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Posted Date: 2003-07-15T04:00Z

NATIONAL
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
AND
TECHNOLOGY
(
NACEPT)

SUPERFUND
SUBCOMMITTEE
MEMBERS
UPDATED
JULY
15,
2003
CHAIR:

Raymond
Loehr,
Professor
of
Civil
Engineering,
University
of
Texas,
Austin
Texas.

Dr.
Loehr's
teaching
and
research
interests
emphasize
hazardous
and
industrial
waste
management,
and
land
as
a
waste
management
alternative.
Current
research
activities
relate
to
development
and
use
of
hazardous
waste
technologies
for
contaminated
liquids,
slurries,
solids
and
soils.
Specific
research
involves
bioremediation,
transport
and
fate
of
constituents
when
wastes
are
treated
by
hazardous
and
industrial
waste
management
processes.
A
recipient
of
numerous
awards
and
honors
including
the
Simon
W.
Freese
Environmental
Engineering
Award
(
American
Society
of
Civil
Engineers),
the
Rachel
Carson
Award
(
Society
of
Environmental
Toxicology
and
Chemistry),
Dr.
Loehr
is
a
recognized
expert
on
municipal,
industrial
and
hazardous
waste
management.
He
has
published
over
300
technical
publications
and
reports
and
authored
or
edited
14
books.
He
has
served
on
numerous
boards
and
committees,
including
EPA's
Science
Advisory
Board,
National
Research
Council
Committees,
DOD's
Science
Advisory
Board
and
served
as
the
Vice­
President
of
the
American
Academy
of
Environmental
Engineers.

MEMBERS:

Bill
Adams,
Director
of
Environmental
Science,
Kennecott
Utah
Copper
Corporation,
Magna,
Utah.

Dr.
Adams'
educational
background
includes
a
B.
S.
in
Biological
Sciences,
an
M.
S.
in
Wildlife
Toxicology,
and
a
Ph.
D.
in
Aquatic
Toxicology.
His
experience
includes
extensive
work
on
ecotoxicology
and
human
health
risk
assessment,
including
ecotoxicological
risk
assessments
for
metals.
He
has
worked
on
individual
Superfund
sites
and
also
has
experience
with
other
forms
of
site
cleanup.
He
possesses
a
broad
base
of
domestic
and
international
contacts
at
all
levels
of
government,
academia,
and
industry,
including
considerable
experience
working
with
EPA's
Science
Advisory
Board.

Sue
Briggum,
Director
of
Environmental
Affairs,
Waste
Management,
Inc.
Washington,
DC.

For
the
past
15
years,
Ms.
Briggum
has
been
a
key
member
of
the
Waste
Management's
department
for
overseeing
remediation
activities.
She
is
responsible
for
issues
arising
in
federal
legislation,
regulation
and
policy
initiatives.
She
currently
co­
chairs
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Commission
and
chairs
the
Superfund
Action
Alliance
(
a
coalition
of
more
than
50
companies
and
business
trade
associations).
She
is
a
member
of
the
Superfund
Settlements
Project
and
is
a
current
steering
committee
member
of
the
Business
Network
for
Environmental
Justice.
She
is
the
coauthor
of
the
Hazardous
Waste
Regulation
Handbook:
A
Practical
Guide
to
RCRA
and
Superfund.

Doris
Cellarius,
Co­
Chair,
Sierra
Club's
Environmental
Quality
Strategy
Doris
Cellarius
currently
co­
chairs
the
Sierra
Club's
Environmental
Quality
Strategy
Team,
the
entity
that
advises
and
supports
committees
that
deals
with
pollution
and
environmental
justice.
She
recently
retired
to
Prescott,
Arizona,
from
Washington
state,
where
she
worked
with
communities
at
Superfund
and
other
toxic
sites.
She
was
active
in
the
development
and
support
of
MTCA,
Washington's
toxic
clean
up
law.
For
three
years
she
served
as
a
Community
Consultant
to
ATSDR's
Board
of
Scientific
Counselors
where
she
helped
organize
its
Community/
Tribal
Forum.
Doris
has
a
Masters
degree
in
zoology
from
Columbia
University.

Grant
Cope,
Attorney,
Earthjustice,
Seattle,
WA.

Mr.
Cope
is
responsible
for
analyzing,
drafting
and
negotiating
proposed
legislation
and
agency
rules
and
guidance
pertaining
to
toxic
waste
cleanup,
drinking
water
protections,
right
to
know
laws
and
agency
rulemaking
processes.
For
the
past
10
years,
his
professional
focus
has
been
on
environmental
law
and
advocacy.
He
has
clerked
at
several
environmental
organizations
including
the
Oregon
Natural
Desert
Association,
the
Pacific
Environmental
Advocacy
Center,
the
National
Wildlife
Federation
and
the
Oregon
Natural
Resources
Council.

Jim
Derouin,
Attorney,
Steptoe
&
Johnson,
Phoenix,
AZ.

For
the
past
30
years,
Mr.
Derouin
has
practiced
environmental
law.
He
has
represented
numerous
national
clients
on
a
broad
range
of
sophisticated
environmental
issues
including
environmental
liability,
groundwater
and
surface
water
quality,
hazardous
waste
disposal,
mining,
endangered
species
and
complex
permitting
matters.
He
has
chaired
the
Environmental
and
Natural
Resources
Law
Section
of
the
State
Bar
of
Arizona
and
the
Phoenix
Environmental
Quality
Commission.
He
is
a
member
of
a
variety
of
councils
and
committees,
and
has
made
numerous
presentations
on
environmental
legal
issues
including
"
The
Federal
Experience
 
Settling
under
CERCLA,"
and
"
A
Ticking
Time
Bomb:
Land
Use
and
Development
Implications
of
Superfund
Sites."

Richard
Dewling,
President,
Dewling
Associates,
Inc.
Union,
NJ.

Mr.
Dewling
has
been
involved
in
the
Superfund
program
since
its
inception;
as
Region
II
Deputy
Regional
Administrator
and
Regional
Administrator
(
1976­
1983);
Commissioner
of
New
Jersey
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
1983­
1988);
President
of
Metcalf
&
Eddy
Engineering
(
1988­
1993);
and
in
his
current
capacity
as
President
of
Dewling
Associates.
As
head
of
Dewling
Associates,
he
oversees
activities
related
to
a
range
of
engineering,
technical
and
regulatory
services
for
CERCLA,
RCRA,
NPDES
and
the
Clean
Air
Act.
He
has
published
more
than
100
scientific/
engineering
articles
dealing
with
wastewater
treatment
technology,
ocean
pollution,
and
solid
and
hazardous
waste
management
and
treatment.
He
is
the
recipient
of
various
awards
and
has
extensive
professional
affiliations/
activities.

Steve
Elbert,
Senior
Vice
President,
Global
Environmental
Management,
British
Petroleum
America,
Inc.
Warrenville,
IL.

Mr.
Elbert
heads
the
unit
in
British
Petroleum
(
BP)
responsible
for
managing
BP's
environmental
liabilities
worldwide.
Prior
to
his
current
appointment,
he
was
responsible
for
health,
safety
and
environmental
policies
and
performance
throughout
BP's
operations.
He
has
been
intimately
involved
in
both
the
theoretical
and
practical
implementation
of
Superfund
at
one
of
the
largest
companies
in
the
US.
He
holds
three
degrees
in
biological
science:
a
Ph.
D.,
a
Masters
and
a
Bachelors.

Jane
Gardner,
Manager
and
Counsel,
Corporate
Environmental
Programs,
General
Electric
Co.,
Fairfield,
CT.

Ms.
Gardner
has
practiced
in
the
field
of
environmental
law
with
a
special
emphasis
on
remediation
for
nearly
20
years.
She
directly
manages
approximately
350
of
GE's
remediation
projects,
including
75
active
NPL
sites.
She
also
coordinates
RCRA
corrective
action
work
within
the
Company.
She
interacts
with
both
Federal
and
State
regulators
on
both
site
specific
and
national
and
regional
policy
issues.
She
also
works
directly
with
community
groups,
local
governments,
and
advocacy
groups.
She
has
a
strong
working
knowledge
of
risk
assessment
and
risk
management
procedures
both
at
the
federal
and
state
level.
Prior
to
GE,
Ms.
Gardner
was
an
attorney
in
EPA's
Region
8.

Glenn
Hammer,
Vice
President
of
Environmental
Health
and
Safety,
Ashland,
Inc.,
Columbus,
Ohio.

Mr.
Hammer,
as
Vice
President
for
Environmental,
Health
and
Safety
for
Ashland,
Inc.,
directs
the
company's
regulatory
performance,
as
well
as
the
company's
cleanup
of
contaminated
sites.
He
has
significant
experience
working
with
EPA,
states
and
environmental
groups
on
Superfund
and
other
environmental
issues
through
his
participation
in
the
Regulatory
Roundtable
of
the
American
Chemistry
Council,
the
Air
and
Waste
Management
Association,
the
Water
Environment
Federation,
and
the
IEF
Steering
Committee
of
the
World
Environment
Center.

Delores
Herrera,
Executive
Director,
Albuquerque
San
Joes
Community
Awareness
Council,
Inc.,
Albuquerque,
NM.

Ms.
Herrera
administers
a
project
in
her
minority/
people
of
color,
low­
income
neighborhood
that
encompasses
environmental
and
socio­
economic
justice.
She
is
affiliated
with
numerous
boards
and
committees
nationally
and
locally,
and
has
extensive
experience
working
in
Superfund­
related
arenas.
She
created
the
first
grassroots
community­
driven
bilingual
health
survey
in
a
Superfund
community
in
New
Mexico.
She
manages
a
Superfund
Technical
Assistance
Grant
for
the
South
Valley
and
AT&
SF
Superfund
sites
in
Albuquerque.
She
conceptualized,
organized
and
co­
produced
a
"
Three­
Day
Summit
on
Superfund
Environmental
Justice"
that
has
become
a
model
used
around
the
country.
She
served
as
a
representative
to
the
EPA's
National
Environmental
Justice
Advisory
Council.
She
also
served
on
DOE's
Citizen
Advisory
Council
to
Sandia
National
Labs.

Robert
Hickmott,
Senior
Vice
President,
The
Smith­
Free
Group,
Washington,
DC.

Mr.
Hickmott
has
diverse
and
extensive
experience
in
government,
politics
and
the
business
community.
He
served
as
Counselor
to
HUD
Secretary
Andrew
Cuomo
and
directed
HUD's
Brownfields
program.
Prior
to
that,
he
was
the
AA
for
Congressional
Affairs
at
EPA
where
he
helped
to
develop
and
implement
the
Clinton's
Administration's
environmental
agenda
on
Superfund,
Clean
Water
Act,
Brownfields
and
other
issues.
In
the
private
sector,
he
has
worked
on
Brownfields/
Superfund
projects
including
the
OII
site
in
Monterrey
Park,
CA.
He
also
consulted
with
the
City
of
Chatanooga
on
its
efforts
to
integrate
Brownfields,
Superfund
and
low­
income
housing
programs
to
revitalize
a
depressed
part
of
the
city.
He
also
serves
as
a
consultant
on
Brownfields/
Superfund
issues
with
the
Kennecott
Corp.
and
the
Mortgage
Bankers
Association.

Aimee
Houghton,
Associate
Director,
Center
for
Public
Environmental
Oversight,
Washington,
DC.

Ms.
Houghton
has
been
the
associate
director
of
the
Center
for
Public
Environmental
Oversight
since
1996.
She
coordinates
all
programmatic
work
and
meets
regularly
with
DOD,
EPA
and
service
branch
staff
on
military
and
environmental
issues.
She
has
worked
extensively
across
the
country
with
community
groups,
who
are
actively
engaged
in
environmental
remediation
at
federal
facility
Superfund
sites.
She
has
served
on
the
Federal
Facilities
Environmental
Restoration
Dialogue
Committee,
the
National
Dialogue
on
Military
Munitions,
and
participated
in
the
Range
Rule
Risk
Methodology
validation.
Ms.
Houghton
has
written
several
articles
on
military
environmental
cleanups,
and
she
coauthored
the
1995
"
Military
Contamination
and
cleanup
Atlas
for
the
United
States."
She
speaks
nationally
and
internationally
on
military
and
environmental
issues.

Ken
Jock,
Director,
Environmental
Division,
St.
Regis
Mohawk
Tribe,
Akwesasne,
NY.

Mr.
Jock,
a
biologist
by
training,
heads
the
St.
Regis
Mohawk
Tribe's
Environment
Division.
The
Division
implements
an
environmental
protection
program
which
is
responsible
for
air
and
water
quality
monitoring,
soil
analysis,
developing
and
enforcing
tribal
standards,
sanitation
and
waste
disposal,
environmental
rehabilitation/
reclamation,
and
emergency
preparedness
and
response.
Largely
due
to
the
fact
that
the
St.
Regis
Mohawk
Reservation
is
situated
next
to
a
Superfund
site,
the
Tribe
has
one
of
the
most
advanced
environment
divisions
of
any
Tribe
in
the
country.
In
recognition
of
the
Tribe's
environmental
program
development,
Mr.
Jock
received
an
EPA
Region
II
Environmental
Quality
Award
in
1993.
Frederick
Kalisz,
Jr.
Mayor,
City
of
New
Bedford,
MA
Mayor
Kalisz,
elected
to
office
in
1998,
has
a
deep
understanding
of
environmental
issues
ranging
from
toxic
contamination
to
watershed
ecology.
Prior
to
his
mayoral
election,
Mr.
Kalisz
was
the
program
coordinator
of
the
Buzzard's
Bay
Project
Toxic
Use
Reduction
Program
in
which
he
was
the
liaison
between
business
and
government
regulatory
and
non­
regulatory
technical
assistance
agencies.
His
tenure
as
mayor
has
reflected
a
strong
emphasis
on
environmental
issues
which
has
resulted
in
the
City
of
New
Bedford
being
designated
as
one
of
12
Brownfields
Showcase
Communities.
He
has
been
the
recipient
of
various
awards,
including
a
Meritorious
Public
Service
Award
by
the
USCG
and
US
DOT,
and
an
Outstanding
Achievement
Award
for
Public/
Private
Partnerships
by
the
US
Conference
of
Mayor's.

Gary
King,
Manager,
Division
of
Remediation
Management,
Bureau
of
Land,
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Springfield,
IL
Since
1990,
Gary
King
has
held
the
position
of
senior
manager
for
the
Illinois
EPA
site
cleanup
programs.
His
accomplishments
include:
Established
and
manages
implementation
of
the
Illinois
EPA
Brownfield
assistance
program
­
a
program
that
is
an
excellent
model
for
the
cleanup
and
reuse
of
contaminated
land;
Illinois
EPA
team
leader
for
numerous
legislative
and
regulatory
initiatives,
including
the
IEPA
risk
based
cleanup
objectives
program
­­
TACO,
or
Tiered
Approach
to
Corrective
Action
Objectives;
Established
and
manages
implementation
of
the
Illinois
EPA
voluntary
cleanup
program.
(
This
program
is
regarded
as
one
of
the
most
effective
one
of
its
kind
in
the
nation);
Managed
the
overhauling
of
the
LUST
program
­­
increasing
its
productivity
and
reducing
cleanup
costs
by
over
50%.
Gary
King
is
the
chair
of
the
ASTSWMO
CERCLA
Research
Center.
In
that
role
he
has
frequent
contact
with
other
States
and
EPA
concerning
important
issues
to
State
and
federal
Superfund
programs.
Finally,
Gary
King
is
a
frequent
speaker
on
topics
related
to
the
Illinois
EPA
cleanup
programs
within
Illinois
and
across
the
United
States.
Prior
to
1990
Mr.
King
managed
Illinois
EPA
land
enforcement
programs.
He
is
an
attorney
and
holds
a
B.
S
degree
in
civil
engineering.

Ed
Lorenz,
Chair,
Pine
River
Superfund
Citizens
Task
Force/
Professor
of
History
and
Political
Science,
Alma
College,
Alma,
MI.

Dr.
Lorenz
chairs
the
Pine
River
Superfund
Citizen
Task
Force
a
group
which
concerns
itself
with
three
Superfund
sites
in
the
St.
Louis,
MI,
area.
The
Taskforce
group
provides
a
model
forum
for
communicating
with
public
officials
community
health
and
environmental
concerns
and
informing
residents
about
risks
and
remediation
alternatives.
Since
EPA
initiated
the
emergency
cleanup
of
the
Pine
River
site
in
1998,
the
Taskforce,
under
Dr.
Lorenz's
leadership,
has
advised
EPA
on
community
concerns
and
begun
to
promote
brownfield
redevelopment
of
the
site.
The
group
is
guided
by
a
theory
that
assumes
citizen
involvement
in
technical
decision
making
is
essential
in
a
democracy.
Dr.
Lorenz's
academic
pursuits
also
mirror
his
dedication
to
environmental
policy:
his
1998
course
on
Public
Health
and
Environmental
Policy
on
the
Texas­
Mexican
Border
was
named
one
of
the
best
science
and
service
courses
by
National
Campus
Compact.
As
a
professor
at
Alma
College,
Dr.
Lorenz
has
received
several
teaching
awards.

Mildred
McClain,
Executive
Director,
Harambee
House,
Inc.,
Savannah,
GA.

Dr.
McClain
has
an
extensive
history
working
with
environmental
justice
issues.
Since
1991,
she
has
served
as
Executive
Director
of
Citizens
for
Environmental
Justice,
Inc.
In
that
position,
she
has
served
as
the
organization's
administrator,
field
organizer,
policy
analyst,
trainer,
fund­
raiser,
and
program
development
coordinator.
She
has
established
and
coordinated
a
variety
of
Superfund­
related
community
involvement/
environmental
justice
activities
including
the
establishment
of
the
Academic­
Community­
Agency
Network
with
the
Superfund
Working
Group
and
the
People
of
Color
and
Disenfranchised
Communities
Environmental
Health
Network
(
a
national
communitybased
network
addressing
Federal
facilities
issues).
She
currently
serves
on
several
key
environmental
justice­
related
committees:
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Commission,
the
Savannah
River
Site
Health
Effects
Subcommittee,
the
African
American
Environmental
Justice
Action
Network,
and
the
National
Black
Environmental
Network.
Dr.
McClain
holds
an
Ed.
D.
from
the
Harvard
Graduate
School
of
Education.

Michael
Mittelholzer,
Director,
Regulatory
Affairs,
National
Association
of
Home
Builders,
Washington,
DC.

Mr.
Mittelholzer
serves
as
the
NAHB's
Director
of
Air,
Waste
and
Wildlife.
In
this
capacity
he
oversees
NAHB
regulatory
efforts
concerning
several
environmental
statues
including
the
Clean
Air
Act,
CERCLA,
RCRA,
TSCA
and
the
Endangered
Species
Act.
Mr.
Mittelholzer
focuses
mainly
on
environmental
statutes
concerning
waste,
air,
and
transportation
issues
affecting
land
development
operations.
He
serves
on
a
Congressionally­
chartered
FACA
that
examines
land
use
and
transportation
impacts
on
air
quality.
Prior
to
joining
NAHB,
he
worked
for
the
State
of
Maryland's
Department
of
Environment
where
he
coordinated
environmental
permits
for
manufacturing
facilities
expanding
or
locating
within
the
state.
He
has
a
BA
in
Political
Science
and
a
MS
in
Environmental
Science.

Thomas
Newlon,
Senior
Counsel,
Port
of
Seattle,
Seattle,
WA.

Mr.
Newlon
has
been
an
attorney
for
the
Port
of
Seattle
since
1992,
and
has
led
the
Port's
negotiations
with
EPA
on
numerous
innovative
settlements
over
the
past
10
years.
He
has
been
the
principal
point
of
contact
for
EPA
management
regarding
the
Port
on
all
environmental
matters
over
the
past
nine
years.
The
Port
of
Seattle
is
a
special
purpose
local
government
with
responsibilities
for
Seattle's
seaport
operations
and
the
Seattle­
Tacoma
International
Airport.
The
Port
collaborated
with
EPA
on
a
groundbreaking
prospective
purchaser
agreement
that
took
a
highly
contaminated
operating
facility
from
initial
NPL
listing
through
upland
remediation
to
an
operating
container
terminal
facility
and
public
access
area
in
less
than
four
years.
The
project
saved
EPA
roughly
$
21
million
in
cleanup
activities,
and
was
dedicated
by
Vice
President
Al
Gore.
Prior
to
coming
to
the
Port,
Mr.
Newlon
was
an
environmental
law
professor
and
aquatic
biologist
specializing
in
invertebrate
communities.
He
has
published
numerous
articles
on
ecological­
related
issues.

Lindene
Patton,
Vice
President,
Zurick
U.
S.
Specialities,
Zurick
North
America,
Great
Falls,
VA.

As
the
Vice
President
and
Director,
Risk
Management
&
Executive
Counsel
at
Zurich,
Ms.
Patton
has
been
actively
involved
in
the
development
of
creative
insurance
and
financial
assurance
products
which
facilitate
cost­
effective,
expedited,
remediations.
A
certified
industrial
hygienist
and
a
member
of
the
American
Board
of
Industrial
Hygiene,
Ms.
Patton
holds
a
MPH
in
biomedical
and
environmental
health
science
and
a
Juris
Doctorate.
She
frequently
speaks
about
environmental
insurance
and
has
authored
several
publications
on
the
topic.
In
addition
to
her
membership
in
the
American
Board
of
Industrial
Hygiene,
Ms.
Patton
is
a
member
of
the
Environmental
Technology
Verification
Advisory
Board,
a
member
of
the
American
Bar
Association
and
a
past
member
of
the
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Coalition
Advisory
Board.

Victoria
Peters,
Assistant
Attorney
General,
Colorado
Attorney
General
Office,
Lakewood,
CO.

Ms.
Peters
brings
a
unique
perspective
to
consideration
of
the
proposed
topics
of
the
Subcommittee
because
she
has
a
firm
grasp
of
broad
policy
issues
as
well
as
hands­
on
experience
litigating
complex
CERCLA
cases
and
participating
in
the
CERCLA
process
at
various
sites.
Ms.
Peters
acts
as
a
policy
advisory
to
the
CO
Department
of
Public
Health
and
the
Environment,
the
Governor's
Office
and
the
Colorado
Attorney
General
on
legislative
and
regulatory
issues
that
implicate
CERCLA.
Her
caseload
is
dominated
by
CERCLA
litigation
and
cases
that
focus
on
mining
waste
issues
and
natural
resource
damage
questions.
She
has
published
numerous
articles
on
CERCLA­
related
issues
including
"
Can
States
Enforce
RCRA
at
Superfund
Sites?"

Kate
Probst,
Senior
Follow,
Resources
for
the
Future,
Washington,
DC.

Ms.
Probst
is
the
author
and
director
of
a
major
study
estimating
the
costs
of
the
Superfund
program
from
2000­
2010,
a
project
requested
by
the
Senate
Appropriations
Committee
as
a
part
of
the
FY
2000
EPA
appropriations
conference
report.
She
has
also
coauthored
numerous
other
Superfund
and
hazardous
waste­
related
articles
and
books
(
Footing
the
Bill
for
Superfund:
Who
Pays
and
How?,
Long­
Term
Stewardship
and
the
Nuclear
Weapons
Complex:
The
Challenge
Ahead,
and
The
Evolution
of
Hazardous
Waste
Programs:
Lessons
from
Eight
Countries)
and
speaks
frequently
on
the
Superfund
program.
She
holds
a
Master's
degree
in
City
and
Regional
Planning
from
Harvard
University.
Ed
Putnam,
Assistant
Director,
Remedial
Planning
and
Design,
New
Jersey
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,
Trenton,
NJ.

Mr.
Putnam
has
extensive
experience
in
the
Superfund
program
having
served
both
the
State
and
the
US
EPA
while
performing
hazardous
site
remediation
work
during
his
21­
year
career.
He
has
a
Bachelor's
degree
in
Environmental
Engineering
and
is
currently
serving
as
the
Assistant
Director
for
the
Remedial
Planning
and
Design
Element
in
the
State
of
NJ's
Division
of
Publicly­
funded
Site
Rededication.
He
represents
NJ
on
the
Association
of
State
and
Territorial
Solid
Waste
Management
Officials
(
ASTSWMO).
He
participated
in
the
Resources
for
the
Future
Superfund's
Future:
What
Will
It
Cost?

Catherine
Sharp,
Assistant
Division
Director,
Land
Protection
Division,
Oklahoma
Department
of
Environmental
Quality,
Oklahoma
City,
OK.

Ms.
Sharp
has
been
Assistant
Director
of
the
Land
Protection
Division
within
the
OK
DEQ
for
ten
years.
In
that
capacity,
she
manages
several
state
and
federal
waste
programs,
including
hazardous
waste
compliance
and
enforcement,
RCRA
Corrective
Action,
Superfund,
UIC
and
solid
waste.
She
is
a
member
of
the
Association
of
State
and
Territorial
Solid
Waste
Management
Officials
(
ASTSWMO).

Alexandria
Shultz,
Director
of
Legislative
Affairs,
Mineral
Policy
Center,
Washington,
DC.

As
Director
of
Legislative
and
Regulatory
Affairs
at
the
Mineral
Policy
Center,
Ms.
Shultz
focuses
on
reforming
mining
laws
and
regulations
to
promote
environmentally
and
fiscally
responsible
mining.
In
that
effort,
she
monitors
legislation
and
regulations,
educates
decision­
makers
and
assists
local
communities
engaged
in
mining­
related
disputes.
Prior
to
her
tenure
at
the
Mineral
Policy
Center,
Ms.
Shultz
was
a
staff
attorney
at
the
US
Public
Interest
Research
Group
where
she
worked
on
a
variety
of
environmental
issues.
A
member
of
the
Connecticut
Bar,
Ms.
Shultz
has
a
JD
and
Environmental
Law
Certificate
from
Pace
University
School
of
Law.

Mel
Skaggs,
President,
InDepth
Environmental
Associates,
Inc.,
Southlake
TX.

Mr.
Skaggs
has
more
than
20
years
of
experience
at
all
levels
of
responsibility
in
the
environmental,
health,
and
safety
industry.
He
has
served
as
the
principal
manager
of
these
programs
for
a
Fortune
500
U.
S.
based
international
energy
corporation
where
he
directed
the
development
and
implementation
of
environmental
management
systems
in
such
sensitive
environs
as
tropical
forest,
arid
deserts,
and
off­
shore
oil
platforms.
He
has
extensive
experience
in
applying
Superfund
and
analogous
state
remedial
response
programs
at
complex
sites.
He
has
directed
over
$
350
million
in
remedial
response
activities
at
sites
spread
among
five
EPA
regions.
Remedial
programs
directed
by
Mr.
Skaggs
have
resulted
in
the
generation
of
two
patented
innovative
treatment
technologies,
as
well
as
over
50
publications
in
peer­
reviewed
professional
journals.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Society
of
Petroleum
Engineers,
the
American
Institute
of
Chemical
Engineers,
the
Air
and
Waste
Management
Association,
the
Water
Environment
Federation
and
the
Western
Hemisphere
Dredging
Association.

Rich
Stewart,
Emily
Kempin
Professor
of
Law,
Center
of
Environmental
and
Land
Use
Law,
New
York
University
School
of
Law,
New
York,
NY.

Mr.
Stewart's
current
research
focuses
on
economic
instruments
for
environmental
protection,
environmental
liabilities
for
injury
to
natural
resources,
the
relation
of
environmental
protection
to
market
economics,
comparative
law
and
federalism
issues
in
environmental
protection.
He
also
serves
as
counsel
at
Sidley,
Austin
Brown
and
Wood
in
New
York
where
his
practice
focuses
on
environmental
liabilities
including
natural
resource
damages;
environmental
regulation;
and
emissions
trading.
He
has
extensive
professional
activities
and
memberships
including
serving:
as
an
Advisory
Trustee
and
member
to
the
Litigation
Review
Committee,
Environmental
Defense,
a
member
of
the
American
Law
Institute,
and
a
member
of
the
Editorial
Board
of
both
the
Oxford
Journal
of
Environmental
Law
and
Review
of
European
Community
and
International
Environmental
Law.
From
1989­
1991,
Mr.
Stewart
served
as
the
Assistant
Attorney
General
for
Environment
and
Natural
Resources
Division
at
DOJ.

Wilma
Subra,
Technical
Advisor,
Louisiana
Environmental
Action
Network,
New
Iberia,
LA.

Currently
serves
as
NACEPT
co­
chair.

Michael
Tilchin,
Vice
President,
CH2M
Hill,
Herndon,
VA.

Mr.
Tilchin
serves
as
the
National
Client
Services
Manager
for
the
US
EPA
contracts.
In
this
capacity
he
has
corporate
responsibility
on
Response
Action
Contracts
in
several
EPA
Regions.
Specific
responsibilities
on
Superfund
contracts
include
quality
assurance,
contract
compliance,
technical
and
project
delivery
innovation,
client
relationships,
small
business
subcontracting,
conflict
of
interest
management,
and
financial
performance.
He
authored
"
Superfund
Reauthorization
 
Pathway
to
the
Endgame,"
and
served
as
a
peer
reviewer
for
the
Resources
for
the
Future
study,
Superfund's
Future
 
What
Will
It
cost?

Jason
White,
Environmental
Scientist,
Cherokee
Nation,
Tahlequah,
OK.

Mr.
White
works
primarily
with
issues
pertaining
to
Superfund.
His
responsibilities
cover
a
range
of
Superfund­
related
activities
including
natural
resource
damage
assessments,
technical
work
for
remedial
investigations/
feasibility
studies,
site
discovery,
sampling
and
environmental
reviews
and
assessments.
He
is
a
registered
Environmental
Specialist
and
Sanitarian.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Oklahoma
Society
of
Environmental
Health
Professionals,
American
Society
of
Safety
Engineers,
and
the
Safety
and
Environmental
Management
Association.
Robin
Weiner,
President,
Institute
for
Scrap
Recycling
Industries,
Inc.,
Washington,
DC.

Mr.
White
works
primarily
with
issues
pertaining
to
Superfund.
His
responsibilities
cover
a
range
of
Superfund­
related
activities
including
natural
resource
damage
assessments,
technical
work
for
remedial
investigations/
feasibility
studies,
site
discovery,
sampling
and
environmental
reviews
and
assessments.
He
is
a
registered
Environmental
Specialist
and
Sanitarian.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Oklahoma
Society
of
Environmental
Health
Professionals,
American
Society
of
Safety
Engineers,
and
the
Safety
and
Environmental
Management
Association.