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Events and Activities

2010
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, 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

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
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

Jan. 24-27, 2005 – Co-sponsor and participant in 3rd International Conference on Contaminated Sediments, New Orleans, LA

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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