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Region 4 Lithium Ion Battery Outreach

 
Site Contact:
Bryan Vasser
On-Scene Coordinator

(vasser.bryan@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Atlanta, GA 30303
response.epa.gov/R4LithiumIonBatteryOutreach

This website will serve as the primary location for EPA Region 4 Superfund and Emergency Management Division to share information and presentations regarding lithium ion battery fires with state and local agencies within Region 4.

The document section contains multiple powerpoint presentations regarding lithium ion battery fires.

A link to a google drive with SOPs and information from the San Diego Fire Department is here.

A link to a google drive with a presentation and response worksheets developed by TEMA is here.

A link to a google drive with SOPs and information from The HazMat Guys is here.

A link to a google drive with SOPs and information from the New York Fire Department is here.

Users of this site and the contents therein are prohibited from engaging in any form of selling, commercializing, and/or profiting from the materials provided.

 

In response to the increase in lithium ion battery incidents the OSC community established a task force. The mission of the Lithium-Ion Battery Task Force (LIBTF) is to enhance emergency response planning, preparedness, and technical capabilities of OSCs to respond to lithium-ion battery incidents. The LIBTF also aims to increase the awareness of the hazards presented by lithium-ion batteries throughout other response agencies at the local, state, and federal level. 

Region/Office 

Name 

Email 

R01 

Lina Takahashi 

takahashi.lina@epa.gov 

R02 

Stephen Simonetti 

Simonetti.Stephen@epa.gov 

R02 

Keith Glenn 

glenn.keith@epa.gov  

R03 

Christopher Guzzetti 

Guzzetti.Christopher@epa.gov 

R04 

Bryan Vasser 

vasser.bryan@epa.gov  

R05 

Tricia Edwards

Edwards.tricia@epa.gov

R06 

TBD

TBD

R07 

Elizabeth Zoch 

zoch.elizabeth@epa.gov

R08 

Joe Payne 

payne.joe@epa.gov 

R08 

Eric Sandusky 

sandusky.eric@epa.gov 

R09  

Christopher Myers 

myers.christopher@epa.gov 

R09 

Eric Nuchims 

nuchims.eric@epa.gov 

R10 

Stephen Ball  

ball.stephen@epa.gov 

ERT 

Molly Patterson  

patterson.molly@epa.gov

RM R04 

Jim Webster 

webster.james@epa.gov 

RM R09 

Lynn Keller 

keller.lynn@epa.gov