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Updating the Clean Sweep Report in 2013

Learn about the plan to update the 2000 Clean Sweep Report at the TPSA Conference, where stakeholders can discuss the current status of Clean Sweep programs and provide valuable input. Get insights on program operations, challenges, and compliance with regulations.

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Updating the Clean Sweep Report in 2013

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  1. Updating the Clean Sweep Report in 2013 TPSA Conference Nancy Fitz and Jeanne Kasai, U.S. EPA February 7, 2013

  2. Plan for 2013 EPA is planning to update the 2000 Clean Sweep Report this year. TPSA Conference: good place to discuss the current status of Clean Sweep programs and get input on information of interest/use to different stakeholders. Want to minimize the burden on state pesticide disposal program managers. Joe Hoffman is updating list of state program contacts.

  3. 2000 Report • Operations • Who runs program? Funding? Participants? Materials collected? Disposal methods? Contracts? Costs? • Results • # of state programs, pounds collected, participants • Challenges and opportunities • How to comply with all regs? Universal Waste rule, liability, dioxin-containing wastes, tracking amounts of specific pesticides

  4. 2000 Report • Observations • Permanent funding has many advantages. • Unit costs (per pound basis) have decreased over the past decade. • Reliable estimates of uncollected pesticides are elusive. • Only a fraction of the pesticides used in states is disposed of in Clean Sweep programs. • Clean Sweep programs will continue to be needed for the foreseeable future. • State Profiles

  5. Input from this Session • Information that we should focus on • What do you want/need to know? • What information will be useful for other programs? • Ideas about best way to collect the information • TPSA “steering committee”? • Other input

  6. Ideas? Nancy Fitz, 703-305-7385 fitz.nancy@epa.gov Jeanne Kasai, 703-308-3240 kasai.jeanne@epa.gov

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