EPA TrainingAssistance for Construction Contractors

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EPA Training/Assistance for Construction
Contractors

• Peter Truitt, US EPA
• AGC Annual Convention
• March 21, 2006

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AGC EPA Sector Strategies Partnership

• Better industry performance through
• Environmental Management Systems.
• Workable EPA programs.
• Progress measurement.
• Close communications.

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More EPA Assistance for Construction Than Any
Industry . . .

• AGC our partner / advisor in most of it
• CICA Center, Natl Compliance Assistance
  Clearinghouse, Electronic Compendium of
  Compliance Assistance Tools
• MYER guide
• Federal Environmental Requirements for
  Construction
• National Clean Diesel Campaign
• Resource Conservation Challenge
• Draft Federal Green Construction Guide for
  Specifiers
• AGCs EMS guide / EPA training
• More . . . Check out www.cicacenter.org

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Construction Industry Compliance Assistance Center

• www.cicacenter.org
• Developed in collaboration with AGC.
• Fed state rules, permits, inspection prep.
  aids, state contacts, info resources.
• Stormwater, TMDLs, Haz/Solid Wastes,
  Asbestos-Lead-Mercury, Wetlands, Air, Endangered
  Species, Green Building, Safety Health.
• All free. Go there!!

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MYER Guide

• Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities A
  Planning Guide for Construction Development
• AGC contributed big time.
• Purpose Recognize all federal requirements,
  factor costs into bids, assign responsibilities,
  complete the requirements.
• Checklists Who will do what and self-audits.
• Get it at www.cicacenter.org. Free print copies
  available.

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Evaluating EPA Stormwater Assistance What Were
Hearing

• Internet info doesnt reach many contractors. You
  want on-site or in-person help. Willing to pay.
• Provide materials that states/locals can adapt.
• Deliver assistance thru local planning-permitting
  offices and building inspectors.
• Provide helpful info during and after
  inspections.
• Also room for improvement in permitting-inspection
  -enforcement. Sector Strategies working with EPA
  offices AGC.
• Tracking promising state pilots, particularly
  Colorado Stormwater Excellence Program w/AGC.
  Stay tuned.

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Voluntary Programs Assistance

• Clean Diesel
• Green Building and Resource Conservation
  Challenge
• Environmental Management Systems

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National Clean Diesel Campaign Clean
Construction USA

• AGC our partner. Recommended INCENTIVES to
  voluntarily reduce emissions through older
  equipment/engine replacement, utilizing cleaner
  fuels, installing retrofit devices, preventive
  maintenance and idle reduction.
• EPA assistance
• Technical assistance, case studies, demonstration
  projects. Regional Clean Diesel Collaboratives
  also provide technical assistance info.
• Technology Verification Program - emissions
  performance applicability of retrofit
  technologies.
• Sector Strategies intends to examine low-cost
  ways to reduce emissions.
• Funding opportunities
• 2006 EPA grant funds (5 million) - administered
  through Regional Collaboratives.
• West Coast Diesel Collaborative accepting
  applications til March 23 (500K for
  Construction).
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds
  (1.6 billion/yr) administered through DOT.
• 2005 Energy Bill - President's Budget included
  50 million for clean diesel.
• For more information http//www.epa.gov/cleandies
  el/

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Green Building Information

• EPA Green Building
• www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
• DRAFT Federal Green Construction Guide for
  Specifiers (in consultation with AGC).
  www.wbdg.org/design/greenspec.php
• EPA Resource Conservation Challenge
• Debris recycling, industrial materials reuse.
  http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/debris-new/inde
  x.htm
• EPA Green Indoor Environments
• http//www.epa.gov/iaq/greenbuilding/
• EPA GreenScapes
• EPA http//www.epa.gov/greenscapes/

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EMS Assistance Training

• Constructing an Environmental Management System
  Guidelines and Templates for Contractors
• AGC prepared, EPA helped. Get from AGCs e-store.
• EMS Systematically Improving Your Performance
• Business case for EMS in construction.
• EPA trained 50 AGC contractors in EMS in 2005.
• AGC now offering training on CD-ROM.
• Go to www.constructionenvironment.org

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Contact me . . .

• Peter Truitt, U.S. EPA
• Lead, Construction Sector Strategies
• [phone]
• truitt.peter_at_epa.gov