Freshwater Spills Symposium 2006 Agenda, Presentations & Papers

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Papers, presentations, and other files presented at the 2006 Freshwater Spills Symposium (FSS) are available below. FSS papers and presentations reflect the views of their author(s) and are not necessarily the views of EPA.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Onsite Registration Begins at 7:45 am Cascade Ballroom Foyer (Second Level)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Freshwater Spills Symposium 2006 PLENARY SESSION "Natural Disasters, Human Error, and Equipment Failure-- Causes for Major InlandOil Spills and the Resulting Multifaceted Response" Start Time: 9:30 am Cascade Ballroom (Second level) Welcome and Introductions Paul Slyman,Oregon DEQ - Welcome (PDF) (15 pp, 2.7MB) Socorro Rodriguez, EPA Region 10 (Portland) - Welcome (PDF) (17 pp, 1.5MB) Craig Matthiessen, EPA Office of Emergency Management - HQ - Welcome (PDF) (19 pp, 1.2MB) Featured Speakers: Hurricane Rita (PDF) (33 pp, 5.7MB) - J.T. Ewing, Texas GLO Hurricane Katrina - Before and After (PDF) (31 pp, 2.2MB) and Murphy Oil USA Refinery Spill (PDF) (9 pp, 770K) - Richard Franklin, EPA Region 6 SONS 2007 (PDF) (38 pp, 4.9MB) - Douglas Eames, USCG *Mark Howard, EPA SPCC Update (PDF)* (11 pp, 334K)**
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - On Your Own
	Pipeline Incidents Rebecca Post	Chemical and Biological Measures Greg Wilson	SPCC and FRP Rules Mark Howard	Response Strategies Randy Clark
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Bioremediation of Diesel Range Organics in the Suisun Marsh (PDF) (27 pp, 3.7MB) Harry Allen IV	Presentation: The United States Environmental Protection Agency: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, Subpart J Product Schedule (PDF) (20 pp, 180K) Paper: The United States Environmental Protection Agency: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, Subpart J Product Schedule (PDF) (16 pp, 93K) William Nichols	Top 10 Misconceptions about SPCC and FRP (PDF) (19 pp, 465K) Christopher Ludwa and Ashley Ehrhart	Presentation: Upland/Inland Spill Response: Use of Underflow Dams (PDF) (18 pp, 2MB) Paper: Upland/Inland Spill Response: Use of Underflow Dams (PDF) (18 pp, 2.0MB) Theodore Camlin
	Presentation: Mojave River Pipeline Spill- San Bernardino County, California (PDF) (22 pp, 895K) Paper: Mojave River Pipeline Spill- San Bernardino County, California (PDF) (16 pp, 66KK) John Key	Changes in the Protocol for Listing Bioremediation Agents on the NCP Product Schedule (PDF) (21 pp, 93K) Albert Venosa	Understanding the Flexibility Associated with the SPCC Rule (PDF) (23 pp, 1.1MB) Patricia Fleming	Presentation: Use of Trajectory Modeling to Analyze Variations on the Response Strategies for Inland Waterways (PDF) (35 pp, 1.3MB) Paper: Use of Trajectory Modeling to Analyze Variations on the Response Strategies for Inland Waterways (PDF) (15 pp, 471K) Dagmar Etkin
	In-stream Remediation of a Hydrocarbon Release in North Central Alberta (PDF) (32 pp, 2.7MB) Wayne Wiebe	Anaerobic Biodegradation and Toxicity of Vegetable Oil in Freshwater Sediment (PDF) (23 pp, 673K) Zhengkai Li	Characteristics of FRP Facilities: Results of Nationwide Inventory (PDF) (22 pp, 219K) Troy Swackhammer	Coast Guard's Mechanical Oil Spill Recovery Capabilities (PDF) (18 pp, 1.2MB) Alvin "Mike" Crickard
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Presentation: Oil and Gas Pipeline Condition Assessment Using Remote Sensing (PDF) (23 pp, 2.8MB) Paper: Oil and Gas Pipeline Condition Assessment Using Remote Sensing (PDF) (25 pp, 437K) William Roper	SPECIAL SESSION Voodoo vs. Science: The Practical Application of Bioremediation Techniques as a Removal Response Option at Land-Based Oil Spills (PDF) (72 pp, 10.5MB) Harry Allen III Proposed Cleanup Guidelines for Small Oil Spills Using Bioremediation (PDF) (36 pp, 2.3MB) Harry Allen III The Practical Science of Bioremediation as an Oil Spill Response of Option 2006 (PDF) (64 pp, 5.3MB) Harry Allen III	EPA Oil Program Activities (PDF) (32 pp, 124K) Mark Howard	Monitoring Crude Oil Spill Components with the ORSANCO Organics Detection (PDF) (50 pp, 5.1MB) Jerry Schulte
	Marathon Ashland Oil Pipeline Spill EPA Emergency Response Team (ERT) (no file available) Greg Powell & Fred Stroud		SPCC Plans (PDF) (42 pp, 1.1MB) Eric Politte	Responding to Group V Oil Spills (Submerged Oils) in Freshwater Environments (PDF) (58 pp, 6.2M) David Usher
			Inspector's Corner (PDF) (23 pp, 4.0MB) Donald Smith	Presentation: Managing an Integrated Response (PDF) (17 pp, 812K) Paper: Managing an Integrated Response (PDF) (16 pp, 431K) Theodore Camlin

Wednesday, May3, 2006
	Case Studies/ Lessons Learned (PART I) Beatriz Oliveira	Cleanup Techniques and Strategies (PART I) David Fritz	Emergency Preparedness and Planning (PART I) Beth Sheldrake	Oil Behavior & Risk Assessment (PDF) William Nichols
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Inland Oil Spill Response: Midnight Dumping at Mud Creek (PDF) (75 pp, 3.7MB) Jereme Altendorf	Presentation: Improved Recovery of Oil Spills from Water Surfaces using Tailored Surfaces in Oleophilic Skimmers (PDF) (25 pp, 3.4MB) Paper: Improved Recovery of Oil Spills from Water Surfaces using Tailored Surfaces in Oleophilic Skimmers (PDF) (14 pp, 381K) Victoria Broje	An Inspector's Photographic Journey of How Not to Manage an O&HS Spill Prevention and Response Program (PDF) (57 pp, 9.3MB) John Hanson	The Transport of Oil in Water Bodies Subject to Waves (PDF) (18 pp, 276K) Michel Boufadel
	Presentation: Lower Colorado River Oil Spill and Response January 2002 Lessons Learned (PDF) (44 pp, 4.6MB) Paper: Lower Colorado River Oil Spill and Response January 2002 Lessons Learned (PDF) (13 pp, 82K) Jeffery Smith	Presentation: Determination of Mercury and Other Trace Metals in Hydrocarbons using the Anton- Paar High Pressure Asher (HPA) (PDF) (16 pp, 410K) Paper: Determination of Mercury and Other Trace Metals in Hydrocarbons using the Anton- Paar High Pressure Asher (HPA) PDF) (16 pp, 662K) Deborah Cussen	Presentation: Inland Water Oil Spill Removal Organization (PDF) (30 pp, 1.3MB) Paper: Inland Water Oil Spill Removal Organization (PDF) (9 pp, 203K) Dee Bradley	Presentation: The Density Behaviour of Heavy Oils in Freshwater: The Example of Lake Wabamun Spill (PDF) (48 pp, 11.5MB) Paper: The Density Behaviour of Heavy Oils in Freshwater: The Example of Lake Wabamun Spill (PDF) (15 pp, 845K) Merv Fingas
	The Rio dos Padres Case: Working in a Dangerous Area and Minimizing Cleaning Action Impact in the Environment (PDF) (15 pp, 1.9MB) Fernando Falkiewicz	Enhanced Oil Recovery Rate of the Weir Skimmer in Spill Recovery (PDF) (14 pp, 467K) Ali Hammoud	King County Water Quality Trouble Call Program (PDF) (41 pp, 7MB) Benjamin Budka	Consideration of Characteristics Influencing Emulsification Factors for Vegetable Oil Spills (PDF) (27 pp, 300K) Greg Wilson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 AM	Wabamun Lake, AB Oil Spill - A Case Study of a Large Freshwater Oiled Wildlife Response (PDF) (27 pp, 1.7MB) Lana Emo	Earthworms as Ecoengineers in the Restoration of Oil and Brine-Impacted Soils Following Remediation (PDF) (40 pp, 3.5MB) Kerry Sublette	Consideration of Cultural Resources in Freshwater Oil Spills (PDF) (41 pp, 6.7MB) Susan White	Freshwater Net Environment Benefit Analysis Exercises on the Great Lakes (PDF) (30 pp, 1.5MB) Stuart Eddy
	Presentation: Inland Oil Spills - Well Blowout 2004 (PDF) (28 pp, 9.4MB) Paper: Inland Oil Spills - Well Blowout 2004 (PDF) (15 pp, 1.3MB) Paul Foley	EPA ERT Diving Technologies used in Freshwater (Submerged Oil): Athos Spill and Pyramid Lake Spill (PDF) (34 pp, 6.4MB) U.S. EPA Dive Program (PDF) (20 pp, 1.5MB) Alan Humphrey	Citizen's Action Network (PDF) (20 pp, 814K) Michael Zolzer	Presentation: Risk Assessment of Oil Spills to US Waterways (PDF) (34 pp, 890K) Paper: Risk Assessment of Oil Spills to US Waterways (PDF) (14 pp, 1.3MB) Dagmar Etkin
			[P] A Simple Means to Pre-Stage Oil Spill Response Equipment (PDF) (8 pp, 392K) Tony Congram	Entrapment of Oil in a Tidal Marsh in Long Island NY (PDF) (35 pp, 1.8MB) Weaver, Jim
			[P] Alaska Community Response System: Community Spill Response Agreements, Response Depots & Oil Spill Response Training, Home Heating Oil Tank Spill Prevention Initiative (No file received) Randal Dowd
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - On Your Own
	Case Studies/ Lessons Learned (PART II) Jack Wylie	Cleanup Techniques and Strategies (PART II) Al Venosa	Emergency Preparedness and Planning (PART II) Mary Goolie	Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma Response Ann Whelan
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	European Oil Spill Wildlife Response (PDF) (26 pp, 828K) Curtis Clumpner	The Western Lake Erie Area Committee Report: Shoreline Surface Washing Agent Application and Environmental Monitoring (no file received) Russ Proctor	Columbia / Snake River Spill Response Initiative (PDF) (10 pp, 757K) Mark Layman	Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina (PDF) (41 pp, 7.3MB) Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina (PDF) (20 pp, 567K) William Roper
	Presentation: Wabamun: A Major Inland Spill (presentation not available) Paper: Wabamun: A Major Inland Spill (PDF) (12 pp, 258K) Ron Goodman (presented by Merv Fingas)	Environmental Parameter Optimization for Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon- Contaminated Soil (PDF) (24 pp, 902K) Richard Scholze	Presentation: The Preparedness Assessment Process & RRI LCDR (PDF) (23 pp, 459K) Paper: The Preparedness Assessment Process & RRI LCDR (PDF) (5 pp, 107K) Barbara Midkiff	Data Management at Katrina (no file received) Stuart Eddy
	Black Lagoon Site Cleanup (PDF) (39 pp, 2.5MB) Michelle Jaster	Assessment of In Situ Biodegradation Potential of Benzene Using 13C-Labeled Benzene and Bio-Sep® Beads (PDF) (34 pp, 1.1MB) Kerry Sublette	Oil Spill Prevention Measures: Centro de Defesa Ambiental da Amazonia, Amazonian Contingency Plan (no file received ) Paulo Moises	The Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on South Louisiana (PDF) (14 pp, 58k) Donald Davis
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Gasoline Spill Emergency Response, Investigation, and Remediation at Detroit Lake near Detroit, Oregon (PDF) (51 pp, 8.8MB) Tim Archer	Effect of Potassium Permanganate on the Biodegradation of Weathered Crude Oil from Indiana Harbor Canal (PDF) (31 pp, 284K) Brian Wrenn	Presentation: Anticipating California Levee Failure: Government Response Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources from Freshwater Oil Spills (PDF) (27 pp, 2.1MB) Paper: Anticipating California Levee Failure: Government Response Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources from Freshwater Oil Spills (PDF) (18 pp, 69K) Patricia Port	Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita upon Entergy Corporation's Electrical Transmission and Distribution System (PDF) (49 pp, 20.2MB) Jeff Spillyards
		Prediction of Nutrients Movement in the Banks of Tidally Influenced Estuaries (PDF) (21 pp, 880K) Michel Boufadel	Using GIS and Innovative Approaches to Develop Geographic Response Plans: Presenting the Lower Deshutes River GRP (PDF) (35 pp, 1.7MB) Beth Sheldrake	Presentation: Cooperative Efforts Using In-Situ Burning in Empire, LA in an Intermediate Marsh following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (PDF) (42 pp, 4.3MB) Paper: Cooperative Efforts Using In-Situ Burning in Empire, LA in an Intermediate Marsh following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (PDF) (17 pp, 9.9MB) Amy Merten
		[P] Protocol Development for Testing and Screening Commercial Dispersant Products: Progress from Laboratory to Rule-Making (no file received) Albert Venosa	[P] Geographic Response Strategies: Alaska Rivers (PDF) (4 pp, 753K) Randal Dowd	[P] Response to Hazardous Waste Releases to Freshwater After Hurricane Katrina (No file received) William Simes

Thursday, May 4, 2006
	Above ground Storage Tanks - Industry Standards and State Issues Patricia Fleming	Environmental Impacts in Freshwater Areas Ruth Yender	Prevention and Response Technologies Jane Nakad	Meetings [for EPA]
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Presentation: Confusion for Tank Owners: When Integrity Testing Finds Tank Deficiencies Not Directly Referenced in the SPCC Rule (PDF) (24 pp, 748K) Paper: Confusion for Tank Owners: When Integrity Testing Finds Tank Deficiencies Not Directly Referenced in the SPCC Rule (PDF) (18 pp, 280K) Ed Fahnline	Presentation: Endangered Species and the Use of a Biological Opinion During Spill Response (PDF) (25 pp, 500K) Paper: Endangered Species and the Use of a Biological Opinion During Spill Response (PDF) (20 pp, 105K) Matthew Bernard	Presentation: Development and Utilization of Automated Oil Spill Detection Technology for Clean Water Compliance and Spill Discharge Prevention (PDF) (34 pp, 2.3MB) Paper: Development and Utilization of Automated Oil Spill Detection Technology for Clean Water Compliance and Spill Discharge Prevention (PDF) (15 pp, 359K) Chris Chase	OPM Meeting (8-12)
	Tank Inspections Based on Risk to the Environment Dana Schmidt	GASCO: The First Portland Harbor Early Action in Review (PDF) (36 pp, 4.2MB) Sean Sheldrake	State of Washington Early Assessment Teams for Shoreline Impacts, Response, and Damage Assessment (PDF) (56 pp, 4.1MB) David Mora
	Aboveground Storage Tanks - State Issues (PDF) (30 pp, 1.6MB) Jon Woodard	Environmental Problems of Water Resources of the Near-Caspian Region Connected with Extraction and Transportation of Hydrocarbons (PDF) (7 pp, 150K) Edil Zhanburshin	In-Situ Burning of Spilled Oil in Inland Regions of the U.S. (PDF) (52 pp, 5.0MB) David Fritz
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 AM			Inland Waters Oil Response: Slow Water Booming Techniques and Strategies U.S. EPA Emergency Response Team (ERT) Boom Types and Capabilities (PDF) (27 pp, 5.1M) Katrina Photos (PDF) (44 pp, 2.2MB) Oil Recovery Equipment and Methods (PDF) (15 pp, 5.3MB) Oil Patch Quiz (50 photos, no text) (PDF) (101 pp, 21.1MB) Fred Stroud and Greg Powell	FRP Coordinators Meeting (Afternoon, 12-5)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - On Your Own
	[P] Poster Presentation
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Monday , May1, 2006
Onsite Registration DoubleTree Lloyd Center 7:3 0 am to 4:00 pm Cascade Ballroom Foyer (Second level)
SHORT COURSES - Cascade Ballroom Session Rooms (second level) 8:0 0 am to 5:00 pm
Extreme Cold Weather Oil Spill Response Carl Oskins, DOWCAR Environmental Management	Oiled Wildlife Response Lana Emo and Chris Battaglia, Focus Wildlife	Shoreline CleanupAssessment Technique (SCAT) Sankaran KrishnaRaj, Environment Canada Jocelyn Clark, U.S. EPA Region 5 David Fritz, BP	SPCC Guidance for Regional Inspectors Mark Howard Patricia Fleming, U.S. EPA
Lunch
Inland Waters Oil Spill Response: Fast Water Booming Techniques and Strategies Carl Oskins, DOWCAR Environmental Management	Oiled Wildlife Response (cont'd)	Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) (cont'd)	SPCC Guidance for Regional Inspectors (cont'd)

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