Presentation at Massachusetts Green Careers Conference 2015

1. Greg
Cooper
Division
Director
–
Business
Compliance
&
Recycling
Bureau
of
Air
&
Waste

2.
The
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
is
the
state
agency
responsible
for
ensuring
clean
air
and
water,
the
safe
management
of
toxics
and
hazards,
the
recycling
of
solid
and
hazardous
wastes,
the
timely
cleanup
of
hazardous
waste
sites
and
spills,
and
the
preservation
of
wetlands
and
coastal
resources.

3. — MassDEP
–
Boston
Headquarters
— MassDEP
Bureaus
— Bureau
of
Air
and
Waste
— Bureau
of
Water
Resources
— Bureau
of
Waste
Site
Cleanup
— Bureau
of
Administrative
Services
— MassDEP
Regional
Offices
— Northeast
–
Wilmington
— Southeast
-­‐
Lakeville
— Central
–
Worcester
— Western
-­‐
Springfield

4. — Permitting
— Assistance
— Compliance
— Enforcement
— Regulation

5. — Engineers
— Environmental
Scientists/Analysts
— Planners
— Program
Coordinators
— Administrators

6. — Shifting
to
smaller
sources
— More
pollution
prevention
— Work
tied
to
climate
change/energy
— Electronic
reporting
— Compliance
monitoring
— Third
Party
Inspectors
— Significant
staff
loses
in
Department
— Re-­‐staffing
at
all
levels/focus
on
entry
— TPI
— Monitoring/sensing
technologies

7. — Business
Undergraduate
— Newspaper
Distribution
— MBA
Environmental
Management
— Started
as
Recycling
Intern
at
MassDEP
(1992)
— Held
Several
Positions
at
MassDEP
— Currently
–
Division
Director
–
Business
Compliance
&
Recycling

8. — Network
— Set
Realistic
Expectations
— Don’t
wait
for
the
perfect
opportunity
— Whatever
it
takes
–
initiative
-­‐
deliver
— Everybody
does
the
grunt
work
— It’s
about
the
relationships
–
everybody’s
a
professional

9.
Greg
Cooper
Division
Director
–
Business
Compliance
&
Recycling
Greg.cooper@state.ma.us