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Earlier Years (1999 - 2003)

Feb. 4-5, 2003 - SMWG Winter 2003 Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 2003 - Submittal of SMWG comprehensive comments on the draft U.S. EPA Sediment Guidance

April 8-10, 2003 - Co-sponsor (along with U.S. Army Corps (WES), U.S. Navy, U.S. EPA, USGS, NOAA and HSRC) - intensive 3-day Workshop on the Stability of Chemicals in Sediments - San Diego, CA

May 8, 2003 - Meeting with U.S. EPA OERR to discuss draft U.S. EPA Contaminated Sediment Guidance

October 14-15, 2003 - SMWG Sponsor Forum, Gary, IN

October 15-16, 2003 - SMWG Fall Meeting, Gary, IN

October 9-10, 2002 - SMWG Fall Meeting - Wilmington, DE

October 8, 2002 - SMWG Sponsor Forum - Wilmington, DE

October 2002 - Presentation on a Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework for Sediment Management at the SQ5 International Sediment Symposium - Chicago, IL

September 20, 2002 - Submittal of comments on U.S. EPA's draft Contaminated Sediments Science Plan

July 11, 2002 - Meeting with OSWER Assistant Administrator Marianne Horinko

April 2002 - Submittal of comments on U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediments Inventory

February 5-6, 2002 - SMWG Spring Meeting - Orlando, FL

January 22-24, 2002 - Joint Sediment Stability Workshop, New Orleans, LA (co-sponsored by U.S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps (WES), LSU-HSRC, U.S. Navy and the SMWG) - click here for further information

November 1, 2001 - Participation as panelists and moderators in NEPI's National Sediment Dialogue Conference - Washington, D.C.

October 25, 2001 - Presentation at UMass/AEHS 17th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soil, Sediments and Water – Amherst, Mass.

October 19, 2001 - Presentation at International Joint Commission Workshop on Sediments - An Emerging Decision-Making Framework for Management of Sediments - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

October 2-3, 2001 - Fall Meeting - Massena, NY

May 29 - June 1, 2001 - Participation in U.S. EPA's National Multi-Stakeholder Sediment Workshop - Alexandria, VA

May 2-3, 2001 - SMWG Spring Meeting – Albany, NY

2001 - Participation in the National Environmental Policy Institute's (NEPI) National Sediments Dialogue Project

February 9, 2000 - General membership meeting - Tampa, FL

February, 2000 - Meeting with U.S. EPA – OERR to present recommendations on the key elements needed for a comprehensive sediment management guidance

March, 2000 - Meeting with the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation Work Group (ITRC)

June, 2000 - Meeting with U.S. EPA - OERR - Dredging Case Studies Presentation [follow link to list of presentations]

September 2000 - Meeting with U.S. EPA - Region V Superfund Division - Discussion on Sediment Site Conceptual Issues

October 2000 - SWMG Fall Meeting, U.S. Army Corps Waterway Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS

October 2000 - SWMG sponsorship of Workshop and Platform Session - UMass Conference - The 16th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water

November 2000 - SETAC Presentation on Emerging Sediment Issues and Dredging Effectiveness

December 2000 - Presentation to WDNR Advisory Committee on the topic of a "Recommended Remedy Selection / Decision-Making Framework for Sediment Sites"

December 2000 - Presentation to the Science Advisory Board's Environmental Engineering Committee which is reviewing natural attenuation in sediments

November 1999 - Conducted platform session at SETAC Annual Meeting on Contaminated Sediment Management

September 1999 - Publication of nine technical papers covering the key issues relating to a risk-based approach to the evaulation and management of contaminated sediments