The LSPA received the following email from MassDEP on Thursday, January 23, 2020.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has updated its Method for the Determination of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) and the corresponding CAM protocol, WSC-CAM-IVB, Quality Control Requirements and Performance Standards for the Analysis of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) in Support of Response Actions under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. The updates include revised holding times when samples are frozen, clarifications on the peak integration process during calibration, and a series of other minor revisions and clarifications. A complete list of the updates is provided in the preface of the revised method. The revised method may be found here.
The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the January 2020 Membership Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel in Andover, MA on January 16, 2020.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH
The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the November 2019 Membership Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough, MA on November 21, 2019.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH
Last night, LSPA’s Emerging Professionals Committee hosted Introduction to Drilling Techniques with Technical Drilling Services (TDS). At the sold-out event at their headquarters in Sterling, TDS demonstrated various drilling and monitoring well installation methods. Environmental consultants along with students from Bridgewater State University (BSU) learned about basic drilling/sampling techniques (including continuous and discrete soil cores) and groundwater monitoring well installations on a 15-foot monitoring well.
Here are a few photos from the event (photo credit to Michael Penzo).
In anticipation of the LSPA’s November 21, 2019 member meeting on MassDEP’s Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Program, the LSPA highlights one such project: the completion of the Mystic Riverfront Restoration project on the shores of the Mystic River in Arlington, MA at a location directly impacted by a 2013 spill of nearly 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
To compensate for the harm to the Mystic River from the spill, MassDEP settled a claim for Natural Resource Damages. These funds support work that began in 2017 and involved MassDEP, DCR, the Town of Arlington's Conservation Commission and DPW.
The LSP Association’s Board of Directors hosted over 300 attendees at this year’s Annual Dinner at Mechanics Hall in Worcester. It was a wonderful night and great to see so many LSPA members, clients, and friends. Click here to see the photograph album from the evening.
In addition to a performance by the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, the LSPA presented its Contribution to the Practice Awards. The following recipients were honored for their outstanding efforts:
The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the September 2019 Membership Meeting at the Newton Marriott in Newton, MA on September 18, 2019.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH
Meeting Date & Location Topic & Speaker Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Boston Marriott Newton, Newton Liz Callahan and Paul Locke, MassDEPThursday, September 26, 2019
Hilton Garden Inn, SpringfieldEnvironmental Law: Part 1
Jeanine Grachuk, Beveridge & Diamond1.0 non-DEP Regulatory CreditCourse #1626AThursday, October 17, 2019
Mechanics Hall, WorcesterAnnual Dinner October 2019
Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield Environmental Law: Part 2
Michelle O'Brien, Pierce Atwood LLP1.0 non-DEP Regulatory CreditCourse #1626BThursday, November 21, 2019
Doubletree Hotel, WestboroughTopic for Credit November 2019
Hilton Garden Inn, SpringfieldEnvironmental Law: Part 3 December 2019
Downtown Boston AreaCo-Sponsor the EBC Winter Garden Party Thursday, January 16, 2020
Doubletree Hotel, AndoverTopic for Credit Michael Marley, XDD EnvironmentalWednesday, February 12, 2020
Doubletree Hotel, WestboroughTheory and Applications of ISCO Injectate Selection and
In Situ Remediation Using Activated Carbon Based InjectatesCourse #1677Thursday, March 19, 2020
Holiday Inn, MansfieldTopic for Credit Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Crowne Plaza, WoburnTopic for Credit Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Doubletree Hotel, WestboroughTopic for Credit Thursday, June 18, 2020
Holiday Inn, TauntonTopic for Credit and LSPA Scholarship Presentation
The LSP Association (LSPA) is sponsoring legislation to address this problem. Senate bill 594 would require insurance companies to automatically provide this coverage. Read more here and here to learn how the LSPA's legislation will close a loophole.
For the past 16 years, the LSPA Scholarship Fund has been awarding educational scholarships to individuals pursuing degrees in the fields of science, environmental engineering, or other majors that are consistent with the goal of becoming a Licensed Site Professional. At LSPA’s June 11th Membership Meeting in Taunton, MA, the LSPA Scholarship Fund awarded three individual scholarships.
Veronica Gonsalez received the $5,000 Jeff Hardin Memorial Award, which is presented to an LSPA member or member of their immediate family, who exemplifies the goal of environmental excellence. For those who remember Jeff, you know he strove for environmental excellence. Veronica is well-deserving of this scholarship.
The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the June Membership Meeting at the Hilton Hotel in Woburn, MA on June 13, 2019.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH