LSRP UPDATE
Remediation Continues and LSRPA
Adapts to the Needs of Members
Surveys of members allowed the LSRPA to stay on top of the key issues.
By Scott R. Drew
President, LSRPA
When COVID‐19
forced many
people to work
from home, nearly all
remediation sites stayed
open and the deadlines
to complete the work remained
mostly the same.
Licensed Site Remediation
Professionals
(LSRPs) found themselves
like everyone else, working at dining room
tables and home offices, while still balancing
work with family obligations and managing
environmental projects from a distance.
The remediation work, deemed an essential
service, has continued. New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Commissioner
Catherine R. McCabe authorized
a temporary extension of certain timeframes
by 90 days, but the mandatory timeframes remained
in effect.
The remediation work,
deemed an essential service,
has continued.
The challenge for the LSRPA, the association
for LSRPs, has been to stay in front of our members,
find solutions for issues created by the
pandemic and help people to stay involved.
Starting in May, many LSRPA courses were
first offered for online presentation, allowing
members to continue to increase their
knowledge while maintaining the requirements
for social distancing caused by the pandemic.
The LSRPA also has increased communications
with its members, including more
frequent e-mail updates to members and establishing
“Virtual Chat Sessions” to discuss topics
of interests to LSRPs.
Surveys of members allowed the LSRPA to
stay on top of issues faced during the pandemic
and share the information with the leadership
of the NJDEP.
The LSPRA also has maintained communications
with the LSRP licensing board executive
director and attended the licensing board’s virtual
meetings. For its own meetings, the LSRPA
Steering Committee began meeting online and
allowed all interested members to participate.
LSRPA President Scott R. Drew is a senior principal
for Geosyntec.
Helping LSRPs help New Jersey
The Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA)
is the primary representative of the profession in New Jersey.
The LSRPA assists its members to use standards of care and
informed professional judgment when conducting the work of an
LSRP in protecting public health and safety and the environment.
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Donate to the LSRPA Foundation’s tax deductible
scholarship fund.
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