Environmental Health Exchange with MassDEP 1-29-2026

A virtual meet & greet with staff from the Central Region Bureau of Air & Waste.

Thursday, January 29th, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Free to register, but limited to 25 participants. The format and content of each webinar will be the same, so folks should register for one or the other, NOT both.

Each participant will have to select their community from a drop-down menu of 75 cities/towns in the CERO. I've attached that list. We're trying to prevent anyone from registering who is not from one of those communities, so we need to prevent them from proceeding with the registration if they don't select one.

Description: 

These one-hour webinars are a chance to meet your regional representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Central Region Bureau of Air and Waste. Come with questions, and stay to learn more about how MassDEP is working to address issues related to air, water, dust, odors, and solid waste. Registration is free and limited to 25 people per session from the Central Region.

Featuring MassDEP Staff:

John Volkerding - Deputy Regional Director
Christa Cronk - Asbestos Section Chief
James McQuade - Solid Waste Section Chief
Tom Hannah – Air Quality Section Chief
Leah Fernandes – Compliance & Enforcement Section Chief

Central Region Communities: Acton, Ashburnham, Ashby, Auburn, Ayer, Barre, Bellingham, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boxborough, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Dunstable, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Franklin, Gardner, Grafton, Groton, Harvard, Holden, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Millville, New Braintree, Norfolk, Northborough, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Pepperell, Phillipston, Princeton, Rutland, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stow, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon, Worcester