The PCB Challenge Forum Agenda

Morning

Thursday, May 7, 2009

9:00 – 9:05 am

Welcome to PCB Challenge Forum
Speaker: Sharon D. Kenny, Waste Minimization Acting Team Leader, EPA

9:05 – 9:15 am

Purpose of Forum
Speakers:  Abe Ferdas, Director Land & Chemicals Division, EPA
William C. Early, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA

9:15 – 9:45 am

Body Burden: PCB pollution in newborns
Speaker: Dr. Olga V. Naidenko, Senior Scientist, Environmental Working Group

9:45 – 10:30 am

Use and Distribution in Commerce of PCBs
Speaker: Lynn Vendinello, Chief Fibers and Organics Branch, EPA OECA

10:30 – 11:00 am

Break

11:00 – 11:30 am

NPEP, PCBs, and the European Union
Speaker: Sharon D. Kenny, Waste Minimization Acting Team Leader, EPA

11:30 – 12:00 pm

Success Story: NPEP Partner
Speaker: Marvin Leedy, Sr. Environmental Specialist, Appalachian Power Company

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch on your own

Afternoon

Thursday, May 7, 2009

1:30 pm

Resumption of meeting

1:30 – 2:00 pm

PCB Transformers: Management to Minimize Risk
Speaker: Keith Choper, Keating Environmental Management

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Unauthorized PCB Transformers: Voluntary Disclosure
Speaker: Alizabeth Olhasso, Acting Chief Toxics Programs Branch, EPA

2:30 – 3:15 pm

Panel: Legal Ramifications of Voluntary and Self Disclosure
Speakers:  Cheryl Jamieson, Associate Regional Counsel, EPA
Shelley Goldner, Commercial Litigation Attorney
Douglas H. Green, Lead Counsel for USWAG, Venable LLP

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sustainability beyond PCBs – Energy and Climate Change
Speaker: Bob Greaves, Associate Director Office of Materials Management, EPA

4:00 pm

Synopsis & Adjournment
Speaker: Sharon D. Kenny, Waste Minimization Acting Team Leader, EPA