Foundry Sand Stakeholders Meeting
December 1, 2005, Philadelphia, PA
Agenda
PURPOSES: (1) Identify action items, timelines and commitments for increasing the safe beneficial use of non-hazardous foundry sand; (2) Share among stakeholders a baseline understanding of the information available regarding foundry sand use.
8:00 Registration
8:15 Setting the Stage
Maria Vickers, Deputy Director, Office of Solid Waste, US EPA
Kathleen Brady, ERG, Facilitator
US EPA will provide a welcome and an overview of the meeting objectives. The
Facilitator will describe ground rules and introduce the next session.
8:30 Foundry Sand Overview and Characterization
Mike Lenahan, Resource Recovery Corp.
Dan Oman, RMT Inc.
Mike and Dan will provide an overview of foundry sands and identify issues associated with beneficial use.
Dr. Paul Tikalsky, Penn State University (View Presentation)
Dr. Robert Dungan, Agricultural Research Service, USDA(View Presentation)
Paul Koziar, Beneficial Use Coordinator, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources (View Presentation)
These researchers and state representative will provide an overview of the results of foundry sand characterization efforts
Facilitated discussion to identify action items
10:00 BREAK
MARKET AND REGULATORY SESSIONS: Purpose of next three sessions is to identify action items and commitments to increase the safe use of foundry sand in each market area. Prior to discussion of action items, brief overview presentations are provided to stimulate discussion of technical, regulatory, and economic issues.
10:15 Construction Market (e.g., hot mix asphalt; flowable fill; structural fill):
Mike Lenahan, Resource Recovery Corp. (View Presentation)
Dr. Bahia, University of Wisconsin (View Presentation)
Overview of current uses, case studies, quality control needs, data gaps, outstanding technical, economic, and regulatory issues.
Facilitated discussion to identify action items and commitments to increase safe use
11:30 LUNCH
12:30 Soils Market (e.g., soil manufacture; horticultural and agricultural application):
Bruce Bailey, Kurtz Brothers(View Presentation)
Billie Lindsay, Ohio State University
Overview of current uses and case studies, quality control needs, data gaps, outstanding technical, economic, and regulatory issues.
Facilitated discussion to identify action items and commitments to increase safe use. (minimum of 45 minutes)
1:30 Other Markets (e.g., Brownfields and other remediation sites; manufactured products)
Elizabeth Olenbush, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (View Presentation)
Overview of other existing or potential markets.
Facilitated discussion to identify additional new markets, action items and commitments to increase safe use.
2:00 BREAK
2:15 State Regulatory Roundtable
Purpose: State agencies are responsible for making beneficial use decisions. This roundtable is opportunity for State officials to explore with other stakeholders successes and remaining challenges for foundry sand beneficial use.
Bob Doctor, Chair of ASTSWMO Beneficial Use Task Force and other State Officials (with facilitated stakeholder participation). Possible topics:
A. In your State, to what extend is foundry sand currently used; what major uses?
B. What concerns do you have regarding these or other uses?
C. What has worked well, and what hasn’t worked as well as you hoped?
D. What does your State need to increase the use of foundry sand? From industry? From academia? From EPA?
Jeff Kohn, U.S EPA (View Presentation)
Overview of draft toolkit and other regulatory information sources
Facilitated discussion to identify action items and commitments to increase safe use.
3:30 Putting it all together: Who can do what and when?
Lillian Bagus, US EPA
Reviews action items and commitments from previous sessions. Discussion ensures next steps are clear for all participants.
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4:00 Adjourn