SUMMARY OF THE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT FORUM
NAPL CLEANUP ALLIANCE
CONFERENCE CALL

April 25, 2001
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

INTRODUCTION

On April 25, 2001, the following members of the Remediation Technologies Development Forum’s (RTDF’s) Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) Alliance met in a conference call:

Randy Breeden, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 (Alliance co-chair)
Mark Lyverse, Chevron Research and Technology Company (Alliance co-chair)
Kathy Yager, EPA Technology Innovation Office (TIO)

Also present were Christine Hartnett and Laurie Stamatatos of Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG).

JUNE 2001 MEETING

Randy Breeden opened the call by noting that the NAPL Cleanup Alliance plans to meet on June 26 and 27, 2001. The meeting will be held at BP Amoco’s facilities in Naperville, Illinois. Invitations will be distributed soon, along with information on meeting registration, hotel reservations, and transportation logistics.

The meeting will extend over a day and a half. Call participants identified the following as potential agenda items:

• Clarification of the Alliance’s overarching goals. Breeden said that he is working on a strawman that summarizes the Alliance’s goals and gives some overarching “marching orders” to the Alliance’s workgroups. He will send out a draft of the strawman within the next couple weeks. During the June 2001 meeting, attendees will be asked to provide comments. Ideally, Breeden said, the strawman will be torn apart, rebuilt, and finalized before the meeting ends.
  
  
• Update on workgroup activities. Kathy Yager noted that three workgroups have formed under the Alliance. She suggested having the workgroups meet in breakout sessions early in the meeting, and then having a spokesperson summarize each workgroup’s activities for the entire Alliance.
  
  
• New sites and new workgroups. Mark Lyverse said that BP Amoco might have a site that can be studied under the Alliance’s umbrella. Victor Kremesec will be able to provide additional information about this potential opportunity at the meeting.
  
  
• New Alliance members. Breeden said that he knew of a company that wants to join the Alliance. Attendees can talk about adopting new members into the Alliance at the meeting.
  
  
• Encouraging state and federal regulators to become involved with the Alliance’s workgroups. Breeden said that he has identified some regulators who are interested in participating in workgroup activities. He agreed to bring a list of those who have expressed interest to the meeting.
  
  
•   Presentations offered by guest speakers. Call participants agreed that it would be useful to invite a guest speaker to the meeting. Lyverse said that he knew someone who might be a good candidate. He also thought that Kremesec has someone in mind.
  
  
•   Pooling resources. Breeden said that it would be useful to create a small pool of funds to support Alliance activities. This fund could be used to pay travel expenses for state regulators and guest speakers. He will bring this up during the meeting.

Breeden agreed to draft an agenda for the meeting and to distribute it to call participants for comment.

UPDATE ON THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION WORKGROUP

Yager said that TIO plans to hire a contractor to support the Technical Information workgroup. She agreed to set up a conference call for the workgroup before the June 2001 Alliance meeting. That way, the workgroup can start drafting “marching orders” for the contractor.

SUMMARIZING THE ALLIANCE’S ACTIVITIES

Yager said that Environmental Management Support, Inc., prepares summaries of the Alliance’s activities. These should be distributed, she said, to people who have expressed interest in the Alliance. Minutes of Alliance conference calls and meetings are also recorded. These are posted on the RTDF Web site. Minutes recorded for the workgroup conference calls, Breeden said, should be posted on the password-protected portion of the RTDF Web site, along with any comments that Alliance members have for the workgroups.