PCB Workshop
Agenda

June 18-19, 2002
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario

Workshop Purpose
To assess recent trends in PCB loadings and associated ecosystem changes within the Detroit River - Western Lake Erie region, and to develop advice for future monitoring, modeling and management

Tuesday, June 18, 2002

8:30-8:40Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Purpose (Dr. Neil Gold, Vice-President, University of Windsor; Dr. Richard Lintvedt, Associate Vice-President for Research, Wayne State University; John Hartig, River Navigator, Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative)
Moderator: Russ Kreis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8:40-9:00Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) perspective on PCB sources and loadings (Scott Painter, Environment Canada)
9:00-9:20Trends in annual PCB loads to the Detroit River (Dave Dolan, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay)
9:20-9:40Atmospheric Deposition of PCBs: an International Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) perspective (Todd Nettesheim, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
9:40-10:00Sediment remediation in the Detroit River-Western Lake Erie watershed (John Hartig, Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative)
10:00-10:20Coffee Break
Moderator: Doug Haffner, University of Windsor - GLIER
10:20-10:40Reductions in Lake Erie PCB sediment contamination (Scott Painter, Environment Canada)
10:40-11:00PCBs in suspended sediment from the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie (Chris Marvin, Environment Canada)
11:00-11:20Sediment-biota interactions (Jan Ciborowski, University of Windsor -GLIER)
11:20-11:40A summary of PCB investigations and future cleanup strategies in the Ottawa River (Mike Czeczele, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency)
11:40-12:00PCBs in Sediments - A Remedial Action Plan Perspective (Arthur Ostaszewski, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality)
12:00-12:20PCB trends in fish, water, and sediment from the Rouge River, Michigan (James Murray, Wayne County Department of Environment)
12:20-1:30Lunch
Moderator: Rob Letcher, University of Windsor - GLIER
1:30-1:50Adult insect PCB bioaccumulation trends (Lynda Corkum, University of Windsor - GLIER)
1:50-2:10Western Lake Erie fish community contaminant trends - 1977-2001 (Mike Whittle, Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
2:10-2:30An overview of patterns and abundance of selected PCB congeners (including planar) in fish species collected from Detroit River/St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Areas (James Hickey, Sergei Chernyak, Linda Begnoche, and Richard T. Quintal, U.S. Geological Survey)
2:30-2:50PCB metabolism and phenolic contaminants in the plasma of Detroit River fish (Rob Letcher, and Hongxia Li, University of Windsor - GLIER)
2:50-3:10Temporal and spatial trends in PCB contamination of herring gull eggs (Chip Weseloh, Canadian Wildlife Service)
3:10-3:30PCB impacts on snapping turtles and other animals from the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie (Kim Fernie, Canadian Wildlife Service)
3:30-3:50Coffee Break
Moderator: Russ Kreis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:50-4:10Biomonitors, surficial sediments, and foodweb datasets on the Detroit River, 1991-2001 (Ken Drouillard and Doug Haffner, University of Windsor - GLIER)
4:10-4:40PCB modeling results and predictions (Stan Reitsma, University of Windsor - GLIER)
4:40-5:00Charge to Breakout Sessions (John Hartig)

Wednesday, June 19, 2002

8:30-10:40Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions (develop key findings, conclusions, recommendations on the topics assigned to each group)

RESEARCH AND MODELING BREAKOUT SESSION:

Facilitators: Jan Ciborowski and Mike Zarull

Questions:
  • Based on what you have learned at the workshop, what key research/modeling findings and conclusions should be communicated to senior managers in government agencies and research/academic institutions?
  • Based on workshop presentations and breakout session discussions, what key research/modeling recommendations should be made to senior managers of government agencies and research/academic institutions?
MANAGEMENT (point and nonpoint sources, sediment remediation) BREAKOUT SESSION:

Facilitators: John Hartig and Griff Sherbin

Questions:
  • Based on what you have learned at the workshop, what key management findings and conclusions should be communicated to senior mangers in government agencies and research/academic institutions?
  • Based on workshop presentations and breakout session discussions, what key management recommendations should be made to senior managers of government agencies and research/academic institutions?
MONITORING (both near field and far field) BREAKOUT SESSION:

Facilitators: John Gannon and Russ Kreis

Questions:
  • Based on what you have learned at the workshop, what key monitoring findings and conclusions should be communicated to senior managers in government agencies and research/academic institutions?
  • Based on workshop presentations and breakout session discussions, what key monitoring recommendations should be made to senior managers of government agencies and research/academic institutions?
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-NoonReports from the three breakout sessions and open discussion and integration of results/findings/recommendations (Facilitators: Jan Ciborowski, University of Windsor - GLIER; John Hartig)
NoonAdjourn

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