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Latest Legal Developments |
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Allocation, Divisibility, and Joint and Several Liability |
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Has the Burlington Northern Case Changed the Superfund Practice? |
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What Has the Supreme Court Decision Meant for US EPA and Potentially Responsible Parties? |
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| 9:00-9:30 |
CERCLA & Major Sediment Cleanup Sites |
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EPA's Contaminated Sediment Cleanup Program |
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Site Updates, Experiences in the Field, and Lessons Learned |
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Allison Hiltner, Project Manager
Office of Environmental Cleanup
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 |
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Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites in Washington: Policy and
Regulatory Developments |
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Clarifying Cleanup Decision-Making |
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MTCA and Sediment Management Standards: Integration & Coordination |
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Dave Bradley, Manager, Toxics Cleanup Program
Washington Department of Ecology |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
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SEDIMENT HOT TOPICS: MTCA, SMS UPDATE,
BACKGROUND & BIOACCUMULATION |
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Sediment Hot Topics |
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Puget Sound Initiative Update on Sediment Cleanup |
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Sorting out the Technical, Scientific and Policy Issues |
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Rule Revisions: Background, Bioaccumulation, Human Health and Freshwater Standards |
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Chance Asher, Manager, Aquatic Lands Cleanup
Toxics Cleanup Program
Washington Department of Ecology |
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Harmonizing MTCA & SMS |
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Public Involvement in the Rule Revision Process |
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Possible Rule Changes - What you Need to Know |
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Practical Impact on PRPs & Implementation Issues |
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Alexandra Smith , Lane Powell |
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Background & Bioaccumulation |
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Background-Based Sediment Cleanup Considerations |
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What Can We Learn From Regional and National Sediment Programs?
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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| HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS |
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Sediment Risk Assessments - Toxicity and Human Health Exposure |
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Methodologies and Available Data for Determining Seafood Consumption Rates for Human Health Risk Assessment |
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Selecting Seafood Consumption Rates for Human Health Risk Assessment |
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Seafood Consumption Risks and Levels of Contamination in Sediment |
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Lon Kissinger, Toxicologist
Office of Environmental Assessment
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 |
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| 1:30-2:00 |
Tribes, Treaty Rights and Fish Consumption |
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Evaluating the Risk Associated with Fish Consumption
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Effects of Contamination and Depletion of Fish upon the Tribes Rights and Resources
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Catherine O'Neill, Associate Professor of Law
Seattle University School of Law |
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Role of Risk Assessments in Decision-Making |
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Risk versus Benefits - The Fish Consumption Conundrum |
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Is Risk Being Characterized Objectively?
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"Risk in Light of Benefits" - The Decision Maker's Responsibility |
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Bruce Hope, PhD, Environmental Toxicologist
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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| 2:30-3:00 |
Break |
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STORMWATER, SOURCE CONTROL, CSOs &
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT |
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Regulatory Framework: CERCLA/MTCA/SMS & Clean Water Act |
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Role of Source Control and Stormwater in Sediment Decision-Making
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Where Does the Clean Water Act and NPDES Permitting Fit In?
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Tom
Newlon, Stoel Rives
LLP |
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| 3:30-4:00 |
Source Control and Stormwater at Sediment Sites |
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Challenges and Complexities of Controlling Stormwater Sources |
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Stormwater, Other Sources, and the Uncertain Linkage to Sediment Quality
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Warren Hansen, P.E., Windward Environmental LLC |
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Stormwater, Sediments & Brownfield Re-Development |
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Strategies for Minimizing Recontamination and Associated Liability Concerns to encourage re-development
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Considerations for selection and Design of Targeted, Site-Specific Stormwater Best Management Practices
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Minimizing Potential for Sediment Contamination and Re-Contamination
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Eric Strecker, PE, Geosyntec Consultants |
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| 4:30-5:00 |
Environmental Advocates Perspective |
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Dredge Management, MTCA, CSOs, Source Control and Stormwater
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Toxics in Puget Sound - What Do We Know? What Can Be Done? |
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Heather Trim
People for the Puget Sound |
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