Jul 17, 2026 · 47 min · 13 segments
What does a career in the environmental industry actually look like, and how do you know when it is time for a change? That change can range from minor adjustment in your life and your expectations…
Kelly GuentherGuest
James HammondHost
Gunnar HaidHost
Hammond, my co-host, and I, we were trying to get together for this intro, and it was just not happening.
The first one is that the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan 3.1 has been released.
I haven't read it yet, um, but if you head over to the EPA updates website, they are in the show notes.
A second update that has come out is that the EPA has released a response to the Oxy paper regarding asbestos in waste and asbestos in recovered fines and, uh, recycled materials.
What I have read so far is that the EPA acknowledges that there will be, and that a response, a more detailed response will be coming.
I can only hope that the thresholds they propose for, uh, asbestos in soils, in recycled material will, will not be below the method detection limits that we have.
A huge announcement in the same area is that there will be a two-year trial period where people can dispose of asbestos waste, so domestic asbestos waste, for free.
That is big, and again, go over to the EPA website or just check out the show notes for more details on that subject.
There is some great information in there for young and for seasoned industry members.
We had a, a run sheet, and 10 minutes into the discussion we already deviated so much that we couldn't get back to the run sheet at all.
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Hammond, my co-host, and I, we were trying to get together for this intro, and it was just not happening.
The first one is that the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan 3.1 has been released.
I haven't read it yet, um, but if you head over to the EPA updates website, they are in the show notes.
A second update that has come out is that the EPA has released a response to the Oxy paper regarding asbestos in waste and asbestos in recovered fines and, uh, recycled materials.
What I have read so far is that the EPA acknowledges that there will be, and that a response, a more detailed response will be coming.
I can only hope that the thresholds they propose for, uh, asbestos in soils, in recycled material will, will not be below the method detection limits that we have.
A huge announcement in the same area is that there will be a two-year trial period where people can dispose of asbestos waste, so domestic asbestos waste, for free.
That is big, and again, go over to the EPA website or just check out the show notes for more details on that subject.
There is some great information in there for young and for seasoned industry members.
We had a, a run sheet, and 10 minutes into the discussion we already deviated so much that we couldn't get back to the run sheet at all.
