Thank you to our sponsor:
EBC Massachusetts Chapter Remediation Program
Managing PCB Impacted Building Materials
Thursday September 26, 2013
EL Harvey & Sons, Inc.
68 Hopkinton Rd
Westborough, Massachusetts
Over the past several years, the occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in
building materials has been a growing concern for public and private property owners in
New England. The approaches used for the management of these materials, however,
have been inconsistently applied throughout the industry. This EBC program will focus
on issues of management of PCB-impacted building materials, pertinent regulations,
types of waste, assessment techniques, risk characterization, remediation/abatement
methods, disposal options, and deed restrictions for remaining impacts. The featured
speaker for this program will be Kim Tisa, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s
Region I TSCA PCB Coordinator. She will provide a review of regulatory developments.
Additional speakers include public/private property owners and an environmental
attorney who will share their experiences. This EBC Program will also focus on the
recent reinterpretation of Bulk Product Waste in the TSCA regulations.
Draft AGENDA
7:30 a.m.
Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Welcome – Daniel Moon, President and Executive Director - EBC
Introduction - Frank Ricciardi, Program Chair & Moderator
Vice President, Weston & Sampson
8:10 a.m.
Regulatory Perspective
 Kimberly N. Tisa, PCB Coordinator, USEPA Region 1
9:00 a.m.
PCBs in Building Materials and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan
 John M. O’Donnell, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Division of
Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM)
9:30 a.m.
Analytical Assessment, Air Testing and Project Case Studies
 Jim Occhialini, Alpha Analytical Labs
10:00 a.m.
Networking Break
10:15 a.m.
University Perspective
 Robert Atwood, President, Resource Controls, Inc.
10:30 a.m.
Architect’s Perspective
 Richard Ness, AIA, Director of Technical Services,
Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development
10:45 a.m.
Treatment and Encapsulation Technologies
 Ross Hartman
11: 00 a.m. Bulk Product Waste Disposal Considerations
 Pete Long, Account Manager, EQ Environmental
11:15
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Frank Ricciardi
 Kimberly N. Tisa, US EPA
 John O’Donnell, DCAMM
 Richard Ness, DHCD
 Ross Hartman
 Bob Atwood, Resource
 Jim Occhialini, Alpha Labs
 Peter Long- EQ Environmental
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
Program Chair
Frank Ricciardi, P.E., LSP, Vice President
Weston & Sampson, Inc.
5 Centennial Dr, Peabody, MA 01960
978-532-1900 Cell: 617-548-8137 ricciarf@wseinc.com
Mr. Ricciardi is a registered Professional Engineer and Licensed Site Professional with 20 years
of experience in project management, environmental engineering, remediation system design,
and hazardous waste site assessments. Mr. Ricciardi has extensive experience in the design
and implementation of remediation alternatives for many PCB contaminated sites and buildings.
He has managed the assessment/remediation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Superfund sites and state hazardous waste sites including the U.S. Army’s Soldier Systems
Center in Natick, Massachusetts; the abandoned Elizabeth Mine Superfund Site in central
Vermont; and several Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) heavy maintenance
facilities in Massachusetts. He is the Environmental, Geotechnical, and Energy (EG&E)
Program Manager at Weston & Sampson Engineers.
Speakers
Robert Atwood, P.E., LSP, President & CEO
Resource Control Associates, Inc.
474 Broadway, Pawtucket, RI 02860-1377
(401) 728-6860 // RAtwood@resourcecontrols.com
Ross Hartman
Pete Long, Account Manager
EQ Environmental
Pete.Long@eqonline.com
Richard Ness, AIA, Director of Technical Services, Massachusetts Department of Housing and
Community Development
richard.ness@state.ma.us
Jim Occhialini, Vice President
Alpha Laboratories
Jim Occhialini is a Vice President of Technical Sales at Alpha Analytical and he is very active
with a number of regulatory workgroups and industry associations. He has over 30 years of
environmental analytical and consulting experience working on a wide range of hazardous
waste characterization and remediation project applications. Jim holds a Bachelor’s of Science
degree in Environmental Science from the UMASS Amherst.
John M. O’Donnell, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management
and Maintenance (DCAMM)
John.Odonnell@state.ma.us
Kimberly N. Tisa, Regional PCB Coordinator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: OSRR07-2, Boston, MA 02109-3912
(617) 918-1527 // tisa.kimberly@epa.gov
Kim Tisa received her B.A. and M.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA in 1982
and 1984 and her M.B.A. from Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA in 1998. Ms. Tisa was the
Laboratory Directory for Metcalf & Eddy/Zecco from 1987 until 1993. Since 1993, Ms. Tisa has
worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Regional PCB Coordinator. Ms.
Tisa has given presentations on the federal PCB regulations for a number of professional
organizations both locally and nationally.