ARCHIVED SMWG ACTIVITIES - 2008 - 2013
2013
Feb. 4-7, 2013 - Steering Committee member and participant in Battelle's 8th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, Dallas, TX
April 26, 2013 - Submitted 2013 SMWG Comments on Proposed Plan for Gowanus Canal to EPA Region 2
May 7-8, 2013 - SMWG Members Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
May 8-9, 2013 - SMWG Contaminated Sediment Symposium (Baltimore, MD)
June 13, 2013 - Submitted SMWG Comments on Lower Duwamish Proposed Plan to EPA Region 10
Oct. 1-2, 2013 - SMWG Members' Meeting (Syracuse - Onondaga Lake, NY)
Oct. 2-3 2013 - SMWG Sponsor Forum (Syracuse - Onondaga Lake, NY)
2012
Oct. 25, 2012 - submitted SMWG Comments on Proposed Sediment Management Standards Amendments to State of Washington DOE
Oct. 16-17, 2012 - SMWG Members Meeting, Chicago, IL
Aug. 3, 2012 - Submitted comments to EPA on the Lockheed West (Seattle) Proposed Plan
May 29, 2012 - Submitted comments to the National Remedy Review Board on the Gowanus Canal
May 16-17, 2012 - SMWG Sponsor Forum, Newark, NJ
May 15-16, 2012 - SMWG Members Meeting, Newark, NJ
Ongoing - Follow-up on proposed EPA Directive
Ongoing - Preparations for webinar of the Sediment Remediation Training Course with U.S. EPA and others
Ongoing - Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Ongoing - Steering Committee member and participant in Battelle's 7th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, Dallas, TX (Feb. 4-7, 2013)
2011
Oct. 5-6, 2011 SMWG Sponsor Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 4-5, 2011 SMWG Members Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
July 13, 2011 Meeting with U.S. EPA OSRTI representatives re: followup on opportunities identified at the USACE/SMWG Workshop, "Working Toward A New Contaminated Sediment Site Paradigm"
Mar. 22, 2011 Meeting with U.S. EPA OSRTI representatives re: EPA's proposed Directive on Interim RODs and proposed cleanup levels
Feb. 8-10, 2011 Steering Committee member and participant in Battelle's 6th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, New Orleans, LA
Ongoing Preparations for webinar of the Sediment Remediation Training Course with U.S. EPA and others
Ongoing Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Ongoing Drafting a technical guidance document re: sediment stability assessment at contaminated sediment sites and incorporating the results into a risk management framework
2010
Oct. 5-6, 2010 SMWG Members Meeting - Green Bay, WI
Oct. 6-7, 2010 SMWG Sponsor Forum - Green Bay, WI
April 13-14, 2010 The Alpha and The Omega and Points In Between Conference (The Beginning and The End) - Chicago, IL - with U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC
April 15, 2010 SMWG Members Meeting - Chicago, IL
Ongoing Preparations for webinar of the Sediment Remediation Training Course with U.S. EPA and others
Ongoing Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Ongoing Follow-up re: PCB Disposal Rule - characterization issue
Ongoing Drafting a technical guidance document re: sediment stability assessment at contaminated sediment sites and incorporating the results into a risk management framework
2009
Feb. 3-5, 2009 Steering Committee member and participant in 5th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, Jacksonville, FL
April 28-29, 2009 SMWG Contaminated Sediment Management Symposium with U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC, Alexandria, Virginia
April 29-30, 2009 SMWG Members Meeting, Alexandria, VA
Sept. 1-2, 2009 Participate in Mental Modeling Workshop organized by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with U.S. EPA
Sept. 29-30, 2009 SMWG Sponsor Forum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2009 SMWG Members Meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY
Ongoing Preparations for webinar of the Sediment Remediation Training Course with U.S. EPA and others
Ongoing Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Ongoing Follow-up re: PCB Disposal Rule - characterization issue
Ongoing Drafting a technical guidance document re: sediment stability assessment at contaminated sediment sites and incorporating the results into a risk management framework
2008
Jan. 8-10, 2008 Optimizing Decision-Making and Remediation at Complex Sediment Sites, New Orleans, LA - Co-sponsor with U.S. Army Corps (WES), U.S. Navy and U.S. EPA
Jan. 2008 Submitted comments on draft Great Lakes Bi-National Toxics Strategy Annual Report 2007
Feb. 2008 Co-author on "4Rs of Environmental Dredging: Resuspension, Release, Residual and Risk"
April 29 - May 1, 2008 SMWG Sponsor Forum and Spring Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI
July 2008 Acted as peer reviewer for DOD's draft Monitored Natural Recovery at Contaminated Sediment Sites Guidance
July 25, 2008 Meeting in Washington, D.C. with Susan Bodine, U.S. EPA Asst. Administrator for OSWER, Jim Woolford, Chief of OSTRI, and members of HQ OSW staff
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2008 SWMG Sponsor Forum and Fall Meeting, Houston, TX
Oct. 20-23, 2008 Participant in the 24th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Ongoing Followup re: PRP eligibility for Great Lakes Legacy Act funds (October, 2008 - GLLA reauthorized and amended)
Ongoing Steering Committee member for the 5th International Contaminated Sediment Conference (Feb. 2-5, 2009), Jacksonville, FL
Ongoing Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Ongoing Follow-up re: PCB Disposal Rule - characterization issue
Ongoing Drafting a technical guidance document re: sediment stability assessment at contaminated sediment sites and incorporating the results into a risk management framework