Pacific Basin Consortium on Hazardous Waste:
Environmental and Health Studies

TRAINING COURSE ON HAZARDOUS WASTE
TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

22 - 25 May 2001
Eugenio Lopez Center
Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Philippines

The Training Course on Hazardous Waste Inventory and Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) is a three-day live-in seminar held last May 22 - 25, 2001 at the Eugenio Lopez Center, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Philippines.

The training course was sponsored by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), United States - Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The course was organized by the Pacific Basin Consortium for Hazardous Waste Research and Management (PBC).

Key lecturers from USEPA were invited as resource speakers. A total of 33 participants, mostly from the Government, attended the training course. The agencies represented by the participants are as follows :
· DENR-EMB - 20
· Department of Trade and Industry - Board of Investments (DTI-BOI) - 1
· Department of Health (DOH) - 2
· Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - 3
· Clark Development Corporation - 1
· National Power Corporation - 1
· Globe Care - 1
· University of the Philippines in Diliman - 2
· PBC - 2
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Lecturers from US-EPA Region 9:

· Ramon Mendoza
· John Smith
· Katherine Baylor
· Patrick Wilson
· Thelma Estrada