10:45 a.m.
Breakout Session 5
Waste Reduction Success Stories Main Ballroom
Using Stewardship, Innovation and other Techniques to Reduce Waste Peggy Denney,
Program Administrator, iRecycle Peggy has a BS in Ag-
riculture and then pursued a masters in Environmental Science. She worked at Guam EPA as a program coordinator for education and outreach. In 2007, Denney worked with multiple businesses in the community to start the iRecycle program. She became the program administrator and continues to administer the program that collects aluminum cans and provides additional funding to Guam’s schools. She is also actively invovled with the Guam Farmers Co-op and a member of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Tumau Lokeni,
Manager, Public Awareness and Information Division, American Samoa EPA
Tumau Lokeni was appointed Manager for the A.S. EPA’s Environmental Awareness & Education Division (EA&E) in 2009. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration specialized in Management Information System from Kentucky State University. She is passionate about promoting the mission of A.S. EPA through multiple outreach programs and educating the future generation of American Samoans to protect the environment and safeguard the quality of natural resources.
Kathy Sgro,
Chairwoman and Executive Vice President, Payless Supermarkets
Sgro, as Chairwoman of Payless Supermarkets, has led their effort to reduce the amount of plastic bags distributed in their stores. She is also Executive Vice President & Director of International Group, Inc., and on the Board of Directors for the Bank of Saipan. Sgro was honored as Guam’s Businesswoman of the Year in 2006.
Facilitator Michael Mann, Guam
Program Manager, Pacific Islands Office, EPA Region IX
Michael Mann is Guam Program Manager in the Pacific Islands Office of EPA Region IX. He previously served as CNMI Program Manager and lived on Guam from 2002-2006 under an intergovernmental personnel assignment with Guam EPA. In his 14 years at EPA, Michael has also worked on air issues, contingency planning, and water infrastructure.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Radon and Diesel Health Risks Santa Rosa Room
Brown Fields to Green Parcels Magellan Room
Looking at Two Potential Sources of Air Pollution and New Research about Both Brian Bearden,
An Overview of Sites that have been Selected and Completed as part of the Green Parcel Program
LCDR Bearden has more than 22 years of experience in a broad range of environmental engineering specialties including borehole geophysics, groundwater resources, stormwater management and erosion control, surface water quality, wastewater collection and treatment, solid waste management, and air quality management. He worked for the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality for almost 13 years.
Wesley was formerly the Mayor of Santa Rita and has been working closely with the Guam Mayor’s Council to ensure community participation in the Green Parcel Program.
P.E., Lt. Commander, U.S. Public Health Service and Senior Engineer, CNMI CUC
Dr. James Burkhart
Ph.D., Director, Western Regional Radon Training Center, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Jim Burkhart received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin. He is the Chair of Physics at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. His work in radiation started with his participation in the atmospheric hydrogen bomb tests on Johnston Island in 1962-63. Since 1991, he has been the Director of the EPA-founded Western Regional Radon Training Center, responsible for radon measurement and mitigation curriculum development and training in the western United States, Guam and military installations on Okinawa and mainland Japan. He is the editor-in-chief of the annual International Radon Symposium and serves on many boards related to radon education, radon and radon decay product device evaluation and radon testing standards. He has approximately 50 research papers, books and presentations related to radon and is most recently finishing a case-control study striving to show a link between radon exposure and thyroid cancer.
Facilitator Michelle Lastimoza,
Special Projects Coordinator, Guam EPA
Michelle Lastimoza has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Guam. She has worked for various environmental entities including the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, private companies and as an Environmental Health Specialist for Guam EPA. She is currently working with Guam EPA’s Air Pollution Control Program. She has training in various aspects of compliance, enforcement, emergency response and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
Joe Wesley, Special Projects Coordinator, Guam EPA
Ray S. Masga,
Site Assessment and Remediation (SAR) Branch, DEQ, CNMI See page 13 for biography.
Melody Calisay, Ph.D.
State Brownfields Grants Coordinator, State of Hawai’i Dept. of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office. See page 13 for biography.
Yubert M. Alepuyo Environmental Specialist, Site Assessment and Remediation (SAR) Branch, DEQ
Yubert Alepuyo has been with the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality for 13 years. He has been working for the Site Assessment and Remediation (SAR) Branch for the past 2 years. The SAR Branch oversees the implementation of the following programs: CERCLA- Brownfields: State Response Program and the Formerly Used Defense Sites/DSMOA Program.
Jacob Lizama, Environmental Specialist, CNMI DEQ Jacob
Lizama is with the Pesticide & Tanks program at the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality. He is the sole inspector for all aboveground and underground tanks on Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Jacob’s always willing to step up to the plate to assist other DEQ projects. Jacob has been with DEQ since 2005 and he truly enjoys the realm of environmental protection.
Facilitator Brian Thomas,
Project Manager, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. Page 17