| #e.22124 | Friday 12:00PM to 1:00PM
November 30,
2012 | CM | 1.00 |
Vita Nuova Sustainability Series Presents: Moving RCRA Sites toward a Sustainable Future: A Case StudyVita Nuova LLCNewtown, CT RCRA cleanup sites, particularly large industrial sites that have been shut down by companies, pose some of the toughest problems for communities to move toward a new future. Because many of the sites are large and may have significant and complex cleanups associated with them, engaging owners in a process that leads to outcomes acceptable to the local community is many times unclear. However, there is hope. Through the dedication and concerted efforts of local stakeholders, municipalities, state and federal regulators, and owners of the properties, partnerships are emerging that lead to cleanups that address tough issues, redevelopments that lead to new uses, and benefits for all including tax generation, ecological restoration, and a renewed sense of hope in those communities.
This webinar will focus on the approach used at the Pharmacia and Upjohn site in North Haven, Connecticut, now under remediation.
More Instructors: Mary Sanderson Mary Sanderson is the chief of the Remediation and Restoration II Branch in the Office of Site Remediation and Restoration in the Region I/New England office of the EPA. Her work includes the Brownfields program, the Federal Facilities Superfund and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program, and the Underground Storage Tanks program.
Prior positions include a one-year assignment as the special assistant to the Deputy Regional Administrator in New England, project manager for a variety of Superfund sites, RCRA inspector and permit writer, and two assignments in EPA/Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She was a surveyor in Sweden prior to joining EPA. David J. Monz David J. Monz has chaired the Community Advisory Panel for the Town of North Haven for 15 years. As an attorney, he concentrates his practice on environmental compliance law, land use permitting and power generation projects. On the environmental side, Mr. Monz represents both private and public sector clients in judicial and administrative proceedings; works closely with various federal, state and local regulatory authorities for permitting and remediation of a number of innovative Brownfield restoration projects; develops environmental compliance and risk management programs; and regularly counsels colleges and universities, healthcare organizations and biomedical research institutions on a wide range of environmental compliance and health and safety issues. On the power generation side, Mr. Monz has handled the permitting of and on-going regulatory compliance for a number of oil and gas-fired cogeneration facilities, and has extensive experience with ISO New England's various Demand Response programs. A nationally recognized authority in his field, Mr. Monz is a frequent speaker, author of numerous articles on environmental matters and has served in leadership roles within a number of organizations, including Co-chairman of the Environmental Law Section of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Russell Downey Russell Downey is the project director at the Pharmacia & Upjohn site and led the successful effort to reach a settlement with the agencies and begin site restoration.
Mr. Downey joined The Upjohn Company in 1990 as an Engineer and has held several managerial positions within Upjohn, Pharmacia & Upjohn Company and Pharmacia Corporation. Russ has been involved with environmental compliance auditing as well as environmental transactional due-diligence and environmental remediation. Today Russ is involved in several large remediation projects (e.g. North Haven, Bound Brook) as well as some other remediation projects with unique external stakeholder interaction.
Russ has 25-years experience in environmental and engineering-related work in both government and industry. He received a B.S. in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a M.S. in Geology from Western Michigan University. He is married with four children and enjoys the natural outdoors, exploring relic mining sites, mineral collecting, and hiking. (19 Ratings)
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