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This weekend event provided training and problem-solving opportunities for concerned community members, cleanup project managers, and regulators as an effort to improve public participation in cleanup decisionmaking processes. July 13-15, 2001 at Amherst College, in Massachusetts. The first day was a citizen's forum, and throughout the conference a parallel youth forum for young community members and their mentors provided additional activities and opportunities for leaders of community involvement in federal facility cleanup.

Workshop Report: Project Looks Forward to Second Year
Winter 2001 ISIS newsletter After the Fact, pages 1, 4-7

 

 

Conference Agenda

CITIZENS' FORUM

Amherst College, July 13, 2001

AGENDA

FRIDAY, JULY 13

  • REGISTRATION - MAYO-SMITH DORMITORY;
  • ALL PROGRAMS - MERRILL SCIENCE CENTER

8:00 AM Registration (coffee available)

9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions -RM. 310

9:15 AM Citizen Forum Case Studies -RM. 310

10:30 AM Break (coffee, juice & snacks)

10:45 AM Citizen Forum continues. - RM. 310

12:00 PM Lunch (youth forum presentation)

1:00 PM Case Study Presentations - Session One - RM. 310

  • Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG)
    • Cal Baier-Anderson
    • Ted Henry
  • Vieques
    • Robert Rabin

1:45 PM Case Study Presentations - Session Two -RM. 310

  • Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR)
    • David Dow
    • Joel Feigenbaum
    • Susan Walker
    • Paul Zanis
  • Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL)
    • Andreas Toupadakis
    • Isaac Trotts

2:45 PM Break (beverages)

3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (CHOOSE ONE):

  • Working outside the RAB: Facilitated discussion on Restoration Advisory Boards (RABs) that are 'broken,' RABs that no longer exist and other problems. - RM. 314
    • Sandra Jaquith - Rocky Mountain Arsenal Site-Specific Advisory Board
    • Chavel Lopez, Southwest Public Workers Union
  • Technical Information Needs: Where to get technical assistance & what kinds of technical assistance are needed. - RM. 315
    • Susan Falkoff, Watertown Arsenal
    • Aimee Houghton, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
    • Edward Lorenz, Michael Vickery, Shannon Finnegan, Alma College
    • Steve Taylor, Military Toxics Project
  • Environmental Justice Issues Related to Cleanup - RM. 310
    • Doris Bradshaw, Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee Concerned Citizens Committee
    • Delores Herrera, Albuquerque San Jose Community Awareness Council, Inc.
    • LeVonne Stone, Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network

4:30 PM Closing (Citizens' Forum)

NATIONAL FEDERAL FACILITIES CLEANUP WORKSHOP:

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Amherst College, July 13-15, 2001

 AGENDA

FRIDAY, JULY 13 - CONVERSE HALL

7:30 PM Welcome & Introduction - COLE ROOM

  • Gregory Prince, President of Hampshire College

Keynote Remarks

  • Representative John Olver (Massachusetts-1st District)

8:30 PM Reception (catered)

9:30 PM Adjourn

 

SATURDAY, JULY 14 - WORKSHOP DAY ONE

  • REGISTRATION - MAYO-SMITH DORMITORY;
  • ALL PROGRAMS - MERRILL SCIENCE CENTER

8:00 AM Registration (coffee available)

8:30 AM Welcome, Review of Agenda and Logistics - RM. 310

  • Ted Henry, Toxicologist

8:35 AM Military Waste Cleanup Overview - RM. 310
  • Lenny Siegel, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

9:00 AM National Technical Experts Network (NTEN) Introduction - RM. 310
  • Herb Bernstein, Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies

9:30 AM PLENARY SESSION: Technical Assistance on the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)/Community Action Group - RM. 310
    • Cal Baier-Anderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    • Edward Lorenz, Pine River Citizen Superfund Advisory Committee
    • Dan Mulqueen, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Site-Specific Advisory Board

10:30 AM Break (coffee, juice & snacks)

10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (CHOOSE ONE):

  • Role of States and Tribal Governments in Federal Facilities Cleanup - RM. 310
    • Mark Harding, Cultural Resource Protection Program, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
    • Vicky Peters, Attorney General's Office, State of Colorado
  • Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) Overview- RM. 315
    • David Dow, citizen-scientist
    • Robert Gill, Massachusetts Military Reservation
    • Ben Gregson, Massachusetts Military Reservation
    • Ellie Grillo, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
    • Susan Walker, Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod

12:00 PM Lunch

1:15 PM PLENARY SESSION: Using The World Wide Web To Access Technical Information - RM. 310

  • Carlos S. Pachon, Technology Innovation Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:45 PM CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS:

  • Using The Web To Access Technical Information (technical details) - RM. 310
    • Carlos S. Pachon, Technology Innovation Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • International Range Cleanup - RM. 315
    • John Lindsay Poland, Fellowship for Reconciliation (Panama)
  • Privatization and Early Transfer - RM. 314
    • Anne Callison, citizen-scientist
    • Derence Fivehouse, Chief Counsel, AFCDA/LD

2:45 PM PLENARY SESSION:</U> Military Cleanup: Finding the Resources in Diverse Communities

- RM. 310
  • Delores Herrera, Albuquerque San Jose Community Awareness Council, Inc.
  • Chavel Lopez, Southwest Public Workers Union
  • Doris Bradshaw, Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee Concerned Citizens Committee

3:45 PM Break (beverages)

4:00 PM Land Use Controls Interactive Presentation: Excellent role-play for all: Plenary session to form mixed stakeholder groups; individual groups form for interactive exercise; groups then return to report on break-out activities. - RM. 310

  • Aimee Houghton, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

5:30 PM Closing (first full day)

 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 15 - WORKSHOP DAY TWO: MERRILL SCIENCE CENTER

8:00 AM Panel on UXO and Ranges: Cleanup Options and Opportunities. Chaired by Lenny Siegel, Center for Public Environmental Oversight - RM. 310
    • Eric Spillman, URS Corporation
    • Bonnie Rader, Former Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range (Buckley Field) RAB
    • Jan Larkin, Joint Program Office, Massachusetts Military Reservation

9:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

  • Cleanup Issues at a Remote Site: Savoonga Native Village, Alaska - RM. 315
    • David Carpenter, State University of New York at Albany
    • Pam Miller, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
    • Ron Scrudato, State University of New York at Oswego
  • High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal: Yucca Mountain - RM. 310
    • Steve Frishman, State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects
    • Randel Hanson, Arizona State University
    • Judy Triechel, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
    • Abe Van Luik, Yucca Mountain Project

10:30 AM Break (coffee, juice & snacks)

10:45 AM PLENARY SESSION: Risk Assessment: What is risk & how is it determined, managed and mitigated? - RM. 310

  • Saul Bloom, Arc Ecology
  • Ted Henry, Toxicologist
  • Marilyn Null, Deputy for Community-Based Programs, SAF/MIQ

12:00 PM Lunch

1:15 PM PLENARY SESSION: New Sciences of Military Cleanup for a New Century, Introduction by

Herb Bernstein, Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies - RM. 310

    • Kathy Abbass, Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project

    • Marcus Raskin, Institute for Policy Studies

    • Merv Tano, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management

2:15 PM Break (beverages)

2:30 PM MODERATED PLENARY FORUM: Sharing Our Resources: How to include all stakeholders in the community. - RM. 310

3:30 PM Workshop Closing

 

 

Last Updated: Nov 21, 2005

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