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EnviroBytes, a Summary of Issues and Events for Week Ending January 25, 2008
EPA LAUDED FOR CLEANUP EFFORTS IN REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER ALLIED SIGNAL BALTIMORE WORKS FACILITY
Regional Administrator Donald S. Welsh and Scott Sherman, of EPA's Office of Solid Waste, represented EPA at an event to mark the redevelopment of Harbor Point, an $830 million project to revitalize Baltimore's waterfront. The former Allied Signal Baltimore Works facility that produced chromium chemicals until 1985 will undergo a momentous transformation due in large part to EPA's successful environmental cleanup effort at the site. The 27-acre site will include office and residential buildings, a parking garage, 11 acres of open green space and a public waterfront promenade.
TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE DISTRICT
A task force has been formed to draft legislation and a proposed budget to more effectively improve water quality in the District of Columbia. The group will develop storm water management legislation incorporating elements of D.C.'s pending revised storm water regulations, a revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Municipal Separate Storm Sewer permit, and other innovative storm water control practices. The task force includes representatives from federal and local government, municipal sewer authorities, nonprofit environmental organizations, and academia.
EPA FUNDS EXPANSION OF TCE AIR MONITORING EFFORTS IN COLLEGEVILLE, PA
EPA awarded $269,166 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to expand its current air toxics sampling project in the Collegeville area of Montgomery County, Pa. The funds will use community-scale air toxics monitoring methods to determine if planned reductions in trichloroethylene (TCE) emissions by two local sources are effective in reducing the residual cancer risk to area citizens. The EPA community-scale air toxics monitoring program assists state and local agencies in assessing the degree and extent to which air toxics problems impact their respective communities.
EPA UNDERTAKES CLEAN WATERSHEDS SURVEY TO UPGRADE THE NATIONAL WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
The nation’s wastewater infrastructure has improved -- helped by capital investments -- but conditions in some facilities are deteriorating. To stem this tide, EPA and the states are collecting data through the 2008 clean watersheds needs survey to determine the extent to which some facilities may need upgrading, and to assess the capital investments needed so they can meet clean water quality and human health goal standards. The 2008 data collection period starts Feb. 5. For additional information link to http://www.epa.gov/cwns
EPA GRANT COMPOSTS FEDERAL FOOD WASTE; HELPS CAPITOL HOUSE BECOME CARBON NEUTRAL
EPA awarded a grant to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beltsville, Md. facility to compost food waste from federal cafeterias and commercial entities in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. The USDA is receiving 40 tons of food waste per week from D.C. cafeterias through House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “Green the Capitol” project which requires the House to become carbon neutral by the end of the session. The cafeterias now pulp everything, including plates, cutlery and cups on-site prior to sending the items to the USDA facility for composting.
RECYCLEMANIA 2008 IN FORCE FROM JAN. 27 TO APRIL 5; PENNSYLVANIA AND REGION LEAD RECRUITMENT EFFORTS
College recycling efforts are being tested under RecycleMania 2008 which began Jan. 27 and continues through April 5. EPA Region 3 beat other regions by registering 75 schools for the competition and Pennsylvania leads all the states for the second straight year with 35 schools registered. Region 3 will recognize six schools for their accomplishments at the competition’s conclusion, and the top school in each state will receive an excellence award for achieving the rank of Number 1 in the "Per Capita Classic" category. RecycleMania 2008 results will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/solidwastemania.htm
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