About the Annual NARPM Training Program
Community Engagement Initiative and Environmental Justice at NARPM
Sessions at the 2010 training program provide tools and rexources for RPMs to integrate community engagement and environmental justice at their sites:
- Environmental Justice Resources and Tools for RPMs Panel Session
- How to Make Public Participation Work for You
- Reducing Risk by Changing Behavior
- Technical Services for Communities and the Superfund Job Training Initiative
- Community Engagement Initiative: Moving Into the Future
- Risk Communication
- Working Together: Getting the Best Results Through Partnerships (Everybody Wins!)
- An Introduction to Collaborative Decision-Making
- Interest Based Negotiation for RPMs
Other National Priorities Addressed at NARPM
2010 NARPM Training Courses and Sessions that focus on climate change, cleaning up communities, and protecitng America's waterways include:
- Ecological Revitalization – Case Studies and Tools to Improve Your Cleanups
- Green Remediation Implementation and Case Studies
- Superfund Redevelopment Initiative: Top 5 Tools to Jumpstart Reuse at Your Superfund Sites
- Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Flash Mentoring
- Integrating Water and Waste Programs to Restore Watersheds
- Contaminated Sediments: New Tools and Approaches for In Situ Remediation Using Amendments
- Contaminated Sediment Forum Training: Issues & Answers for Sediment Sites
One of the primary objectives of the annual NARPM training program is to network and exchange information about technologies, cleanup strategies, and lessons learned. Special events are planned to provide additional opportunities, outside of training times, to support this objective:
- Monday, May 24 - Resource Area & Poster Session Open House offers exhibits and information that RPMs find useful when they complete remedial site activities.
- Wednesday, May 26 - Brown Bag in the Ballroom provides an excellent opportunity to meet the NARPM Co-Chair, NARPM Council Regional Representatives, and staff from EPA's OSRTI and FFRRO over lunch. Attendees gather in one place to network and share experiences with each other. Lunch items will be available for purchase.
- Thursday, May 27 - Annual NARPM Picnic - Join the NARPM attendees to celebrate a week of training a local area park and one last opportunity to network.
- After Hour Social Activities - To help build relationships, the EPA Headquarters Ground Crew members are planning evening activities for the Annual NARPM Training Program attendees.
The National Association of Remedial Project Managers (NARPM) promotes the exchange of information between RPMs from all regional offices, provides a forum where RPMs discuss regional and national issues of concern, and identifies ways that RPMs respond to those issues.
Objectives
The primary tool for accomplishing NARPM’s objectives is the Annual Training Program. The objectives of the Annual NARPM Training Conference are to provide opportunities for RPMs across the country to:
- Obtain relevant training designed specifically for RPMs.
- Network and exchange information about policies, technologies, cleanup strategies, and lessons learned.
- Assist RPMs with their career development.
Addressing the EPA Administrator's Priorities
The 2010 program supports many of EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's priorities for the Agency. Several sessions at the 2010 program specifically focus on community engagement and environmental justice, including:
- Environmental Justice Resources and Tools for RPMs Panel Session
- How to Make Public Participation Work for You
- Reducing Risk by Changing Behavior
- Technical Services for Communities and the Superfund Job Training Initiative
- Community Engagement Initiative: Moving Into the Future
- Risk Communication
- Working Together: Getting the Best Results Through Partnerships (Everybody Wins!)
- An Introduction to Collaborative Decision-Making
- Interest Based Negotiation for RPMs
The NARPM Co-Chairs help to building strong partnerships and share EPA's expertise and capacity to bolster state and tribal efforts by extending formal invitations to their counterparts at state and tribal agencies to attend and take the training offered at NARPM.
The Administrator's priority on protecting America's waterways is addressed by the Integrating Water and Waste Programs to Restore Watersheds Information Session and two courses on sediment site characterization and cleanup.
Other sessions promote climate change and cleaning up communities:
- Ecological Revitalization - Case Studies and Tools to Improve Your Cleanups
- Green Remediation Implementation and Case Studies
- Superfund Redevelopment Initiative: Top 5 Tools to Jumpstart Reuse at Your Superfund Sites
- Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Flash Mentoring