Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program

2014 National Training Conference Presentations

Below are links to presentation slides and recordings from the 2014 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory and Environmental Conditions in Communities, organized according to the conference agenda.


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

General

Session – Virginia Ballroom

8:00 AM Welcome
Guy Tomassoni, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA
Arnold E. Layne, Office Director, U.S. EPA
8:15 AM

Keynote Speakers
Reneé P. Wynn, Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer, U.S. EPA

Toxics Release Inventory: A Major Building Block of the Environmental Justice Movement
Beverly Wright, Executive Director, DSCEJ

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9:00AM

Toxics Release Inventory Program Overview and Vision for the Future
Steve Knizner, Division Director, U.S. EPA
Tim Antisdel, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA
Rosemarie Kelley, Division Director, U.S. EPA
Ingrid Rosencrantz, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA
Dipti Singh, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA
Guy Tomassoni, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA

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Breakout
Session 1 - Virginia Ballroom
Session 2 - Commonwealth Hall
10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions

Community Involvement
Moderator: Jocelyn Hospital, U.S. EPA

Your Environment = Your Health: Meaningful Involvement, Meaningful Information
Marianne Seifert, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Diane Fowler, Washington State Department of Ecology

Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health Impact Analysis, Seattle, Washington
Linn Gould, Just Health Action

Is Meaningful Community Involvement Radical? A Case Study of the Duwamish River
Alberto J. Rodriguez, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group

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Tools for Accessing, Analyzing and Engaging
Moderator: Andrew Prugar, U.S. EPA

ChemView: EPA’s Web Tool for TSCA Chemicals
Maria Doa, U.S. EPA

EPA's Startup Crowdsourcing Tool for Community Activism
Kim Balassiano, U.S. EPA

Tribal Analysis Using Envirofacts and other TRI Tools
Beth Jackson, U.S. EPA
Steve Witkin, U.S. EPA
Bill Muldrow, U.S. EPA

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11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions

Exploring and Researching Disparities
Moderator: Margaret Conomos, U.S. EPA

Using TRI Data to Identify Patterns of Pollution in Metro Atlanta
MaKara Rumley, GreenLaw

Compendium of Federal Data Sources Relevant to Disparities-Related Work
Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, National Institutes of Health

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TRI Data Analysis
Moderator: Steve Wurtz, U.S. EPA

Comparison Between the Chemical Data Reporting Rule and the Toxics Release Inventory
Katherine Sleasman, U.S. EPA
Nick Nairn-Birch, U.S. EPA

Long-Term Trends in TRI Reporting
Steven Greenwald, U.S. EPA

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General

Session – Virginia Ballroom

1:45 PM

Introductions
Guy Tomassoni, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA

EPA's 2012 TRI National Analysis
Kara Koehrn, Program Analyst, U.S. EPA

2:15 PM

Introductions
Beverly Wright, Executive Director, DSCEJ

Examining the Links between Air Toxics Risk and Academic Performance Using the TRI
Paul Mohai, Professor, University of Michigan
Byoung-Suk Kweon, Professor, University of Maryland
Sangyun Lee, Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute

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Breakout
Session 1 - Virginia Ballroom
Session 2 - Commonwealth Hall
2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions

Enhancing Toxics Data and Focusing Data Delivery
Moderator: Diane Fowler, Washington State Department of Ecology

Beyond TRI: Lessons learned from additions to Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA)
Heather Tenney, Toxics Use Reduction Institute

Meeting TRI Data User’s Needs
Susan Day, Abt Associates Andrew Stoeckle, Abt Associates

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Chemical Release Data and Children’s Health
Moderator: Beth Jackson, U.S. EPA

Using Toxic Release Inventory to Evaluate the Risk of Elevated Blood lead Levels in Children Aged 1-5 in the US
Evelyn O. Talbott, University of Pittsburgh
LuAnn L. Brink, University of Pittsburgh

Exploring Children’s Environmental Health Impacts Using PRTR Data
Osnat Wine, University of Alberta
Alvaro Osornio-Vargas, University of Alberta

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4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Update on North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Moderator: Steve DeVito, U.S. EPA

Canadian Experiences in Pollutant Reporting - the National Pollutant Release Inventory
Jody Rosenberger, Environment Canada

Exploring North American Industrial Pollution Data through Taking Stock Online
Orlando Cabrera-Rivera, Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Danielle Vallee, Commission for Environmental Cooperation

On the Development of a Framework to Improve the Environmental Health of Vulnerable Communities in North America
Stephen DeVito, U.S. EPA

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Classroom and Community Training Resources
Moderator: Zachary Scott, U.S. EPA

TRI Curriculum Project for Universities and High Schools
John Katers, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Jake Eggert, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Keeping Track, Promoting Health Classroom Modules: Developing Plain Language Materials for Environmental Health Classroom Instruction
Ify Mordi, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

General

Session – Virginia Ballroom

8:00 AM

Welcome Back
Guy Tomassoni, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA

The Many Paths Forward for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
Sean Moulton, Director, Open Government Program, Center for Effective Government
Rick Hind, Legislative Director, Greenpeace
Adam Kron, Attorney, Environmental Integrity Project

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Breakout
Session 1 - Virginia Ballroom
Session 2 - Commonwealth Hall
9:00 AM Concurrent Sessions

Communicating Environmental Information
Moderator: Nora Lopez, U.S. EPA

TRI Community Engagement: Four New EPA Pilot Projects Challenge us to Communicate More Effectively with Communities
Shelley Fudge, U.S. EPA
Amanda Patterson, U.S. EPA
Carol Ann Gross-Davis, U.S. EPA

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Pollution Prevention Achievements Reported to TRI
Moderator: Jocelyn Hospital, U.S. EPA

Using the TRI Pollution Prevention Tool to Compare Facilities and Identify Sustainable Practices
Daniel Teitelbaum, U.S. EPA

The Cumulative Impact of Source Reduction on U.S. Toxic Releases
Matthew Ranson, Abt Associates

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10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions

Social Science Research and Environmental Justice
Moderator: Wayne S. Davis, U.S. EPA

Erasing the Refinery: Industry and Air Pollution as Hidden Urban Stressors
Carol Ann Gross-Davis, U.S. EPA & Drexel University

Beyond the Neighborhood: Understanding the Unequal Distribution of Environmental Hazards across U.S. Neighborhoods
Juyoung Lee, Brown University

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TRI Reporting
Moderator: Barbara Conklin, U.S. EPA

Tanks Emissions for TRI Reporting
Sarah Sajedi, ERA Environmental Management Solutions

TRI-MEweb: Tackling the Electronic Reporting Challenge
Juan Parra, U.S. EPA

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11:15 AM Concurrent Sessions
1:45 AM Concurrent Sessions

Toxic Release! An Eco-Educational Role Playing Game
Moderator: Caitlin Briere, U.S. EPA

Curt Gervich, State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh
Jake Eudene, SUNY at Plattsburgh
Christopher Evans, SUNY at Plattsburgh
Jim Fonzone, SUNY at Plattsburgh

“Come Play with Us”

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Green Chemistry Implementation in Preventing Pollution Using the Toxics Release Inventory
Moderator: Stephen DeVito, U.S. EPA

Using Metrics to Drive Innovations in Green Chemistry and Engineering
David Constable, American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute

TRI as a Tool to Measure Green Chemistry Progress: A Pharmaceutical Case Study
Cheryl Keenan, Abt Associates

Role of the TRI and Green Chemistry in DuPont’s Sustainability Journey
Robert J. Giraud, DuPont Company
Robert A. Reich, DuPont Company

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3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

Visualizing Environmental Information
Moderator: Ebony Turner, DSCEJ

Workshop: Community-Based Research on TRI Exposure Risks using Online Environmental Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
David A. Padgett, Tennessee State University
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, University of Pittsburgh

Environmental Justice Mapping at EPA
Kim Balassiano, U.S. EPA

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Assessing and Improving Data Quality
Moderator: Ashby Scott, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Facility Registry Service Data Quality Initiatives
David G. Smith, U.S. EPA

Understanding Toxic Chemical Releases to Surface Waters in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Wayne S. Davis, U.S. EPA
Carey Johnston, U.S. EPA

TRI Data Quality Initiatives (Senthil)
Toxics Release Inventory – Regional Data Quality Activities (Lopez)

Velu Senthil, U.S. EPA
Nora Lopez, U.S. EPA

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General

Session – Virginia Ballroom

5:00 - 5:30 PM

Stakeholder Summary Comments Panel
José T. Bravo, Executive Director, Just Transition Alliance
Arnold E. Layne, Office Director, U.S. EPA
Kirk Mills, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Program Manager, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Kathy Moses, Communications Specialist, Colville Confederated Tribes
David A. Padgett, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory, Tennessee State University
Matt Stewart, Director Environmental & Public Affairs, Lafarge North America

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