From: "Robert L. Denny II"
<rdenny@arrowchase.com>
To: "Ana Barros" <ab338@cornell.edu>
Cc: "Sam Gibson" <samg@usagrecycling.com>,
"Maureen P. Serafini"
<mpserafi@gw.dec.state.ny.us>
Subject: RE: Clean Sweep in NY
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 13:06:30 -0400
Ms. Barros,
The CleanSweep NY program is under the overall direction of
Maureen
Serafini, Director, Bureau of Pesticide Management. The funding is provided
through an Environmental Benefit Program resulting from a
negotiated
compliance action against a New York pesticide
registrant. The CleanSweep
NY program is still in its first 6 months of startup.
Nevertheless, this is
what has been accomplished:
The program has identified a priority region encompassing
the Long Island
counties of Nassau and Suffolk.
Stakeholders in the use and management of pesticides were
identified and
assembled into a Steering Committee.
Prioritization was given to agricultural producers in the
region, with
secondary consideration provided to other commercial
applicators. Dealers
and other large users may/will be assessed a fee based on
pricing for the
overall project.
Concurrent with the collection and destruction of obsolete
pesticides, the
DEC has requested the collection and recycling of triple
rinsed/equivalent
HDPE plastic and steel pesticide containers that originally
held products
used in the course of commercial pest control
(non-household/antimicrobial)
or agricultural production.
Funding for the plastic container collection is
provided, in part, by the industry sponsored program, the Ag
Container
Recycling Council and implemented by their regional
contractor: USAg
Recycling.
Additional information can be found at www.acrecycle.org/
Properly rinsed steel drums and pails will also be
collected, inspected by
the DEC, and recycled by a New York scrap steel recycler.
Subject to the approval of the relative local governments,
CleanSweep NY
will collect both the obsolete pesticides and the rinsed
containers at 4
locations: Southold,
Southampton, Suffolk County facilities in Riverhead,
and the town of Huntington.
Collection will begin November 18, 2002 and
proceed during that same week. On-site collections for packaged obsolete
pesticides that may have poor structural integrity are
planned for that same
time period. There
will be no on-site collections for rinsed containers,
however.
The properly rinsed HDPE plastic collection program is
theoretically
available in any region of New York to any public or private
entity willing
to collect and hold containers for a once/twice per annum
collection.
Alternatively, any community or private entity can organize
a collection day
event, preferably just prior to the ACRC's contractor
arrival.
Historically, there has been some collection activity in the
western and
central portions of New York State. Since the demise of Agway, a former
subcontractor to USAg Recycling, these programs have been
fewer and more
widespread. The
exact 2002 schedule outside of Long Island is entirely in
the hands of US Ag Recycling and their correspondents. CleanSweep NY
activities are confined to Long Island in 2002, but will
probably be
organized in other upstate areas in 2003. Planning for future collections
will not begin until after the closure, assessment, and
evaluation of the
2002 Long Island effort.
Ms. Barros, I would appreciate any information that you
could provide to me
regarding your project:
the scope, goals and future plans for the Cornell
Environmental Risk Analysis Program.
And, if I can be of any further assistance, please do not
hesitate to ask.
Robert L. Denny II
President
Arrowchase, Inc.
Contract providers of services to the
Ag Container Recycling Council &
CleanSweep NY
1156 Fifteenth Street NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202-861-3146
202-861-3147fax