Stormwater 2007

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• 2007 Oregon Legislative Report
• Creative Approaches & Compliance Strategies
• NPDES Permits - Litigation Discussion
• Stormwater & Fish Mortality
• Source Control, Sediment Contamination & Stormwater
• Portland Harbor Case Study

8:00-8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast

PUBLIC POLICY
8:30-9:00 2007 Legislative Report and Agency Priorities

• Implementation of Oregon's Water Quality Regulations & Programs
• Water Quality Priorities: NPDES Permits, TMDLs, CSOs and Others
• Weaving Stormwater into Other Regulatory Programs
  Lauri Aunan, Water Quality Administrator
  Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

9:00-9:30 Big Picture: New Strategies for Addressing Stormwater

• Effective Approaches to Remove Contaminants from Stormwater
• Low Impact Development, Greenstreets and Other Creative Ideas
  Steve Fancher, Manager, Watershed Management Division
  City of Gresham

9:30-10:00 Stormwater Laws, Regulations & Permitting Requirements

• Laws Addressing Stormwater: Clean Water Act, Superfund , Endangered Species Act, and State Laws - How Does it All Fit Together?
• Coordination and Integration of Laws, Permitting Requirements & Regulatory Programs
  David Bartz, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

NPDES PERMITTING PANEL DISCUSSION
10:30-12:00 Outstanding Issues, Litigation and Potential Consequences

• Environmentalist Organizations' Challenges to Oregon's NPDES Stormwater Permits
• Concerns & Priorities of the Environmental Community
  Melissa Powers, Clinical Professor
  Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
  Lewis & Clark Law School
  
• Status of the Litigation and Where Do We Go From Here?
  Karen Moynahan, Trial Division
  Oregon Department of Justice

• Significant Legal Issues with the NPDES Permits
• Industry's Response to the Litigation
  Michael Campbell, Stoel Rives LLP
  Representing, Oregon Industrial Stormwater Group

12:00-1:00 LUNCH (Provided)

HOT TOPICS & LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
1:00-1:30 Clean Water Act Compliance Strategies

• What Do the NPDES Stormwater Permits Require?
• Stormwater Management Plans, TMDL Implementation Plans, Mercury Reduction Plans etc.
• How Can Permittees Efficiently and Effectively Use Their Resources?
  Anne MacDonald , URS Corporation

1:30-2:00 Removing Contaminants from Stormwater

• BMP Effectiveness for Toxics and Other Contaminants from Stormwater
• Update on BMP Database & Successful Case Studies
  Eric Strecker
  GeoSyntec

2:00-2:30 Stormwater & Fish

• Relationship Between Stormwater Runoff & Fish Mortality
• Putting the Science into Action: Stormwater Contaminants and Salmon
• Case Study: Copper and ESA Listed Salmonids
  Scott Hecht, PhD, Ecotoxicologist
  Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2:30-3:00 BREAK

STORMWATER, SOURCE CONTROL & SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION
3:00-3:30 General Source Control & Stormwater

• Big Picture Thinking at Superfund Sediment Sites
• Managing Ongoing Sources and Preventing Future Sources
• What Does the Future Hold?
  Kris Flint, Environmental Scientist, RPM for Source Control
  US EPA Region X

3:30-4:00 Stormwater Management at Contaminated Sediment Sites

• Evaluating Stormwater Impacts at Cleanup Sites
• Achieving Stormwater Source Control in Urban Waterways
• Integrating CERCLA and the Clean Water Act in Portland Harbor
  Keith Johnson, Environmental Cleanup Manager
  Northwest Region, Oregon DEQ

4:00-4:30 Stormwater Sampling at Superfund Sites - A Portland Harbor Case Study

• Stormwater Issues at Superfund Sites
• Portland Harbor Approach to Data Collection
• Planned Future Data Analysis
  Carl Stivers and Amanda Shellenberger
  Anchor Environmental

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