| 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration (participants
registered in advance only)
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| 9:30 AM - 12: 00 PM |
PLENARY SESSION
"Natural Disasters, Human
Error, and Equipment Failure -- Causes for Major Inland
Oil Spills and the Resulting Multifaceted Response"
Cascade Ballroom (Second level)
Symposium Welcome and Introductions
Socorro Rodriguez, EPA Region 10 (Portland)
Paul Slyman, Oregon DEQ
Craig Matthiessen, EPA Office of Emergency
Management - HQ
Natural Disasters
Confirmed Speakers:
Hurricane Rita - J.T. Ewing, Texas
GLO
Hurricane Katrina - Richard Franklin,
EPA Region 6
EPA SONS 2007 - Doug Eames, USCG
EPA SPCC Update - Mark Howard
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch
(on your own)
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Pipeline Incidents (Chair:
Rebecca Post)
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Chemical and Biological
Measures (Chair: Greg Wilson)
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SPCC and FRP Rules
(Chair: Mark Howard)
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Response Strategies
(Chair: Randy Clark)
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Bioremediation of Diesel Range
Organics in the Suisun Marsh -- Harry Allen IV |
The United States Environmental
Protection Agency: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan, Subpart J Product Schedule -- William Nichols |
Top 10 misconceptions about
SPCC and FRP -- Christopher Ludwa and Ashley Ehrhart |
Upland/Inland Spill Response:
Use of Underflow Dams -- Theodore Camlin |
| Mojave River Pipeline Spill-
San Bernardino County, California -- John Key |
Changes in the Protocol for
Listing Bioremediation Agents on the NCP Product Schedule
-- Albert Venosa |
Understanding the Flexibility
Associated with the SPCC Rule -- Patricia Fleming |
Use of Trajectory Modeling
to Analyze Variations on the Response Strategies for Inland
Waterways -- Dagmar Etkin |
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In-stream Remediation of a Hydrocarbon
Release in North Central Alberta -- Wayne Wiebe
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Anaerobic Biodegradation and Toxicity
of Vegetable Oil in Freshwater Sediment -- Zhengkai Li
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Characteristics of FRP Facilities: Results
of Nationwide Inventory -- Troy Swackhammer
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Coast Guard's Mechanical Oil Spill Recovery
Capabilities -- Alvin "Mike"" Crickard"
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Afternoon Break
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Oil and Gas Pipeline Condition
Assessment Using Remote Sensing -- William Roper |
SPECIAL SESSION Voodoo vs.
Science: The Practical Application of Bioremediation Techniques
as a Removal Response Option at Land-Based Oil Spills -- Harry
Allen III & Vince Zenone |
EPA Oil Program Activities
--Mark Howard |
Monitoring Crude Oil Spill
Components with the ORSANCO Organics Detection --Jerry Schulte |
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Marathon Ashland Oil Pipeline Spill --
EPA Emergency Response Team (ERT) Greg Powell & Fred
Stroud
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SPCC Plans -- Eric Politter |
Responding to Group V Oil Spills
(Submerged Oils) in Freshwater Environments -- David Usher |
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Inspector's Corner --Donald Smith
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Managing an Integrated Response -- Theodore
Camlin
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Case Studies / Lessons
Learned (Part I) (Chair: Beatriz
Oliveira)
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Cleanup Techniques and
Strategies (Part I) (Chair: David
Fritz)
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Emergency Preparedness
and Planning (Part I) (Chair:
Beth Sheldrake)
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Oil Behavior and Risk
Assessment (Chair: William Nichols)
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| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Inland Oil Spill Response:
Midnight Dumping at Mud Creek -- Jereme Altendorf |
Improved Recovery of Oil Spills
from Water Surfaces using Tailored Surfaces in Oleophilic
Skimmers -- Victoria Broje |
An Inspector's Photographic
Journey of How Not to Manage an O&HS Spill Prevention
and Response Program -- John Hanson |
The Transport of Oil in Water
Bodies Subject to Waves -- Michel Boufadel |
Lower Colorado River Oil Spill
and Response January 2002 Lessons Learned -- Jeffery Smith
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Determination of Mercury and
Other Trace Metals in Hydrocarbons using the Anton-Paar High
Pressure Asher (HPA) -- Deborah Cussen |
Inland Water Oil Spill Removal Organization
-- Dee Bradley
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The Density Behaviour of Heavy
Oils in Freshwater: The Example of Lake Wabamun Spill -- Merv
Fingas |
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The Rio dos Padres Case: Working in a
Dangerous Area and Minimizing Cleaning Action Impact in
the Environment -- Fernando Falkiewicz
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Enhanced Oil Recovery Rate of the Weir
Skimmer in Spill Recovery -- Ali Hammoud
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King County Water Quality Trouble Call
Program -- Benjamin Budka
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Consideration of Characteristics Influencing
Emulsification Factors for Vegetable Oil Spills -- Greg
Wilson
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| 10:00 AM - 10: 30 AM |
Morning Break
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00
PM |
Wabamun Lake, AB Oil Spill
- A Case Study of a Large Freshwater Oiled Wildlife Response
-- Lana Emo |
Earthworms as Ecoengineers
in the Restoration of Oil and Brine-Impacted Soils Following
Remediation -- Kerry Sublette |
Consideration of Cultural Resources
in Freshwater Oil Spills -- Susan White |
Freshwater Net Environment
Benefit Analysis Exercises on the Great Lakes -- Stuart Eddy |
| Inland Oil Spills - Well Blowout
2004 -- Paul Foley |
EPA ERT Diving Technologies
used in Freshwater (Submerged Oil): Athos Spill and Pyramid
Lake Spill -- Alan Humphrey |
Citizen's Action Network --
Michael Zolzer |
Risk Assessment of Oil Spills
to US Waterways -- Dagmar Etkin |
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[P] A Simple Means to Pre-Stage Oil Spill
Response Equipment --
Tony Congram
[P] Alaska Community Response System:
Community Spill Response Agreements, Response Depots &
Oil Spill Response Training, Home Heating Oil Tank Spill
Prevention Initiative
Randal Dowd
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Entrapment of Oil in a Tidal Marsh in
Long Island NY -- Michel Boufadel
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch
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Case Studies / Lessons
Learned (Part II) (Chair: Jack
Wylie)
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Cleanup Techniques and
Strategies (Part II) (Chair: Albert
Venosa)
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Emergency Preparedness
and Planning (Part II) (Chair:
Mary Goolie)
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Hurricanes Katrina,
Rita and Wilma Response (Chair:
Ann Whelan)
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
European Oil Spill Wildlife
Response -- Curtis Clumpner |
The Western Lake Erie Area
Committee Report: Shoreline Surface Washing Agent Application
and Environmental Monitoring -- Russ Proctor |
Columbia / Snake River Spill
Response Initiative -- Mark Layman |
Water Quality Assessment and
Monitoring in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina --William
Roper |
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Wabamin: A Major Inland Spill -- Ron Goodman
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Environmental Parameter Optimization
for Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil
-- Richard Scholze |
The Preparedness Assessment
Process & RRI LCDR -- Barbara Midkiff |
Data Management at Katrina
-- Stuart Eddy |
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Black Lagoon Site Cleanup -- Michelle
Jaster
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Assessment of In Situ Biodegradation Potential
of Benzene Using 13C-Labeled Benzene and Bio-Sep® Beads
-- Kerry Sublette
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Oil Spill Prevention Measures: Centro
de Defesa Ambiental da Amazonia, Amazonian Contingency Plan
--Paulo Moises
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The Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita on South Louisiana -- Donald Davis
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Afternoon Break
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Gasoline Spill Emergency Response,
Investigation, and Remediation at Detroit Lake near Detroit,
Oregon -- Tim Archer |
Effect of Potassium Permanganate
on the Biodegradation of Weathered Crude Oil from Indiana
Harbor Canal -- Brian Wrenn |
Anticipating California Levee
Failure: Government Response Strategies for Protecting Natural
Resources from Freshwater Oil Spills --Patricia Port |
Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita upon Entergy Corporation's Electrical Transmission
and Distribution System -- Jeff Spillyards |
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Prediction of Nutrients Movement in the
Banks of Tidally Influenced Estuaries --Michel Boufadel
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Using GIS and Innovative Approaches
to Develop Geographic Response Plans: Presenting the Lower
Deshutes River GRP -- Beth Sheldrake |
Cooperative Efforts Using In-Situ
Burning in Empire, LA in an Intermediate Marsh --Amy Merten
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[P] Protocol Development for Testing and
Screening Commercial Dispersant Products: Progress from
Laboratory to Rule-Making -- Albert Venosa
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[P] Geographic Response Strategies: Alaska
Rivers - Randal Dowd
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Response to Hazardous Waste Releases to
Freshwater After Hurricane Katrina --William Simes
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Aboveground Storage
Tanks - Industry Standards and State Issues
(Chair: Patricia Fleming)
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Environmental Impacts
in Freshwater Areas (Chair: Ruth Yender)
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Prevention and Response
Technologies (Chair: Jane Nakad)
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Meetings
[for EPA]
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| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Confusion for Tank Owners:
When Integrity Testing Finds Tank Deficiencies Not Directly
Referenced in the SPCC Rule -- Ed Fahnline |
Endangered Species and the
Use of a Biological Opinion During Spill Response -- Matthew
Bernard |
Development and Utilization
of Automated Oil Spill Detection Technology for Clean Water
Compliance and Spill Discharge Prevetntion -- Chris Chase
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OPM Meeting
(8 AM - 12 PM)
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| Tank Inspections Based on Risk
to the Environment -- Dana Schmidt |
GASCO: The First Portland Harbor
Early Action in Review -- Sean Sheldrake |
State of Washington Early Assessment
Teams for Shoreline Impacts, Response, and Damage Assessment
--
David Mora |
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Aboveground Strorage Tanks - State Issues
-- Jon Woodard
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Environmental Problems of Water Resources
of the Near- Caspian Region Connected with Extraction and
Transportation of Hydrocarbons -- Edil Zhanburshin
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In-Situ Burning of Spilled Oil in Inland
Regions of the U.S. --
David Fritz
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| 10:00 AM - 10: 30 AM |
Morning Break
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Inland Waters Oil Response:
Slow Water Booming Techniques and Strategies EPA --Emergency
Response Team (ERT) Fred Stroud and Greg Powell |
FRP Coordinators Meeting
(12 PM - 5 PM)
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch
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