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The Port of Baltimore
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September/October 2013
GREENPORT
T
he Baltimore Port Alliance (BPA)
Environmental Committee led
a harbor tour for officials from
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Maryland
Department of the Environment (MDE)
in July to educate them about the
Port of Baltimore’s operations and
environmental initiatives.
The daylong tour, which began at C.
Steinweg (USA) Inc. and was conducted
on a McAllister Towing tugboat, promoted
a waterside perspective, highlighting
terminals operated by Rukert and CNX,
as well as Maryland Port Administration
terminals, including North and South
Locust Point, the Dundalk Marine
Terminal and the cruise ship terminal.
Attendees also saw the Masonville Cove
dredged materials containment facility.
The tour included a stop for lunch and
a roundtable discussion at the Seagirt
Marine Terminal.
Capt. Mike Reagoso, who chairs the
BPA Environmental Committee, said
the objective of the tour was to build
relationships with EPA and MDE staff and
educate them about the proactive and
sustainable activities that BPA members
are undertaking. Participants enjoyed a
chance to understand how the Port of
Baltimore works and how it differs from
other ports, and committee members
learned what officials see as their
objectives for ports. The tour produced
a spirit of collaboration, which has
already resulted in additional dialogue on
emerging port environmental issues.
Participants included:
Chris Grundler
,
EPA Director, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality;
Karl Simon
, EPA
Director, Transportation and Climate
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Jim Blubaugh
, EPA Deputy
Director, Transportation and Climate
Division;
Jennifer Keller
, EPA Center
Director, Legacy Fleet Incentives and
Assessment Center;
Diana Esher
, EPA
Region 3 Director, Air Protection Division;
Bill Jones
, EPA Region 3, Office of
Partnership Programs;
Kathy Kinsey
,
MDE Deputy Secretary;
Angelo Bianca
,
MDE Deputy Director, Air and Radiation
Management Administration;
Marcia
Ways
, MDE Director, ARMA Mobile Source
Program;
M. Kathleen Broadwater
,
Maryland Port Administration (MPA)
Deputy Executive Director;
Rod Pickens
,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Manager MAT;
Eric Nielsen
, President, Association of
Maryland Pilots;
Rupert Denney
, General
Manager, C. Steinweg;
Mike Reagoso
,
Vice President, McAllister Towing;
Barbara McMahon
, MPA Manager,
Environment and Risk Management;
Solomon Egbe
, Director, Health, Safety
and Environment, Ports America;
Dan
Spack
, Consultant to the MPA, EcoLogix
Group; and
Steve Pattison
, Consultant to
the MPA, EcoLogix Group.
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