NEW ISSUES IN
SOLID WASTE AND E-WASTE
Conference in Detail
Wednesday • July 21, 2004
| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview |
Andrew Kenefick, Esq. Program Co-Chair Senior Legal Counsel Waste Management, Inc. Seattle, WA Marlys S. Palumbo, Esq. Program Co-Chair Van Ness Feldman Seattle, WA |
| 8:45 | EPA’s Proposed Revision to RCRA Solid Waste Deregulation |
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| • The nature and scope of the proposed redefinition of “solid waste” and its broad implications to the RCRA program of hazardous waste management |
Marlys S. Palumbo, Esq. Program Co-Chair |
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| • Industry argument “for” and environmental argument “against” EPA’s proposal |
Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq. Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC Seattle, WA |
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| 9:45 | New Proposed Exclusions and Conditional Exemptions from Hazardous Waste Regime |
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| • Legal overview: Industrial Wipes; lead-based paint wastes; “Headworks Rule”; hazardous oil-bearing secondary materials; zinc fertilizers; electroplating sludges |
Nanci Klinger, Esq. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Portland, OR |
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Practical compliance tips |
Morris D. Azose Vice President Regulatory Affairs Philip Services Corporation Seattle, WA |
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| 10:45 | Break |
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| 11:00 | E-waste: The New Waste Crisis |
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| • Changing expectations of environmentally sound management of E-waste – not just a government problem anymore; assigning responsibility; corporate expectations for product end of life |
Viccy Salazar Product Stewardship Program Manager, Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Seattle, WA |
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Legislative and regulatory drivers |
Wayne Rifer Principal Rifer Environmental Portland, OR |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:00 | E-waste: The New Waste Crisis (cont.’d) |
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| • California: Passed and pending legislation and recycling initiatives; reclassification of E-waste under “Universal Waste” regulations; land fill bans |
Charles A. White, P.E. Director of Regulatory Affairs Waste Management, Inc. Sacramento, CA |
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| • Oregon: Passed and pending legislation and recycling initiatives |
Frank Hammond, Esq. Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP Portland, OR |
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| • Washington: Passed and pending legislation and 2002 interim policy for recycling/ disposal of E-waste |
Chipper Hervieux Environmental Specialist Washington State Department of Ecology Olympia, WA Jay Shepard Sustainability Strategist Washington State Department of Ecology Olympia, WA |
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| 2:20 | Break |
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| 2:35 | E-waste: The New Waste Crisis (cont.’d) |
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| • National negotiations, financing system models, third party organizations, regional public/private partnerships. |
Sego Jackson Principal Planner, Solid Waste Division Snohomish County Everett, WA |
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| • Local government impacts and concerns, local regulation, local public/private partnerships |
Shirli Axelrod, Esq. Senior Environmental Analyst Seattle Public Utilities Seattle, WA |
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Impacts on business and manufacturing |
Allen Wilson Senior Technologist and Manager Intel Corp. Chandler, AZ |
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| 4:00 | New Issues in Solid Waste Management |
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EPA’s RD&D rule - Bioreactor landfills |
Andrew Kenefick, Esq. Program Co-Chair |
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| • DOE’s proposed Clean Soils Policy |
Thomas A. Newlon, Esq. Stoel Rives, LLP Seattle, WA |
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Mercury wastes |
Joshua M. Lipsky, Esq. Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC Seattle, WA |
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| • Flow control update; significant cases including United Haulers and AGG Enterprises |
Polly L. McNeill, Esq. Summit Law Group Seattle, WA |
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| 5:30 | Adjourn |
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