Safety Council Meeting
June 21, 2017
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Release Reporting
Kurt Kollar - ER On-Scene Coordinator
Mike Eberle - Environmental Supervisor
Ohio EPA's Environmental Response (ER) Unit is a specialized group of staff stationed throughout Ohio who coordinate with first responders and other Federal, State and local responders and support entities on environmental emergencies such as train wrecks, facility malfunctions, highway crashes, fish kills, oil and gas releases, natural disasters, etc., to minimize and abate the impact these releases cause to the environment. ER is capable of responding 24 hours a day, seven days a week and responders are fully trained in the Incident Command System.
Statewide, Ohio EPA records more than 5,000 incident reports annually through calls to our emergency response spill hotline from citizens, companies, law enforcement, emergency responders and other agencies. This presentation will emphasize...
- The organization of Ohio EPA's ER Program
- The resources and capabilities of Ohio EPA's ER Program
- Release reporting of a hazardous substance
Kurt Kollar has worked for the Ohio EPA's Division of Environmental Response, Investigation and Enforcement (DERIE) for 25 years with prior experience working for environmental remediation firms. Kurt has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. His work spanned multiple disciplines within the division. Kurt is the project manager for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remediation Program
which entails the cleanup of radioactive contaminated sites associated with the country's WW II nuclear weapons development initiative. He is the agency's lead person for radiological dose assessment/plume modeling at the county Emergency Operations Center during a release from a nuclear power plant
which entails the cleanup of radioactive contaminated sites associated with the country's WW II nuclear weapons development initiative. He is the agency's lead person for radiological dose assessment/plume modeling at the county Emergency Operations Center during a release from a nuclear power plant
Kurt is also a member of the State of Ohio's Radiation Assessment Team. He is trained in the National Incident Management System and is a member of the Ohio EPA's Strike Team for responding to state wide environmental emergencies.
As an On-Scene Coordinator, he investigates and coordinates the cleanup of hazardous materials and oil released into the environment. He has managed the cleanup of spills ranging from home heating oil tanks, train derailments and pipelines and chemical facilities.
Mike Eberle holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and has been employed by the Ohio EPA for over 22 years. Originally with the Division of Emergency and Remedial Response (DERR), Mike has been involved with State Lead, CERCLA and Voluntary Action Program investigations and clean-ups in addition to supervising the ER program in the Northeast District Office. Mike now supervises and coordinates the ER program in the Northern half of Ohio for the Division of Environmental Response, Investigation and Enforcement (DERIE).