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PHILPOTT CENTER AND DEQ PARTNERS IN POLLUTION PREVENTION GRANT

he A.L. Philpott Manufactur- 1 Competitiveness. OPP’s technical assis- ing Center, a state agency that tance resources will be incorporated provides technical assistance , into Philpott’s existing services to help

to manufacturers in Southern Virginia, achieve a clean and competitive future was recently awarded a $277,000 grant

Grant activities include adding a from the US. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of l pollution prevention manufacturing Standards and Technology (NET) to specialist to Philpott’s personnel; pro- incorporate environmentally focused ~ viding P2 training to all Philpott technical assistance, especial- ly pollution prevention (P2) expertise, into

’dpott’s broader

Philpott, part of NIST’s Manu- facturing Exten- sion Partnership (MEP), works to help Virginia’s small

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and VAMC staff; conducting an environmental needs

assessment of targeted manufacturers; initi-

ating a P2 Match- ing Challenge Grant Program; launching a a retired/available

professional pro- 3 gram to provide P2

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- - and medium-sized companies access new A.L. PHlLPOlT

assistance; and access- ing private-sector envi-

manufacturing technolo- ? r i n g 7 ronmental/~2 resources. gies, resources, and expertise, The $6 1 million in grants thus enabling these firms to grow, pros- per, and create more jobs in Virginia. The grant assists Phllpott in encouraging smaller manufacturers to be more envi- ronmentally sound and competitive through better management practices and more efficient use of materials.

As part of the grant, Philpott has part- nered with DEQ’s Office of Pollution Prevention (OPP) and Small Business Assistance Program, Virginia’s Center

‘r Innovative Technology, Hickson

awarded by NIST’s MEP, in association with the US EPA, leverage the resour- ces of non-profit manufacturing centers located nationwide. “The goal of thls program is to help smaller manufactur- ers solve environmental concerns in the most cost-effective manner before they become problems requiring regulatory action,” states Kevin Carr, acting direc- tor of NIST’s MEP. “Using MEP’s net-

mental information and assistance read- ily accessible to smaller manufacturers.”

For more information, contact Gerry Ward of the Philpott Center at (540) 666-8890.

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RESOLUTION REQUESTS VIRGINIA

AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT P2

uring its 1995 session, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution

453, requesting agencies of the Com- monwealth to engage in pollution pre- vention (P2) planning. Stemming from the Virginia Pollution Prevention Act ( 9 10.1 - 1425.10- 19, Code of Virginia) , which declares that the environmental policy of the Commonwealth is to encourage P2 activities, HJR 453 rein- forces the importance of P2 by asking state agencies to incorporate this ethic throughout their operations.

HJR 453 states that “by adopting pollution prevention approaches, state agencies can set an example for private industry while generating economic sav- ings and affording greater environmen- tal protection.” In addition, HJR 453 recognizes significant opportunities for state agencies to prevent or reduce pol- lution at the source of generation through cost-effective operations and raw materials usage.

Based on these conclusions, the General Assembly resolved that each agency of the Commonwealth generat- ing more than a minimal level of toxic or hazardous waste be requested to review agency programs, processes, and activities to determine how pollutants might be reduced. The General Assembly requests that, from this inter- nal review, state government offices

VA NATIONAL GUARD EMBRACES POLLUTION PREVENTIOh ~

BY DAVID BROOCKE, VA DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

he VA Army National Guard (VaARNG) has incorporated pollution prevention (P2)

actively into its environmental program. The VaARNG has integrated P2 prac- tices primarily in its maintenance sector, which services and repairs military tacti- cal vehicles, aircraft, and equipment at 16 maintenance facilities located statewide. The largest wastestreams gen- erated in this sector include antifreeze, diesel fuel, parts-cleaning solvents, and battery acid. VaARNG has attempted, wherever possible, to utilize the conven- tional P2 hierarchy to reduce the gener-

manders that contains a P2 component. The following segments h some of VaARNG’s other

ation of waste. “From planning to policy develop-

ment, to the training of new National Guard soldiers,” remarks Ma]. Stephen Huxtable, Assistant Chief of Staff for Facilities Engineering and Management at the VaARNG, iiwe have attempted to incorporate the P2 ethic into all VaARNG activities.” To demonstrate its P2 commitment, the VaARNG con- ducts annual in-house environmental training for shop chiefs and unit com-

personnel have incorpora 1 tration into its routine maintenance

program since that time. As a result, the levels of diesel fuel generated and

Part of the VaARNG’s aggressive pollution prevention program is using filtration machines to remove contaminants from antifreeze, which allows the liquid to be reused as makeup fluid.

tering parts washing machines that require much less frequent solvent replacement, thus reducing this haz- ardous wastestream.

WATER-BASED PARTS CLEANERS VaARNG currently is conducting tests

PLEASE CIRCULATE! In the spirit of pollution prevention, please circulate this newsletter among staff within your organization. If you are receiving unnecessary duplicates or would like additional copies, pleas? contact OPP, and we would be happJ to assist you. Thank you for your con- .-- tinued interest in Virginia’s pollution prevention efforts. I

VDOT PROACTIVE IN P2 IMPLEMENTATION

BY ED WALLINGFORD, VA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION L

he VA Department of Trans- portation (VDOT), one of the largest state agencies in Vir-

ginia, carries out planning, design, con- struction, and maintenance functions for the state’s transportation systems. In

Asphalt Paving Mixtures Potential waste products such as glass, crushed

addition, VDOT provides fuel and vehi- cle maintenance services to other state agencies. With DEQ’s support, VDOT has made significant progress in incorpo- rating pollution prevention (P2) into many of its operations. New Products Review Committee VDOT regularly evaluates new products through the New Products Review Committee, which is comprised of repre- sentatives from several key divisions of the agency. One important evaluation criterion concerns whether or not a new item offers P2 benefits. The type and mount of waste that a product will gen- :ate are of great significance, as well as

‘ L i f safer, more efficient, more effective, or less wasteful products are available.

Shredded Tire Embankment With over 50 million used tires stockpiled in the state and four million added yearly, Virginia has a recognized need for large- scale tire recycling. VDOT has investi- gated many possible uses of this potential resource. One experiment utilized approximately 1.7 inillion used tires to construct two embankments on Route 199 near Lightfoot. In this venture, the world’s largest tire recycling project of its type to date, used tires were shredded, mixed with soil, and compacted to build einbankments up to 30 feet high. The mbankments are being monitored to

Virginia’s Waste Tire Tax Fund offset most of the additional costs from using shredded tires versus fill material.

LAieasure displacement and stability.

VDOT’s Shredded Tire Embankment Project, located on Route 199 in Lightfoot, reused 1.7 million used tires and is the largest tire recy- cling project of its type in the world to date.

concrete, and asphalt may be recycled into asphalt paving mixtures, as allowed by VDOT’s Road and Bridge Specifications. Up to 25% of asphalt paving mixtures may now consist of milled asphalt, a material ground off of roadways prior to resurfacing. VDOT now recycles 100% of milled asphalt from Virginia roads. The use specifica- tion reduces VDOT’s costs for asphalt and finds a need for materials that other- wise would be landfilled. Water-Based Paints VDOT will opt for an environmentally friendly product if the new item offers comparable cost and performance. VDOT’s decision to change from solvent-based, and often lead-containing, paints to water-based paints with lead-free pigments was based primarily on the benefits of P2. VDOT now almost exclusively uses water-based paints in its pavement-mark- ing opera- tions and has realized several significant advantages, including the elimination of spent hazardous solvents generated from equipment clean-up, a reduction in air emissions, and a decrease in potential worker chemical exposure. Commuter Incentive Program Energy conservation is iinportant to VDOT, both in terms of energy use reduction

HJR 453 amend their operations to prevent or reduce pollution and submit a P2 plan to DEQ. As a result, agencies will fur- ther Virginia’s goals of eliminating or diminishing the release of pollutants into the environment. DEQ is in the process of establishing criteria and stan- dards to help agencies comply with the request. For more information on HJR 453, contact OPP at (804) 698-4384.

HJR 451 highlights how the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles saved over $280,000 during the first five months of a P2 effort known as the “Paperwork and Printing Reduction Initiative.” The General Assembly also acknowl- edges how DEQ, VA Correctional Enterprises, and the Department of Transportation “recognize the value of and are beginning to implement [P2] practices.” Other articles in this issue of “Pollution Prevention Virginia” demon- strate just how successful some of Virg- inia’s agencies have been thus far in implementing P2.

DEQ HEADQUARTERS

TELEPHONE NUMBERS HAVE

phone numbers a; DEQ Headquar- ters with the 762 prefix changed to a 698 exchange, but the extensions have remained the same. Hence, OPP’s phone number, (804) 762- 4384, has changed to (804) 698- 4384. OPP telephone numbers on page 8 have been adjusted to reflect this change.

USA TODAY BETA TESTS _- POLLUTION-PREVENTING VERDE FILM SA Today, produced by the Gannett Co., Inc. of Arlington, has become Xerox

Graphic Systems’ (XGS) first beta part- ner in testing a dry-processing, silver- free product known as Verde Digital Film. USA Today, the nation’s leading newspaper with a daily circulation of over two million, will be beta-testing Verde film to see how the product per- forms under tight deadlines at some of the publication’s 32 satellite-linked printing and distribution facilities across the US.

XEROX GRAPHIC SYSTEMS Verde Digital Film provides top-qual-

ity results without chemical processing.

high-resolution film elimina

so the product requires no light-tight packaging; as a result, the product’s card- board packaging is completely recy- clable. Verde film has an almost indefi- nite shelf life and, unlike conventional film intermediates, has no special storage or disposal requirements. Thus addition- al storage or disposal costs are eliminated.

Verde Digital Film is composed of

five layers: a polyester base, semi-trans- parent conducting layer, softenable ther- moplastic coating, protective overcoat, and highly uniform monolayer of submi- cron particles near the surface of the thermoplastic coating. A thin layer of

Imagesetting film also contains an infrared-sensitive pigment within the protective overcoat.

A combination of charging, exposure to light, and heat development during the imaging process causes the selenium

ple one-step process, while delivering res- olution equal to or better than top-quali- t y silver halide products.

USA TODAY Ken Kirkhart, Vice President of

Production at USA Today, explains the newspaper’s motivation for working with XGS: “We’re moving forward with our

test of Verde Digital Film because of USA Today’s continuing commitment to environmentally-safe products that do not sacrifice the print quality of our newspapers. Verde VSX-100 appears to offer us both of these important benefits.”

Testing Verde film in production runs is only one part of USA Today’s proactive pollution prevention program. The newspaper has conducted waste audits at each of its printing facilities to help lower waste. Using recycled newsprint as well as eliminating steps that employ unnecessary hazardous or solid materials are other measures taken by USA Today to reduce pollution. In addition, the newspaper has installed

also is working to con- vert its layout stage, about 80% of what - occurs in production, from a paste-up

ission format. The pro- far has been able to

two steps in its layout process ting negative and positive film

layout stage is no

“Part of USA Today’s Strategic Plan,” asserts Kirkhart, “is an initiative to define the production process to reduce waste while improving product quality.” With these aggressive appr- oaches to implementing pollution pre- vention, USA Today and Xerox Graph- ic Systems continue to change the face

how companies conduct business - ensure economic growth while en-

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NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALLOWS ZERO DISCHARGE k - 4

BY BILL SARNECKY

R International, Inc., located adjacent to Richmond lnter- national Airport, produces

engraved metal cylinders for flooring and other decorative manufacturers The twenty-foot long cylinders, each weighing over 7,000 pounds, are used to 1

print patterns on flooring and other dec- ~

orative materials. The manufacturing I process includes the electroplating of nickel, copper, and chrome as well as the chemical stripping of chrome.

The company recently upgraded its chemical precipitation wastewater treat- ment process to improve water quality. Using this new system, total effluent flow now is reused continuously in the

lant a5 process rinse water and for boil- ,r make-up The treated water contains

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At I.R. International, rinsing processes now use continuously recycled water from the facili- ty’s upgraded wastewater treatment plant.

less than .04 ppm copper and .03 ppm chrome. The need to discharge process water to the local POTW has been elimi- nated as a result of improving water qual- ity in the wastewater treatment process.

The new system uses a proprietary process of chrome reduction and final metals removal developed by Clean Earth, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee. This method of metals removal uses an ion exchange process where captured metals are flushed from the units and then filtered to generate a copper and chrome-rich sludge, which is sent to a metals reclaimer. The new process has a reverse osmosis unit as a final purifica- tion step to prevent inorganic salts from

CONFERENCE CALENDAR December 623, 1995 National Pollution Prevention Roundtable Fall Conference, Miami Beach, FL. Several P2 training courses will. be offered on December 5. For more information, contact the Roundtable at (202) 466-P2P2. December 8, 1995 “Pollution Prevention for Local Governments” Course, Cincinnati, OH. Sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences. For more details, con- tact Elizabeth Brown at (513) 948-2119. December 11-13, 1995 Eighth International IGT Symposium on Gas, Oil, and Environmental Biotechnology, Colorado Springs, CO. Reduced costs of water management using biological FBR technology will be addressed as part of the sympo~ sium. Call Jared Smith at (708) 768-0814 for more information. December 13, 1995 Environmental “Total Cost Accounting” Teleconference. Sponsored by lie Institute of Advanced Manufacturing iences, the teleconference will focus on envi-

‘-ionmental cost accounting as it relates to invest- ment decision-making. Contact OPP at (804) 698-4384 for more details. January 16.18, 1996 Hazardous Material and

Waste Management Conference and Exhibition, Alexandria. Sponsored by the American Defense Preparedness Association (ADPA), this confer- ence will address pollution prevention, the removal of hazardous waste from installations via the Defense Logistics Agency before permits are required, and useful strategies for reducing per- mitting requirements and streamlining the per- mitting process. For more information, call ADPA at (703) 522-1820. January 16.19, 1996 Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste ‘96, Fort Collins, CO. For fur- ther information, call Linda Hinshaw of Colorado State University at (970) 491-6081. January 22-27, 1996 Technological Solutions for Pollution Prevention in the Mining and Mineral Processing Industries, Palm Coast, FL. For further details, fax the Engineering Foundation at (212) 705-7441. February 5-7, 1996 Waste Minimization Conference, EPA Region Ill, Philadelphia, PA. Meeting will be modeled after last year’s waste minimization conference for EPA Region IV. Contact OPP at (804) 698-4384 for more infor- mation.

February 7.8, 1996 Industrial Waste and Pretreatment Seminar, Charlottesville, VA. Sponsored by the VA Water Environment Association and the VA Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies. In addition to pretreatment, air toxicity, and the latest regulato- ry issues, this seminar will address pollution pre- vention, toxics reduction, and industrial waste- water zero discharge. Call Vibeke Lindblom at (703) 549-3381 or Don Brown at (804) 799-5137 for more details. February 11-16, 1996 1996 US. Air Force-Air Combat Command Environmental Training Symposium and Exhibition, St. Louis, MO. The symposium will focus on state-of-the-art approaches to pollution prevention, waste mini- mization, and information management. For more details, contact Radian Corporation at

February 26,March 1,1996 SWANA Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Composting

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(703) 683-0102.

FORESTRY DEPARTMENT USES VEGETABLE OIL TO PREVENT POLLUTION

BY MIKE FOREMAN, VA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

he VA Department of Forestry (DOF) is charged with direct- ing Virginia’s forestry techni-

cal services, education programs, and fire prevention efforts, as well as encourag- ing the research and development of management initiatives to support forest conservation ventures by private citi- zens. In September, 1994, DOF replaced all hydraulic fluids in its heavy equip- ment, bulldozers, and chain saws with a vegetable-based oil. Previously, mineral- based oils were used to operate this machinery. The vegetable oil typically utilized is rapeseed oil, a member of the European herb-mustard family that tra- ditionally has been used in canola oil, forage crops for sheep and hogs, and seed for bird food.

DOF‘s main purpose in replacing mineral oil with vegetable oil is to pre- vent or mitigate the impact of oil spills from agency machinery. The concept originated in Sweden and Finland, where Scandinavians have been using

this environmentally sound oil since 1978. The major difference between the two types of oil is that vegetable- based oils are biodegradable - evalua- tions by several independent manufac-

turers demonstrate that vegetable oils biodegrade by 97% after just seven days. In addition to this obvious benefit to the environment, the vegetable-based oil is essentially non-toxic to aquatic life, while mineral-based oils vary in

HRSD, ODU WIN POLLUTION PREVENTION GRANT

he Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) has partnered with Old Dominion University

(ODU) to win a $35,000 grant from the EPA to help Hampton Roads’ businesses develop pollution prevention (P2) pro- grams for their facilities. The grant enables the two organizations to com- bine resources and promote the strongest regional P2 program possible.

The HRSD/ODU project provides businesses with direct onsite technical assistance on waste reduction. Environmental engineering students from ODU will conduct onsite P2 opportunity assessments to help local industries identify both easy-to-imple- ment and comprehensive approaches to

reducing wastes. HRSD’s information materials and technical review staff will support these students with report rec- ommendations, while OPP will supple- ment HRSD’s efforts with additional technical information.

HRSD and ODU will focus on two major industries in the Hampton Roads area: marine maintenance and contain- er printing. Five facilities of each type are being chosen.to participate in this voluntary program. HRSD also will compile printed materials and hold workshops. For more information, con- tact Megan Burgess of HRSD at (804)

During the first year of the project,

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their degrees of toxicity. During field tests in 1993 with some

of DOF’s equipment, use of the veg- etable oil resulted in no changes in per- formance or the agency’s service inter- val. Independent evaluations by a local heavy equipment service company also confirmed DOF in-house results.

The costs of vegetable-based oils are nearly double those of conventional mineral-based oils. However, when this expense is weighed against the potential costs of an environmental cleanup, the price per gallon becomes insignificant. Increased use of this environmentally sound product also will lower the price in time.

It is critical that agencies and indus- tries continue to examine new technolo- gies to prevent pollution. Pollution pre- vention has paid off for DOF - enviror mental quality and economic prosperity can and should work mutually together. For more information, contact Mike Foreman of DOF at (804) 977-6555.

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VDOT PROACTIVE and improved energy efficiency. Through the Commuter Incentive Pro- gram, VDOT provides its employees with alternate means of commuting by offering car/van pool services or by pay- ing part of the costs to use mass transit systems. Not only do VDOT employees benefit from this program, local commu- nities also profit from reduced traffic and lower automobile emissions.

These examples highlight a few of the P2 strategies implemented by VDOT. VDOT’s administration is com- mitted to furthering the agency’s P2 efforts and to making P2 integral to agency operations. For more informa- tion, contact Ed Wallingford of VDOT

- at (804) 371-6824.

L. P2TECH OFFERS POLLUTION PREVENTION OUESTION AND ANSWER NETWORK

BY DAVID LIEBL, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE EDUCATION CENTER

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hen providing assistance to industry in the past, it was not uncommon to be stymied by a

lack of information that could help us solve the problem at hand. Whether the information needed was a new tech- nology, an expert on a given topic, or a case study to prove a point, once we searched libraries and talked with col- leagues, we often were forced to move on to other projects.

A new resource now has been devel- oped with the combined experience of over 100 pollution prevention (P2) providers to help with those difficult problems and hard-to-find information - the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable’s P2TECH. P2TECH is an e-mail listserve device that functions as an information-sharing forum for P2 technical assistance providers. The goal of P2TECH is to foster P2 information exchange - by facilitating communica- tion between P2 professionals in their search for solutions to complex pollu- tion problems.

How does P2TECH work? Once you have subscribed to P2TECH, you may post a question that describes your prob- lem to the e-mail address:

p2techQgreat-lakes.net

q u e s t i o n s are forwarded automatically to the other listserve subscribers, which include over 100 P2 technical experts from around the world. The question

will appear as an e-mail message on their computers, which usually leads to a quick response from experts in the field. Any P2TECH subscriber who knows the answer to your problem or can steer you in the right direction may respond to your question by sending a message directly to P2TECH. Their responses also will be forwarded to others sub- scribers so that everyone may follow the dialogue.

P2TECH are archived electronically and may be reviewed at any time. Archive contents are organized by topic headings that contain all of the discus- sion and information relevant to that subject, which gives new users the opportunity to review the information and allows particularly difficult problems to be resolved at a later date.

This archive is kept on an Internet server that is accessible via several client software packages, including ftp, gopher, and mosaic. The connections, hosts, and path information for accessing the P2TECH archive are as follows:

Questions and responses posted to

GOPHER gopher://gopher.great-lakemet: 2200/

glin/majordomo/p2 tech-archive

www http://gopher.great-lakes.net:2200/ I /

glin/majordomo

FTP ftp://ftp.great-lakes.net/pub/great-lakes/

glin/majordomo/p2tech-archive

The intention of P2TECH is to serve the P2 technical assistance community by facilitating the discussion of techni- cal P2 issues. Bridges have been built to DOD, DOE, and NIST so that the

forum is not overrun with basic P2 ques- tions. The list server also accepts infor- mation that improves the level of collab- oration among subscribers, such as iden- tifying significant new technical assis- tance resources, announcing requests for proposals, and promulgating collabora- tive research or training projects.

For more information on P2TECH, contact David Liebl, System Adminis- trator, University of Wisconsin Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center at (608) 265-2360 or by e-mail at liebl @epd.engr.wisc.edu. For questions about this and other Internet P2 resources, contact Greg Gresko at (804) 698-4384 or gagresko@dey.state.va.us. I

ZERO DISCHARGE accumulating in the closed-loop process.

“The quantity of chemicals used in the treatment process is reduced drasti- cally,” states Frank Carlon, I.R. facili- ties engineer, in summarizing the cost advantages of the new system. “In turn, this process lowers the amount of sludge generation and associated dis- posal costs by 80 percent. Utility expenses have been lowered by using less city water in the manufacturing process and by achieving zero discharge of industrial wastes to the sewer.”

This innovative system has been in service for two years, and no major operational problems have occurred to date. For more information, contact Bill Sarnecky at (804) 698-4341. I

VA NATIONAL GUARD in the use of water-based parts cleaning machines. If these cleaning systems prove to be effective, feasible options, VaARNG may replace some or all of its solvent-based machinery to reduce or eliminate the use of solvents.

ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLEPRODUCTS ~

VaARNG’s environmental office encourages the use of less or non-hazard- ’ ous chemicals in all maintenance and cleaning operations. As successful track records are developed for these products, the agency will continue to increase the use of chemical substitutes, which wtll result in improved worker safety condi- tions as well as lower emissions and dis- charges to the environment.

For more information, contact David Broocke at the Dept. of Military Affairs,

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Office of Pollution Prevention Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Sharon Baxter Program Manager

William Sarnecky Senior Environmental Engineer

Gregory Gresko Newsletter Editor Pollution Prevention Analyst

Through the Office of Pollution Prevention (OPP), you can receive on,site technical assistance or personalized research services. Access to a library full of helpful information and training services are also available.

Contact OPP by writing DEQ, PO Box 10009, Richmond, VA 23240-0009.

TOLL-FREE in Virginia (800) 592-5482. (804) 698-4384 FAX (804) 698-4346.

CALENDAR Symposium, Nashville, TN. For more informa- tion, call Nancy Copen at (301) 585-2898. March 18-21, 1996 22nd Annual Environmental Conference, Orlando, FL. Sponsored by ADPA, this conference will high- light resource conservation and management, strategic environmental management, and envi- ronmental policy law. Contact ADPA at (703) 522-1820 for more details. March 20.2 1, 1996 Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) ‘96 Conference: Agenda for a Changing Environment, Arlington, VA. The regulatory framework for business; the emerging global marketplace; and environmen- tal/health/safety practices will he highlighted. Sessions focus on how these elements influence business operations. Contact GEMI at (202) 429-0776 for more details. March 26.29, 1996 “Globe 96: Developing the Business of the Environment,” Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Sponsored by the Globe Foundation of Canada. For further infor- mation, call (604) 775-1994. April 9.12, 1996 National Pollution

Washington, DC. Region Ill states are working together to plan the conference with a regional flavor. A call for papers will he issued in early 1996. For more information, contact the Roundtable at (202) 466-P2P2. April 10.12, 1996 25th Annual Solid/Hazardous Waste Conference and Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN. Sponsored by TN DEC and the University of Tennessee. Call (615) 327-2656 for more details. April 11.12, 1996 Seventh Annual Environment Virginia Symposium, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. Sponsored by DEQ and VMI Research Laboratories. Municipal, industrial, and agricultural pollution prevention; air and water quality; landfills; wet- lands; recycling; remediation; federal and state regulations; land management; and resource con- servation will he among the issues examined. A call for papers has been issued for these topics - abstracts are due by December 31, 1995. Conference registration is $80 before and $100 after December 3 1. For more information on papers, registration, or exhibits, call the VMI Conference Office at (540) 464-7743. April 28-May 2, 1996 RadTech 96: Zero VOC Coatings and Inks, Nashville, TN. Call Chris Dionne at (708) 480-9576 for further

Prevention Roundtable Spring Conference, , details.

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