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June 15, 2016 Combined Task Force Meeting and Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the Task Force and the Technical Track Work group is:

Date: Wednesday June 15, 2016
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#
This meeting is a combined Full Task Force Meeting and a Technical Track Work Group Meeting. Please review the documents prior to the meeting.

Meeting Documents:
– SRRTTF_TTWG 06-15-16 summary notes_DRAFT
–  Tech Track WG agn 06-15-16 Revised 3
–  SRRTTF-TSCA-HR-2576-letter-to-Congress-MAY-2016_Revision 1 (Discussion and Potential Decision Item)
–  “Magnitude of Source Areas & Pathways DRAFT” (Decision Item)
– SRRTTF_LimnoTech_06_15_2016b (pdf)
–  SRRTTF_LimnoTech_06_15_2016b (pptx)

DRAFT: Cost/Effectiveness of PCB Control Actions for the Spokane River – Memo available for Task Force review

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The DRAFT Cost/Effectiveness of PCB Control Actions for the Spokane River Memo is available for Task Force Review.  Please send comments on the draft to Dave Dilks of LImnoTech (ddilks@limno.com).

Memo Review and finalization process timeline:

  • Initial comments by June 15th or earlier
  • Second draft provided by by LimnoTech by June 22nd
  • Official review draft available by July 6th
  • Final Draft for decision posted to Task Force website by July 15th.

The Draft and all comments that are received will be posted to the Comprehensive Plan page on the Task Force website here.

May 25, 2016 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: May 25, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane County Water Resource Center
1004 N. Freya Street
Spokane, WA 99202

Click here for a map

Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Webinar Information: 

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To join the online meeting
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1. Go to https://wadis.webex.com/wadis/j.php?MTID=m9cc858b87958f774f2d2b1528b5b608a
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: 3yMHswki
4. Click “Join Now”.

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To join the audio conference only
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For Audio, please use telephone.
Call 1 800 704 9804
Participant code 34863442#


Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 05-25-16_Summary Notes_Final
–  SRRTTF May 25 2016 Agenda_revised3
Previous Meeting  Summaries:
–  SRRTTF April 27 DRAFT summary notes (Decision Item)
–  SRRTTF_TTWG_05-04-16_Summary Notes
Other Meeting Documents and Presentations
–  SRRTTF-PCB-Fact-Sheet-April-2016-_edited-4.20.16 (Decision Item)
– SRRTTF_LimnoTech_05_25_2016_Part 1 and 2
– All Comprehensive Planning Documents and Comments
– SRRTTF_MagnitudeSourcesPathways_2016_0518_draft. (Decision Item)
–  SRRTTF_Inventory_of_Control_Actions_05182016_draft (Decision Item)
–  Work Plan_Rodenburg
–  Homolog-PMF presentation_II 5-25-16

LimnoTech: Magnitude of Sources and Pathways memo- Preliminary Draft available for review and data request

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LimnoTech has drafted a memo on the “Magnitude of Sources and Pathways“  This memo will be a part of the Comprehensive Plan. Please note that this is a Preliminary Draft based on data received to date.

Task Force members are asked to review the memo and provide feedback to LimnoTech . Please note if there is site-specific data that can be used to replace the literature values, and/or better alternatives to the (many) assumptions that are currently in the memo. Please send all comments/edits to Dave Dilks at ddilks@limno.com by April 27th.

LimnoTech is still waiting for data from some Task Force members. Please provide information to LimnoTech on the following:

  • Influent and effluent PCB measurements (and associated discharge flow) performed by the various WWTPs, for the “Magnitude of sources and pathways” memo, and
  • Existing PCB control plans that have been prepared by the WWTPs, for the BMP memo.

March 28, 2016 Task Force Meeting (Conference Call)

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The Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force will hold a meeting by conference call on Monday March 28th, 2016  from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to consider the approval of Task Force response letter to the draft EPA Draft NPDES General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities & Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country Within the boundaries of the State of Washington.

Voting members of the Task Force are asked to call in, as we will need a quorum to make the formal approval. Other Task Force participants are welcome to call in with additional input or to listen and contribute to the call.

Please carefully read the attached response letter prior to the meeting. The letter is organized by a Background that explains the SRRTTF efforts, the request for a Toxics Management Plan, recommended BMPs, recommended reporting requirements, and  the encouragement for tribal participation in the SRRTTF.

Topics to be addressed at the meeting, in order, include:

  • Federal Hatchery Permit Comment Letter—Decision: accept letter for submittal to EPA by full SRRTTF?
    –  SRRTTF-Comment-Letter_EPA-Draft-Permit-Hatcheries_03-29-16_Final
  • Federal TSCA “Monsanto Clause” Opportunity to Comment
  • Process for Reaching Agreement on “PCB Control Actions”: Does the Task Force anticipate additional meetings (either full SRRTTF or workgroup)?
Date: March 28, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: By Phone
Call In Number: (800)704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#
Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 3.28.16 conference call FINAL DRAFT Summary
–  SRRTTF Comment Letter_EPA Draft Permit_Hatcheries_ 3.28.16 (Final Draft agreed upon during the meeting)

LimnoTech: Comprehensive Plan -DRAFT Memo: Inventory of Best Management Practices to Be Evaluated for the Spokane River” Please review and send comments by March 23rd.

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LimnoTech has drafted a memo on the  “Inventory of Best Management Practices to Be Evaluated for the Spokane River”. This memo will be a part of the Comprehensive Plan.

Task Force members are asked to review the memo and provide feedback to LimnoTech no later than March 23rd, 2016. Please send all comments/edits to Dave Dilks at ddilks@limno.com

Task Force members are also asked to provide information to LimnoTech on the following:

  • Influent and effluent PCB measurements (and associated discharge flow) performed by the various WWTPs, for LimnoTech use in preparing the “Magnitude of sources and pathways” memo, and
  • Existing PCB control plans that have been prepared by the WWTPs, for the BMP memo.

DRAFT Memo: Inventory of Best Management Practices to Be Evaluated for the Spokane River”

Comments Received:
–  BMP Memo_comments_Lands Council
–  BMP Memo_comments_ City of Post Falls
–  DRAFT_Inventory_of_BMPs_2016_02_19_IEP Comments
–  Limnotech Memo re PCB BMPs _City of Spokane 02-19-16
–  List of BMPs and control actions apb

 

February 24, 2016 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location:
Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District Office
22510 E. Mission Avenue Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Click here for a map

To attend by phone:
Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 2.24.16 Meeting Summary Final Draft
–  SRRTTF Feb. 24 2016 Agenda_revised
–  SRRTTF 1-27-16 Meeting Summary DRAFT
–  MINUTE ORDER_Judge Rothstein
–  SRRTTF_LimnoTech_02_22_2016 (Dave Dilks – presentation)
–  SRRTTF_SourcesPathways_2016_0222_draft
–  DRAFT_Inventory_of_BMPs_2016_02_19
–  Monthly_sampling_SOW_022016
–  QAPP_addendum_draft_022016
–  Spokane River Regional Toxics Task 2016 Workshop Takeaways DRAFT
–  Spokane RRTTF EPA R10 Proposed PCB-Related Permit Conditions (Catherine Gockel -Presentation) 
–  Comments.Outline Draft Hatchery Permit.2016
–  PCB in Products- Presentation Alex Stone

 

 

LimnoTech Draft Memorandum: Inventory of known PCB sources and pathways to be consider in Comprehensive Plan – Please review and provide feedback.

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LimnoTech has drafted a memorandum defining the inventory of known PCB sources and pathways that will be considered in the comprehensive plan (this is the first deliverable under Task 1 of the Comprehensive Plan work). The plan is to finalize this memo by February 19th. Task Force members are asked to review the draft memo prior to the Task Force meeting on Wednesday January 27th and provide feedback at the meeting.

Comments on the draft may also be sent to Dave Dilks (ddilks@limno.com) by Monday, February 8th.

November 18, 2015 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: November 18, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane County Water Resource Center
1004 N. Freya Street
Spokane, WA 99202

Click here for a map

To view the meeting presentations by webinar:

1. Go to https://wadis.webex.com/wadis/j.php?MTID=m75459b3268c3564e4144d129369a6d40
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: Srttf11182015
4. Click “Join Now”.

For Audio:

Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 11.18.15 Meeting Summary
–  SRRTTF Nov 18 2015 Agenda_draft 3
–  SRRTTF 10-21-15 meeting summary_draft
–  Lands Council SRRTTF support letter_draft2
–  SRRTTF_ComprehensivePlan_Scope-2015_11_10
–  Ecology PCB GW Sample Locations
–  BMP Focus Group Draft Notes 11.10.15
–  SRRTTF Funding Work Group Meeting Notes Nov 16 2015 Draft
–  11.16.15 GW Sampling work group meeting notes
–  SRRTTF 2016 Workshop Concepts d3 11-10-15
Presentations
–  SRRTTF_DraftSynopticData_11_18_2015b
–  SVRP GW PCB Sampling_Presentation
–  Draft PCB Sampling Results_Alex Stone Presentation
–  2015 SVRP aquifer Atlas_Pages
–  aquifer.Spokane _presentation

October 21, 2015 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location:
Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District Office
22510 E. Mission Avenue Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Click here for a map

To attend the meeting by webinar (presentations only):

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To join the online meeting
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1. Go to https://wadis.webex.com/wadis/j.php?MTID=m176b2b46eec89b9be1cc90f4cceb4ae2
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: SRRtf102115
4. Click “Join Now”.

For Audio:
Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents
–  SRRTTF 10.21.15 Meeting Summary
–  SRRTTF Oct. 21 2015 Agenda_draft_(revised date)
–  SRRTTF_ComprehensivePlan_WorkPlan_2015_1012_draft
–  SRRTTF 09-23-15 summary notes_draft
–  SRRTTF UWSR data summary 
–  SRRTTF Atmos.Dep. 10-21-15 (Presentation)
–  SRRTTF UWSR data summary_EAP presentation
–  Atmos dep in WA 8-6-15 INTERNAL Ecology memo for scoping purposes only
–  Lands Council Proposal Abstract

EPA Grant Solicitation:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals under the Urban Waters Small Grants program that will advance EPA’s water quality and environmental justice goals. Proposed projects will address urban runoff pollution through diverse partnerships that produce multiple community benefits, with emphasis on underserved communities.
Proposals must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) by 11:59 P.M. EST on November 20, 2015.