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Federal-State Toxicology and Risk Analysis Committee (FSTRAC) Fall 2009 Meeting Draft Agenda
“Safe and Clean Water”
October 21–23, 2009
Nassau Inn
Ten Palmer Square East
Princeton, NJ 08542
Hotel Telephone: (800) 862-7728 Reservations or (609) 921-7500 Main
| Day One—Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | ||
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| 8:30–9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00–9:10 | Introductions | Ambika Bathija, HECD/EPA |
| 9:10–9:30 | Welcome | Michele Putnam, NJ DEP and Edward Ohanian, HECD/EPA |
| 9:30–9:45 | Historical Perspectives on FSTRAC and Drinking Water Regulation | Barker Hamill (retired) |
| 9:45–10:45 | EPA Updates | Joe Beaman, Dana Thomas & Elizabeth Doyle, EPA |
| 10:45–11:00 | BREAK | |
| 11:00–11:40 | Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals: Implications for Water Sustainability | Shane Snyder, SNWA |
| 11:40–1:00 | LUNCH | |
| States’ Development of Health-based Drinking Water and Ground Water Criteria and Standards Coordinators: Gloria Post, NJ DEP and Bob Howd, OEHHA, CA |
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| 1:00–1:10 | Introduction | Gloria Post, NJ DEP |
| 1:10–1:30 | Health-based Drinking Water Standards for 1,2,3-Trichloropropane | Perry Cohn, NJ DHSS and Bob Howd, OEHHA, CA |
| 1:30–1:50 | Developing a Trichloroethylene Drinking Water Action Level for Connecticut | Gary Ginsberg CT DPH |
| 1:50–2:10 | New Hampshire’s Experience With 1,4-Dioxane | Fred McGarry, NH DES |
| 2:10–2:30 | Basis for Recommendation for NJ Radon MCL | Judith Klotz, UMDNJ |
| 2:30–2:50 | Oral Cancer Risk Assessment for Hexavalent Chromium | Alan Stern, NJ DEP and Bob Howd, OEHHA, CA |
| 2:50–3:10 | Acute Guidance for Overfeeds of Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals | Diane Manganaro, MA DEP |
| 3:10–3:25 | BREAK | |
| 3:25–3:45 | Cancer Risk Assessment Issues for Kepone | Alex Barron, VA DEQ |
| 3:45–4:05 | Derivation of Health-based Guidance for PFOA, PFBA, PFBS, and PFHxS | Gloria Post, NJ DEP and Helen Goeden, MDH |
| 4:05–4:45 | Current Issues in Nitrate Risk Assessment | Perry Cohn, NJ DHSS, Patrick Levallois, INSPQ and Richard Carrier, Health Canada |
| Day Two—Thursday, October 22, 2009 | ||
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| Application of Biomonitoring Results to Risk Assessment Coordinators: Perry Cohn, NJ DHSS and Helen Goeden, MDH |
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| 8:30–8:40 | Introduction | Perry Cohn, NJ DHSS and Helen Goeden, MDH |
| 8:40–9:00 | California Biomonitoring Project Update | Bob Howd, OEHHA, CA |
| 9:00–9:20 | Biomonitoring to Evaluate Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Arsenic in Private Wells | Steve Spayd, NJ GS |
| 9:20–9:40 | Perchlorate Exposure in Pregnant and Lactating Women | Marija Borjan, UMDNJ |
| 9:40–10:00 | Biomonitoring for Perfluorinated Chemicals | Jean Johnson or Adrienne Kari, MDH |
| 10:00–10:15 | BREAK | |
| 10:15–10:35 | Chromium and Mercury Biomonitoring Studies | Alan Stern, NJ DEP |
| 10:35–10:55 | A Pilot Study of the Endocrine Disruption and Inflammatory Effects of Environmental Toxicants on Fetuses | David Rich, UMDNJ |
| 10:55–11:20 | Round Table Discussion | All attendees |
| 11:20–12:00 | Overview Talk: High Throughput Testing/Genomics in Toxicology and Risk Assessment | Helmut Zarbl, UMDNJ |
| 12:00–1:15 | LUNCH | |
| Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Unregulated Contaminants Coordinator: Scott Stoner, NYS DEC |
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| 1:15–1:25 | Introduction | Scott Stoner, NYS DEC |
| 1:25–1:45 | Outcome of WHO’s Expert Committee Meeting on PPCPs in Drinking Water | Edward Ohanian, HECD/EPA |
| 1:45–2:05 | EPA’s Progress on Contaminants of Emerging Concern | Octavia Conerly, HECD/EPA |
| 2:05–2:25 | New York’s Continued Progress on Pharmaceuticals | Scott Stoner, NYS DEC |
| 2:25–2:40 | Overview of PPCP Research in Pennsylvania | Rhonda Manning, PA DEP |
| 2:40–2:55 | BREAK | |
| 2:55–3:15 | Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Unregulated Contaminants on Aquatic Life | Mark Ferrey, MPCA |
| 3:15–3:35 | Green Pharmacy: Opportunities to Green Each Phase in PPCP Lifecycle | Nick Anastas, Poseidon’s Trident, LLC |
| 3:35–3:55 | Disposal Issues & Actions Across the United States | Virginia Thompson, EPA Region 3 |
| 3:55–4:15 | Research on Occurrence and Treatment Removal of Unregulated Contaminants from Drinking Water | Eileen Murphy, NJ DEP |
| 4:15–4:35 | USGS Studies on PPCPs in Water | Jeff Fischer, USGS |
| 4:35–4:55 | Roundtable Discussion | All attendees |
| Day Three—Friday, October 23, 2009 | ||
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| 8:15–8:45 | State Drinking Water and Ground Water Criteria Updates | |
| • New and Revised Wisconsin Drinking Water Standards | Lynda Knobeloch, WI DHS | |
| • New and Revised NJ Health-based MCLs | Gloria Post, NJ DEP | |
| • Update of California Public Health Goals | Bob Howd, OEHHA, CA | |
| 8:45–10:15 | Hot Topics | All State Representatives |
| • Effects of Other Ions on Metals Toxicity (draft title) | Rod McNeil, MT DEQ | |
| • Overview of SFIREG, a Federal-State Pesticide Group | Roy Meyer, NJ DEP | |
| (Additional topics from states to be added later) | ||
| 10:15–10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10:30–10:50 | Occurrence of Contaminants in NJ Private Wells | Judy Louis, NJ DEP |
| 10:50–11:10 | Development of Microbiological Water Quality Criteria for Recreational Exposures | Tom Atherholt, NJ DHHS |
| 11:10–11:30 | Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Mercury Based on Fish Tissue Concentrations | Gary Buchanan, NJ DEP |
| 11:30–12:15 | Feedback, Planning for Next Meeting | All attendees |
| ADJOURN | ||