Greater Boston Chapter of ASSP In-Person Technical Meeting with Triumvirate Environmental

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Greater Boston Chapter of ASSP
In-Person Technical Meeting with Triumvirate Environmental (Hosted at Ultragenyx)

In-Person Technical Meeting – Winter 2026
Date: Thursday February 19, 2026 4pm to 6pm
Format: In-Person | Joint Chapter Event with ISPE (TBD)
CEUs: Pending (ASSP credit anticipated, subject to final agenda)

Audience:

• EHS Professionals
• Safety Managers & Directors
• Environmental Managers
• Risk Management Professionals
• Facilities, Operations & Compliance Leaders
• Laboratory & Research Safety Professionals
• Manufacturing Safety & Operations Leaders
• Life Sciences & Biotech EHS Teams
• Fire Protection & Emergency Management Professionals
• Waste Management & Environmental Compliance Specialists

Post Meeting Social Venue: Tavern on the Square Woburn

Technical Session Title
RCRA at the Edge: A Practical Refresher for Managing High-Risk Waste in Life Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, and R&D

Hosted By

• Greater Boston Chapter of ASSP
• Ultragenyx (Woburn)

Speakers

• Triumvirate Environmental
• Keith Savel – Lead Presenter
• Additional Subject Matter Experts (TBD)

Session Description
RCRA remains the backbone of hazardous waste management in the United States—but in today’s life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and R&D environments, waste streams are becoming more complex, more ambiguous, and more high-risk.

EHS leaders are increasingly facing scenarios where traditional RCRA decision logic collides with modern materials, new technologies, and high-consequence failure modes—including:

• Difficult-to-classify or mixed waste streams
• High-energy materials and damaged equipment
• Fire, incident response, and secondary contamination scenarios
• Renovations, lab decommissions, and R&D process changes
• Emerging high-risk waste streams such as PFAS-impacted materials and damaged or suspect lithium-ion batteries

This session delivers a practical, real-world RCRA refresher and then pushes into where things break down in modern facilities—how to recognize risk early, how to make defensible waste decisions, and how to avoid regulatory, operational, and liability landmines.

This is not a theory class. It is built around real scenarios EHS professionals are facing right now.

Learning Objectives (Bloom’s Taxonomy Aligned)
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Remember / Understand
   • Describe the core structure and intent of RCRA hazardous waste regulations.
   • Explain how RCRA applies in complex life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and R&D environments.
2. Apply
   • Apply RCRA waste determination logic to ambiguous or high-risk real-world scenarios.
   • Identify appropriate handling, storage, and disposal pathways for complex waste streams.
3. Analyze
   • Analyze failure modes in waste classification, storage, and disposal that create regulatory and liability exposure.
   • Differentiate between routine hazardous waste management and high-consequence waste scenarios.
   • Compare various sensor configurations and site deployment strategies
4. Evaluate
   • Evaluate when conservative management, additional characterization, or escalation is warranted.
   • Assess disposal strategies from both compliance and risk-management perspectives.
5. Create
   • Develop a site-level decision framework for managing uncertain or high-risk waste streams.
   • Design a proactive waste risk management approach aligned with modern facility operations

Draft Agenda (90-120 Minutes includes Q&A)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)
   • Welcome from ASSP Greater Boston Chapter Leadership
   • Introduction to Speakers and Technical Session Objectives
   • Purpose of the session and why this topic matters now
2. RCRA Refresher: The Framework Everyone Relies On (25 min)
   Speaker: Triumvirate Environmental
   • What RCRA is (and what it is not)
   • Generator categories and responsibilities
   • Waste determination and classification logic
   • Documentation, storage, and disposal fundamentals
   • Common compliance breakdowns seen in modern facilities
3. Where RCRA Gets Stress-Tested in Modern Facilities (20 min)
   Speaker: Triumvirate Environmental
   • Renovations, lab cleanouts, and process changes
   • Mixed, legacy, and poorly documented materials
   • Incident response waste and secondary contamination
   • When “routine” waste becomes high-risk
4. High-Risk & High-Uncertainty Waste Scenarios (25 min)
   Speaker: Triumvirate Environmental
   • Damaged, unstable, or reactive materials
   • Examples may include PFAS-impacted materials, damaged or suspect lithium-ion batteries, and other complex waste streams
   • Energy storage, equipment failures, and post-incident waste
   • Storage, transport, and disposal risk decision-making
   • Case examples from life sciences, manufacturing, and R&D environments
5. Building a Defensible Waste Decision Framework (20 min)
   Speaker: Triumvirate + ASSP Moderator
   • When to sample vs. when to manage conservatively
   • Escalation triggers and decision trees
   • Contractor oversight and chain-of-custody risk
   • Integrating waste risk into EHS management systems
6. Interactive Q&A and Group Discussion (10–15 min)
   • Open discussion with attendees
   • Audience scenarios and questions
7. Closing Remarks & Depart for Social Networking Event (15 min)
   • Key takeaways
   • Upcoming ASSP Greater Boston Chapter events
   • CEU instructions
   • Depart for Post-meeting networking

Key Takeaways for Attendees
• Stronger command of RCRA in complex environments
• Better judgment in ambiguous or high-risk waste scenarios
• Reduced regulatory and liability exposure
• Practical tools for decision-making under uncertainty

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Download the event’s details document: RCRA Update – Tech Meeting Outline