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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, Sarasota Springs, NY |
| Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2009 - SMWG
Members Meeting, Sarasota 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 |
|
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2008
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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 |
|
January 2008 - Submitted comments on draft
Great Lakes Bi-National Toxics Strategy Annual
Report 2007 |
|
February, 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 |
|
October 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 |
|
2007
|
| Jan. 22-25, 2007 -
Steering committee member and
participant in 4th International Contaminated
Sediment Conference, Savannah, GA |
| Jan. 2007 -
Submitted comments in support
of proposed amendments to Fox River ROD and its
application of the U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment
Management Guidance |
| Jan. 2007 -
Acted as peer reviewer for U.S.
EPA's Monitored Natural Recovery Technical Resource
Document |
| Jan. 2007 -
Submitted comments on draft
Great Lakes Bi-national Toxics Strategy Annual
Report 2006 |
| March 2007 -
Acted as peer reviewer for NAS
Committee on Dredging Effectiveness report:
Sediment
Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Assessing the
Effectiveness |
| May 2-4, 2007 -
SMWG Sponsor Forum and Spring
Meeting, Ashtabula, OH |
| Sept. 5-7, 2007 -
Co-sponsor of
Sediment Remediation Training Course: How Do
You Select and Design Options? with U.S. EPA,
EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center
South/Southwest and Oregon DEQ in Portland, OR |
| Sept. 25-27, 2007 -
SMWG Sponsor Forum and Fall
Meeting, San Francisco area, CA |
| Oct. 2007 -
Submitted comments highlighting
issues with the Draft Focused Feasibility Study for
the Passaic River |
| Oct. 29-31,
2007 -
Co-sponsor of Sediment Remediation Training
Course: How Do You Select and Design Options?
with U.S. EPA, EPA Hazardous Substance Research
Center South/Southwest in Atlanta, GA |
| Ongoing -
Follow-up re: 4R's Workshop
|
| 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 |
|
Ongoing - Planning,
participating and co-sponsoring
(along with U.S. Army Corps (WES), U.S. Navy, U.S.
EPA - 4th Joint Conference - January 8-10, 2008 -
New Orleans, LA |
|
Ongoing - Participating
in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement review of
sediment issues |
|
Ongoing - Follow-up re:
Great Lakes Collaboration Initiative funding and
other issues |
| Ongoing -
Follow-up re: PRP eligibility
for Great Lakes Legacy Act funds |
|
2006
|
|
Feb. 7-8, 2006 - SMWG
Members - Winter Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
|
Mar. 22, 2006 - Attend
and provide comments at National Academy of Science
(NAS) meeting re: Dredging Effectiveness Study,
Washington, D.C. |
|
Apr. 24-27, 2006 -
Participation in "4Rs Workshop" hosted by Corps of
Engineers, Vicksburg, MS |
|
June 7, 2006 - Provide
formal SMWG presentation on dredging effectiveness
to the NAS Committee in Irvine, CA |
|
Sept. 26-28, 2006 - SMWG
Sponsor Forum and Fall Meeting, Nashville, TN |
|
Dec. 8, 2006 -
Meeting in Washington, D.C. with Susan Bodine, EPA's
Asst. Administrator for OSWER, and meeting with Doug
Ammon, Chief of OSTRI |
|
Ongoing - Follow-up re:
Great Lakes Collaboration Initiative funding and
other issues |
|
Ongoing - Follow-up re:
PRP eligibility for Great Lakes Legacy Act funds |
|
Ongoing - Providing
data, reports and analysis to the NAS Dredging
Effectiveness Committee |
|
Ongoing - Planning,
participating and co-sponsoring
(along with U.S. Army Corps (WES), U.S. Navy, U.S.
EPA - 4th Annual Joint Conference [topic and
location to be announced at a later date] |
|
Ongoing - meetings with
EPA on various aspects of the Sediment Guidance and
potential training workshops to be held in 2006 |
|
Ongoing - Participating
in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement review of
sediment issues |
|
Ongoing - Steering
committee member, co-sponsor and participant in
planning for Battelle's 4th International
Contaminated Sediment Conference to be held on
January 22-25, 2007 in Savannah, GA |
|
2005
|
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Jan. 24-27, 2005 –
Co-sponsor and
participant in 3rd
International Conference on Contaminated Sediments,
New Orleans, LA
|
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April 11-13, 2005
- SMWG Spring 2005 Meeting and Sponsor Forum,
University of Maryland Conference Center, College
Park, Maryland |
|
May 19, 2005
-
"A National Contaminated Sediment Update" -
Presentation to American Chemistry Council |
|
July 18, 2005
- Testimony /
Comments to U.S. EPA - TSCA PCB Disposal Rule
re: sediment characterization and disposal,
Washington, D.C. |
|
Sept. 26-29, 2005
- SMWG Fall 2005 Meeting and Sponsor Forum - Fox
River, Green Bay, WI |
|
Oct. 6-7, 2005 -
Great Lakes Cooperative
Initiative - AOC/Sediments Subcommittee - Rochester,
NY meeting - see
AOC Sediments Final Chapter |
|
Fall, 2005 -
Comments to GLNPO supporting
PRP eligibility as the non-Federal sponsor at Great
Lakes Legacy Act sites |
|
Oct. 26, 2005 -
Comments submitted to OMB
re: Great Lakes Legacy Act implementation |
|
Ongoing
- meetings with U.S. EPA on various aspects of the
Sediment Guidance and potential joint training
workshops to be held in 2006 |
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