5^th Annual National Asbestos Meeting Agenda

Monday, March 4

Moderator: Mardel Knight

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Ann Marie DeBiase, Director, Air and Radiation Management Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment

8:15 - 8:20 a.m.

Introduction of Plenary Speaker

Ann Marie DeBiase, Maryland

8:20 - 9:15 a.m.

Dr. Henry Falk, Assistant Administrator, ATSDR
Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana: Health Response

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

EPA Policies: New Administration, New Initiatives

Dr. William Sanders, Director, OPPT, U.S. EPA

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Jim Johnston, OSHA, Region III
OSHA Asbestos Standards

Audrey Profitt-Henry, OSHA

11:30 - 1:30 p.m

Moderator: The Honorable Jim Hubbard, Maryland House of Delegates

Neil Pflum, U.S. EPA Region VI
Texas Legislation

Joy Perkins, New Hampshire
Asbestos Waste Disposal Sites in New Hampshire

Cathy Atkins, NCSL
Current Congressional and Administration Asbestos Activities,

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Moderator: Mardel Knight, Maryland, Session Arranger

David Dick, Virginia Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation
Fraudulent Training Certificates

2:45 - 4:30 p.m.

Moderator: Kent Cook, Illinois, Session Arranger

Rulemaking Procedures: Issues and Problems --

Ed Antz, Maine
State Floor Tile Regulation

Dale McCall, McCall & Spero Environmental Inc.
Laboratory Analysis & Unique Situations

Ernie Kelley, Massachusetts
Floor Tile Air Sampling

Dave Holston, Ohio
TEM Methods

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

MWREC representatives will discuss the group's position paper on what Region V would like to see in future proposed revisions.

Tuesday, March 5

Moderator: Leonard Womble

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Leonard Womble, West Virginia

8:15 - 9:15 a.m.

Monica Ellis, Global Environment and Technology Foundation

9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Bruce Harvey, U.S. EPA Research Triangle Institute
Bulk Asbestos Laboratory Proficiency Testing and Accreditation

Mike Beard, U.S. EPA Research Triangle Institute
Monitoring Methods for Asbestos in Bulk, Settled Dust and Air Samples

10:30 - Noon

Moderator: Jon Jacobs, U.S. EPA

Speakers:

Warren Hamel, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland
Investigation and Prosecution of an Asbestos Case

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

George Estel, New York
Asbestos and the World Trade Center Disaster

Mike Beard, Research Triangle Institute
Small Fiber Concerns

Mike Beard, Research Triangle Institute
Collection of Dust Sampling and its Relevance to Risk

Walter Mugdan, U.S. EPA Region II
Federal Regulations in Response to Emergencies

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Gregg Swayze, USGS
Using Imaging Spectroscopy

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Leonard Womble, West Virginia, Session Arranger
Worker Protection Rule Training for RACs

Cindy Fraleigh, U.S. EPA
EPA's Asbestos Worker Protection Rule and the OSHA Construction Standard for Asbestos

Wednesday, March 6

Moderator: Neil Pflum

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Neil Pflum, U.S. EPA Region VI

8:45 - 11:30 a.m.

Neil Pflum, U.S. EPA Region VI
Ft. Worth Demolition Project

Neil Pflum, U.S. EPA Region VI
Texas Dumpster Survey

Rob Clark, Maine
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