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EOEEA Environmental Dataset Portal: Drinking Water and PFAS6 in Public Wells

by: Kristi F Lefebvre
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Dec
03
At MassDEP's Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC) November 12, 2020 Office Hours meeting, Paul Locke, Assistant Commissioner, shared information on a helpful resource: the Massachusetts EOEEA Data Portal, which is comprised of several Environmental Datasets. Datasets include asbestos projects, enforcement actions, and well drilling; also included is the BWSC's Waste Site & Reportable Releases Lookup page. 
 
The focus for this meeting was on the Drinking Water program dataset where one can search by public water system as well as town, class of well (Non-Transient Non-Community, Non-Community, and Community), contaminant group, and chemical name. Many per-fluoroalkyl substances are included in the searchable list of chemicals including, of particular interest - PFAS6.
 
At this time, private well sampling information is not included in this EOEEA database.
 
A link to this portal is also found on MassDEP's PFAS webpage.
 
The weekly BWSC Office Hour meetings are recorded and posted on this YouTube page. 
 
The discussion of the EOEEA portal begins at 2:15 minutes into the November 12, 2020 meeting and ends at around 15:30 minutes.

Steve Boynton Presented with LSPA Member Award

by: Kristi F Lefebvre
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Dec
02
At our November 18, 2020 member meeting, Stephen Boynton was honored with the LSPA's 2020 Member Award. This award is presented to an LSPA Member in recognition of leadership, commitment, and contributions to the LSPA organization and membership over the previous year.
 
LSPA President Michele Paul presented the award to Steve, President of Subsurface Environmental Solutions, who has been an LSP since 1997. She said that "Over the years, Steve has developed and presented several courses to LSPA membership for LSP continuing education credits. These courses are typically on two of his favorite topics: NAPL and making use of visual technical tools in site assessment and remediation."

In terms of his demonstrated commitment, Steve has been an active participant in the LSPA's Education Committee; most recently he was instrumental in conceiving of, developing and presenting the LNAPL Regulatory Change, Guidance and Progress course. This course brought together Steve, two other practitioners, and Ken Marra of MassDEP for, by all accounts, a terrific 4-hour course.  

Not one to rest, last year, Steve also served as the Committee Chair for the LSPA's first Sole Practitioners' Group. It was this group that hosted the LSPA's first live webinar - on the Zoom platform. Little did we know how commonplace that would become! We have Steve (and COVID-19) to thank for forcing us to become familiar with this new virtual approach to content delivery.

For his leadership, commitment to innovation, and many contributions over the past year, Steve is recognized with the LSPA's 2020 LSPA Member Award.  

Congratulations Steve! 

Roger Thibault Presented LSPA Lifetime Achievement Award

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Nov
25
At our October 28, 2020 member meeting, Roger Thibault was honored with the LSPA's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to an individual in recognition of distinguished and continued contributions over 25 years or more to the advancement of science, standards, or professionalism in the field of site assessment and remediation under MGL c. 21E.
 
LSPA President Michele Paul presented the award to Roger, who is an LSP at BETA Group, for his distinguished and continued contributions to the field of waste site cleanup and involvement with the LSPA. She said that "Roger has been an LSP since the inception of the program and has demonstrated a strong and continued commitment for nearly 40 years to the environmental industry.
 
Roger is a longtime member and participant in the LSPA's Technical Practices Committee and has been the Committee Chair for the past several years. He has facilitated and helped lead the committee into new initiatives in emerging technical areas including building science and vapor intrusion, climate change and the MCP, and remediation of PFAS sites.
 
A particular contribution of Roger's has been his dedication to mentoring younger colleagues who have gone on to participate in the LSPA and thrive in the industry."

For his work as an LSP, active participation and leadership in the LSPA, and commitment to mentoring young professionals, Roger is recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations Roger!

LSPA Unveils November 2020 Compliance Tip

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Nov
18

The following LSPA compliance tip was presented at the November 2020 Membership Meeting, which was held virtually through the Zoom webinar platform, on November 18, 2020.  

Compliance Tip

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