[GreenYes] Fwd: Reminder: 11/28 Meeting on RCRA 2020 Vision Paper in Washington, DC

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

Let's get all those Zero Waste advocates out for this!

Gary

>From: Hui.Gordon@epamail.epa.gov
>To: Multiple recipients of list <jtrnet@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov>
>* * * * * * 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 first public meeting to discuss Beyond RCRA will be
>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2001
>9:30 AM to 4:00 PM,
>Room 1153, EPA East Building
>(first floor, Constitution Avenue entrance)
>12th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
>
>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 
>Wednesday's agenda 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.
>
>*************************************
>Public Meeting for Comment and Discussion on
>
>Beyond RCRA: Prospects for Waste and Materials Management
>in the Year 2020 November 28, 2001, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
>Room 1153 of the EPA East building at 12th and Constitution Avenue
>Washington, DC
>
>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, wha=
>t
>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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