Water: Dredged Material Management
Our WatersOceans, Coasts, Estuaries & BeachesOcean DumpingDredged Material Management2006 Conference on Managing Sediments in the Watershed2006 Conference on Managing Sediments in the Watershed
Bringing Dredged Material and Watershed Managers Together
Features
Conference Agenda (PDF) (7 pp, 60KB) and Presentations
- Day 1 - August 29, 2006
- Day 2 - August 30, 2006
- Day 3 - August 31, 2006
- SIMOR Workshop - August 31, 2006
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Day 1 - August 29, 2006
Session 1: Welcome and Overview
Welcome
Karen Durham-Aguilera, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Overview of conference objective (PDF) (14 pp, 484KB)
Craig Vogt, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Angie Premo, USACE
How is dredged material and sediment management occurring in the watershed today?
Steve Goldbeck, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Keynote: Why dredged material, sediment, and watershed managers should coordinate
John Paul Woodley, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works
Ben Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, USEPA
Session 2: Setting the Stage for Coordination
Dredging - Why and Who? (PDF) (12 pp, 1.9MB)
Glenn Vaneslow, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
What is a "Watershed Approach" to Dredged Material Management? (PDF) (11 pp, 873KB)
Tracie Nadeau, USEPA
Overview of Sediment Systems (PDF) (25 pp, 5.9MB)
Jeff Waters, USACE
Sediment as a Resource (PDF) (10 pp, 440KB)
Vern Gwin, USACE
Session 3a: Lessons and Experiences on Integrated Approaches to Management Sediment in the Watershed: Identifying essential knowledge for your counterparts/partners
Challenges of Watershed Planning
An Ecosystem Based Management Approach to Managing Sediments in South Texas (PDF) (16 pp, 7.8MB)
Ray Allen, Coastal Bend Bays Estuary Program
The "Big Picture" and Details That Support It (PDF) (19 pp, 3.2MB)
Dawn Uchiyama, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Challenges of dredged material and port management
Challenges of Dredging and Dredged Material Management for Ports (PDF) (17 pp, 4MB)
Sebastian Degens, Port of Portland
Dredging the Port of NY and NJ (PDF) (19 pp, 2MB)
Steve Dorrler, New York/New Jersey Port Authority
Session 3b: Lessons and Experiences on Integrated Approaches to Managing Sediment in the Watershed
Managing sediment in the watershed through a multi-agency approach: A case study from the Great Lakes
Panel chair: Dave Knight, Great Lakes Commission
Toledo Harbor Long Term Management Study: The Early Years (PDF) (15 pp, 1.5MB)
Gary Overmeir, Great Lakes Commission
What's the Problem? Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Beneficial Reuse Projects (PDF) (15 pp, 132KB)
Randy Bournique, Ohio EPA
Session 4: Integrating Dredged Material management and Watershed Planning
Sediment Erosion Control and Reduction at Source
Panel chair: Jerry Bernard, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service
Programmatic Sediment Management Plan (PDF) (17 pp, 815KB)
Carl Christiansen, USACE, Walla Walla District
Tuttle Creek Targeted Watershed Grants (PDF) (14 pp, 642KB)
Phil Barnes, Kansas State University
Nonpoint Source (NPS) EPA's Watershed Planning Approach for the Section 319 Program (PDF) (23 pp, 117KB)
Dov Weitman, USEPA
Maryland Sediment TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Loads) Development (PDF) (26 pp, 4MB)
Lee Curry, Maryland Department of the Environment
Beneficial Use
Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material (PDF) (22 pp, 1.2MB)
Panel chair: Vern Gwin, USACE
Houston-Galveston Ship Channel Beneficial Use (PDF) (28 pp, 4.1MB)
Eddie Seidensticker, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Using Contaminated Sediments Beneficially (PDF) (32 pp, 3.6MB)
Richard A. Price, USACE, Engineers Research Development Center-Environmental Lab
Habitat Loss and Sediment considerations
Panel Chair: Ralph Cantral, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Impacts of Unique Habitat: Sediment and Coral Reefs (PDF) (45 pp, 4.7MB)
Ernesto Diaz, Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership Restoration Prioritization Framework (PDF) (21 pp, 10.7MB)
Jill Leary and Debrah Marriott, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
Day 2 - August 30, 2006
Session 4: Integrating Dredged Material Management and Watershed Planning
Regional Sediment Management
Panel chair: Jeff Waters, USACE
California Sediment Management Master Plan (PDF) (10 pp, 1.5MB)
Kim Sterrett, California Coastal Commission
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL's) as Tools for Sediment Management (PDF) (10 pp, 268KB)
Francoise Brasier, USEPA
Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Concept Approach (PDF) (14 pp, 2.3MB)
Lynn Martin, USACE
Session 5: Using Sediment Systems in Applying a Watershed Approach to Coastal Geographic Regions
Case Study on the Regional Sediment Management Approach in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Perdido Pass, Alabama (PDF) (23 pp, 2.9MB)
Larry Parson, USACE, Mobile, Alabama
Using Sediment Systems in Applying a Watershed Approach to Coastal Geographic Regions Case Study: NY/NJ Harbor Regional Sediment Management (PDF) (23 pp, 378KB)
Doug Pabst, USEPA
Steve Dorrler, New York/New Jersey Port Authority
Jennifer Samson, Clean Ocean Action
Session 6: Integrating Dredged Material Management and Watershed Planning: Where Do We Need to Go?
Part A: Plenary discussion
Perspectives on the Importance of the Waterway Systems
Rich Worthington, USACE
Coastal Zone Management - Up the Watershed (PDF) (15 pp, 2.1MB)
Ralph Cantral, NOAA
Dredged Sediments as a Resource: An urgent cry for a paradigm shift from the people of the fastest disappearing landmass on earth! (PDF) (13 pp, 3.5MB)
Kerry St. Pée, Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary program
Charge to Breakout Groups: Where Do We Need To Go? (PDF) (8 pp, 662KB)
Carlton Hunt, Battelle
Part B: Breakout groups- Identifying next steps
Part C: Report out from breakout sessions
Group 1 (PDF) (6 pp, 593KB)
Group 2 (PDF) (8 pp, 832KB)
Group 3 (PDF) (6 pp, 591KB)
Group 4 (PDF) (7 pp, 616KB)
Group 5 (PDF) (7 pp, 591KB)
Group 6 (PDF) (6 pp, 583KB)
Session 7: Case Study on the Lower Columbia Solutions Group
Lower Columbia Solutions Group (PDF) (10 pp, 75KB)
Greg Wolf, Oregon Solutions Group
Jane Bacchaeri, Office of the Governor, Oregon-Natural Resources
Davis Moriuchi, USACE, Portland
Bill Wyatt, Executive Director, Port of Portland
Session 8: Developing Sediment Management Plans by Geographic Areas/Watersheds
Part A: Plenary discussion
Charge to Breakout Groups (PDF) (9 pp, 744KB)
Part B: Breakout groups
Day 3 - August 31, 2006
Session 8 continued: Developing Sediment Management Plans by Geographic Areas/Watersheds
Part C: Report out from breakout groups
Developing Regional Plans
Gulf of Mexico - Group A (PDF) (5 pp, 130KB)
Great Lakes - Group B (PDF) (17 pp, 158KB)
Mid-South Atlantic - Group C (PDF) (6 pp, 184KB)
Northeast - Group D (PDF) (4 pp, 176KB)
Pacific Northwest - Group E Lower Columbia River (PDF) (2 pp, 18KB)
Pacific Northwest - Group E Puget Sound (PDF) (2 pp, 31KB)
California and Pacific Islands - Group F (PDF) (5 pp, 521KB)
Session 9: Overview of Funding and Legislative Issues
Funding Regional Sediment Management (PDF) (6 pp, 217KB)
Rich Worthington, USACE
Funding and Legislative Issues (PDF) (8 pp, 372KB)
Barry Holliday, Dredging Contractors of America
Funding and Legislative Concerns (PDF) (14 pp, 958KB)
Lloyd Saunders, Port of Houston Authority
Financing Sustainable Watersheds (PDF) (23 pp, 4.3MB)
Bill Jarocki, Environmental Finance Center at Boise State University
Session 10: What Are the Next Steps and Identified Actions?
Facilitated discussion: What Are the Next Steps? (PDF) (12 pp, 99KB)
Craig Vogt, USEPA
Angie Premo, USACE
Session 11: Final Remarks
Karen Durham-Aguilera, USACE
Suzanne Schwartz, USEPA
David Sanford, American Association for Port Authorities
Gerhard Kuska, Council of Environmental Quality
Session 12: Closing
Closing (PDF) (1 pg, 14KB)
Craig Vogt, USEPA
Angie Premo, USACE
SIMOR Workshop - August 31, 2006
Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources (SIMOR) Workshop
Workshop Session 1: Who we are - Federal Governance under the U.S. Ocean Action Plan
Overview of the U. S. Ocean Action Plan and SIMOR's Purpose, Priorities, and Work Plan
The U.S. Ocean Action Plan and SIMOR: Making Our Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes Cleaner, Healthier and More Productive (PDF) (15 pp, 2.4MB)
Gerhard Kuska, Council on Environmental Quality and SIMOR Co-chair
Overview of Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology's (JSOST) Ocean Research Priorities Plan
Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States:Research Priorities for the Next Decade (PDF) (15 pp, 707KB)
Gerhard Kuska, Council on Environmental Quality and SIMOR Co-chair
Question and answer session
Workshop Session 2: How can SIMOR Help with Conference Next Steps?
Federal Perspective Panel- What is being done?
Gerhard Kuska, Council on Environmental Quality and SIMOR Co-chair
Suzanne Schwartz, USEPA and SIMOR Member
Jerry Bernhard, USDA
Mike Crouse, NOAA
Rich Worthington, USACE
Regional Perspective Panel: What is being done and what is needed- Perspectives from Washington, Oregon, and California
Brian Lynn, Washington Department of Ecology
Debra Marriott, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
Drew Bohan, California Ocean Protection Council
Washington State, Puget Sound Partnership (PDF) (24 pp, 271KB)
Brian Lynn, Washington Department of Ecology
Federal and Regional Feedback Panel and Discussion
Federal and Regional representatives discuss conference "next steps" in the context of U.S. Ocean Action Plan activities and regional initiatives in order to identify opportunities for collaboration. Conference participants were invited to join in the discussion.
