- Federal and State Environmental Cleanup Programs, Policies & Priorities
- Environmental Cleanup in Difficult Economic Times
- CERLCA & MTCA - Laws and Litigation
- Apportioning Liability - Who Should Pay?
- MTCA Sediment Management Standards Revisions
- Dredged Materials Management - DMMP, RSET, Dioxin
- Ecosystem Monitoring and Maximizing Ecological Value
- Puget Sound Initiative
- Upper Columbia River
- Duwamish River Feasibility Study
- Updates on Other Sediment Cleanup Projects
AGENDA
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introductions
Holly Duncan, President
Environmental Law Education Center
CERCLA & MTCA - STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORY ISSUES
9:00-9:30
US EPA Cleanup Programs - What Does the Future Hold?
- Latest Developments in Cleaning Up Contaminated Property
- Policies and Priorities of the New Administration
- Superfund and Contaminated Sediment
Dan Opalski, Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
9:30-10:00
Cleaning Up Contaminated Property in Washington
- Priorities and Policy Considerations of Washington's Toxics Cleanup Program
- Legislation & Major Funding Issues
Jim Pendowski, Program Manager, Toxics Cleanup Program
Washington Department of Ecology
10:00-10:30
Break
LAWS, LITIGATION AND LIABILITY
10:30-11:00
CERCLA & MTCA -- Laws and Litigation
- Issues Before US Supreme Court - What is the Impact of These Decisions?
- Joint and Several Liability, Claims for Contribution
- Apportionment of Liability, Arranger Liability and Other Cutting Edge Issues
Brad Marten, Marten Law Group
11:00-11:30
Apportioning Liability
- Technical Approaches for Allocating Environmental Costs
- Meeting the Evidentiary Standard for Apportioning Liability
Kirk O'Reilly, PhD, JD
Exponent, Inc
11:30-12:00
Legal and Practical Issues for Sediment Cleanup Projects -
Dispatches from the Front
- Puget Sound Initiative: Practical Impacts, What's Happening on the Ground?
- Upper Columbia River: Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals - Liability & Fascinating Legal Issues
Steven Thiele, Stoel Rives LLP
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT SITES IN THE NORTHWEST
1:00-1:30
Contaminated Sediment Site Update
- Update on Northwest Superfund Sediment Cleanup Projects, Policies and Priorities
- Puget Sound, Upper Columbia River, Commencement Bay, Portland Harbor, Lower Duwamish and Others
Sheila Eckman, Unit Manager, Office of Environmental Cleanup
US EPA Region 10
1:30-2:00
Sediment Management in Washington
- Washington's Sediment Cleanup Program
- MTCA and Proposed Revisions to Washington's Sediment Management Standards
- Status of State Lead Sites
Chance Asher, Manager, Aquatic Lands Cleanup Unit
Toxics Cleanup Program
Washington Department of Ecology
DUWAMISH RIVER FEASIBILITY STUDY
2:00-2:30
Duwamish River Superfund Site
- A Report on the Feasibility Study (scheduled for release at the end of April)
- Major Issues Addressed in the Study
John Ryan, AECOM Environment
2:30-2:45
EPA Response to Duwamish Feasibility Study
- What Criteria Will EPA Will Use to Respond to the Feasibility Study?
- What Are the Next Steps at the Duwamish?
Allison Hiltner, RPM
2:45-3:15 Break
DREDGED MATERIALS MANAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE
3:15-4:00
Sediment Evaluation - How Does it All Fit Together?
- What is RSET and Where Does DMMP Fit it?
- Recommended Approach to Dioxin in Dredged Sediment
- Collection of Sediment Across the Puget Sound on the OSV Bold
Laura Inouye, PhD
Shorelines Environmental Assistance Program
Washington Department of Ecology
MAXIMIZING ECOLOGICAL VALUE AT RESTORATION SITES
4:00-4:30 Ecosystem Monitoring and Habitat
- Determining the Success of Restoration at Cleanup Sites
- Are the Physical Enhancements Helping Restore Ecosystem and Habitat at Urban Sites?
- Case Study: Toxic Chemical Contaminants in the Columbia River and Puget Sound
Lyndal Johnson, Supervisory Zoologist
Ecotoxicology Program, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4:30-5:00 Maximizing Ecological Value and Restoring Contaminated Sites
- Using Landscape Connectivity Modeling to Prioritize Ecological Restoration Sites within a Regional Context
- Increasing Credits for Compensatory Restoration Under NRDA
Peter Jensen, PhD
Integral Consulting
Annapolis, MD
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