EBC Rhode Island Chapter Program: Updates from U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Spalding and RI DEM Director Coit

This EBC Rhode Island Chapter morning program will feature the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit and  the U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Curt Spalding. Plan to attend this program and gain insight into Rhode Island’s environmental program developments, budgets, and priorities for 2015 and how your business might be impacted. U.S. EPA RA Curt Spalding will discuss environmental program priorities and implementation strategies for the region and how they will impact future state and municipal programs and the private sector.

Issues to be discussed include:

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• Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency
• Stormwater Management
• Enforcement
• Natural Gas Pipeline Expansions
• Coastal Erosion
• Solid Waste Management

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• Urban Soils
• Organics Management
• PCB Contaminated Materials
• Dredging and Ports & Harbors
• Renewable Energy
• Site Remediation and Brownfields

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Keynote Speakers

Janet Coit
Director, Department of Environment Management
State of Rhode Island

H. Curtis Spalding
Regional Administrator
U.S. EPA Region 1