AGENDA
Wednesday, January 29, 2020:
8:00am - 9:00am - REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00am - 9:45am - No Spills Retrospective: Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going - Michael Popa, Great Lakes Response Center of T&T Marine Salvage, Inc. , Dick Catton, Michigan State Police (retired), Ralph Dollhopf, Environmental Protection Agency, & Kathy Simmons, EMC
Cheboygan and Charlevoix Counties (retired)
9:45am - 10:30am - New Years Day Oil Spill - Nick Bonstell & Dave Wierzbicki, Ottawa County EMA
10:30am - 10:45am - BREAK
10:45am - 11:45am - CN Tunnel Derailment - Greg Palmer, CN & Betsy Nightingale, EPA
11:45am - 12:30pm - State EOC Operations - F/Lt. Gabe Covey, Michigan State Police
12:30pm - 1:30pm - LUNCH
1:30pm - 2:30pm - Oil Spill Modeling with the GNOME Suite & NOAA ESI Map Updates - Mike Doig, NOAA
2:30pm - 3:15pm - Challenges in Remote Locations - Bill Hazel, Marine Pollution Control
3:15pm - 3:30pm - BREAK
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Parchment Panel - PFAS - James Baker, City of Kalamazoo, Mike Corfman, Kalamazoo County Office of Emergency Management, James Rutherford, Kalamazoo County Health Department, & Jay Eickholt, EGLE
4:30pm - 5:15pm - New Tools for Tracking Potential Spills in Watershed - Faith Fitzpatrick, USGS
Thursday, January 30, 2020:
8:00am - 9:00am - Full Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am - Marine Firefighting Technology - Jim Elliott, T & T Marine Salvage
Multibeam Echosounders for Oil Detection - Sandy Borthwick, Teichman Group
10:30am - 10:45am - BREAK
10:45am - 11:30am - Geohazard & Slope Crossing Assessments for Pipelines - David Richardson, Tetra Tech
11:30am - 12:15pm - EPA SPCC & FRP Overview - Jon Gulch & Kim Churchill, EPA
12:15pm - 1:15pm - LUNCH - Featuring a lunchtime presentation: Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Inc. - Lessons Learned in Oiled Wildlife Management from Recent Environmental Responses, Ryan Wheeler, Director of Shearwater Environmental Emergencies Solutions & Michelle Knapp, Manager of Oil Wildlife Programs
1:15pm - 2:00pm - Developing a Strong Incident Management Team - Dan Quick, Enbridge
2:00pm - 2:45pm - HazMat Teams and Capabilities/Fentanyl Concerns - Mike Magda, Livonia Fire & Rescue, Western Wayne County HMRT
2:45pm - 3:00pm - BREAK
3:00pm - 4:00pm - Integration of Technology in Emergency Response Operations - Brad Free, GHD, & Scott Croome, Canadian Pacific Railiroad (CPR)
4:00pm - 4:45pm - Michigan Mapping Project - Jon Gulch & Tricia Edwards, EPA
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Hospitality
Friday, January 31, 2020:
7:00am - 8:00am - Full Breakfast
8:00am - 8:45am - Advancements and Progression of Best Available Technology - Josh Clifford & Mark Ploen, QualiTech
8:45am - 9:30am - Source Identification, Characterization, and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments in the Detroit and Rouge Rivers under the Great Lakes Legacy Act - Rose Ellison, Great Lakes National Program Office
9:30am - 9:45am - BREAK
9:45am - 10:30am - Recent ECRC Experiences - Andy Erjavec, ECRC
10:30am - 11:15am - National Weather Service Capabilities - Rich Pollman, NWS
11:15am - End conference/No Spills Raffle
Wednesday, January 29, 2020:
8:00am - 9:00am - REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00am - 9:45am - No Spills Retrospective: Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going - Michael Popa, Great Lakes Response Center of T&T Marine Salvage, Inc. , Dick Catton, Michigan State Police (retired), Ralph Dollhopf, Environmental Protection Agency, & Kathy Simmons, EMC
Cheboygan and Charlevoix Counties (retired)
9:45am - 10:30am - New Years Day Oil Spill - Nick Bonstell & Dave Wierzbicki, Ottawa County EMA
10:30am - 10:45am - BREAK
10:45am - 11:45am - CN Tunnel Derailment - Greg Palmer, CN & Betsy Nightingale, EPA
11:45am - 12:30pm - State EOC Operations - F/Lt. Gabe Covey, Michigan State Police
12:30pm - 1:30pm - LUNCH
1:30pm - 2:30pm - Oil Spill Modeling with the GNOME Suite & NOAA ESI Map Updates - Mike Doig, NOAA
2:30pm - 3:15pm - Challenges in Remote Locations - Bill Hazel, Marine Pollution Control
3:15pm - 3:30pm - BREAK
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Parchment Panel - PFAS - James Baker, City of Kalamazoo, Mike Corfman, Kalamazoo County Office of Emergency Management, James Rutherford, Kalamazoo County Health Department, & Jay Eickholt, EGLE
4:30pm - 5:15pm - New Tools for Tracking Potential Spills in Watershed - Faith Fitzpatrick, USGS
Thursday, January 30, 2020:
8:00am - 9:00am - Full Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am - Marine Firefighting Technology - Jim Elliott, T & T Marine Salvage
Multibeam Echosounders for Oil Detection - Sandy Borthwick, Teichman Group
10:30am - 10:45am - BREAK
10:45am - 11:30am - Geohazard & Slope Crossing Assessments for Pipelines - David Richardson, Tetra Tech
11:30am - 12:15pm - EPA SPCC & FRP Overview - Jon Gulch & Kim Churchill, EPA
12:15pm - 1:15pm - LUNCH - Featuring a lunchtime presentation: Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Inc. - Lessons Learned in Oiled Wildlife Management from Recent Environmental Responses, Ryan Wheeler, Director of Shearwater Environmental Emergencies Solutions & Michelle Knapp, Manager of Oil Wildlife Programs
1:15pm - 2:00pm - Developing a Strong Incident Management Team - Dan Quick, Enbridge
2:00pm - 2:45pm - HazMat Teams and Capabilities/Fentanyl Concerns - Mike Magda, Livonia Fire & Rescue, Western Wayne County HMRT
2:45pm - 3:00pm - BREAK
3:00pm - 4:00pm - Integration of Technology in Emergency Response Operations - Brad Free, GHD, & Scott Croome, Canadian Pacific Railiroad (CPR)
4:00pm - 4:45pm - Michigan Mapping Project - Jon Gulch & Tricia Edwards, EPA
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Hospitality
Friday, January 31, 2020:
7:00am - 8:00am - Full Breakfast
8:00am - 8:45am - Advancements and Progression of Best Available Technology - Josh Clifford & Mark Ploen, QualiTech
8:45am - 9:30am - Source Identification, Characterization, and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments in the Detroit and Rouge Rivers under the Great Lakes Legacy Act - Rose Ellison, Great Lakes National Program Office
9:30am - 9:45am - BREAK
9:45am - 10:30am - Recent ECRC Experiences - Andy Erjavec, ECRC
10:30am - 11:15am - National Weather Service Capabilities - Rich Pollman, NWS
11:15am - End conference/No Spills Raffle