RAPs, ZIPs, LaMPS Biennial Forum Agenda

IJC MONTREAL BIENNIAL FORUM
Friday, October 19, 2001
8:30 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Delta Centre Ville Hotel, Montréal, Québec

WORKSHOP ON
REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS (RAPS)
PRIORITY INTERVENTION ZONES (ZIPS)
LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS (LaMPS)

Addressing the Threat to Community and Ecosystem Health

Complete Workshop Transcripts

Morning Moderator: William Bowerman, Clemson University

8:30 am Welcome Tom Baldini, U.S. Chair
International Joint Commission

8:40 am Progress on Human Health Research Chris De Rosa, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry

9:20 am St. Lawrence Region and
New York State Residence
Near Hazardous Wastes Sites
and Human Diseases
David Carpenter,
SUNY, Albany

9:50 am Development Neurtoxicity
of Mixtures Wayne Bowers,
Health Canada

10:10 am Discussion

10:30 am Break

10:50 am The Priority Intervention
Zones Program:
Working Together To Save
the St. Lawrence River Yolaine St. Jacques,
Environment Canada

11:10 am The Priority Intervention
Zones Program:
Working Together To Save
the St. Lawrence River Marc Hudon,
Stratégies Saint-Laurent

11:30 am Discussion

11:40 am Lunch on your own

Afternoon Moderator: Yolaine St-Jacques, Environment Canada

1:00 pm A Student Presentation Regarding
the Severn Sound Area of Concern Regent Public School
Students

1:20 pm Progress in Measuring Restoration Keith Sherman,
Severn Sound RAP Coordinator

1:40 pm Overview of Sediment Remediation
in The Great Lakes Basin (U.S.) David Cowgill,
U.S. EPA, GLNPO

2:00 pm Sediment Management
at the Crossroads:
An Emerging Risk-Based Approach Steven Nadeau,
Sediment Management
Workgroup

2:30 pm Discussion

2:45 pm Examining Progress
Toward LaMP Goals John Jackson,
Lake Superior Forum

3:10 pm Effects of Environmental
Contaminants on Corticosterone
and Vitamin A Levels
in Tree Swallows
(Tachycineta bicolor)
Nesting in the St. Lawrence River,
USA and Canada Barb M. Martinovic,
University of Ottawa

3:30 pm Exposure and Fish Consumption
Among Pregnant Women
in Southwest Quebec Geneviève St. Amour,
University of Quebec
at Montreal

3:50 pm LaMP Indicators: Current Status William Bowerman,
Clemson University

4:10 pm Discussion

4:30 pm Fostering Citizen Involvement:
A Lake Baikal Example Elena Kuzevanova,
Baikal Ecological Network
(Irkutsk, Russia),
in cooperation with
Susie Schreiber, Waukegan, IL
AOC Citizens' Advisory Group

4:50 pm Findings David Carpenter,
SUNY at Albany

8:30 am	Welcome	Tom Baldini, U.S. Chair International Joint Commission
8:40 am	Progress on Human Health Research	Chris De Rosa, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
9:20 am	St. Lawrence Region and New York State Residence Near Hazardous Wastes Sites and Human Diseases	David Carpenter, SUNY, Albany
9:50 am	Development Neurtoxicity of Mixtures	Wayne Bowers, Health Canada
10:10 am	Discussion
10:30 am	Break
10:50 am	The Priority Intervention Zones Program: Working Together To Save the St. Lawrence River	Yolaine St. Jacques, Environment Canada
11:10 am	The Priority Intervention Zones Program: Working Together To Save the St. Lawrence River	Marc Hudon, Stratégies Saint-Laurent
11:30 am	Discussion
11:40 am	Lunch on your own

1:00 pm	A Student Presentation Regarding the Severn Sound Area of Concern	Regent Public School Students
1:20 pm	Progress in Measuring Restoration	Keith Sherman, Severn Sound RAP Coordinator
1:40 pm	Overview of Sediment Remediation in The Great Lakes Basin (U.S.)	David Cowgill, U.S. EPA, GLNPO
2:00 pm	Sediment Management at the Crossroads: An Emerging Risk-Based Approach	Steven Nadeau, Sediment Management Workgroup
2:30 pm	Discussion
2:45 pm	Examining Progress Toward LaMP Goals	John Jackson, Lake Superior Forum
3:10 pm	Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Corticosterone and Vitamin A Levels in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Nesting in the St. Lawrence River, USA and Canada	Barb M. Martinovic, University of Ottawa
3:30 pm	Exposure and Fish Consumption Among Pregnant Women in Southwest Quebec	Geneviève St. Amour, University of Quebec at Montreal
3:50 pm	LaMP Indicators: Current Status	William Bowerman, Clemson University
4:10 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm	Fostering Citizen Involvement: A Lake Baikal Example	Elena Kuzevanova, Baikal Ecological Network (Irkutsk, Russia), in cooperation with Susie Schreiber, Waukegan, IL AOC Citizens' Advisory Group
4:50 pm	Findings	David Carpenter, SUNY at Albany