National Partnership for Environmental Priorities Webinars

Moving Toward Safer Chemicals
Organized by U.S. EPA Region 10 and Washington State Department of Ecology

The objective of this webinar is to share information on recent state efforts to identify high priority chemicals of concern and opportunities to promote safer chemical alternatives through pollution prevention technical assistance.

Download the Webinar Video: Moving Towards Safer Chemicals (WMV) (1 hour 54 minutes 104MB) Note: This file is large and may take over thirty minutes to download on a 56K connection.

Supporting Organizations

Environmental Council of the States Cross Media Committee
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable P2 Policy Committee
North American Hazardous Materials Mgmt. Association Northwest Chapter
Northeast Waste Management Officials Organization
Northwest Product Stewardship Council
Washington Toxics Coalition

Presentations

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
Welcome & Overview	Viccy Salazar, U.S. EPA Region 10 Ken Zarker, Washington State Department of Ecology	Overview (PDF) (10 pp. 808K)
Safer Chemicals Partnership: Scoping the Issues	Darin Rice, Washington State Department of Ecology	Setting the Stage: Why it Makes Sense to Partner on Safer Chemicals (PDF) (15 pp. 2MB)
Methods to Identify and Prioritize Chemicals of Concern	Alex Stone, Washington State Department of Ecology	Washington State Chemical Prioritization (PDF) (15 pp. 427K)
U.S. EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) Program	Domenic Calabro, U.S. EPA Region 10	U.S. EPA’s NPEP Program (PDF) (9 pp. 187K)
Business Case Study	Jason Smith, Blount Inc.	Blount, Inc.’s Electro-Chemical Milling Process Replacement (PDF) (13 pp. 190K)
Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance Opportunities	Tom Boucher, Washington State Department of Ecology	Technical Assistance in Washington State (PDF) (16 pp. 181K)

National Partnership for Environmental Priorities Webinars

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