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2009 National Meeting Agenda
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2009 National Meeting
Point Clear, Alabama
April 20-23, 2009
Tuesday, April 21
Setting the Stage
Molly Madden (EPA) - Overview of the National Dredging Team (PDF) (7pp, 553K)
Dave Redford (EPA) - Planning for the unexpected and unavoidable (PDF) (8pp, 769K)
Advanced planning
Joe Hrametz (USACE) - Contingency planning for post-emergency dredging and disposal (PDF) (23pp, 5.5MB)
Frank Hamons (Port of Baltimore) - Planning for innovative reuse of dredged material (PDF) (28pp, 4.6MB)
Approaches to Regional Sediment Management
Trudy Estes (USACE, ERDC) - Recycling of dredged material from confined disposal facilities: suitability and sustainability issues (PDF) (30pp, 629K)
Doug Pabst (EPA, Region 2) - Developing a Regional Sediment Management Plan: NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Plan (PDF) (24pp, 1.8MB)
Habitat restoration and coastal resiliency
Susan Rees (Mobile District) - Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program: response, recovery, and planning for the future (PDF) (15pp, 2.4MB)
Joaquin Mujica (USACE, New Orleans District) - Dredged Material Management at the Mississippi River, Head of Passes Hopper Dredge Disposal Area (PDF) (27pp, 4.8MB)
Seasonal Constraints
Doug Clarke (USACE, ERDC) - Environmental Windows: Infusing science or sticking with the status quo? (PDF) (33pp, 548K)
Kathryn Ford (MA Department of Fish and Game, Division of Marine Fisheries) - Revising How We Consistently Apply Time-of-Year Windows (PDF) (28pp, 5.7MB)
Wednesday, April 22
Good Emergency Planning Equals Good Emergency Response
Dennis Barnett (USACE SAD) - Addressing Environmental Compliance Requirements During Emergencies: Lessons Learned (PDF) (7pp, 49K)
Greg Ducote (LA DNR) - Addressing Coastal Zone consistency during emergencies (PDF) (26pp, 1.8MB)
Rusty Swafford (NOAA NMFS) - Environmental Planning Today for Future Emergencies (PDF) (9pp, 278K)
Kris Benson (NOAA NMFS) - Implementing the Gulf Regional Sediment Management Master Plan (PDF) (13pp, 197K)
Ecological Concerns
Dena Dickerson (USACE, ERDC) - Dredging Impacts on Sea Turtles: Applying Lessons Learned (PDF) (45pp, 1.8MB)
Joe Wilson (USACE) - Dredging and acoustic impacts on marine mammals (PDF) (8pp, 41K)
Lessons from the Stimulus package
Jim Walker (USACE) - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – Navigation Funding (PDF) (15pp, 350K)
Thursday, April 23
What do you do after the unexpected happens?
Rob Lawrence (USACE, SPN) - Lessons learned from the COSCO-Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay (PDF) (17pp, 1.8MB)
Tony Bednar (USACE, ERDC) - Field Portable GC-MS Instrument for Analysis of Organic Compounds in Dredged Material (PDF) (13pp, 526K)
