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Purpose of Workshop: 8:30 am Welcome, Mary Lou Soscia, EPA What Do We Know About PCBS? and Why do we care? (30 minutes) Toxic Substances Control Act - Overview of PCB regulations and enforcement, traditional and emerging sources, Scott Downey, EPA Atmospheric Deposition, Bruce Hope, Oregon DEQ Health Risks of PCBs, Dave Farrer. Oregon Department of Human Services What Are We Learning in Portland Harbor? (30 minutes) Sediments, Surface Water, Stormwater, Fish Tissue, Watershed conditions, Eric Blischke EPA 10:15 – 10:30 – Break Columbia Basin Monitoring Panel – (60 minutes) Facilitated by Lorraine Edmond, EPA Dale Norton, Washington Department of Ecology Willamette and Columbia PCB Study, Agnes Lut and Jim Coyle, Oregon DEQ Lower Columbia River Monitoring, Jennifer Morace, USGS; Krista Jones, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership; Lyndal Johnson, NOAA Science Center Otter and Osprey Eggs, Robert Grove, USGS 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch What has been done at the Corps Hydroelectric Facilities? - (30 minutes) Paul Ocker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Two Case Studies (20 minutes) Bruce Long, EPA Region 10 Stormwater Tracking – Urban Areas (20 minutes) Dawn Sanders, City of Portland BES 2:30 – 2:45 – Break Oregon Toxics Reduction Strategy (20 minutes) Kevin Masterson, Oregon DEQ Industrial and Municipal Success Stories (30 minutes) Van Alcoa, Paul Skyllingstad, WA DOE Columbia Slough, a watershed approach, Speaker invited Panel Discussion: Knowing what we know now, what should we do next? (45 minutes) Facilitated by Andrew Kolosseus WA DOE, Panelists: EPA, Portland Harbor, City of Portland, WA DOE 4:30 pm Adjourn 5:00 pm Optional Social Activity
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