Dental Mercury

The presenters are Tom Barron, a Civil Engineer from the San Francisco area, and Keith Linn, of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Tom Barron has recently been involved with a number of P2 projects, with an emphasis upon janitorial, building, & fleet maintenance chemicals, pesticides, architectural copper, and mercury.

Tom Barron
Today's presentation highlights efforts that POTWs throughout the US & Canada are making to reduce the discharge of mercury from dental offices. Specific topics include: a regulatory overview, dental office waste streams, effective P2 practices ("BMPs"), and suggestions for conducting your own dental mercury outreach program.

Keith J. Linn
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has established a narrative local limit requiring dentists to submit best management practice (BMP) plans for mercury discharge minimization. These requirements and the regulatory history behind them will be presented.

Bio
Keith J. Linn
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Environmental & Maintenance Services Center
4747 East 49th Street
Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio 44125-1011
Phone: 216/641-6000; Fax: 216/641-8118
LinnK@neorsd.org

EDUCATION:

May 1980 Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH
B.S.; Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1994-Present Environmental Specialist, Water Quality & Industrial Surveillance, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Monitoring and commenting on water quality-related regulatory developments.

1990-1994 Supervisor of Environmental Assessment, Water Quality & Industrial Surveillance, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Coordinating the District's Environmental Water Quality Assessment Program.

1980-1990 Investigator, Industrial Waste Section, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Monitoring for the District's Industrial Pretreatment Program.

MEMBERSHIP:

1998-Present Mercury Work Group, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies.

1998-Present Project Subcommittee, Project 99-ECO-2, Assessment of Existing Methods and Data Development for Revising Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Aquatic Life and Wildlife for Mercury, Water Environment Research Foundation.

1998-2000 Total Maximum Daily Load External Advisory Group, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

1995-2000 Binational Public Forum, Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan.

1996-1997 Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative External Advisory Group, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

1994-1995 Human Health Technical Advisory Committee, Regional Environmental Priorities Project, Center for the Environment, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

1994 Lake Erie Protection Fund Review Committee, Ohio Lake Erie Office.

1989-1994 Fish Consumption Technical Committee, Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan.

1990-1993 Public Participation Group, Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative.

1992-Present Water Environment Federation.

AUTHORSHIP:

1999 Petition submitted by the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for revision of the wildlife criterion for mercury in the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System.

1995 "Chemical Contamination of Fish Tissue" and "Municipal Discharges to Surface Water" prepared for A Report on the Findings of the Technical Advisory Committees, Regional Environmental Priorities Project, Center for the Environment, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

1994 1989-1992 Fish Tissue Collection and Analysis prepared for the Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization in support of the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan.

1993 Comments submitted by the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies to the United States Environmental Protection Agency on the Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System.

1987-2001 Greater Cleveland Area Stream Monitoring Program Report (1987, 1988) and Greater Cleveland Area Environmental Water Quality Assessment (1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1995, 1996-1998) prepared for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

AWARDS:

1994 Environment Award, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies.

1990 Technician of the Year, Water Management Association of Ohio.