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LSPA March 2023 Member Meeting: Risk Assessment and Emergency Utility Workers – A Tale of Two Flowcharts
Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Membership Meeting

LSPA March 2023 Member Meeting

Risk Assessment and Emergency Utility Workers – A Tale of Two Flowcharts

The LSPA cordially invites you to our March 2023 Membership Meeting on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, which will be held virtually from 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM using the Zoom Webinar platform. 

When: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM  EST (Please note: registration closes 15 minutes prior to the start of the webinar.) 
Live Webinar via Zoom
Important Registration Note: Registration for LSPA webinars requires a two-step process. 1) Complete the LSPA registration, and 2) In your LSPA confirmation email, you will receive a link to a Zoom "Webinar Registration". You must also complete this registration in order to receive the webinar link, and reminder emails with course materials.  
Price:  Credit: $50 Members | $110 Non-Members
             No Credit: $0 Members | $25 Non-Members
Speakers: 
  • Andrea L. Eagan, MPH, CHMM, Woodard & Curran
  • Marie Rudiman, Senior Risk Assessor & Toxicologist, EnviroRisk Solutions
  • Denise Kmetzo, MPH, DABT, Collaborative Risk Solutions 
  • Kristina McCarthy, MS, Haley & Aldrich
  • Dr. Jane Parkin Kullmann, PhD, DABT, WSP USA

This presentation has been submitted to the LSP Board of Registration for 1.0 Technical LSP Credit. To ensure you receive continuing education credit for your attendance in this webinar, please read the LSPA's guidelines here.

Presentation Description:
One of the main findings of the violations in MassDEP’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Notices of Noncompliance (NONs) is the omission of the evaluation of an emergency utility worker exposure scenario within submitted MCP Method 3 risk characterizations. The LSPA’s Technical Practices Committee asked risk assessors to form a work group to review available guidance on utility worker acute exposure pathways. The group reviewed existing guidance, contacted MassDEP’s Office of Research and Standards (ORS) to discuss the guidance, and created two flow charts to aid LSPs, risk assessors, and other waste site cleanup professionals in evaluating the acute exposure pathway for emergency utility workers.

The first part of the presentation, presented by Andrea Eagan of Woodard & Curran, will provide an overview of the key considerations for evaluation of emergency utility workers in the risk characterization and in support of permanent site closure. The second part of the presentation, presented by Marie Rudiman of EnviroRisk Solutions, will highlight some of the challenges in evaluating acute risks posed to emergency utility workers and will introduce the flow charts that were developed as tools for use during this process.

The program will wrap up with a 20-minute Q&A session with our panel of risk assessors; registrants will be encouraged to bring questions on this topic or any other.  

Schedule: 
3:45 PM Welcome and Announcements  
3:55 PM Speaker Introductions
4:00 PM Presentation Begins
5:00 PM Program Ends