Carvalho & Associates will be a sponsor at the following events: The 7th Annual Run/Walk for the Beach 5K taking place on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 10:00AM; and The 11th Annual Swim & Fin, open water race in Salem Harbor on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Forest River park, Salem.

For more information about these great events please visit www.salemsound.org

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Carvalho & Associates would like to thank the community for making its first annual Winter Beach Blast this past Friday night, March 18, an overwhelming success. The evening raised close to $10,000 which will all go towards funding innovative programs throughout the Manchester-Essex Regional Schools, in support of teachers and students in their pursuit of academic excellence. The Winter Beach Blast was made possible with the support of many local businesses and individuals including Coldwell Banker, Carvalho & Associates, Surfari Stand Up Paddle & Surf, Mayer Tree Service, Liberty Travel and The Singing Flower.

For over 25 years, the Spaulding Education Fund has helped students reach their greatest potential by enhancing the curriculum with innovative ideas and technology in every subject, across all grade levels beyond the scope of tax-supported budgets. Since its inception, SEF has funded on behalf of the community more than $1 million in grants to the Manchester-Essex School District.

SEF is a nonprofit, 501(C) 3 organization. It has no endowment, and relies completely on donations made by members of our community. For more information about SEF, please visit: www.spauldingeducationfund.org

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“These changes will better protect people’s health and benefit the environment in communities across the country by improving prevention and detection of underground storage tank releases,” said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. “Extensive and meaningful collaboration with our underground storage tank partners and stakeholders was vital to the development of the new regulations. The revised requirements will also help ensure consistency in implementing the tanks program among states and on tribal lands.”

Secondary containment and operator training requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will apply to USTs on tribal lands. In addition, these requirements improve EPA’s original 1988 UST regulation by closing regulatory gaps, adding new technologies, and focusing on properly operating and maintaining existing UST systems.

Underground storage tanks are located at hundreds of thousands of facilities across America. Both marketers and non-retail facilities own USTs. Marketers include retail facilities such as gas stations and convenience stores that sell petroleum products. Non-retail facilities include those that do not sell petroleum products, but may rely on their own supply of gasoline or diesel for taxis, buses, limousines, trucks, vans, boats, heavy equipment, or a wide range of other vehicles.

The revised requirements include:

• adding secondary containment requirements for new and replaced tanks and piping;
• adding operator training requirements;
• adding periodic operation and maintenance requirements for UST systems;
• removing past deferrals for emergency generator tanks, airport hydrant systems, and field-constructed tanks;
• adding new release prevention and detection technologies;
• updating codes of practice; and
• updating state program approval requirements to incorporate these new changes.

States and territories primarily implement the UST program. Many states already have some of these new requirements in place. For others, these changes will set standards that are more protective.

In developing the final UST regulation, EPA reached out extensively to affected and interested UST stakeholders. EPA carefully considered the environmental benefits of the UST requirements, while balancing those with the potential future costs of compliance for UST owners and operators. For example, EPA is not requiring owners and operators to replace existing equipment, but rather is focusing on better operation and maintenance of that equipment.

The docket for the UST regulation is EPA-HQ-UST-2011-0301 and can be accessed at www.regulations.gov when the final regulation is published.

More information is available at EPA’s UST regulation website at: UST regulation

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WASHINGTON, DC – On June 1, 2015, Michael Carvalho presented the 13th Annual Ronald M. Carvalho Environmental Policy Award & Scholarship for outstanding EnvironMentors Project. The recipient of this years award is Xui Chen for her project entitled, “The Effects of Copper on the Fecundity of Caenorhabditis elegans”. Ms. Chen attends The School Without Walls in Washington, DC. and represents the Washington, DC Chapter of EnvironMentors.

For more information about the EnvironMentors program, please visit www.ncseonline.org

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As the market for EVs continues to expand, so does the need for standard practices and protocols among EV drivers. Join us to discuss the market for EVs in Georgia as well as how we can foster EV driver behavior that will help the market flourish.  

To register for this event, please go to:  SART Tomorrow

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“Our expansion into our new coastal office represents an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of environmental and energy solutions for the Firm’s clients,” said Carvalho.

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Carvalho joins former Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary, former Governor and Ambassador Bill Richardson, retired Ambassador Richard Benedick, former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus, in addition to distinguish deans and directors of prestigious universities and multi-national corporations on NCSE’s Board.

In 1998, Carvalho served as a Mentor in NCSE’s EnvironMentors Program where mentored inner city high school students interested in environmental matters while working as a Partner at a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm.  Since relocating to Georgia, he was named to the National EnvironMentors Advisory Board where he has served as General Counsel, and currently serves as Chair.  EnvironMentors is celebrating its 20^th Anniversary as a premier national environmental-based mentoring program serving underrepresented students in science.  Nearly 100 percent of the “At-Risk” high school students who complete the EnvironMentors Program graduate from high school, and many of those go on to study science, technology, engineering and math in colleges and universities.  Currently, EnvironMentors has 12 Chapter Affiliates throughout the United States and has had over 1650 students complete its rigorous 8-month program.

Carvalho recently attended the EnvironMentors Program’s 20^th Anniversary National Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. where he was recognized for his contributions to the EnvironMentors Program.  “I have been blessed with great mentors in my life, and I am honored to be named to NCSE’s Board,” said Carvalho.  “I look forward to helping the EnvironMentors’ Program expand throughout the United States, and offer this great program to excite student interest in environmental science and policy,” he added.

In 2009, Carvalho was appointed as a Mentor for the State Bar of Georgia Transition Into Law Practice Program by the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia.  He also serves as a mentor to students enrolled in Wheeler High School’s Magnet Program through an internship program.

A successful environmental and energy attorney, Carvalho is the President of Carvalho & Associates, P.C. and is admitted to practice law in Michigan, the District of Columbia, Georgia and Massachusetts.  Carvalho regularly advises a range of clients on environmental and energy regulatory and transactional matters, and represents clients in litigation in state and federal courts. 

Enironmentors is always looking for good mentors and the opportunity to grow the program.

For more information about the Environmentors Program, please visit: www.ncseonline.org/program/environmentors

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