2024 Remediation & Response Committee Virtual Meeting Series
General Information Schedule Registration Meeting Documents Questions
General Information
The Remediation and Response Committee will host a series of three virtual events in Fall 2024 in lieu of holding an in-person meeting.
Please see the detail below and register for any or all of the events that you have an interest in.
Schedule
(Please note all agendas are preliminary and subject to change)
Virtual Meeting 1
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - PFAS Update
1:00 - 2:30 PM EDT
The Remediation and Response Committee will meet to discuss recent PFAS developments and related compliance and operational considerations for USWAG members. Topics covered will include:
- TSCA 8(a) reporting rule for PFAS chemicals
- Recent CERCLA hazardous substance designation for PFOA, PFOS
- PFAS destruction and disposal guidance
- Additional regulatory actions and technical initiatives involving PFAS
- USWAG’s first-ever PFAS Workshop (planned for Fall 2025)
- Member roundtable
Virtual Meeting 2
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 -Tanks Subcommittee
1:00 - 2:30 PM EDT
The Tanks Subcommittee will hold a virtual meeting to discuss recent regulatory developments and compliance initiatives, including:
- CWA hazardous substances facility response plan (FRP) requirements
- Overview of final rule
- Discussion of member impacts/implementation
- SPCC developments
- Subcommittee efforts to address oil-filled cable systems that cross water – update and next steps
- Member roundtable
Virtual Meeting 3
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - Site Assessment, Clean-up and Liability Issues
1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
The Remediation and Response Committee will meet to discuss developments relevant to the assessment, remediation, and purchase/sale of contaminated properties, including regulatory, liability, operational, and transactional considerations. Topics covered will include:
- UWAG Site Cleanup Task Group – Overview, feedback
- CERCLA liability developments – arranger for disposer liability
- DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration – Revision to NRDAR rules
- IRIS developments, upcoming risk assessment activity
- Member discussion – challenges, regulatory hurdles, lessons learned:
- Reopeners
- Vapor intrusion
- Real property transactions – buyer and seller perspectives
- Upcoming USWAG Decommissioning Workshop (planned for Fall 2025)
- Member roundtable
Registration
Please register for the sessions you would like to attend at this link.
Meeting Documents
To be supplied