Agenda for the No Spills Conference

["Burrows, Mark" <burrowsm@windsor.ijc.org>]

If anyone is interested in attending the 16th Annual No Spills Conference as well as the Industry Day Conference, the No Spills Conference is being held January 24th through January 25th at the Holiday Inn - West Bay, in Traverse City, just before the Industry Day program begins. This is the same arrangement that has been done in years past. A copy of the agenda for the No Spills conference is provided at the bottom of this e-mail. Please note that Day 2 of the No Spills Agenda overlaps the training scheduled at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy for our Industry Day-Great Lakes Science Vessel Coordination Workshop program, however this may appeal to those who aren't planning to participate in the training scheduled at the GLMA next Wednesday.  Please go to www.CanAmGlass.org to get more details on the program and don't forget to register by January 20th!  I look forward to seeing you next week! - Mark    


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16th Annual No Spills Conference Agenda 
(note for more info on No Spills contact: Kathy Simmons (231) 627-6916 or Dick Catton (231) 271-3580)

Monday - January 23, 2006    6 - 8 pm    Early Conference Registration

Tuesday - January 24, 2006

7:30 - 8:45 am     Continental Breakfast - Shimmers (Sponsored by NOSPILL Committee)
7:30 - 10:00 am    Conference Registration
9:00 - 9:30 am    Welcome and Introductions:
    Dick Catton - NOSPILL Committee Chair
    Michigan State Police, Emergency Management Division
    Captain Kriste Etue - Division Commander
    Michigan State Police - Emergency Management Division

9:30 - 10:15 am  KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND PANEL DISCUSSION    Jennifer Mckay
and Jill Ryan, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and Mr. Harold Chase, Chief of Staff Senator Carl Levin's TC office

10:15 - 10:30 am    Break Sponsored by Bill Barr, Inc.
10:30 - 11:15 am    Security at Water and Waste Water Facilities Robert Babcock - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
11:15 - Noon   Marathon Oil Traverse City Terminal Tom Wressel, Manager and Jack Richie, OPA Coordinator
Noon - 1:00 pm    Lunch - Shimmers (Sponsored by NOSPILL Committee)
1:00 - 1:45 pm    Current Litigation Issues
    MSU Anthrax Decontamination Litigation - Litigation Issues Arising from Katrina
    Robert Ianni - Assistant Attorney General
    Homeland Security and Special Projects
1:45 - 2:15 pm    Vendor Introductions
    Ron Seaman - NOSPILL Committee
    Comprehensive Environmental Solutions, Inc.
2:15 - 2:30 pm    Break Sponsored by Young¹s Environmental Cleanup, Inc.
2:30 - 3:30 pm    USCG Sector Re-Alignment: Ens. Caren Cutright -Moderator
    Lt. Sam Kasten - Assistant Chief- Response Department Sector Sault Ste. Marie
    Lt. Jeff Ahlgren - Chief - Waterways Management Division - Sector Detroit
    Lt. Nick Gilmore - Engineer Instructor - Great Lakes Maritime Academy - Sector Lake Michigan
3:30 - 4:15 pm    Future Changes in Homeland Security
    Lt. Chris Kelenske - Homeland Security Section
    Emergency Management Division - Michigan State Police
5:00 - 7:00 pm    Networking and Hospitality - Shimmers
    (Sponsored by Bill Bar, Inc. and Comprehensive Environmental Solutions,Inc.)

    Dinner On Your Own

DAY TWO Agenda

Wednesday - January 25, 2006

6:00 - 8:00 am    Breakfast Buffet - Shimmers  (Sponsored by NOSPILL
Committee)
8:00 - 8:45 am    Naturally Occurring Biological Phenomena Considerations
    Mike Stifler PE - District Supervisor - Water Bureau
    Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
8:45 - 9:30 am    Sugar Beet Waste and Agricultural Spills:
    Gene Suppi
    Colby Cottick - Senior Environmental Quality Analyst - Water Bureau
    Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
9:30 - 9:45 am    Break - (Sponsored by Comprehensive Environmental Solutions, Inc.)
9:45 - 10:30 am    Emergency Response to Mercury Spills and Releases
    Lance Klein CHMM - Emergency Response Manager / Health and Safety Officer
    Young¹s Environmental Cleanup, Inc.
10:30 - 11:15 am    Security at Water and Waste Water Facilities Robert Babcock Michigan Department of Environment Quality
11:15 - 12:30 pm    Lunch - Shimmers (Sponsored by NOSPILL Committee)
12:30 - 1:15 pm    Chemical Events in Michigan: Planning and Response at the
Michigan Department of Community Health - Eric Janis, Toxicologist, Chemical Terrorism Unit, Michigan Department of Community Health
1:15- 1:45        Norris Elementary School Response- Grelickville,MI  Amanda Mccallister
1:45- 2:15 pm     Bay Harbor Cleanup Progress James Molholm, Weston Solutions
2:00 - 2:15 pm    Break - (Sponsored by NOSPILL Committee)
2:15 - 3:00 pm    Katrina Slide Presentation compiled from Personal Response and from materials supplied by Lt. Harry Partridge - Emergency Management Division of the Michigan State Police responding under EMAC presented by Paul Cormier - Bay County Emergency Management Coordinator (USCGR)
3:00 - 3:30 pm    Katrina Panel Discussion:  An Additional Look at the Response and the Aftermath / Lessons Learned - Ens. Caren Cutright - Moderator Chris Christenson and Ralph Dollhopf, On-Scene Coordinator -US EnvironmentalProtection Agency Lt. Jeff Ahlgren - USCG
    Chris (Ralph), Paul, Andy, Jeff, Robert Ianni
(The inclusion of additional response individuals from the audience and other professionals in a panel  discussion could prove to be interesting to the Conference Participants!)
3:30 pm - End    Acknowledgements, Drawing, Future of the NOSPILL Committee, Etc.
    Dick Catton - Committee Chair
    Ron Seaman
    Caren Cutright
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