- Pollution Prevention & Toxics Reduction Strategies
- Legislation, Initiatives and Follow Up to Senate Bill 737
- Water Quality Standards & NPDES Permits
- Developing Toxics Reduction Plans
- Persistent Priority Pollutants (P3 List)
- Pesticides & Emerging Contaminants
- Ecological and Human Health Risks
- What Information is Available?
- What Are the Next Steps?
AGENDA
8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
Welcome, Introduction and Conference Overview
Holly Duncan, President
Environmental Law Education Center
9:00-9:30
Oregon's Strategy to Protect the Public's Health from Toxic Exposures
- Safer Chemicals, Suggested Approaches and Major Policy Issues
- Update on 2009 Oregon Legislature
Gail R. Shibley, Administrator
Environmental Public Health, Public Health Division
Oregon Department of Human Services
9:30-10:00
Statewide Toxics Reduction Strategy
- Update on New Toxics Initiatives
- Current Projects on Pesticides, and Emerging Contaminants
Kevin Masterson, Agency Toxics Coordinator
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
10:00-10:30
Federal Policy on Toxics - New Directions in Reducing Toxics
- Policies & Priorities of the New Administration
- Columbia River Basin State of the River Report for Toxics
Mary Lou Soscia, Columbia River Coordinator
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:30
Toxics and the Clean Water Act
- Water Quality Standards for Toxics: Origins in Fish Consumption, How Did We Get Here and Where Is the Effort Leading US?
- Implementation of Toxics Standards, NPDES Permits and SB 737
Jennifer Wigal, Manager, Water Quality Standards & Assessments
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
11:30-12:00
How Are Municipalities Addressing Toxics & Emerging Contaminants?
- Response to SB 737
- What is the Focus for Municipalities' Pollution Reduction Plans?
Janet Gillaspie, Executive Director
Association of Clean Water Agencies
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-1:30
Hot Topics in Insecticides
- Salmon & Insecticides: the Future Northwest Landscape
- Risk Communication: Gypsy Moths in Oregon
- Insecticides on the P3 List
Dave Stone, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Director, National Pesticide Information Center
Chair, Science Workgroup for Developing P3 List
1:30-2:00
Priority Persistent Pollutants (the "P3" List)
- Developing the P3 List
- What Chemicals are on the List and Why?
- What Are the Next Steps?
Bruce Hope, PhD, Sr. Environmental Toxicologist
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-2:45
Ecological Effects of the P3 List
- What Studies are Available on "Emerging" Contaminants (EPA, USGS, WERF, national surveys, etc.)?
- What Compounds Are Present in Surface Waters and Organisms, and What is Known About Their Ecological Impacts?
Robert W. Gensemer, PhD, Sr. Toxicologist, Division Manager
Parametrix, Inc.
2:45-3:15
Water Quality Protection and Implementation of the P3 List
- Relevance to Human Health of Emerging Contaminants on the P3 List?
- Legislative Intent for Establishing "Trigger Levels" for P3 List
- MCL Development Process?
- Challenges for "Trigger Levels" Development and Implementation
Taku Fuji, PhD, Sr. Toxicologist/Sediment Quality Specialist
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
3:15-3:45
Developing Toxicity Reference Values in Aquatic Organism Tissues
- How Are They Applied in Ecological Risk Assessments
- Update on Available Methods for Developing Tissue Toxicity Reference Values
- Case Studies Including Portland Harbor Superfund Site
Burt Shephard, Aquatic Toxicologist
Office of Environmental Assessment, US EPA Region 10
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-4:30 Stakeholder Impacts - Where do we go from here? Panel Discussion
Kevin Masterson, Agency Toxics Coordinator
Oregon DEQ
Janet Gillaspie, Executive Director
Association of Clean Water Agencies
Bruce Hope, PhD, Sr. Environmental Toxicologist
Oregon DEQ
Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, PhD, MPH,
Toxics & Environmental Health Program Director
Oregon Environmental Council
Kathleen Feehan, Sr. Policy Analyst, Environmental Planning
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Kathryn VanNatta, Governmental Affairs Manager
Northwest Pulp & Paper
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