Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance & U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) are partnering with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold six training sessions on 2007 TURA/TRI reporting and 2008 TURA planning requirements, including new planning options for Resource Conservation Planning and Environmental Management Systems. 

Each of the following workshops will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
National Guard Armory
Worcester, MA

Thursday, May 1, 2008  
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Plum Island
Newburyport, MA 

Monday, May 12, 2008        
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA 

Thursday May 15, 2008
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA

Thursday, June 5, 2008
EPA Regional Laboratory
North Chelmsford, MA

Please Note: The training session originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2008, at MassBay Community College in Wellesley was cancelled due to the very low number of registrations received for that date.

• 8:30    Registration
• 9:00    TRI Reporting, EPA
• 11:00  Review of New Planning Options & Recent Reporting Changes, MassDEP
• 11:45  Lunch (on your own)
• 1:00    Completing New Plan Summary Forms, OTA
• 1:45    Break
• 2:00    TURA Reporting via eDEP, Including New & Revised Planning Forms
• 4:00    Session Concludes

For more information or to register, please email Nicholas Leonardi of EPA: leonardi.nicholas@epa.gov 

Toxics Use Reduction Planners who attend one of these training sessions will qualify for six (6) continuing education credits.  

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)

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Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (OTA)

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Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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