Conferences and Symposiums

Tackling Floatable Trash and Debris in the Passaic River, Hackensack River and Newark Bay: Current Efforts and New Approaches
Friday, April 4 2008, University Hall, Room 1060, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Directions at http://www.montclair.edu/welcome/directions.html

The purpose of this workshop is to learn about the sources and effects of floatable pollution, what it is currently being done to control floatables (and how effective these efforts are), and what more needs to be and can/should be done to reduce floatables.

Organized by the Passaic River Institute of Montclair State University
1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043
phone: 973-655-5423 fax: 973-655-6810
web: http://www.csam.montclair.edu/PRI/ email: pri@montclair.edu
Dr. Kirk R. Barrett, PE, PWS, Director

Cooperating organizations:

• Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
• Lower Passaic and Saddle River Alliance
• NY/NJ Baykeeper
• Passaic River Coalition
• Hackensack Riverkeeper
• Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute

AGENDA

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome, Kirk Barrett, Passaic River Institute

9:10 Overview of the floatables problem -- Thomas Newman, HydroQual, Inc.
Link to related presentation and paper (containing more specific information):
http://www.hydroqual.com/Papers/tnewman/05/p_tln_05.pdf
http://www.hydroqual.com/Papers/tnewman/05/s_tln_05.pdf
Link to a more recent presentation giving floatables characterization for a CSO with a 1,000+ acre drainage area in Queens, NYC
http://www.hydroqual.com/Papers/tnewman/07/s_tln_07.pdf

9:30 Programs by Environmental Regulatory Agencies
USEPA Floatable Action Plan - Helen Grebe, Floatables Coordinator, USEPA Region 2
NJDEP Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program – Shadab Ahmad, P.E., and S. Dan Zeppenfeld, P.E., P.P. , Municipal Finance & Construction Element, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Solids and Floatables: An Update on the NJ Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program -- Tara R. Wood, Senior Environmental Specialist, Case Manager, Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program, NJ DEP

10:30 Reviewing Existing Control Efforts
PVSC skimmer boats – Bob Devita, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
Net and boom facilities – John Meakim, Engineers Plus
Catch-basin hoods and street sweeping -- Gary Grey, HydroQual, Inc.
Additional resources on Catch-basin hoods and street sweeping

11:30 Break

11:40 Considering New Efforts and Approaches
Could bottle deposit legislation be effective at reducing floatables? -- Dave Yennior, Recycling Coordinator, NJ Sierra Club
Low Impact Development as a stormwater and floatable pollution control strategy -- Andrew Willner, NY/NJ Baykeeper
Educational efforts: Don't Trash the Passaic River -- Eugene Reynolds and Ella Filippone, Passaic River Coalition

12:40 Wrap up – Kirk Barrett, Passaic River Institute

12:50 Lunch (NOTE: REGISTRATION AFTER 3/28 DOES NOT INCLUDE LUNCH)
REGISTRATION

Cost: $25 which includes continental breakfast and cold lunch buffet if you registered by 3/28/08.
Registration after 3/28/08 is still $25, but does not include lunch.
Registration will close when the room fills!

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED