Brake Pad Partnership
Stakeholder
Conference
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Brake Pad Partnership
Overview & Update
Sarah Connick
Sustainable Conservation
Today’s Objectives
• Communicate progress and plans and get feedback
• Review and discuss key lessons learned from
technical work products
• Identify and discuss critical issues in relation to
project outcomes
• Update on brake manufacturers efforts
• Develop clear understanding of models in relation
to data and each other
Brake Pad Partnership Organization Chart
Primary Relationship
BPP Stakeholders
Secondary Relationship
Brake Pad Manufacturers, Water Quality Regulatory Agencies,
Municipal Stormwater Permittees, Environmental Groups,
Automobile Manufacturers, Other Businesses, Other
Governmental Agencies, Other Community members
State Water
Resources Control
Board
SF Bay Regional
Water Quality
Control Board
Steering Committee
Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association
Brake Manufacturers Council-Product Environmental Committee
Sierra Club
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fate &
Transport
Studies of
Copper in
Brake Wear
Debris
BPP Coordination and Facilitation
BPP
Scientific
Advisory
Team
Sustainable Conservation
Contract Management
Contract Management/Deliverables
Proposition 13 Grant Contracting
Technical Studies
Technical Studies
Technical Studies
San Francisco Estuary Project/
Association of Bay Area Governments
Contract Management/Deliverables
Pro-Bono Technical
Work
U.S. EPA—Watershed
Modeling
Other Technical
Resources
BPP Technical Reference Library,
Related technical studies by others
Technical Contractors
AER – air deposition modeling,
SFEI—Air deposition monitoring, ToxScan—Laboratory analyses
ACCWP—Stormwater monitoring, URS Corp.—Bay Modeling
Clemson University—Chemical & physical characterization,
Action Plan for the Brake Pad Partnership
Fate & Transport
Modeling
-Model Selection
Characterize
Wear Debris
Finalize
Protocol
Generate
Wear
Debris
-BMC-PEC
Work
-Palo
Alto/BASM
AA Funded
work
-Obtain Funding
and Staff for
modeling
-Inputs from
characterization
work
-Run the models
Brake Pad Wear
Debris
Characterization
New
Resources
Agree there is not
a problem
-Publications
-No further action
on Cu
-Literature
Collection
Disagree on
Whether There Is
A Problem
Data
Analysis
and
Assessment
Evaluation
-Progress
provides a basis
for continued
dialogue
-Identify
additional
information needs
-Physical
-Chemical
Stakeholder
Stakeholder
Input Input
RegulatoryRegulatory
Changes Changes
Other
Technical
Other Technical
Info
& New Info
Data & New Data
Agree there is a
problem
-Industry proceeds
with commitment to
reduce Cu
BPP Technical Studies
Representative Sample
of Brake Pad
Wear Debris
(BMC/Link Test Labs)
Air
Deposition
Modeling
(AER)
Air
Deposition
Monitoring (SFEI)
Physical & Chemical
Characterization of
Wear Debris
(Clemson University)
Watershed
Modeling
(U.S. EPA)
Copper Source
Loading Estimates
(Process Profiles)
Water
Quality
Monitoring (ACCWP)
Bay
Modeling (URS)
Steering Committee, Scientific Advisory Team, and
Stakeholder Involvement Process (Sustainable Conservation)
Final Report
Data Assessment
Conclusions
Accomplishments 2004-2005
- Technical Studies • Developed procedure and generated representative sample
of brake wear debris
• Characterized airborne and nonairborne brake wear debris
from the representative sample
• Developed copper load estimates for brake and nonbrake
sources
• Completed stormwater quality monitoring for Castro
Valley watershed
• Completed air deposition monitoring
• Completed watershed modeling work plan
• Conducted extensive consultations among technical
consultants
Scientific Advisory Team
• Purpose: To provide independent scientific
review of work plans and work products
• Core Advisors: Two co-chairs to provide
overall continuity
• Topic-Specific Advisors: provide in-depth
review of materials related to their areas of
specialized expertise
Accomplishments
- Scientific Advisory Team • Conducted independent peer-review
processes for 4 work plans and 6 reports
Accomplishments
- Scientific Advisory Team Core Members
• Professor Mark Schlautman, Clemson University
• Dr. Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific
Accomplishments
- Scientific Advisory Team Watershed Modeling:
• Robert Ambrose, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Wayne Huber, Oregon State University
• Ken Schiff, Southern California Coastal Water Research
Project
Characterization of Airborne Brake Pad Wear Debris:
• Thomas A. Cahill, University of California, Davis
• Michael Robert, University of California, Davis
• Glynis Lough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Accomplishments
- Scientific Advisory Team Water Quality Monitoring:
• Robert Holmes, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control
Board
• Arthur J. Horowitz, U.S. Geological Survey
• William Selbig, U.S. Geological Survey
Air Deposition Monitoring:
• Mike Bergin, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Dr. Lynn Hildemann, Stanford University
• Peter Kozelka, U.S. EPA Region 9
• John Ondov, University of Maryland
Accomplishments
- Scientific Advisory Team Estimating Copper Loadings to the Watershed:
• Robert A. Frosch, Harvard University
• Drew Ackerman, Southern California Coastal Water Research
Project
• Nila Kreidich, University of California, Davis
• Glynis C. Lough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Nan Singhasemanon, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation
• Eric Stein, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
• Steven Wall, California Department of Health Services
Additional Accomplishments
• Copper Use Reports for Model Years 1998 – 2003
• Continued successful collaboration among
partners
Accomplishments
- Stakeholder Engagement •
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Expanded BPP internet site to include reports
Updated stakeholders via the BPP list-serve
Invitation to participate in all technical reviews
Maintained and updated the BPP Literature and
Technical Reference Library
• Spring Update Newsletter
• Presented on BPP at CASQA and CWEA meetings
• Stakeholder Conference (today)
BPP Technical Studies Three-Year Timeline
BPP Technical Studies 2005-06 Timeline