U.S. EPA’s 2010 - 2014 P2 Program Strategic Plan
March 26, 2010
The U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Pollution Prevention Division has announced the release of the U.S. EPA 2010 - 2014 P2 Program Strategic Plan, which became final in February 2010. It is available for viewing on the U.S. EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/p2/pubs/docs/P2StrategicPlan2010-14.pdf.
Protected: P2Post March - April 2010
March 26, 2010
Webinar - Dry Cleaning Alternatives
March 22, 2010
Presenters:
Michael DiGiore is with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Mr. DiGiore will present on New Jersey’s Encouraging Wet Cleaning as an Alternative to Solvent Dry Cleaning- Pollution Prevention Education and Demonstration project. This project, which is a partnership between the New Jersey Small Business Development Center and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, is being funded through U.S. EPA’s Pollution Prevention Grant.
Anne Zimmerman is with the Commercial Toxics Reduction Program of the San Francisco Department of the Environment. Her presentation will focus on the findings of the San Francisco Department of Environment’s dry cleaning alternatives assessment and the outreach strategies used by SFE to promote environmentally preferable wet cleaning in San Francisco. She will discuss San Francisco’s grant and demonstration program for new wet cleaners, as well as the barriers to widespread adoption of wet cleaning technology. The presentation will also highlight the phase-out of Perchloroethylene dry cleaning in California and how this has impacted local cleaners.
This webinar is being hosted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and NPPR. Please send request for these power point presentations to Angela Miller at Angela@p2.org.
Ted Sturdevant (WA) Elected ECOS Cross-Media Vice-Chair
March 17, 2010
During their March 4 conference call, the ECOS Cross-Media Committee elected Ted Sturdevant to be the next Vice-Chair of the committee effective immediately. Ted is Director of the Washington State Dept. of Ecology. He was appointed Director in November 2009, succeeding former Director Jay Manning, who was tapped by Gov. Christine Gregoire to serve as her Chief of Staff. Prior to becoming Director, Ted spent seven years as the agency’s Director of Government Relations and led the Department’s initiative to reduce toxics in the state. Previously, he also worked for former Gov. Gary Locke’s external affairs team, and served in a variety of staff positions for the Oregon legislature.
Ted joins current Chair Shari Wilson to round out the Cross-Media Committee’s leadership team. Shari is Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment.
ECOS welcomes Ted to his new position! It is important to note that several Washington State Dept. of Ecology staffers have been active participants on the Cross-Media Committee and its subgroups over the past two years. This level of participation will aid the committee as it continues its work.
The Cross-Media Committee (and its subgroups) develops policy resolutions for consideration by the ECOS membership on matters relating to toxics, chemicals management, emerging contaminants, nanomaterials, federal facility cleanup issues, and other areas. The committee was established to explore and share innovative solutions to environmental problems in these sectors. More information about the Cross-Media Committee is posted here.
ECOS policy resolutions developed with support from the Cross-Media Committee are available here
The Cross-Media Committee will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, March 24 from 10:00am to 11:30am Pacific as part of the ECOS Spring Meeting in Sausalito, California. More information on that meeting will be posted here in the coming days.
The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is the national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency directors.
*Please take note that the State of Washington is a member of NPPR.
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March 5, 2010
