Category Archives: Meetings

Federal Register publication of the Washington Water Quality Standards MORE INFORMATION

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The final rule was published in the Federal Register today, which means it will take effect on 12/28/16. All the information has been posted on EPA’s website here: https://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/water-quality-standards-regulations-washington#fed

The docket is also now available (which is also available on the main link above) here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174. The docket includes the response to comments and economic analysis – direct links to these documents below.

Response to comments: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174-0427

Econ analysis: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174-0300

December 7, 2016 Education and Outreach Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Education and Outreach Work Group is:

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Time: 1:30 p.m – 3:30 p.m. 
Location: RiverKeeper
35 West Main, Suite 300 Spokane WA

Click Here for a map.
To connect by phone:
Dial: 509-335-2277
Conf. ID: 5708027
 Note: (the line will remain open for 10 minutes after the meeting starts, if no one joins the call in that time, it will be disconnected, please let Kara Whitman know if you will join the meeting by phone later than this at kmwhitman@wsu.edu)
General Agenda:
  • Education and Outreach activity demonstration (bioaccumulation/biomagnification)
  • Education and Outreach Activities/audiences compilation (update on Brenden Campbell’s work)
  • Education and Outreach Work Plan development (Comp Plan)

Meeting Materials:
–  Education and Outreach Workgroup meeting_12.7.16 summary
–  srrttf-education-and-outreach-spreadsheet_10-17srrttf-education-and-outreach-spreadsheet_10-17

 

outreach items of interest:
–  fw_-dont-drip-and-drive-update-we-need-your-help
–  fw_-free-auto-leak-inspection-workshops-please-spread-the-word

PCB Video WMV (also titled “How to Protect Your Family” in another post, practical, informational) – EMSL Laboratory Services – 2011

https://youtu.be/RekYAZerLIU

Whither PCBs?  (Some history and cleaning up the Hudson) – Duke University – 2009

https://youtu.be/DXw_KDBtgB4

PCBs in our environment (history, fish bioaccumulation, polar bears, orcas) – Emily Zimmermann (student?)

https://youtu.be/oYD9L-aQcfw

December 7, 2016 Task Force and Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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

Date: Wednesday December 7, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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

Call In Number: 509-335-2277
Conference ID: 3675794

This meeting will be both a Full Task Force meeting as well as a Technical Track Work Group meeting. Full Task Force decision items will be addressed in the first hour of the meeting, once those decision items have been addressed, Task Force participants may choose to leave the meeting.

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF/TTWG 12.7.16 Summary Notes_edited 1.25.17
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–  SRRTTF-TTWG-agenda-12-07-16 (1)
–  SRRTTF-Comp Plan-cover-letter-on-letterhead_updated-11-29-16
–  pcb-control-actions-requiring-work-plans
– Final Comp Plan

– draft-letter-from-srrttf-to-epa-rev-11302016 For Task Force Approval

November 17, 2016 TSCA Focus Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the SRRTTF TSCA Focus group is:

Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016
Time: 8 a.m. to 10:00 am

Call In Number: 721 451-0200 Access Code: 136214

Phone participants: If the conference call system exhibits echo and line static, the facilitator will mute conference participants. Press *6 to unmute your line and speak. Please remember to mute your phones when you are not speaking.

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

Agenda

  • Update status on GAO and strategy discussion (Holly)
  • Review of notes from last meeting and discussion on key points
  • Phase I: Create general outline for letter to EPA
  • Phase II: Outreach to other parties and organizations discussion

miscellaneous-notes-tsca-111816

letter-to-epa-tsca-thoughts_-11-16-16-apb-edits

Ecos Resolution 12-9, Revised September 2, 2015

Links to Products Testing Report and other information

FOCUS SHEET
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1604024.html

REPORT
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1604014.html

If you want to download all the data – Download Data by STUDY (bottom of the page) – https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/ptdbpublicreporting/

The results are in TWO studies
PCBs in General Consumer Products – 2013 Part 1 (Report 14-04-035)
PCBs in General Consumer Products – 2014-15 Part 2

Other related materials

atnipcbsresolution14-17feb2014
ctuirdnrlettertoepa082010
ctuirlettertoepapcbs021314
fact-sheet
fact-sheet_2012
iep-pcb-fact-sheet-v2
ncairesolutionanc-14-005unsigned
ncairesolutionpcbs
pcb-paradox-general-fact-sheet

November 17, 2016 Data Management Workgroup Meeting

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The next meeting of the Data Management Work Group Meeting is:

Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016
Time: 1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
Click here for a map.

Call In Number: 712 451-0200 Access Code: 136214 *corrected*

Phone participants: If the conference call system exhibits echo and line static, the facilitator will mute conference participants. Press *6 to unmute your line and speak. Please remember to mute your phones when you are not speaking.

Agenda

DRAFT Meeting Notes

  • Pilot Project Update
  • Continue discussion/update SRRTTF Data standards

November 16, 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: November 16, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 pm (NOTE:  While not anticipated, if the Task Force needs more time to reach agreement on the Comprehensive Plan the meeting may go as long as 2:30pm. Please come prepared to take a break for lunch around 12:00 to get food from a nearby establishment.


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

Click here for a map

Call In Number: 509-335-2277
Participant Code: 1933683

Please review all meeting documents prior to the Task Force meeting.

Meeting Documents:
– SRRTTF 11.16.16 Meeting Summary DRAFT
–  srrttf-november-16_2016-agenda_updated-call-in
–  srrttf-ttwg-11-02-16_summary-notes_draft-1
–  srrttf-10-26-16-summary_draft (decision item)
–  grant-opportunities_-epa-and-ecology

Comprehensive Plan Documents:
– srrttf_compplan_nov_comments-compilation
–  comp_plan_prefinal_draft_11-09-16 (word doc) (decision item)
–  comp_plan_prefinal_draft_redline-version_-changes-since-october-26th-draft-highlighted
2015 Technical Activities Pre Final Draft Report (decision item)
–  srrttf_2015_technical activities report_pre final draft_11-9-2016-2
– all other 2015 Technical Activities documents (data, field report etc)

November 2, 2016 Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the SRRTTF Technical Track Work group is:

Date: Wednesday November 2, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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

Call In Number: 515-739-1285 Participant Code: 691106

Meeting Documents:
SRRTTF TTWG 11.02.16_Summary Notes_DRAFT (1)

–  tech-track-wg-agn-11-02-16-corrected-date
–  comp_plan_schedule_draft_11-1-16 (UPDATED on 11/1/16)
–  comp-plan-additional-paragraph-_-outreach-draft_10-25-16

 

October 26, 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, October 26, 2016
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 10.26.16 Meeting Summary Final
–  srrttf-october-26_2016-agenda_draft
–  srrttf-9-28-16-draft-summary-notes
–  srrttf-ttwg_draft-summary-notes_10-12-16
–  letter-on-CSCA-10.14.16
–  comp-plan-additional-paragraph-_-outreach-draft_10-25-16 (NEW file added 10.25.16)
Comprehensive Plan:
– comp_plan_track-changes-version-including-all-comments_draft_10-24-16_b (updated 3:25 pm on 10.24.16)
–  srrttf_compplan_comments-compilation_b (updated 3:25 pm on 10.24.16)
– all other documents (drafts and comments)
Presentations: 
–  SRRTTF_Limnotech_10_26_2016
–  Highlights from the 12th annual CASQA Conference- Department of Ecology

October 12, 2016 Education and Outreach Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Education and Outreach Work Group is:

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Time: 1:30 p.m – 3:30 p.m. 
Location: RiverKeeper
35 West Main, Suite 300 Spokane WA

Click Here for a map.
To connect by phone:
Dial: 509-335-2277
Conf. ID: 9330138
Meeting documents:

Some important dates/deadlines to put on your calendars!

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Comprehensive Plan:

  • First round of comments on the First Full Draft are due by 5 pm PST on October 7th.
  • Dave Dilks will provide a summary of comments by October 24th. A Revised Full Draft will be posted by October 26th (The next full Task Force meeting).
  • Next round of comments due by 5 pm PST on November 2nd –- These comments/revisions should focus on the changes included in the October 26th
  • Final Draft out on November 9th — Final Full Draft to be completed by the November 16th, Full Task Force meeting.
  • If Final draft is not approved in November then final approval will be on the agenda for the December 14th, Full Task Force meeting.

10/5 TSCA work group 10 am -12 pm (WA Dept. of Ecology)

  • Review of TSCA past efforts and future actions.

10/5 Data Management Work Group 1 pm – 3 pm (WA Dept. of Ecology)

  • Topics for discussion:
  • Pilot Project Update
  • EIM Update
  • Continue discussion/update SRRTTF Data standards

 10/12 TTWG 10 am -12 pm (WA Dept. of Ecology)

10/12 Education and Outreach Work Group Meeting 1:30 pm -3:30 pm (Riverkeeper)

  • Education/Outreach actions in Comprehensive Plan

10/26 Task Force meeting 9:00 am -12:30 pm (Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District Office)