[CPEO-MEF] Federal Facilities Cleanup Workshop: Technical Information

[isis@hampshire.edu]

ISIS, The Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies is pleased=20
to share with you- the agenda for our upcoming event, Federal Facilities=20
Cleanup Workshop: Technical Information. =20

We're very excited about this workshop, to be held July 13, 14, & 15,=20
2001 at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.  The main workshop=20
will be preceded by the CITIZENS' FORUM, an event to be held from 9 AM=20
to 5 PM on Friday, July 13th at Amherst College. =20

During the weekend, the various experts involved in federal facilities=20
cleanup (technical-expert, citizen-expert, citizen-scientist and others)=20
will examine technical information needs and the role of citizen=20
participation in the environmental cleanup process at Department of=20
Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.=20

The mission of the workshop is to examine the roles of citizens,=20
professional & technical experts, installation representatives,=20
regulators, independent scientists and college professors in active=20
cleanup through improving the understanding of technical topics at=20
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) and=20
Site-Specific Advisory Board (SSAB) meetings. ISIS will use this=20
information to structure the National Technical Experts Network (NTEN)=20
and make it a useful tool for those involved in cleanup. The event,=20
which is the first of two focus group events, is supported by a grant=20
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The CITIZENS' FORUM=20
is supported by ISIS and its private donors and funders.=20
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The following is the Draft Finalized Agenda for this event.  Please=20
contact staff at the ISIS office if you have questions or desire futher=20
information. =20

Best Regards,=20
Jeanne Stevens
Program Coordinator,
Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies (ISIS)
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413)559-5582
(413)559-5611
jcsNS@hampshire.edu
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NATIONAL FEDERAL FACILITIES CLEANUP WORKSHOP: TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Amherst College, July 13-15, 2001

AGENDA

FRIDAY, JULY 13 - CONVERSE HALL

7:30 PM	Welcome & Introduction
        Keynote Remarks

8:30 PM	Reception (catered)

9:30 PM Adjourn


SATURDAY, JULY 14 =AD WORKSHOP DAY ONE
- REGISTRATION =AD MAYO-SMITH DORMITORY; =20
- ALL PROGRAMS =AD MERRILL SCIENCE CENTER=20

8:00 AM	Registration (coffee available)=20

8:30 AM	Welcome, Review of Agenda and Logistics

8:35 AM Military Waste Cleanup Overview

9:00 AM National Technical Experts Network (NTEN) Introduction

9:30 AM	PLENARY SESSION: Technical Assistance on the Restoration=20
Advisory Board (RAB)/Community Action Group=20

10:30 AM Break (coffee, juice & snacks)

10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (CHOOSE ONE):
- Role of States and Tribal Governments in Federal Facilities Cleanup=09
- Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) Overview=20

12:00 PM Lunch =20

1:15 PM PLENARY SESSION: Using The World Wide Web To Access Technical=20
Information

1:45 PM	CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS:
- Using The World Wide Web To Access Technical Information
- International Range Cleanup
- Privatization and Early Transfer =20

2:45 PM	PLENARY SESSION: Military Cleanup: Finding the Resources in=20
Diverse Communities

3:45 PM	Break (beverages)

4:00 PM	Land Use Controls Interactive Presentation.  Excellent role-play=20
for all: Plenary session to form mixed stakeholder groups; individual=20
groups form for interactive exercise; groups then return to report on=20
break-out activities.  =09

5:30 PM	Closing (first full day)
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SUNDAY, JULY 15 =AD WORKSHOP DAY TWO: MERRILL SCIENCE CENTER=20
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8:00 AM	Panel on UXO and Ranges: Cleanup Options and Opportunities =20
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9:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
- Cleanup Issues at a Remote Site: Savoonga Native Village, Alaska

- High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal: Yucca Mountain=20

10:30 AM Break (coffee, juice & snacks)

10:45 AM PLENARY SESSION: Risk Assessment: What is risk & how is it=20
determined, managed and mitigated?=20

12:00 PM Lunch

1:15 PM	PLENARY SESSION: New Sciences of Military Cleanup for a New=20
Century.  =20

2:15 PM	Break (beverages)

2:30 PM	MODERATED PLENARY FORUM: Sharing Our Resources: How to include=20
all stakeholders in the community.=20

3:30 PM	Workshop Closing=20


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