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Updated as of February 2, 2021

Mission Statement

The mission of the EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee is to identify and address remediation and redevelopment issues that are of importance to EBC members and their clients. Issues include but are not limited to legislative, regulatory and policy developments, innovative technologies, and business development opportunities at the federal, state, regional, and local level.

These issues are addressed by providing objective information from up-to-date and reliable sources including government officials, technology developers, and business experts.

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To implement this mission statement, the committee will:

Create and foster an open and ongoing exchange with legislators and regulators.
Organize focus groups to provide state regulators and policy makers with ideas, experiences and opinions on defined draft policies or regulations.
Organize quarterly or monthly committee meetings where guest speakers can address topics of concern.
Organize seminars, workshops or conferences on major topics of concern.
Organize matchmaking programs
Foster networking opportunities that creating opportunities for the EBC membership to meet important stakeholders including potential clients and other EBC members.

Program Topics of interest include:

State and Federal Brownfields Program Activities
Case Studies
Due Diligence
Sediment Management
PCB/TSCA Issues

Leadership

Committee Chair

David Foss, CPG, LSP, Vice President – Principal Hydrogeologist
Wilcox & Barton, Inc.
#1B Commons Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053
603.369.4190 x523 // dfoss@wilcoxandbarton.com

Committee Vice Chair

Edward Van Doren, P.E., LSP, Principal Environmental Engineer
CDM Smith
75 State Street, Suite 701, Boston, MA 02109
617.452.6817 // vandorenep@cdmsmith.com

Leadership Team

The members of the EBC Site Remediation & Redevelopment Committee Leadership team meet routinely with the committee chair to identify topics for future EBC programs. As part of their responsibility, members of the leadership team will also take on the role of program chair to organize and moderate EBC programs for this committee.

Current members of the EBC Site Remediation & Redevelopment Committee Leadership Team include:

David. G. Austin, LSP, LEP, PG, Technical Leader
AECOM
250 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824
978.905.2100 // david.austin@aecom.com

Robert Bowden, Jr., Associate
Fuss & O’Neill
146 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT 06040
860.646.2469 x5515 // bbowden@fando.com

Jessica Cajigas-Smith, Project Manager
EnviroTrac Ltd.
2 Merchant Street Suite 2 Sharon, MA 02067
781.793.0074 // jessicac@envirotrac.com

Thomas G. Fiore, Of Counsel
PretiFlaherty
60 State Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02109
617.226.3842 // tfiore@preti.com

Lisa French Kelley, Principal
W. L. French Excavating Corporation
14 Sterling Road North Billerica, MA 01862
978.600.2130 // lkelley@wlfrench.com

John Haas, Technical Sales Specialist
Cascade Thermal
151 Suffolk Lane, Gardner, MA 01440
978.730.1200 x2648 // M 781.733.6042 // jhaas@cascade-env.com

Jonathan D. Kitchen, PG, LSP, Principal
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
31 Bellows Road, Raynham, MA 02767
866.312.2024 // jkitchen@cecinc.com

Joel S. Loitherstein, P.E., LSP, Principal
Tighe & Bond
446 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
508.471.9627 // JSLoitherstein@tighebond.com

Michelle N. O’Brien, Partner
Pierce Atwood LLP
100 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110
617.488.8146 // mobrien@PierceAtwood.com

David M. Peter, CEO
Site Redevelopment Technologies, LLC
18 Shoreline Drive, Foxboro, MA 02035
508.380.1267 // dpeter@siteredevelop.com

Frank Ricciardi, P.E., LSP, Team Leader
Weston & Sampson, Inc.
5 Centennial Dr, Peabody, MA 01960
978.532.1900 // ricciarf@wseinc.com

Matthew Robbins, LSP, PG, Senior Project Manager
TRC Companies, Inc.
650 Suffolk Street, Lowell, MA 01854
978.656.3549 // merobbins@trcsolutions.com

Jonathan H. Schaefer, Counsel
Robinson & Cole LLP
280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103
860.275.8349 // jschaefer@rc.com

Nathan White, Director of Remediation
Brighter Horizons Environmental
201 West Main Street, Ayer, MA 01432
978.970.0500 // nwhite@bhenv.com

Invitation

If your company is a member of the EBC and you are interested in being considered as a member of the EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Leadership Team, please send an email with your contact information and a brief bio to Daniel Moon at DMoon@ebcne.org.

Past Meetings

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2012

October 23 – RI Chapter Remediation Program: Managing PCB Contaminated Caulking in Older Buildings
September 7 – Connecticut Chapter Seminar: Contaminated Soils Management During Urban Site Redevelopment
April 10 – Site Remediation Program: Nanotechnology – Applications for Environmental Remediation

2011

November 17 – CT Chapter Site Remediation Program: Hot Topics in Environmental Due Diligence
October 21 – Contaminated Sediment Site Management Series Part II – Advances in Sediment Remediation Technologies
October 11 – Site Remediation & Redevelopment Program: Subslab Mitigation Systems for Vapor Intrusion
September 23 – Contaminated Sediment Site Management Series Part 1 – Advances in Sediment Site Characterization
September 13 – Site Remediation & Redevelopment Breakfast Program: Update from U.S. EPA and MassDEP
April 13 – Connecticut Chapter – Site Remediation Program Hot Topics in Environmental Due Diligence
March 23 – Breakfast Program on Vapor Intrusion in Massachusetts
January 20 – NH Chapter: Site Remediation Program – Hot Topics in Environmental Due Diligence

2010

November 16 – Site Remediation Program – Hot Topics in Environmental Due Diligence
April 30 – Brownfields Seminar: Connecting Communities with Brownfield Properties to End Users

2009

September 22 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Meeting
June 23 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Meeting
April 14 – Joint Wind Energy Committee and Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee

2008

October 21 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee – Green Remediation
June 16 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Meeting

2007

November 13 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Meeting
October 25 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Meeting
March 29 – Town of Framingham to Host Regional Brownfields Workshop

2006

November 15 – VOC Control / Stack Testing Workshop – CT
November 14 – VOC Control / Stack Testing Workshop – MA
November 9 – Brownfields Committee Meeting
October 31 – Seminar: Nanotechnology: Applications and Implications for the Environment
October 12 – Brownfields Committee Meeting
March 9 – Brownfields Committee Meeting
February 9 – Brownfields Committee Meeting

2005

June 24 – Kendall Square Brownfields Redevelopment Project
April 14 – Proposed Brownfield Legislation
February 16 – Joint Meeting with the Air Quality Committee – Indoor Air Quality Issues at Brownfields Sites
January 13 – Brownfields Committee Planning Meeting for 2005

2004

October 14 – Joint Meeting with the Communications Committee – The Reviviendo Gateway Initiative in Lawrence
June 16 – The Governor’s New Brownfields Initiative

2003

April 22 – Networking Event – A Brownfields Success Story: Report on the Raymark Superfund Site – Brownfields Redevelopment Project

2002

October 29 – EPA’s Recent Revisions to the Brownfields Program
July 10 – Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee Planning Meeting
June 5 – Networking Event – Overview of theNnew Small Business Liability Relief, Brownfields Revitalization Act and EPA’s Implementation Schedule
March 20 – New MCP Amendments – Implications for the Future
February 26 – Massachusetts Environmental Justice Policy
January 30 – Overview of the New Federal Brownfields Legislation