2002 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

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Date: 5 Jun 2002 01:59:17 -0000
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] [CPEO-MEF] EPA FORMS ADVISORY PANEL TO PROMOTE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON S
 
Headquarters Press Release
Washington, DC

EPA FORMS ADVISORY PANEL TO PROMOTE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON SUPERFUND

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2002

David Deegan, 202-564-7839/deegan.dave@epa.gov

EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today announced the formation of a 
new advisory panel to make recommendations on the role Superfund should 
play in addressing the nation's most polluted and costly hazardous waste 
sites.

"I am forming this advisory group to spur a national dialogue on the
Superfund program," Whitman said. "Today, Superfund exists alongside 
other cleanup programs, such as state voluntary cleanups, that did not 
exist when the statute was created more than 20 years ago. As we move 
forward as a country on addressing contaminated sites, we need to 
consider how all of these cleanup tools can work together in a more 
effective and unified fashion."

The advisory panel is being formed as a Subcommittee to the National
Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). 
NACEPT was formed by EPA in 1988 to provide a forum for public 
discussion and independent advice to the Agency. Council members 
include: senior-level decision-makers and experts from academia, 
business and industry, community and environmental advocacy groups, 
federal, state, local, and tribal governments, regulators, and 
environmental justice, labor, non-governmental and professional 
organizations.

EPA will request the Subcommittee to consider the scope of the national 
Superfund program against a  backdrop of other federal and state waste 
cleanup programs. This broader dialogue will consider how the nation's 
waste programs can work together in a more effective and unified way so 
that citizens can be assured that federal, state and local governments 
are working cooperatively to make sites safe for their intended uses. 
The Subcommittee is being asked to have a public dialogue and reach 
consensus-based recommendations on three major issues: the role of the 
National Priorities List in cleaning up the worst Superfund sites; the 
role of Superfund at so-called "mega sites"(sites where cleanup costs 
are expected to exceed $50 million) and measuring program performance.

The new Superfund Subcommittee will be chaired by Dr. Raymond Loehr, 
Professor of Civil Engineering, at the University of Texas in Austin. 
Loehr is a recognized expert on municipal, industrial and hazardous 
waste management and cleanup. He has published over 300 technical 
publications and reports and authored/edited 14 books. He has served on 
numerous boards and committees, including EPA's Science Advisory Board, 
National Research Council Committees, and the Department of Defense's 
Science Advisory Board, and as Vice President of the American Academy of 
Environmental Engineers.

The first public meeting of the Subcommittee is Tuesday, June 18, and 
Wednesday, June 19, in Alexandria, Va., at the Holiday Inn and Suites at 
625 First St. A Federal Register notice will be published soon which 
provides more information on the meeting, including how the public can 
offer brief comments on the Superfund program. The subcommittee is 
expected to hold additional meetings on this issue which will also be 
open to the public. EPA will provide details of additional meetings as 
they are established. As with other NACEPT dialogues, a final report 
from the subcommittee is expected within
12 to 18 months. For further information, see: 
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/SFsub.htm .


A list of the Subcommittee members is attached.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY 
(NACEPT)  SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND MEMBERS

Chair:
Raymond Loehr, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Texas, 
Austin, Texas,

Members:
Bill Adams, Director of Environmental Science, Kennecott Utah Copper 
Corp.,
Magna, Utah

Sue Briggum, Director of Environmental Affairs, Waste Management, Inc.
Washington, D.C.

Grant Cope, Attorney, US Public Interest Research Group, Washington, 
D.C.

Jim Derouin, Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz.

Richard Dewling, President, Dewling Associates, Inc, Union, N.J.

Steve Elbert, Senior Vice President of Global Environmental Management, 
British Petroleum America, Inc., Warrenville, Ill.

Jane Gardner, Manager and Counsel, Corporate Environmental Programs, 
General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn.

Mark Giesfeldt, Director of Remediation and Redevelopment Program, 
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wis.

Glenn Hammer, Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety, 
Ashland,
Inc., Columbus, Ohio

Delores Herrera, Executive Director, Albuquerque San Jose Community
Awareness Council, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.

Robert Hickmott, Senior Vice President, The Smith-Free Group, 
Washington, D.C.

Aimee Houghton, Associate Director, Center for Public Environmental
Oversight, Washington, D.C.

Ken Jock, Director, Environmental Division, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe,
Akwesasne, N.Y.

Frederick Kalisz, Jr., Mayor, City of New Bedford, Mass.

Ed Lorenz, Chair, Pine River Superfund Citizens Task Force/Professor of 
History and Political Science, Alma College, Alma, Mich.

Mildred McCain, Executive Director, Harambee House, Inc. Savannah, Ga.

Michael Mittelholzer, Director of Regulatory Affairs, National 
Association of Home Builders, Washington, D.C.

Thomas Newlon, Senior Counsel, Port of Seattle, Seattle, Wash.

Lindene Patton, Vice President, Zurich U.S. Specialities, Zurich North
America, Great Falls, Va.

Victoria Peters, Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General's 
Office, Lakewood, Colo.

Kate Probst, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

Ed Putnam, Assistant Director, Remedial Planning and Design, New Jersey 
Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, N.J.

Catherine Sharp, Assistant Division Director, Land Protection Division,
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Alexandria Shultz, Director of Legislative Affairs, Mineral Policy 
Center, Washington, D.C.

Mel Skaggs, President, InDepth Environmental Associates, Inc. Southlake, 
Texas

Richard Stewart, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, Center on Environmental 
and
Land Use Law, New York University School of Law, New York, N.Y.

Wilma Subra, Technical Advisor, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, 
New Iberia, La.

Michael Tilchin, Vice President, CHM2, Herndon, Va.

Jason White, Environmental Scientist, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Okla.

Robin Wiener, President, Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.

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