Spokane River Forum: H2O Breakfast September 18th, 2015

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Spokane River Forum: H2O Breakfast

Friday Sept. 18, 2015 • 7:30am to 10am
The Spokane Convention Center

Join us in welcoming Chad Pregracke,
CNN hero award winner, as the keynote speaker
at this fall’s H2O Breakfast.

What began as a youthful, one-man crusade to cleanup garbage from the Mississippi River ignited more than 87,000 volunteers collecting over 8.4 million pounds of garbage from our nation’s waterways. Chad Pregracke brings us his story of how one person and one idea can make an incredible difference.

Chad’s narrative has great applicability for us. And we’ll use it as a launching point to discuss community success stories in cleaning, greening and protecting the Spokane River. The vitality of our river is once again driving an economic, cultural and environmental future that defines our city and region for future generations.

Discussing our renewed focus on the Spokane River will be:

  • David Condon, Mayor of Spokane
  • Scott Morris, CEO of Avista
  • Kevin Twohig, CEO of Spokane Public Facilities District
  • Cheryl Kilday, President and CEO of Visit Spokane

Their perspectives and audience Q&A will explore the role of the Spokane River in our future.

Join us for a morning that will leave you inspired and ready to do your part in protecting and celebrating our region’s waterways. Click here for more info and registration.

 

August 5, 2015 Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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Date: Wednesday August 5, 2015
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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Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 08-05-15 TTWG summary notes DRAFT
–  Tech Track WG agn 08-05-15_revised 2
–  Groundwater Survey Proposal
–  Aquifer Wells – Map
–  Ecology Response to Questions from EPA email dated 7 May 2015
–  Scope-of-Work-Timeline_8.5.15
–  QAPP_addendum_080315
–  David Dilks Presentation QAPP_08_05_2015b  REVISED
–  SpokaneRiver Source Tracing QAPP_SAP Final Draft 4_28_09
–  ECY_EAP_SOP_Purging Sampling Monitoring Well_V2_EAP078

 

July 29, 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, July 29, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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

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

Mark Vincent Presentation: Pigments and PCBs
To joint the presentation from your computer, tablet or smartphone, please go to
For audio, please use the dial in phone number above.

*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.

Presentation: PCBs in pigments July 2015

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF July 29 2015 Meeting Summary (edited 9.22.15)
–  SRRTTF July 29 Agenda_revised2
–  SRRTTF Mtg Summary 06-24-15 DRAFT
Technical Documents
–  SRRTTF_Phase_2_Draft_Report_2015_07_22
–  Edit to 2.3.2 Blank Correction 29Jul2015 (Spokane County)
–  Update on Scope of 2015 Sampling
–  Draft-Amendment-4-Appendix-B-Ecology-contract-07-15-15
Ecology Outreach Grant
–  SRRTTF Support Letter_Draft 2015 07 21
–  7.21.15 update to gross grant concept
EPA Response
–  EPA plan for PCBs in response to court order
–  Spokane TMDL Notice_of_Filing_EPA Response_to_Remand_filed_7.14.15
–  Ecology Response to Questions from EPA email dated 7 May 2015
PCB Purchasing Policies
–  EPP Policy ADMIN 5600-14-07_City of Spokane
–  ORD C35099 – 06-02-2014 – SMC_City of Spokane PCB purchasing ordinance
–  Spokane County PCB Purchasing Resolution

EPA Response to U.S. District Court- filed on July 14th, 2015, in response to the Court’s order of March 2015

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EPAs response to the remand by the court and Judge Rothstein has been filed and is available for viewing. Task Force members are asked to convey any big-picture questions or comments pertaining to the response to Chris Page of the Ruckelshaus Center (c.page@wsu.edu, 206-770-6060) no later than close of business on July 21st. These will be compiled and sent to Brian Nickel (EPA) prior to the July 29th Task Force Meeting.

– Spokane TMDL Notice_of_Filing_EPA Response_to_Remand_filed_7.14.15

July 15, 2015 SRRTTF Education and Outreach Meeting

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Date: July 15 , 2015
Time:1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane City Hall
808 W Spokane Falls Blvd
Spokane, WA 99201 (MAP)
Room 2A (second floor), check in at Security Desk.

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

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF Education and Outreach meeting 7.15.15 summary
–  SRRTTF Education and Outreach Work Group_summary notes 7_8_15 CONFERENCE CALL
–  first draft GROSS grant info
–  July 15 GROSS grant concept Final Draft

 

Ecology Announcement: State Fiscal Year 2016 Final Water Quality Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan

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The Department of Ecology’s (Ecology) Water Quality Program is pleased to announce the availability of the State Fiscal Year 2016 (SFY16) Water Quality Final Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan (Final List). The Final List describes how Ecology intends to use state and federal dollars to fund projects focused on improving water quality across the state.

Ecology received 227 applications requesting more than $352 million in financial assistance. Ecology is offering grant and loan funding for 162 projects totaling approximately $227 million. The total includes $143 million in loans from the Washington State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, approximately $61 million in grants from the Stormwater Financial Assistance Program, $21.4 million in grants from the Centennial Clean Water Program, and $1.4 million in grants from the Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program. The projects offered funding reflect the highest priority water quality projects across the state. Projects offered funding include:

  • 93 stormwater facility projects.
  • 31 nonpoint source pollution control activity projects.
  • 21 wastewater facility projects. Six of these are construction projects in communities that qualify for financial hardship status that will receive grants, forgivable principal loans, and loans with further reduced interest rates.
  • 14 stormwater control activity projects.
  • 3 local onsite sewage system repair and replacement projects, including one that covers 9 counties.

The Final List is available at: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1510027.html. Additional information on Ecology’s Water Quality Program funding can be found at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/funding/funding.html.

 

July 13, 2015 Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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Date: Monday July 13, 2015
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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Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF 07-13-15 Summary Notes DRAFT
–  Tech Track WG agn 07-13-15_DRAFT_revised
–  Technical Tasks and Costs 2015-2016
–  Scope of Work Timeline_7.10.15
–  Well Location Map_GW_Interaction Reaches
–  Well location identification

 

 

Environmental Assessment Program: PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane, Draft Report available for review

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The Environmental Assessment Program has just released its draft report on “PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane”, and is available for review. Please review and send comments to Brandee Era-Miller at BERA461@ecy.wa.gov no later than July 14th, 2015.

Documents:
–  DRAFT Report:  PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane”
–  Congener Data for Appendix

 

Repeat Presentation of Groundwater Investigatons at Kaiser Trentwood Facility

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Repeat Presentation of Groundwater Investigations at Kaiser Trentwood Facility

Date: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
Time: 3 pm
Location: Washington Department of Ecology
N. 4601 Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205

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Join us for a repeat presentation of the data and findings from investigations of PCBs in the groundwater on the Kaiser Trentwood Facility. This presentation is given to help clarify and understand the facts and findings of PCB contamination in the groundwater both on the Kaiser facility and up gradient.

This is an informational meeting. Discussions will be limited to the data as presented. Other questions and topics will be noted and submitted for consideration at a future SRRRTF meeting.

Conference call-in number available upon request. Please contact abor461@wa.ecy.gov no later than 30 minutes before the meeting.