INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FORUM

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>]

From: Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>

 Mark your calendar for the
 REGIONAL FORUM ON MILITARY BASE CLEANUP TECHNOLOGY
 US EPA Regions IX and X (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, UT, WA)
 September 26 and 27, 1996
 Millbrae, CA
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TO: Individuals representing diverse constituencies interested in 
 contributing to the national policy and funding dialogue on 
 military base cleanup technology

From: Peter Wood (Cal EPA) and Lenny Siegel (San Francisco State 
 University, CAREER/PRO), Co-chairs of the Forum Planning 
 Committee

 A broad partnership of organizations, listed below, has scheduled 
a unique forum to bring together diverse constituencies from the Western 
states and Pacific region to discuss ways to promote the development and 
use of innovative technologies in the cleanup of contaminated military 
installation. Building on the growing dialogue that is now underway at many 
active and former military bases in the region, the forum will provide an 
opportunity to share experiences with stakeholders from other localities 
and to help develop channels through which local representatives can 
influence national policy on cleanup technology.

 This is your opportunity, not only to work to improve the way 
contaminated bases are cleaned up, but to create a model for regional 
stakeholder involvement on complex environmental issues. Please mark 
September 26 and 27 on your calendars to attend the Regional Forum on 
Military Base Cleanup Technology. We'll be sending out further details 
soon.

When: September 26 and 27, 1996 (two full days)

Where: Clarion Hotel, Milbrae, California (near the San Francisco 
 International Airport)

Sponsors: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security
 Department of Defense, Office of Regional Environmental 
 Coordinators
 Western Governors Association
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Regions IX and X)
 California Environmental Protection Agency
 Bay Area Defense Action Conversion Team (BADCAT)
 San Francisco State University, CAREER/PRO

Fee: Registration fee is WAIVED

 

Who: 150-200 individuals from EPA Region's IX and X representing 
 the following interests in military base cleanup technology***

 - Public Stakeholders, including members of Restoration 
 Advisory Boards

 - Representatives of local governments and local reuse authorities

 - Remedial project managers and other officials from state, 
 tribal, and federal regulatory and natural resource trustee 
 agencies
 - Remedial project managers and other officials from the armed 
 services and other regulated federal agencies

 - Environmental consultants, cleanup contractors, and technology 
 vendors

 - Representatives of other organizations, such as academic 
 institutions, with an interest in base cleanup technology

Objectives: 
 1. Elicit broad-based multi-state regional input from 
 diverse interests on military base technology needs 
 and concerns and develop an action plan to implement 
 and communicate recommendations:

 - among forum participants

 - from forum participants to their constituencies

 - from forum participants to national policy makers

 2. Draw lessons learned from the forum experience to make 
 recommendations to the Department of Defense for 
 implementing the regional stakeholder approach in other 
 U.S. regions.

Program: The program themes consist of:

 - Communication and information sharing

 - Regulatory issues

 - Financing and commercialization of innovative technologies

 - Procurement and local contractor and displaced workforce 
 issues

 For additional information or to request an invitation packet 
or a travel scholarship, contact Aimee Houghton at San Francisco State 
University, CAREER/PRO (415-904-7750) or via email: aimeeh@igc.org 
You should make your hotel reservations separately by calling (800) 
223-7111. A block of rooms for the event is being held at the Clarion 
Hotel in Milbrae, California. When calling the hotel to book a room please 
explain that you are with the: WGA Forum. To ensure our negotiated group 
discount, lodging reservations at the Clarion must be made by September 11, 
after that time, rooms can be reserved only on a space-available basis. 

 
*** To ensure broad participation, a limited number of travel scholarships 
will be made available to one member per Restoration Advisory Board in EPA 
Regions XI and X and to other members of the public and Sovereign Indian 
Nations outside the Bay Area, on a first-come basis. Those who wish to 
attend the Forum under a travel scholarship should immediately contact 
Aimee Houghton at (415) 904-7750 or email her directly at: aimeeh@igc.org