2010 Environmental Cleanup

Legal, Regulatory and Technical Issues
Portland Harbor, Remedial Investigation Report
Source Control & Other Hot Topics

January 8, 2010
World Trade Center
Portland, Oregon

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AGENDA

8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome and Introductions

Holly Duncan, President
Environmental Law Education Center

BIG PICTURE & AGENCIES' PERSPECTIVES

8:30-9:00 Historical Perspective on the Environmental Cleanup in the Portland Harbor

• Developments on the Willamette River Since the Superfund Listing
• What Are the Ultimate Goals? Are We There Yet?  What Are The Challenges In Front of Us? 
  Rick Applegate, Portland Harbor Superfund Administrator
  Bureau of Environmental Services
  City of Portland

9:00-9:30 Portland Harbor Superfund Site: Project Status, Lessons Learned and Next Steps

• What Are the Broad Goals for the Cleanup Project? How Can We Achieve Those Goals? Do All Parties Have a Common Vision?
• Where Do We Go From Here?
  Chip Humphrey & Eric Blischke, Remedial Project Managers
  US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

9:30-10:00 State's Role in Cleaning Up the Willamette River

• Coordination of State and Federal Cleanups Along the Willamette River
• Upland Sites and Source Control
• Downtown Reach Phase II - What's Next?
  Jim Anderson, Manager, Northwest Region
  Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

10:00-10:30 Break

LEGAL, TECHNICAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

10:30-11:00 Legal Issues for Environmental Cleanup Projects

• Negotiation, Litigation, Allocation and Other Issues
• Impact of Recent US Supreme Court Decisions on Cleanup Projects
  Patty Dost, Pearl Legal Group

11:00-11:30 Technical and Regulatory Issues
McCormick & Baxter: What Can We Learn from the Project?

• Selecting a Sediment Remedy, Remedy Performance and Regulatory Status
• Outstanding Issues: Groundwater, Sheen, Getting to Operation and Maintenance and Others
  Scott Manzano, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  Heidi Blischke, GSI Water Solutions

11:30-12:00 Portland Harbor Superfund Site: Report from the Lower Willamette Group

• Major Milestones, Challenges and Accomplishments
• What have the PRPs Done? How Much Have they Spent? What's Next?
• Turning from the Remedial Investigation to the Feasibility Study
  Bob Wyatt, Northwest Natural
  Chair, Lower Willamette Group

12:00-1:00 LUNCH (Provided)

REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

1:00-2:30 Elements of the Report:

• Site Characterization & Conceptual Site Model
  Laura Jones, Integral Consulting
  
• Human Health Risk Assessment
  Heather Brunelle, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
  
• Ecological Risk Assessment
  John Toll, PhD, Windward Environmental Consultants

2:30-3:00 Questions & Discussion About Portland Harbor Superfund Site
Response from EPA Project Managers, Speakers & Participants

3:00-3:15 Break

SOURCE CONTROL - Identifying and Controlling Potential Sources of Contamination

3:15-3:45 Source Control at Commencement Bay, Lower Duwamish Waterway and Portland Harbor Superfund Sites

• Source Control at Large Contaminated Sediment Superfund Sites
• Site Specific Source Control Strategies - Portland Harbor versus Lower Duwamish Waterway
  Kristine Koch, Remedial Project Manager for Source Control
  US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

3:45-4:15 Source Control, Stormwater and PCBs

• Source Tracing and Stormwater Evaluations
• Prioritizing Source Control Activities
• How Intractable are PCB Sources?
  Dawn Sanders, Portland Harbor Technical Manager
  City of Portland

4:15-4:45 Stormwater Source Control Strategy

• Evaluating the Available Stormwater Data
• Site Specific Source Control Decisions & Evaluating Their Impacts on Portland Harbor
  Karen Tarnow, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

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