November 17, 2016 TSCA Focus Group Meeting

The next meeting of the SRRTTF TSCA Focus group is:

Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016
Time: 8 a.m. to 10:00 am

Call In Number: 721 451-0200 Access Code: 136214

Phone participants: If the conference call system exhibits echo and line static, the facilitator will mute conference participants. Press *6 to unmute your line and speak. Please remember to mute your phones when you are not speaking.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

Agenda

  • Update status on GAO and strategy discussion (Holly)
  • Review of notes from last meeting and discussion on key points
  • Phase I: Create general outline for letter to EPA
  • Phase II: Outreach to other parties and organizations discussion

miscellaneous-notes-tsca-111816

letter-to-epa-tsca-thoughts_-11-16-16-apb-edits

Ecos Resolution 12-9, Revised September 2, 2015

Links to Products Testing Report and other information

FOCUS SHEET
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1604024.html

REPORT
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1604014.html

If you want to download all the data – Download Data by STUDY (bottom of the page) – https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/ptdbpublicreporting/

The results are in TWO studies
PCBs in General Consumer Products – 2013 Part 1 (Report 14-04-035)
PCBs in General Consumer Products – 2014-15 Part 2

Other related materials

atnipcbsresolution14-17feb2014
ctuirdnrlettertoepa082010
ctuirlettertoepapcbs021314
fact-sheet
fact-sheet_2012
iep-pcb-fact-sheet-v2
ncairesolutionanc-14-005unsigned
ncairesolutionpcbs
pcb-paradox-general-fact-sheet

October 5, 2016 TSCA Focus Group meeting

The next meeting of the SRRTTF TSCA Focus group is:

Date: Wednesday October 5, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

AGENDA TSCA Workgroup Meeting October 5 2016

srrttf-tsca-workgroup-october-2016-notes

Task Force Letter to EPA

2015 EPA Letter of Response to Task Force

2012 ECOS Resolution

2012 Letter to Spokane River Keeper

Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Reassessment of Use Authorizations Docket

potential-topics-for-reassessment-of-use-reauthorizations

EPA Rulemaking Activities under Lautenberg

Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

June 15, 2016 Combined Task Force Meeting and Technical Track Work Group Meeting

The next meeting of the Task Force and the Technical Track Work group is:

Date: Wednesday June 15, 2016
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#
This meeting is a combined Full Task Force Meeting and a Technical Track Work Group Meeting. Please review the documents prior to the meeting.

Meeting Documents:
– SRRTTF_TTWG 06-15-16 summary notes_DRAFT
–  
Tech Track WG agn 06-15-16 Revised 3
  SRRTTF-TSCA-HR-2576-letter-to-Congress-MAY-2016_Revision 1 (Discussion and Potential Decision Item)
–  “Magnitude of Source Areas & Pathways DRAFT” (Decision Item)
– SRRTTF_LimnoTech_06_15_2016b (pdf)
–  SRRTTF_LimnoTech_06_15_2016b (pptx)

DRAFT: TSCA Letter to Congressional Leadership

Doug Krapas has drafted a letter to send to congressional leadership regarding TSCA and the inadvertent production of PCBs.  Please review the draft and provide feedback and/or edits to Doug (dougkrapas@iepco.com) no later than C.O.B on Monday June, 6th. Doug will incorporate comments/edits and provide a final draft for decision at the June 15th combined Technical Track/Task Force meeting.

April 27, 2016 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location:
Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District Office
22510 E. Mission Avenue Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Click here for a map

To attend by phone:
Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) ahead of time.
Meeting Summary:
–  SRRTTF April 27 2016 Summary Notes_Final
Agenda:
–  
SRRTTF April 27 2016 Agenda_updated
Previous Meeting Summaries
–  
SRRTTF 03-16-16 Summary Notes_DRAFT
 SRRTTF 03-28-16 conference call mtg_summary notes DRAFT
Presentation
 SRRTTF_LimnoTech_04_27_2016
 SRRTTF_DataAvailability_2016_0426_Draft (2) (revised 9 am Wednesday 4.27.16)
Meeting Documents
  2016-17 SRRTTF Proposal SOW_draft with extra mtgs
     –  Comparison of two options: Ruckelshaus Center SOW Budget
 SRRTTF PCB Fact Sheet April 2016 _edited 4.20.16
 SRRTTF TSCA HR 2576 letter to Congress April 2016_Draft_4.19.16 (same as posted here)
–  4.26.16 Dave McBride email regarding TSCA response letter
SEC 17 HR 2576
DRAFT Recommendation_data mgt rev1

 

SRRTTF TSCA HR 2576 Letter to Congress: Please Review by Monday April 25th!

Members of the Task Force have drafted a response letter to the HR 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015,concerning PCBS.  Task Force members are asked to review the draft and provide big picture comments, additions, and/or edits. The Task Force will make a decision at the April 27th Task Force meeting on whether to send the letter as a full Task Force on Task Force letterhead.

Please send high level comments/edits to Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) no later than C.O.B on Monday April 25th.

September 25, 2013 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting Announcement

Date: September 25, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane County Water Resource Center
1004 N. Freya Street
Spokane, WA 99202
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Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Adriane Borgias (abor461@ecy.wa.gov) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents
SRRTTF Meeting Summary 9-25-13
Draft Agenda, SRRTTF Task Force Meeting 9-25-2013
LimnoTech Initial Conceptual Models DRAFT Task 6
LimnoTech Identification of Data Gaps Memo DRAFT Task 6
Limno Tech Modelling Tools Memo Task 7
SRRTTF Priority Work Plan DRAFT
DRAFT EPA TSCA Compliance Letter CHANGES ACCEPTED
DRAFT EPA TSCA Compliance Letter All Comments Merged

Presentations
LimnoTech Progress Report 9-25-2013

Information Documents: Scheduled for Task Force Decision by conference call 9/27/2013 at 9 am
SRRTTF Conference Call Summary 09 27 13
DRAFT City of Spokane Application DRAFT-2013
FY2013 Municipal Stormwater Grants Funding Guidelines

Announcements
National Tribal Toxics Council Invitation REVISED 9-23-2013

Other Documents
EPA Reply to Riverkeeper 9-20-2013
RiverKeeper Letter to EPA 8-26-2013

August 7, 2013 Technical Track Work Group Meeting

Spokane River Regional Task Force

Beginning in August 2013, the work group meetings will alternate months, meeting from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. at the Department of Ecology.

The Technical Track Work Group will meet on even numbered months (August, October, December, etc.) and the Funding Work Group will meet on odd numbered months (September, November, January, etc.).

Technical Track Work Group Meeting
Date: August 7, 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Adriane Borgias (abor461@ecy.wa.gov) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents
Tech Track Work Group Meeting Summary 8-7-13
Tech Track Work Group DRAFT Agenda 8-7-13
 Technical Consultant Work Tasks STATUS 7-10-13
PCB Rule Revision Request: July 15, 2013
TSCA Rulemaking Overview TTWG 8-7-13
Guidance-Reg Flex Act
Letter to EPA Compliance DRAFT 8-7-13

For Technical Track Work Group Review
Please provide comments to Bud Leber (bud.leber@kaisertwd.com) by Tuesday, August 13th, 2013.
DRAFT MEMO Review and Evaluation of Existing Data

ECOS Resolution Update

On August 28th, during their annual conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), which is the national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders, passed a resolution addressed to the EPA that laid out several points about how to best address levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in wastewater discharges to our nation’s waterbodies.

The ECOS resolution is the most recent step in a process that began two years ago when SRRTTF members Inland Empire Paper Company along with Spokane Riverkeeper and The Lands Council wrote a letter to the EPA alerting them of the the regulatory loophole that allows PCBs to continue to be released to the environment.  

“The passage of the resolution was really a significant event,” said Ted Sturdevant the director of the Washington State Department of Ecology. “State environmental regulators heard the exact same message from industry, academia and the environmental community — we need to turn off the faucet that is allowing this pollution stream to continue. That allowed a very diverse gathering of states to agree to a strong statement calling for a national solution. The states are fed up with trying to solve pollution problems at the end of the pipe, when the solutions are best found through prevention at the national level. It’s why ECOS has called for comprehensive reform of the federal law governing toxic substances, and why we’ll keep pushing at the national level, and within our own states, until we get there.”  Ted Sturdevant, Director, Washington State

On September 7, 2012 the Waterkeeper organizations sent EPA a letter in support of the ECOS resolution. EPA sent this response on October 5, 2012.

Read the Huffington Post Article, “State Environmental Heads Pass Resolution about PCBs” by Bart Mihailovich.

October 24, 2012 Spokane River Regional Task Force Meeting

Spokane River Regional Task Force Meeting Announcement

Date: October 24, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Liberty Lake
22510 E. Mission Avenue
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Click here for a map.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804;
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Adriane Borgias (abor461@ecy.wa.gov) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents
– 
SRRTTF Meeting Summary 10-24-12
– 
SRRTTF Draft Agenda 10-24-12
– 
Request For Proposals R3 10-15-12
– 
RFP Attachment A R2
  SRRTTF Work Plan 10-10-12
  SRRTTF Work Plan Milestone Schedule 10-17-12
  SRRTTF Logos & Letterhead Options 10-17-12
  SRRTTF Fact Sheet 10-15-12 (v2)
– 
PCBs in Products Resolution Draft 10-05-2012 (v1)
  NACWA TSCA Letter 09-26-2012 (v1)
  WEF TSCA Letter 09-26-2012 (v2)
–  Spokane River Fish Samples 2012 – Updated 10-15-12
–  PCBs in Products Resolution & Letter – to Suzanne E. Goss, NACWA President
–  PCBs in Products Resolution & Letter – to Ken Kirk, NACWA Executive Director
–  PCBs in Products Resolution & Letter – to Jeff Eger, WEF Executive Director
–  PCBs in Products Resolution & Letter – to Cordell W. Samuels, WEF President