March 28, 2018 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, March 28, 2018
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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

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To attend by phone:
Call In Number: (509) 335-2277
Participant Code: 6456706

Meeting Documents:
SRRTTF Final Notes 3.28.18 meeting
Agenda
– SRRTTF March 28_2018 agenda_final (Revised 3.26.18)

Previous meeting summary (DECISION)
–  SRRTTF DRAFT Notes 2.28.18
–  SRRTTF TTWG 3.7.18 DRAFT Meeting Summary

ACE (Information)
–  ACE Commitment Report

Addendum to the approved 2017 IRS (DECISION)
–  Impl.Review.Summary_Addenda summaries_technical-advisor_facilitator_workgroups

Education and Outreach (DECISIONS)
–  Spokane Waste Directory-2017 PCB & Stormwater scripts
– Spokane-Kootenai Waste Directory Spring Campaign 2018.3.28 SRRTTF Presentation v2
– Riverkeeper LID revised
– LID presentation text
–  SRRTTF_ EO Construction-Demolition BMP Work Plan Final

Task Force Management in Implementation (Proposed structure and staffing needs – DECISION)
–  SRRTTF ORG chart _Implementation_d3 3-16-2018
–  SRRTTF Support Services RFQ final draft_ 3-20-2018

Other Information of Interest
–  Spokane Basin QAPP Add2_ecology trace study
–  SRRTTF Upcoming Agenda Topics

 

Ecology News: Addendum 2 to Quality Assurance Project Plan Spokane River Source Trace Study Hangman Watershed PCBs – QAPP addendum available for review

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The Addendum 2 to the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for the Spokane River Source Trace Study of Hangman Watershed PCBs is now available for review and comment.

DRAFT QAPP Addendum: Spokane Basin QAPP Add2_ecology trace study

Task Force members that are interested in providing input are asked to review the QAPP addendum and provide feedback no later than Friday April 6, 2018. All comments/feedback are to be sent directly to James Ross, contact information below:

James Ross
Urban Waters Specialist
(509) 329-3573
jros461@ecy.wa.gov

Waste Directory Spring Campaign – Please provide feedback to Tonilee Hanson no later than c.o.b on March 14th, 2018

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Task Force,
As requested by the Task Force, Tonilee Hanson provided some information on the messaging that is part of the Spring Campaign. Tonilee and Andy Dunau will attend the March 28, 2018 Task Force meeting to provide further information and answer questions. The 2018 radio scripts are not yet written. Tonilee has asked that Task Force members review the previous messaging that was used for “Got Waste Wednesday” Spokane Waste Directory-2017 PCB & Stormwater scripts from the 2017 spring and fall campaing and provide feedback, comments, ideas, for the spring campaign regarding the inclusion of PCBs in their messaging.
Tonilee and Andy are open to editing for the best possible PCB  messages, and will move forward with the media campaign focusing on different waste types if the Task Force has concerns about the PCB messages.
Please provide feedback directly to Tonlilee Hanson at tonilee@spokaneriver.net by c.o.b on March 14th, 2018 to allow them time to incorporate those comments prior to their spring campaign, if the Task Force chooses to assist in funding of the campaign.
Thank You.

Ecology News: New Ecology QAPP Addendum: Flame Retardants in Ten WA State Waterbodies

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Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Flame Retardants in Ten Washington State Waterbodies, is available at

https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1803102.html 

Ecology’s PBT Monitoring Program regularly conducts studies to determine environmental levels and trends of chemicals that have been addressed by chemical action plans (CAPs).  This monitoring program also conducts research into emerging contaminants that may need to be addressed by future CAPs or other agency actions to reduce toxic threats.  Ecology is currently carrying out a study in 2017/2018 to quantitatively analyze legacy and current use flame retardants in surface water, sediment, and fish tissue in Washington State waterbodies (original QAPP, Mathieu, 2017).  For this study, target analytes in freshwater fish tissue collected from three locations include halogenated flame retardants and PBDEs.

This QAPP addendum documents an additional project component to collect more information on potential halogenated compounds present in fish tissue collected from the following waterbodies: Lake Ozette, Lake Spokane, and Lake Washington.  Ecology will send a total of six fillet tissue samples to the laboratory of University of Washington – Tacoma (UWT) Center for Urban Waters (CUW) for non-targeted screening of anthropogenic halogenated compounds by quadrupole time of flight liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (QTOF LC-MS/MS).  The non-targeted screening will seek to identify a large range of potential PBT chemicals present in the fish tissue samples.  This information will help inform and prioritize target analyte lists in future monitoring studies.

If you have questions, contact Callie Mathieu at 360-407-6965 or came461@ecy.wa.gov.

Diana Ruth Olegre
Web Coordinator and SharePoint Site Collection Administrator
Washington State Department of Ecology
Environmental Assessment Program 

diana.olegre@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6696

March 9 2018 Fish Sampling (Fish Tissue/Sediment/Water Column) Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the Fish Sampling (Fish Tissue/Sediment/Water Column) Work Group Meeting is:

Date: Friday, March 9th, 2018
Time: 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: WDFW Region 1: 2315 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, 99216

We are all set for this Friday’s meeting at 8:30 at WDFW’s Region 1 Headquarters main conference room in Spokane Valley. For those of you who cannot attend, we will be utilizing the technology WebEx for the video and using our polycom for the audio (this is to ensure you can hear all participants).

Fish Work Group Agenda_ March 9_2018

 

To attend the meeting via Meeting number Webex: Meeting

(access code): 803 374 445
Meeting password: QfkD9rmz
Dial 803374445@watech.webex.com

You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

If you do not wish to join via computer, or are not able to join by computer- you can always join by phone and have access to the audio portion of the meeting. To join by phone Call: 1-240-454-0887 (US Toll) or Toll Free at 1-855-929-3239

SRRTTF Annual Implementation Review Summary – Addendum- available for review and comment

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Task Force members are asked to review the addendum to the already approved Annual Implementation Review Summary for 2017.  Please review the addendum and provide comment/edits to Chris Page at c.page@wsu.edu by Tuesday March 20th, 2018.

March 7, 2018 Education and Outreach Work Group Meeting

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The next meeting of the SRRTTF Education and Outreach Work group is:

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205

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Conference call-in number is (509) 335-2277.  Participant Code is 36812362

*The conference call-in number will remain open until 10 minutes after the meeting begins.  If you wish to join the meeting late by phone, please notify Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) ahead of time.

Draft Agenda: Agenda 3-7-18

March 7, 2018 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, March 7th, 2018
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205
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Conference call-in number:  (509) 358-7935
Meeting ID: 1880

The first part of the meeting will be a special informational/question/answer session on Policy 1-11 with Susan Braley of Ecology. Susan has agreed to attend the meeting in order to allow Task Force members to ask more specific questions on things that may directly impact or inform the work of the Task Force, prior to the larger Ecology session on Policy 1-11 at CenterPlace at 1 pm on March 7th, 2018.  Questions will be provided to Susan in advance of the meeting so that she can be prepared.

The second half of the meeting will be utilized by the Task Force to discuss the structure, operating procedures, staffing needs, etc. of the Task Force moving forward.

Meeting Materials:

–  Agenda: TTWG+Project Mgt. agn 03-07-18
–  SRRTTF Questions on Policy 1-11
–  handout from TTWG_policy 1 11 discussion on example calculation of tissue equivalent concentrations for PCBs and water quality assessment