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ESTABLISHING ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES |
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Coordinating Strategies & Environmental Programs for the Willamette Basin and Beyond |
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Water Quality Standards, Toxics, Fish Consumption, Stormwater, Source Control & the Portland Harbor Cleanup |
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Ken Williamson
Professor & Head, School of Chemical , Biological and
Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University
Vice-Chair, Environmental Quality Commission |
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THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING WATER QUALITY AND CLEANUP LAWS |
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Legal Framework: Water Quality and Environmental Cleanup |
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Current Rule Development and Litigation |
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Laura Maffei
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Break |
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| What Do We Know About the Willamette River Basin? |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
WILLAMETTE BASIN RIVER AND STREAMS ASSESSMENT REPORT |
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What Do We Know About The Biological, Chemical & Habitat Conditions of Rivers and Streams in the Willamette Basin? |
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Watershed Health Problems and Potential Solutions |
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Aaron Borisenko, Manager, Watershed Assessment Section
Laboratory and Environmental Assessment Division
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE WILLAMETTE RIVER |
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Salmon Recovery and Habitat Protection of the Willamette River |
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Plans to Benefit the Natural Systems and Economic Interests of the Willamette - Willamette North Reach River Plan |
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Monitoring Large Scale Watershed Health |
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Kaitlin Lovell, Manager, Science Fish & Wildlife
Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland |
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FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES IN THE WILLAMETTE AND EXPOSURE TO PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS - A TOXICOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE |
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What Are the Public Health Issues Involved with Fish Consumption Advisories in the Willamette? |
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What Are the Challenges to Assessing Risk for Oregon's Priority Persistent Pollutants? |
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Dave Stone, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Oregon State University
Director, National Pesticide Information Center |
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| 12:00-1:00 |
LUNCH (Provided) |
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| Standards, Toxics, SB 737 and Priority Persistent Pollutants |
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WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR TOXICS, SB 737 AND PRIORITY PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS |
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Overview and Update on Development of Water Quality Standards for Toxic Pollutants |
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June 2010 Report to the Oregon Legislature on SB 737 |
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Trigger Levels, Sampling and Monitoring |
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Jennifer Wigal, Manager, Water Quality Standards & Assessments
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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MUNICIPALITIES' RESPONSE TO SB 737 AND THE P3 LIST |
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What Do SB 737 and the P3 List Mean for Municipalities? |
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Toxics, Trigger Levels and Effluent Screening |
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Strategies for Monitoring, Identifying and Reducing Sources of Pollutants? |
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Mark Yeager, City of Albany
Chair, Association of Clean Water Agencies' SB 737 Task Force |
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| 2:00-2:30 |
Break |
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| Stormwater, Source Control & Preventing Contamination & Recontamination |
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STORMWATER AND SEDIMENT RECONTAMINATION |
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How to Evaluate the Possibility of Recontamination |
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Role of Stormwater in Sediment Contamination |
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Case Study: Thea Foss Waterway |
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Matt Dalton
Dalton Olmsted & Fuglevand |
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STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING SEDIMENT RECONTAMINATION |
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Strategies for Minimizing Sediment Recontamination and Associated Liability Concerns |
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Considerations for Selection and Design of Targeted Site-Specific Stormwater Best Management Practices |
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Eric Strecker , P.E
Geosyntec Consultants |
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SOURCE CONTROL TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND RECONTAMINATION |
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Stormwater Source Control in Portland Harbor and the Lower Willamette
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Avoiding Recontamination following Remediation
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Recontamination Evaluations on Portland Harbor Sites
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Keith Johnson, Cleanup Manager
Northwest Region, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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RECONTAMINATION EVALUATIONS AT LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER SITES |
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Elements of Recontamination Evaluations
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Stormwater, Surface Water, Sediment Traps, Groundwater and Other Inputs |
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Site-Specific Examples
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James Peale, R.G.
Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc. |
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