[GreenYes] Can you attend 12/11 EPA Meeting in SF on Beyond RCRA?

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

We're trying to get Zero Waste advocates out for this.  Can you 
attend?  Attached is the agenda for the day that was used in DC 
today.  This will likely be the same agenda used in SF.  In DC, only 2 
environmental leaders attended: Neil Seldman and Pat Franklin.  We need a 
much better showing in SF to impact the direction of this important process.

Please REPLY if you are able to attend, and are interested in supporting 
Zero Waste and product stewardship as key messages that EPA includes in 
this document.

Thanks!

Gary Liss

* * * * * * REMINDER * * * * * *
Public Meeting and Request for Comments on
"Beyond RCRA: Prospects for Waste and Materials Management in the Year 
2020" A Draft White Paper
The second of 2 public meetings to discuss Beyond RCRA will be

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2001
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street in downtown 
San Francisco

Attendees will have the opportunity to speak to the assumptions and
directions included in the draft paper. The paper is available on EPA's 
website at 
<<http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/vision.htm>www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/visio 
n.htm>. The sessions will be informal, with opportunity for interaction 
between attendees and EPA, state, and tribal officials responsible for the 
ideas and approaches reflected in the current draft paper. A copy of the 
agenda used on 11/28 is attached below.

If you plan on attending one or both of these meetings, we encourage you to 
preregister by emailing Jennifer Agostinelli of Ross and Associates 
Environmental Consulting, Ltd., at jennifer.agostinelli@ross-assoc.com.

If there are questions about the draft paper or the upcoming meetings, 
please contact Angie Leith in EPA's Office of Solid Waste at (703) 
308-7253, or by email at leith.angie@epa.gov.
*************************************
Proposed Agenda
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
- Marianne Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response
- Mike Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response
- Jennifer Kaduck, Vice President, Association of State and Territorial
Solid Waste Management Officials

10:00 Review of RCRA Vision effort and Draft White Paper "Beyond
RCRA: Prospects for Waste and Materials Management in the Year 2020" - Dave 
Fagan, Office of Solid Waste, US EPA

10:30 Trends and Future Directions
- Are there any important flaws or omissions regarding the trends
identified in the draft paper that might affect the goals and
corresponding tools/strategies described in the document?

11:15 BREAK

11:30 Goals
- From your perspective, are the goals for a future program as
identified in the draft paper sound and appropriate?

12:30 LUNCH (on your own)

1:30 Tools and Strategies
- Do the identified tools/strategies for achieving each goal seem
appropriate, or are there alternative tools/strategies that might be
more successful?

2:15 Moving Forward
- If the paper's vision of a future program is a desirable outcome, what 
nearer term actions might be appropriate in working to achieve it?
3:00 BREAK

3:15 Final questions and thoughts

3:45 Wrap-up Remarks
- Mike Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response
- RCRA Vision Workgroup members

4:00 ADJOURN


Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485

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