The Region 2 DEPP Risk Coordinator is Mark Maddaloni, DrPH. He serves as the regional expert on risk assessment and provides technical assistance and advice to divisional program offices on EPA’s risk policies. In this position, he facilitates the utilization of comparative risk in joint EPA/state multi-media strategic plans as well as provides technical support in the development and review of complex site-specific risk assessments. Mark’s expertise is in human health risk assessment and he is a nationally recognized expert on lead. His professional experience has also given him a thorough knowledge of mercury and asbestos risks as well as risk assessments of chemical mixtures. Mark is certified by the American Board of Toxicology and is a member of the Society of Toxicology.

Gina Ferreira, an Environmental Scientist, provides ecological risk assessment technical assistance to DEPP in conjunction with the Risk Coordinator. She is a working member of the Ecological Risk Assessment Forum (ERAF), a national forum responsible for achieving consistency in the policies and practices of ecological risk assessment. Gina is currently serving on several ERAF workgroups completing projects such as a national ecological risk assessment statement of work, ecotoxicological profiles for chemicals, and a redesigned OSWER risk assessment Web site. She also serves as the regional ecological risk assessment representative on several national conference calls including the Risk Assessment Teleconference for Superfund (RATS), Combustion Assistance Teleconference for Support (CATS), RCRA Corrective Action, and the Ecosystem Stewardship Enterprise.

Risk assessment activities of the Risk Coordinator for DEPP include but are not limited to:

• Site-specific risk assessments for RCRA corrective action facilities, permits for hazardous waste incinerators and air emission limits, technical assistance for ocean dumping, environmental reviews, wetlands, etc.
• Specific chemical toxic analyses (dioxin reassessment, etc.)
• Priority risk ranking for specific environmental problems
• Technical information exchange, grant program administration, research, and risk communication through public outreach services
• Promotes multi-media risk assessment and minimization principles for incorporation into division planning
• Assists in developing and implementing short and long term regional strategic plans and ensures that risk assessment and management techniques are incorporated in decisions affecting regional activities
• Coordinates internal and external peer review of documents under the region’s peer review process
• Coordinates with the region’s Environmental Justice Coordinator to ensure that environmental justice concerns are incorporated into regional risk assessment and management activities
• Risk communication services at public meetings

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