Third Letter

Mailed to All Colleges and Universities in New York State
May 2000

May 16, 2000

Re: Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance Workshops for Colleges and Universities

Greetings:

As we announced in our previous mailings to you, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is planning to conduct inspections of colleges and universities within our region (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, & U.S. Virgin Islands) during the upcoming year to determine their compliance with hazardous waste and other environmental regulations.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Pollution Prevention Unit, under a EPA grant, will be a conducting a series of pollution prevention and compliance assistance workshops for colleges and universities, both state and private, this June and July. They have been working with the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Center for Integrated Waste Management (CIWM), DEC Regional Staff, and with EPA Region 2 in setting up these workshops. A registration form and workshop agenda is attached. Registration forms can be faxed to the DEC Pollution Prevention Unit at (518) 457-2570. Additional information on the workshops is available by contacting Laurie Rizzo, DEC Environmental Program Specialist, at (518) 457-2553, or the Pollution Prevention Unit Internet site at http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ppu (includes downloadable/faxable registration form).

The locations and dates for these colleges and universities workshops are as follows:

June 06.....SUNY Buffalo
June 13.....Syracuse School of Science and Forestry
July 11.....SUNY New Paltz
July 12.....Hudson Valley (Troy)
July 18.....SUNY Farmingdale

As before, I would urge you to take advantage of the EPA's Audit Policy to identify any violations and to voluntarily correct them prior to our inspections of colleges and universities, to begin in the fall of the year 2000.

If you have questions or need more information, please contact John Wilk, Self-Disclosure Policy Coordinator, at (212) 637-3918 and wilk.john@epa.gov, or Diane D. Buxbaum, University Environmental Compliance Assistance Coordinator, at (212) 637-3919 and buxbaum.diane@epa.gov.

Sincerely yours,


George C. Meyer, P.E.
Chief, RCRA Compliance Branch
Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance

Attachment

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES

TENTATIVE AGENDA