I’ve gotten my Five Year Review to a point where I can pass it off for the final touches, and it will be published in December. I have completed the Sudbury River Sign inspection, and sent the maps that were created to each of the towns affected. I’ve notified the City of Norwood on where they stand on Meadow Brook, and what recommendations the EPA has for them. I have compiled a vast list of petroleum tanks in New England, and given it to the GIS department. I have made numerous connections, friends, colleagues, and mentors. I have expanded my horizons, and my future. Over the course of the summer, I have visited four seperate Superfund sites, I have been coached through the procedures of Superfund, and I have inspected sites myself and observed what goes on at them. This has been the most rewarding summer of my life.

To everyone that has helped me this summer- Thank you. It has been Superfun.

Being treated like a colleague and not a student has really showed me what the working world is like. Whatever I do end up doing with my future, I know for sure that this was the first step, and what I have gained here at the EPA will resonate throughout the rest of my life.

It’s fitting that this post is the last thing I do at my desk here in Boston. after cleaning out my cubicle, and getting everything ready, pressing publish will be the last act I do as a summer intern at the EPA. Posting these blogs has allowed me to reflect, and to really put into perspective the amazing opportunity I had this summer. It was truly great, and I would not trade it for anything. And now, finally, I’m signing off.