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Northwest Environmental Business Council
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Air & Waste Management Association
Present
June 21
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
Bellevue, Washington 98004
Mercury is one of those compelling environmental & health issues that interests all environmental professionals. This one day conference will cover air, water and land media and provide information to clarify the state-of-the-art science, address new technologies, and provide industry members with information they can use. The agenda features some of the world's leaders in mercury and environmental industry.
The conference will address the challenges facing communities from global and local sources of mercury. It will provide a testing toolbox for environmental professionals working to reduce the health risk of mercury, and provide them with the tools to improve their knowledge, business performance and compliance management.
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7:15 – 8:00
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:00 – 8:05
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Welcome
Robert Grott, Executive Director, NEBC
Chris Drechsel, Chair, Puget Sound Chapter, A&WMA
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8:05 – 9:15
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Mercury in the Environment: Assessment, Substitution, Responsible Management - Where does it come from and why a concern?
Kathi Futornick
Eric Prestbo, Frontier GeoSciences
Introduction to the major topics of the conference with an overview that covers: current and historical sources of mercury; global transport and deposition patterns of mercury in the US; the mercury cycle; and the issue of public health risks and ecological damage; and mercury reduction in products and international response.
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9:15 – 10:15
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Testing For Mercury: Advances in Analytical Chemistry and Stack Testing
Eric Prestbo, Frontier GeoSciences
This session will cover environmental testing methods that include historical and current issues, lessons learned, and what should be included a testing toolbox for environmental professionals.
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10:15 – 10:30
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Break
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10:30 – 11:15
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Hg in Stream Fish Tissue Across the Western US & The Potential of Selenium to Influence Hg Toxicity
Spencer Peterson, EPA Office of Research and Development, Western Ecology Division at Corvallis
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11:15 – 12:00
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Emerging Health Issues on Mercury
Tom Lewandowski, Gradient
The session will address recently reported health effects of mercury which are currently the subject of significant media and public interest. These include autism, other neurodevelopment disorders, immune system dysfunction, and Parkinson's disease. The strength of the evidence associating mercury exposure with each of these health effects will be briefly summarized.
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12:00 – 1:00
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Lunch
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1:00 – 2:00
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Regulatory Approaches to Reducing Mercury
Maria Victoria Peeler, Washington Department of Ecology
Session will cover state regulations including implementation of the state-wide mercury reduction program.
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2:00 – 3:00
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National Parks Study and Other Mercury Research Studies
Professor Dan Jaffe, University of Washington – Bothell
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3:00 – 3:15
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Break
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3:15 – 4:15
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Reducing Sources of Mercury - Success Stories
Moderator, Terry Nyman/A&WMA(Puget Sound Chapter) and University of Washington
Damon M.K. Taam, Spokane Regional Solid Waste System
Laurel Schinnel, IGCC Project Manager, Energy Northwest
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4:15- 5:00
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Innovative Remediation and Treatment of Mercury - Success Stories
Gary Bigham, Exponent, Inc.
Session will cover the basis for remediation decisions at contaminated soil and sediment sites and the treatment technologies and technical alternatives for the long-term management of mercury.
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5:00 – 6:30
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Reception
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