These are documents for REGFORM’s Missouri Land & Waste Seminar, April 30, 2026
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Attorneys: MoBar has approved this seminar for 7.8 hours of CLE. The course ID for this program is 790979.
Presentation Slides
The green name of the presenter is a live link that launches the slide deck.
9:30 a.m. Inside EPA Region 7: Priorities, Policy Shifts, and What’s Coming Next, DEANDRE SINGLETARY, EPA Region 7
10:05 a.m. Environmental Remediation Program (ERP) Update, JUSTIN BUCKLER, MDNR, ERP Director
10:35 a.m. Waste Management Program (WMP) Update, CHARLENE FITCH, MDNR, WMP Director
11:05 a.m. From Generation to Prosecution: How RCRA Violations Turn Criminal, PAUL JACOBSON, Spencer Fane, BRIAN HANKS, Ramboll
11:45 a.m. e-Manifesting and MoRCRA, DAVID GREEN, MDNR WMP
1:05 p.m. Right Tool, Right Time: SDSs in Waste Characterization, JAY STURGES, SET Environmental
1:40 p.m. Taming the Hardesty Federal Complex, NICHOLAS GODFREY, Environmental Works, Inc.
Key TSCA References with Links
Historic Video Content
2:35 p.m. To Be or Not To Be? Navigating Aerosol Can Management After the Universal Waste Rule Change TINA WHITE, MDNR, SWRO, JOSH ROATH, MDNR, SWRO
3:30 p.m. A Complete National PFAS Inventory is a Big Ask, JOHN JURGENSMEYER, Terracon
4:10 p.m. Corrective Action, in Focus, CHRISTINE KUMP-MITCHELL, MDNR WMP
Speaker Bios
Andrew Brought, Spencer Fane
abrought@spencerfane.com
Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental and workplace safety / OSHA matters. He currently serves as Co-Chair of Spencer Fane’s Environment and Energy practice group. Andrew has extensive experience helping companies with workplace safety incidents and industrial accidents that involve the intersection of health, safety, and environmental regulations and government agencies including OSHA, the EPA, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Board, and the Justice Department. From complex workplace fatalities and injuries to more routine compliance inspections, Andrew is frequently called upon by a variety of industrial sectors to assist in handling crisis management situations, strategic response, and incident investigations. In connection with his white-collar criminal and civil practice, Andrew helps his clients manage and reduce liability through his substantial experience in enforcement matters associated with the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, EPCRA, OSHA, and related environmental laws.
Justin Buckler, MDNR
justin.buckler@dnr.mo.gov
Justin Buckler joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2012, and has served as the Environmental Remediation Program director since 2023. He has experience in environmental risk assessment, policy development, and strategic planning. Justin holds a Master’s degree in fisheries and wildlife, with an emphasis in environmental toxicology, and a Bachelor’s degree in biology, both from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Andrea Farr, Farr Solutions
andy@farrweb.com
Andrea is past Chair and current commissioner for the Hazardous Waste Management Commission representing the waste generating industry. She is also past Vice-Chair and current member of the Northeast Missouri Local Emergency Planning District. She is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager. Andrea and her husband, Brad, have owned and operated Farr Solutions, L.L.C. for the past 8 years. Andrea has 38 years of experience in the hazardous waste industry. While in industry, she held the positions of Laboratory Director, ISO 14001 Lead Auditor, Alternative Liquid Fuels Manager, EH&S Senior Specialist, and EHS Director. She enjoys working with her clients and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. She has the utmost respect for all regulatory agencies and believes it is paramount to have a respectful collaborative working relationship to achieve a balance between the economic success of industry and what is most protective of human health and the environment. In her spare time, she enjoys DIY home projects, golf, and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs as a season ticket member.
Charlene Fitch, MDNR
charlene.fitch@dnr.mo.gov
Charlene Fitch became director of the Waste Management Program, effective Aug. 1, 2023. Charlene has worked for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for more than three decades. She started her career as a permit writer in the Solid Waste Management Program. Most recently Charlene served as Chief of RCRA permitting in the Waste Management Program, overseeing both hazardous waste and solid waste permitting actions.
Charlene holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, with Masters’ work in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a licensed professional engineer, as well as a graduate of the department’s Leadership Ladder and Missouri’s Leadership Academy.
Nicholas Godfrey, Environmental Works, Inc.
ngodfrey@environmentalworks.com
Nicholas Godfrey is a Principal at Environmental Works. He directs comprehensive environmental consulting services, focusing on developing cost-effective strategies for site assessments, industrial hygiene, environmental testing, permitting, and inspections. He also oversees remedial design for contaminated sites and provide regulatory compliance consulting, waste management, and project management. Godfrey’s expertise extends to scientific and engineering services for soil, water, building science, and vapor intrusion projects, supporting clients across the Midwest.
Previously, Godfrey managed environmental services, driving business development and leading projects related to environmental due diligence, industrial hygiene, permitting, and remedial design for diverse clients. Earlier in their career, Godfrey contributed as an Environmental Scientist and Project Manager, focusing on environmental and infrastructure solutions, and as a Field Researcher conducting wetland species and aquatic limnology surveys to support wetland delineation projects.
David Green, MDNR
david.green@dnr.mo.gov
David Green is an Environmental Program Supervisor for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and has 30 years of experience assisting generators with their registration and reporting requirements.
Brian Hanks, Ramboll
BHANKS@ramboll.com
Brian has over 25 years of experience providing solutions to clients’ remediation and environmental regulatory challenges. He leads Ramboll’s PFAS growth team in the Midwest and co-leads the PFAS legal-sector team for the Americas. Mr. Hanks provides technical support in facility compliance, due diligence, and litigation matters and applies this experience and perspective in his sensitivity to client confidentiality and management of public issues in high-profile projects. He has worked with law firms, participating in the development and support of expert opinions, advising counsel regarding technical matters related to litigation, and has provided support for settlement and trial. He has also worked with counsel on matters to provide technical support in resolving alleged regulatory non-compliance. He has provided client management and design support for a wide range of soil and groundwater remediation projects in Superfund and state-led programs.
Liane Hetherington-Ward, BASF
liane.hetherington-ward@basf.com
Liane Hetherington-Ward is Senior EHS Specialist II at the BASF Corporation Hannibal facility, an agricultural products manufacturing facility. She is responsible for day-to-day and long-term environmental compliance. Liane is the waste management subject matter expert for the site and serves on the BASF North America Environmental Expert Extended Team. Liane has 40 years of hazardous and solid waste experience, including TSDF, generator and transporter requirements, in-depth definition of solid waste interpretations and applications, RCRA corrective action, and RCRA compliance. Other experience includes environmental due diligence, environmental training, broad-based environmental compliance, and regulatory development. Liane received an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, as well as a B.S. in Engineering and Policy and a B.A. in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.
John Hoke, MDNR
john.hoke@dnr.mo.gov
John Hoke was named Deputy Director for the department’s Division of Environmental Quality, effective June 17, 2025. He oversees the Air Pollution Control Program, Central Field Operations Office, St. Louis Regional Office, Southeast Regional Office, Waste Management Program and Water Protection Program.
John has over two decades of experience with the Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Environmental Quality. Most recently, he served as director of the Water Protection Program, leading a talented team of professionals in implementing state and federal clean water and safe drinking water laws and regulations. Before working for the State of Missouri, John was a project geologist with a private environmental consulting firm in Houston, Texas. John holds a Master’s degree in geology, with an emphasis in karst hydrology and pollutant transport, from the University of Missouri – Columbia, and a Bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Illinois – Urbana.
Paul Jacobson, Spencer Fane
pjacobson@spencerfane.com
Paul helps manufacturing, mining, and energy companies understand and manage federal and state requirements in RCRA, the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, CERCLA, National Environmental Policy Act, and state corollaries. He responds to agency investigations and enforcement, with notable experience in RCRA defense. He helps clients obtain and modify NPDES and water appropriation permits, TSDF permits, air construction and operating permits, and mining permits. He navigates site remediation challenges under CERCLA and RCRA Corrective Action. He helps companies with immediate and long-term responses to environmental disasters, including those implicating Risk Management Plan and Process Safety Management requirements, and involving the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and EPA CID. He works on civil and criminal environmental and toxic tort litigation. He also helps clients with California Proposition 65 product labeling requirements.
John Jurgensmeyer, Terracon
John.Jurgensmeyer@terracon.com
Mr. Jurgensmeyer is a Regional Regulatory Compliance Manager for Terracon covering Kansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois. He has over 3 decades of environmental experience and is a military veteran. Prior to Terracon, he was the Director of the Environmental Remediation Program for MDNR. He worked for MFA Inc. in their EHS Department, served as the Environmental Director for the Missouri Army National Guard, and as an Environmental Manager for the Missouri DOT. Mr. Jurgensmeyer has worked on both sides of environmental regulation, which gives him a unique environmental compliance understanding. He has extensive experience in the areas of Hazardous & Solid Waste, Superfund, Brownfields, Petroleum USTs, SPCC, SWPPP, TRI and Tier II reporting.
Christine Kump-Mitchell, P.E., MDNR, WMP
christine.kump@dnr.mo.gov
Christine Kump-Mitchell is the Corrective Action and Groundwater Unit Chief in the Waste Management Program’s Engineering Section. Christine has worked for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for more than three decades. She started her career in the Hazardous Waste Program as a project engineer. Christine’s experience includes site characterization, remedy selection, permit writing, environmental compliance, and vapor intrusion.
Christine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. She is a licensed professional engineer in Missouri.
Kevin Perry, REGFORM
kperry@regform.org
Kevin is Assistant Director at REGFORM, a Missouri association focused entirely on State and Federal environmental regulations & policies. He is a registered lobbyist & holds a BS degree in biology. He has over 30 years of experience, including work as a biologist at US EPA Office of Water. He sings in the choir at church.
Josh Roath, MDNR, SWRO
Joshua.roath@dnr.mo.gov
Josh Roath has worked with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for nearly three years. He served as a Drinking Water Inspector until August 2025, when he transitioned to the Air & Land Section as the Land Management Unit Chief. In his current role, Josh supervises a team of three staff members responsible for inspecting and evaluating hazardous waste generators and solid waste facilities throughout the Southwest Region. Prior to joining the department, Josh worked for just over one year at the Polk County Health Center in Bolivar, Missouri as an Environmental Public Health Specialist. Josh holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Missouri State University.
Kurt U. Schaefer, MDNR
kurt.schaefer@dnr.mo.gov
Kurt U. Schaefer was named Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in January 2025.
Kurt’s legal career has spanned three decades, including serving as a former state senator and assistant attorney general. He has worked with governmental entities at every level, including all branches of government, state agencies, numerous boards and citizen commissions and political organizations. Kurt served as general counsel and deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources from 2005-2007. He oversaw the emergency response, environmental remediation and cleanup from the Taum Sauk Reservoir failure, and served as lead counsel in negotiating settlement for the damages and restoration, valued in excess of $170 million. Kurt also served as lead counsel in negotiating state and federally required sewer infrastructure capital improvements with the City of Kansas City and the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District, valued in excess of $3 billion and $4.2 billion, respectively.
Kurt earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Missouri, and a Juris Doctor and a Master Studies of Environmental Law from the Vermont Law School.
DeAndré Singletary
singletary.deandre@epa.gov
DeAndré Singletary is the Director of EPA Region 7’s Land, Chemical and Redevelopment Division (LCRD), overseeing the region’s hazardous waste, solid waste, pesticides, lead-based paint, underground storage tanks, brownfields, land revitalization, pollution prevention and sustainable materials management programs. He has been employed by the federal government and EPA for 26 years starting his career as an emergency responder in Superfund in 1998. DeAndré has also served acting roles in region 7 as acting director of the Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, director of the Air and Radiation Division and Deputy Regional Administrator. He is an alumnus of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
Jay Sturges, SET Environmental
jsturges@setenv.com
Jay Sturges serves as the Approvals Manager for SET Environmental, Inc.’s Part B–permitted Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) in Houston, Texas. In this role, he leads the facility’s waste approval program, ensuring accurate characterization, regulatory compliance of a wide range of waste types. His oversight spans both inbound and outbound shipments, including wastestreams, lab packs, and compressed gas cylinders. He began his career as an Environmental Service Specialist, gaining experience in environmental services before transitioning into an approvals role 15 years ago. Jay is also a recognized subject matter expert in both RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) and TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act), providing technical guidance and regulatory insight across the organization. He is a graduate of Cornell College, where he earned a Bachelor of Special Studies degree in Biology and Environmental Studies.
Roger Walker, REGFORM
rwalker@regform.org
Roger has a private legal practice focusing on permitting, compliance, and enforcement, but spends most of his time managing REGFORM, a business association in MO that works on numerous regulatory matters. He has a JD from UMKC and LLM from Lewis & Clark School of Law.
Tina White, MDNR, SWRO
tina.white@dnr.mo.gov
Tina White has worked with the Department of Natural Resources for 26 years. After working in the Water Pollution realm for 22 years, she became the Air and Land Section Chief for the Southwest Regional Office in September of 2022. She leads seven staff who conduct Air, Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste inspections and investigations in the 25 counties that make up the Southwest Region. Prior to working full time with the department, she worked with the Webster County Health Department as an Environmental Public Health Specialist for three years. Tina held a year and a half long internship with the department’s Southwest Regional Office while she was obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Missouri State University.