LSPA Continuing Education Seminar
Environmental Symposium 2023

Accepting that climate change is upon us and will affect how cleanup strategies are developed and implemented, the presenters will provide context and use hands-on tools to explore stepwise planning for near- and long-term climate change in the selection and design of waste site cleanup response actions. The course will also explore the options available to minimize the carbon footprint and provide opportunities to incorporate greener cleanup options in site response actions. The hands-on toolkit and checklist-based approach to the course material makes it ideal not only for LSPs,  but also for project teams and junior staff who may be researching the climate settings and backgrounds, and greener cleanup options in support of specific cleanup projects. 

Part 1 will focus on the toolkit developed by the LSPA’s Climate Change Subcommittee in  anticipation of the pending MCP amendments.  The tools are available for use in all phases of the remediation process and can be customized to meet the needs of individual sites. The toolkit includes:

• The MCP Climate Change Evaluation Flowchart
• A Vulnerability Assessment Checklist
• The MCP Climate Change Glossary of Terms and Technical Resources

Part 2 of the course will focus on the evaluation and implementation of greener cleanups at remediation sites. The goal of implementing greener cleanups is to maximize the net environmental benefit when conducting response actions at MCP disposal sites.   WSC #14-150 references several standards that will be discussed,  including USEPA guidance, the ASTM Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups (E2893-16), and guidance published by ITRC.  This course will also review case studies where the ASTM Greener Cleanups BMP Process was implemented and will provide hands-on training for using USEPA’s Spreadsheets for Environmental Footprint Analysis (SEFA) workbooks.

An outline of the full four-hour course is presented here.