Mark Ducharme Confirmed to Speak As Keynote at 2011 Seminar

Dec. 17 2010 LPC Meeting

Attending Members: Sandy Buchner, Angella Breitenbeck, Mary Lenardson, Amy Vail, Steve Bylsma, Mike Winchester

LPC 2011 Seminar

-  Mark Ducharme confirmed to speak as keynote at 2011 seminar

-  Need to come up with a outline for Mark

-  Angella to ask Mark to pass outline onto Enbridge, see if they want to contribute to our presentation – maybe on panel of experts

-  Amy will contact Jayne Rauch (Karr Labs) to see if she wants to participate on panel – did some of the analytical, Karr has agreed to have Garret Ervin speak on our round table discussion

-  MDNRE, Contract Lab, WWTP (Chris to give speaker), Wildlife effort

-  Mary to talk to Gail about using OM2 as a topic and finding a potential speaker

-  Pros and Cons of being an accredited lab, Amy talk to Greg Lundy for speaker interest – Greg was not able to come up with ideas for a speaker, but stated that if his schedule was clear he would be interested in speaking at our seminar

-  Ken Gunter used to be the DMRQA coordinator , Mary to contact him about possibility of speaking at 2011 seminar about the DMRQA program

-  Amy to contact speakers about how to deal with difficult personnel, Amy provided contact names (Lew & Mary Bender), Angella will contact to gauge interest (Jerry Harte may be a potential backup)

-  Safety, waste management processes (potential topics for seminar if needed)

-  Legal aspect of audits (Carnell to see if there is interest and a speaker)

Enbridge Outline (2 hour 45 minute presentation)

Introduction

History and Background on Kalamazoo River (photos included)

Fun facts about river

History and background of Enbridge

History of the pipeline (aging infrastructure – when laid, life expectancy, plans to update)

Timeline of Events (lots of photos)

Date/time of pipe break

When/How Enbridge discovered the break

Immediately after break what steps did Enbridge take

What did Enbridge do first after pipe break is confirmed

Phone chain of contact

Enbridge First Response/Emergency Response

Governmental Involvement (politics of situation)

Public Relations

Initial Site Assessment

Initial Containment Activities

Initial Cleanup (who was involved)

Impact on surrounding areas (lots of photos)

Environmental impact

Community Health

Agricultural impact

WWTP Impact

Contact Lab impact

Wildlife Impact

Enbridge Impact

Financial Impact (Enbridge/State/County/etc)

Fire Dept Impact

Travel Impact

Public Works

Long term Monitoring and Remediation

What is being monitored and how often

What analytes are being tested

Plume area (how large is remediation are)

Estimate of monitoring period

Steps taken to stop this type of situation from happening again (infrastructure repairs, monitoring improvements, containment improvements, emergency response improvements, etc)

Lessons Learned

Panel Discussion (after lunch – 45 minutes)

Ask Mark to help with choosing panel members

So far Garret Ervin from Karr Labs has agreed to be on panel

LPC Mission Statement

-  Angella to email two mission statement to members for a vote

LPC Core Values (Angella to email to members for tweaks)

-  Promote and encourage education through public outreach

-  Protect MI water quality

-  Learn from others, share with others within the scientific community

General Discussion

-  Angella to email members Bob’s email and George (Acting director) info

-  Mary’s BODs are working out better – training issue

-  Angella to email Karlyn about MWEA office availability

Upcoming Meetings

-  January 21, 2011 MWEA office

-  Feb 18, 2011 Lansing WWTP (Carnell to Host)

-  March 18, 2011 Jackson WWTP (Mary to Host)

-  April 15, 2011 MWEA office

-  May 10, 2011 Seminar

-  June 10, 2011 Cadillac (Amy to Host)