Category Archives: Background Information

ECOS Draft Resolution on PCB in Products

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August 22, 2012

As requested by the SRTTF during our meeting this afternoon, attached is the 03-02-2012 Draft ECOS PCBs in Products Resolution.  This is an earlier draft and may not be completely representative of the version that will be presented to the committee on Tuesday, but it will provide everyone with a sense of what is being requested.  Also attached is the agenda for the meeting and a link with more information about the meeting:  http://ecos.org/section/events

I suggest sending letters of support to the following and please have anyone sending letters also copy me:

Matthew C. Jones
Senior Project Manager
Environmental Council of the States
50 F Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20001
202-266-4925

mjones@ecos.org

Thanks for posting this information to the SRTTF and I greatly appreciate everyone’s attention, efforts and supporton this issue.

Doug Krapas
Environmental Manager
Inland Empire Paper Company
Phone:  509/924-1911
E-Mail:  dougkrapas@iepco.com

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Workshop on Performance Based Criteria Analysis

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 SGS Analytical Perspectives is howding a workshop in Wilmington, North Carolina entitled:

 “Performance Based Criteria Analysis: Fundamentals & Applications”

 The workshop will be hosted by Dr. Yves Tondeur and Jerry Hart, and feature other leading scientists at SGS Analytical Perspectives: Michael Flournoy, Dr. Kimberly Mace, and Dr. Bryan Vining. Participants will develop an understanding of how specifying lab performance parameters up front, especially measurement uncertainty, ensures that the data generated are more effective for decision making. Participants will be able to apply this understanding to future Quality Assurance Project Plans and other documents that specify analytical requirements such that the data generated support decision making Click on the link below for more information :

Wilmington Oct2012 Invitation

Open Letter from Ecology Regarding Fish Consumption

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Ted Sturdevant, director of the Washington Department of Ecology, has announced a revised approach for updating the state’s fish consumption rates for water quality and cleaning up contaminated sediments. To view his letter and a timeline for Ecology’s work, see http://www.ecy.wa.gov/toxics/docs/20120716_FCR_SturdevantLetter.pdf.

Link to the letter on the SRRTTF website: Ted Sturdevant Letter About Fish Consumption Rulemaking, July 16, 2012

Please bookmark the following website for the most current information about this topic:   www.ecy.wa.gov/toxics/fish.html

Spokane Riverkeeper, The Lands Council, Kootenai Environmental Alliance letter to EPA re PCBs, Idaho Task Force participation and Idaho NPDES permits

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“This letter is  sent on behalf of the Spokane Riverkeeper, The Lands Council, and the Kootenai Environmental Alliance (“Conservation Groups”) in response to your March 29, 2012 letter to Sarah Hubbard-Gray regarding conditions to address PCBs that will be included in the NPDES permits for Spokane River dischargers in the State of Idaho.”

Conservation Groups PCB Letter

 

EPA letter responding to Spokane River Stewardship Partners query

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Response to Spokane River Stewardship Partners (SRSP) letter “… asking EPA to clarify on whether the NPDES permits the EPA is drafting for Publicly Owned Treatment Works discharging to the Spokane River in Idaho will require the Idaho permittees to participate in the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force.”

EPA letter responding to SRSP