U.S. EPA BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS

Land Preservation and Restoration Subcommittee

MEETING AGENDA

December 13 - 15, 2005 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development

Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center

26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.

Cincinnati, OH

Presentations and Discussions in the Auditorium

Poster Sessions in the Annex Atrium

Tuesday, December  13, 2005
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8:00 AM	Registration

Welcome and Overview:                              
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8:30 AM	   Welcome and Opening Remarks	Dr. Charlie Menzie

		Chair, Land Subcommittee

		Dr. Jim Clark

		Vice-Chair, Land Subcommittee

8:40 AM	   DFO Welcome and Charge	Heather Drumm

	  	Designated Federal Official, ORD	

8:45 AM	   ORD Welcome	Dr. William Farland 

Acting Deputy Assistant       Administrator for Science, ORD

8:55 AM	   ORD Response to Katrina	Sally Gutierrez

		Director, NRMRL, ORD

9:05 AM	   Overview of the Land 	Dr. Randy Wentsel

	   Research Program	National Program Director

		ORD Land Research		 	

Land Research Program Long Term Goal 1:          
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9:25 AM	   LTG 1: Overview 	Patricia Erickson 

		Assistant Laboratory Director

		NRMRL, ORD

10:00 AM	LTG 1: Poster Session I (Atrium)	Land Subcommittee

11:30 AM	Poster Session Discussion	Land Subcommittee

12:00 PM	Lunch	

1:15 PM	LTG 1:  Poster Session II Overview	Dr. Robert Puls

		Director of Research, GWERD

		NRMRL, ORD

1:55 PM	   LTG 1:  Poster Session II (Atrium)	Land Subcommittee

3:25 PM	Poster Session Discussion	Land Subcommittee	

4:00 PM	Working Time for Panel	Land Subcommittee 

5:00 PM	Adjourn

Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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8:30 AM	   Review of Yesterday’s Activities	Dr. Charlie Menzie

	   Overview of Today’s Agenda	Chair, Land Subcommittee 

Land Research Program Long Term
Goal_2:___________________________________________________              
                                                                        
              

9:00 AM 	    LTG 2: Overview 	Dr. Candida West

		Acting Director of Research, ERD

		NERL, ORD 

                                      	

9:30 AM 	    LTG 2: Poster Session (Atrium)	Land Subcommittee

11:00 AM	    Poster Discussion	Land Subcommittee

11:30 AM	    Lunch	

1:00 PM	    Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 	Dr. Lee
Hofmann

	     Perspective	Science Advisor

		OSWER

1:20 PM	    Office of Superfund Remediation	Dr. Elizabeth Southerland

	& Technology Innovation Perspective	Director, Assessment & Remediation 
  Division, OSRTI	

1:40 PM	    Regional Perspective	Dr. Harry Ball

Technical Support Team Leader Superfund Division, Region 9		

2:00 PM		BREAK		

2:15 PM	    Research Partner Collaboration	Dr. William Suk, NIEHS

Director of the Superfund Basic    Research Program

2:35 PM	    Research Partner Collaboration	Dr. Andrea Leeson 

 Environmental Restoration Program     Manager, SERDP/ESTCP DoD

			

2:55 PM	    ORD Wrap Up	Dr. Randy Wentsel

		National Program Director

		ORD Land Research

3:05 PM	    Public Comment

3:15 PM	    Working Time for Panel	Land Subcommittee

5:00 PM	    Adjourn

Thursday, December 15, 2005
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8:30 AM	Working Time for Panel 	Land Subcommittee

	(with working lunch)	 

2:30 PM	General Report Out	Dr. Charlie Menzie

		Chair, Land Subcommittee

3:00 PM 	Adjourn

