TCE RoundtableWichita, KS

June 28, 2018

Welcome and introductions

• Around the table

• Virtual participants (please toggle your mute buttons so we avoid background noise)

• Supported by EPA Pollution Prevention grant funds – thank you EPA

Overview of the Sept. 2017 Roundtable

• Reviewed the TCE basics• Physical and chemical properties of TCE

• Human health impacts

• Regulatory history

• Emissions to the environment• Wichita groundwater contamination site map

• TRI data and NESHAP subpart T dictated the initial invitation list• Leslye Werner, EPA R7 presented opportunity to get out of “once in, always in”

Wichita shallow groundwater contamination sitesSource: City of Wichita, NIC

Wichita deep groundwater contamination sitesSource: KDHE

Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene emitted to air in Wichita, KS 2015

ONCE IN ALWAYS IN

Overview continued

• Reviewed potential TCE alternatives, case studies and BMPs

• Recent regulatory action under TSCA

• Sept. meeting outcomes (group requests)• Meet in person at another “roundtable”

• Keep invitation list the same

• Secure TSCA experts to speak

Featured U.S. EPA presenters

Toni Krasnic, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Heidi Bethel, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Risk Assessment Division,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

International Aerospace Environmental Group

• Jennifer Braton, Boeing and chair of alternatives subcommittee for IAEG• Fall 2017 report out

• Annual report

• New TSCA resources from IAEG at http://www.iaeg.com/tsca/

• New meeting Oct. 2018 in Spain

Discussion related to comment period

• “Critical use” exemptions – see back of agenda for statutory text on exemptions under TSCA section 6(g)

• Comments due July 26

• The problem formulation document will be available for comment until July 26, 2018 in the docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0737.1

1https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/trichloroethylene-tce-problem-formulation

Needs, Interests?

• PPI has proposed additional TCE roundtable for next round of P2 grants FFY18-19

• Next steps?

• Do industries want to learn more?

Nancy LarsonDirector, Pollution Prevention Institute316-660-0104nlarson@ksu.edu

Thank you for participating today

Thanks to EPA for providing Pollution Prevention (P2)

funds to support this meeting.