8/24/07

Meeting with College and University Representatives

Attendees:

EPA/OSWER:

Susan Bodine

Matt Straus

Matt Hale

Greg Helms

Kristin Fitzgerald

College & University Representatives:

Robin Izzo, Princeton University and Chair of the Sector Strategy
Coordinating Committee

Peter Reinhardt, Yale University and Campus Safety Health and
Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA)

Barry Hartman, K&L Gates, counsel to American Council on Education

Zehra Graham, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Campus Consortium
for Environmental Excellence (C2E2)

Courtney Kerr, Easter Virginia Medical School

Kent Clawson, Colorado College

Maureen Kotlas, University of Maryland, College Park

Michelle Medea, National Association of College and University Business
Officers (NACUBO)

Representatives of several colleges and universities and their trade
associations met with EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(OSWER) management and staff to urge EPA to finalize the academic
laboratories hazardous waste rule (Subpart K).  They indicated that
contrary to many of the comments EPA received on the proposed rule that
colleges and universities would likely opt into Subpart K because it
addresses two urgent problems: the hazardous waste determination and
laboratory clean-outs.  They reiterated their support for many of the
“highest priorities” from the public comments that CSHEMA submitted
to the docket in August 2006, but said that their highest priority of
all is to finalize the rule.

The OSWER representatives asked a number of clarifying questions.

