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ASTSWMO MUNITIONS SYMPOSIUM
March 4-5, 2009
Sheraton Gunter Hotel
San Antonio, TX
Final Agenda
Speaker Biographies
Wednesday, March 4
7:00am – 8:30am - Registration; Continental breakfast will be served from 7:00am – 8:00am
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
8:30am-9:00am - Welcome and Introduction
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Jennifer Roberts, AK
Leaders from ASTSWMO and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will provide opening remarks and welcome attendees to the ASTSWMO Munitions Symposium. Afterwards, US EPA and DOD leaders will offer a brief overview on current federal munitions response program issues, including recent activities, and new initiatives.
- Opening remarks from ASTSWMO: Gary Baughman, CO, ASTSWMO Vice-President
- Welcome from the State of Texas: Brent Wade, Director, TCEQ Remediation Division
- US EPA Overview: John Reeder, Director, US EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)
- DOD Overview: Maureen Sullivan, Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (OSD)
9:00am-10:15am - Interfacing with the Community
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Isabella Alasti, CA
Munitions response sites often require sound investments in complex community involvement strategies to ensure the health and safety of the surrounding community is protected. This session will explore steps being taken by State and federal agencies to educate community members of the potential hazards associated with munitions and munitions response sites.
10:15am-10:30am - BREAK
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
10:30am-12:00pm - Status of Military Munitions Response Programs
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Bonnie Buthker, OH, & Richard Gottlieb, RI
Building off of Ms. Sullivan’s introductory remarks, leaders from four DOD service components will provide the status of their MMRP and related cleanup and restoration programs.
12:00pm-1:30pm - Lunch and Presentation
Yellow Rose/Bluebonnet
Moderated by: Jennifer Roberts, AK
1:45pm-3:00pm - State Case Studies – Munitions Response Sites
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Ed Southwick, NE
Former ammunition plants, ranges, and training fields are just a few of the many distinct munitions response sites located throughout the United States. This session provides examples of ongoing and completed munitions response sites in three States, while highlighting the challenges, successes, and lessons learned at each site.
3:00pm-3:30pm - BREAK
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
3:30pm-4:45pm - QAPPs and MC Sampling: Tools for Planning and Sampling at Munitions Response Sites
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Allan Posnick, TX
Energetic residues are heterogeneously distributed over military training ranges as particles with various sizes, shapes and compositions. The multi-increment sampling strategy is a structured sampling protocol that reduces data variability and increases sample representativeness, thereby improving the reliability and defensibility of the sampling data.
Maintaining high quality on munitions response projects presents some unique challenges for contractors, project managers and regulators. In response, the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP) has been modified specifically for munitions response projects. Case studies will be presented to examine the common challenges that must be overcome to increase stakeholder confidence that the quality of the munitions response project is adequate to demonstrate that the project site is acceptable for the intended end land use.
ADJOURN
5:30pm–6:30pm - Reception for ASTSWMO Members & Symposium Attendees
Yellow Rose
Thursday, March 5
7:30am-8:30am - Registration; Continental breakfast will be served from 7:30am – 8:30am
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
8:30am-10:00am - Water Ranges and Sea Disposal of Munitions
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: John Fairbank, MD
The cleanup of munitions at underwater ranges and disposal areas presents relatively new challenges to State and federal environmental programs. As a result, States and federal programs are investing in new strategies and technologies to remediate underwater munitions, and educate local communities about the potential dangers present in the impacted areas. This session will present an overview of the DOD’s water range policies, and provide the audience with examples of site-specific activities at munitions response sites in Maryland and Ohio.
10:00am–10:30am - BREAK
Crystal Ballroom Foyer
10:30am-11:45am - State/Federal Question & Answer Forum – Munitions Programs and Policies
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Anthony Cinque, NJ, and Jennifer Roberts, AK
NOTE: This is a closed session for State and federal attendees only.
This forum will allow State and Federal programs the opportunity to discuss current munitions response programs and policies, including unique challenges or issues of concern. Attendees are also encouraged to use this time to ask any remaining questions they may have from earlier sessions.
The following federal program leaders will assist in leading discussions:
- John Reeder, Director, US EPA FFRRO
- Maureen Sullivan, Director, Environmental Management, OSD
- Michele Indermark, Deputy for Environmental Planning, USAir Force
- John Tesner, Assistant for Restoration, US Army (ESOH)
- Richard Mach Jr., Director, Environmental Compliance and Restoration Policy, US Navy
- Ann Wood, Chief, Cleanup and Restoration Branch, National Guard Bureau
11:45am-1:00pm - LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:15pm-2:45pm - Training Session: Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment (MEC HA)
Crystal Ballroom
Moderated by: Clarence Smith, IL
The MEC HA Methodology is the product of a multi-agency effort to develop a consensus methodology to evaluate baseline explosive hazards at munitions response sites. This training program will provide an overview of the MEC HA Methodology document, and present the "Camp Sample" example case study on the application of the MEC HA Methodology.
- Doug Maddox, US EPA FFRRO
2:45pm-3:15pm - BREAK
3:15pm-4:45pm - Training Session: MEC HA (cont.)
Crystal Ballroom
ADJOURN
Handouts Provided During the Symposium
Animations Presented During the Symposium
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