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No-Spills 2017



Grand Traverse Resort & Spa​​
​January 4-6, 2017
Events and Agenda​
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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:
  • 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
Lunch
​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
Hospitality Reception in Vendor Area
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:
  • Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Jeff Gray, NOAA
  • My Zone or Yours? - Jeff Kimble, EPA, Tricia Edwards, EPA and Robert Berry, USCG
Lunch
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
​Hospitality Reception in Vendor Area
Friday, January 6th
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
Lunch
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
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  • Scholarship Opportunity
  • Conference Information
    • Conference Agenda
    • Cold Weather Ice-Oil Training
    • Registration
    • Lodging Information
    • NMAC Meeting