SRRTTF Fish work group meeting/Other upcoming mtgs.

The Fish sampling work group will have a meeting this next Monday, August 26.

Location:
WDFW Region 1 Headquarters
2315 N. Discovery Place
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Call in number if you cannot attend in person: 360-407-3780, 380231#
Agenda: SRRTTF Fish Working Group Meeting agenda 8-26-19

Other upcoming work group meetings: (conf. call number – 605-313-5141, 723394#)
TSCA conference call- September 4 at 10 am
Education and OutreachSeptember 10 at 10 am held at Spokane Regional Health District office
Data Management conference call – September 12 at 3 pm

The next SRRTTF meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 27 from 1:30 – 5:00 pm at Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District.

Please contact lara@whitebluffsconsulting.com for additional information

August 9, 2019 SRRTTF Meeting/Conference Call

The next meeting of the Spokane Regional Toxics Task Force will be a conference call to discuss the recommendation for the tasks to be included in the initial 2019-2021 grant agreement with Ecology.  This recommendation is being provided by the Tech Track work group.

Date:  Friday, August 9, 2019
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Call in number:  605-313-5141
Access Code: 723394#

Meeting Materials:
Recommendation Summary_Draft for 2019-2021 Grant Agreement with ECY

Upcoming work group meetings:
TSCA – August 7
at 10 am (Conference call in number 605-313-5141, 723394#)
Education and Outreach – August 13
at 10 am at the Spokane Regional Health District office
You can see meeting agendas on the work groups page a couple of days before each meeting.  Here is the link: Work Groups

PMF & Green Chemistry final reports/Ecology & EPA news/EAP sampling schedule/Upcoming mtgs.

Task Force,

The PMF blank study final report with the changes discussed at the last Task Force meeting can be seen on the website at this link: http://srrttf.org/?page_id=10186

The final IPCBs and Pigments report from Northwest Green Chemistry can be seen at this link: http://srrttf.org/?page_id=10179

Ecology’s Water Quality Program is offering more than $183 million in financial assistance for 106 high-priority clean water projects across the state.  See the link below for more information:
From onsite septic repair to stormwater infrastructure, $183 million is going to more than 100 clean water projects

EPA’s May 2019 Fish and Shellfish Program Newsletter focuses on PCBs. Click the link for some interesting articles.

Brandee Era-Miller and Siana Wong from the Dept. of Ecology will be out on the Spokane River doing sampling work the first week in August and they could use one additional person to help on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday August 6-8. Please email Siana Wong, swon461@ECY.WA.GOV if interested.

Upcoming work group meetings (conf. calls: 605-313-5141, 723394#):
July 31 – Tech Track @ 10 am (Dept. of Ecology office, 4601 N. Monroe St., Spokane)
Aug. 7 – TSCA conf. call @ 10 am
Aug. 8 – Data Management conf. call @ 3pm
Aug. 13 – Education and Outreach @ 10 am (Spokane Regional Health District office)
For meeting materials please follow this link on the website: http://srrttf.org/?page_id=9623 and then select the work group you are interested in.