Events and Agenda
Tuesday, January 3rd
Early Registration 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tuesday, January 3rd
Early Registration 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, January 4th
Registration opens 7:30
Continental Breakfast 7:30 - 8:15
Opening Remarks - Linda Hensel
KEYNOTE: Rear Admiral June E. Ryan, Commander, US Coast Guard 9th District
Presentations:
Presentations:
Registration opens 7:30
Continental Breakfast 7:30 - 8:15
Opening Remarks - Linda Hensel
KEYNOTE: Rear Admiral June E. Ryan, Commander, US Coast Guard 9th District
Presentations:
- Flint Drinking Water Incident: Federal Response Perspectives - Mark Durno, EPA
- MDEQ Response Activities in Flint - George Krisztian, MDEQ
- Oil Spill Response in Broken Ice - Kurt Hansen, USCG
- New Detection Techniques: Laser Induced Fluorescence - Randy St. Germaine, Dakota Technologies
Presentations:
- Pipeline Task Force: Implementing Recommendations (Updates) - Matt Goddard, MDEQ
- DEQ Initiatives - Robert Wagner, MDEQ
- Drones in the Oil & Gas Industry - Christian Smith, Interactive Aerial
- Net Pen Aquaculture in the Great Lakes - Ron Kinnunen, Michigan Sea Grant
Thursday, January 5th
Registration and Full Breakfast 7:30 am-8:30 am
FEATURED EVENT: "What Is Your Role?" Tabletop Exercise - Facilitators:
Brian Streichert, USCG; Mark Ducharme, MDEQ; Amanda Bresler, MSP; Ralph Dollhopf, USEPA
Presentations:
Presentations:
Registration and Full Breakfast 7:30 am-8:30 am
FEATURED EVENT: "What Is Your Role?" Tabletop Exercise - Facilitators:
Brian Streichert, USCG; Mark Ducharme, MDEQ; Amanda Bresler, MSP; Ralph Dollhopf, USEPA
Presentations:
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Jeff Gray, NOAA
- My Zone or Yours? - Jeff Kimble, EPA, Tricia Edwards, EPA and Robert Berry, USCG
Presentations:
- Vapor Intrusion Impacts on Emergency Response - Abigail Hendershott and Matt Williams, MDEQ
- The Risks of Microplastics and the Rewards of Stewardship - Jeanie Williams, Inland Seas Education Association
- Green Bay Fire Department Industry/Government Response Preparedness - Mike Popa, T&T Marine Salvage
- Winter Response Considerations on the Great Lakes: Perspectives and Potentials - Bill Hazel, Marine Pollution Control
- Detection and Recovery of Non-Floating Oil: New Rules and Procedures - Jim Elliot, T&T Marine Salvage
Friday, January 6th
Registration & Full Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30
No-Spills Announcements
Presentations:
Presentations:
Registration & Full Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30
No-Spills Announcements
Presentations:
- Oil Sniffing Detection Dogs - Paris Nicholson, K-9 Pipeline Training Academy
- Abandoned Oil Well & Flow Line Responsibility/Cleanups - Rick Henderson, MDEQ
- New, Innovative and Award Winning Technology for Spill Response - Shon Mosier, Elastec
- Oil Spill Response Assessment for Oil Sands Products - Kurt Hansen, USCG
Presentations:
- Saginaw Bay CISMA & Herbicides - Kip Cronk and Fallon Januska, CISMA
- The Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Perfluoroalkyl Chemical (PFC) Contamination, A Cautionary Tale - Robert Delaney, MDEQ
- Enbridge - Art Haskins, Enbridge