STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act & Superfund
Washington State Laws & Regulatory Programs
September 29, 2006
Washington Convention Center
Seattle Washington

8:00-8:30 –- REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

LAWS, REGULATORY PROGRAMS AND AGENCY UPDATES

8:30-9:00 -- Recent Developments in Washington’s Water Programs

• Washington’s Environmental Agenda for Puget Sound: the Puget Sound Initiative
• Emerging Approaches to Improve Water Quality
• How Do Ecology’s Priorities, Programs and Emerging Approaches Fit Together Within the Puget Sound Initiative

Josh Baldi, Special Assistant to the Director
Washington Department of Ecology

9:00-9:30 -- Federal Implementation of the Clean Water Act

• US EPA Water Quality Programs – Recent Policies & Directions
• Stormwater, TMDLs, Water Quality Standards and Other Programs
• Hot Topics and a Few Things to Think About

Michael Gearheard, Director of Water
US EPA Region X

9:30-10:00 -- Stormwater Laws, Regulations & Litigation Update

• Laws Addressing Stormwater: Clean Water Act, Superfund, Endangered Species Act and State Laws
• Coordination and Integration of the Laws & Regulatory Programs
• Legal Issues and Obstacles

James Tupper, Mentor Law Group

CLEAN WATER ACT -- STORMWATER PERMITTING

10:30-11:00 -- Federal Regulation & Oversight of Stormwater Permitting

• US EPA’s Priorities for Stormwater Permitting

• What are the Significant National and Regional Stormwater?

• Clean Water Act: Stormwater, TMDLs, WQ Standards and Other Programs

Misha Vakoc, Regional Stormwater Coordinator
EPA Region X

11:00-11:30 -- Washington Stormwater Permitting Update

• Latest Developments on Stormwater Permitting in Washington
• Phase I & Phase II Municipal Permits
• Regulatory and Policy Update on Other Stormwater Permits

Bill Moore, P.E., Stormwater Policy Lead
Washington Department of Ecology

11:30-12:00 -- Stormwater Permits & Compliance Strategies

• How Do the Stormwater Permits Fit Together and What is Their Current Status?
• Effective Compliance Strategies
• Construction, Industrial and Other General Permits

Nathan Graves, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

TECHNICAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES

1:00:1:30 -- Policy, Regulatory and Technical Strategies

• What Are the Biggest Stormwater Issues Facing the Regulated Community?
• Suggestions for Working with Regulators and Legislators
• Numeric Standards and Other Big Issues

Mel Oleson, Sr. Scientist, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Boeing Company

1:30-2:00 -- Technology: How Does Washington Compare with Other States?

• Stormwater Technologies and Regulatory Impacts: the Northwest and Beyond
• What Is Driving High-Tech Approaches?
• How Washington’s Regulations Drive Treatment Relative to Other Western States

Neil R. Alongi, P.E.
Maul Foster & Alongi

2:00-2:15 – BREAK

CERCLA/STORMWATER CONNECTION – Source Control

2:15-2:45 -- Link Between Stormwater & Source Control

• What is Source Control?
• Source Control Methodology at Superfund Sites
• Effective Tools for Stormwater Management and Source Control

Kris Flint, Environmental Scientist, RPM for Source Control
US EPA Region X

2:45-3:15 -- Source Control on the Duwamish River

• CWA Permits, Source Control and Cleaning up the Duwamish River
• Where Does Stormwater Fit into the Source Control Plan?
• What’s Being Done on the Ground Level

Beth Schmoyer, City of Seattle

3:15-3:45 -- Stormwater Management & Contaminated Sediments

• Stormwater & Superfund Cleanup
• Characterizing Stormwater at a Sediment Cleanup Project
• Determining the Sources of Contamination at a Superfund Site

Barry Kellems, P.E.
BBL, an ARCADIS Company

3:45-4:00 – BREAK

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: STORMWATER AND FISH

4:00-4:30 -- Stormwater & Salmon Health

• Recent Research on Relationship Between Stormwater Runoff & Fish Mortality
• Modeling and Other Hot Topics

Nat Scholz, PhD
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

4:30-5:00 -- Stormwater and the Endangered Species Act

• Putting the Science into Action: Addressing Effects of Stormwater to ESA Listed Species

• Case example: Dissolved Copper and Juvenile Salmonids

Scott Hecht, PhD, Ecotoxicologist
Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration