2007 Sediment Conference

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• Superfund at Contaminated Sediment in the Northwest
• Federal and State Environmental Cleanup Programs
• Role of Local Governments
• Latest Legal Developments & Supreme Court Decisions
• Identifying the Sources of the Contamination
• Sediment Bioaccumulation & Benthic Toxicity
• Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessments
• Steps to Resolve the Portland Harbor Superfund Site

8:15-8:45 Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00 Introductions and Conference Overview
Holly Duncan
Environmental Law Education Center

PUBLIC POLICY
9:00-9:30 Superfund and Contaminated Sediment

• EPA Cleanup Programs, Policies & Priorities
• Latest Developments in Addressing Contaminated Sediment
• Update on Sediment Cleanup Projects in the Northwest
  Dan Opalski, Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup
  US Environmental Protection Agency, Region X

9:30-10:00 Cleaning Up Contaminated Property in Oregon

• Policy and Regulatory Developments and Implications for Sites in Oregon's Environmental Cleanup Program
• Recent Developments in Oregon Related to the Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment
  Dick Pedersen, Deputy Director
  Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

10:00-10:30 Sediment Cleanup from a Local Government Perspective

• City of Portland's Experience in Cleaning Up the Willamette River
• Challenges & Priorities Including Source Control & River Renaissance Program Implementation
  Rick Applegate, Portland Harbor Superfund Administrator
  Bureau of Environmental Services
  City of Portland

10:30-11:00 BREAK

LAW
11:00-11:30 Latest Legal Developments

• Analysis of Recent Supreme Court Opinion: US vs. Atlantic Research Corp
• Contribution and Cost Recovery Claims -- What Remedies Are Available under 107 & 113?
• Legal Issues for Complex Sediment Sites
  David Ashton, Assistant General Counsel
  Port of Portland

SCIENCE
11:30-12:00 Identifying Chemical Sources in Transition Zone Water

• Upland Groundwater Plume Discharge vs. Legacy Sediment Contamination
• Physical and Chemical Lines of Evidence
• Implications for In-water Remedies and Upland Source Control
  William Locke, P.E.
  Principal Hydrologist
  Integral Consulting

12:00-1:00 LUNCH (Provided)

SEDIMENT EVALUATION & RISK ASSESSMENT
1:00-1:30 Evaluating Sediment Bioaccumulation

• DEQ's Sediment Bioaccumulation Guidance
• Regional Sediment Evaluation Team (RSET) Bioaccumulation Guidance Update
  Mike Poulsen, Toxicologist
  Northwest Region Cleanup Section
  Oregon DEQ

1:30-2:00 Evaluating Sediment Benthic Toxicity

• Latest Developments on Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines
• RSET Overview and Pr oject Update
  Teresa Michelsen, PhD
  Avocet Consulting
  Chair, RSET Bioaccumulation Subcommittee

2:00-2:30 Ecological & Human Health Risk Assessment

• Framework for Risk Assessment
• Major Issues for Fish Consumption
• Implications for Data Collection at Complex Sediment Sites
  Laura Kennedy
  Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

2:30-3:00 BREAK

HOW CAN WE RESOLVE THE PORTLAND HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE?
"THE ROAD TO THE ROD"

3:00-4:30 -- A PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator, Teresa Michelsen, PhD
Mediation Solutions

• Wrapping Up the Remedial Investigation Report and Moving to the Feasibility Study : Latest Technical Information and Big Issues
  Eric Blischke & Chip Humphrey, Remedial Project Managers
  US EPA Region X

• Hot Topics: Stormwater, Source Control and Preventing Recontamination
  Jim Anderson, Manager of Portland Harbor Section
  Oregon DEQ

• Natural Resources Damage Assessment & the Role of the Tribes
  Valerie Lee, M.S., J.D.
  Environment International Ltd.

• Recent Technical Analyses of the Portland Harbor & Identifying Da ta Gaps
  Jim McKenna, Port of Portland & Bob Wyatt, Northwest Natural
  Co-Chairs, Lower Willamette Group

• Some PRP Legal Strategies
  Christopher Rycewicz, Miller Nash LLP

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