Title: EPA Region 9
1EPA Region 9
- Jeff Scott
- Waste Management Division
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3Administrator Jacksons Priorities
- Reducing GHG emissions
- Improving air quality
- Managing chemical risks
- Risks of chemicals in consumer products,
workplaces environment - Cleaning up hazardous waste sites
- Accelerate the pace of cleanup
- Return properties to productive use
- Reduce threats to health/environment
- Protecting Americas water
4Needed GHG Reductions
- 83 by 2050?
- 14 - 25 by 2020?
- By any measure......A Long Road
- Broad Array of GHG
- reduction options needed
5Conventional Accounting Sector BasedU.S. GHG
Emissions (2006)
End-of-pipe focus
Leads to technology-oriented strategies
Source U.S. Inventory of GHG Emissions and
Sinks 1990-2006 (US EPA, 2008)
6Systems Based View U.S. GHG Emissions (2006)
Same GHG emissions, a new lens.
Leads to prevention oriented strategies
Source Draft values from Opportunities to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and
Land Management Practices. U.S. EPA.
(forthcoming).
7Opportunity Knocks
- In 2006, the U.S. recycled over 80 million tons
of municipal solid waste (32.5 recycling rate) - Equivalent to conserving 182 million metric tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMCO2E). - Recycling achieves short term, high impact, lower
cost GHG reductions - Increase to 50 recycling nationally
- 70-80 MMTCO2E per year potential GHG reductions
- Increase to 100 recycling nationally
- up to 300 MMTCO2E per year potential GHG
reductions
8Grabbing the low hanging fruit
9Advancing Waste Climate ConnectionWest Coast
Climate Forum
- Region 9/10 Partnership
- Connecting Waste/Materials Management to Climate
Change - 8 States
- Engaging West Coast Leading Cities
- Focus on Tools, Policy and Innovation
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106 Principles for TSCA Legislative Reform
- Chemicals - reviewed against safety standards
based on sound science and reflect risk-based
criteria protective of human health and the
environment. - Manufacturers provide necessary information to
conclude that new and existing chemicals are safe
- Risk management decisions should take into
account sensitive subpopulations, cost,
availability of substitutes and other relevant
considerations - EPA should have clear authority to act - should
assess and act on priority chemicals, both
existing and new, in a timely manner - Green Chemistry encouraged, transparency and
public access to information strengthened - EPA should be given a sustained source of funding
for implementation
11Enhanced Chemical Management Program
- New Regulatory Risk Management Actions
- Lead
- Mercury
- Formaldehyde
- PCBs
- Glymes
- Nano Materials Carbon Nano tubes
12Resources
- Essential TSCA Reform Principles
- http//www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/pri
nciples.html - Enhanced Chemical Management Program
- http//www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/enh
anchems.html - National Partnership for Environmental Priorities
(NPEP) - http//www.epa.gov/waste/partnerships/npep/index.h
tm
13Evolution of the R9 RCRA Program
- Emphasis on successful state implementation of
waste program - Expand EPA presence on tribal lands and
underserved communities - Moving beyond waste to achieve greater overall
results - Multiple years of substantial resource cuts
14R9 EPA HW Enforcement Priorities
- EJ Community Initiatives
- Tribal Lands
- High Noncompliance High Risk Sectors/Facilities
- National Enforcement Initiatives
- Mining/Mineral Processing
- Financial Assurance reviews
- Surface Impoundments
- Ensuring a Level Playing Field
15PCBs
Suisun Bay, CA
Capacitors
Door jams
Electrical insulation
16PCBs in Caulk
Metropolitan Water District, CA
17LUST Cleanup Challenge
- Continued challenge to close 14,000 LUSTs
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
18Greening Cleanups
- Cleanup paradigm evolution
- Protect HHE
- Reuse contaminated land
- Minimize climate/energy footprint of remedy
- Better informed remedial decisions through
Lifecycle Analysis of carbon, energy, and
multi-media impacts
19LCA Greening Remedies
Transportation
20Greening ProductsElectronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool
Greening ProductsElectronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool
Green Standards for Electronics
EPEAT for Consumers?
- Reductions Achieved
- 4.4 MMTCO2E
- 4,290 metric tons toxics
21 Green Buildings
- Greening Existing Buildings
- GHG opportunities
- ARRA ? Weatherizing homes
- Residential Energy Star Homes
- Indoor Air Issues
- Healthy Schools
- Collaborative for High Performance Schools
(CHPS)- High Performance Building Products
Database
22Home Energy Retrofit
- Region 9 actions to support Home Energy
Retrofits - Formed CA HERCC CA Home Energy Retrofit
Coordinating Committee - Developing consistent standards and program
elements for statewide utility-and - local government-sponsored programs
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- Contact Leif Magnuson magnuson.leif_at_epa.gov
- For CA HERCC Recommendations, see
http//www.builditgreen.org/home-energy-retrofit-p
rograms-local-government
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