NE Federal Facilities Cleanup Workshop NE Federal Facilities Cleanup Workshop

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>]

Below is the Draft Agenda for Northeast Federal Facility Cleanup 
Workshop the CAREER/PRO is co-hosting with ISIS of Hampshire College. 

As with all workshops that CAREER/PRO hosts, there is no fee, however 
pre-registration is REQUIRED. For more information on registration, 
and lodging, please contact: Jeff Green at 413-582-5582 or via email 
at: isis@hampshire.edu 

A limited number of travel scholarships will be made available for RAB 
members in the Northeast area. For details on how to apply for those 
scholarships, please contact Jeff Green as well.

The Agenda below is still in draft form, if you have suggestions or 
comments, please forward them to either Jeff Green or Aimee Houghton 
(aimeeh@igc.org or 415-904-7750).

As always, community and agency participation is vital. We hope to see 
you in Amherst this July.

Aimee Houghton Jeff Green
Program Coordinator Project Coordinator 
CAREER/PRO ISIS
425 Market Street, 2nd Floor Prescott D-1
San Francisco, CA 94105 Hampshire College
tel: 415-904-7750; Amherst, MA 01002
FAX: 415-904-7765 tel: 413-582-5582
Email: aimeeh@igc.org FAX: 413-582-5448
 Email: isis@hampshire.edu

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 Northeast Federal Facilities Cleanup Workshop
 July 18-20, 1997
 Amherst College, Massachusetts

 DRAFT AGENDA

Friday, July 18

[10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Citizen Caucus]

6:00 PM Check-In for Overnight Guests at Amherst College

7:30 PM Welcome, Orientation. Herb Bernstein -- Institute 
 for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies

8:00 PM Reception (catered)

9:00 PM Adjourn

Saturday, July 19

8:30 AM Registration (coffee available)

9:00 AM Welcome, Review of Agenda and Other Logistics. Jeff
 Green -- Project Coordinator, Institute for Science
 and Interdisciplinary Studies

9:15 AM Workshop Introduction. Aimee Houghton --
 Program Coordinator, Career/Pro
 [Note: Senator Ted Kennedy is a possible speaker in
 this slot.]

9:40 AM Around-the-Room Introductions

10:20 AM BREAK (catered)

10:30 AM U.S. Air Force Cleanup Initiatives & Progress. Tad
 McCall -- Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of
 Environmental Safety and Occupational Health, USAF

11:15 AM Environmental Justice: Economic Conversion for the
 Local Workforce. Haywood Turrentine -- Laborer's
 International Union / Association of General
 Contractors; National Environmental Justice Advisory
 Committee.

12:00 PM LUNCH (AC Dining Commons)

 Poster Exhibit: Overview of Northeast Federal
 Facility Sites

1:00 PM Legislation, Regulatory Policy, and Oversight

 Federal Government. Linda Murphy -- Director, Office
 of Site Remediation and Restoration, EPA Region 1

 State Government. [Panel: TBA]

 Question and Answer Session

2:00 PM BREAK (catered)

2:15 PM Community Participation in the Cleanup Process,
 Principles of Partnership, FFERDC Report. Lenny
 Siegel -- Director, Career/PRO

3:00 PM Workshop Breakout

 (1) Active Bases
 Community and Environmental Impacts
 Pollution Prevention

 (2) Closing Bases
 Future Land Use, Land Transfer Issues
 Economic Recovery

 (3) Mixed Case
 Downsizing, Early Land Transfer
 Development Issues
 Concurrent Use by Civilian/Military 

4:00 PM Case Study: Starting a RAB at the Watertown Arsenal.
 Susan Falkoff -- Watertown Citizens for Environmental
 Safety

4:30 PM Case Study: Issues of Trust at the Brunswick Naval
 Air Station. [Panel: TBA]

5:00 PM Adjourn

Sunday, July 20

9:00 AM Case Study: Otis Air National Guard Base /
 Massachusetts Military Reservation -- Panel
 Discussion.
 Susan Walker -- Association for the Preservation
 of Cape Cod
 Joel Feigenbaum -- Cape Cod Community College
 Virginia Valiela -- Selectman, Town of Falmouth
 [invited]
 Len Pinaud -- Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental
 Protection [invited]
 Johanna Hunter -- Community Relations Office, USEPA
 Region 1 [invited]
 Vanessa Musgrave -- Installation Restoration
 Program, Otis ANGB/MMR [invited]

10:00 AM The Use of Human Health and Ecological Risk
 Assessments in Cleanup Decisionmaking. Ted Schettler
 -- Physicians for Social Responsibility

10:30 AM BREAK (catered)

10:45 AM Budgeting, Funding and Priority Setting. Lenny 
 Siegel -- Director, Career/Pro; Paul Yaroschak --
 Director, Environmental Compliance and Restoration
 Policy, Navy [invited] 

12:00 PM LUNCH (AC Dining Commons)

1:00 PM Roundtable Discussions (breakout session)

 (1) Changing Roles of Science, Technology, and
 Expertise
 -identifying research needs
 -role of ISIS, Career/PRO, and other
 nonprofit/university

 (2) Community Organizing & Networking
 -outreach in your community
 -networking with other groups
 -Career/PRO online conference

 (3) Contracting Issues
 -local vs. national
 -role of stakeholders

 (4) Obtaining Technical Assistance
 -funding sources
 -types of assistance
 -working with a consultant

 (5) Developing Tools for Stakeholder Collaborations
 -geographic Information Systems
 -repositories

 (6) Communications and Media Coverage. Bob 
 Schaeffer -- Military Production Network

2:15 PM Developing a Plan of Action: Real Life Problem
 Solving

3:00 PM Closing Remarks

3:30 PM Adjourn