ITRC's State Engagement Program ensures that ITRC documents and training courses are available, promoted, and used. Each state assigns a staff person from its environmental agency to serve as an ITRC Point of Contact (POC).
ITRC State Point of Contact (POC) Map
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The goal of the ITRC State Engagement Program (SEP) is to work with state environmental agencies to foster good decision-making regarding the use of innovative environmental technologies for more effective environmental protection. The core purpose of the SEP is to ensure that ITRC documents and training courses are available, promoted, and used by staff at state environmental agencies and all other applicable stakeholders. The SEP is comprised of a network of the state Points of Contact (POCs), along with the State Engagement Coordinator (SEC)—who is a voting member of the ITRC Board of Advisors—and contract-based Program Advisor support. The POCs play an integral role by serving as advocates for ITRC in their state’s environmental agency and by communicating their state’s environmental priorities back to ITRC. The POCs are also instrumental in marketing and promoting ITRC tools and resources to other government agencies, industry, academia, and community and tribal groups.
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State Engagement Coordinator
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Program Advisors
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State Engagement Program Plan
The State Engagement Program Plan provides an overview of the SEP and outlines the focus areas, defines the goals of the program, and details the POC/SEP roles and responsibilities.
POC Highlight
Todd Blessing
Alaska POC
Position/Role with State Agency: Environmental Program Specialist IV – Contaminated Sites Program, Spill Prevention and Response Division. I am involved in developing and implementing program guidance, regulations and policy. I am also a lead technical expert in vapor intrusion, quality assurance, and environmental field sampling.
POC Since: May, 2018
Best Part About Being a POC: Being exposed to new guidance documents and technologies that emerge within ITRC teams.
Other Experience with ITRC: I have been on the petroleum vapor intrusion team and the TPH risk evaluation at petroleum-contaminated sites team.
I enjoy skiing and mountain biking and when I have lots of free time, traveling.