFER PROCESS. 1040 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:40,030 EVERY FIVE YEARS WE JUSTIFY OUR 1041 00:46:40,097 --> 00:46:41,732 REQUIREMENTS FOR ONGOING NEED 1042 00:46:41,798 --> 00:46:44,034 FOR MCMUs. 1043 00:46:44,101 --> 00:46:46,236 WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS 1044 00:46:46,303 --> 00:46:46,937 RIGHT NOW. 1045 00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:48,772 INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE 1046 00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:50,274 TO SAY WE ARE LOOKING FOR 1047 00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:52,376 OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE SO IF 1048 00:46:52,442 --> 00:46:53,644 THERE'S ANYONE ON THE CALL OR 1049 00:46:53,710 --> 00:46:54,912 ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO CATCH 1050 00:46:54,978 --> 00:47:02,452 UP WITH US LATER, WE'RE LOOKING 1051 00:47:02,519 --> 00:47:03,086 FOR TRANSITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1052 00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:08,992 HFCs. 1053 00:47:09,059 --> 00:47:11,562 AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TONG ASSESS 1054 00:47:11,628 --> 00:47:12,429 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE 1055 00:47:12,496 --> 00:47:16,366 CHEMICALS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1056 00:47:16,433 --> 00:47:17,167 THE TRANSITION. 1057 00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:20,103 SO WE WRITE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR 1058 00:47:20,170 --> 00:47:23,073 NEW EQUIPMENT AND EXPECT THAT 1059 00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:26,210 LOWER GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL 1060 00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:28,345 OR NOT IN KIND HFCs AND WE'RE 1061 00:47:28,412 --> 00:47:30,047 LOOKING TO THOSE TRANSITION AND 1062 00:47:30,113 --> 00:47:31,181 RETROFITS BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN 1063 00:47:31,248 --> 00:47:32,883 MIND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK 1064 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,284 TO PERSONNEL AND MISSION AND 1065 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:36,286 CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THOSE 1066 00:47:36,353 --> 00:47:36,587 ASSESSMENTS. 1067 00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:38,889 AND WHILE WEAVER DOING THAT, WE 1068 00:47:38,956 --> 00:47:40,390 ENCOURAGE THE CHEMICAL AND 1069 00:47:40,457 --> 00:47:42,159 SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY TO 1070 00:47:42,226 --> 00:47:44,027 HELP SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT SAFETY 1071 00:47:44,094 --> 00:47:49,266 AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. 1072 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:57,641 S AND WITH THAT THAT'S DOD'S 1073 00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:58,175 TRANSITION WITH HFCs. 1074 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:02,546 AND WITH THAT THAT'S DOD'S 1075 00:48:02,613 --> 00:48:03,080 TRANSITION WITH HFCs. 1076 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:03,647 AND WITH THAT THAT'S DOD'S 1077 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:04,181 TRANSITION WITH HFCs. 1078 00:48:04,314 --> 00:48:04,748 AND WITH THAT THAT'S DOD'S 1079 00:48:04,815 --> 00:48:05,282 TRANSITION WITH HFCs. 1080 00:48:05,515 --> 00:48:07,718 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. MEIER. 1081 00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:09,419 I'M WATCHING THE INBOX FOR 1082 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:09,720 QUESTIONS. 1083 00:48:09,786 --> 00:48:11,855 I'M SURE I HAVE TONS OF 1084 00:48:11,922 --> 00:48:13,690 QUESTIONS BUT BECAUSE I HAVE 1085 00:48:13,757 --> 00:48:15,559 SOME BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN 1086 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:20,664 HFC MANAGEMENT AND I'M ACTUALLY 1087 00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:22,399 HELP 1088 00:48:22,466 --> 00:48:26,103 HELP 1089 00:48:26,169 --> 00:48:28,038 HELPING PUT TOGETHER SOME 1090 00:48:28,105 --> 00:48:38,615 TRAINING MATERIALS ON USING S. 1091 00:48:41,852 --> 00:48:46,390 WHAT KIND OF DATA MODELLING ARE 1092 00:48:46,456 --> 00:48:50,294 YOU DOING TO HELP CONNECT AND 1093 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,930 MANAGE THE APPROPRIATE SUPPLY 1094 00:48:53,997 --> 00:48:56,500 CHAINS FOR HFC PRODUCT PHASE 1095 00:48:56,566 --> 00:48:57,200 OUT? 1096 00:48:57,267 --> 00:48:58,368 HOW DO YOU FIND THE MOST 1097 00:48:58,435 --> 00:49:01,371 APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVES FOR 1098 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:03,740 INSTALLATION BASED ON BOTH OF 1099 00:49:03,807 --> 00:49:07,878 COURSE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EACH 1100 00:49:07,944 --> 00:49:10,380 LOCATION BUT ALSO HOW MUCH WOULD 1101 00:49:10,447 --> 00:49:13,083 GO INTO JUST TRANSPORTING IT? 1102 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:14,885 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1103 00:49:14,951 --> 00:49:17,554 I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE 1104 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:18,288 IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE THOUGHT 1105 00:49:18,355 --> 00:49:21,124 HARD ABOUT. 1106 00:49:21,191 --> 00:49:24,027 FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE JUST HIRED A 1107 00:49:24,094 --> 00:49:26,663 CONTRACTOR TO HELP US WITH DATA 1108 00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:27,230 MANAGEMENT. 1109 00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:29,366 WE HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING AND 1110 00:49:29,433 --> 00:49:32,469 CERTAINLY DLA HAS SOME ACTIVITY 1111 00:49:32,536 --> 00:49:33,670 WITH HOW WE'RE APPROACHING 1112 00:49:33,737 --> 00:49:36,673 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT. 1113 00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:43,547 BUT FOR HFC SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE 1114 00:49:43,613 --> 00:49:51,788 RELIED ON MANUAL EXCEL FILE 1115 00:49:51,855 --> 00:49:54,691 TRACKING OF SOME OF THESE 1116 00:49:54,758 --> 00:49:56,226 REQUIREMENTS AND EACH HAS THEIR 1117 00:49:56,293 --> 00:49:57,461 OWN PROCESS BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY 1118 00:49:57,527 --> 00:50:00,030 WORKING ON A WAY TO PULL THOSE 1119 00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:04,034 PIECES OF INFORMATION INTO A 1120 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:06,470 MORE SYSTEMATIC PROCESS SO WE 1121 00:50:06,536 --> 00:50:07,504 CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 1122 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,473 OF PREDICTION AND WHILE WE'RE 1123 00:50:09,539 --> 00:50:11,742 DOING THAT BEING ABLE TO 1124 00:50:11,808 --> 00:50:13,310 INCORPORATE NEW INFORMATION OF 1125 00:50:13,377 --> 00:50:16,380 TRANSITION ALTERNATIVES AND 1126 00:50:16,446 --> 00:50:18,849 CAPABILITIES WITH TIME AND HELP 1127 00:50:18,915 --> 00:50:23,820 DO A QUALITY CHECK OF WHERE TO 1128 00:50:23,887 --> 00:50:29,092 VERIFY OUR ELIGIBILITY FOR EACH. 1129 00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:33,930 FOR EACH OF THOSE SYSTEMS THAT 1130 00:50:33,997 --> 00:50:40,470 REQUIRE THE ALLOWANCE OUR TEAM 1131 00:50:40,537 --> 00:50:46,109 LEADS ESSENTIALLY VALIDATE 1132 00:50:46,176 --> 00:50:48,445 THEY'RE MISSION CRITICAL 1133 00:50:48,512 --> 00:50:49,413 DEVELOPMENTS AND USING THAT 1134 00:50:49,479 --> 00:50:52,849 ELIGIBILITY WE LOOK AT THOSE AND 1135 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:56,119 WOULD LIKE THAT SYSTEM TO BE 1136 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:56,853 ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE 1137 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:57,687 OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE RESOLUTION 1138 00:50:57,754 --> 00:51:04,027 AS THEY COME IN SO WE WOULD 1139 00:51:04,094 --> 00:51:08,031 HOPEFU 1140 00:51:08,098 --> 00:51:11,201 HOPEFULLY FLAGGING OF THE 1141 00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:11,835 AUTOMATIC CAPABILITIES. 1142 00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:12,803 WE DON'T HAVE IT YET BUT THAT'S 1143 00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:18,708 THE PLAN. 1144 00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:20,010 >> ALL RIGHT, AWESOME. 1145 00:51:20,076 --> 00:51:21,278 A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WOULD BE 1146 00:51:21,344 --> 00:51:24,881 THE AIM WORKING GROUP YOU HAVE, 1147 00:51:24,948 --> 00:51:25,849 CAN ANYONE JOIN THOSE? 1148 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,385 I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN 1149 00:51:28,452 --> 00:51:32,022 THE ARMY CLEAN AIR LEADERS TEAM 1150 00:51:32,088 --> 00:51:36,026 I MANAGE THAT WOULD BE 1151 00:51:36,092 --> 00:51:37,360 INTERESTED WITH THAT EFFORT. 1152 00:51:37,427 --> 00:51:40,030 >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A 1153 00:51:40,096 --> 00:51:41,465 LIMITATION. 1154 00:51:41,531 --> 00:51:46,336 I HAVE OUR AIM ACT CHAIR. 1155 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:52,442 SHE'S THE CHAIR OF OUR TEAM. 1156 00:51:52,509 --> 00:51:55,712 IT IS DOD ONLY BUT THE SERVICE 1157 00:51:55,779 --> 00:51:58,815 IS NOT CONTRACT SO WHILE THERE'S 1158 00:51:58,882 --> 00:52:00,383 PRIMARY SUPPORT AT THE SCENE -- 1159 00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:08,358 I MISSED, SORRY, OOPS. 1160 00:52:08,425 --> 00:52:09,926 I'M GOING STOP SHARING NOW 1161 00:52:09,993 --> 00:52:10,894 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED 1162 00:52:10,961 --> 00:52:12,329 YOU TO SEE. 1163 00:52:12,395 --> 00:52:13,930 I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU IN THE 1164 00:52:13,997 --> 00:52:14,130 CHAT. 1165 00:52:14,197 --> 00:52:16,333 >> GREAT, NEW. 1166 00:52:16,399 --> 00:52:26,743 -- GREAT, THANK YOU. 1167 00:52:28,578 --> 00:52:33,083 >> SO IF ANYONE SAY MANAGER OF 1168 00:52:33,149 --> 00:52:34,417 DOD WE WOULD WELCOME 1169 00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:41,491 PARTICIPATION. 1170 00:52:41,558 --> 00:52:44,160 AND IDEAS FOR ALTERNATIVES. 1171 00:52:44,227 --> 00:52:54,538 THAT'S THE POINT. 1172 00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:10,420 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE KELSEY 1173 00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:12,055 HENDRICKSON BUT FIRST, THANK 1174 00:53:12,122 --> 00:53:14,057 YOU DR. MEIER FOR YOUR WORK AND 1175 00:53:14,124 --> 00:53:16,026 YOUR THEY DID A GREAT JOB 1176 00:53:16,092 --> 00:53:17,894 GETTING THE INFORMATION TOGETHER 1177 00:53:17,961 --> 00:53:20,030 AND BEING INTERESTED IN GREEN 1178 00:53:20,096 --> 00:53:22,432 HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION 1179 00:53:22,499 --> 00:53:23,934 I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED. 1180 00:53:27,070 --> 00:53:27,671 >> OKAY. 1181 00:53:27,737 --> 00:53:28,939 I THINK WE'LL GET STARTED ON THE 1182 00:53:29,005 --> 00:53:29,606 NEXT PRESENTATION. 1183 00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:36,313 THIS IS GOING DOB BY KELSEY 1184 00:53:36,379 --> 00:53:40,717 HENDRICKSON WHO WILL BE 1185 00:53:40,784 --> 00:53:42,319 PRESENTING ON THE DOD 1186 00:53:42,385 --> 00:53:43,787 SUSTAINABILITY MATERIAL 1187 00:53:44,187 --> 00:53:47,657 ALTERNATIVES RECOMMENDATIONS 1188 00:53:47,724 --> 00:54:03,406 TOOL. 1189 00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:08,812 THESE IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT 1190 00:54:08,878 --> 00:54:09,245 PROGRAM. 1191 00:54:09,312 --> 00:54:13,783 SHE ADDRESSED ENVIRONMENTAL, 1192 00:54:13,850 --> 00:54:15,318 CHEMICAL PUBLIC HEALTH RISK AND 1193 00:54:15,385 --> 00:54:17,253 HELPS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 1194 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,422 MANAGEMENT AND HAS BEEN WORKING 1195 00:54:19,489 --> 00:54:26,029 AT CMRMP TO IDENTIFY RISK 1196 00:54:26,096 --> 00:54:29,566 ASSOCIATED WITH RISK AND HAS AN 1197 00:54:29,633 --> 00:54:32,002 MPM DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL 1198 00:54:32,068 --> 00:54:33,837 HEALTH SCIENCE FROM GEORGE 1199 00:54:33,903 --> 00:54:35,972 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND GIVE A 1200 00:54:36,039 --> 00:54:39,509 WARM WELCOME TO MS. KELSEY 1201 00:54:39,576 --> 00:54:42,746 HENDRICKSON. 1202 00:54:42,812 --> 00:54:53,123 YOU'RE ON THE AIR. 1203 00:54:59,562 --> 00:55:01,865 AND HFCs IS ONE OF THE CHEMICAL 1204 00:55:01,931 --> 00:55:03,500 GROUPS WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD DATA 1205 00:55:03,566 --> 00:55:10,674 TO FOR THE TOOL. 1206 00:55:10,740 --> 00:55:16,513 CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS ARE 1207 00:55:16,579 --> 00:55:20,116 VITAL FOR DEFENSE AND MAINTAIN 1208 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:20,383 SECURITY. 1209 00:55:20,450 --> 00:55:24,320 THE DOD USES INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 1210 00:55:24,387 --> 00:55:25,722 PLATFORMS MADE FROM AND DEPEND 1211 00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:27,924 ON CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS. 1212 00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:31,494 THIS COULD BE BATTERIES OR 1213 00:55:31,561 --> 00:55:33,396 BUILDING REFRIGERANTS, 1214 00:55:33,463 --> 00:55:37,967 MUNITIONS, AIRCRAFT, YOU NAME IT 1215 00:55:38,034 --> 00:55:39,569 EVERYTHING HAS CHEMICAL IN IT 1216 00:55:39,636 --> 00:55:41,838 AND OFTEN OUR GROUP IS FOCUSSED 1217 00:55:41,905 --> 00:55:48,311 ON CHEMICAL CLASSES SUCH AS 1218 00:55:48,378 --> 00:55:52,615 SOLVENTS, PHTHALATES AMONG 1219 00:55:52,682 --> 00:55:52,982 OTHERS. 1220 00:55:53,049 --> 00:56:02,859 SO AT THE DOD, THE CHEMICAL 1221 00:56:02,926 --> 00:56:05,128 PROGRAM IS TO MANAGE RISK 1222 00:56:05,195 --> 00:56:06,029 ASSOCIATES WITH CHEMICALS AND 1223 00:56:06,096 --> 00:56:08,832 MATERIALS DOD USES. 1224 00:56:08,898 --> 00:56:10,867 WE EVALUATE THE CRITICALITY OF 1225 00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:12,836 DOD CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL USE, 1226 00:56:12,902 --> 00:56:14,971 ASSESS AVAILABILITY OF 1227 00:56:15,038 --> 00:56:16,639 ALTERNATIVES AND TRY TO IDENTIFY 1228 00:56:16,706 --> 00:56:18,508 AND COMMUNICATE MANAGEMENT 1229 00:56:18,575 --> 00:56:20,343 OPTIONS TO MITIGATE THOSE 1230 00:56:20,410 --> 00:56:21,478 MISSION RISKS. 1231 00:56:21,544 --> 00:56:23,646 TO DO THAT OUR PROGRAM IS 1232 00:56:23,713 --> 00:56:26,316 PRIMARILY FOCUSSED ON FIVE AREAS 1233 00:56:26,382 --> 00:56:28,885 LOOKING AT EMERGING CHEMICALS OR 1234 00:56:28,952 --> 00:56:33,757 ECs, SUSTAINABLE, CHEMISTRY, 1235 00:56:33,823 --> 00:56:36,059 CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND 1236 00:56:36,126 --> 00:56:37,927 CHEMICAL RELATION AND HOW ALL 1237 00:56:37,994 --> 00:56:39,596 THOSE AREAS INTERSECT AND ARE 1238 00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:42,031 INTERWOVEN. 1239 00:56:42,098 --> 00:56:44,968 AND JUST TO QUICKLY DEFINE 1240 00:56:45,034 --> 00:56:46,936 EMERGING CHEMICALS AS DEFINED BY 1241 00:56:47,003 --> 00:56:49,239 THE DOD, THESE ARE CHEMICALS 1242 00:56:49,305 --> 00:56:51,207 RELEVANT TO DOD HAVING A 1243 00:56:51,274 --> 00:56:52,809 PERCEIVED OR REAL THREAT TO 1244 00:56:52,876 --> 00:56:55,111 HUMAN HEALTH FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 1245 00:56:55,178 --> 00:57:00,717 WITH NEW OR CHANGING TOXICITY OR 1246 00:57:00,784 --> 00:57:02,051 REGULATORY STANDARDS WITH NEW 1247 00:57:02,118 --> 00:57:03,920 SCIENCE OR DETECTION CAPABILITY 1248 00:57:03,987 --> 00:57:07,490 OR EXPOSURE PATHWAYS. 1249 00:57:07,557 --> 00:57:10,827 WE USED A THREE STEP SCAN ACTION 1250 00:57:10,894 --> 00:57:12,695 PROCESS TO REVIEW THE REGULATORY 1251 00:57:12,762 --> 00:57:14,831 ACTIONS FOR THE CHEMICALS OF 1252 00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:17,934 INTEREST AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY 1253 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:19,502 POSSIBLE IMPACT TO DOD AND 1254 00:57:19,569 --> 00:57:20,103 ESTABLISH CORRESPONDING RISK 1255 00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:30,513 MITIGATION ACTIONS. 1256 00:57:31,748 --> 00:57:33,917 OUR PROGRAM LOOKS TO EVOLVING 1257 00:57:33,983 --> 00:57:35,285 DRIVERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. 1258 00:57:35,351 --> 00:57:37,320 HERE IN THE U.S. THAT MEANS 1259 00:57:37,387 --> 00:57:40,690 LOOKING AT THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES 1260 00:57:40,757 --> 00:57:41,691 CONTROL ACT AS WELL AS NATIONAL 1261 00:57:41,758 --> 00:57:42,258 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1262 00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:46,963 REQUIREMENT SUP AS THE ONE FOR 1263 00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:47,530 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 1264 00:57:47,597 --> 00:57:49,532 IN EUROPE WE LOOK TO THE REACH 1265 00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:53,069 REGULATION AND LOOK TO SOMETHING 1266 00:57:53,136 --> 00:58:03,580 LIKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE 1267 00:58:05,148 --> 00:58:06,850 MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND THERE'S 1268 00:58:06,916 --> 00:58:10,286 MORE ACROSS THE GLOBE. 1269 00:58:10,353 --> 00:58:15,491 THEY REQUIRE RBT AND E OF 1270 00:58:15,558 --> 00:58:19,362 CHEMICAL ALTERNATIVES TO FIND 1271 00:58:19,429 --> 00:58:22,932 THINGS LESS HAZARDOUS AND 1272 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:27,503 SUSTAINABILITY AND THIS HELPS 1273 00:58:27,570 --> 00:58:29,772 FOR OBSOLESCENCE OR MISSION 1274 00:58:29,839 --> 00:58:30,406 CRITICAL CHEMICALS SINCE 1275 00:58:30,473 --> 00:58:32,909 DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL 1276 00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:35,445 ENTITIES ARE INCREASINGLY 1277 00:58:35,511 --> 00:58:36,746 LOOKING TO REGULATE BY CLASS AND 1278 00:58:36,813 --> 00:58:38,848 CATEGORY OPPOSED TO SINGLE 1279 00:58:38,915 --> 00:58:41,718 CHEMICALS. 1280 00:58:41,784 --> 00:58:43,753 I THINK OF THE PROPOSED PFAS 1281 00:58:43,820 --> 00:58:45,788 RESTRICTION AS AN EXAMPLE OF 1282 00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:47,090 LOOKING AT REGULATE BROAD CLASS 1283 00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:57,533 OF THE CHEMICALS. 1284 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:58,935 OUR PROGRAM LOOKS AT USE OF 1285 00:58:59,002 --> 00:59:01,905 SPECIFIC CHEMICALS IN DOD 1286 00:59:01,971 --> 00:59:08,711 SYSTEMS AND TCE IN BATTERY 1287 00:59:08,778 --> 00:59:11,714 SEPARATORS. 1288 00:59:11,781 --> 00:59:13,449 METHOLINE CHLORIDE AND DETERMINE 1289 00:59:13,516 --> 00:59:15,985 WHERE THE REGULATIONS MAY CREATE 1290 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:18,454 THE MOST PRESSING NEED FOR 1291 00:59:18,521 --> 00:59:23,726 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL ALTERN 1292 00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:24,394 ALTERNATIVES. 1293 00:59:24,460 --> 00:59:25,595 ENGINEERS THROUGHOUT DOD ARE 1294 00:59:25,662 --> 00:59:29,065 UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPROVE 1295 00:59:29,132 --> 00:59:29,365 PERFORMANCE. 1296 00:59:29,432 --> 00:59:31,367 PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS, MAYBE 1297 00:59:31,434 --> 00:59:33,469 REDUCE CORROSION AND WEAR ON 1298 00:59:33,536 --> 00:59:37,607 SYSTEMS AND OVER ALL REDUCE THE 1299 00:59:37,674 --> 00:59:40,643 COST OF ACQUISITION OF A WEAPON 1300 00:59:40,710 --> 00:59:43,513 SYSTEM AND STAINSMENT FOR THE 1301 00:59:43,579 --> 00:59:44,547 SYSTEM. 1302 00:59:44,614 --> 00:59:45,848 -- SUSTAINMENT FOR THE SYSTEM 1303 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:48,952 AND IN DOD WHERE MATERIALS HAVE 1304 00:59:49,018 --> 00:59:49,852 TO BE QUALIFIED AND MEET 1305 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:51,020 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 1306 00:59:51,087 --> 00:59:57,260 CAN OFTEN TAKE EXTENSIVE TIME 1307 00:59:57,327 --> 01:00:02,498 PERIODS AND SO IT'S A PRESSING 1308 01:00:02,565 --> 01:00:03,533 NEED ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW A 1309 01:00:03,599 --> 01:00:14,143 REGULATORY EFFORT MAY BE COMING. 1310 01:00:18,114 --> 01:00:21,684 AND THERE'S INVESTMENT AND USE 1311 01:00:21,751 --> 01:00:22,385 OF SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS AND 1312 01:00:22,452 --> 01:00:24,487 MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES. 1313 01:00:24,554 --> 01:00:27,490 THE SMART TOOL IS DESIGN TO 1314 01:00:27,557 --> 01:00:29,392 RAPIDLY ASSESS HOW EMERGING 1315 01:00:29,459 --> 01:00:31,494 CHEMICALS ARE USED WITHIN DOD 1316 01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:33,963 AND USE A CHEMICAL PROCESS 1317 01:00:34,030 --> 01:00:36,065 INTERSECTION TO DESCRIBE WHERE 1318 01:00:36,132 --> 01:00:37,900 AND HOW IT IT THESE ARE USED AND 1319 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:38,768 LINK THE CHEMICALS AND PROCESSES 1320 01:00:38,835 --> 01:00:49,112 TO ALTERNATIVES. 1321 01:00:52,115 --> 01:00:54,117 AND REDUCE THE RISK OF 1322 01:00:54,183 --> 01:00:54,984 REGRETTABLE SUBSTITUTIONS AND 1323 01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:57,053 MITIGATING IMPACTS TO MISSION 1324 01:00:57,120 --> 01:01:07,663 READINESS AND LIFE CYCLE COSTS. 1325 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:24,414 AND THERE'S A LOOK AT REDUCING 1326 01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:28,584 CADMIUM AND OTHERS AND REDUCE 1327 01:01:28,651 --> 01:01:32,255 THE USE OF HEX CHROME AT THE DOD 1328 01:01:32,321 --> 01:01:34,724 DEPOTS AND OTHER CHANGE LOOKED 1329 01:01:34,791 --> 01:01:42,198 AT FOR HEXCHROME AND THE 1330 01:01:42,265 --> 01:01:46,269 REGULATION TO REDUCE OTHER 1331 01:01:46,335 --> 01:01:48,771 CHEMICALS AND AN ENTERPRISE 1332 01:01:48,838 --> 01:01:49,872 CHROMIUM FREE TECHNOLOGY 1333 01:01:49,939 --> 01:01:51,507 SELECTION TOOL WAS DEVELOPED TO 1334 01:01:51,574 --> 01:01:55,411 ASSIST THE DOD IN IMPLEMENTING 1335 01:01:55,478 --> 01:01:56,212 CHROME-FREE SUSTAINMENT 1336 01:01:56,279 --> 01:01:57,847 TECHNOLOGY IN A MANNER THAT 1337 01:01:57,914 --> 01:02:01,084 WOULD MITIGATE IMPACT READINESS 1338 01:02:01,150 --> 01:02:03,619 AND LOOK AT COST OR SUSTAINMENT. 1339 01:02:03,686 --> 01:02:05,388 THE DATABASE WAS ORIGINALLY 1340 01:02:05,455 --> 01:02:07,123 CREATED IN MICROSOFT ACCESS AND 1341 01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:08,357 PROVIDED THE USER WITH THE 1342 01:02:08,424 --> 01:02:11,060 ABILITY TO QUERY AND FILTER 1343 01:02:11,127 --> 01:02:11,894 USING CHEMICALS, PROFESSIONS AND 1344 01:02:11,961 --> 01:02:15,164 MILITARY SERVICES AND 1345 01:02:15,231 --> 01:02:18,167 INSTALLATIONS TO GENERATE SIMPLE 1346 01:02:18,234 --> 01:02:22,438 GRAPHICS AND REPORTS. 1347 01:02:22,505 --> 01:02:29,579 SO SKIPPING AHEAD, AND FUNDED 1348 01:02:29,645 --> 01:02:33,983 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROOF OF 1349 01:02:34,050 --> 01:02:35,685 CONCEPT DATABASE INTO A TOOL 1350 01:02:35,751 --> 01:02:41,257 THAT COULD BE ULTIMATELY 1351 01:02:41,324 --> 01:02:42,625 POPULATED WITH DATA ACROSS 1352 01:02:42,692 --> 01:02:43,326 SERVICE. 1353 01:02:43,392 --> 01:02:45,761 THIS IS TO INCORPORATE 1354 01:02:45,828 --> 01:02:48,464 ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY DATA, 1355 01:02:48,531 --> 01:02:50,166 EXPAND THE FUNCTIONALITY IN 1356 01:02:50,233 --> 01:02:51,334 RESPONSE TO USER REQUIREMENTS 1357 01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:53,269 AND DEMONSTRATE AND EVALUATE THE 1358 01:02:53,336 --> 01:02:56,706 TOOL PROTE 250I7 IN A FULL SCALE 1359 01:02:56,772 --> 01:02:57,406 OPERATIONAL SYSTEM WITH 1360 01:02:57,473 --> 01:02:57,940 TRANSITIONAL PARTNERS. 1361 01:03:13,055 --> 01:03:15,491 THE FIRST PHASE OF WHAT WE'RE 1362 01:03:15,558 --> 01:03:17,059 CALLING ACTIVITY 1 IS TO DO 1363 01:03:17,126 --> 01:03:19,061 OUTREACH TO THE MILITARY 1364 01:03:19,128 --> 01:03:22,999 SERVICES AND DOD COMPONENTS. 1365 01:03:23,065 --> 01:03:27,003 AND THIS IS REALLY TO IDENTIFY 1366 01:03:27,069 --> 01:03:29,405 DATA CAPS AND CAPTURE USER NEEDS 1367 01:03:29,472 --> 01:03:30,072 AND REQUIREMENTS 1368 01:03:30,139 --> 01:03:31,874 SOME OUTREACH PARTNERS INCLUDE 1369 01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:33,409 THE AIR FORCE, LIFE CYCLE 1370 01:03:33,476 --> 01:03:36,145 MANAGEMENT CENTER, ARMY, 1371 01:03:36,212 --> 01:03:38,114 AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND, 1372 01:03:38,181 --> 01:03:41,117 ARMY TANK, AUTOMOTIVE AND 1373 01:03:41,184 --> 01:03:43,252 ARMAMENTS AND THE FLEET 1374 01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:44,086 READINESS CENTER. 1375 01:03:44,153 --> 01:03:45,922 THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE KIND OF 1376 01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:51,294 EVOLVING AS WE DEVELOP THE TOOL 1377 01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:51,994 AND WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT 1378 01:03:52,061 --> 01:03:54,864 PROGRAMS TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE 1379 01:03:54,931 --> 01:03:55,164 TOOL. 1380 01:03:55,231 --> 01:03:56,032 SECOND PHASE OF THE FIRST 1381 01:03:56,098 --> 01:03:59,435 ACTIVITY IS TO INCORPORATE THE 1382 01:03:59,502 --> 01:04:00,069 INFORMATION INTO THE PROTOTYPE 1383 01:04:00,136 --> 01:04:10,246 TOOL. 1384 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:17,753 AND TRANSITION THE TOOL FROM 1385 01:04:17,820 --> 01:04:20,756 MICROSOFT ACCESS TO A 1386 01:04:20,823 --> 01:04:21,757 WEB-ENABLED ENVIRONMENT. 1387 01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:23,492 SO THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 1388 01:04:23,559 --> 01:04:31,500 DESIGN AND MOCK UPS, BACK END 1389 01:04:31,567 --> 01:04:38,541 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, AND 1390 01:04:38,608 --> 01:04:40,009 DEPLOYING AND TRANSITIONING TO 1391 01:04:40,076 --> 01:04:41,410 DENNEX WHICH IS DOD'S CLOUD 1392 01:04:41,477 --> 01:04:45,214 PLATFORM FOR SHARING 1393 01:04:45,281 --> 01:04:45,815 INSTALLATION, ENERGY, 1394 01:04:45,881 --> 01:04:46,449 ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH 1395 01:04:46,515 --> 01:04:56,726 INFORMATION. 1396 01:04:57,593 --> 01:04:59,161 AND THE SECOND ACTIVITY 1397 01:04:59,228 --> 01:05:01,864 DEMONSTRATE THE TOOL WITH OUR 1398 01:05:01,931 --> 01:05:02,598 TRANSITION PARTNERS AND THIS IS 1399 01:05:02,665 --> 01:05:03,432 WHERE WE ARE NOW. 1400 01:05:03,499 --> 01:05:05,134 WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE FEEDBACK 1401 01:05:05,201 --> 01:05:07,236 FROM DEMONSTRATIONS AND UPDATE 1402 01:05:07,303 --> 01:05:12,074 THE TOOL AS NEEDED FOR 1403 01:05:12,141 --> 01:05:12,375 DEPLOYMENT. 1404 01:05:12,441 --> 01:05:14,510 AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE LOOKING 1405 01:05:14,577 --> 01:05:16,979 TO DEVELOP A FINAL REPORT AND 1406 01:05:17,046 --> 01:05:19,482 BRIEFING AND THIS REPORT IS ALSO 1407 01:05:19,548 --> 01:05:23,519 GOING TO INCLUDE A USER'S GUIDE 1408 01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:26,289 AND RECOMMENDATION FOR REACHING 1409 01:05:26,355 --> 01:05:27,556 TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL OR 1410 01:05:27,623 --> 01:05:31,994 TR9. 1411 01:05:32,061 --> 01:05:33,529 THE DATABASE FORMAT OF THE TOOL 1412 01:05:33,596 --> 01:05:34,563 ALLOWS FOR A LIVING TOOL THAT 1413 01:05:34,630 --> 01:05:37,700 CAN BE EASILY UPDATED AS NEW 1414 01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:39,669 INFORMATION IS COLLECTED. 1415 01:05:39,735 --> 01:05:42,538 THE PROTOTYPES USER INTERFACE 1416 01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:45,641 CONSISTS OF A QUERY FORM THAT 1417 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:47,543 ALLOWS USERS TO GENERATE 1418 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:49,645 CUSTOMIZABLE DASHBOARDS AND 1419 01:05:49,712 --> 01:05:51,247 REPORTS AND BASED ON USER NEEDS 1420 01:05:51,314 --> 01:05:53,049 AND TALKING TO VARIOUS 1421 01:05:53,115 --> 01:05:55,651 STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE IDENTIFY 1422 01:05:55,718 --> 01:05:57,053 DURING PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, 1423 01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,355 WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT FOUR 1424 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:02,591 DIFFERENT REPORT STYLES THAT CAN 1425 01:06:02,658 --> 01:06:09,565 BE OUGHT -- AUTOMATICALLY 1426 01:06:09,632 --> 01:06:12,268 CREATED AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY 1427 01:06:12,335 --> 01:06:14,136 ADVANCES AND AAS PART OF THE 1428 01:06:14,203 --> 01:06:15,971 PROTOTYPE TO SYSTEM OUR TEAM IS 1429 01:06:16,038 --> 01:06:21,243 GOING FROM ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY 1430 01:06:21,310 --> 01:06:26,649 AND SQL SERVER AND MICROSOFT 1431 01:06:26,716 --> 01:06:28,184 DOT-NET CORE INTERFACE. 1432 01:06:28,250 --> 01:06:36,359 THIS MORE DYNAMIC FORMAT ALLOWS 1433 01:06:36,425 --> 01:06:38,494 INFORMATION USEFUL TO DECISION 1434 01:06:38,561 --> 01:06:41,097 MAKERS TO LOOK WHERE THERE'S GAP 1435 01:06:41,163 --> 01:06:45,234 AND LOOK AT GAPS AND START A 1436 01:06:45,301 --> 01:06:46,535 FRAMEWORK TO PLAN, COORDINATE 1437 01:06:46,602 --> 01:06:49,805 OUR RESOURCES AND SUCCESSFULLY 1438 01:06:49,872 --> 01:06:50,940 IMPLEMENT REDUCTION AND 1439 01:06:51,006 --> 01:06:51,574 ELIMINATION TECHNOLOGIES WHERE 1440 01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:59,615 POSSIBLE. 1441 01:06:59,682 --> 01:07:03,052 AND THERE'S NUMEROUS SOURCES OF 1442 01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:04,620 DATA FROM DOD EVENTUALLY BUT IN 1443 01:07:04,687 --> 01:07:06,689 THIS ROUND OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE 1444 01:07:06,756 --> 01:07:09,291 FOCUSSING ON INCORPORATING DATA 1445 01:07:09,358 --> 01:07:11,260 FROM DEFENSE WHICH STANDS FOR 1446 01:07:11,327 --> 01:07:13,562 THE ADVANCED SURFACE ENGINEERING 1447 01:07:13,629 --> 01:07:17,099 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY 1448 01:07:17,166 --> 01:07:17,666 EVENTS. 1449 01:07:17,733 --> 01:07:19,402 ASSETS PROVIDES DEFENSE 1450 01:07:19,468 --> 01:07:20,636 ORGANIZATION WITH INFORMATION 1451 01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:23,339 AND ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE WEAPON 1452 01:07:23,406 --> 01:07:25,241 SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE AND LIFE 1453 01:07:25,307 --> 01:07:27,510 CYCLE COST WHILE ALSO REDUCING 1454 01:07:27,576 --> 01:07:29,645 OR ELIMINATING ENVIRONMENTAL 1455 01:07:29,712 --> 01:07:31,514 SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 1456 01:07:31,580 --> 01:07:34,049 IMPACTS FROM CODINGS AND 1457 01:07:34,116 --> 01:07:36,452 TREATMENT PROCESSES THAT MIGHT 1458 01:07:36,519 --> 01:07:40,423 USE LIGHT HEX VALENT CHROMIUM OR 1459 01:07:40,489 --> 01:07:41,991 CADMIUM AS WELL AS COATINGS THAT 1460 01:07:42,057 --> 01:07:46,028 CONTAIN OTHER VOLATILE ORGANIC 1461 01:07:46,095 --> 01:07:48,964 COMPOUNDS. 1462 01:07:49,031 --> 01:07:52,635 AND WE'RE UPDATED VIA THE SMART 1463 01:07:52,701 --> 01:07:54,503 TOOL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO 1464 01:07:54,570 --> 01:07:55,204 INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE 1465 01:07:55,271 --> 01:07:57,807 INFORMED DECISIONS ON THE USE OF 1466 01:07:57,873 --> 01:07:59,375 ALTERNATIVES TO MATERIALS AND 1467 01:07:59,442 --> 01:08:01,177 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SURFACE 1468 01:08:01,243 --> 01:08:02,912 ENGINEERING THAT MIGHT POSE 1469 01:08:02,978 --> 01:08:04,313 ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH HAZARDS. 1470 01:08:04,380 --> 01:08:05,915 AND THIS INFORMATION INCLUDES 1471 01:08:05,981 --> 01:08:08,284 DETAILED ENGINEERING DATA, 1472 01:08:08,350 --> 01:08:09,418 BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS AND 1473 01:08:09,485 --> 01:08:10,886 INFORMATION ON PROCESSES AND 1474 01:08:10,953 --> 01:08:14,056 PRODUCTS VALIDATED, AUTHORIZED 1475 01:08:14,123 --> 01:08:14,690 OR IMPLEMENTED. 1476 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:18,661 IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING 1477 01:08:18,727 --> 01:08:20,529 AT USING OR ARE USING CHEMICAL 1478 01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:23,933 USAGE DATA FROM SERVICES 1479 01:08:23,999 --> 01:08:25,668 GATHERED FROM SYSTEMS WHICH 1480 01:08:25,734 --> 01:08:28,037 STANDS FOR ENTERPRISE 1481 01:08:28,103 --> 01:08:28,938 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 1482 01:08:29,004 --> 01:08:30,005 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT 1483 01:08:30,072 --> 01:08:30,439 INFORMATION SYSTEM. 1484 01:08:30,506 --> 01:08:33,876 AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO 1485 01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:36,745 HOPEFULLY INCORPORATE DATA FROM 1486 01:08:36,812 --> 01:08:38,113 DEFENSE OCCUPATIONAL AND 1487 01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:40,282 READINESS SYSTEM AND THAT'S MORE 1488 01:08:40,349 --> 01:08:45,988 ON THE EXPOSURE SIDE OF DATA. 1489 01:08:46,055 --> 01:08:47,389 . 1490 01:08:47,456 --> 01:08:49,925 SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART 1491 01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:51,227 INVOLVES PART OF NERG WITH 1492 01:08:51,293 --> 01:08:53,262 APPROPRIATE DOD DECISION MAKERS 1493 01:08:53,329 --> 01:08:54,363 AND STAKEHOLDERS. 1494 01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:56,932 REPRESENTING DIFFERENT GROUPS 1495 01:08:56,999 --> 01:08:58,033 AND THOSE MIGHT INCLUDE 1496 01:08:58,100 --> 01:09:01,770 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION OR 1497 01:09:01,837 --> 01:09:04,406 DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT WEAPON 1498 01:09:04,473 --> 01:09:06,742 SYSTEMS, ACQUISITION FOLKS, 1499 01:09:06,809 --> 01:09:08,444 DEPOTS, SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL 1500 01:09:08,511 --> 01:09:10,045 HEALTH PERSONNEL AND OTHERS AS 1501 01:09:10,112 --> 01:09:12,281 NEEDED TO DEFINE THE 1502 01:09:12,348 --> 01:09:13,849 REQUIREMENTS, COLLECT RELEVANT 1503 01:09:13,916 --> 01:09:15,451 DATA AND THEN DEVELOP A 1504 01:09:15,518 --> 01:09:16,585 CENTRALIZED SOURCE OF 1505 01:09:16,652 --> 01:09:19,488 INFORMATION TO INFORM THE 1506 01:09:19,555 --> 01:09:22,958 DASHBOARD. 1507 01:09:23,025 --> 01:09:25,394 THE TOOL ALSO HAS QUERYING 1508 01:09:25,461 --> 01:09:27,630 CAPABILITIES SO USERS CAN SEARCH 1509 01:09:27,696 --> 01:09:30,366 BY CHEMICAL, PROCESS, SERVICE, 1510 01:09:30,432 --> 01:09:32,801 DEPOT, INSTALLATION AND 1511 01:09:32,868 --> 01:09:34,069 ALTERNATIVE AND CAN CREATE 1512 01:09:34,136 --> 01:09:37,907 CUSTOM DASHBOARDS AND REPORTS. 1513 01:09:37,973 --> 01:09:39,775 THESE MAY DESCRIBE THE CHEMICAL 1514 01:09:39,842 --> 01:09:43,212 PROCESS AND USAGE AND DESCRIBE 1515 01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:45,281 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES BY 1516 01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:46,715 INITIATIVE AND LOOK AT 1517 01:09:46,782 --> 01:09:49,418 TECHNOLOGY GAPS AND BARRIERS TO 1518 01:09:49,485 --> 01:09:49,919 IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE 1519 01:09:49,985 --> 01:09:58,060 ALTERNATIVES. 1520 01:09:58,127 --> 01:10:02,798 AND THEN AND I'LL USE CHROMIUM 1521 01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:05,100 FOR WHAT THE TOOL CAN CAPTURE 1522 01:10:05,167 --> 01:10:06,769 AND SOME VISUALS. 1523 01:10:06,835 --> 01:10:09,204 WE HAVE EIGHT OF HISTORICAL DATA 1524 01:10:09,271 --> 01:10:11,173 ON CHROMIUM AND DRIVERS AND 1525 01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:12,074 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING 1526 01:10:12,141 --> 01:10:14,610 DATA FOR OTHER CHEMICALS AND 1527 01:10:14,677 --> 01:10:17,146 MATERIALS BUT OUR CHROMIUM DATA 1528 01:10:17,212 --> 01:10:19,481 IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE 1529 01:10:19,548 --> 01:10:23,686 AT THIS POINT. 1530 01:10:23,752 --> 01:10:28,691 CHROMIUM HAS A LOT OF DRIVERS 1531 01:10:28,757 --> 01:10:34,063 AND THERE'S RESTRICTIONS. 1532 01:10:34,129 --> 01:10:36,632 THERE WERE ADOPTED CHANGES FOR 1533 01:10:36,699 --> 01:10:41,604 THE EXPOSURE LEVELED IN CHROMIUM 1534 01:10:41,670 --> 01:10:45,741 REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF 1535 01:10:45,808 --> 01:10:48,010 CHROMIUM AND MEDICAL MONITORING. 1536 01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:51,513 DOD IS ALSO POSSIBLY CHANGING 1537 01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:53,716 REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO 1538 01:10:53,782 --> 01:10:53,983 CHROMIUM. 1539 01:10:54,049 --> 01:10:59,488 THERE'S THE DOD WIDE MEMO FOR 1540 01:10:59,555 --> 01:11:10,833 HEX VALENT USE OF CAVALENT USE 1541 01:11:12,334 --> 01:11:13,902 RESTRICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND 1542 01:11:13,969 --> 01:11:15,504 THERE'S FEDERAL MOVEMENT ON 1543 01:11:15,571 --> 01:11:18,874 HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND THE 1544 01:11:18,941 --> 01:11:20,509 INTEGRATED RISK INFORMATION 1545 01:11:20,576 --> 01:11:23,779 SYSTEM ON HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM 1546 01:11:23,846 --> 01:11:26,548 TOXICITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 1547 01:11:26,615 --> 01:11:28,951 RELEASED IN 2024, ANY TIME NOW. 1548 01:11:29,018 --> 01:11:30,853 THE EXTERNAL PEER-REVIEW REPORT 1549 01:11:30,919 --> 01:11:35,357 WAS RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. 1550 01:11:35,424 --> 01:11:39,895 FOLLOWING THE IRIS ASSESSMENT 1551 01:11:39,962 --> 01:11:41,230 IT'S ON THE WORK PLAN LIST SO 1552 01:11:41,296 --> 01:11:43,298 THERE PAY BE ADDITIONAL 1553 01:11:43,365 --> 01:11:44,099 REGULATIONS COMING FOR CHROMIUM 1554 01:11:44,166 --> 01:11:44,967 AS WELL THOUGH THERE'S NO TIME 1555 01:11:45,034 --> 01:11:47,603 LINE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. 1556 01:11:47,670 --> 01:11:49,872 SO WITH THIS INCREASE IN THE 1557 01:11:49,938 --> 01:11:51,507 RATE OF CHANGE IN POLICY, THE 1558 01:11:51,573 --> 01:11:53,976 TOOL CAN SUPPORT MORE RAPID AND 1559 01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:55,577 CONSISTENT DECISION MAKING FOR 1560 01:11:55,644 --> 01:12:00,816 CHEMICALS SUCH AS HEXAVALENT 1561 01:12:00,883 --> 01:12:01,083 CHROMIUM. 1562 01:12:01,150 --> 01:12:03,485 AND THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL 1563 01:12:03,552 --> 01:12:07,356 DETAILS ON THE ADOPTED CHANGES I 1564 01:12:07,423 --> 01:12:07,790 REFERENCED. 1565 01:12:07,856 --> 01:12:11,527 FOR BOTH HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM 1566 01:12:11,593 --> 01:12:14,530 THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES 1567 01:12:14,596 --> 01:12:15,964 RECOMMENDED DROPPED MULTIPLE 1568 01:12:16,031 --> 01:12:18,167 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE FROM THE OLD 1569 01:12:18,233 --> 01:12:19,768 VALUES TO NEW VALUES AND THESE 1570 01:12:19,835 --> 01:12:21,603 CHANGES CAN HAVE REAL IMPACTS ON 1571 01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,173 DOD AND THEY MIGHT RANGE FROM 1572 01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:28,077 HAVING TO MODIFY SIMPLE METHODS 1573 01:12:28,143 --> 01:12:31,847 TO INCREASING MEDICAL 1574 01:12:31,914 --> 01:12:35,784 SURVEILLANCE, POSSIBLY PROVIDING 1575 01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:37,086 ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR 1576 01:12:37,152 --> 01:12:39,054 INCREASING HAZARD COMMUNICATION. 1577 01:12:39,121 --> 01:12:42,057 ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS 1578 01:12:42,124 --> 01:12:45,060 NECESSITATE THE NEED FOR 1579 01:12:45,127 --> 01:12:45,627 SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES IN 1580 01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:49,598 CASES LIKE THIS. 1581 01:12:49,665 --> 01:12:51,500 UNDERSTANDING HOW CHEMICALS ARE 1582 01:12:51,567 --> 01:12:54,303 USED WITHIN DOD IS REALLY 1583 01:12:54,369 --> 01:12:56,705 ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOPING EXPOSURE 1584 01:12:56,772 --> 01:12:58,574 MITIGATION STRATEGIES AS WELL AS 1585 01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:00,542 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO 1586 01:13:00,609 --> 01:13:00,976 REPLACE THEM. 1587 01:13:01,043 --> 01:13:02,978 SMART RELIES HEAVILY ON WHAT 1588 01:13:03,045 --> 01:13:05,514 WE'RE CALLING THE CHEMICAL 1589 01:13:05,581 --> 01:13:06,482 INTERSECTION TO DESCRIBE WHERE 1590 01:13:06,548 --> 01:13:09,551 AND HOW A CHEMICAL IS USED AND 1591 01:13:09,618 --> 01:13:10,819 THEN THE LINKING PROCESS TO 1592 01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:13,622 ALTERNATIVES WITHIN THE TOOL. 1593 01:13:13,689 --> 01:13:16,759 YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS A 1594 01:13:16,825 --> 01:13:18,193 VISUAL MAP BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH 1595 01:13:18,260 --> 01:13:20,195 TO SIMPLY HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE 1596 01:13:20,262 --> 01:13:21,296 FOR A PARTICULAR CHEMICAL. 1597 01:13:21,363 --> 01:13:24,066 YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE 1598 01:13:24,133 --> 01:13:25,868 FOR EVERY PARTICULAR CONDITION 1599 01:13:25,934 --> 01:13:27,503 OF USE OR PROCESS THAT A 1600 01:13:27,569 --> 01:13:30,906 CHEMICAL IS INVOLVED IN. 1601 01:13:30,973 --> 01:13:35,844 AND THE CHEL CAL -- CHEMICAL 1602 01:13:35,911 --> 01:13:39,782 PROCESS FOR PLATING, CONVERSION 1603 01:13:39,848 --> 01:13:50,392 CODING AND AN OWE -- ANNODIZING 1604 01:14:00,202 --> 01:14:01,003 AND IT'S IMPORTANT HERE IN THE 1605 01:14:01,069 --> 01:14:06,308 PICTURE YOU LOOK ACROSS THE 1606 01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:16,051 ENTERPRISE TO LOOK HOW AND LOOK 1607 01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:19,488 AT THE ALTERNATIVES REFERENCED 1608 01:14:19,555 --> 01:14:21,456 ARE CHEMICAL ALTERNATIVES. 1609 01:14:21,523 --> 01:14:25,894 THEY MAY BE THE TRADE NAMES AND 1610 01:14:25,961 --> 01:14:28,597 SOME MAY REPLACE THEM ALTOGETHER 1611 01:14:28,664 --> 01:14:33,869 SUCH AS LASER REMOVAL. 1612 01:14:33,936 --> 01:14:34,870 DEF 1613 01:14:49,918 --> 01:14:50,886 THIS IS DATA FROM DIFFERENT 1614 01:14:50,953 --> 01:14:51,320 SOURCES. 1615 01:14:51,386 --> 01:14:54,456 THIS IS SHOWING HOW THE CHEMICAL 1616 01:14:54,523 --> 01:14:55,891 SELECTION INTERFACE TO DRILL 1617 01:14:55,958 --> 01:14:57,392 DOWN TO CERTAIN CHEMICALS OR 1618 01:14:57,459 --> 01:15:05,968 GROUPS OF INTEREST. 1619 01:15:06,034 --> 01:15:08,403 THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE HEXAVALENT 1620 01:15:08,470 --> 01:15:11,506 CHROMIUM AND USAGE ACROSS DOD 1621 01:15:11,573 --> 01:15:12,241 THROUGH 2017. 1622 01:15:12,307 --> 01:15:14,243 IT'S FURTHER DIVIDED INTO 1623 01:15:14,309 --> 01:15:16,912 PROCESS CATEGORIES BY COLOR. 1624 01:15:16,979 --> 01:15:19,214 YOU CAN SEE THE AEROSPACE 1625 01:15:19,281 --> 01:15:21,049 PRIMARIES AND CHROME PLATING 1626 01:15:21,116 --> 01:15:25,020 INTEREST THE LARGEST USES ACROSS 1627 01:15:25,087 --> 01:15:25,254 DOD. 1628 01:15:25,320 --> 01:15:27,189 AND CAN GO FROM THERE. 1629 01:15:27,256 --> 01:15:29,458 ON THE SIDE YOU'D BE ABLE TO 1630 01:15:29,524 --> 01:15:31,293 SELECT THIS IS JUST THE OVERVIEW 1631 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,996 FOR HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM USES AND 1632 01:15:34,062 --> 01:15:36,965 YOU CAN DIG DOWN INTO THE 1633 01:15:37,032 --> 01:15:37,799 SPECIFIC PROCESSES AND GET MORE 1634 01:15:37,866 --> 01:15:44,506 SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM THERE. 1635 01:15:44,573 --> 01:15:47,542 SO, HERE YOU SEE USAGE TOTALS 1636 01:15:47,609 --> 01:15:50,078 FOR JUST USES AND SEALANTS. 1637 01:15:50,145 --> 01:15:52,080 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE MAY 1638 01:15:52,147 --> 01:15:54,917 BE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN USAGE 1639 01:15:54,983 --> 01:15:57,319 ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING LIKE A 1640 01:15:57,386 --> 01:15:58,186 TANK TECHNOLOGY. 1641 01:15:58,253 --> 01:16:00,489 IF DURING A PARTICULAR YEAR IT 1642 01:16:00,555 --> 01:16:04,326 WASN'T NECESSARY TO DUMP AND 1643 01:16:04,393 --> 01:16:05,594 RECHARGE A TANK MAYBE USAGE 1644 01:16:05,661 --> 01:16:08,263 WOULD BE LOW ONE YEAR AND 1645 01:16:08,330 --> 01:16:10,866 MAINTAINING TANK CHEMISTRY. 1646 01:16:10,933 --> 01:16:13,435 HOWEVER SOME YEARS A COMPLETE 1647 01:16:13,502 --> 01:16:15,971 TANK DUMP AND RECHARGE IS 1648 01:16:16,038 --> 01:16:17,806 NECESSARY INFLATING THE CHEMICAL 1649 01:16:17,873 --> 01:16:20,943 USED IN THAT PARTICULAR YEARS. 1650 01:16:21,009 --> 01:16:23,812 THIS IS THE CASE WITH CHROME 1651 01:16:23,879 --> 01:16:27,049 PLATING AND MAY TREAT WITH 1652 01:16:27,115 --> 01:16:28,350 SEALERS ON THE CURRENT SLIDE. 1653 01:16:28,417 --> 01:16:30,752 IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT 1654 01:16:30,819 --> 01:16:32,387 MULTIPLE YEARS' WORTH OF DATA 1655 01:16:32,454 --> 01:16:38,026 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE 1656 01:16:38,093 --> 01:16:45,534 CHEMICAL USAGE BECAUSE YOU MAY 1657 01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:47,369 NOT USE OR PROCURE THE SAME YEAR 1658 01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:48,670 TO YEAR AND YOU'LL HAVE THE 1659 01:16:48,737 --> 01:16:54,409 ABILITY TO FILTER BY YEAR, BY 1660 01:16:54,476 --> 01:16:58,647 MILITARY SERVICE AND DRILL DOWN 1661 01:16:58,714 --> 01:17:01,049 INTO A PARTICULAR INSTALLATION 1662 01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:08,190 TO LOOK AT PARTICULAR 1663 01:17:08,256 --> 01:17:09,324 INSTALLATION WHERE YOU KNOW 1664 01:17:09,391 --> 01:17:11,493 USAGE AND WE HAVE A TAB FOR 1665 01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:12,861 EXPOSURE DATA. 1666 01:17:12,928 --> 01:17:15,497 AND THEN WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE 1667 01:17:15,564 --> 01:17:15,831 TAB. 1668 01:17:15,897 --> 01:17:17,432 SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE 1669 01:17:17,499 --> 01:17:19,568 NINE LISTED ALTERNATIVES FOR 1670 01:17:19,634 --> 01:17:22,070 CHROME PLATING HEXAVALENT 1671 01:17:22,137 --> 01:17:23,372 CHROMIUM AND THIS ALTERNATIVE IN 1672 01:17:23,438 --> 01:17:27,676 PARTICULAR SHOWS DETAILS ON A 1673 01:17:27,743 --> 01:17:36,585 PROCESS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE 1674 01:17:36,651 --> 01:17:38,153 TRADE NAME FOR THE PRODUCT. 1675 01:17:38,220 --> 01:17:43,759 IT LOOKS FOR APPROVED USES OR 1676 01:17:43,825 --> 01:17:48,330 SYSTEMS AND BELOW ON THE SCREEN 1677 01:17:48,397 --> 01:17:50,699 IF YOU SCROLL DOWN IT SHOWS THE 1678 01:17:50,766 --> 01:17:52,000 PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL 1679 01:17:52,067 --> 01:17:55,570 PROPERTIES OF THE ALTERNATIVE AS 1680 01:17:55,637 --> 01:17:56,138 WELL AS PROCESS PARAMETERS. 1681 01:17:56,204 --> 01:18:00,075 SO ALL OF THAT CAN HELP DECISION 1682 01:18:00,142 --> 01:18:01,209 MAKERS DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A 1683 01:18:01,276 --> 01:18:08,750 POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THEM. 1684 01:18:08,817 --> 01:18:13,789 AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO PROVIDE 1685 01:18:13,855 --> 01:18:16,258 DATA EXPANSION TO INCLUDE 1686 01:18:16,324 --> 01:18:19,094 UPDATED CADMIUM AND CHROMIUM 1687 01:18:19,161 --> 01:18:22,898 DATA AS WELL AS OTHER CHEMICALS. 1688 01:18:22,964 --> 01:18:24,499 WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER 1689 01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:27,502 CHEMICALS AND WE'LL FINISH 1690 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:28,837 INCORPORATING DEFENSE 1691 01:18:28,904 --> 01:18:29,838 ENGINEERING DATA TO FLUSH OUT 1692 01:18:29,905 --> 01:18:30,839 SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT 1693 01:18:30,906 --> 01:18:32,607 ARE AVAILABLE. 1694 01:18:32,674 --> 01:18:34,876 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO 1695 01:18:34,943 --> 01:18:36,745 OPTIMIZE THE DASHBOARD AND 1696 01:18:36,812 --> 01:18:38,613 REPORTING CAPABILITIES, 1697 01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:40,048 INTEGRATE DATA WITH OTHER 1698 01:18:40,115 --> 01:18:43,485 PLATFORMS WHEN POSSIBLE AND 1699 01:18:43,552 --> 01:18:46,855 FINALLY TRANSITION THE TOOL TO 1700 01:18:46,922 --> 01:18:48,990 DENX THE DOD WIDE PLATFORM 1701 01:18:49,057 --> 01:18:49,724 AVAILABLE TO MILITARY SERVICES 1702 01:18:49,791 --> 01:18:52,060 AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL. 1703 01:18:52,127 --> 01:18:53,395 AND I THINK THAT'S IT. 1704 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:59,501 SO I'VE LISTED MY CONTACT EMAIL 1705 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:03,338 HERE AS WELL AS OUR SPONSOR, AND 1706 01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:05,040 HAPPY TAKE QUESTIONS HERE OR 1707 01:19:05,107 --> 01:19:07,509 OFFLINE IF YOU HAVE THEM. 1708 01:19:07,576 --> 01:19:17,752 THANK YOU. 1709 01:19:34,202 --> 01:19:36,905 YOU MENTIONED USING IT WITH 1710 01:19:36,972 --> 01:19:39,474 ACCESS AND SQL SERVER. 1711 01:19:39,541 --> 01:19:42,811 WILL THERE BE ADD ON FOR 1712 01:19:42,878 --> 01:19:46,982 INTEGRATION AS AN APP WITH 1713 01:19:47,048 --> 01:19:48,550 MICROSOFT TEAMS AND THE 365 1714 01:19:48,617 --> 01:19:49,117 SERVER? 1715 01:19:49,184 --> 01:19:51,119 >> WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO 1716 01:19:51,186 --> 01:19:52,020 INTEGRATE WITH TEAM RIGHT KNOW 1717 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:55,423 BUT HAVE FULLY TRANSITIONED OFF 1718 01:19:55,490 --> 01:19:55,657 ACCESS. 1719 01:19:55,724 --> 01:19:57,225 THAT'S THE INITIAL DATABASE AND 1720 01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:58,360 IT'S NOW GOING TO BE A WEB-BASED 1721 01:19:58,426 --> 01:20:00,662 TOOL. 1722 01:20:00,729 --> 01:20:05,333 YOU'D BE ABLE TO LOG IN ON THE 1723 01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:07,469 WEB AND DENX AND ACCESS THAT 1724 01:20:07,536 --> 01:20:08,170 TOOL. 1725 01:20:08,236 --> 01:20:10,071 WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PART OF 1726 01:20:10,138 --> 01:20:11,740 THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 1727 01:20:11,806 --> 01:20:22,150 >> SO ON DENX, OKAY. 1728 01:20:25,220 --> 01:20:27,522 >> WILL THERE BE A LIVE TRAINING 1729 01:20:27,589 --> 01:20:29,457 TOOL? 1730 01:20:29,591 --> 01:20:31,493 >> WE DON'T HAVE IT UP AND 1731 01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:33,094 RUNNING YET BUT IT'S PART OF THE 1732 01:20:33,161 --> 01:20:34,095 DELIVERABLE FOR THE PROJECT AND 1733 01:20:34,162 --> 01:20:35,931 HOPE TO VIT BY THE END OF JULY. 1734 01:20:35,997 --> 01:20:41,937 LOOKING AT A SUMMERTIME FRAME 1735 01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:44,639 FOR GETTING THIS PROJECT 1736 01:20:44,706 --> 01:20:46,074 TRANSITIONED. 1737 01:20:46,141 --> 01:20:55,617 >> AWESOME. 1738 01:20:55,684 --> 01:20:57,485 >> WILL THERE BE A MEMO ISSUED 1739 01:20:57,552 --> 01:20:57,953 ON USING IT? 1740 01:20:58,019 --> 01:21:00,121 >> I'M NOT SURE BUT IT'S A GREAT 1741 01:21:00,188 --> 01:21:02,090 IDEA TO COMMUNICATE IT OUT TO 1742 01:21:02,157 --> 01:21:02,791 VARIATION AUDIENCE. 1743 01:21:02,857 --> 01:21:04,659 I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO THINK A 1744 01:21:04,726 --> 01:21:08,129 COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND HOW TO 1745 01:21:08,196 --> 01:21:16,871 GET THE WORD OUT. 1746 01:21:16,938 --> 01:21:18,573 >> SURE. 1747 01:21:18,640 --> 01:21:21,176 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 1748 01:21:21,243 --> 01:21:24,012 WE CAN LOOK AT THE INBOX. 1749 01:21:24,079 --> 01:21:28,083 DO YOU YOURSELF HAVE BACKGROUND 1750 01:21:28,149 --> 01:21:29,818 IN PROGRAMMING OR DATA ANALYSIS? 1751 01:21:29,884 --> 01:21:31,219 >> I DON'T. 1752 01:21:31,286 --> 01:21:33,521 I'VE HAD TO BE A FAST LEARNER. 1753 01:21:33,588 --> 01:21:37,926 MY BACKGROUND'S IN CHEMICALS AND 1754 01:21:37,993 --> 01:21:38,927 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 1755 01:21:38,994 --> 01:21:40,929 SO, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS 1756 01:21:40,996 --> 01:21:43,498 TO PULL THIS TOGETHER SO 1757 01:21:43,565 --> 01:21:44,065 STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE 1758 01:21:44,132 --> 01:21:45,767 WINDOW. 1759 01:21:45,834 --> 01:21:55,977 >> VERY COOL. 1760 01:21:56,044 --> 01:22:01,683 I CONFESS MOST ANY EXPERIENCE IN 1761 01:22:01,750 --> 01:22:04,119 DATA IS THROUGH ACCESS AND NEW 1762 01:22:04,185 --> 01:22:09,691 MICROSOFT IS SUN SETTING IT BUT 1763 01:22:09,758 --> 01:22:16,498 IT'S THE ONLY RELIABLE WAY FOR 1764 01:22:16,564 --> 01:22:22,103 SYNCHRONIZED DATA VERSE. 1765 01:22:22,170 --> 01:22:24,572 >> IT'S COMPLICATED. 1766 01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:25,607 >> RIGHT. 1767 01:22:25,674 --> 01:22:28,176 NOW WE HAVE OF COURSE THE POWER 1768 01:22:28,243 --> 01:22:32,013 PLATFORM ADMITTEDLY IT'S 1769 01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:37,952 BECOMING REDUNDANT AND NOW WE 1770 01:22:38,019 --> 01:22:39,354 HAVE EXCEL AND POWER V.I. 1771 01:22:39,421 --> 01:22:44,059 >> I HAVE BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. 1772 01:22:44,125 --> 01:22:45,627 -- POWER B.I. 1773 01:22:45,694 --> 01:22:56,237 >> I HAVE BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. 1774 01:22:59,674 --> 01:23:02,777 >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A 1775 01:23:02,844 --> 01:23:04,112 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION AND 1776 01:23:04,179 --> 01:23:06,247 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TOOL AND 1777 01:23:06,314 --> 01:23:08,850 THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND 1778 01:23:08,917 --> 01:23:12,787 LOOK TO WORK IN THE FUTURE ON 1779 01:23:12,854 --> 01:23:17,892 GETTING IT OUT TO THE DOD. 1780 01:23:17,959 --> 01:23:22,364 LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO 1781 01:23:22,430 --> 01:23:27,869 MR. CHRISTOPHER RUA AT POTOMAC 1782 01:23:27,936 --> 01:23:29,537 HUDSON ENGINEER AND GRADUATE 1783 01:23:29,604 --> 01:23:32,107 FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN 2011 1784 01:23:32,173 --> 01:23:34,976 WITH A B.S. IN ENVIRONMENTAL 1785 01:23:35,043 --> 01:23:38,346 DESIGN AND WENT TO THE 1786 01:23:38,413 --> 01:23:42,350 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 1787 01:23:42,417 --> 01:23:45,820 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND HAS BEEN 1788 01:23:45,887 --> 01:23:54,963 WITH PHE AND THERE'S A WIDE 1789 01:23:55,029 --> 01:24:01,403 RANGE OF STATE AND FEDERAL 1790 01:24:01,469 --> 01:24:03,905 COMPLIANCE AND WORKED IN PUERTO 1791 01:24:03,972 --> 01:24:07,942 RICO AND JAPAN WITH A FOCUS ON 1792 01:24:08,009 --> 01:24:08,810 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT. 1793 01:24:08,877 --> 01:24:09,511 YOU ARE ON THE AIR. 1794 01:24:09,577 --> 01:24:12,781 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 1795 01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:13,848 INTRODUCTION. 1796 01:24:13,915 --> 01:24:14,249 WELCOME, EVERYONE. 1797 01:24:14,315 --> 01:24:16,484 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEW 1798 01:24:16,551 --> 01:24:17,485 HAZARDOUS WASTE RULES AND 1799 01:24:17,552 --> 01:24:22,290 THERE'S THREE MAIN RULES WE'LL 1800 01:24:22,357 --> 01:24:28,029 TALK ABOUT AND THE AEROSOL CANS 1801 01:24:28,096 --> 01:24:30,365 WASTE RULE AND NEW 1802 01:24:30,432 --> 01:24:33,968 PHARMACEUTICAL RULES. 1803 01:24:34,035 --> 01:24:35,403 HERE'S A QUICK OVERVIEW AND 1804 01:24:35,470 --> 01:24:37,939 OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'LL GO OVER 1805 01:24:38,006 --> 01:24:38,673 TODAY. 1806 01:24:38,740 --> 01:24:39,674 THIS WAS FROM A PRESENTATION 1807 01:24:39,741 --> 01:24:42,343 DESIGN TO BE LONGER. 1808 01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:44,412 I MIGHT -- I'VE REDUCED SOME OF 1809 01:24:44,479 --> 01:24:46,247 SLIDES BUT I'LL TRY GO THROUGH 1810 01:24:46,314 --> 01:24:47,348 THE EARLY SLIDES AS QUICKLY AS I 1811 01:24:47,415 --> 01:24:51,019 CAN THE BACKGROUND STUFF. 1812 01:24:51,085 --> 01:24:52,921 SO FIT IT ALL IN. 1813 01:24:52,987 --> 01:24:54,189 I ASSUME THE SLIDES WILL BE OR 1814 01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:55,657 CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR 1815 01:24:55,723 --> 01:24:56,991 EVERYONE IF THEY WANT TO TAKE A 1816 01:24:57,058 --> 01:25:01,262 CLOSER LOOK AT THE EARLY SLIDES. 1817 01:25:01,329 --> 01:25:02,864 BASICALLY, WE'LL GO OVER THE 1818 01:25:02,931 --> 01:25:04,132 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF IT. 1819 01:25:04,199 --> 01:25:07,135 WE'LL GO OVER THE GOALS OF THE 1820 01:25:07,202 --> 01:25:09,838 NEW HAZARDOUS GENERATED 1821 01:25:09,904 --> 01:25:12,073 IMPROVEMENT RULE AND TALK ABOUT 1822 01:25:12,140 --> 01:25:13,508 THE NEW CHANGES. 1823 01:25:13,575 --> 01:25:16,911 THE ONES LESS STRINGENT AND LESS 1824 01:25:16,978 --> 01:25:17,946 STRINGENT AND I'LL HAVE A QUICK 1825 01:25:18,012 --> 01:25:20,882 SUMMARY OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL 1826 01:25:20,949 --> 01:25:23,184 TALK ABOUT THE AEROSOL CANS AND 1827 01:25:23,251 --> 01:25:23,885 PHARMACEUTICAL RULES. 1828 01:25:23,952 --> 01:25:28,022 I'M ASSUMING POST THE AUDIENCE 1829 01:25:28,089 --> 01:25:29,791 HAS A HIGH-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING 1830 01:25:29,858 --> 01:25:37,398 OF WHAT HAZARDOUS WASTE IS. 1831 01:25:37,465 --> 01:25:39,234 THE HISTORY WAS ESTABLISHED BY 1832 01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:42,270 EPA IN 1976 PART OF THE 1833 01:25:42,337 --> 01:25:46,341 ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING IN THE 1834 01:25:46,407 --> 01:25:51,913 LATE '60s AND EARLY '70s. 1835 01:25:51,980 --> 01:25:55,316 IT WAS PRIMARILY AIMED AT 1836 01:25:55,383 --> 01:25:57,018 ILLEGAL DUMPING ACTIVITIES. 1837 01:25:57,085 --> 01:25:59,287 IT WAS A LANDMARK LEGISLATION AT 1838 01:25:59,354 --> 01:26:01,723 THE TIME AND WAS A PRETTY BIG 1839 01:26:01,789 --> 01:26:05,193 DEAL AND AFFECTED A WIDE RANGE 1840 01:26:05,260 --> 01:26:06,361 OF INDUSTRIES AND SMALL 1841 01:26:06,427 --> 01:26:08,963 BUSINESSES. 1842 01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:11,666 THERE WASN'T ANY ONE SINGLE 1843 01:26:11,733 --> 01:26:15,637 EVENT THAT LED TO IT. 1844 01:26:15,703 --> 01:26:17,939 IT WAS A COMPILATION OF EVENTS 1845 01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:18,506 OVER TIME. 1846 01:26:18,573 --> 01:26:26,347 NOTE LIKE LOVE CANAL WHICH 1847 01:26:26,414 --> 01:26:36,858 CREATED THE EXXON VALDEZ. 1848 01:26:37,959 --> 01:26:43,798 AND HOW IS IT AFFECTIVE AND THE 1849 01:26:43,865 --> 01:26:45,400 MAIN PIECE IS IT TRACKS 1850 01:26:45,466 --> 01:26:46,801 HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM CRADLE TO 1851 01:26:46,868 --> 01:26:49,103 GRAVE FROM THE MOMENT IT'S 1852 01:26:49,170 --> 01:26:51,406 CREATED AT A FACILITY TO WHEN 1853 01:26:51,472 --> 01:26:54,375 IT'S DISPOSED OF AT TREATMENT 1854 01:26:54,442 --> 01:26:56,044 STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITY. 1855 01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:58,346 IT'S BASICALLY WHEN IT'S DEN 1856 01:26:58,413 --> 01:27:00,014 RATED AND STORED ON SITE AND 1857 01:27:00,081 --> 01:27:02,050 TRANSPORTED FROM ONE PLACE TO 1858 01:27:02,116 --> 01:27:04,419 FORGE AND DISPOSED OF. 1859 01:27:04,485 --> 01:27:06,454 IT'S DONE THROUGH THE MANIFEST 1860 01:27:06,521 --> 01:27:08,289 SYSTEM EPA HAS ESTABLISHED. 1861 01:27:08,356 --> 01:27:15,830 IT COULD BE MODERATE TO A 1862 01:27:15,897 --> 01:27:18,099 REGULATORY BURDEN DEPENDING ON 1863 01:27:18,166 --> 01:27:19,067 HOW MUCH YOU GENERATE PER MONTH 1864 01:27:19,133 --> 01:27:22,070 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A 1865 01:27:22,136 --> 01:27:22,770 MINUTE. 1866 01:27:22,837 --> 01:27:23,504 THERE'S SIGNIFICANT FINDS FOR 1867 01:27:23,571 --> 01:27:23,938 NON COMPLIANCE. 1868 01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:26,908 THIS IS A MEDIA AREA HIGH ON 1869 01:27:26,975 --> 01:27:29,177 EPA'S RADARS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE 1870 01:27:29,243 --> 01:27:29,911 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 1871 01:27:29,978 --> 01:27:32,447 SAFETY IMPACTS OF IT. 1872 01:27:32,513 --> 01:27:34,849 SO WHEN WE DO OUR COMPLIANCE 1873 01:27:34,916 --> 01:27:36,618 INSPECTIONS, THIS IS ONE OF THE 1874 01:27:36,684 --> 01:27:39,020 AREAS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON 1875 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:41,823 AND WHENEVER WE DO A MULTI-MEDIA 1876 01:27:41,889 --> 01:27:46,094 AUDIT, USUALLY THE MAJORITY OF 1877 01:27:46,160 --> 01:27:48,963 FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE COME FROM 1878 01:27:49,030 --> 01:27:54,902 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT. 1879 01:27:54,969 --> 01:27:58,172 SO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OLD 1880 01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:00,308 RULE THERE WAS AMENDMENT AFTER 1881 01:28:00,375 --> 01:28:00,875 AMENDMENT OVER TIME. 1882 01:28:00,942 --> 01:28:02,744 SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN IT WAS 1883 01:28:02,810 --> 01:28:05,013 VERY OUTDATED. 1884 01:28:05,079 --> 01:28:09,017 SOME REQUIREMENTS -- THERE WAS A 1885 01:28:09,083 --> 01:28:11,119 LOT OF AMBIGUITIES AND SIMPLE 1886 01:28:11,185 --> 01:28:21,496 THINGS LIKE TYPOS. 1887 01:28:23,498 --> 01:28:26,334 A LOT OF THIS WAS AMENDMENT TO 1888 01:28:26,401 --> 01:28:29,170 THE INITIAL ACT. 1889 01:28:29,237 --> 01:28:30,271 THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT MORE 1890 01:28:30,338 --> 01:28:32,874 USER FRIENDLY. 1891 01:28:32,940 --> 01:28:36,611 TE SECOND WAS TO ADD GREATER 1892 01:28:36,678 --> 01:28:39,047 FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW SMALLER 1893 01:28:39,113 --> 01:28:41,849 BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE SMALLER 1894 01:28:41,916 --> 01:28:43,851 AMOUNTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TO 1895 01:28:43,918 --> 01:28:45,420 GIVE THEM REGULATORY RELIEF. 1896 01:28:45,486 --> 01:28:48,489 TO FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS THAT 1897 01:28:48,556 --> 01:28:50,425 WERE IN THE ORIGINAL RULE AND 1898 01:28:50,491 --> 01:28:53,394 ALSO TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR SOME 1899 01:28:53,461 --> 01:28:55,363 OF THOSE AMBIGUITIES I 1900 01:28:55,430 --> 01:28:57,198 MENTIONED. 1901 01:28:57,265 --> 01:29:00,334 AND THE OVER ALL GOAL WAS TO 1902 01:29:00,401 --> 01:29:01,369 FOSTER IMPROVED COMPLIANCE WITH 1903 01:29:01,436 --> 01:29:07,575 THE REGULATOR COMMUNITY. 1904 01:29:07,642 --> 01:29:10,344 OBVIOUSLY IN 30 MINUTES OR 25 1905 01:29:10,411 --> 01:29:12,180 MINUTES WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO 1906 01:29:12,246 --> 01:29:17,819 OVER EVERYTHING THAT CHANGED BUT 1907 01:29:17,885 --> 01:29:19,120 WE'LL FOCUS ON THE ONES MOST 1908 01:29:19,187 --> 01:29:20,621 LIKELY TO IMPACT BUSINESSES THE 1909 01:29:20,688 --> 01:29:23,391 4069 IMPORTANT ONES. 1910 01:29:23,458 --> 01:29:28,496 I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A 1911 01:29:28,563 --> 01:29:33,034 DEEPER LOOK AT THE CFR IF THEY 1912 01:29:33,101 --> 01:29:34,068 HAVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS BEYOND 1913 01:29:34,135 --> 01:29:39,307 WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER TODAY. 1914 01:29:39,373 --> 01:29:44,712 SO FOR BACKGROUND, I TALKED 1915 01:29:44,779 --> 01:29:47,982 ABOUT HOW REGULATIONS KIND OF 1916 01:29:48,049 --> 01:29:50,351 DIFFER AND BECOME MORE STRINGENT 1917 01:29:50,418 --> 01:29:51,152 BASED ON HOW MUCH HAZARDOUS 1918 01:29:51,219 --> 01:29:53,521 WASTE YOU GENERATE IN A MONTH. 1919 01:29:53,588 --> 01:29:55,790 EPA HAS THREE CATEGORIES FOR 1920 01:29:55,857 --> 01:29:56,357 GENERATORS. 1921 01:29:56,424 --> 01:29:58,226 THE FIRST THREE HERE, VERY 1922 01:29:58,292 --> 01:30:01,496 SMALL, SMALL AND LARGE AND AS I 1923 01:30:01,562 --> 01:30:03,030 MENTIONED BASED LARGELY ON HOW 1924 01:30:03,097 --> 01:30:05,066 MUCH HAZARDOUS WASTE YOU 1925 01:30:05,133 --> 01:30:06,334 GENERATE PER MONTH. 1926 01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:09,871 THERE'S ALSO A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH 1927 01:30:09,937 --> 01:30:12,173 OVER ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE YOU CAN 1928 01:30:12,240 --> 01:30:15,576 STORE ON SITE AT ANY ONE TIME. 1929 01:30:15,643 --> 01:30:18,479 DEPENDING ON THE VOLUMES IS THE 1930 01:30:18,546 --> 01:30:22,250 CATEGORY YOU FALL INTO AND 1931 01:30:22,316 --> 01:30:23,985 OBVIOUSLY THE REGULATORY BURDEN 1932 01:30:24,051 --> 01:30:26,120 INCREASES THE MORE YOU GENERATE 1933 01:30:26,187 --> 01:30:28,256 AND THIS OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT 1934 01:30:28,322 --> 01:30:30,358 IS TREATMENT STORAGE AND 1935 01:30:30,424 --> 01:30:32,927 DISPOSAL FACILITY. 1936 01:30:32,994 --> 01:30:34,796 THOSE ARE THE END DESTINATIONS 1937 01:30:34,862 --> 01:30:38,499 FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE WAY 1938 01:30:38,566 --> 01:30:43,638 THEY'LL BE TREATED AND DISPOSED 1939 01:30:43,704 --> 01:30:47,441 OR STORED INDEFINITELY. 1940 01:30:47,508 --> 01:30:51,445 SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE 1941 01:30:51,512 --> 01:30:56,250 CHANGES THAT OCCURRED WITH THE 1942 01:30:56,317 --> 01:30:57,018 HAZARDOUS WASTE IMPROVEMENT RULE 1943 01:30:57,084 --> 01:31:05,059 IS A BIG ONE IS ENFORCEMENT AND 1944 01:31:05,126 --> 01:31:10,932 BASICALLY EPA AND IT INTERPRETS 1945 01:31:10,998 --> 01:31:12,600 VIOLATIONS AND THEY SEPARATED 1946 01:31:12,667 --> 01:31:13,935 VIOLATIONS TO TWO CATEGORIES. 1947 01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:16,437 THE INDEPENDENT REQUIREMENTS AND 1948 01:31:16,504 --> 01:31:18,306 THE CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTION. 1949 01:31:18,372 --> 01:31:19,574 THE INDEPENDENT REQUIREMENTS ARE 1950 01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:24,111 SORT OF TREATED AS THEY ALWAYS 1951 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:26,747 HAVE BEEN AND IF YOU GET A 1952 01:31:26,814 --> 01:31:33,521 VIOLATION YOU GET FINED AND IT'S 1953 01:31:33,588 --> 01:31:38,359 PRETTY ABOVE BOARD AND THE 1954 01:31:38,426 --> 01:31:40,494 EXEMPTIONS ARE WHERE THE MAIN 1955 01:31:40,561 --> 01:31:42,363 CHANGE HAVE BEEN AND COULD 1956 01:31:42,430 --> 01:31:45,032 SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE FINES 1957 01:31:45,099 --> 01:31:48,369 FOR THE REGULATED COMMUNITY 1958 01:31:48,436 --> 01:31:50,838 BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY SEE A 1959 01:31:50,905 --> 01:31:53,875 VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE ITEMS 1960 01:31:53,941 --> 01:31:56,043 AS ESSENTIALLY MOVING YOU FROM 1961 01:31:56,110 --> 01:31:59,447 BEING JUST A GENERATOR TO THAT 1962 01:31:59,513 --> 01:32:02,216 TSDF WE TALKED ABOUT. 1963 01:32:02,283 --> 01:32:05,853 AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TSDF 1964 01:32:05,920 --> 01:32:09,790 HAS STRICT REGULATIONS. 1965 01:32:09,857 --> 01:32:10,758 THEORETICALLY, IF YOU'RE A SMALL 1966 01:32:10,825 --> 01:32:13,194 QUANTITY GENERATOR AND HAVE A 1967 01:32:13,261 --> 01:32:14,395 VIOLATION THAT EFFECTS ONE OF 1968 01:32:14,462 --> 01:32:17,632 THESE FOUR AREAS, THEY COULD IN 1969 01:32:17,698 --> 01:32:19,634 EPAs MIND IT COULD TREAT YOU 1970 01:32:19,700 --> 01:32:21,035 ADDS A TREATMENT STORAGE AND 1971 01:32:21,102 --> 01:32:22,336 DISPOSAL FACILITY AND GIVE YOU 1972 01:32:22,403 --> 01:32:24,405 FINES FOR EVERYTHING THAT A TSDF 1973 01:32:24,472 --> 01:32:25,673 IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT YOU 1974 01:32:25,740 --> 01:32:26,274 DON'T HAVE. 1975 01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:29,243 YOU CAN IMAGINE IT COULD GIVE A 1976 01:32:29,310 --> 01:32:31,712 $70,000 PLUS FINE FOR EACH ONE 1977 01:32:31,779 --> 01:32:32,747 OF THOSE FOR EACH DAY THAT IT 1978 01:32:32,813 --> 01:32:36,350 HAPPENS. 1979 01:32:36,417 --> 01:32:40,554 EPA HAS SAID IT'S NOT REALLY 1980 01:32:40,621 --> 01:32:42,356 GOING TO DO THAT AND BY AND 1981 01:32:42,423 --> 01:32:43,624 LARGE WITH OUR CLIENTS WE 1982 01:32:43,691 --> 01:32:46,360 HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BUT IT'S A 1983 01:32:46,427 --> 01:32:48,095 POSSIBILITY AND SOMETHING WE 1984 01:32:48,162 --> 01:32:50,131 WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CLIENTS 1985 01:32:50,197 --> 01:32:57,705 UNDERSTAND WHEN WE DO ECEs. 1986 01:32:57,772 --> 01:32:58,973 SOME OF THE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE 1987 01:32:59,040 --> 01:33:00,274 CHANGES ARE MINOR. 1988 01:33:00,341 --> 01:33:04,245 THEY CHANGE THE WORDING AND IT'S 1989 01:33:04,312 --> 01:33:06,280 A VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR 1990 01:33:06,347 --> 01:33:07,949 THAT'S A NUANCE. 1991 01:33:08,015 --> 01:33:10,651 THEY USED TO JUST HAVE A 1992 01:33:10,718 --> 01:33:12,820 ONE-QUART LIMIT FOR ACUTE 1993 01:33:12,887 --> 01:33:15,022 HAZARDOUS WASTE AND NOW THEY 1994 01:33:15,089 --> 01:33:17,325 ADDED ONE KILOGRAM TO ACCOUNT 1995 01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:19,560 FOR SOLID MATERIALS. 1996 01:33:19,627 --> 01:33:21,562 THERE WAS REQUIREMENT FOR MOVING 1997 01:33:21,629 --> 01:33:23,564 HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM A SATELLITE 1998 01:33:23,631 --> 01:33:24,899 AREA TO ACCUMULATION AREA WHEN 1999 01:33:24,966 --> 01:33:27,034 IT WAS FULL WITHIN THREE DAYS 2000 01:33:27,101 --> 01:33:29,704 AND THERE WAS AMBIGUITY AS TO 2001 01:33:29,770 --> 01:33:32,540 WHETHER IT MEANT BUSINESS DAYS 2002 01:33:32,606 --> 01:33:35,409 OR THREE CALENDAR DAYS, 75 HOURS 2003 01:33:35,476 --> 01:33:38,346 SO THEY CLARIFIED THAT AND 2004 01:33:38,412 --> 01:33:40,948 ESTABLISHED THE TERM CENTRALIZED 2005 01:33:41,015 --> 01:33:42,483 ACCUMULATION AREA STORING ONSITE 2006 01:33:42,550 --> 01:33:43,484 ONCE IT GOT OUT OF THE SATELLITE 2007 01:33:43,551 --> 01:33:46,887 AREA UNTIL IT WAS PICKED UP. 2008 01:33:46,954 --> 01:33:52,727 AND HERE'S PART OF THE USER 2009 01:33:52,793 --> 01:33:54,328 FRIENDLY STREAMLINED HOW IT'S 2010 01:33:54,395 --> 01:33:57,031 ORGANIZED IN THE CFR TO MAKE IT 2011 01:33:57,098 --> 01:33:57,565 CLEARER. 2012 01:33:57,631 --> 01:33:59,166 SO YOU'RE NOT JUMPING BACK AND 2013 01:33:59,233 --> 01:33:59,700 FORTH FROM ONE SECTION TO 2014 01:33:59,767 --> 01:34:03,004 ANOTHER. 2015 01:34:03,070 --> 01:34:05,272 ALL RIGHT, SO ONE OF THE MORE 2016 01:34:05,339 --> 01:34:09,377 LESS STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IS 2017 01:34:09,443 --> 01:34:11,512 NOW THAT VERY SMALLER QUANTITY 2018 01:34:11,579 --> 01:34:15,182 GENERATORS CAN SEND THEIR WASTE 2019 01:34:15,249 --> 01:34:18,419 TO A LARGE QUANTITY GENERATOR 2020 01:34:18,486 --> 01:34:20,254 INSTEAD OF TO A TSF AND WE'VE 2021 01:34:20,321 --> 01:34:22,323 SEEN THIS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A 2022 01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:24,025 V.A. HOSPITAL AND THERE MAY BE A 2023 01:34:24,091 --> 01:34:26,360 CENTRAL HOSPITAL AND THEY HAVE 2024 01:34:26,427 --> 01:34:30,031 OUT PATIENT CLINICS THAT ARE 2025 01:34:30,097 --> 01:34:31,832 AFFILIATED WITH THEM. 2026 01:34:31,899 --> 01:34:33,567 THOSE CLINICS CAN HAVE THEIR 2027 01:34:33,634 --> 01:34:35,403 WASTE AND TRANSPORT TO THE MAIN 2028 01:34:35,469 --> 01:34:36,437 HOSPITAL AND LET THE MAIN 2029 01:34:36,504 --> 01:34:38,339 HOSPITAL DEAL WITH ALL THE 2030 01:34:38,406 --> 01:34:41,475 PAPERWORK. 2031 01:34:41,542 --> 01:34:44,912 SO WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH SOME 2032 01:34:44,979 --> 01:34:46,080 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS WELL. 2033 01:34:46,147 --> 01:34:49,050 A SMALL FACILITY CAN SEND THEIR 2034 01:34:49,116 --> 01:34:53,187 WASTE TO A BASE THAT FALLS THAT 2035 01:34:53,254 --> 01:34:56,857 THEY FALL UNDER THE COMMAND OF. 2036 01:34:56,924 --> 01:34:58,359 AND REQUIRED FOR THE VERY SMALL 2037 01:34:58,426 --> 01:34:59,860 TO BRING THEIR WASTE TO LARGE. 2038 01:34:59,927 --> 01:35:02,997 SO IT KIND OF REDUCE THE REGULAR 2039 01:35:03,064 --> 01:35:03,631 REGULATORY BURDEN ON THE LITTLE 2040 01:35:03,697 --> 01:35:09,103 GUYS. 2041 01:35:09,170 --> 01:35:11,505 EPISODIC EVENT SAY BIG ONE. 2042 01:35:11,572 --> 01:35:12,706 AS A MENTIONED THE HAZARDOUS 2043 01:35:12,773 --> 01:35:14,909 WASTE GENERATOR CATEGORIES ARE 2044 01:35:14,975 --> 01:35:16,110 BASED ON HOW MUCH WASTE YOU 2045 01:35:16,177 --> 01:35:18,212 GENERATE PER MONTH. 2046 01:35:18,279 --> 01:35:19,780 OCCASIONALLY YOU MAY EXCEED THAT 2047 01:35:19,847 --> 01:35:21,015 AND IN THE OLD DAYS IF YOU 2048 01:35:21,082 --> 01:35:23,217 EXCEEDED IT FOR ONE MONTH, THEN 2049 01:35:23,284 --> 01:35:24,385 YOU WERE THAT HIGHER CATEGORY 2050 01:35:24,452 --> 01:35:27,488 FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. 2051 01:35:27,555 --> 01:35:30,191 THE NEW LAW ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE 2052 01:35:30,257 --> 01:35:33,994 ONE OR TWO EVENTS WHERE YOU 2053 01:35:34,061 --> 01:35:37,531 EXCEED PER YEAR IF YOU GET 2054 01:35:37,598 --> 01:35:37,932 PERMISSION FOR IT. 2055 01:35:37,998 --> 01:35:41,102 FOR A PLANNED EVENT AND A 2056 01:35:41,168 --> 01:35:42,336 PLANNED EVENT AND PLANNED AND 2057 01:35:42,403 --> 01:35:43,671 UNPLANNED. 2058 01:35:43,737 --> 01:35:54,281 A PLANNED HAVEN'T WOULD BE YOU 2059 01:35:56,984 --> 01:35:58,052 HAVE MATERIALS YOU DON'T USE 2060 01:35:58,119 --> 01:35:59,453 ANYMORE AND DO A SITE WIDE CLEAN 2061 01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:01,455 UP ONE MONTH AND GENERATE MORE 2062 01:36:01,522 --> 01:36:07,161 THAN YOU NORMALLY WOULD, YOU CAN 2063 01:36:07,228 --> 01:36:08,863 PETITION TO HAVE A PLANNED EVENT 2064 01:36:08,929 --> 01:36:10,831 BECAUSE YOU EXCEED THE ONE MONTH 2065 01:36:10,898 --> 01:36:13,968 FOR THE CLEAN OUT DOESN'T MEAN 2066 01:36:14,034 --> 01:36:15,035 YOU ARE THE HIGHER CATEGORY FOR 2067 01:36:15,102 --> 01:36:16,103 THE REST OF THE YEAR. 2068 01:36:16,170 --> 01:36:17,371 IT KIND GIVES YOU A PASS. 2069 01:36:17,438 --> 01:36:21,008 AND UNPLANNED ACTIVITY IS WHEN 2070 01:36:21,075 --> 01:36:22,776 YOU PETITION FOR AFTER IT 2071 01:36:22,843 --> 01:36:25,179 HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS 2072 01:36:25,246 --> 01:36:26,180 UNPLANNED. 2073 01:36:26,247 --> 01:36:28,182 LIKE AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING 2074 01:36:28,249 --> 01:36:30,351 FAILS OR LARGE SPILL AND YOU 2075 01:36:30,417 --> 01:36:31,852 HAVE A LOT OF CLEANUP MATERIALS 2076 01:36:31,919 --> 01:36:33,621 THAT ARE NOW HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2077 01:36:33,687 --> 01:36:36,157 IF YOU DO NOTIFICATIONS YOU CAN 2078 01:36:36,223 --> 01:36:38,459 GET PERMISSION TO NOT HAVE IT 2079 01:36:38,526 --> 01:36:40,127 COUNTED AGAINST YOU FOR THE 2080 01:36:40,194 --> 01:36:40,327 YEAR. 2081 01:36:40,394 --> 01:36:42,663 YOU CAN ASK FOR A SECOND ONE. 2082 01:36:42,730 --> 01:36:44,031 IF YOU HAVE A PLANNED EVENT YOU 2083 01:36:44,098 --> 01:36:46,233 CAN MAYBE HAVE AN UNPLANNED 2084 01:36:46,300 --> 01:36:47,968 EVENT AND MAYBE WE'LL GIVE YOU 2085 01:36:48,035 --> 01:36:49,503 PERMISSION FOR IT AND VICE VERSA 2086 01:36:49,570 --> 01:36:51,205 BUT YOU GET AT LEAST ONE BUT YOU 2087 01:36:51,272 --> 01:36:53,073 STILL HAVE TO GET PERMISSION AND 2088 01:36:53,140 --> 01:36:54,341 THEN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE 2089 01:36:54,408 --> 01:37:00,748 TWO. 2090 01:37:00,814 --> 01:37:04,885 AS I TALKED ABOUT, ONE PER YEAR 2091 01:37:04,952 --> 01:37:06,453 AND AGAIN IF EPA SEES THAT EVERY 2092 01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:08,422 YEAR YOU'RE DOING THE SAME 2093 01:37:08,489 --> 01:37:10,357 THING, THEY MIGHT START TO NOT 2094 01:37:10,424 --> 01:37:13,093 WANT TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION 2095 01:37:13,160 --> 01:37:14,962 BECAUSE THEN THEY MIGHT SEE YOU 2096 01:37:15,029 --> 01:37:16,697 AS TRYING TO SKIRT THE 2097 01:37:16,764 --> 01:37:17,231 REGULATIONS ON PURPOSE. 2098 01:37:17,298 --> 01:37:19,800 BUT THEY WANT TO ALLOW IT SO YOU 2099 01:37:19,867 --> 01:37:21,635 CAN CLEAN OUT A LOT OF OLD 2100 01:37:21,702 --> 01:37:23,904 MATERIALS AND STUFF FOR EXAMPLE 2101 01:37:23,971 --> 01:37:25,506 AND NOT HAVE IT COUNT AGAINST 2102 01:37:25,573 --> 01:37:25,706 YOU. 2103 01:37:25,773 --> 01:37:29,476 THIS ONE THE 50-FOOT RULE, THAT 2104 01:37:29,543 --> 01:37:33,013 WAS JUST A MINOR THING ABOUT 2105 01:37:33,080 --> 01:37:36,884 STORING HAZARDOUS IGNITABLE 2106 01:37:36,951 --> 01:37:38,786 REACTIVE MATERIALS WITHIN 50 2107 01:37:38,852 --> 01:37:39,887 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE AND 2108 01:37:39,954 --> 01:37:43,123 NOW IF THE LOCAL FIRE MARSHAL 2109 01:37:43,190 --> 01:37:45,459 SAYS IT'S OKAY YOU CAN GET A 2110 01:37:45,526 --> 01:37:46,393 WAIVER FOR IT. 2111 01:37:46,460 --> 01:37:50,331 SO THAT COVERS SOME OF THE LESS 2112 01:37:50,397 --> 01:37:51,665 STRINGENT ASPECTS OF THE NEW 2113 01:37:51,732 --> 01:37:54,335 RULE AND NOW WE'LL FOCUS ON THE 2114 01:37:54,401 --> 01:37:57,037 MORE STRINGENT ASPECTS. 2115 01:37:57,104 --> 01:37:59,873 AND SO JUST TO BACK UP FOR A 2116 01:37:59,940 --> 01:38:02,076 SECOND, WHEN THE RULE CAME OUT 2117 01:38:02,142 --> 01:38:06,347 STATES WERE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A 2118 01:38:06,413 --> 01:38:08,282 MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENT OF 2119 01:38:08,349 --> 01:38:10,417 THE RULE AND THEY HAD THE OPTION 2120 01:38:10,484 --> 01:38:18,392 TO ADOPT THE LESS STRINGENT 2121 01:38:18,459 --> 01:38:18,726 REQUIREMENTS. 2122 01:38:18,792 --> 01:38:21,595 AND THEY HAVE THE ADOPTION OF 2123 01:38:21,662 --> 01:38:26,734 THE RULE AND EVEN THOUGH THE 2124 01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:30,337 DEADLINE HAS PASSED AND THROUGH 2125 01:38:30,404 --> 01:38:33,674 THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES 2126 01:38:33,741 --> 01:38:37,578 AND MOST THE STATES THAT ADOPT 2127 01:38:37,645 --> 01:38:39,446 THE RULE ADOPT THE LESS AND MORE 2128 01:38:39,513 --> 01:38:40,147 STRINGENT PROVISION. 2129 01:38:40,214 --> 01:38:42,116 THERE'S A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT 2130 01:38:42,182 --> 01:38:44,852 INCLUDED ONE OR MORE OF THE LESS 2131 01:38:44,918 --> 01:38:45,986 STRINGENT PROVISIONS BUT THEY 2132 01:38:46,053 --> 01:38:50,658 ADOPT THE WHOLE THING OR HAVEN'T 2133 01:38:50,724 --> 01:38:51,225 YET. 2134 01:38:51,292 --> 01:38:52,826 AND THE BIG ONES OF THE NEW 2135 01:38:52,893 --> 01:38:56,497 RULES ARE MAKING HAZARDOUS WASTE 2136 01:38:56,563 --> 01:38:59,500 DETERMINATIONS, RENOTIFYING IF 2137 01:38:59,566 --> 01:39:01,635 YOU'RE A SMALL QUANTITY 2138 01:39:01,702 --> 01:39:03,604 GENERATOR AND LABELLING 2139 01:39:03,671 --> 01:39:08,008 REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINERS AND 2140 01:39:08,075 --> 01:39:09,009 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE AND 2141 01:39:09,076 --> 01:39:12,846 BIANNUAL REPORTING. 2142 01:39:12,913 --> 01:39:15,015 SO HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF YOUR 2143 01:39:15,082 --> 01:39:18,552 WASTE IS A HAZARDOUS WASTE? 2144 01:39:18,619 --> 01:39:21,388 SO THERE'S TWO MAIN TYPES OF 2145 01:39:21,455 --> 01:39:23,257 HAZARDOUS WASTE, EITHER LISTED 2146 01:39:23,324 --> 01:39:24,892 WASTE OR CHARACTERISTIC WASTE 2147 01:39:24,958 --> 01:39:29,596 AND FOR THOSE THERE'S FOUR 2148 01:39:29,663 --> 01:39:30,931 CATEGORIES OF EACH. 2149 01:39:30,998 --> 01:39:35,202 AND LISTED WASTE IS BASICALLY 2150 01:39:35,269 --> 01:39:37,738 HHS BECAUSE OF WHERE IT COMES 2151 01:39:37,805 --> 01:39:37,938 FROM. 2152 01:39:38,005 --> 01:39:40,341 AND NO MATTER WHAT, IF IT COMES 2153 01:39:40,407 --> 01:39:44,945 FROM A CERTAIN PROCESS IT'S 2154 01:39:45,012 --> 01:39:45,713 AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED 2155 01:39:45,779 --> 01:39:46,714 HAZARDOUS WASTE OR CERTAIN 2156 01:39:46,780 --> 01:39:48,982 MATERIAL IS AUTOMATICALLY 2157 01:39:49,049 --> 01:39:49,350 HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2158 01:39:49,416 --> 01:39:52,953 A CHARACTERISTIC WASTE HAS TO 2159 01:39:53,020 --> 01:39:55,956 MEET ONE OR MORE OF THESE 2160 01:39:56,023 --> 01:39:56,757 CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED A 2161 01:39:56,824 --> 01:39:57,925 HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THERE'S 2162 01:39:57,991 --> 01:40:02,329 TESTING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THAT 2163 01:40:02,396 --> 01:40:10,170 DETERMINATION. 2164 01:40:10,237 --> 01:40:12,172 THE TWO WAYS COMES FROM THE 2165 01:40:12,239 --> 01:40:13,140 LISTED WASTE AND COME FROM THE 2166 01:40:13,207 --> 01:40:15,476 PROCESS WAS THAT GENERATED THE 2167 01:40:15,542 --> 01:40:21,048 WASTE AND KNOW IF IT MEETS THE 2168 01:40:21,115 --> 01:40:23,450 CATEGORY BEING A HAZARDOUS WASTE 2169 01:40:23,517 --> 01:40:29,556 OR KNOW THIS IS WASTE AND THE 2170 01:40:29,623 --> 01:40:31,492 OTHER TYPE IS LABORATORY TESTING 2171 01:40:31,558 --> 01:40:33,093 TO SEE IF IT MEETS A 2172 01:40:33,160 --> 01:40:40,467 CHARACTERISTIC REQUIREMENT. 2173 01:40:40,534 --> 01:40:42,603 IMPORTANT THING IS DON'T GUESS. 2174 01:40:42,669 --> 01:40:43,337 GENERATORS BEING A LITTLE BIT 2175 01:40:43,404 --> 01:40:45,672 CAVALIER ABOUT THEIR GENERATOR 2176 01:40:45,739 --> 01:40:48,342 KNOWLEDGE MAYBE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS 2177 01:40:48,409 --> 01:40:49,410 ABOUT A WASTE THEY SHOULDN'T AND 2178 01:40:49,476 --> 01:40:59,987 EPA IS TRACKING DOWN ON THAT. 2179 01:41:01,088 --> 01:41:06,226 THIS IS A STEP MANY GENERATORS 2180 01:41:06,293 --> 01:41:08,629 STRUGGLE WITH AND THEY ESTIMATE 2181 01:41:08,695 --> 01:41:12,933 OF NON-COMPLIANCE IS 20% TO 30% 2182 01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:15,035 OF THE TIME THAT'S WASTE GOING 2183 01:41:15,102 --> 01:41:17,604 OUT AS NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2184 01:41:17,671 --> 01:41:22,876 THERE'S POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND 2185 01:41:22,943 --> 01:41:23,744 PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE 2186 01:41:23,811 --> 01:41:25,345 ENVIRONMENT AND THEY STATED IN 2187 01:41:25,412 --> 01:41:28,949 THE FEDERAL REGISTER THIS IS A 2188 01:41:29,016 --> 01:41:31,084 COMPLIANCE PRIORITY OF THEIRS. 2189 01:41:31,151 --> 01:41:33,253 SO THERE'S NO LONGER ROOM FOR 2190 01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:34,388 MARGIN OF ERROR. 2191 01:41:34,455 --> 01:41:36,056 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE AS 2192 01:41:36,123 --> 01:41:38,058 MUCH AS LEEWAY AS THEY HAVE IN 2193 01:41:38,125 --> 01:41:38,759 THE PAST. 2194 01:41:38,826 --> 01:41:40,761 AGAIN, DON'T GUESS. 2195 01:41:40,828 --> 01:41:42,196 WHEN IN DOWN THE USE LABORATORY 2196 01:41:42,262 --> 01:41:42,463 TESTING. 2197 01:41:42,529 --> 01:41:46,333 SO FOR GENERATOR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT 2198 01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:48,168 DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? 2199 01:41:48,235 --> 01:41:49,703 IT'S KNOWING WHERE THE WASTE 2200 01:41:49,770 --> 01:41:51,839 CAME FROM OR WHAT'S IN THE WASTE 2201 01:41:51,905 --> 01:41:53,407 OR THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 2202 01:41:53,474 --> 01:41:53,774 WASTE. 2203 01:41:53,841 --> 01:41:56,977 SOME ARE VERY OBVIOUS. 2204 01:41:57,044 --> 01:41:59,246 SOME INDUSTRY FOLKS HAVE WORKED 2205 01:41:59,313 --> 01:42:00,113 WITH THE MATERIALS LONG ENOUGH 2206 01:42:00,180 --> 01:42:03,083 TO KNOW WHAT THE CHARACTERISTIC 2207 01:42:03,150 --> 01:42:03,517 ARE. 2208 01:42:03,584 --> 01:42:05,953 AND SAFETY DATA SHEETS CAN BE 2209 01:42:06,019 --> 01:42:08,522 USED THOUGH IF THEY'RE WRONG, 2210 01:42:08,589 --> 01:42:11,091 EPA IS GOING TO FINE YOU FOR 2211 01:42:11,158 --> 01:42:12,759 RELYING ON THE SAFETY DATA SHEET 2212 01:42:12,826 --> 01:42:14,194 RATHER THAN GOING AFTER THE 2213 01:42:14,261 --> 01:42:17,164 FOLKS THAT MADE THE SAFETY DATA 2214 01:42:17,231 --> 01:42:17,364 SHEET. 2215 01:42:17,431 --> 01:42:19,032 SO YOU CAN RELY ON THEM TO A 2216 01:42:19,099 --> 01:42:27,107 POINT BUT AT YOUR OWN RISK. 2217 01:42:27,174 --> 01:42:29,176 AND THERE'S SPECIFIC EPA TESTS 2218 01:42:29,243 --> 01:42:30,978 FOR THREE OF THE FOUR. 2219 01:42:31,044 --> 01:42:33,247 REACTIVITY IS A LITTLE VAGUE. 2220 01:42:33,313 --> 01:42:34,348 THEY GIVE SOME DETAILED 2221 01:42:34,414 --> 01:42:37,784 DESCRIPTIONS AND EXAMPLES OF 2222 01:42:37,851 --> 01:42:39,319 WHAT MEETS CHARACTERISTIC BUT 2223 01:42:39,386 --> 01:42:44,491 WHEN IN DOUBT ASSUME IT'S A 2224 01:42:44,558 --> 01:42:45,192 HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2225 01:42:45,259 --> 01:42:47,494 AND THEN WHEN DO YOU MAKE A 2226 01:42:47,561 --> 01:42:48,595 HAZARDOUS WASTING DETERMINATION? 2227 01:42:48,662 --> 01:42:52,332 YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT THE MOMENT 2228 01:42:52,399 --> 01:42:54,334 THE WASTE IS GENERATED BEFORE 2229 01:42:54,401 --> 01:42:56,303 ANYTHING ELSE, YOU HAVE TO SAY 2230 01:42:56,370 --> 01:43:00,841 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2231 01:43:00,908 --> 01:43:04,044 YOU CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE 2232 01:43:04,111 --> 01:43:14,354 ON THE WASTE AS YOU STORE IT 2233 01:43:14,421 --> 01:43:18,025 BECAUSE AND THERE'S REQUIREMENTS 2234 01:43:18,091 --> 01:43:22,996 YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW EVEN IF IT'S 2235 01:43:23,063 --> 01:43:29,503 NO LONGER HAZARDOUS AND IF THE 2236 01:43:29,570 --> 01:43:32,973 SOLVENT DRIED OUT AND IT'S NO 2237 01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:36,176 LONGER FLAMMABLE IT GOES TO NON 2238 01:43:36,243 --> 01:43:39,212 HAZARDOUS BUT THERE'S STILL 2239 01:43:39,279 --> 01:43:40,213 REQUIREMENTS. 2240 01:43:40,280 --> 01:43:45,852 AND EVEN SOMETIMES NON-HAZARDOUS 2241 01:43:45,919 --> 01:43:50,757 WASTE MAY SEPARATE INTO A 2242 01:43:50,824 --> 01:43:53,894 HAZARDOUS AND NON-HAZARDOUS 2243 01:43:53,961 --> 01:43:54,161 COMPONENT. 2244 01:43:54,227 --> 01:43:57,097 MAKE THE DETERMINATION AT THE 2245 01:43:57,164 --> 01:44:00,567 BEGINNING AND TRACK THE WASTE 2246 01:44:00,634 --> 01:44:03,103 STORED ON SITE TO MAKE SURE THE 2247 01:44:03,170 --> 01:44:03,971 CHARACTERISTIC DON'T CHANGE. 2248 01:44:04,037 --> 01:44:06,406 THIS NOTIFICATION IS SO EPA 2249 01:44:06,473 --> 01:44:09,109 KEEPS TRACK OF WHO IS STILL IN 2250 01:44:09,176 --> 01:44:12,779 BUSINESS OR NOT AND FOR LARGE 2251 01:44:12,846 --> 01:44:13,447 QUANTITY GENERATORS THAT I HAVE 2252 01:44:13,513 --> 01:44:15,082 TO DO A REPORT EVERY TWO YEARS 2253 01:44:15,148 --> 01:44:18,418 SO EPA IS AWARE IF THEY STILL 2254 01:44:18,485 --> 01:44:26,326 EXIST. 2255 01:44:26,393 --> 01:44:31,298 A LOT OF TIMES HAD EPA 2256 01:44:31,365 --> 01:44:32,866 GENERATORS THAT WENT OUT OF 2257 01:44:32,933 --> 01:44:38,005 BUSINESS BUT STILL WERE ON THEIR 2258 01:44:38,071 --> 01:44:48,615 BOOKS AND THIS DOESN'T TELL YOU 2259 01:45:11,571 --> 01:45:14,341 WHAT THE HAZARDOUS IS SO THAT 2260 01:45:14,408 --> 01:45:16,510 ONE DOESN'T CUT AND SAY WHETHER 2261 01:45:16,576 --> 01:45:27,120 IT'S FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC OR NOT. 2262 01:45:31,425 --> 01:45:34,161 THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR ALARM 2263 01:45:34,227 --> 01:45:39,700 SYSTEMS AND NOW THEY NEED TO BE 2264 01:45:39,766 --> 01:45:43,537 EVERYWHERE ON SITE WHERE YOUR 2265 01:45:43,603 --> 01:45:45,105 GENERATING HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2266 01:45:45,172 --> 01:45:51,178 AND FOR LARGE QUANTITY 2267 01:45:51,244 --> 01:45:54,147 GENERATORS THEY NEED A 2268 01:45:54,214 --> 01:45:54,915 CONTINGENCY PLANS. 2269 01:45:54,981 --> 01:45:56,783 EPA WANTS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES 2270 01:45:56,850 --> 01:45:59,586 WHICH ARE GIVEN OUT TO FIRST 2271 01:45:59,653 --> 01:46:02,923 RESPONDERS IN THE AREA THAT'S A 2272 01:46:02,989 --> 01:46:05,158 SHORTENED VERSION AND EXECUTIVE 2273 01:46:05,225 --> 01:46:09,129 SUMMARY OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN 2274 01:46:09,196 --> 01:46:11,832 TO QUICKLY SEE THE HAZARDS ON 2275 01:46:11,898 --> 01:46:13,667 SITE SO WHEN THEY COME TO A FIRE 2276 01:46:13,734 --> 01:46:16,369 AT A FACILITY THEY WANT TO BE 2277 01:46:16,436 --> 01:46:17,370 AWARE OF WHAT CHEMICAL HAZARDS 2278 01:46:17,437 --> 01:46:19,206 ARE PRESENT BEFORE THEY ENTER. 2279 01:46:19,272 --> 01:46:24,511 AND HERE'S A QUICK CHECKLIST OF 2280 01:46:24,578 --> 01:46:26,246 WHAT THE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 2281 01:46:26,313 --> 01:46:28,048 NEEDS TO INCLUDE. 2282 01:46:28,115 --> 01:46:29,449 SORRY FOR MOVING THROUGH THESE 2283 01:46:29,516 --> 01:46:34,588 SLIDES QUICKLY BUT THE SLIDES 2284 01:46:34,654 --> 01:46:38,458 CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE IF ANYONE 2285 01:46:38,525 --> 01:46:43,964 HAS QUESTIONS. 2286 01:46:44,030 --> 01:46:45,465 AND WHAT LARGE QUANTITY 2287 01:46:45,532 --> 01:46:47,501 GENERATORS NEED TO INCLUDE, ALL 2288 01:46:47,567 --> 01:46:48,635 THE HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATED 2289 01:46:48,702 --> 01:46:52,072 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR NOT JUST THE 2290 01:46:52,139 --> 01:46:54,341 MONTHS THEY EXCEED THEIR 2291 01:46:54,407 --> 01:46:56,610 CATEGORY AND INCLUDE THE WASTE 2292 01:46:56,676 --> 01:46:58,345 FROM A SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR. 2293 01:46:58,411 --> 01:47:06,319 HERE'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE 2294 01:47:06,386 --> 01:47:10,157 MORE STRINGENT ASPECTS AND THE 2295 01:47:10,223 --> 01:47:10,791 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE 2296 01:47:10,857 --> 01:47:18,532 THANK YOU RULE. 2297 01:47:18,598 --> 01:47:21,134 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE AEROSOL CAN 2298 01:47:21,201 --> 01:47:22,335 OF UNIVERSAL WASTE. 2299 01:47:22,402 --> 01:47:23,970 IT'S A SPECIAL CATEGORY OF 2300 01:47:24,037 --> 01:47:25,472 HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2301 01:47:25,539 --> 01:47:27,140 THE TYPES OF MATERIALS ANY 2302 01:47:27,207 --> 01:47:31,778 BUSINESS SMALL OFFICE CAN 2303 01:47:31,845 --> 01:47:34,014 GENERATE THE IDEA IS GIVE A 2304 01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:36,316 REGULATORY BURDEN SO THEY'RE NOT 2305 01:47:36,383 --> 01:47:38,318 TREATED AS ONE THAT GIVES LARGE 2306 01:47:38,385 --> 01:47:43,423 UNIVERSAL WASTE. 2307 01:47:43,490 --> 01:47:49,963 THE IDEA WAS TO PROMOTE 2308 01:47:50,030 --> 01:47:51,965 RECYCLING AND THE UNIVERSAL 2309 01:47:52,032 --> 01:47:55,502 WASTE INCLUDED BATTERIES, 2310 01:47:55,569 --> 01:47:56,636 MERCURY CONTAINING EQUIPMENT AND 2311 01:47:56,703 --> 01:48:03,510 VARIOUS TYPES OF LAMPS INCLUDING 2312 01:48:03,577 --> 01:48:07,013 FLUORESCENT AND A LOT OF STATES 2313 01:48:07,080 --> 01:48:08,448 HAVE THEIR OWN CATEGORIES AND 2314 01:48:08,515 --> 01:48:09,082 THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON ONES 2315 01:48:09,149 --> 01:48:16,256 WE SEE. 2316 01:48:16,323 --> 01:48:18,859 AEROSOL CANS ARE ADDED TO THE 2317 01:48:18,925 --> 01:48:21,161 UNIVERSAL WASTE AND REGULATED 2318 01:48:21,228 --> 01:48:23,930 LESS STRINGENTLY AND YOU CAN 2319 01:48:23,997 --> 01:48:25,866 STORE AS MUCH UNIVERSAL WASTE 2320 01:48:25,932 --> 01:48:27,133 AND WON'T AFFECT IF YOU'RE VERY 2321 01:48:27,200 --> 01:48:27,934 SMALL, SMALL OR LARGE. 2322 01:48:28,001 --> 01:48:29,803 YOU CAN STORE IT ON SITE FOR A 2323 01:48:29,870 --> 01:48:30,437 LONGER PERIOD OF TIME UP TO A 2324 01:48:30,503 --> 01:48:36,042 YEAR. 2325 01:48:36,109 --> 01:48:44,284 YOU CAN MANAGE THE CANS HAS AS 2326 01:48:44,351 --> 01:48:47,120 IMPACT OR NON-ENTRY BUT THE CANS 2327 01:48:47,187 --> 01:48:49,756 MUST BE RECYCLED TO REMAIN IN 2328 01:48:49,823 --> 01:48:53,793 THE UNIVERSAL WASTE CATEGORY BUT 2329 01:48:53,860 --> 01:48:55,795 THE CONTENTS NEEDS TO BE 2330 01:48:55,862 --> 01:48:56,429 CATEGORIZED AND MANAGED AS 2331 01:48:56,496 --> 01:49:06,973 HAZARDOUS WASTE ACCORDINGLY. 2332 01:49:07,173 --> 01:49:10,110 ON THE LEFT IS FILTERED TO 2333 01:49:10,176 --> 01:49:16,116 COLLECT EMISSIONS. 2334 01:49:16,182 --> 01:49:20,987 AND THIS IS A GENERAL HIGH LEVEL 2335 01:49:21,054 --> 01:49:24,391 WITH THE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES 2336 01:49:24,457 --> 01:49:28,061 AND PHARMACIES SO YOUR LOCAL CVS 2337 01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:30,330 AND WALGREENS HAVE A LESS 2338 01:49:30,397 --> 01:49:32,532 REGULATORY BURDEN WHEN DEALING 2339 01:49:32,599 --> 01:49:37,037 WITH THE PHARMACEUTICALS BECAUSE 2340 01:49:37,103 --> 01:49:41,875 THERE ARE SOME PHARMACEUTICALS 2341 01:49:41,942 --> 01:49:45,178 SUCH AS THOSE THAT CONTAIN 2342 01:49:45,245 --> 01:49:48,548 SILVER IODINE OR CHEMOTHERAPY 2343 01:49:48,615 --> 01:49:50,150 DRIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 2344 01:49:50,216 --> 01:49:54,988 WHAT THE NEW RULE SAYS INSTEAD 2345 01:49:55,055 --> 01:49:57,524 OF MANAGING THOSE AS HAZARDOUS 2346 01:49:57,590 --> 01:49:59,092 WASTE, IT'S GIVING LEEWAY 2347 01:49:59,159 --> 01:50:02,963 SIMILAR TO UNIVERSAL WASTE. 2348 01:50:03,029 --> 01:50:07,701 KEY COMPONENTS WAS ONE AN 2349 01:50:07,767 --> 01:50:13,039 IMMEDIATE BAN ON HAZARDOUS WASTE 2350 01:50:13,106 --> 01:50:15,008 PHARMACEUTICALS YOU CAN NOW NOT 2351 01:50:15,075 --> 01:50:19,546 PUT A PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE DOWN 2352 01:50:19,612 --> 01:50:20,146 THE DRAIN. 2353 01:50:20,213 --> 01:50:30,523 NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND 2354 01:50:30,590 --> 01:50:33,693 NICORRETTE GUM AND SUCH WAS 2355 01:50:33,760 --> 01:50:41,601 REGULATED AND THE EPA NO LONGER 2356 01:50:41,668 --> 01:50:45,872 CONSIDERS THESE TO BE HAZARDOUS 2357 01:50:45,939 --> 01:50:50,343 WASTE AND E CARTRIDGE STILL 2358 01:50:50,410 --> 01:50:50,977 CONSIDERED ACUTE HEAT ADVISORY. 2359 01:50:51,044 --> 01:50:51,378 HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2360 01:50:51,444 --> 01:50:57,150 AND SOME BENEFITS OF THE NEW 2361 01:50:57,217 --> 01:51:07,761 RULE I CAN MANAGE THEM ALL THE 2362 01:51:08,661 --> 01:51:14,334 SAME AND WHEN PUT IT ON THE 2363 01:51:14,401 --> 01:51:17,170 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST YOU CAN 2364 01:51:17,237 --> 01:51:19,272 USE A SIMPLE CODE. 2365 01:51:19,339 --> 01:51:21,841 SORRY, THAT'S THE ENDS OF THE 2366 01:51:21,908 --> 01:51:22,175 PRESENTATION. 2367 01:51:22,242 --> 01:51:24,344 SORRY I WENT KIND OF LONG. 2368 01:51:24,411 --> 01:51:25,578 THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME 2369 01:51:25,645 --> 01:51:28,348 FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND 2370 01:51:28,415 --> 01:51:30,116 THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT 2371 01:51:30,183 --> 01:51:32,085 AND WILL SLIDES BE MADE 2372 01:51:32,152 --> 01:51:32,519 AVAILABLE TO FOLKS? 2373 01:51:32,585 --> 01:51:36,356 CAN THEY BE? 2374 01:51:36,423 --> 01:51:38,758 >> YES, ALL SLIDES AND 2375 01:51:38,825 --> 01:51:40,360 RECORDINGS AVAILABLE TO 2376 01:51:40,427 --> 01:51:46,332 ATTENDEES AFTER THE SYMPOSIUM. 2377 01:51:46,399 --> 01:51:51,171 AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY 2378 01:51:51,237 --> 01:51:52,839 MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND 2379 01:51:52,906 --> 01:51:54,774 NEVER FEEL THE NEED TO APOLOGIZE 2380 01:51:54,841 --> 01:51:56,609 FOR GOING A BIT LONG WHEN IT 2381 01:51:56,676 --> 01:52:01,781 COMES TO HAZARDOUS WASTE. 2382 01:52:01,848 --> 01:52:06,319 I KNOW THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY OF 2383 01:52:06,386 --> 01:52:08,922 REGULATIONS AND WATCH THE INBOX. 2384 01:52:08,988 --> 01:52:14,060 NOTHING YET. 2385 01:52:14,127 --> 01:52:18,098 WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING 2386 01:52:18,164 --> 01:52:23,103 AEROSOL CANS THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN 2387 01:52:23,169 --> 01:52:33,713 A PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION DO 2388 01:52:36,649 --> 01:52:39,152 YOU OFFER WHEN IT COMES TO 2389 01:52:39,219 --> 01:52:40,820 MANAGING UNIVERSAL WASTE OR 2390 01:52:40,887 --> 01:52:42,755 HAZARDOUS WASTE IN GENERAL 2391 01:52:42,822 --> 01:52:43,289 WHATTED ARE THE BIGGEST 2392 01:52:43,356 --> 01:52:48,761 CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO NOT 2393 01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:55,101 ONLY TEACHING ABOUT THE NEW 2394 01:52:55,168 --> 01:52:55,768 IMPROVEMENT RULES BUT HAZARDOUS 2395 01:52:55,835 --> 01:52:57,170 WASTE IN GENERAL. 2396 01:52:57,237 --> 01:52:58,972 >> FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE THERE'S A 2397 01:52:59,038 --> 01:53:02,342 NOT AN AWARENESS REQUIREMENT IN 2398 01:53:02,408 --> 01:53:03,143 THE REGULATION. 2399 01:53:03,209 --> 01:53:05,712 WE SEE FOLKS HAVE TROUBLE WITH 2400 01:53:05,778 --> 01:53:07,113 THE LABELLING. 2401 01:53:07,180 --> 01:53:08,515 THERE'S SPECIFIC LABELLING 2402 01:53:08,581 --> 01:53:10,984 REQUIREMENTS AND PEOPLE DON'T 2403 01:53:11,050 --> 01:53:14,320 OFTEN USE THAT EXACT LANGUAGE 2404 01:53:14,387 --> 01:53:16,489 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AND THE 2405 01:53:16,556 --> 01:53:18,858 STRICT ONE-YEAR LIMIT FOR 2406 01:53:18,925 --> 01:53:21,161 UNIVERSAL WASTE FOLKS ALWAYS 2407 01:53:21,227 --> 01:53:23,029 SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT THE 2408 01:53:23,096 --> 01:53:23,296 BATTERIES. 2409 01:53:23,363 --> 01:53:24,764 SOMETIMES WE SEE BATTERIES 2410 01:53:24,831 --> 01:53:27,567 TREATED AS UNIVERSAL WASTE THAT 2411 01:53:27,634 --> 01:53:29,369 DON'T NEED TO BE. 2412 01:53:29,435 --> 01:53:31,137 SOMETIMES DON'T SEE THE 2413 01:53:31,204 --> 01:53:33,973 TERMINALS TAPED OFF TO PREVENT 2414 01:53:34,040 --> 01:53:34,340 SPARKING. 2415 01:53:34,407 --> 01:53:37,944 THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE SEE. 2416 01:53:38,011 --> 01:53:39,646 AS FAR AS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE 2417 01:53:39,712 --> 01:53:40,647 IMPROVEMENT RULE THE MOST COMMON 2418 01:53:40,713 --> 01:53:48,488 IS NOT PUTTING THE HAZARD OF THE 2419 01:53:48,555 --> 01:53:49,789 PECTO GRAMS ON THE CONTAINERS. 2420 01:53:49,856 --> 01:53:53,059 PEOPLE FORGET THAT OR PUT THE 2421 01:53:53,126 --> 01:53:55,261 WASTE CODE F003 OR SOMETHING 2422 01:53:55,328 --> 01:53:59,899 LIKE THAT BUT THOSE DON'T COUNT 2423 01:53:59,966 --> 01:54:02,535 BECAUSE TO A LAYMAN NOBODY KNOWS 2424 01:54:02,602 --> 01:54:11,511 THE HAZARD THAT REPRESENTS. 2425 01:54:11,578 --> 01:54:13,079 I THINK HEARING THE NEXT 2426 01:54:13,146 --> 01:54:13,813 PRESENTATION COME IN. 2427 01:54:13,880 --> 01:54:24,490 >> I DO HAVE ONE E-MAIL QUESTION 2428 01:54:24,557 --> 01:54:27,860 FROM CRYSTAL WEAVER. 2429 01:54:27,927 --> 01:54:29,162 THIS PRESENTATION WAS FABULOUS. 2430 01:54:29,229 --> 01:54:30,330 >> THANK YOU. 2431 01:54:30,396 --> 01:54:40,707 I APPRECIATE THAT. 2432 01:54:52,485 --> 01:54:53,753 >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 2433 01:54:53,820 --> 01:54:55,455 TRAINING REQUIREMENT. 2434 01:54:55,521 --> 01:54:57,023 >> SURE. 2435 01:54:57,090 --> 01:55:00,727 THERE'S TRAINING REQUIRED FOR 2436 01:55:00,793 --> 01:55:04,897 THE NEW PHARMACEUTICAL RULE 2437 01:55:04,964 --> 01:55:06,299 MAKING SURE FOLKS IN THE 2438 01:55:06,366 --> 01:55:09,168 PHARMACEUTICAL ARE PROVIDE WITH 2439 01:55:09,235 --> 01:55:12,639 TRAINING LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND 2440 01:55:12,705 --> 01:55:17,577 THE REQUIREMENTS DIFFER FROM 2441 01:55:17,644 --> 01:55:18,077 LARGE TO SMALL. 2442 01:55:18,144 --> 01:55:21,180 SMALL CAN BE DONE WITH A POSTER 2443 01:55:21,247 --> 01:55:24,050 BEING PUT UP OR ON THE JOB 2444 01:55:24,117 --> 01:55:24,317 TRAINING. 2445 01:55:24,384 --> 01:55:25,084 LARGE QUANTITY REQUIRES 2446 01:55:25,151 --> 01:55:26,185 SOMETHING MORE FORMAL. 2447 01:55:26,252 --> 01:55:29,756 I CAN GIVE A MORE DETAILED 2448 01:55:29,822 --> 01:55:37,330 ANSWER LATER ON WITH UNIVERSAL 2449 01:55:37,397 --> 01:55:44,804 WASTE IT CAN BE TYNES YOU JUST 2450 01:55:44,871 --> 01:55:47,674 HAVE TO MAKE SURE NEW EMPLOYEES 2451 01:55:47,740 --> 01:55:58,117 GET IT AT LEAST ONCE. 2452 01:56:03,456 --> 01:56:05,024 >> CALIFORNIA IS LAGGING 2453 01:56:05,091 --> 01:56:05,992 IMPLEMENTATION. 2454 01:56:06,059 --> 01:56:07,694 >> THAT'S ONE OF THE STATES 2455 01:56:07,760 --> 01:56:08,795 DRAGGING ITS FEET. 2456 01:56:08,861 --> 01:56:11,898 >> THANK YOU AGAIN AND I 2457 01:56:11,964 --> 01:56:15,168 APPRECIATE IT AND FORWARD WITH 2458 01:56:15,234 --> 01:56:17,637 SHARING THE SLIDES. 2459 01:56:17,704 --> 01:56:20,506 I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A QUICK 2460 01:56:20,573 --> 01:56:24,577 BREAK FOR LUNCH AND SEE YOU ALL 2461 01:56:24,644 --> 01:56:28,648 BACK HERE AT 1400 EST FOR THE 2462 01:56:28,715 --> 01:56:29,449 NEXT PRESENTATION IN 2463 01:56:29,515 --> 01:56:29,949 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. 2464 01:56:30,016 --> 01:56:31,584 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2465 01:56:31,651 --> 01:56:32,919 THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IN THE 2466 01:56:32,985 --> 01:56:38,124 PLANNING TRACK FOR TODAY. 2467 01:56:38,191 --> 01:56:46,666 WE HAVE DR. HENDRICKSON ON 2468 01:56:46,733 --> 01:56:48,067 INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE 2469 01:56:48,134 --> 01:56:49,068 CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES TO MITIGATE 2470 01:56:49,135 --> 01:56:51,738 MISSION IMPACTS AND INCREASE 2471 01:56:51,804 --> 01:56:53,373 RESILIENCE SHE'S THE PRINCIPLE 2472 01:56:53,439 --> 01:56:54,741 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER AND 2473 01:56:54,807 --> 01:56:55,641 SUPPORTS THE OFFICE OF THE 2474 01:56:55,708 --> 01:56:56,542 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 2475 01:56:56,609 --> 01:56:59,212 FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS AND 2476 01:56:59,278 --> 01:57:01,714 ENVIRONMENTAL IN THE CHEMICAL 2477 01:57:01,781 --> 01:57:02,849 AND MATERIAL RISK MANAGEMENT 2478 01:57:02,915 --> 01:57:03,216 PROGRAM. 2479 01:57:03,282 --> 01:57:06,853 SHE HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 2480 01:57:06,919 --> 01:57:09,422 ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND 2481 01:57:09,489 --> 01:57:13,393 CHEMICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH RISKS 2482 01:57:13,459 --> 01:57:17,230 AN AND HAS HUMAN HEALTH RISK 2483 01:57:17,296 --> 01:57:19,365 ASSESSMENT AND HAS BEEN WITH THE 2484 01:57:19,432 --> 01:57:21,934 CMR TO IDENTIFY ASSET AND MANAGE 2485 01:57:22,001 --> 01:57:23,536 RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICALS 2486 01:57:23,603 --> 01:57:24,370 AND MATERIALS USED BY THE 2487 01:57:24,437 --> 01:57:25,638 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 2488 01:57:25,705 --> 01:57:31,043 SHE HAS AN MPH IN ENVIRONMENTAL 2489 01:57:31,110 --> 01:57:33,012 HEALTH SCIENCE FROM GEORGE 2490 01:57:33,079 --> 01:57:35,748 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND 2491 01:57:35,815 --> 01:57:38,851 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGREE FROM LEHIGH 2492 01:57:38,918 --> 01:57:39,552 UNIVERSITY. 2493 01:57:39,619 --> 01:57:42,722 YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND 2494 01:57:42,789 --> 01:57:44,290 YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. 2495 01:57:44,357 --> 01:57:47,527 >> THANK YOU, MARK. 2496 01:57:47,593 --> 01:57:50,797 I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO 2497 01:57:50,863 --> 01:57:51,531 ALREADY LISTENED TO ME SPEAK 2498 01:57:51,597 --> 01:57:52,799 TODAY AND WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE 2499 01:57:52,865 --> 01:57:55,768 OUT ON LEAVE AND WE'RE DOING 2500 01:57:55,835 --> 01:57:56,335 SOME FILLING IN. 2501 01:57:56,402 --> 01:57:59,639 THIS AFTERNOON I'M GOING TO TALK 2502 01:57:59,705 --> 01:58:03,609 MORE BROADLY THAN IS DID TH 2503 01:58:03,676 --> 01:58:07,280 THISSTHIS 2504 01:58:07,346 --> 01:58:12,618 MORNING IN MITIGATING IMPACT AND 2505 01:58:12,685 --> 01:58:13,686 INCREASE RESILIENCE. 2506 01:58:13,753 --> 01:58:15,121 NEARLY ALL THE GOODS WE USE 2507 01:58:15,188 --> 01:58:16,622 EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES 2508 01:58:16,689 --> 01:58:19,091 ARE MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED 2509 01:58:19,158 --> 01:58:24,797 USING CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND 2510 01:58:24,864 --> 01:58:35,041 PRODUCTS. 2511 01:58:35,441 --> 01:58:38,711 MANY RELY ON CHEMISTRY AND 2512 01:58:38,778 --> 01:58:40,646 ENERGY, HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, 2513 01:58:40,713 --> 01:58:51,123 COMMUNICATIONS AND MORE. 2514 01:59:10,276 --> 01:59:11,177 CHEMICAL INNOVATION AND 2515 01:59:11,244 --> 01:59:13,145 DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER 2516 01:59:13,212 --> 01:59:14,113 IMPACTS AMONG ALL SECTORS AS 2517 01:59:14,180 --> 01:59:18,885 WELL AS BALANCING TE -- THE 2518 01:59:18,951 --> 01:59:20,086 TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN THEM. 2519 01:59:20,152 --> 01:59:22,522 AND DRILLING IN A LITTLE BIT, 2520 01:59:22,588 --> 01:59:23,856 CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS ALSO ARE 2521 01:59:23,923 --> 01:59:25,124 VITAL TO PROVIDE THE U.S. AND 2522 01:59:25,191 --> 01:59:27,193 OUR ALLIES WITH CAPABILITIES 2523 01:59:27,260 --> 01:59:28,194 NEEDED FOR DEFENSE AND TO 2524 01:59:28,261 --> 01:59:32,064 MAINTAIN GLOBAL SECURITY. 2525 01:59:32,131 --> 01:59:34,300 THE DOD USES CRITICAL 2526 01:59:34,367 --> 01:59:35,835 INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, 2527 01:59:35,902 --> 01:59:37,003 WEAPON SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS 2528 01:59:37,069 --> 01:59:38,504 MADE FROM AND DEPEND AND 2529 01:59:38,571 --> 01:59:39,338 CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS. 2530 01:59:39,405 --> 01:59:43,276 THIS COULD BE SOLVENTS IN 2531 01:59:43,342 --> 01:59:44,710 BATTERIES, HYDROFLUOROCARBONS IN 2532 01:59:44,777 --> 01:59:48,648 BUILDING REFRIGERANTS. 2533 01:59:48,714 --> 01:59:55,521 AND FLAME RETARDANTS AND 2534 01:59:55,588 --> 02:00:00,626 AIRCRAFTS AND THE LIST GOES ON 2535 02:00:00,693 --> 02:00:02,228 AND ON AND MOST EVERYTHING THE 2536 02:00:02,295 --> 02:00:05,464 DOD USES HAS CHEMICALS AND 2537 02:00:05,531 --> 02:00:05,765 MATERIALS. 2538 02:00:05,831 --> 02:00:08,034 AT TO THE DOD THE MISSION OF THE 2539 02:00:08,100 --> 02:00:09,201 CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL RISK 2540 02:00:09,268 --> 02:00:12,438 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS TO PROTECT 2541 02:00:12,505 --> 02:00:13,172 READINESS, PEOPLE IN THE 2542 02:00:13,239 --> 02:00:15,274 ENVIRONMENT BY IDENTIFYING AND 2543 02:00:15,341 --> 02:00:16,742 MANAGING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH 2544 02:00:16,809 --> 02:00:20,646 THE CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS THAT 2545 02:00:20,713 --> 02:00:27,253 DOD USES. 2546 02:00:27,320 --> 02:00:29,055 WE EVALUATE AND ASSET THE 2547 02:00:29,121 --> 02:00:30,790 AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATIVES AND 2548 02:00:30,856 --> 02:00:33,759 TRY TO IDENTIFY AND COMMUNICATE 2549 02:00:33,826 --> 02:00:36,862 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS TO MITIGATE 2550 02:00:36,929 --> 02:00:38,898 MISSION RISK. 2551 02:00:38,965 --> 02:00:40,466 AND THIS LOOK AT FIVE AREAS AND 2552 02:00:40,533 --> 02:00:41,567 HOW THEY INTERSECT. 2553 02:00:41,634 --> 02:00:45,738 LOOKING AT EMERGING CHEMICALS, 2554 02:00:45,805 --> 02:00:48,674 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, CHEMICAL 2555 02:00:48,741 --> 02:00:51,110 SUPPLY CHAIN AND REGULATION. 2556 02:00:51,177 --> 02:00:53,546 FOR DOD, EMERGING CHEMICAL OR 2557 02:00:53,613 --> 02:00:56,515 ECs ARE DEFINED AS CHEMICALS 2558 02:00:56,582 --> 02:00:58,150 RELEVANT TO THE DOD HAVING A 2559 02:00:58,217 --> 02:01:00,119 PERCEIVED OR REAL LET IT TO 2560 02:01:00,186 --> 02:01:01,654 HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT 2561 02:01:01,721 --> 02:01:04,357 WITH NEW OR CHANGING TOXICITY OR 2562 02:01:04,423 --> 02:01:05,491 REGULATORY STANDARDS THAT ARE A 2563 02:01:05,558 --> 02:01:07,493 RESULT OF NEW SCIENCE, DETECTION 2564 02:01:07,560 --> 02:01:08,027 CAPABILITIES OR EXPOSURE 2565 02:01:08,094 --> 02:01:09,762 PATHWAYS. 2566 02:01:09,829 --> 02:01:15,167 OUR PROGRAM USES A THREE-STEP 2567 02:01:15,234 --> 02:01:17,136 SCAN-WATCH ACTION PROCESS TO 2568 02:01:17,203 --> 02:01:18,137 REVIEW THE SCIENCE AND 2569 02:01:18,204 --> 02:01:19,271 REGULATORY ACTION FOR CHEMICALS 2570 02:01:19,338 --> 02:01:19,739 OF INTEREST. 2571 02:01:19,805 --> 02:01:23,542 IDENTIFY POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF DOD 2572 02:01:23,609 --> 02:01:25,478 AND THEN ESTABLISH CORRESPONDING 2573 02:01:25,544 --> 02:01:29,782 RISK MITIGATION ACTIONS. 2574 02:01:29,849 --> 02:01:32,618 AS PART OF THAT CHEMICAL 2575 02:01:32,685 --> 02:01:34,186 REGULATION FOCUS AREA, OUR 2576 02:01:34,253 --> 02:01:36,922 PROGRAM LOOKS AT EVOLVING 2577 02:01:36,989 --> 02:01:38,491 REGULATORY DRIVERS ACROSS THE 2578 02:01:38,557 --> 02:01:38,691 GLOBE. 2579 02:01:38,758 --> 02:01:41,394 HERE IN THE U.S. WE PRIMARILY 2580 02:01:41,460 --> 02:01:44,630 FOCUS ON THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES 2581 02:01:44,697 --> 02:01:47,600 CONTROL BUT IN TERMS OF 2582 02:01:47,667 --> 02:01:50,403 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY WE'VE 2583 02:01:50,469 --> 02:01:52,138 LOOKED TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 2584 02:01:52,204 --> 02:01:53,339 AUTHORIZATION ACT REQUIREMENTS 2585 02:01:53,406 --> 02:01:57,243 FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 2586 02:01:57,309 --> 02:02:00,413 WE ALSO LOOK ACROSS THE GLOBE IN 2587 02:02:00,479 --> 02:02:08,654 EUROPE AT REACH REGULATION AND 2588 02:02:08,721 --> 02:02:14,360 THE AMENDMENT TO ADOPT 2589 02:02:14,427 --> 02:02:19,665 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY APPROACHES 2590 02:02:19,732 --> 02:02:30,276 TO AND ENTITIES ARE STARTING TO 2591 02:02:32,511 --> 02:02:33,813 REGULATE BY CLASS OR CATEGORY 2592 02:02:33,879 --> 02:02:35,214 OPPOSED TO SINGLE CHEMICALS. 2593 02:02:35,281 --> 02:02:45,791 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED 2594 02:02:47,593 --> 02:02:57,970 AND WE CAN LOOK AT REACH. 2595 02:02:59,438 --> 02:03:03,709 WE CAN LOOK AT HYDRAULIC FLUIDS 2596 02:03:03,776 --> 02:03:05,411 AND TRYING TO LOOK AT 2597 02:03:05,478 --> 02:03:07,113 REGULATIONS TO DETERMINE WHERE 2598 02:03:07,179 --> 02:03:08,647 REGULATIONS MIGHT CREATE THE 2599 02:03:08,714 --> 02:03:10,216 MOST PRESSING NEEDS FOR 2600 02:03:10,282 --> 02:03:10,683 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL 2601 02:03:10,750 --> 02:03:20,993 ALTERNATIVES. 2602 02:03:25,998 --> 02:03:26,866 AND THIS CAN TAKE TIME SOMETIMES 2603 02:03:26,932 --> 02:03:27,767 OVER 20 YEARS. 2604 02:03:27,833 --> 02:03:29,969 WHEN OFTEN THE REGULATORY PHASE 2605 02:03:30,035 --> 02:03:32,538 OUTS FOR THE CHEMICALS ARE OFTEN 2606 02:03:32,605 --> 02:03:35,241 THREE TO FIVE YEARS MAYBE SO 2607 02:03:35,307 --> 02:03:39,779 THERE CAN BE THIS GAP BETWEEN A 2608 02:03:39,845 --> 02:03:43,749 REGULATORY OR MARKET FADES OUT 2609 02:03:43,816 --> 02:03:44,683 OF CHEMICAL AND IT'S CRITICAL 2610 02:03:44,750 --> 02:03:48,454 DOD PREPARES TO DEAL WITH 2611 02:03:48,521 --> 02:03:49,221 CHEMICAL OBSOLESCENCE AND THE 2612 02:03:49,288 --> 02:03:50,656 NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE 2613 02:03:50,723 --> 02:03:52,625 ALTERNATIVES BY UNDERTAKING A 2614 02:03:52,691 --> 02:03:54,860 MORE STRATEGIC LONG-TERM VIEW OF 2615 02:03:54,927 --> 02:03:56,629 MITIGATING RISK FROM CLASS-BASED 2616 02:03:56,695 --> 02:04:07,039 REGULATORY CHANGES. 2617 02:04:09,341 --> 02:04:12,344 THEY'RE ACCELERATING CHANGE FROM 2618 02:04:12,411 --> 02:04:13,712 EXISTING CHEMICALS. 2619 02:04:13,779 --> 02:04:16,682 SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR DOD TO 2620 02:04:16,749 --> 02:04:18,284 IMPLEMENT A SUSTAINABLE 2621 02:04:18,350 --> 02:04:22,188 CHEMISTRY APPROACH TO ADVANCE 2622 02:04:22,254 --> 02:04:25,758 NATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND THE 2623 02:04:25,825 --> 02:04:27,860 SUSTAINABILITY IS A NATIONAL 2624 02:04:27,927 --> 02:04:29,695 SECURITY OPPORTUNITY AND 2625 02:04:29,762 --> 02:04:31,597 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY CAN 2626 02:04:31,664 --> 02:04:34,233 PROVIDE DOD WITH ADVANTAGES. 2627 02:04:34,300 --> 02:04:37,803 THE FIRST IS THAT SUSTAINABLE 2628 02:04:37,870 --> 02:04:40,506 CHEMICALS CAN IMPROVE MISSION 2629 02:04:40,573 --> 02:04:40,806 PERFORMANCE. 2630 02:04:40,873 --> 02:04:44,076 FOR CERTAIN CHEMISTRIES THERE 2631 02:04:44,143 --> 02:04:46,478 CAN BE ADVANTAGES AND BETTER 2632 02:04:46,545 --> 02:04:46,779 PERFORMANCE. 2633 02:04:46,846 --> 02:04:49,048 THIS CAN ALLOW FOR LESS MATERIAL 2634 02:04:49,114 --> 02:04:51,917 TO BE USED AND EASE LOGISTIC CAL 2635 02:04:51,984 --> 02:04:57,156 ISSUES IN THE FIELD. 2636 02:04:57,223 --> 02:05:00,559 ANOTHER MISSION DRIVER FOR DOD 2637 02:05:00,626 --> 02:05:03,295 IS COST AND THIS MAY MEAN USING 2638 02:05:03,362 --> 02:05:05,397 AND DISPOSING LESS CHEMICAL OVER 2639 02:05:05,464 --> 02:05:07,833 LIFE CYCLE PROVIDING BETTER 2640 02:05:07,900 --> 02:05:10,135 VALUE TO DOD OVER TIME. 2641 02:05:10,202 --> 02:05:18,777 WE HAVE BEEN HEAVILY FOCUSSED ON 2642 02:05:18,844 --> 02:05:25,351 MATERIAL AVAIL ABILITY AND 2643 02:05:25,417 --> 02:05:28,153 THERE WAS THE PHASE OUT OF PFAS 2644 02:05:28,220 --> 02:05:29,855 OR FROM LIABILITY OR 2645 02:05:29,922 --> 02:05:31,156 REGULATIONS. 2646 02:05:31,223 --> 02:05:32,658 SOMETIMES THIS SHIFT THE MARKET 2647 02:05:32,725 --> 02:05:43,035 OVERSEAS AS WELL. 2648 02:05:47,773 --> 02:05:52,344 AND REDUCED DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL 2649 02:05:52,411 --> 02:05:54,980 FUELS AS THEY INCREASE 2650 02:05:55,047 --> 02:05:56,248 TRANSPARENCY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 2651 02:05:56,315 --> 02:06:03,689 IT CAN ADDRESS VULNER ABILITIES 2652 02:06:03,756 --> 02:06:07,526 AND THIS FITS IN WELL WITH 2653 02:06:07,593 --> 02:06:09,461 EO14081 AND THE DOD BIO 2654 02:06:09,528 --> 02:06:13,332 MANUFACTURING STRATEGY, DOD IS 2655 02:06:13,399 --> 02:06:16,168 LOOKING TO ADDRESS ISSUES AMONG 2656 02:06:16,235 --> 02:06:17,770 CHEMICAL OBSOLESCENCE BY 2657 02:06:17,836 --> 02:06:19,204 INVESTING TO DEVELOP MATERIALS 2658 02:06:19,271 --> 02:06:21,607 WITH NOVEL PROPERTIES AND SOURCE 2659 02:06:21,674 --> 02:06:23,375 MISSION CRITICAL MATERIALS 2660 02:06:23,442 --> 02:06:25,477 DOMESTICALLY WITHOUT RELYING ON 2661 02:06:25,544 --> 02:06:26,745 FEDERAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 2662 02:06:26,812 --> 02:06:27,880 THIS INVESTMENT PROVIDES 2663 02:06:27,947 --> 02:06:29,682 OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP A 2664 02:06:29,748 --> 02:06:32,217 PIPELINE OF SUSTAINABLE 2665 02:06:32,284 --> 02:06:35,554 CHEMICALS WHILE BUILDING 2666 02:06:35,621 --> 02:06:36,689 ENDUR 2667 02:06:36,755 --> 02:06:39,391 ENDURING ADVANTAGES AND 2668 02:06:39,458 --> 02:06:41,260 MODERNIZING IN THE INDUSTRIAL 2669 02:06:41,327 --> 02:06:41,593 STRATEGY. 2670 02:06:41,660 --> 02:06:45,664 AND FINALLY ON SUSTAINABLE 2671 02:06:45,731 --> 02:06:47,933 CHEMISTRY CAN REDUCE EXPOSURE TO 2672 02:06:48,000 --> 02:06:48,400 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 2673 02:06:48,467 --> 02:06:50,102 THIS MEANS LOWER IMPACT OF 2674 02:06:50,169 --> 02:06:56,642 PERSONNEL TO OPERATIONS, LAND, 2675 02:06:56,709 --> 02:07:00,145 AND REDUCE HEALTH AND 2676 02:07:00,212 --> 02:07:01,580 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OVER ALL. 2677 02:07:01,647 --> 02:07:03,716 SO TODAY I WANT TO QUICKLY QUACK 2678 02:07:03,782 --> 02:07:07,820 LIEU THE ACTIONS TO INTEGRATE 2679 02:07:07,886 --> 02:07:09,421 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AT DOD. 2680 02:07:09,488 --> 02:07:10,356 SOME EFFORTS INCLUDE SUPPORTING 2681 02:07:10,422 --> 02:07:14,693 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 2682 02:07:14,760 --> 02:07:18,931 PRESIDENT ON SUSTAINABLE 2683 02:07:18,998 --> 02:07:20,933 CHEMISTRY STRATEGY PLANNING A 2684 02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:22,768 PATH FORWARD FOR ALTERNATIVES 2685 02:07:22,835 --> 02:07:24,503 ASSESSMENT AND CONDUCTING THE 2686 02:07:24,570 --> 02:07:30,342 LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL 2687 02:07:30,409 --> 02:07:30,909 ACTIVITIES AND IDENTIFYING 2688 02:07:30,976 --> 02:07:41,453 OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING AT 2689 02:07:41,520 --> 02:07:44,423 FEEDSTOCK AND UPDATING POLICY 2690 02:07:44,490 --> 02:07:46,158 FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND 2691 02:07:46,225 --> 02:07:50,362 ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPING TOOLS 2692 02:07:50,429 --> 02:07:51,263 SUCH AS THE SUSTAINABLE 2693 02:07:51,330 --> 02:07:51,930 MATERIALS RECOMMENDATION TOOLS I 2694 02:07:51,997 --> 02:07:52,598 TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS 2695 02:07:52,664 --> 02:08:01,740 MORNING. 2696 02:08:01,807 --> 02:08:07,980 AND THERE'S AN AGENCY WORKING 2697 02:08:08,047 --> 02:08:18,557 GROUP S AND THERE WERE HEALTH 2698 02:08:23,395 --> 02:08:25,964 CONCERNS LOOKING AT ISSUES FOR 2699 02:08:26,031 --> 02:08:28,467 EMERGING CHEMICALS ACROSS THE 2700 02:08:28,534 --> 02:08:32,304 BOARD, PFAS AND ALSO ADDRESSING 2701 02:08:32,371 --> 02:08:33,772 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 2702 02:08:33,839 --> 02:08:35,741 OUR TEAM HAS BEEN HELPING IN THE 2703 02:08:35,808 --> 02:08:37,042 LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT AND 2704 02:08:37,109 --> 02:08:40,379 STRATEGIC PLANNING. 2705 02:08:40,446 --> 02:08:43,115 I WANTED TO INCLUDE THE REPORT 2706 02:08:43,182 --> 02:08:45,150 BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE FEDERAL 2707 02:08:45,217 --> 02:08:46,585 LANDSCAPE FOR SUSTAINABLE 2708 02:08:46,652 --> 02:08:51,790 CHEMISTRY RELEASED IN 2023 AND 2709 02:08:51,857 --> 02:08:53,225 INCLUDES CONSENSUS DEFINITION 2710 02:08:53,292 --> 02:08:54,927 FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY WHICH 2711 02:08:54,993 --> 02:08:56,929 WAS SOMEWHAT HARD TO FIND BEFORE 2712 02:08:56,995 --> 02:08:57,463 THIS. 2713 02:08:57,529 --> 02:09:00,632 I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE 2714 02:09:00,699 --> 02:09:04,937 IT'S FAIRLY LONG BUT LOOKS TO 2715 02:09:05,003 --> 02:09:06,305 CHEMISTRY WITH INTENTIONAL 2716 02:09:06,371 --> 02:09:07,439 DESIGN OF CHEMICALS THAT DOESN'T 2717 02:09:07,506 --> 02:09:10,175 IMPACT HUMAN HEALTH AND THE 2718 02:09:10,242 --> 02:09:15,481 ENVIRONMENT, PROMOTES 2719 02:09:15,547 --> 02:09:20,619 CIRCULARITY AND CONTRIBUTES TO 2720 02:09:20,686 --> 02:09:21,887 ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. 2721 02:09:21,954 --> 02:09:26,225 THE SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 2722 02:09:26,291 --> 02:09:28,360 STRATEGY SHOWS A BROAD 2723 02:09:28,427 --> 02:09:29,061 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH 2724 02:09:29,128 --> 02:09:32,631 SIMILAR TO OTHER STRATEGIES AND 2725 02:09:32,698 --> 02:09:34,266 STRIVES TO BALANCE 2726 02:09:34,333 --> 02:09:36,168 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE 2727 02:09:36,235 --> 02:09:36,802 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY 2728 02:09:36,869 --> 02:09:44,710 AND BALANCE THOSE AREAS. 2729 02:09:44,776 --> 02:09:47,212 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY GOES TO 2730 02:09:47,279 --> 02:09:49,548 ADOPTION AND REQUIRES THE 2731 02:09:49,615 --> 02:09:50,549 HOLISTIC FEDERAL APPROACH 2732 02:09:50,616 --> 02:09:52,117 INCLUDING THINGS LIKE 2733 02:09:52,184 --> 02:09:55,787 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, POLLUTION 2734 02:09:55,854 --> 02:09:58,123 PREVENTION, SCALABLE SOLUTIONS 2735 02:09:58,190 --> 02:10:00,792 OF PRODUCTS AND ALSO TO THE 2736 02:10:00,859 --> 02:10:04,429 ECONOMY FOR COMPETITIVENESS AND 2737 02:10:04,496 --> 02:10:12,271 NATIONAL SECURITY AND TRADE. 2738 02:10:12,337 --> 02:10:14,740 CURRENTLY FINDING ALTERNATIVES 2739 02:10:14,806 --> 02:10:18,410 CAN BE A COSTLY AND LENGTHY 2740 02:10:18,477 --> 02:10:18,710 PROCESS. 2741 02:10:18,777 --> 02:10:21,113 SOCIAL PRESSURES AND REGULATORY 2742 02:10:21,180 --> 02:10:23,348 PHASEOUTS CAN LEAD TO REG 2743 02:10:23,415 --> 02:10:25,851 REGRETTREG 2744 02:10:25,918 --> 02:10:27,953 REGRETTREG 2745 02:10:28,020 --> 02:10:28,987 REGRETTREG 2746 02:10:29,054 --> 02:10:31,356 REGRETTABLE SUBSTITUTIONS AND 2747 02:10:31,423 --> 02:10:32,491 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ANALYZE 2748 02:10:32,558 --> 02:10:35,894 PERFORMANCE TESTING AND CONDUCT 2749 02:10:35,961 --> 02:10:36,495 ALTERNATIVES. 2750 02:10:36,562 --> 02:10:39,431 OFTEN OUR DOD INTERESTS OVERLAP 2751 02:10:39,498 --> 02:10:40,432 WITH THOSE OF THE DEFENSE 2752 02:10:40,499 --> 02:10:41,133 INDUSTRIAL BASED COMPANIES AS 2753 02:10:41,200 --> 02:10:44,636 WELL AS OTHER COMPANIES SEEKING 2754 02:10:44,703 --> 02:10:46,405 ALTERNATIVES FOR RELATED 2755 02:10:46,471 --> 02:10:47,272 CRITICAL SECTORS. 2756 02:10:47,339 --> 02:10:50,108 THIS COULD BE FOR HEALTH CARE, 2757 02:10:50,175 --> 02:10:52,411 I.T., CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING, 2758 02:10:52,477 --> 02:10:59,785 ETCETERA. 2759 02:10:59,851 --> 02:11:01,653 WE RECENTLY KICKED OFF AN 2760 02:11:01,720 --> 02:11:03,622 ALTERNATIVE CENTERS OF 2761 02:11:03,689 --> 02:11:04,790 EXCELLENCE. 2762 02:11:04,856 --> 02:11:07,326 THIS WILL HELP STAKEHOLDER 2763 02:11:07,392 --> 02:11:08,627 CONDUCT PRE-COMPETITIVE 2764 02:11:08,694 --> 02:11:09,261 COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENTS FOR 2765 02:11:09,328 --> 02:11:10,729 CHEM CALVES CONCERN. 2766 02:11:10,796 --> 02:11:19,271 -- CHEMICALS OF CONCERN. 2767 02:11:19,338 --> 02:11:22,407 IT'S DESIGN TO BE A 2768 02:11:22,474 --> 02:11:23,675 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO 2769 02:11:23,742 --> 02:11:24,643 TRANSITION TO SAFER MORE 2770 02:11:24,710 --> 02:11:25,811 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS AND RIGHT 2771 02:11:25,877 --> 02:11:28,647 NOW THE DOD AND THE EPA ARE 2772 02:11:28,714 --> 02:11:30,382 PARTNERING TO ESTABLISH THIS 2773 02:11:30,449 --> 02:11:32,618 INITIAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND 2774 02:11:32,684 --> 02:11:35,654 FOR A PILOT PROJECT. 2775 02:11:35,721 --> 02:11:38,624 THE PILOT PROJECT IS MEANT TO BE 2776 02:11:38,690 --> 02:11:41,193 A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOCUSSING ON 2777 02:11:41,260 --> 02:11:42,828 ONE PARTICULAR CHEMICAL OF 2778 02:11:42,894 --> 02:11:46,365 REGULATORY CONCERN AND 2779 02:11:46,431 --> 02:11:48,000 IMPORTANCE TO THE DOD MISSION 2780 02:11:48,066 --> 02:11:53,872 AND THE PROTRUDE A ROODE MAP -- 2781 02:11:53,939 --> 02:11:59,811 ROAD MAP FOR EXPOSURE PATHS WAYS 2782 02:11:59,878 --> 02:12:06,318 AND POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES AND 2783 02:12:06,385 --> 02:12:09,221 IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH 2784 02:12:09,288 --> 02:12:11,490 AND DOD IS IN THE PHASE WHERE 2785 02:12:11,556 --> 02:12:12,658 WE'RE SEEKING INPUT FROM 2786 02:12:12,724 --> 02:12:14,259 INDUSTRY REGARDING THE CHEMICAL 2787 02:12:14,326 --> 02:12:16,261 CHOICE FOR THE CHEMICAL PRODUCT 2788 02:12:16,328 --> 02:12:18,363 AND TRYING TOFIDE FUNDING 2789 02:12:18,430 --> 02:12:22,701 PARTNERS FOR THE FULL 2790 02:12:22,768 --> 02:12:23,101 ASSESSMENT. 2791 02:12:23,168 --> 02:12:27,973 THE VALUE IS IT CAN PROVIDE 2792 02:12:28,040 --> 02:12:29,408 SHARED ASSESSMENTS, INCREASED 2793 02:12:29,474 --> 02:12:30,809 QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY OF 2794 02:12:30,876 --> 02:12:37,349 THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, OBJECTIVE 2795 02:12:37,416 --> 02:12:40,819 EXEMPTION OF PERFORMANCE AND 2796 02:12:40,886 --> 02:12:42,821 BARRIERS FOR COMMERCIALIZATION 2797 02:12:42,888 --> 02:12:45,257 AND ADOPTION AND OVER ALL MORE 2798 02:12:45,324 --> 02:12:46,792 SUCCESSFUL AND EXPEDITED 2799 02:12:46,858 --> 02:12:48,627 MARKETPLACE ADOPTION OF SAFER 2800 02:12:48,694 --> 02:12:58,937 ALTERNATIVES. 2801 02:12:59,905 --> 02:13:01,840 OUR OFFICE IS IDENTIFYING 2802 02:13:01,907 --> 02:13:03,975 REGULATIONS AN TECHNIQUES THAT 2803 02:13:04,042 --> 02:13:05,977 DRIVE THE ADOPTION OF 2804 02:13:06,044 --> 02:13:06,945 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 2805 02:13:07,012 --> 02:13:08,914 THIS INCLUDES LOOKING AT 2806 02:13:08,980 --> 02:13:10,916 IDENTIFYING DOD REQUIREMENTS AND 2807 02:13:10,982 --> 02:13:12,784 CAPABILITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE 2808 02:13:12,851 --> 02:13:15,087 CHEMISTRY, IDENTIFYING IMPACTS 2809 02:13:15,153 --> 02:13:16,455 ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND 2810 02:13:16,521 --> 02:13:20,025 INDUSTRIAL BASE, LOOKING 2811 02:13:20,092 --> 02:13:25,997 PARTICULARLY AT THE STATE OF THE 2812 02:13:26,064 --> 02:13:26,431 STA 2813 02:13:26,498 --> 02:13:27,466 SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY SECTOR AND 2814 02:13:27,532 --> 02:13:30,302 BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO 2815 02:13:30,369 --> 02:13:32,537 FACILITATE SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 2816 02:13:32,604 --> 02:13:38,143 AND BARRIERS ARE LACK OF 2817 02:13:38,210 --> 02:13:39,544 ADOPTION AND SCALE-UP 2818 02:13:39,611 --> 02:13:46,184 CHALLENGES. 2819 02:13:46,251 --> 02:13:48,620 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ONGOING 2820 02:13:48,687 --> 02:13:54,860 EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CONTENT 2821 02:13:54,926 --> 02:13:55,127 EXPOSURE. 2822 02:13:55,193 --> 02:13:59,431 DOD LACKS CONTENT ON THE GOOD IT 2823 02:13:59,498 --> 02:14:04,269 SERVICES AN THIS OPENS UP THE 2824 02:14:04,336 --> 02:14:05,670 ABILITY FOR SUPPLY CHAIN 2825 02:14:05,737 --> 02:14:06,304 DISRUPTIONS. 2826 02:14:06,371 --> 02:14:10,008 THE F35 HAS AROUND 50,000 2827 02:14:10,075 --> 02:14:16,181 INDIVIDUAL PARTS ALL OTHER RIGIG 2828 02:14:16,248 --> 02:14:19,184 FROM FOREIGN MATERIALS AND THE 2829 02:14:19,251 --> 02:14:21,319 FURTHER BACK IT'S HARDER TO 2830 02:14:21,386 --> 02:14:24,022 ASSESS THE ORIGIN OF THE RAW 2831 02:14:24,089 --> 02:14:24,623 MATERIALS. 2832 02:14:24,689 --> 02:14:27,292 WHILE DOD CAN OFTEN IDENTIFY 2833 02:14:27,359 --> 02:14:28,994 DIRECT CONSUMABLES LIKE THE 2834 02:14:29,060 --> 02:14:30,295 CHEMICALS OF INTEREST THEMSELVES 2835 02:14:30,362 --> 02:14:32,631 OR ITEMS CONTAINING THE 2836 02:14:32,697 --> 02:14:34,766 CHEMICALS IT'S OFTEN HARDER TO 2837 02:14:34,833 --> 02:14:39,805 IDENTIFY ARTICLES THAT MAY BE 2838 02:14:39,871 --> 02:14:41,940 MANUFACTURED WITH THE CHEMICAL 2839 02:14:42,007 --> 02:14:42,207 INTEREST. 2840 02:14:42,274 --> 02:14:48,613 THERE'S CHALLENGES IN ABSTAINING 2841 02:14:48,680 --> 02:14:50,048 DATA AND FULL SUPPLY CHAIN 2842 02:14:50,115 --> 02:14:54,753 INFORMATION AND GENERALLY THE 2843 02:14:54,820 --> 02:14:56,288 EXTENSIVE SCOPE AT DOD. 2844 02:14:56,354 --> 02:14:59,124 IT HAS OVER 35,000 VENDORS SO 2845 02:14:59,191 --> 02:15:03,428 IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A GRASP ON 2846 02:15:03,495 --> 02:15:06,698 THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 2847 02:15:06,765 --> 02:15:08,166 CHEMICAL COMPONENTS IN THE 2848 02:15:08,233 --> 02:15:08,433 PURCHASES. 2849 02:15:08,500 --> 02:15:11,236 WE'RE WORKING ON POLICY TO 2850 02:15:11,303 --> 02:15:12,404 DETERMINE CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL 2851 02:15:12,471 --> 02:15:16,942 CONTENT IN WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND 2852 02:15:17,008 --> 02:15:18,477 PRODUCTS AN PROCUREMENT WITH 2853 02:15:18,543 --> 02:15:21,413 ACCESS TO MISSION CRITICAL USAGE 2854 02:15:21,480 --> 02:15:23,748 AND ENCOURAGE SAFE USE BY DOD 2855 02:15:23,815 --> 02:15:24,850 PERSONNEL AND ADOPT ALTERNATIVES 2856 02:15:24,916 --> 02:15:30,722 WHEN POSSIBLE. 2857 02:15:30,789 --> 02:15:33,325 TO IMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS WE'RE 2858 02:15:33,391 --> 02:15:38,029 WORKING WITH THE DEFENSE 2859 02:15:38,096 --> 02:15:39,965 LOGISTICS AGENCY, THEIR LEADING 2860 02:15:40,031 --> 02:15:41,166 TECHNICAL EFFORTS TO STORE 2861 02:15:41,233 --> 02:15:42,601 DIGITAL DATA FOR THE FULL 2862 02:15:42,667 --> 02:15:44,236 FORMULATION OF PRODUCTS 2863 02:15:44,302 --> 02:15:46,438 PURCHASED BY THE DOD, CHEMICALS, 2864 02:15:46,505 --> 02:15:55,614 ARTICLES OR WEAPONS. 2865 02:15:55,680 --> 02:15:58,149 WE ALSO REQUESTS PARTICIPATION 2866 02:15:58,216 --> 02:16:01,052 FOR DISCLOSURE USING XML 2867 02:16:01,119 --> 02:16:03,288 STANDARDS AND TO PERFORM PROOF 2868 02:16:03,355 --> 02:16:08,627 OF CONCEPT PILOT PROGRAM TO 2869 02:16:08,693 --> 02:16:12,831 SUPPORT REQUIREMENT FOR FULL 2870 02:16:12,898 --> 02:16:13,231 DISCLOSURE. 2871 02:16:13,298 --> 02:16:15,367 DOD CLOSED HERE JANUARY BUT WE 2872 02:16:15,433 --> 02:16:16,835 EXTENDED IT THROUGH JANUARY AND 2873 02:16:16,902 --> 02:16:17,969 WE'RE STARTING TO TAKE NEXT 2874 02:16:18,036 --> 02:16:20,639 STEPS BASED ON THE RFI 2875 02:16:20,705 --> 02:16:27,312 RESPONSES. 2876 02:16:27,379 --> 02:16:30,282 WE KNOW COLLECTING CHEMICAL DATA 2877 02:16:30,348 --> 02:16:32,951 EARLY IS IMPORTANT FROM A COST 2878 02:16:33,018 --> 02:16:36,288 PERSPECTIVE HOWEVER, PROGRAM 2879 02:16:36,354 --> 02:16:38,490 MANAGERS HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK 2880 02:16:38,557 --> 02:16:39,991 ASSESSING SAFETY AND HEALTH RISK 2881 02:16:40,058 --> 02:16:41,426 AT MILESTONES WHEN THE CHEMICAL 2882 02:16:41,493 --> 02:16:42,127 DATA IS LIMITED. 2883 02:16:42,193 --> 02:16:46,565 BEFORE YOU HAVE A LACK OF 2884 02:16:46,631 --> 02:16:48,633 CHEMICAL DATA DOESN'T MEAN HAVE 2885 02:16:48,700 --> 02:16:51,369 YOU A LACK OF RISK. 2886 02:16:51,436 --> 02:16:54,773 DATA COLLECTION IN THE EARLY 2887 02:16:54,839 --> 02:16:55,640 PHASE OF ACQUISITION CAN AFFECT 2888 02:16:55,707 --> 02:16:58,610 THE SYSTEM LATER ON AND CAN HELP 2889 02:16:58,677 --> 02:17:01,346 SAVE COSTS ON HEALTH AND 2890 02:17:01,413 --> 02:17:03,715 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES, 2891 02:17:03,782 --> 02:17:06,117 CLEANUP COSTS OR HAZARDOUS WASTE 2892 02:17:06,184 --> 02:17:06,818 DISPOSAL OR HEALTH CARE COST FOR 2893 02:17:06,885 --> 02:17:15,694 VETERANS. 2894 02:17:15,760 --> 02:17:18,563 THE DOD HAS EXISTING HEALTH 2895 02:17:18,630 --> 02:17:22,934 CONSIDERATIONS FOR TOXIC 2896 02:17:23,001 --> 02:17:23,468 MATERIALS IN ACQUISITION 2897 02:17:23,535 --> 02:17:24,069 PROGRAMS. 2898 02:17:24,135 --> 02:17:25,203 MILITARY SERVICES HAVE THEIR OWN 2899 02:17:25,270 --> 02:17:27,639 STANDARDS AND APPROACHES FOR 2900 02:17:27,706 --> 02:17:31,743 IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING 2901 02:17:31,810 --> 02:17:32,177 HAZARDS. 2902 02:17:32,243 --> 02:17:33,745 THIS COULD INCLUDE COLLECTING 2903 02:17:33,812 --> 02:17:36,982 THE RIGHT CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL 2904 02:17:37,048 --> 02:17:38,450 TOX DATA EARLY ENOUGH IN THE 2905 02:17:38,516 --> 02:17:40,485 PROCESS TO PROACTIVELY SELECT 2906 02:17:40,552 --> 02:17:42,554 CHEMICALS OF LESS CONCERN. 2907 02:17:42,621 --> 02:17:46,658 DOD ALSO LOOKS TO EXTERNAL 2908 02:17:46,725 --> 02:17:48,627 REGULATIONS AND INDUSTRY 2909 02:17:48,693 --> 02:17:51,796 STANDARDS SUCH AS THOSE FROM THE 2910 02:17:51,863 --> 02:17:54,366 STANDARD TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS 2911 02:17:54,432 --> 02:17:56,635 HAZARDS OF CHEMICALS AND 2912 02:17:56,701 --> 02:18:03,308 MATERIALS. 2913 02:18:03,375 --> 02:18:04,776 OUR PROGRAM IS LOOKING TO 2914 02:18:04,843 --> 02:18:07,712 LEVERAGE POLICIES AN ADVANCE 2915 02:18:07,779 --> 02:18:09,180 CHEMICAL WIDE MANAGEMENT THAT 2916 02:18:09,247 --> 02:18:10,281 DRIVES DESIGN IN SUSTAINABLE 2917 02:18:10,348 --> 02:18:10,515 CHOICES. 2918 02:18:10,582 --> 02:18:12,117 THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE 2919 02:18:12,183 --> 02:18:14,185 OF A NECESSITY AS MANY EXISTING 2920 02:18:14,252 --> 02:18:15,420 CHEMICALS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR 2921 02:18:15,487 --> 02:18:16,488 DOD SYSTEMS ARE AT RISK FOR 2922 02:18:16,554 --> 02:18:22,661 OBSOLESCENCE. 2923 02:18:22,727 --> 02:18:25,163 AGAIN FROM PHASEOUTS AND 2924 02:18:25,230 --> 02:18:25,463 REGULATIONS. 2925 02:18:25,530 --> 02:18:27,899 TO MITIGATE IMPACT THERE'S 2926 02:18:27,966 --> 02:18:28,667 INCREASING RECOGNITION BUT DOD 2927 02:18:28,733 --> 02:18:31,169 HAS TO PROACTIVELY TRANSITION TO 2928 02:18:31,236 --> 02:18:33,071 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL ALTERNATIVE 2929 02:18:33,138 --> 02:18:35,306 TO ENHANCE OUR WEAPON SYSTEM 2930 02:18:35,373 --> 02:18:39,744 RESILIENCE, MAINTAIN SAFETY AND 2931 02:18:39,811 --> 02:18:41,046 READINESS AND IMPROVE 2932 02:18:41,112 --> 02:18:42,714 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 2933 02:18:42,781 --> 02:18:48,019 DOD HAS BEEN UNDERTAKING EFFORTS 2934 02:18:48,086 --> 02:18:50,388 FOR YEARS TO EVALUATE AND 2935 02:18:50,455 --> 02:18:51,690 TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE 2936 02:18:51,756 --> 02:18:52,691 CHEMISTRIES AND WE FACE 2937 02:18:52,757 --> 02:18:58,196 CHALLENGES ON LACKING CHEMICAL 2938 02:18:58,263 --> 02:19:00,065 CONTENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN 2939 02:19:00,131 --> 02:19:01,466 TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION COULD 2940 02:19:01,533 --> 02:19:08,640 BE RELUCTANCE FROM THE BASE OR 2941 02:19:08,707 --> 02:19:11,042 RESOURCING. 2942 02:19:11,109 --> 02:19:12,744 DOD WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY 2943 02:19:12,811 --> 02:19:16,247 POLICIES AN LESSONS LEARNED 2944 02:19:16,314 --> 02:19:18,450 ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, PERFORM 2945 02:19:18,516 --> 02:19:20,285 GAP ANALYSIS AND DEVELOP AN 2946 02:19:20,351 --> 02:19:24,622 ENTERPRISE WIDE APPROACH TO 2947 02:19:24,689 --> 02:19:26,958 IMPROVE HAZARDOUS AWARENESS AND 2948 02:19:27,025 --> 02:19:28,493 INTEGRATION IN THE DOD WEAPONS 2949 02:19:28,560 --> 02:19:31,062 SYSTEM AND FURTHER SUPPORT 2950 02:19:31,129 --> 02:19:31,963 SUSTAINABLE CHOICES AND LATER ON 2951 02:19:32,030 --> 02:19:42,540 IN THE ACQUISITION LIFE CYCLE. 2952 02:19:44,142 --> 02:19:48,713 THIS WOULD AVOID COSTS FROM 2953 02:19:48,780 --> 02:19:52,250 MISINFORMED CHEMICAL USES AND 2954 02:19:52,317 --> 02:19:53,685 EMPOWER COLLABORATION ACROSS THE 2955 02:19:53,752 --> 02:19:54,252 DOD. 2956 02:19:54,319 --> 02:19:56,621 LESSONS LEARNED FROM PROGRAMS 2957 02:19:56,688 --> 02:19:58,223 HERE AND THERE IMPLEMENTING 2958 02:19:58,289 --> 02:20:08,733 SAFER, SUSTAINABLE CHOICE. 2959 02:20:09,000 --> 02:20:11,102 AND TOOLS TO SUSTAINABLE 2960 02:20:11,169 --> 02:20:12,771 CHEMICALS AND I GAVE A PRESENT 2961 02:20:12,837 --> 02:20:14,172 IN SMART I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL 2962 02:20:14,239 --> 02:20:16,474 HERE BUT THE GOAL IS TO HELP 2963 02:20:16,541 --> 02:20:17,942 DECISION MAKERS UNDERSTAND HOW 2964 02:20:18,009 --> 02:20:20,411 AND WHERE CHEMICALS ARE USED 2965 02:20:20,478 --> 02:20:24,015 WITHIN THE DOD AND THEN LINK 2966 02:20:24,082 --> 02:20:26,551 THOSE CHEMICALS AND PROCESSES TO 2967 02:20:26,618 --> 02:20:32,657 APPROVED ALTERNATIVES. 2968 02:20:32,724 --> 02:20:36,327 WE LOOKED AT HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM 2969 02:20:36,394 --> 02:20:38,630 AND SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT 2970 02:20:38,696 --> 02:20:42,300 HAVE ALTERNATIVES. 2971 02:20:42,367 --> 02:20:43,902 AND WHICH ONES HAVE ONES 2972 02:20:43,968 --> 02:20:44,636 APPROVED AND AVAILABLE FOR DOD 2973 02:20:44,702 --> 02:20:48,973 USE. 2974 02:20:49,040 --> 02:20:50,108 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. 2975 02:20:50,175 --> 02:20:53,545 I WANTED TO PUT MY CONTACT 2976 02:20:53,611 --> 02:20:54,979 INFORMATION UP HERE AS WELL AS 2977 02:20:55,046 --> 02:20:56,614 FOR DR. PATRICIA UNDER WOOD THE 2978 02:20:56,681 --> 02:21:03,521 DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM AND OUR 2979 02:21:03,588 --> 02:21:03,922 PROGRAM. 2980 02:21:03,988 --> 02:21:04,823 HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OFFLINE. 2981 02:21:04,889 --> 02:21:15,066 THANK YOU. 2982 02:21:34,919 --> 02:21:37,055 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. 2983 02:21:37,121 --> 02:21:37,488 HENDRICKSON. 2984 02:21:37,555 --> 02:21:39,490 THAT WAS A FANTASTIC 2985 02:21:39,557 --> 02:21:39,891 PRESENTATION. 2986 02:21:39,958 --> 02:21:40,491 WATCHING THE INBOX FOR 2987 02:21:40,558 --> 02:21:47,732 QUESTIONS. 2988 02:21:47,799 --> 02:21:49,133 SORRY IF I MISSED IT EARLIER BUT 2989 02:21:49,200 --> 02:21:51,603 WHAT'S THE EXPECTED RELEASE DATE 2990 02:21:51,669 --> 02:21:53,705 FOR THIS AND WHAT TRAINING WILL 2991 02:21:53,771 --> 02:21:56,608 BE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEW SMART 2992 02:21:56,674 --> 02:22:03,815 TOOL? 2993 02:22:03,882 --> 02:22:07,085 WE'RE AIMING TO HAVE THE 2994 02:22:07,151 --> 02:22:08,353 PROTOTYPE UP AND AVAILABLE FOR 2995 02:22:08,419 --> 02:22:08,953 SUMMER. 2996 02:22:09,020 --> 02:22:19,530 LOOKING FOR A SUMMER RELEASE. 2997 02:22:20,298 --> 02:22:22,467 WILL THIS TOOL INCLUDE OR 2998 02:22:22,533 --> 02:22:24,636 INCORPORATE SOME OF THE IT GSA 2999 02:22:24,702 --> 02:22:29,007 GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS OR 3000 02:22:29,073 --> 02:22:30,975 GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY AND I 3001 02:22:31,042 --> 02:22:33,077 KNOW THERE'S THE GREEN PROVING 3002 02:22:33,144 --> 02:22:34,379 GROUND POLICY THEY WERE TRYING 3003 02:22:34,445 --> 02:22:34,712 TO IMPLEMENT? 3004 02:22:34,779 --> 02:22:35,647 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 3005 02:22:35,713 --> 02:22:37,348 WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THERE 3006 02:22:37,415 --> 02:22:37,782 RIGHT NOW. 3007 02:22:37,849 --> 02:22:42,353 WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT 3008 02:22:42,420 --> 02:22:44,188 CERTAIN DOD USES OF CHEMICALS 3009 02:22:44,255 --> 02:22:45,590 AND SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS 3010 02:22:45,657 --> 02:22:46,824 WE'RE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE 3011 02:22:46,891 --> 02:22:57,402 OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 3012 02:24:44,075 --> 02:24:45,943 >> ONE OTHER QUESTION I CAN 3013 02:24:46,010 --> 02:24:48,613 THINK OF MS. HENDRICKSON , HOW 3014 02:24:48,679 --> 02:24:50,348 OFTEN IS THE CHEMICAL DATABASE 3015 02:24:50,415 --> 02:24:56,654 UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW 3016 02:24:56,721 --> 02:25:03,428 REQUIREMENTS OR REGULATIONS FROM 3017 02:25:03,494 --> 02:25:10,001 ANY OSHA RULINGS OR FOR THAT 3018 02:25:10,068 --> 02:25:11,803 MATTER DOT REGULATIONS? 3019 02:25:11,869 --> 02:25:20,611 >> WE COULD BE INTERESTED IN 3020 02:25:20,678 --> 02:25:22,480 TAKING DATA FROM ANY CHEMICAL. 3021 02:25:22,547 --> 02:25:25,450 WE'VE BEEN FOCUSSING ON A SET OF 3022 02:25:25,516 --> 02:25:28,619 SOLVENTS AND MEDALS RIGHT NOW 3023 02:25:28,686 --> 02:25:30,455 HEAVILY USED BY DOD BUT COULD 3024 02:25:30,521 --> 02:25:31,289 EXPAND THAT TO OTHER CHEMICALS 3025 02:25:31,355 --> 02:25:40,965 IN THE FUTURE. 3026 02:25:41,032 --> 02:25:41,833 >> AWESOME. 3027 02:25:41,899 --> 02:25:45,937 NOT SEEING QUESTIONS IN THE 3028 02:25:46,003 --> 02:25:47,205 INBOX AS OF YET. 3029 02:25:47,271 --> 02:25:50,208 WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH 3030 02:25:50,274 --> 02:25:50,775 FOR THIS. PLEASE THANK 3031 02:25:50,842 --> 02:25:53,911 YOUR CO-WORKERS AS WELL. 3032 02:25:53,978 --> 02:25:56,247 GOOD AFTERNOON. 3033 02:25:56,314 --> 02:26:00,651 MY NAME IS JESSICA LAMPERT AND A 3034 02:26:00,718 --> 02:26:02,286 SENIOR STAFF MEMBER AT MATERIAL 3035 02:26:02,353 --> 02:26:03,354 AND CHEMICAL RISK MANAGEMENT 3036 02:26:03,421 --> 02:26:04,956 TEAM UNDER CONTRACT TO THE 3037 02:26:05,022 --> 02:26:07,058 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT 3038 02:26:07,125 --> 02:26:08,359 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ENERGY, 3039 02:26:08,426 --> 02:26:10,161 INSTALLATIONS AND THE 3040 02:26:10,228 --> 02:26:12,063 ENVIRONMENT. 3041 02:26:12,130 --> 02:26:17,435 TODAY I WILL WILL BE SPEAKING ON 3042 02:26:17,502 --> 02:26:23,441 THE EUROPEAN PROPOSED 3043 02:26:23,508 --> 02:26:24,175 RESTRICTION AND POTENTIAL 3044 02:26:24,242 --> 02:26:24,775 IMPLICATION FOR THE DEPEND OF 3045 02:26:24,842 --> 02:26:28,146 DEFENSE. 3046 02:26:28,212 --> 02:26:29,680 -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 3047 02:26:29,747 --> 02:26:32,250 THERE IS CURRENTLY A GROWING 3048 02:26:32,316 --> 02:26:36,220 BODY OF LITERATURE LINKING 3049 02:26:36,287 --> 02:26:37,355 EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF 3050 02:26:37,421 --> 02:26:39,624 PFAS WITH ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL 3051 02:26:39,690 --> 02:26:41,058 AND HUMAN HEALTH AFFECTS. 3052 02:26:41,125 --> 02:26:46,030 HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF 3053 02:26:46,097 --> 02:26:46,597 EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE HAS 3054 02:26:46,664 --> 02:26:49,467 MAINLY FOCUSSED ON THE LEGACY 3055 02:26:49,534 --> 02:26:51,435 EFFECTS OF SELECT LONG CHAIN 3056 02:26:51,502 --> 02:26:55,406 PFAS CHEMICALS. 3057 02:26:55,473 --> 02:26:59,177 THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE USE 3058 02:26:59,243 --> 02:27:01,546 HAVE BECOME IMMESHED IN THE 3059 02:27:01,612 --> 02:27:04,148 FABRIC OF OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES 3060 02:27:04,215 --> 02:27:08,252 IN WAYS THAT AREN'T EASILY 3061 02:27:08,319 --> 02:27:11,055 REPLICABLE. 3062 02:27:11,122 --> 02:27:17,495 ARE FOR THE DOD THE THERMAL AND 3063 02:27:17,562 --> 02:27:21,899 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES ARE REQUIRED 3064 02:27:21,966 --> 02:27:24,268 FOR MISSION READINESS AND 3065 02:27:24,335 --> 02:27:25,603 REGULATORS HAVE TO SCULPT 3066 02:27:25,670 --> 02:27:27,572 PROPERTIES TO PROTECT HUMAN 3067 02:27:27,638 --> 02:27:30,975 HEALTH BY ENSURING THE CORRECT 3068 02:27:31,042 --> 02:27:37,748 CHEMICALS ARE ACCURATELY LET 3069 02:27:37,815 --> 02:27:38,015 REGULATED. 3070 02:27:38,082 --> 02:27:44,789 ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023 THERE WAS A 3071 02:27:44,855 --> 02:27:47,225 PROPOSAL UNDER THE EUROPEAN 3072 02:27:47,291 --> 02:27:49,026 CHEMICAL RELATION ARE REACH 3073 02:27:49,093 --> 02:27:51,329 REGULATION AUTHORIZATION AND 3074 02:27:51,395 --> 02:27:53,531 EVALUATION AND RESTRICTION OF 3075 02:27:53,598 --> 02:27:54,599 CHEMICALS. 3076 02:27:54,665 --> 02:27:57,868 THE PROPOSAL WAS TO RESTRICT THE 3077 02:27:57,935 --> 02:28:03,641 MANUFACTURING AND USE OF HIGHLY 3078 02:28:03,708 --> 02:28:06,677 DIVERSE PFAS CHEMICALS. 3079 02:28:06,744 --> 02:28:09,080 THIS COULD IMPACT THE ROBUSTNESS 3080 02:28:09,146 --> 02:28:14,485 AND RESILIENCE OF OUR SUPPLY 3081 02:28:14,552 --> 02:28:14,719 CHAIN. 3082 02:28:14,785 --> 02:28:16,921 THROUGHOUT THE TALK WELL LOOK AT 3083 02:28:16,988 --> 02:28:18,489 CHALLENGES AND THE LACK OF 3084 02:28:18,556 --> 02:28:21,325 CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL CONTENT 3085 02:28:21,392 --> 02:28:23,761 INFORMATION IN THE VALUE CHAIN 3086 02:28:23,828 --> 02:28:24,762 PETING NEED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY 3087 02:28:24,829 --> 02:28:26,597 PHASE OUT CHEMICALS THAT MAY 3088 02:28:26,664 --> 02:28:31,836 POSE A RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH AND 3089 02:28:31,902 --> 02:28:38,342 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEED 3090 02:28:38,409 --> 02:28:44,248 INTEREST TO MAINTAIN READINESS 3091 02:28:44,315 --> 02:28:45,916 AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 3092 02:28:45,983 --> 02:28:48,252 PFAS ARE MOLECULES OF CARBON 3093 02:28:48,319 --> 02:28:50,888 FLOWING BOND LINKED IN A CHAIN. 3094 02:28:50,955 --> 02:28:54,592 ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTIC 3095 02:28:54,659 --> 02:28:57,461 FEATURES IS ITS STRENGTH. 3096 02:28:57,528 --> 02:29:03,901 DUE TO THE INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY 3097 02:29:03,968 --> 02:29:14,512 OF THE FLUORON AND THE LENGTH OF 3098 02:29:16,280 --> 02:29:22,153 THE CARBON FLOURINE CHAIN, THE 3099 02:29:22,219 --> 02:29:23,587 BRANCHING STRUCTURE AND 3100 02:29:23,654 --> 02:29:25,389 ADDITIONAL OF OTHER CHEMICALS 3101 02:29:25,456 --> 02:29:30,461 AND THE FUDGESAL GROUP IMPACTS 3102 02:29:30,528 --> 02:29:31,929 PFAS'S CHEMICAL EXPRESSION. 3103 02:29:31,996 --> 02:29:40,171 IT OFFERS A UNIQUE SET OF 3104 02:29:40,237 --> 02:29:50,781 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH 3105 02:29:52,116 --> 02:29:56,253 LOCO EFFICIENTS OF FRICTION AND 3106 02:29:56,320 --> 02:29:58,055 THESE MAKE THE CHEMICAL 3107 02:29:58,122 --> 02:29:59,590 SUBSTITUTION CHALLENGING. 3108 02:29:59,657 --> 02:30:01,592 BEFORE REPLACEMENT FOR PFAS CAN 3109 02:30:01,659 --> 02:30:06,997 BE IDENTIFIED, WE MUST FIRST 3110 02:30:07,064 --> 02:30:10,267 CLARIFY WHAT IS PFAS. 3111 02:30:10,334 --> 02:30:12,603 THIS QUESTION IS MORE 3112 02:30:12,670 --> 02:30:15,306 CHALLENGING THAN ONE MIGHT 3113 02:30:15,373 --> 02:30:15,973 ANTICIPATE. 3114 02:30:16,040 --> 02:30:17,408 DESPITE THE STUDIES AND 3115 02:30:17,475 --> 02:30:18,876 REGULATIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, 3116 02:30:18,943 --> 02:30:21,512 THERE'S STILL NOT A CONSENSUS 3117 02:30:21,579 --> 02:30:25,483 DEFINITION OF PFAS AS A CLASS OF 3118 02:30:25,549 --> 02:30:29,019 CHEMICALS THE DEFINITION BASED 3119 02:30:29,086 --> 02:30:31,889 ON THE 2021 DEFINITION DEFINES 3120 02:30:31,956 --> 02:30:35,793 PFAS AS ANY SUBSTANCE THAT 3121 02:30:35,860 --> 02:30:39,997 CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE 3122 02:30:40,064 --> 02:30:43,401 FLUORONATED METHYL ATOM AND THIS 3123 02:30:43,467 --> 02:30:45,603 INCORPORATES 38,000 HIGHLY 3124 02:30:45,669 --> 02:30:47,571 DIVERSE CHEMICAL STRUCTURES. 3125 02:30:47,638 --> 02:30:49,840 THE FAST MAJORITY HAVE NOT BEEN 3126 02:30:49,907 --> 02:30:52,176 STUDIED FOR THEIR IMPACT ON THE 3127 02:30:52,243 --> 02:30:54,211 OR HUMAN HEALTH. 3128 02:30:54,278 --> 02:30:59,083 CONVERSELY, THE TOXIC SUBSTANCE 3129 02:30:59,150 --> 02:31:05,022 CONTROL ACT RELEASED IN 2021 HAD 3130 02:31:05,089 --> 02:31:07,725 A QUARTER OF THE CHEMICALS IN 3131 02:31:07,792 --> 02:31:08,359 THE PROPOSED REGULATION. 3132 02:31:08,426 --> 02:31:11,996 THE PFAS DEFINITION AS CURRENTLY 3133 02:31:12,062 --> 02:31:15,433 WRITTEN PROPOSE TO INCLUDE 3134 02:31:15,499 --> 02:31:16,000 SUBSTANCES PREVIOUSLY NOT 3135 02:31:16,066 --> 02:31:18,803 CONSIDERED TO BE PFAS SUCH AS 3136 02:31:18,869 --> 02:31:22,273 PTFE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS TEFLON 3137 02:31:22,339 --> 02:31:32,883 OR F GASES USED IN REFRIDGERANT 3138 02:31:33,617 --> 02:31:36,620 AND WILL HAVE DISRUPTIONS TO 3139 02:31:36,687 --> 02:31:39,857 DOWN STREAM PRODUCTS. 3140 02:31:39,924 --> 02:31:42,159 THE RESTRICTION ROAD MAP USES A 3141 02:31:42,226 --> 02:31:46,197 GENERIC RISK APPROACH THAT 3142 02:31:46,263 --> 02:31:49,033 LEVERAGES CLASSIFICATION 3143 02:31:49,099 --> 02:31:52,503 LABELLING TO DRIVE DOWN STREAM 3144 02:31:52,570 --> 02:31:54,071 REGULATIONS. 3145 02:31:54,138 --> 02:31:56,507 INTENT IS TO LEVERAGE GENERIC 3146 02:31:56,574 --> 02:31:58,075 RISK BY UTILIZING EXISTING 3147 02:31:58,142 --> 02:32:00,911 HAZARD CATEGORIES AND EXPANDING 3148 02:32:00,978 --> 02:32:03,747 THOSE CATEGORIES TO DRIVE DOWN 3149 02:32:03,814 --> 02:32:05,182 STREAM REGULATIONS TO IN TURN 3150 02:32:05,249 --> 02:32:08,919 LEAD TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT 3151 02:32:08,986 --> 02:32:13,591 DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING NON-PFAS 3152 02:32:13,657 --> 02:32:14,258 ALTERNATIVES. 3153 02:32:14,325 --> 02:32:15,726 THE DOSSIER SEEKS TO REGULATE 3154 02:32:15,793 --> 02:32:18,529 ALL PFAS APART FROM ACTIVE 3155 02:32:18,596 --> 02:32:22,099 INGREDIENTS IN MEDICINE, 3156 02:32:22,166 --> 02:32:26,937 PESTICIDES AN BIOCIDAL 3157 02:32:27,004 --> 02:32:27,505 SUBSTANCES WITH EQUIVALENT 3158 02:32:27,571 --> 02:32:30,474 HAZARD AND RISK BASED ON THE 3159 02:32:30,541 --> 02:32:31,242 COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OF BEING 3160 02:32:31,308 --> 02:32:33,344 VERY PERSISTENT. 3161 02:32:33,410 --> 02:32:38,315 THEY LIST A NUMBER OF EXEMPTION 3162 02:32:38,382 --> 02:32:48,926 AND MOST ALLOW FOR AN 18 MONTH 3163 02:32:49,326 --> 02:32:51,529 OR VARIED PERIODS AND THERE'S 3164 02:32:51,595 --> 02:32:53,931 UNLIMITED TIME DERRIGATIONS. 3165 02:32:53,998 --> 02:32:59,336 TO ALLOW FOR A SMOOTH 3166 02:32:59,403 --> 02:33:00,271 TRANSITION, THE PROPOSED 3167 02:33:00,337 --> 02:33:04,041 RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM TO 3168 02:33:04,108 --> 02:33:05,743 MITIGATE UNWANTED EFFECTS DUE TO 3169 02:33:05,809 --> 02:33:06,744 THE SUDDEN EVERYONE AVAILABILITY 3170 02:33:06,810 --> 02:33:08,646 OF PRODUCTS, HOWEVER, IT CANNOT 3171 02:33:08,712 --> 02:33:12,249 BE PRESUMED THAT USES WITH NO 3172 02:33:12,316 --> 02:33:17,388 KNOWN ALTERNATIVES WILL BE 3173 02:33:17,454 --> 02:33:19,690 PROVIDED AN EXEMPTION. 3174 02:33:19,757 --> 02:33:27,364 THIS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT TO 3175 02:33:27,431 --> 02:33:29,934 INCENTIVIZE THE CONTINUED 3176 02:33:30,000 --> 02:33:30,534 MANUFACTURING AND THIS HAS 3177 02:33:30,601 --> 02:33:33,470 SUPPLY CHAIN IMPLICATIONS AND 3178 02:33:33,537 --> 02:33:36,073 CHALLENGE COULD LEAD TO 3179 02:33:36,140 --> 02:33:38,409 MISINTERPRETATION BY 3180 02:33:38,475 --> 02:33:39,743 STAKEHOLDERS OR THE 3181 02:33:39,810 --> 02:33:41,745 DISCONTINUATION OF PFAS 3182 02:33:41,812 --> 02:33:42,079 MANUFACTURING. 3183 02:33:42,146 --> 02:33:45,950 FOR EXAMPLE, 3M ANNOUNCED IN 3184 02:33:46,016 --> 02:33:49,553 DECEMBER OF 2022 IT'S INTENT TO 3185 02:33:49,620 --> 02:33:51,355 EXIT PFAS MANUFACTURING BY 2025. 3186 02:33:51,422 --> 02:33:53,991 THIS POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK OF 3187 02:33:54,058 --> 02:33:56,260 OBSOLESCENCE FOR PRODUCTS AND 3188 02:33:56,327 --> 02:33:59,096 TECHNOLOGY THAT RELY ON 3Ms PFAS 3189 02:33:59,163 --> 02:34:00,531 PRODUCT LINES SUCH AS RELIANT 3190 02:34:00,598 --> 02:34:10,941 COOLING TECHNOLOGY. 3191 02:34:13,944 --> 02:34:17,014 THERE COULD BE AN IMPACT ON 3192 02:34:17,081 --> 02:34:19,450 COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS IN, 3193 02:34:19,516 --> 02:34:21,418 THROUGH OR EUROPEAN UNION AND 3194 02:34:21,485 --> 02:34:23,420 LIKELY AFFECT THE PRODUCT AND 3195 02:34:23,487 --> 02:34:26,256 DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICALS, 3196 02:34:26,323 --> 02:34:28,292 MIXTURES OF CHEMICALS AND 3197 02:34:28,359 --> 02:34:29,460 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. 3198 02:34:29,526 --> 02:34:32,262 THIS COULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL 3199 02:34:32,329 --> 02:34:33,263 IMPACT ON DOD AND DEFENSE 3200 02:34:33,330 --> 02:34:38,068 INDUSTRIAL BASE'S ABILITY TO 3201 02:34:38,135 --> 02:34:44,241 PROCURE GOODS AND SERVICES AN 3202 02:34:44,308 --> 02:34:46,877 CAN IMPACT OPERABILITY WITH 3203 02:34:46,944 --> 02:34:47,144 ALLIES. 3204 02:34:47,211 --> 02:34:50,648 THERE'S A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL 3205 02:34:50,714 --> 02:34:52,216 DEROGATION WITH RELEVANCE 3206 02:34:52,282 --> 02:34:55,119 INCLUDING REFRIGERANTS, 3207 02:34:55,185 --> 02:34:57,688 AIRCRAFT, HYDRAULIC FLUIDS, 3208 02:34:57,755 --> 02:34:58,722 PRECISION CLEANING FLUIDS AND 3209 02:34:58,789 --> 02:35:01,859 SEMI CONDUCTORS. 3210 02:35:01,925 --> 02:35:03,360 MANY DON'T HAVE A KNOWN 3211 02:35:03,427 --> 02:35:04,595 ALTERNATIVE OR THOSE THAT HAVE 3212 02:35:04,662 --> 02:35:08,065 BEEN DEVELOPED DO NOT MEET THE 3213 02:35:08,132 --> 02:35:10,234 REQUIRED PERFORMANCE 3214 02:35:10,300 --> 02:35:11,335 CHARACTERISTICS. 3215 02:35:11,402 --> 02:35:15,339 FOR EXAMPLE, UV ADHESIVES 3216 02:35:15,406 --> 02:35:21,745 CONTAINING PTFE ARE USED BY THE 3217 02:35:21,812 --> 02:35:22,746 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND A 3218 02:35:22,813 --> 02:35:24,581 CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE SUGGESTS 3219 02:35:24,648 --> 02:35:26,250 DEVELOPING AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD 3220 02:35:26,316 --> 02:35:31,955 REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 YEARS. 3221 02:35:32,022 --> 02:35:33,524 THE PROPOSED REACH RESTRICTION 3222 02:35:33,590 --> 02:35:36,260 HAS A 10 YEAR DEROGATION PERIOD 3223 02:35:36,326 --> 02:35:38,128 FOR THE INDUSTRY THAT WILL 3224 02:35:38,195 --> 02:35:40,798 LIKELY NOT BE SUFFICIENT TIME 3225 02:35:40,864 --> 02:35:42,966 FOR MANUFACTURERS TO RESEARCH, 3226 02:35:43,033 --> 02:35:46,270 DEVELOP AND ADEQUATELY TEST AN 3227 02:35:46,336 --> 02:35:50,574 ALTERNATIVE. 3228 02:35:50,641 --> 02:35:53,010 WE DON'T ANTICIPATE RELEASE OF 3229 02:35:53,077 --> 02:35:54,545 THE FINAL RESTRICTION UNTIL 2025 3230 02:35:54,611 --> 02:35:55,779 WHICH MEANS THE RESTRICTION 3231 02:35:55,846 --> 02:36:01,051 WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE SOMEWHERE 3232 02:36:01,118 --> 02:36:09,059 BETWEEN 2025 AND 2027 THE DOD 3233 02:36:09,126 --> 02:36:10,160 AND THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE 3234 02:36:10,227 --> 02:36:12,763 IS LEFT WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF 3235 02:36:12,830 --> 02:36:16,233 REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY FOR 3236 02:36:16,300 --> 02:36:19,737 SEVERAL YEARS. 3237 02:36:19,803 --> 02:36:22,172 MANY TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING THE 3238 02:36:22,239 --> 02:36:23,807 PLATFORMS CONTAINING PFAS OR 3239 02:36:23,874 --> 02:36:28,245 REQUIRED PFAS PRODUCTS IN THEIR 3240 02:36:28,312 --> 02:36:31,715 MANUFACTURE FROM CORROSION 3241 02:36:31,782 --> 02:36:36,220 PREVENTION TO DEGREESING PFAS IN 3242 02:36:36,286 --> 02:36:38,088 ITS FORMS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 3243 02:36:38,155 --> 02:36:39,556 VITAL FUNCTIONS IN THE SUPPLY 3244 02:36:39,623 --> 02:36:39,757 CHAIN. 3245 02:36:39,823 --> 02:36:42,192 THE DOD RECOGNIZES THE 3246 02:36:42,259 --> 02:36:44,094 IMPORTANCE OF SUBSTITUTING PFAS 3247 02:36:44,161 --> 02:36:46,196 WHERE POSSIBLE HOWEVER, THERE 3248 02:36:46,263 --> 02:36:47,898 ARE SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGICAL 3249 02:36:47,965 --> 02:36:49,266 CHALLENGES TO BE OVERCOME DUE TO 3250 02:36:49,333 --> 02:36:52,503 THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONALITY THAT 3251 02:36:52,569 --> 02:36:56,240 IFS PROVIDES THROUGHOUT THE 3252 02:36:56,306 --> 02:36:57,975 SUPPLY CHAIN. 3253 02:36:58,041 --> 02:37:05,682 PFAS PREVENTS IN GASEOUS FORMS 3254 02:37:05,749 --> 02:37:09,620 AND NEED TO WORK TO ACHIEVE 3255 02:37:09,686 --> 02:37:09,987 RESULTS. 3256 02:37:10,053 --> 02:37:11,288 FOR EXAMPLE, PFAS CLEANING 3257 02:37:11,355 --> 02:37:13,524 FLUIDS AND LUBRICANTS CAN HAVE 3258 02:37:13,590 --> 02:37:16,260 DEPENDENCIES ON ONE ANOTHER. 3259 02:37:16,326 --> 02:37:19,029 IN THIS EXAMPLE, ALL PFAS 3260 02:37:19,096 --> 02:37:21,465 CONTAINING LUBRICANTS MUST BE 3261 02:37:21,532 --> 02:37:22,266 SUBSTANCES BEFORE THE PFAS 3262 02:37:22,332 --> 02:37:24,868 CLEANING FLUIDS CAN BE REPLACED 3263 02:37:24,935 --> 02:37:27,304 BY A NON-PFAS ALTERNATIVE. 3264 02:37:27,371 --> 02:37:30,307 IN THIS CASE REMOVING PFAS FROM 3265 02:37:30,374 --> 02:37:32,309 CERTAIN PROCESSES CAN RESULT IN 3266 02:37:32,376 --> 02:37:33,477 DETERIORATION OF PERFORMANCE 3267 02:37:33,544 --> 02:37:37,247 LEADING TO SAFETY HAZARDS. 3268 02:37:37,314 --> 02:37:39,383 IT'S CONTINUE THE DOD CONTINUE 3269 02:37:39,449 --> 02:37:42,553 TO PROVIDE SERVICE MEMBERS WITH 3270 02:37:42,619 --> 02:37:44,054 TECHNOLOGY MEETING THE 3271 02:37:44,121 --> 02:37:45,055 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AND 3272 02:37:45,122 --> 02:37:47,791 ENSURES THE EQUIPMENT IS ABLE TO 3273 02:37:47,858 --> 02:37:50,627 PERFORM SAFELY AND RELIABLY IN 3274 02:37:50,694 --> 02:37:52,496 THE OFTEN HARSH ENVIRONMENTAL 3275 02:37:52,563 --> 02:37:56,533 CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY MUST 3276 02:37:56,600 --> 02:37:58,735 OPERATE. 3277 02:37:58,802 --> 02:38:03,040 NOT ONLY ARE THEY CRITICAL TO 3278 02:38:03,106 --> 02:38:06,977 THE MISSION SUCCESS AND 3279 02:38:07,044 --> 02:38:09,146 READINESS BUT CRITICAL 3280 02:38:09,213 --> 02:38:10,280 INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION 3281 02:38:10,347 --> 02:38:11,648 TECHNOLOGY AND CRITICAL 3282 02:38:11,715 --> 02:38:16,253 MANUFACTURING, HEALTH CARE, 3283 02:38:16,320 --> 02:38:16,720 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND 3284 02:38:16,787 --> 02:38:18,222 TRANSPORTATION. 3285 02:38:18,288 --> 02:38:20,824 THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDES 3286 02:38:20,891 --> 02:38:23,026 SERVICES THAT UNDER PIN AMERICAN 3287 02:38:23,093 --> 02:38:33,637 SOCIETY THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY 3288 02:38:34,404 --> 02:38:36,006 ADVANCES A NATIONAL UNITY OF 3289 02:38:36,073 --> 02:38:38,141 EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN AND 3290 02:38:38,208 --> 02:38:40,677 MAINTAIN SECURE FUDGING AND 3291 02:38:40,744 --> 02:38:42,379 RESILIENT CRITICAL 3292 02:38:42,446 --> 02:38:42,746 INFRASTRUCTURE. 3293 02:38:42,813 --> 02:38:44,248 MANY OF WHICH REQUIRE PFAS IN 3294 02:38:44,314 --> 02:38:53,624 SOME ESSENTIAL WAY. 3295 02:38:53,690 --> 02:38:57,361 DOD IS RELIANT ON THE PROPERTIES 3296 02:38:57,427 --> 02:39:00,731 TO ACHIEVE RESILIENCE. 3297 02:39:00,797 --> 02:39:03,300 THE EFFORTS TIE TOO THE NATIONAL 3298 02:39:03,367 --> 02:39:05,035 CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY AND ARE 3299 02:39:05,102 --> 02:39:07,437 ESSENTIAL FOR PROMOTING 3300 02:39:07,504 --> 02:39:08,038 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND A GREEN 3301 02:39:08,105 --> 02:39:10,540 ECONOMY. 3302 02:39:10,607 --> 02:39:12,943 THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 3303 02:39:13,010 --> 02:39:15,245 MUST BE SECURE AND ABLE TO 3304 02:39:15,312 --> 02:39:20,250 WITHSTAND AND RAPIDLY RECOVER 3305 02:39:20,317 --> 02:39:22,619 FROM ALL HAZARDS. 3306 02:39:22,686 --> 02:39:25,889 DOD CONTINUES TO ELEVATE CLIMATE 3307 02:39:25,956 --> 02:39:29,893 CHANGE AS A NATIONAL SECURITY 3308 02:39:29,960 --> 02:39:30,594 PRIORITY INTEGRATING CLIMATE 3309 02:39:30,661 --> 02:39:31,194 CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE 3310 02:39:31,261 --> 02:39:33,597 STRATEGIES AND PARTNER 3311 02:39:33,664 --> 02:39:34,164 ENGAGEMENTS. 3312 02:39:34,231 --> 02:39:40,837 IN 2023 ALONE THEY HAD RENEWABLE 3313 02:39:40,904 --> 02:39:46,376 PROJECTS AMOUNTING TO 227. 3314 02:39:46,443 --> 02:39:52,149 PFAS AS IT IS DEFINED BY THE 3315 02:39:52,215 --> 02:39:54,518 PROPOSED REACH RESTRICT IS 3316 02:39:54,584 --> 02:39:59,022 CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN LITHIUM 3317 02:39:59,089 --> 02:40:04,261 BATTERIES, TURBINES AND SOLAR 3318 02:40:04,328 --> 02:40:05,862 PANELS. 3319 02:40:05,929 --> 02:40:08,231 THEY PROVIDE FUEL CELLS AND 3320 02:40:08,298 --> 02:40:12,235 BARRIERS THAT PROVIDE 3321 02:40:12,302 --> 02:40:22,212 WEATHERABILITY AND PANELS AND 3322 02:40:22,279 --> 02:40:23,914 FLUORONATED CHEMICALS ARE USED 3323 02:40:23,981 --> 02:40:26,483 IN MANY PRODUCTS AND IT'S 3324 02:40:26,550 --> 02:40:29,119 COMPLICATED AND TO ALIGN WITH 3325 02:40:29,186 --> 02:40:33,957 THE WHITE HOUSE REDIRECTIVE -- 3326 02:40:35,993 --> 02:40:37,694 DIRECTIVE THE DOD HAS DOUBLES 3327 02:40:37,761 --> 02:40:40,430 DOWN ON EFFORTS TO INSTALL 3328 02:40:40,497 --> 02:40:41,631 RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 3329 02:40:41,698 --> 02:40:43,567 AT ITS FACILITIES. 3330 02:40:43,633 --> 02:40:46,236 JANUARY 24 OF THIS YEAR THE DOD 3331 02:40:46,303 --> 02:40:49,239 ANNOUNCED IT WILL INSTALL SOLAR 3332 02:40:49,306 --> 02:40:50,674 PANELS IN THE PENTAGON AND IT'S 3333 02:40:50,741 --> 02:40:51,641 NOT ALONE. 3334 02:40:51,708 --> 02:40:54,911 IT'S ONE OF 31 GOVERNMENT SITES 3335 02:40:54,978 --> 02:40:57,781 THAT HAVE RECEIVED $104 MILLION 3336 02:40:57,848 --> 02:40:59,316 IN ENERGY DEPARTMENT GRANTS 3337 02:40:59,383 --> 02:41:02,185 EXPECTED TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF 3338 02:41:02,252 --> 02:41:04,021 CARBON FREE ELECTRICITY AT 3339 02:41:04,087 --> 02:41:05,622 FEDERAL FACILITIES AND CREATE A 3340 02:41:05,689 --> 02:41:07,724 27 MEGAWATTS OF CLEAN ENERGY. 3341 02:41:07,791 --> 02:41:12,829 THESE EFFORTS ARE PART OF A 3342 02:41:12,896 --> 02:41:15,098 LARGER INITIATIVE TO LEVERAGE 3343 02:41:15,165 --> 02:41:16,233 FEDERAL SPENDING TO ADDRESS 3344 02:41:16,299 --> 02:41:18,168 CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSIBILITIES 3345 02:41:18,235 --> 02:41:23,373 BY PROMOTING RENEWABLE GREEN 3346 02:41:23,440 --> 02:41:24,174 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOURCES AND 3347 02:41:24,241 --> 02:41:28,779 RESILIENCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. 3348 02:41:28,845 --> 02:41:34,284 DOD HAS TAKEN ACTION TO 3349 02:41:34,351 --> 02:41:38,588 TRANSITION IT'S CARBON FREE 3350 02:41:38,655 --> 02:41:40,857 ENERGY USE BY 2030. 3351 02:41:40,924 --> 02:41:45,862 THE DOD HAS MADE PROGRESS IN 3352 02:41:45,929 --> 02:41:47,130 CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND 3353 02:41:47,197 --> 02:41:49,733 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. 3354 02:41:49,800 --> 02:41:52,302 TO MEET THESE GOALS THE DOD IS 3355 02:41:52,369 --> 02:41:54,504 INVESTING IN MICROGRID 3356 02:41:54,571 --> 02:41:55,839 TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL 3357 02:41:55,906 --> 02:41:57,674 VEHICLES TO SUPPORT MISSION 3358 02:41:57,741 --> 02:41:58,708 REQUIREMENTS. 3359 02:41:58,775 --> 02:42:02,479 HYBRID TECHNOLOGY THAT LEVERAGES 3360 02:42:02,546 --> 02:42:05,315 AUXILIARY BATTERY POWER AND 3361 02:42:05,382 --> 02:42:07,317 MICROGRIDS TO PROVIDE STABILITY 3362 02:42:07,384 --> 02:42:08,485 OF OPERATION IN INSTALLATIONS AS 3363 02:42:08,552 --> 02:42:10,287 WELL AS IN THE FIELD AND MANY 3364 02:42:10,353 --> 02:42:13,723 MORE. 3365 02:42:13,790 --> 02:42:17,094 THE DOD IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO 3366 02:42:17,160 --> 02:42:19,029 ACHIEVE TWO FEDERALLY MANDATED 3367 02:42:19,096 --> 02:42:20,530 RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS. 3368 02:42:20,597 --> 02:42:21,865 IT'S MAKING GREAT STRIDES 3369 02:42:21,932 --> 02:42:22,966 TOWARDS MEETING THESE 3370 02:42:23,033 --> 02:42:23,266 OBJECTIVES. 3371 02:42:23,333 --> 02:42:26,303 AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE FIGURE, 3372 02:42:26,369 --> 02:42:27,938 THE DOD HAS MADE STEADY PROGRESS 3373 02:42:28,004 --> 02:42:34,311 TOWARDS ACHIEVING ITS GOAL OF 3374 02:42:34,377 --> 02:42:38,048 ACQUIRING ITS PORTFOLIO FROM 3375 02:42:38,115 --> 02:42:40,083 RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. 3376 02:42:40,150 --> 02:42:42,152 WHILE THE GOAL OF THE PFAS 3377 02:42:42,219 --> 02:42:44,254 PROPOSAL IS TO REDUCE, RESTRICT 3378 02:42:44,321 --> 02:42:49,759 AND EVENTUALLY ELIMB FATE NATE 3379 02:42:49,826 --> 02:42:52,028 THE USE-- EELIMINATE OF PFAS, 3380 02:42:52,095 --> 02:42:53,663 SOME DON'T HAVE ALTERNATIVES AND 3381 02:42:53,730 --> 02:42:56,233 FOR PRODUCTS THAT DO, THEY MAY 3382 02:42:56,299 --> 02:43:00,237 NOT BE DROP-IN REPLACEMENTS. 3383 02:43:00,303 --> 02:43:01,771 ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CHANGE MAY BE 3384 02:43:01,838 --> 02:43:04,040 REQUIRED. 3385 02:43:04,107 --> 02:43:06,743 SOLUTIONS MAY NOT BE BACKWARDS 3386 02:43:06,810 --> 02:43:12,215 COMPATIBLE TO THE DESIGNS 3387 02:43:12,282 --> 02:43:16,153 EQUIPMENT ALREADY IN SERVICE. 3388 02:43:16,219 --> 02:43:17,154 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS MAY 3389 02:43:17,220 --> 02:43:18,121 REQUIRE TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT. 3390 02:43:18,188 --> 02:43:21,391 THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR 3391 02:43:21,458 --> 02:43:23,693 COMPONENTS AND SUBSTANCES USED 3392 02:43:23,760 --> 02:43:26,396 IN DOD EQUIPMENT THAT OFTEN 3393 02:43:26,463 --> 02:43:28,932 REQUIRE BESPOKE PARTS AND HIGHER 3394 02:43:28,999 --> 02:43:30,500 DEGREES OF SCRUTINY PRIOR TO 3395 02:43:30,567 --> 02:43:32,802 BEING QUALIFIED. 3396 02:43:32,869 --> 02:43:36,406 THE TIME LINE TO QUALIFY MAY BE 3397 02:43:36,473 --> 02:43:36,973 LENGTHY AND IN MANY CASES 3398 02:43:37,040 --> 02:43:39,876 UNKNOWN. 3399 02:43:39,943 --> 02:43:42,579 WE FACE A POTENTIAL CHEMICAL 3400 02:43:42,646 --> 02:43:44,014 DISCONTINUATION GAP BETWEEN THE 3401 02:43:44,080 --> 02:43:47,984 TIME LINE FOR THE PROPOSED 3402 02:43:48,051 --> 02:43:49,753 CHEMICAL REGULATIONS AND TIME 3403 02:43:49,819 --> 02:43:52,255 REQUIRED TO REENGINEER PRODUCTS 3404 02:43:52,322 --> 02:43:59,095 WE CURRENTLY RELY ON EVERY DAY. 3405 02:43:59,162 --> 02:44:00,330 THE E.U.'S PROPOSED REGULATION 3406 02:44:00,397 --> 02:44:03,233 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT AN 3407 02:44:03,300 --> 02:44:07,237 UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF DOWN 3408 02:44:07,304 --> 02:44:08,638 STREAM PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD 3409 02:44:08,705 --> 02:44:10,340 LIKELY RESULT IN A SCALE DOWN OF 3410 02:44:10,407 --> 02:44:15,345 PFAS USED IN SECTORS OF 3411 02:44:15,412 --> 02:44:16,146 STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THE DOD. 3412 02:44:16,213 --> 02:44:21,017 THAT BEING SAID, WE MUST STRIKE 3413 02:44:21,084 --> 02:44:24,721 THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN FUTURE 3414 02:44:24,788 --> 02:44:27,958 OBLIGATIONS AND ENSURING OUR 3415 02:44:28,024 --> 02:44:28,825 INFRASTRUCTURE IS SECURE AND 3416 02:44:28,892 --> 02:44:30,093 RESILIENT AND RESTRICTING THE 3417 02:44:30,160 --> 02:44:32,562 USE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS 3418 02:44:32,629 --> 02:44:32,829 CHEMICALS. 3419 02:44:32,896 --> 02:44:38,101 WHILE THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO 3420 02:44:38,168 --> 02:44:47,644 SEEK NON-TOXIC PFAS-FREE 3421 02:44:47,711 --> 02:44:50,847 ALTERNATIVES AND PFAS CONTINUES 3422 02:44:50,914 --> 02:44:52,983 TO BE NECESSARY AND SOME 3423 02:44:53,049 --> 02:44:55,418 SUBSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ADEQUATE 3424 02:44:55,485 --> 02:44:57,254 AN IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER 3425 02:44:57,320 --> 02:44:57,854 MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND 3426 02:44:57,921 --> 02:44:59,389 RECOGNIZE THE DOD SEEKS TO 3427 02:44:59,456 --> 02:45:00,190 ADVANCE THESE PROCESSES TO 3428 02:45:00,257 --> 02:45:06,229 PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH. 3429 02:45:06,296 --> 02:45:07,497 WITH THAT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO 3430 02:45:07,564 --> 02:45:08,231 QUESTIONS. 3431 02:45:08,298 --> 02:45:16,740 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 3432 02:45:16,806 --> 02:45:20,143 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 3433 02:45:20,210 --> 02:45:21,845 PRESENTATION. 3434 02:45:21,911 --> 02:45:24,648 AGAIN, I AM TRULY SORRY FOR 3435 02:45:24,714 --> 02:45:28,852 SCREWING UP THE SCHEDULE LIKE 3436 02:45:28,918 --> 02:45:29,386 THAT. 3437 02:45:29,452 --> 02:45:31,221 I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF 3438 02:45:31,288 --> 02:45:31,488 QUESTIONS. 3439 02:45:31,554 --> 02:45:32,255 I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE RIGHT 3440 02:45:32,322 --> 02:45:37,794 NOW. 3441 02:45:37,861 --> 02:45:40,230 WHAT STIPULATIONS DO WE HAVE IN 3442 02:45:40,297 --> 02:45:44,234 PLACE TO ENSURE ANY NEW 3443 02:45:44,301 --> 02:45:46,336 SUBSTITUTE FOR CHEMICALS FOR 3444 02:45:46,403 --> 02:45:47,637 PFAS FOLLOW THE GREEN 3445 02:45:47,704 --> 02:45:50,607 PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES SET FORTH 3446 02:45:50,674 --> 02:45:53,310 BY BOTH THE DOD AND DSA AND HOW 3447 02:45:53,376 --> 02:45:58,915 CAN WE ENSURE THEY DON'T HAVE 3448 02:45:58,982 --> 02:45:59,716 THE TRANSPORTATION THE 3449 02:45:59,783 --> 02:46:05,121 TRANSPORTATION DON'T HAVE AN 3450 02:46:05,188 --> 02:46:07,824 EQUAL OR GREATER HAVE A 3451 02:46:07,891 --> 02:46:13,363 MANAGEABLE CARBON FOOTPRINT. 3452 02:46:13,430 --> 02:46:14,898 >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND 3453 02:46:14,964 --> 02:46:15,298 YOUR QUESTION. 3454 02:46:15,365 --> 02:46:19,035 I'M SORRY? 3455 02:46:19,102 --> 02:46:23,440 >> I'M NOT VERY COHERENT. 3456 02:46:23,506 --> 02:46:28,244 WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO 3457 02:46:28,311 --> 02:46:31,014 ENSURE SUBSTITUTE CHEMICAL WOULD 3458 02:46:31,081 --> 02:46:40,256 FULFILL THE ROLE PFAS PLAYS 3459 02:46:40,323 --> 02:46:44,260 DON'T REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT 3460 02:46:44,327 --> 02:46:48,031 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IN THEIR 3461 02:46:48,098 --> 02:46:48,765 CREATION AND TRANSPORTATION. 3462 02:46:48,832 --> 02:46:50,233 >> THERE'S FOLKS WHO HAVE 3463 02:46:50,300 --> 02:46:56,239 GREATER KNOWLEDGE BASED ON THIS 3464 02:46:56,306 --> 02:47:02,278 TOPIC I BELIEVE THE CHALLENGE 3465 02:47:02,345 --> 02:47:05,148 THAT WE FACE IS NOT SO MUCH THE 3466 02:47:05,215 --> 02:47:07,684 ALTERNATIVES DO OR DO NOT HAVE 3467 02:47:07,751 --> 02:47:09,386 GREATER GREEN HOUSE GAS 3468 02:47:09,452 --> 02:47:11,488 EMISSIONS BUT THE CURRENT 3469 02:47:11,554 --> 02:47:12,789 TECHNOLOGY WE'RE USING TO COMBAT 3470 02:47:12,856 --> 02:47:13,990 GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IE THE 3471 02:47:14,057 --> 02:47:16,226 USE OF RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES 3472 02:47:16,292 --> 02:47:17,894 AND THE USE OF ELECTRIC 3473 02:47:17,961 --> 02:47:19,763 BATTERIES AND THAT TYPE OF THING 3474 02:47:19,829 --> 02:47:22,332 DON'T HAVE EXISTING ALTERNATIVES 3475 02:47:22,399 --> 02:47:27,570 THAT MEET OUR SPECIFICATION AND 3476 02:47:27,637 --> 02:47:29,706 REQUIREMENTS FOR MISSION 3477 02:47:29,773 --> 02:47:31,408 READINESS, AS A RESULT, SINCE 3478 02:47:31,474 --> 02:47:32,776 WE'RE TRYING TO CHEW GUM AND 3479 02:47:32,842 --> 02:47:37,247 TALK AT THE SAME TIME FOR LACK 3480 02:47:37,313 --> 02:47:40,250 OF A BETTER TERM THE FACT IS 3481 02:47:40,316 --> 02:47:43,086 THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE A 3482 02:47:43,153 --> 02:47:48,558 DEROGATION THAT WOULD IMPEDE THE 3483 02:47:48,625 --> 02:47:50,226 ACCESS TO TO THIS TECHNOLOGY IT 3484 02:47:50,293 --> 02:47:57,066 WOULD IMPANTH OUR ABILITY -- 3485 02:47:57,133 --> 02:48:00,170 IMPACT OUR ABILITY THE 3486 02:48:00,236 --> 02:48:01,004 INITIATIVES AND COMBAT 3487 02:48:01,070 --> 02:48:02,138 INDIRECTLY AT THE TIME. 3488 02:48:02,205 --> 02:48:03,306 THERE'S ALTERNATIVES BEING 3489 02:48:03,373 --> 02:48:09,245 CREATED ALL THE TIME AND WE VERY 3490 02:48:09,312 --> 02:48:10,346 MUCH HOPE THOSE WILL BE ABLE TO 3491 02:48:10,413 --> 02:48:15,685 BE IMPLEMENTED BUT THE TIME LINE 3492 02:48:15,752 --> 02:48:20,256 REQUIRED TO DO SO AND I DON'T IF 3493 02:48:20,323 --> 02:48:30,066 I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. 3494 02:48:30,133 --> 02:48:31,301 >> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 3495 02:48:31,367 --> 02:48:35,138 CAN YOU PROVIDE EXAMPLES HOW WE 3496 02:48:35,205 --> 02:48:36,739 ALREADY PROVIDED PFAS SUBSTANCES 3497 02:48:36,806 --> 02:48:38,942 AT THE DOD BRANCH? 3498 02:48:39,008 --> 02:48:46,349 >> THERE'S BEEN A GREAT STRIDE 3499 02:48:46,416 --> 02:48:50,086 IN THE AFFF MOVEMENT TO REPLACE 3500 02:48:50,153 --> 02:48:55,625 WITH ALTERNATIVES. 3501 02:48:55,692 --> 02:48:59,195 AND A MOONSHOT EFFORT ON THE 3502 02:48:59,262 --> 02:49:02,298 PART OF THE DOD TO CREATE FIRE 3503 02:49:02,365 --> 02:49:07,670 FIGHTING THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO 3504 02:49:07,737 --> 02:49:11,140 MEET THE SPECIFICATION TO 3505 02:49:11,207 --> 02:49:16,246 PROVIDE THE SERVICE MEMBERS AND 3506 02:49:16,312 --> 02:49:20,250 CONTINUING TO NOT HAVE ISSUES 3507 02:49:20,316 --> 02:49:22,218 WITH FLUORONATING THE 3508 02:49:22,285 --> 02:49:27,624 ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S A POSTER 3509 02:49:27,690 --> 02:49:34,297 CHILD FOR AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS 3510 02:49:34,364 --> 02:49:43,273 AN ENVIRONMENT BOTH AND ENSURE 3511 02:49:43,339 --> 02:49:45,108 THE SERVICE MEMBERS ARE 3512 02:49:45,174 --> 02:49:45,375 PROTECTED. 3513 02:49:45,441 --> 02:49:46,109 >> THANK YOU. 3514 02:49:46,175 --> 02:49:48,111 A QUESTION. 3515 02:49:48,177 --> 02:49:53,950 WHAT STRATEGIES DO E.U. AND NATO 3516 02:49:54,017 --> 02:49:55,618 MILITARY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE 3517 02:49:55,685 --> 02:49:56,853 PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS? 3518 02:49:56,920 --> 02:50:01,591 >> THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 3519 02:50:01,658 --> 02:50:03,459 AS THEY'VE NOT BEEN PUT INTO 3520 02:50:03,526 --> 02:50:05,028 PLACE THERE'S NO POLICIES 3521 02:50:05,094 --> 02:50:08,231 DIRECTLY REFLECTIVE OF THE 3522 02:50:08,298 --> 02:50:09,866 RESTRICTION. 3523 02:50:09,933 --> 02:50:12,235 ONCE IT GOES INTO PLACE, THAT 3524 02:50:12,302 --> 02:50:19,676 WOULD CHANGE THAT SITUATION. 3525 02:50:19,742 --> 02:50:22,111 >> I DO APOLOGIZE I HAVE A 3526 02:50:22,178 --> 02:50:26,783 MEETING AT 3:10. 3527 02:50:26,849 --> 02:50:30,954 >> ONE QUICK QUESTION, IS THERE 3528 02:50:31,020 --> 02:50:36,159 A PHASEOUT SCHEDULE? 3529 02:50:36,225 --> 02:50:39,395 >> THEY HAVE THE DEROGATION 3530 02:50:39,462 --> 02:50:40,830 SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE 3531 02:50:40,897 --> 02:50:41,331 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS. 3532 02:50:41,397 --> 02:50:42,999 THIS IS ON THEIR WEBSITE SO IF 3533 02:50:43,066 --> 02:50:45,668 YOU WANT TO REVIEW IT, I DO 3534 02:50:45,735 --> 02:50:46,336 RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING IT. 3535 02:50:46,402 --> 02:50:54,243 THE LINK IS HERE. 3536 02:50:54,310 --> 02:50:56,779 THEY HAVE A FAIRLY WELL 3537 02:50:56,846 --> 02:50:59,048 ORGANIZED SECTORIAL DEROGATION 3538 02:50:59,115 --> 02:50:59,749 SCHEDULE ASSUMING THE REGULATION 3539 02:50:59,816 --> 02:51:02,185 IS UNCHANGED BETWEEN NOW AND 3540 02:51:02,251 --> 02:51:12,695 WHEN ITS RELEASE DATE IS. 3541 02:51:19,802 --> 02:51:21,938 AND WHETHER THERE'S A PROPOSED 3542 02:51:22,005 --> 02:51:22,538 ALTERNATIVE UNDER THEIR 3543 02:51:22,605 --> 02:51:23,940 KNOWLEDGE BASE BUT THEY DID 3544 02:51:24,007 --> 02:51:30,146 RECEIVE AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER 3545 02:51:30,213 --> 02:51:36,319 OF COMMENTS THAT MAY RESULT IN A 3546 02:51:36,386 --> 02:51:41,724 SLOWER ROLL OUT THEIR 3547 02:51:41,791 --> 02:51:43,292 IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE OF THE 3548 02:51:43,359 --> 02:51:44,127 COMMENTS RECEIVED AND THAT IS 3549 02:51:44,193 --> 02:51:46,329 SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY 3550 02:51:46,396 --> 02:51:47,397 CHANGE OVER TIME. 3551 02:51:47,463 --> 02:51:47,964 >> EXCELLENT. 3552 02:51:48,031 --> 02:51:50,233 WE 3553 02:51:50,299 --> 02:51:51,668 WELL, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU 3554 02:51:51,734 --> 02:51:53,102 PAST YOUR MEETING YOU HAVE. 3555 02:51:53,169 --> 02:51:57,840 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE 3556 02:51:57,907 --> 02:51:59,776 PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU 3557 02:51:59,842 --> 02:52:01,210 CO-WORKERS FOR THEIR 3558 02:52:01,277 --> 02:52:02,478 CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL. 3559 02:52:02,545 --> 02:52:03,179 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3560 02:52:03,246 --> 02:52:04,781 >> HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW. 3561 02:52:04,847 --> 02:52:06,182 >> THANK YOU. 3562 02:52:06,249 --> 02:52:12,455 BYE. 3563 02:52:12,522 --> 02:52:16,526 >> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US 3564 02:52:16,592 --> 02:52:23,366 FOR THE LAST TRACK. 3565 02:52:23,433 --> 02:52:26,636 TODD BRAUN IS THE CHAIR OF THE 3566 02:52:26,703 --> 02:52:28,471 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND 3567 02:52:28,538 --> 02:52:30,106 OVERSEES OPERATION AND 3568 02:52:30,173 --> 02:52:33,242 MAINTENANCE OF A CAMPUS AND 3569 02:52:33,309 --> 02:52:36,012 157,000 SQUARE FEET INDOOR 3570 02:52:36,079 --> 02:52:38,014 FIRING RANGE AND TRAINING TRACT 3571 02:52:38,081 --> 02:52:50,293 AND VEHICLE FLEET. 3572 02:52:50,359 --> 02:52:54,130 HE SERVED THE WATER PROGRAM 3573 02:52:54,197 --> 02:52:57,433 MANAGER AT FORT BASE ANDREWS, 3574 02:52:57,500 --> 02:52:58,134 MARYLAND. 3575 02:52:58,201 --> 02:53:07,076 HE SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE. 3576 02:53:07,143 --> 02:53:10,546 AND ERIC RUFFER MANAGES THE 3577 02:53:10,613 --> 02:53:14,083 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 3578 02:53:14,150 --> 02:53:16,052 PROGRAM FOR PERMITS, PLANS AN 3579 02:53:16,119 --> 02:53:24,327 REPORTS AND CAME TO FLETC FROM 3580 02:53:24,393 --> 02:53:27,263 WHERE HE SERVED AND SPENT 10 3581 02:53:27,330 --> 02:53:28,765 YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 3582 02:53:28,831 --> 02:53:32,268 SO, IF YOU ALL ARE READY, 3583 02:53:32,335 --> 02:53:34,137 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, TAKE IT 3584 02:53:34,203 --> 02:53:36,239 AWAY. 3585 02:53:36,305 --> 02:53:37,373 >> THANK YOU. 3586 02:53:37,440 --> 02:53:40,943 AGAIN, MY NAME IS TODD BRAUN. 3587 02:53:41,010 --> 02:53:45,081 I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 3588 02:53:45,148 --> 02:53:47,483 AT THE FEDERAL TRAINING CENTER 3589 02:53:47,550 --> 02:53:48,518 DELIVERY POINT IN MARYLAND. 3590 02:53:48,584 --> 02:53:51,687 AS MARK SAID WE ALSO HAVE 3591 02:53:51,754 --> 02:53:53,790 MR. ERIC RUFFER OUR 3592 02:53:53,856 --> 02:53:55,024 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 3593 02:53:55,091 --> 02:53:55,591 SPECIALIST. 3594 02:53:55,658 --> 02:53:57,593 THIS AFTERNOON WE'LL PRESENT OUR 3595 02:53:57,660 --> 02:54:01,430 PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN 3596 02:54:01,497 --> 02:54:05,034 2022 AND '23 TO DEVELOP PLANS TO 3597 02:54:05,101 --> 02:54:06,102 REHABILITATE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE 3598 02:54:06,169 --> 02:54:08,271 USING AN ASSET MANAGEMENT 3599 02:54:08,337 --> 02:54:15,077 APPROACH TO STORMO -- STORM 3600 02:54:15,144 --> 02:54:15,611 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 3601 02:54:15,678 --> 02:54:17,480 WE BELIEVE IT TO BE UTILITY LIKE 3602 02:54:17,547 --> 02:54:19,649 GAS, WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRIC 3603 02:54:19,715 --> 02:54:22,118 AND HAS TO BE OPERATED AND 3604 02:54:22,185 --> 02:54:24,020 MAINTAINED LIKE ANY OTHER 3605 02:54:24,086 --> 02:54:24,453 UTILITY. 3606 02:54:24,520 --> 02:54:27,323 THAT WASN'T THE MIND SET MANY 3607 02:54:27,390 --> 02:54:27,523 YEARS. 3608 02:54:27,590 --> 02:54:28,791 THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 3609 02:54:28,858 --> 02:54:30,259 WAS CONSIDERED TO BE OUT IN THE 3610 02:54:30,326 --> 02:54:30,560 FIELD. 3611 02:54:30,626 --> 02:54:34,130 SO IT WASN'T REALLY MANAGED OR 3612 02:54:34,197 --> 02:54:37,400 MAINTAINED VERY WELL. 3613 02:54:37,466 --> 02:54:40,369 NOW, BECAUSE OF YOUR 3614 02:54:40,436 --> 02:54:45,408 REQUIREMENTS GENERATE THE 3615 02:54:45,474 --> 02:54:46,108 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF 3616 02:54:46,175 --> 02:54:49,912 ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 3617 02:54:49,979 --> 02:54:50,479 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. 3618 02:54:50,546 --> 02:54:52,048 A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE 3619 02:54:52,114 --> 02:54:53,749 REGULATORY REQUIREMENT TO MEET 3620 02:54:53,816 --> 02:54:57,019 DISCHARGES AND STOP THE 3621 02:54:57,086 --> 02:54:59,422 POLLUTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 3622 02:54:59,488 --> 02:55:00,756 DWE 3623 02:55:03,559 --> 02:55:09,966 WE DID A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE 3624 02:55:10,032 --> 02:55:11,167 STORM WATER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT 3625 02:55:11,234 --> 02:55:14,437 AND THERE'S ISO STANDARDS WHERE 3626 02:55:14,503 --> 02:55:23,512 YOU LOOK AT THE PROB ABIL ABILI 3627 02:55:23,579 --> 02:55:25,615 FAILURE WE USE THE SCORE AND YOU 3628 02:55:25,681 --> 02:55:28,451 EVALUATE THE RISK AND WEIGHT IT 3629 02:55:28,517 --> 02:55:31,153 AND WE USE THE ANALYTICAL 3630 02:55:31,220 --> 02:55:32,188 HIERARCHY PROCESS WE'LL TALK 3631 02:55:32,255 --> 02:55:34,991 ABOUT TO PUT TOGETHER A RISK 3632 02:55:35,057 --> 02:55:36,592 FRAMEWORK SO WE OBJECTIVELY 3633 02:55:36,659 --> 02:55:40,529 ASSIST RISK AND PRIORITIZE OUR 3634 02:55:40,596 --> 02:55:41,530 REHABILITATION PROGRAM. 3635 02:55:41,597 --> 02:55:43,266 AGAIN, THE OUTCOME HERE OF WHAT 3636 02:55:43,332 --> 02:55:45,935 WE GOT AND WHAT MAY BENEFIT YOU 3637 02:55:46,002 --> 02:55:47,803 IS A STANDARDIZED RISK FRAMEWORK 3638 02:55:47,870 --> 02:55:49,505 THAT ALLOWS PRIORITIZATION OF 3639 02:55:49,572 --> 02:55:54,143 YOUR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND 3640 02:55:54,210 --> 02:55:56,612 REPAIR PROJECTS. 3641 02:55:56,679 --> 02:55:58,347 THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT 3642 02:55:58,414 --> 02:56:04,553 WE'LL DISCUSS TODAY. 3643 02:56:04,620 --> 02:56:07,456 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAIN OVER 3644 02:56:07,523 --> 02:56:09,425 125 FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL 3645 02:56:09,492 --> 02:56:11,127 AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND 3646 02:56:11,193 --> 02:56:11,827 EVEN THE WORLD. 3647 02:56:11,894 --> 02:56:12,695 WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING 3648 02:56:12,762 --> 02:56:15,398 DIVISION THAT GOES TO DIFFERENT 3649 02:56:15,464 --> 02:56:16,265 COUNTRIES TO ASSIST WITH LAW 3650 02:56:16,332 --> 02:56:18,401 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. 3651 02:56:18,467 --> 02:56:20,303 THE LATEST WE HAVE COMPLETE 3652 02:56:20,369 --> 02:56:25,908 NUMBERS AND 90,000 GRADUATES IN 3653 02:56:25,975 --> 02:56:26,275 FY22. 3654 02:56:26,342 --> 02:56:28,444 THERE WERE FOUR DELIVERY POINTS 3655 02:56:28,511 --> 02:56:31,580 AND ONE IN GEORGE OUTSIDE 3656 02:56:31,647 --> 02:56:32,815 BRUNSWICK, VERY LARGE FACILITY 3657 02:56:32,882 --> 02:56:39,989 ABOUT 1600 ACRES AND THERE'S 3658 02:56:40,056 --> 02:56:45,194 ARTESIA AND MARYLAND. 3659 02:56:45,261 --> 02:56:55,771 YOU SEE THE TOTE ACREAGE AND 3660 02:56:59,709 --> 02:57:00,743 CHELTENHAM IS A WEEK DAY 3661 02:57:00,810 --> 02:57:01,744 OPERATION AND HAVE NO DORM TRIES 3662 02:57:01,811 --> 02:57:03,746 OR DINING FACILITIES. 3663 02:57:03,813 --> 02:57:11,187 WE JUST HANDLE COMMUTER 3664 02:57:11,253 --> 02:57:11,454 STUDENTS. 3665 02:57:11,520 --> 02:57:13,756 U.S. CAPITAL POLICE HAS A LARGE 3666 02:57:13,823 --> 02:57:18,127 TRAINING CENTER AND WE SUPPORT 3667 02:57:18,194 --> 02:57:25,801 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND 3668 02:57:25,868 --> 02:57:28,804 METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 3669 02:57:28,871 --> 02:57:31,273 AND THEY TRAIN FOLKS. 3670 02:57:31,340 --> 02:57:32,008 CHELTENHAM IS SMALLER THAN THE 3671 02:57:32,074 --> 02:57:32,308 OTHERS. 3672 02:57:32,375 --> 02:57:36,178 WE HAVE ABOUT 371 ACRES. 3673 02:57:36,245 --> 02:57:38,347 THERE'S 49 BUILDINGS THE MEDIAN 3674 02:57:38,414 --> 02:57:41,851 AGE IN OUR BUILDINGS IS 55 YEARS 3675 02:57:41,917 --> 02:57:45,955 OLD AND 26 OF THE 49 WERE BUILT 3676 02:57:46,022 --> 02:57:49,258 BEFORE 1970. 3677 02:57:49,325 --> 02:57:54,130 OF COURSE A LOT OF THE 3678 02:57:54,196 --> 02:57:59,635 INFRASTRUCTURE PREDATES 1970 AND 3679 02:57:59,702 --> 02:58:01,604 WILL DEVELOP MORE THAT WAS 3680 02:58:01,670 --> 02:58:02,238 ACQUIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 3681 02:58:02,304 --> 02:58:05,608 ENERGY. 3682 02:58:05,674 --> 02:58:08,344 YOU CAN SEE WE'RE FORTUNATE IN 3683 02:58:08,411 --> 02:58:10,613 WE HAVE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY GOING 3684 02:58:10,679 --> 02:58:19,955 BACK TO THE 1930s. 3685 02:58:20,022 --> 02:58:21,557 IT WAS PURCHASED FROM A FARMER 3686 02:58:21,624 --> 02:58:23,826 FAMILY AND YOU SEE HOW IT'S 3687 02:58:23,893 --> 02:58:26,362 EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. 3688 02:58:26,429 --> 02:58:29,765 SOME OF SURFACE FEATURES HAVE 3689 02:58:29,832 --> 02:58:30,800 CHANGED BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE 3690 02:58:30,866 --> 02:58:36,872 FOOT FRI PRINT IS THE SAME AND T 3691 02:58:36,939 --> 02:58:39,742 THE DEVELOPMENT WAS IN THE '30s, 3692 02:58:39,809 --> 02:58:45,414 '40s AND '50s AND OF COURSE THEY 3693 02:58:45,481 --> 02:58:47,716 WE HAVE WELL WATER HERE AT ONE 3694 02:58:47,783 --> 02:58:50,719 POINT HAD A COMBINED SEWER 3695 02:58:50,786 --> 02:58:57,927 SYSTEM WHICH FED INTO A SULA 3696 02:58:57,993 --> 02:59:02,765 GOON AND IN THE '70 THEY 3697 02:59:02,832 --> 02:59:04,900 CONNECTED IT AND IT WAS PIPED 3698 02:59:04,967 --> 02:59:07,603 DOWN AND THEY SEPARATED OUT MOST 3699 02:59:07,670 --> 02:59:09,538 OF THE STORM WATER. 3700 02:59:09,605 --> 02:59:12,374 WE'VE DONE THE REST OVER THE 3701 02:59:12,441 --> 02:59:14,610 LAST FEW YEARS. 3702 02:59:14,677 --> 02:59:17,880 WE HAVE ABOUT 12,000 LINEAR FEET 3703 02:59:17,947 --> 02:59:24,120 OF STORM WATER UNDERGROUND SEWER 3704 02:59:24,186 --> 02:59:26,222 LINES DATING BACK TO WHEN THE 3705 02:59:26,288 --> 02:59:31,460 FACILITY WITH US BUILT AND WE'VE 3706 02:59:31,527 --> 02:59:42,004 DONE WORK BUT THERE'S STILL 3707 02:59:42,304 --> 02:59:42,605 MAJOR DEFICIENCIES. 3708 02:59:42,671 --> 02:59:46,175 AND YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE 3709 02:59:46,242 --> 02:59:47,176 REGULATORY DRIVERS THE MAIN 3710 02:59:47,243 --> 02:59:49,612 REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. 3711 02:59:49,678 --> 02:59:51,614 WE HAVE THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT 3712 02:59:51,680 --> 02:59:54,850 OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS A PERMIT 3713 02:59:54,917 --> 02:59:57,319 FOR DISCHARGES FROM STATE AND 3714 02:59:57,386 --> 03:00:03,526 FEDERAL AGENCIES WE CALL OUR MS4 3715 03:00:03,592 --> 03:00:04,093 PERMIT. 3716 03:00:04,160 --> 03:00:05,394 AND THEY'RE REQUIRING US TO 3717 03:00:05,461 --> 03:00:07,830 OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AND REPAIR 3718 03:00:07,897 --> 03:00:09,698 OR CONVEYANCES AN BEST 3719 03:00:09,765 --> 03:00:11,100 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND 3720 03:00:11,167 --> 03:00:12,134 CONTROLS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE 3721 03:00:12,201 --> 03:00:15,104 WITH THE PERMIT. 3722 03:00:15,171 --> 03:00:16,472 FROM A POLLUTION POINT OF VIEW 3723 03:00:16,539 --> 03:00:18,174 IT HELPS US TO STOP POLLUTANTS 3724 03:00:18,240 --> 03:00:19,408 AND CONTAMINANTS FROM GETTING 3725 03:00:19,475 --> 03:00:23,012 INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. 3726 03:00:23,078 --> 03:00:26,148 BUT ALSO WE LOOK AT THE CLIMATE 3727 03:00:26,215 --> 03:00:27,550 CHANGE AND FACILITY RESILIENCE 3728 03:00:27,616 --> 03:00:30,252 WITH THE SYSTEM BEING AS 3729 03:00:30,319 --> 03:00:33,289 DEGRADED AS IT IS THE RESULT IS 3730 03:00:33,355 --> 03:00:35,257 INCREASED FLOODING, WATER 3731 03:00:35,324 --> 03:00:37,693 INTRUSION IN BUILDINGS, IMPACTS 3732 03:00:37,760 --> 03:00:42,164 ON BUILDINGS, HARDSCAPES AND 3733 03:00:42,231 --> 03:00:46,902 SIDEWALKS. 3734 03:00:46,969 --> 03:00:48,504 >> HERE'S THE OVER ALL PROCESS 3735 03:00:48,571 --> 03:00:52,174 IDENTIFIED FOR THE EFFORT. 3736 03:00:52,241 --> 03:00:54,276 WE KNEW THE MAJOR TASK WE WANTED 3737 03:00:54,343 --> 03:00:57,112 TO ACCOMPLISH BUT HAD TO TAKE A 3738 03:00:57,179 --> 03:00:58,614 DEEPER LOOK TO DETERMINE THE 3739 03:00:58,681 --> 03:01:00,149 INDIVIDUAL STEPS THAT WOULD BE 3740 03:01:00,216 --> 03:01:01,984 REQUIRED TO GET TO OUR 3741 03:01:02,051 --> 03:01:04,420 OBJECTIVE. 3742 03:01:04,486 --> 03:01:06,522 WE ALSO HAD TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE 3743 03:01:06,589 --> 03:01:09,959 END PRODUCT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND 3744 03:01:10,025 --> 03:01:11,393 WHAT FORM IT WOULD BE THE MOST 3745 03:01:11,460 --> 03:01:14,163 EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. 3746 03:01:14,230 --> 03:01:17,566 A SINGLE CONTRACT WAS 3747 03:01:17,633 --> 03:01:19,969 ACCOMPLISHED AND THIS PROVIDED 3748 03:01:20,035 --> 03:01:20,903 CONTINUITY THROUGH ALL PHASES OF 3749 03:01:20,970 --> 03:01:21,470 THE PROCESS. 3750 03:01:21,537 --> 03:01:24,473 THE FIRST STEP WAS TO KNOW WHAT 3751 03:01:24,540 --> 03:01:30,112 WE HAD LIKE MANY GOVERNMENT 3752 03:01:30,179 --> 03:01:32,047 FACILITIES, OUR FACILITIES 3753 03:01:32,114 --> 03:01:33,682 HAVING BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 3754 03:01:33,749 --> 03:01:35,251 1940s CHANGED HANDS. 3755 03:01:35,317 --> 03:01:38,120 WHILE SOME OF THE RECORDS ALONG 3756 03:01:38,187 --> 03:01:40,389 THE WAY AND OUR RECORD INVENTORY 3757 03:01:40,456 --> 03:01:44,059 IS VASTLY INCOMPLETE SO WE KNEW 3758 03:01:44,126 --> 03:01:46,528 A FULL AUDIT OF OUR STORM WATER 3759 03:01:46,595 --> 03:01:53,902 ASSETS WAS REQUIRED AND STORM 3760 03:01:53,969 --> 03:01:54,937 PLANS AND PREVIOUS SURVEY 3761 03:01:55,004 --> 03:01:58,707 INFORMATION IN HARD COPY AND 3762 03:01:58,774 --> 03:01:59,041 DATABASES. 3763 03:01:59,108 --> 03:02:03,345 WHILE WE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF 3764 03:02:03,412 --> 03:02:05,414 INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN AUTO 3765 03:02:05,481 --> 03:02:06,815 CAD THE PLAN IS TO MOVE TO 3766 03:02:06,882 --> 03:02:07,483 G.I.S. 3767 03:02:07,549 --> 03:02:09,084 WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3768 03:02:09,151 --> 03:02:11,820 CREATE A G.I.S. DATABASE FOR OUR 3769 03:02:11,887 --> 03:02:16,091 STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 3770 03:02:16,158 --> 03:02:17,626 IN BUILDING THE DATABASE CREATED 3771 03:02:17,693 --> 03:02:18,227 CAPABILITIES IN THE FOLLOWING 3772 03:02:18,294 --> 03:02:19,895 PHASE OF THE PROJECT. 3773 03:02:19,962 --> 03:02:21,930 AFTER THE DATABASE WAS CREATED, 3774 03:02:21,997 --> 03:02:24,600 WE WERE ABLE TO GET GOING ON THE 3775 03:02:24,667 --> 03:02:25,668 ACTUAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT. 3776 03:02:25,734 --> 03:02:30,139 THE ASSESSMENT WAS PERFORMED IN 3777 03:02:30,205 --> 03:02:36,412 ACCORDANCE WITH NASCO STANDARDS 3778 03:02:36,478 --> 03:02:38,147 AND VISUAL ASSESSMENT AND THE 3779 03:02:38,213 --> 03:02:40,249 ASSET FORMS WERE DEVELOPED USING 3780 03:02:40,316 --> 03:02:42,117 GIS WITHIN ESRI FIELD MAPS AND 3781 03:02:42,184 --> 03:02:45,921 THIS ALLOWED FOR SEAMLESS DATA 3782 03:02:45,988 --> 03:02:47,923 COLLECTION AND PROCESSING. 3783 03:02:47,990 --> 03:02:50,159 I'LL NOTE OBSERVATIONS AND MEDIA 3784 03:02:50,225 --> 03:02:52,494 WERE ABLE TO BE COLLECTED 3785 03:02:52,561 --> 03:02:54,330 DIRECTLY IN THE APPLICATION. 3786 03:02:54,396 --> 03:02:56,765 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WAS 3787 03:02:56,832 --> 03:02:58,334 A TOP SIDE INSPECTION ONLY. 3788 03:02:58,400 --> 03:03:00,869 NO CCTV WAS PERFORMED. 3789 03:03:00,936 --> 03:03:03,605 THE FIELD TEAM DID LOWER OUR 3790 03:03:03,672 --> 03:03:11,246 CAMERA POLE GRADE STRUCTURES BUT 3791 03:03:11,313 --> 03:03:13,982 YOU CAN ONLY OBSERVE THE FIRST 3792 03:03:14,049 --> 03:03:15,684 THREE OR FOUR FEET OF THE 3793 03:03:15,751 --> 03:03:20,055 HORIZONTAL PIPES AS THEY WERE 3794 03:03:20,122 --> 03:03:20,289 TORCHED. 3795 03:03:20,356 --> 03:03:23,359 CCTV WAS ONE OF THE 3796 03:03:23,425 --> 03:03:24,626 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DEPENDENT 3797 03:03:24,693 --> 03:03:25,794 ON THE CONDITIONS OBSERVED AND 3798 03:03:25,861 --> 03:03:27,896 THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER 3799 03:03:27,963 --> 03:03:28,897 INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING THE 3800 03:03:28,964 --> 03:03:30,032 DESK TOP AUDIT. 3801 03:03:30,099 --> 03:03:32,568 ANOTHER NOTE IS THE STRUCTURAL 3802 03:03:32,634 --> 03:03:34,169 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WERE 3803 03:03:34,236 --> 03:03:35,571 NOT INCLUDED IN THE ASSESSMENT. 3804 03:03:35,637 --> 03:03:38,841 WE DO CONSIDER THEM TO BE PART 3805 03:03:38,907 --> 03:03:40,142 OF OUR STORM WATER 3806 03:03:40,209 --> 03:03:42,444 INFRASTRUCTURE BUT UNDER THE 3807 03:03:42,511 --> 03:03:45,247 MARYLAND MS4 PERMIT IT'S RIVERED 3808 03:03:45,314 --> 03:03:48,450 TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN THE BMPs 3809 03:03:48,517 --> 03:03:52,488 ON A REGULAR BASIS SO AS NOT TO 3810 03:03:52,554 --> 03:03:53,355 INCLUDE THEM IN THE EFFORT. 3811 03:03:53,422 --> 03:03:55,224 THE END PRODUCT WAS A FULL 3812 03:03:55,290 --> 03:04:02,731 REPORT THAT PROVIDED 3813 03:04:02,798 --> 03:04:04,633 OBSERVATIONS AND EACH HAS A 3814 03:04:04,700 --> 03:04:06,168 REPORT IN EXAMPLES ON THE RIGHT 3815 03:04:06,235 --> 03:04:15,811 SIDE OF THE SLIDE. 3816 03:04:15,878 --> 03:04:19,148 ONCE THE DEFICIENCIES WERE 3817 03:04:19,214 --> 03:04:21,116 IDENTIFIED WE NEED TO KNOW HOW 3818 03:04:21,183 --> 03:04:23,252 TO PRIORITIZE OUR TIME AND 3819 03:04:23,318 --> 03:04:24,787 THAT'S WHERE RISK COMES INTO 3820 03:04:24,853 --> 03:04:24,987 PLAY. 3821 03:04:25,053 --> 03:04:26,255 THE THE COMBINATION OF TWO 3822 03:04:26,321 --> 03:04:26,488 FACTORS. 3823 03:04:26,555 --> 03:04:29,024 THE PROBABILITY OF FAILURE AND 3824 03:04:29,091 --> 03:04:30,325 THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE. 3825 03:04:30,392 --> 03:04:31,927 WHILE THESE TWO FACTORS HAVE 3826 03:04:31,994 --> 03:04:35,531 HISTORICALLY BEEN USED TO ASSIGN 3827 03:04:35,597 --> 03:04:37,566 PRIORITY AND TYPICALLY THERE'S A 3828 03:04:37,633 --> 03:04:39,501 LARGE DEGREE OF SUBJECTIVITY IN 3829 03:04:39,568 --> 03:04:41,136 THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND 3830 03:04:41,203 --> 03:04:41,904 THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO 3831 03:04:41,970 --> 03:04:44,706 AVID HERE. 3832 03:04:44,773 --> 03:04:48,977 WHERE WE WANTED TO GET TO WAS A 3833 03:04:49,044 --> 03:04:51,480 STANDARDIZED JUSTIFIABLE 3834 03:04:51,547 --> 03:04:53,649 FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS ALL RISK 3835 03:04:53,715 --> 03:04:53,949 ASSETS. 3836 03:04:54,016 --> 03:04:57,786 THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING THE 3837 03:04:57,853 --> 03:04:59,188 FRAMEWORK WAS TO DEVELOP TE 3838 03:04:59,254 --> 03:04:59,455 CRITERIA. 3839 03:04:59,521 --> 03:05:02,157 THE PROBABILITY OF FAILURE OR 3840 03:05:02,224 --> 03:05:05,060 HOW LIKELY IT IS AN ASSET WILL 3841 03:05:05,127 --> 03:05:06,161 FAIL IS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD 3842 03:05:06,228 --> 03:05:10,699 THAN THE CONSEQUENCE IN FAILURE. 3843 03:05:10,766 --> 03:05:13,001 IN OUR SCENARIO THERE WERE TWO 3844 03:05:13,068 --> 03:05:13,235 FACTORS. 3845 03:05:13,302 --> 03:05:17,673 THE ASSET CONDITION, DETERMINED 3846 03:05:17,739 --> 03:05:18,674 DURING THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT 3847 03:05:18,740 --> 03:05:20,976 AND ASSET MAINTENANCE AND THIS 3848 03:05:21,043 --> 03:05:22,244 LOOKED AT HOW MUCH WORK AN ASSET 3849 03:05:22,311 --> 03:05:23,812 REQUIRED TO RETURN TO GOOD 3850 03:05:23,879 --> 03:05:26,081 WORKING CONDITION. 3851 03:05:26,148 --> 03:05:27,483 IT ALSO LOOKED AT THE TIME FRAME 3852 03:05:27,549 --> 03:05:28,951 IN WHICH THE MAINTENANCE NEEDED 3853 03:05:29,017 --> 03:05:29,618 TON ACCOMPLISHED. 3854 03:05:29,685 --> 03:05:32,321 CAN IT BE DELAYED OR WAS FAILURE 3855 03:05:32,387 --> 03:05:35,190 OF THE ASSET IMMINENT. 3856 03:05:35,257 --> 03:05:37,059 FURTHERMORE, EACH FACTOR CAN 3857 03:05:37,125 --> 03:05:44,433 HAVE EQUAL WEIGHTING MAKE IT 3858 03:05:44,500 --> 03:05:47,402 EASIER TO ASSESS THE PROBABILITY 3859 03:05:47,469 --> 03:05:50,172 FAILURE SCORE AND THE POF SCORES 3860 03:05:50,239 --> 03:05:50,739 WERE ESTABLISHED. 3861 03:05:50,806 --> 03:05:54,810 THIS TABLE DEPICTS THE SCORES BY 3862 03:05:54,877 --> 03:05:57,546 ASSET TYPE AND WHAT THIS TABLE 3863 03:05:57,613 --> 03:06:00,249 DOES NOT SHOW THE BMPs WE CLAIM 3864 03:06:00,315 --> 03:06:01,783 UNDER THE PERMIT. 3865 03:06:01,850 --> 03:06:03,185 WHILE WE ARE AN ORDERLY 3866 03:06:03,252 --> 03:06:05,554 FACILITY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 3867 03:06:05,621 --> 03:06:07,356 IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE STORM 3868 03:06:07,422 --> 03:06:09,324 WATER MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WHICH 3869 03:06:09,391 --> 03:06:11,159 HAS HELPED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 3870 03:06:11,226 --> 03:06:12,995 THE MAJORITY OF OUR ASSETS WERE 3871 03:06:13,061 --> 03:06:14,463 ON THE LOWER END OF THE SCORING. 3872 03:06:14,530 --> 03:06:18,100 THIS IS PARTLY SKEWED BECAUSE OF 3873 03:06:18,166 --> 03:06:20,302 OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WE 3874 03:06:20,369 --> 03:06:22,170 IMPLEMENTED AND ALSO THE FACT 3875 03:06:22,237 --> 03:06:25,240 THAT THE HORIZONTAL PIPES 3876 03:06:25,307 --> 03:06:26,508 RECEIVED SCORES OF ZERO BECAUSE 3877 03:06:26,575 --> 03:06:27,142 CERTAIN DATA WAS NOT ABLE TO BE 3878 03:06:27,209 --> 03:06:31,079 OBTAINED. 3879 03:06:31,146 --> 03:06:33,482 THE NEXT STEP WAS TO DEVELOP A 3880 03:06:33,549 --> 03:06:35,317 CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE CRITERIA. 3881 03:06:35,384 --> 03:06:38,387 THIS STEP IS MORE INVOLVED AS 3882 03:06:38,453 --> 03:06:39,788 THE CRITERIA CAN SPAN A NUMBER 3883 03:06:39,855 --> 03:06:42,491 OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SUCH AS 3884 03:06:42,558 --> 03:06:44,593 THE MISSION, ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3885 03:06:44,660 --> 03:06:47,963 AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND 3886 03:06:48,030 --> 03:06:48,997 COMMUNITY IMPACT AND 3887 03:06:49,064 --> 03:06:49,331 ENVIRONMENTAL. 3888 03:06:49,398 --> 03:06:51,400 EACH CAN HAVE DIFFERENT FACTORS. 3889 03:06:51,466 --> 03:06:54,169 FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL 3890 03:06:54,236 --> 03:06:56,672 CATEGORY CAN INCLUDE REGULATORY 3891 03:06:56,738 --> 03:07:00,442 COMPLIANCE, MEANING OF A PERMIT 3892 03:07:00,509 --> 03:07:01,643 OR RESOLUTION REQUIREMENT, 3893 03:07:01,710 --> 03:07:03,512 PROXIMITY TIE SENSITIVE AREA, 3894 03:07:03,579 --> 03:07:06,815 LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING AND THE 3895 03:07:06,882 --> 03:07:08,750 LIKELIHOOD OF POTENTIAL 3896 03:07:08,817 --> 03:07:09,618 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY. 3897 03:07:09,685 --> 03:07:13,388 THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT METHODS 3898 03:07:13,455 --> 03:07:14,756 TO WEIGH THE FACTORS. 3899 03:07:14,823 --> 03:07:15,991 WE'RE DEVELOPING THE CONSEQUENCE 3900 03:07:16,058 --> 03:07:17,759 OF FAILURE, YOU WANT TO LACK AT 3901 03:07:17,826 --> 03:07:20,395 THE CURRENT MISSION, GOALS AND 3902 03:07:20,462 --> 03:07:21,163 COMMITMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE 3903 03:07:21,229 --> 03:07:22,164 POLICIES IN PLACE THAT DRIVE 3904 03:07:22,230 --> 03:07:26,535 YOUR OPERATION. 3905 03:07:26,602 --> 03:07:28,537 THE FAILURE CRITERIA WITH 3906 03:07:28,604 --> 03:07:29,705 DEFINITIONS FOR CRITERIA ITSELF 3907 03:07:29,771 --> 03:07:33,342 AND THE PROPOSED SCORING. 3908 03:07:33,408 --> 03:07:35,477 GET INPUT FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS 3909 03:07:35,544 --> 03:07:36,211 WITHIN YOUR AGENCY. 3910 03:07:36,278 --> 03:07:38,180 FINALLY YOU, WANT TO GET THE 3911 03:07:38,246 --> 03:07:40,182 SIGN-OFF FROM LEADERSHIP AS 3912 03:07:40,248 --> 03:07:43,452 THEY'LL BE THE BACKBONE FOR 3913 03:07:43,518 --> 03:07:44,453 GETTING THIS IMPLEMENTED. 3914 03:07:44,519 --> 03:07:46,755 AND HERE'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF 3915 03:07:46,822 --> 03:07:55,297 FAILURE FOR THE CHELTENHAM DTD. 3916 03:07:55,364 --> 03:07:57,165 WE SPOKE WITH MANY DIFFERENT 3917 03:07:57,232 --> 03:08:00,502 BRANCHES AT TE TRAINING DELIVERY 3918 03:08:00,569 --> 03:08:01,670 POINT INCLUDING FACILITY 3919 03:08:01,737 --> 03:08:02,237 MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING 3920 03:08:02,304 --> 03:08:03,505 MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY TO GET 3921 03:08:03,572 --> 03:08:05,807 THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY VIEW AS 3922 03:08:05,874 --> 03:08:10,078 POTENTIAL IMPACTS SHOULD BE 3923 03:08:10,145 --> 03:08:12,247 SHOULD THE STORM WATER 3924 03:08:12,314 --> 03:08:13,181 INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE FAIL. 3925 03:08:13,248 --> 03:08:15,050 FROM THE INPUT WE RECEIVED WE 3926 03:08:15,117 --> 03:08:17,953 SETTLED ON FOUR CATEGORIES FOR 3927 03:08:18,020 --> 03:08:22,057 OUR CRITERIA ENVIRONMENTAL, 3928 03:08:22,124 --> 03:08:23,725 MISSION, ECONOMIC, ASSET SYSTEM 3929 03:08:23,792 --> 03:08:24,960 IMPACT AND TWO CATEGORIES HAD 3930 03:08:25,027 --> 03:08:28,664 MULTIPLE FACTORS. 3931 03:08:28,730 --> 03:08:31,733 DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH 3932 03:08:31,800 --> 03:08:34,169 THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WE 3933 03:08:34,236 --> 03:08:36,438 ASKED HOW THEY'D RATE THE 3934 03:08:36,505 --> 03:08:40,208 POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND THIS 3935 03:08:40,275 --> 03:08:41,610 HELPED WEIGH THE VARIOUS FACTORS 3936 03:08:41,677 --> 03:08:41,910 IDENTIFIED. 3937 03:08:41,977 --> 03:08:43,245 THERE WERE A FEW TO CONSIDER 3938 03:08:43,311 --> 03:08:46,314 WHEN DECIDING ON HOW TO WEIGH 3939 03:08:46,381 --> 03:08:48,316 THE CRITERIA. 3940 03:08:48,383 --> 03:08:50,185 YOU CAN PROVIDE EQUAL WEIGHT 3941 03:08:50,252 --> 03:08:52,154 ACROSS ALL FACTORS. 3942 03:08:52,220 --> 03:08:54,122 SO CATEGORY WEIGHTING WOULD BE 3943 03:08:54,189 --> 03:08:55,023 DETERMINED ON THE NUMBER OF 3944 03:08:55,090 --> 03:09:00,262 FACTORS WITHIN EACH CATEGORY. 3945 03:09:00,328 --> 03:09:02,464 OR YOU CAN PROVIDE EQUAL 3946 03:09:02,531 --> 03:09:05,367 WEIGHTING AND THE NUMBER OF 3947 03:09:05,434 --> 03:09:06,168 FACTORS WILL DETERMINE THE 3948 03:09:06,234 --> 03:09:10,172 FACTOR WEIGHT AND NOT THE 3949 03:09:10,238 --> 03:09:11,473 CATEGORY WEIGHT. 3950 03:09:11,540 --> 03:09:14,876 PLUS, WE CHOSE TO UTILIZE THE 3951 03:09:14,943 --> 03:09:18,013 FINAL OPTIONS AND USED THE 3952 03:09:18,080 --> 03:09:18,747 ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS. 3953 03:09:18,814 --> 03:09:20,615 THIS OPTION ENABLED US TO USE 3954 03:09:20,682 --> 03:09:24,453 THE INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE 3955 03:09:24,519 --> 03:09:26,221 VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOP 3956 03:09:26,288 --> 03:09:27,856 THE WEIGHTING BASED ON PERCEIVED 3957 03:09:27,923 --> 03:09:29,691 IMPORTANCE OF EACH FACTOR. 3958 03:09:29,758 --> 03:09:31,626 THIS WEIGHTING PROCESS DOES HAVE 3959 03:09:31,693 --> 03:09:33,528 SOME LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVITY 3960 03:09:33,595 --> 03:09:36,131 BECAUSE IT CAN BE TAILORED 3961 03:09:36,198 --> 03:09:38,633 SPECIFICALLY TO THE END USER. 3962 03:09:38,700 --> 03:09:42,170 ONCE IT IS SET, IT DOES ALLOW 3963 03:09:42,237 --> 03:09:44,606 FOR STANDARDIZED WEIGHTING FOR 3964 03:09:44,673 --> 03:09:47,209 ALL CRITERIA ACROSS ALL ASSETS. 3965 03:09:47,275 --> 03:09:48,610 THE ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS 3966 03:09:48,677 --> 03:09:51,313 HAS TWO PARTS. 3967 03:09:51,379 --> 03:09:54,349 FIRST, THE SCALE IS USED TO 3968 03:09:54,416 --> 03:09:56,551 ESTABLISH A HIERARCHICAL SCORE 3969 03:09:56,618 --> 03:10:00,255 FOR EACH OF THE FACTORS. 3970 03:10:00,322 --> 03:10:06,461 THEY'RE COMPARED IN A PAIR WISE 3971 03:10:06,528 --> 03:10:09,231 COMPARISON PAY TRIX. 3972 03:10:09,297 --> 03:10:12,067 CALCULATIONS -- MATRIX. 3973 03:10:12,134 --> 03:10:14,336 AND CALCULATIONS ARE IN THE PAIR 3974 03:10:14,402 --> 03:10:17,773 WISE TOOL AND FINAL WEIGHTING IS 3975 03:10:17,839 --> 03:10:19,608 ESTABLISHED. 3976 03:10:19,674 --> 03:10:24,312 THIS TABLE DEPICTED THE FINAL 3977 03:10:24,379 --> 03:10:25,714 WEIGHTING GENERATE THE PAIR WISE 3978 03:10:25,781 --> 03:10:27,983 COMPARISON TOOL AND PROVIDES THE 3979 03:10:28,049 --> 03:10:29,751 RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF EACH FACTOR 3980 03:10:29,818 --> 03:10:31,820 COMPARED TO THE OTHER AND THE 3981 03:10:31,887 --> 03:10:33,388 FINAL WEIGHTING IS PROVIDED IN 3982 03:10:33,455 --> 03:10:34,823 THE BLUE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT. 3983 03:10:34,890 --> 03:10:37,959 LIKE MANY OPERATIONAL GOVERNMENT 3984 03:10:38,026 --> 03:10:39,361 AGENCIES, THE MOST IMPORTANT 3985 03:10:39,427 --> 03:10:39,928 CRITERIA WAS THE POTENTIAL 3986 03:10:39,995 --> 03:10:41,263 IMPACT AND MISSION. 3987 03:10:41,329 --> 03:10:43,398 THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE 3988 03:10:43,465 --> 03:10:45,100 POTENTIAL IMPACT OF 3989 03:10:45,167 --> 03:10:46,635 TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND 3990 03:10:46,701 --> 03:10:50,872 THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY 3991 03:10:50,939 --> 03:10:51,773 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, 3992 03:10:51,840 --> 03:10:53,475 CONSEQUENCES AND WHILE FLOODING 3993 03:10:53,542 --> 03:10:56,244 COULD HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON 3994 03:10:56,311 --> 03:10:57,746 OUR MISSION, WE ARE CURRENTLY 3995 03:10:57,813 --> 03:11:00,182 ONLY EXPERIENCING LOCALIZED 3996 03:11:00,248 --> 03:11:02,684 FLOODING AND SO IN OUR CURRENT 3997 03:11:02,751 --> 03:11:06,988 STATE THE RISK OF FLOODING IS 3998 03:11:07,055 --> 03:11:10,525 ACTUALLY BEHIND ENVIRONMENTAL 3999 03:11:10,592 --> 03:11:12,394 COMPLIANCE. 4000 03:11:12,460 --> 03:11:14,162 NEXT, WAS ASSET SIZE AND CLASS 4001 03:11:14,229 --> 03:11:14,796 AND FINALLY THE LAST FACTOR WAS 4002 03:11:14,863 --> 03:11:16,498 EXPENSE. 4003 03:11:16,565 --> 03:11:18,166 USUALLY IF THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE 4004 03:11:18,233 --> 03:11:21,336 NEED FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, 4005 03:11:21,403 --> 03:11:22,270 FUNDING COULD BE OBTAINED TO 4006 03:11:22,337 --> 03:11:24,606 ADDRESS THE ISSUE. 4007 03:11:24,673 --> 03:11:27,442 THESE VALUES CAN CHANGE AS THE 4008 03:11:27,509 --> 03:11:28,577 CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE FACILITY 4009 03:11:28,643 --> 03:11:28,810 CHANGE. 4010 03:11:28,877 --> 03:11:32,480 IF MORE ROADS ARE BUILT, 4011 03:11:32,547 --> 03:11:33,715 TRANSPORTATION MAY GO DOWN 4012 03:11:33,782 --> 03:11:34,983 BECAUSE ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE 4013 03:11:35,050 --> 03:11:35,417 AVAILABLE. 4014 03:11:35,483 --> 03:11:38,453 ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE FLOODING 4015 03:11:38,520 --> 03:11:42,457 RISK CAN GO UP IF MORE ARE 4016 03:11:42,524 --> 03:11:44,492 IMPACTED DUE TO MORE SEVERE 4017 03:11:44,559 --> 03:11:45,026 STORMS AS CLIMATE CHANGE 4018 03:11:45,093 --> 03:11:48,897 CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE. 4019 03:11:48,964 --> 03:11:51,900 AND THIS TABLE IS THE FINAL 4020 03:11:51,967 --> 03:11:53,168 CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURES SCORE. 4021 03:11:53,235 --> 03:11:54,903 UNLIKE THE PROBABILITY OF 4022 03:11:54,970 --> 03:11:56,872 FAILURE, THE ASSETS LEAN MORE 4023 03:11:56,938 --> 03:11:58,139 TOWARDS THE HIGHER END. 4024 03:11:58,206 --> 03:11:59,875 AND NOTE THERE ARE NO ASSETS 4025 03:11:59,941 --> 03:12:01,276 WITH THE SCORE OF ONE. 4026 03:12:01,343 --> 03:12:03,712 THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE 4027 03:12:03,778 --> 03:12:06,448 SCORING FOR THE CONSEQUENCE OF 4028 03:12:06,514 --> 03:12:10,151 FAILURE CRITERIA HAVE A SCORING 4029 03:12:10,218 --> 03:12:12,387 BETWEEN 1 AND 5 COMPARED TO THE 4030 03:12:12,454 --> 03:12:13,555 PROBABILITY OF FAILURE CRITERIA 4031 03:12:13,622 --> 03:12:18,059 HAVING THE SCORING OF ZERO TO 5. 4032 03:12:18,126 --> 03:12:18,660 FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE ALSO 4033 03:12:18,727 --> 03:12:19,661 ALWAYS BE SOME LEVEL OF 4034 03:12:19,728 --> 03:12:22,163 CONSEQUENCE IN MORE THAN ONE 4035 03:12:22,230 --> 03:12:23,365 CATEGORY. 4036 03:12:23,431 --> 03:12:26,234 FAILURE WITH AN ASSET MAY NOT 4037 03:12:26,301 --> 03:12:29,170 NECESSARILY IMPACT THE MISSION 4038 03:12:29,237 --> 03:12:31,273 OR TRANSPORTATION BUT THERE WILL 4039 03:12:31,339 --> 03:12:34,009 ALWAYS BE A FINANCIAL IMPACT AND 4040 03:12:34,075 --> 03:12:36,344 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCE OR 4041 03:12:36,411 --> 03:12:37,412 IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM. 4042 03:12:37,479 --> 03:12:38,713 ONCE THE SCORING WAS COMPLETE, 4043 03:12:38,780 --> 03:12:41,283 THE DATA NOW HAD TO BE MANAGED. 4044 03:12:41,349 --> 03:12:43,318 THE DATA MANAGEMENT CAN BE 4045 03:12:43,385 --> 03:12:44,686 PERFORMED IN BOTH EXCEL WITH THE 4046 03:12:44,753 --> 03:12:47,656 SPREAD SHEET OR MANAGED WITH 4047 03:12:47,722 --> 03:12:47,923 GIS. 4048 03:12:47,989 --> 03:12:50,792 AND THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO 4049 03:12:50,859 --> 03:12:52,193 BOTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. 4050 03:12:52,260 --> 03:12:54,195 FOR AGENCIES THAT DO NOT USE 4051 03:12:54,262 --> 03:12:56,031 GIS, EXCEL IS PROBABLY THE WAY 4052 03:12:56,097 --> 03:12:56,431 TO GO. 4053 03:12:56,498 --> 03:12:59,634 THE DATA IN EXCEL MAY ALSO BE 4054 03:12:59,701 --> 03:13:02,170 EASIER TO ACCESS AND MANIPULATE 4055 03:13:02,237 --> 03:13:06,474 IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH GIS, 4056 03:13:06,541 --> 03:13:10,111 HOWEVER IT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO 4057 03:13:10,178 --> 03:13:12,247 PROVIDE VISUALIZATIONS IN 4058 03:13:12,314 --> 03:13:13,148 DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING LONG 4059 03:13:13,214 --> 03:13:14,816 SIDE INFRASTRUCTURE OR ASSET 4060 03:13:14,883 --> 03:13:16,818 TYPES LIKE BUILDING, TRAINING 4061 03:13:16,885 --> 03:13:18,153 VENUES OR OTHER UTILITIES. 4062 03:13:18,219 --> 03:13:22,157 AS THE DELIVERABLE OF THIS 4063 03:13:22,223 --> 03:13:24,926 PROJECT IT'S OBTAINED IN THE 4064 03:13:24,993 --> 03:13:26,661 GENERAL SPREAD SHEET AND FILE 4065 03:13:26,728 --> 03:13:30,131 CONTAINING ALL RISK DATA. 4066 03:13:30,198 --> 03:13:33,902 AND THIS IS THE PRIORITIZATION 4067 03:13:33,969 --> 03:13:35,603 TABLE CREATED USING EXCEL THE 4068 03:13:35,670 --> 03:13:37,572 SCORES FOR PROBABILITY AND 4069 03:13:37,639 --> 03:13:40,141 CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE FACTORS 4070 03:13:40,208 --> 03:13:43,578 IN BOTH GREEN AND BLUE COLUMNS 4071 03:13:43,645 --> 03:13:45,547 AND IN THE GRAY COLUMNS IT 4072 03:13:45,613 --> 03:13:47,282 PROVIDES THE TOTAL SCORES FOR 4073 03:13:47,349 --> 03:13:48,516 PROBABILITY AND CONSEQUENCE OF 4074 03:13:48,583 --> 03:13:48,817 FAILURES. 4075 03:13:48,883 --> 03:13:52,487 THOSE TOTAL S DETERMINE THE 4076 03:13:52,554 --> 03:13:52,887 FINAL RISK SCORE. 4077 03:13:52,954 --> 03:13:54,923 AND BASED ON THE FINALLY RISK 4078 03:13:54,990 --> 03:13:57,759 SCORE, THESE ASSETS WERE THEN 4079 03:13:57,826 --> 03:13:59,327 CATEGORIZED INTO VARIOUS RISK 4080 03:13:59,394 --> 03:13:59,627 CATEGORIES. 4081 03:13:59,694 --> 03:14:01,629 VERY HIGH RISK, HIGH RISK AND 4082 03:14:01,696 --> 03:14:05,200 MODERATE AND LOW AND VERY LOW. 4083 03:14:05,266 --> 03:14:08,136 YOU CAN SEE NO ASSETS WITH HIGH 4084 03:14:08,203 --> 03:14:08,837 RISK. 4085 03:14:08,903 --> 03:14:12,273 THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY 4086 03:14:12,340 --> 03:14:14,142 ADDRESSED THE HIGHEST PRIORITY 4087 03:14:14,209 --> 03:14:15,443 ISSUES HOWEVER, WE ADDRESSED 4088 03:14:15,510 --> 03:14:17,379 THEM AFTER THEY WERE ALREADY AN 4089 03:14:17,445 --> 03:14:17,979 ISSUE AND HAD TO REACT TO THE 4090 03:14:18,046 --> 03:14:19,948 SITUATION. 4091 03:14:20,015 --> 03:14:21,883 AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN 4092 03:14:21,950 --> 03:14:23,385 DRIVERS FOR THE EFFORT TO GET A 4093 03:14:23,451 --> 03:14:25,086 FULL HANDLE ON OUR STORM WATER 4094 03:14:25,153 --> 03:14:26,488 INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET IN FRONT 4095 03:14:26,554 --> 03:14:30,158 OF THE MAJOR ISSUES BEFORE THEY 4096 03:14:30,225 --> 03:14:31,893 DEVELOP. 4097 03:14:31,960 --> 03:14:34,896 HERE'S THE VISUALIZATION USING 4098 03:14:34,963 --> 03:14:35,063 GIS. 4099 03:14:35,130 --> 03:14:37,866 THE HEAT MAP DEPICTS ALL THE 4100 03:14:37,932 --> 03:14:39,701 ASSETS WITHIN THE STORM WATER 4101 03:14:39,768 --> 03:14:40,869 CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND WHERE THE 4102 03:14:40,935 --> 03:14:42,170 HIGHEST RISK IS LOCATED AND 4103 03:14:42,237 --> 03:14:44,706 WHERE WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR 4104 03:14:44,773 --> 03:14:47,675 MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION 4105 03:14:47,742 --> 03:14:48,476 EFFORTS. 4106 03:14:48,543 --> 03:14:51,112 THIS VISUALIZATION PROVIDES A 4107 03:14:51,179 --> 03:14:53,515 SIMPLE MEANS TO CONVEY THE SAME 4108 03:14:53,581 --> 03:14:55,950 INFORMATION FROM THE SPREAD 4109 03:14:56,017 --> 03:14:58,153 SHEET TO LEADERSHIP WHICH THEY 4110 03:14:58,219 --> 03:15:00,488 WILL APPRECIATE. 4111 03:15:00,555 --> 03:15:02,323 BACK TO YOU, TODD. 4112 03:15:02,390 --> 03:15:03,058 >> ALL RIGHT. 4113 03:15:03,124 --> 03:15:05,727 WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE 4114 03:15:05,794 --> 03:15:08,863 MANY BENEFITS TO THIS RISK-BASED 4115 03:15:08,930 --> 03:15:09,130 FRAMEWORK. 4116 03:15:09,197 --> 03:15:10,632 THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, QUITE A 4117 03:15:10,698 --> 03:15:12,133 BIT OF EFFORT. 4118 03:15:12,200 --> 03:15:14,569 WE HAD A CONSULTANT HELP US BUT 4119 03:15:14,636 --> 03:15:16,271 YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VARIOUS 4120 03:15:16,337 --> 03:15:18,106 BENEFITS. 4121 03:15:18,173 --> 03:15:23,745 ONE THING WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 4122 03:15:23,812 --> 03:15:24,345 TLOEVON 4123 03:15:24,412 --> 03:15:25,346 THE LEFT ABOUT THE BUDGET AND 4124 03:15:25,413 --> 03:15:25,613 FORECAST. 4125 03:15:25,680 --> 03:15:30,485 THIS PROCESS GIVES US A GOOD 4126 03:15:30,552 --> 03:15:36,491 HARD DATA AND GOOD INTEGRITY AND 4127 03:15:36,558 --> 03:15:37,892 JUSTIFIABLE DATA SO WE GO TO ASK 4128 03:15:37,959 --> 03:15:40,061 FOR MONEY, IT GIVES US 4129 03:15:40,128 --> 03:15:41,029 CREDIBILITY BECAUSE WE CAN SHOW 4130 03:15:41,096 --> 03:15:42,163 WHY WE NEED THE MONEY AND FOR 4131 03:15:42,230 --> 03:15:49,104 WHAT. 4132 03:15:49,170 --> 03:15:51,573 AS A RESULT WE WERE ABLE TO GET 4133 03:15:51,639 --> 03:15:54,476 AN $11 MILLION BOGEY LAST YEAR 4134 03:15:54,542 --> 03:15:57,112 TO ADDRESS MANY OF OUR MAJOR 4135 03:15:57,178 --> 03:16:00,915 STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 4136 03:16:00,982 --> 03:16:02,350 CONCERNS AND THIS YEAR WE'RE 4137 03:16:02,417 --> 03:16:03,618 DOING AN ASSESSMENT AND WE'LL DO 4138 03:16:03,685 --> 03:16:07,489 THAT THIS YEAR AND DOING SOME 4139 03:16:07,555 --> 03:16:09,290 DESIGN WORK FOR A LOT OF THE 4140 03:16:09,357 --> 03:16:12,160 HIGH RISK ITEMS TO GET THOSE 4141 03:16:12,227 --> 03:16:12,393 FIXED. 4142 03:16:12,460 --> 03:16:17,966 IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD TO US AND IT 4143 03:16:18,032 --> 03:16:22,170 WAS WELL LIKED BY THE FINANCIAL 4144 03:16:22,237 --> 03:16:28,510 FOLKS AND CFO. 4145 03:16:28,576 --> 03:16:30,078 WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 4146 03:16:30,145 --> 03:16:32,647 OUR BRIEFING AND IF YOU HAVE ANY 4147 03:16:32,714 --> 03:16:34,449 QUESTIONS, YOU CAN THINK 4148 03:16:34,516 --> 03:16:35,517 ANYTHING OR WISH TO HAVE 4149 03:16:35,583 --> 03:16:37,318 ASSISTANCE WE CAN HELP YOU OUT 4150 03:16:37,385 --> 03:16:38,753 AND HERE'S OUR CONTACT 4151 03:16:38,820 --> 03:16:39,187 INFORMATION. 4152 03:16:39,254 --> 03:16:44,726 AGAIN, WE'RE AVAILABLE EITHER BY 4153 03:16:44,792 --> 03:16:45,293 E-MAIL OR PHONE. 4154 03:16:45,360 --> 03:16:46,861 SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, 4155 03:16:46,928 --> 03:16:47,729 WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR 4156 03:16:47,795 --> 03:16:58,106 FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 4157 03:16:59,207 --> 03:17:02,944 DON'T BE SHY. 4158 03:17:03,011 --> 03:17:07,348 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT WAS AN 4159 03:17:07,415 --> 03:17:09,184 INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION BEING A 4160 03:17:09,250 --> 03:17:15,156 FAN OF ANALYSIS AND STORM WATER 4161 03:17:15,223 --> 03:17:17,292 AND THE HEAT MAPS LOOKED SIMILAR 4162 03:17:17,358 --> 03:17:21,996 TO WHAT THE DEFENSE CLIMATE 4163 03:17:22,063 --> 03:17:23,698 ASSESSMENT TOOL RECOMMENDED WHEN 4164 03:17:23,765 --> 03:17:25,867 IT COMES TO AREAS OF GREATEST 4165 03:17:25,934 --> 03:17:29,404 RISK AND VULNERABILITY FOR 4166 03:17:29,470 --> 03:17:36,611 CLIMATE RISKS AND THREATS. 4167 03:17:36,678 --> 03:17:38,146 HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTS THIS FOR 4168 03:17:38,213 --> 03:17:41,616 CLIMATE ASSESSMENT SCENARIOS? 4169 03:17:41,683 --> 03:17:45,453 >> HERE, NO. 4170 03:17:45,520 --> 03:17:51,859 BUT WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT 4171 03:17:51,926 --> 03:17:56,965 THIS BEING PART OF DHS THERE'S A 4172 03:17:57,031 --> 03:17:57,699 CLUTCH PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM AND 4173 03:17:57,765 --> 03:18:02,704 SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP WHERE 4174 03:18:02,770 --> 03:18:04,505 THE FOLKS WITHIN THE PROGRAM ARE 4175 03:18:04,572 --> 03:18:05,673 USING OTHER TOOLS AND THIS 4176 03:18:05,740 --> 03:18:11,746 SPECIFICALLY HAS NOT BEEN 4177 03:18:11,813 --> 03:18:16,818 INCORPORATED BUT THIS CAN BE 4178 03:18:16,884 --> 03:18:18,519 APPLIED TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, 4179 03:18:18,586 --> 03:18:21,556 DIFFERENT UTILITIES AND SO YES, 4180 03:18:21,623 --> 03:18:22,991 IT IS BEING EXPLORED. 4181 03:18:23,057 --> 03:18:24,559 IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED 4182 03:18:24,626 --> 03:18:25,693 YET. 4183 03:18:25,760 --> 03:18:31,899 >> SCLEPT. 4184 03:18:34,936 --> 03:18:37,372 -- EXCELLENT. 4185 03:18:37,438 --> 03:18:41,776 >> WE USED THIS IN FOR EXAMPLE 4186 03:18:41,843 --> 03:18:45,880 OUR DRIVING TRAINING TRACK. 4187 03:18:45,947 --> 03:18:48,883 WE APPLIED RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL 4188 03:18:48,950 --> 03:18:54,756 TO THAT AND WORK ON REPAIRING 4189 03:18:54,822 --> 03:18:56,891 IT. 4190 03:18:56,958 --> 03:19:02,697 AND IF GET MONEY OR NOT I DON'T 4191 03:19:02,764 --> 03:19:10,138 KNOW AND WE'RE USING THE SAME 4192 03:19:10,204 --> 03:19:20,315 MOD 4193 03:19:21,449 --> 03:19:21,549 MODEL. 4194 03:19:21,616 --> 03:19:26,154 >> EXCELLENT. 4195 03:19:26,220 --> 03:19:28,990 DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO 4196 03:19:29,057 --> 03:19:31,125 INCORPORATE FUTURE CLIMATE 4197 03:19:31,192 --> 03:19:33,394 SCENARIOS IN THE MODELLING TO 4198 03:19:33,461 --> 03:19:37,098 ASSUME YOU'RE IN A REGION WHERE 4199 03:19:37,165 --> 03:19:41,969 INCREASED COASTAL FLOODING MAY 4200 03:19:42,036 --> 03:19:49,043 BE AN ISSUE? 4201 03:19:49,110 --> 03:19:54,882 >> THIS WAS DRIVEN BY POTENTIAL 4202 03:19:54,949 --> 03:19:55,249 CLIMATE CHANGE. 4203 03:19:55,316 --> 03:19:58,853 AS THE INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY 4204 03:19:58,920 --> 03:20:04,158 OF STORMS INCREASES, WE ARE 4205 03:20:04,225 --> 03:20:07,962 EXPERIENCING MORE AND MORE 4206 03:20:08,029 --> 03:20:09,230 LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. 4207 03:20:09,297 --> 03:20:11,232 UNDERSTANDING THE STORM WATER 4208 03:20:11,299 --> 03:20:12,500 CONVEYANCE IF IT'S NOT 4209 03:20:12,567 --> 03:20:15,503 MAINTAINED CAN IMPEDE THE 4210 03:20:15,570 --> 03:20:18,139 DISCHARGE OF FLOOD WATERS AND SO 4211 03:20:18,206 --> 03:20:21,609 YES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT 4212 03:20:21,676 --> 03:20:22,043 THAT. 4213 03:20:22,110 --> 03:20:23,611 AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE CHANGES OR 4214 03:20:23,678 --> 03:20:25,346 EMISSIONS, IT HAS NOT BEEN 4215 03:20:25,413 --> 03:20:29,550 APPLIED TO THAT YET BUT FROM 4216 03:20:29,617 --> 03:20:31,119 CERTAIN CERTAIN CLIMATE CHANGE 4217 03:20:31,185 --> 03:20:32,987 ELEMENTS I WOULD SAY THIS IS 4218 03:20:33,054 --> 03:20:34,555 ABSOLUTELY A GOOD STARTING 4219 03:20:34,622 --> 03:20:34,822 POINT. 4220 03:20:34,889 --> 03:20:36,491 >> WHERE THIS WILL COME INTO 4221 03:20:36,557 --> 03:20:39,360 PLAY IS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND 4222 03:20:39,427 --> 03:20:39,660 RESILIENCE. 4223 03:20:39,727 --> 03:20:43,398 IT WILL HELP US TO SUSTAIN THE 4224 03:20:43,464 --> 03:20:46,334 FACILITY LONGER AND IT'S AN 4225 03:20:46,401 --> 03:20:48,403 85-YEAR-OLD FACILITY BUT ALSO 4226 03:20:48,469 --> 03:20:50,505 FOR RESILIENCE IN THAT WE CAN 4227 03:20:50,571 --> 03:20:54,008 RECOVER QUICKER WITH LESS 4228 03:20:54,075 --> 03:20:54,575 CONSEQUENCE TO ANY STORM OR 4229 03:20:54,642 --> 03:21:04,919 SEVERE WEATHER. 4230 03:21:03,184 --> 03:21:15,963 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 4231 03:21:16,030 --> 03:21:19,434 NOT SEEING ANY NEW QUESTIONS 4232 03:21:19,500 --> 03:21:29,977 COMING IN THE INBOX BUT ONE 4233 03:21:33,181 --> 03:21:34,682 QUESTION IS HAVE YOU ADDRESSED 4234 03:21:34,749 --> 03:21:39,287 WILDFIRES. 4235 03:21:39,353 --> 03:21:40,755 >> IN MARYLAND WILDFIRES ARE NOT 4236 03:21:40,822 --> 03:21:51,232 READILY HAPPENING HERE. 4237 03:21:56,103 --> 03:21:58,072 THE AREA DOESN'T HAVE GREAT 4238 03:21:58,139 --> 03:22:00,074 CONCERN WITH WILDFIRES OR AT 4239 03:22:00,141 --> 03:22:00,942 LEAST NOT YET. 4240 03:22:01,008 --> 03:22:05,980 YEAH, IN THEORY, THIS PROCESS 4241 03:22:06,047 --> 03:22:10,184 COULD BE USED FOR THAT 4242 03:22:10,251 --> 03:22:12,887 IDENTIFYING RISK AREAS. 4243 03:22:12,954 --> 03:22:15,890 WE DID HAVE A FOREST SERVICE SO 4244 03:22:15,957 --> 03:22:17,992 IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET A 4245 03:22:18,059 --> 03:22:19,994 TAKE WHETHER SOMETHING LIKE THIS 4246 03:22:20,061 --> 03:22:22,864 COULD BE USED OUT WEST LOOKING 4247 03:22:22,930 --> 03:22:27,902 AT THE FOREST AND PRECIPITATION 4248 03:22:27,969 --> 03:22:33,241 AND DEVELOPING HEAT MAPS. 4249 03:22:33,307 --> 03:22:41,182 >> WE GOT ONE QUESTION IN. 4250 03:22:41,249 --> 03:22:44,986 DID THE ARMY PURCHASE THE GPS 4251 03:22:45,052 --> 03:22:45,920 EQUIPMENT OR WAS THE MATERIALS 4252 03:22:45,987 --> 03:22:53,427 AND EQUIPMENT USED? 4253 03:22:53,494 --> 03:22:55,396 >> WE USED AN OUTSIDE VENDOR. 4254 03:22:55,463 --> 03:22:59,934 WE DID NOT USE THE ARMY CORE OF 4255 03:23:00,001 --> 03:23:01,536 ENGINEERS FOR THIS AND THEY HAD 4256 03:23:01,602 --> 03:23:02,036 ALL THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. 4257 03:23:02,103 --> 03:23:07,208 >> OKAY. 4258 03:23:07,275 --> 03:23:11,479 >> I CAN IMAGINE IT'S NOT JUST A 4259 03:23:11,546 --> 03:23:14,482 QUESTION OF COST BUT TIME AND 4260 03:23:14,549 --> 03:23:17,652 REQUESTING GFE WALKIE-TALKIES 4261 03:23:17,718 --> 03:23:22,557 CAN TAKE MONTHS SO GETTING 4262 03:23:22,623 --> 03:23:23,291 APPROPRIATE GPS SURVEYING 4263 03:23:23,357 --> 03:23:25,526 EQUIPMENT IS PROBABLY FASTER TO 4264 03:23:25,593 --> 03:23:27,895 RELY ON WHAT THE CONTRACTORS 4265 03:23:27,962 --> 03:23:28,229 ALREADY HAVE. 4266 03:23:28,296 --> 03:23:28,663 >> RIGHT. 4267 03:23:28,729 --> 03:23:36,504 AND THE OTHER SIZED THAT IS OUR 4268 03:23:36,571 --> 03:23:36,771 CAPACITY. 4269 03:23:36,837 --> 03:23:39,473 FLOOD C IS A SMALL COMPONENT 4270 03:23:39,540 --> 03:23:41,475 WITHIN DHS AND OUR MAN POWER IS 4271 03:23:41,542 --> 03:23:42,343 LIMITED. 4272 03:23:42,410 --> 03:23:43,344 I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY 4273 03:23:43,411 --> 03:23:45,913 TO ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE 4274 03:23:45,980 --> 03:23:49,550 THIS ON MY OWN AND HENCE WE HAD 4275 03:23:49,617 --> 03:23:51,018 TO SOURCE IT OUT. 4276 03:23:51,085 --> 03:23:54,288 >> NOR DO WE. 4277 03:23:54,355 --> 03:23:55,923 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY 4278 03:23:55,990 --> 03:24:00,394 AROUND WITH THE GPS TRIPODS AND 4279 03:24:00,461 --> 03:24:02,697 FIGURE OUT WHAT GOES INTO 4280 03:24:02,763 --> 03:24:03,898 STARING INTO THE SITE. 4281 03:24:03,965 --> 03:24:14,108 >> YEP. 4282 03:24:21,015 --> 03:24:24,218 >> WELL, MARK, I BELIEVE WE HIT 4283 03:24:24,285 --> 03:24:25,853 4:00 HERE. 4284 03:24:25,920 --> 03:24:27,989 WELL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH AND 4285 03:24:28,055 --> 03:24:29,023 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND 4286 03:24:29,090 --> 03:24:31,959 HELP WITH THIS AND THANK YOU FOR 4287 03:24:32,026 --> 03:24:33,394 A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK 4288 03:24:33,461 --> 03:24:34,729 YOU ALL IN THE AUDIENCE SO MUCH 4289 03:24:34,795 --> 03:24:37,098 FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR 4290 03:24:37,164 FEEDBACK.