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18th National Environmental Tar Creek Conference
Miami Civic Center  Tuesday, September 13, 2016 

                                                    Current Draft Agenda
9:00-9:30      Welcome, Invocation and Introductions
                LEAD Agency; Dean Kruithof, City of Miami; Ben Loring, OK Representative;
                Invocation, Richard Zane Smith
                View documentary "Remediating the Tar Creek Superfund Site" by Filo Gomez
 
9:30-10:00    EPA Region 7 Updates :
                Todd Campbell, Liz Hagenmaier, EPA
 
10:00-10:15  EPA Region 6 Tar Creek OU2 Updates on Yard Cleanup in Ottawa County:
                Brian Stanila, ODEQ, Bob Sullivan, EPA
 
10:15-10:30   Break
 
10:30-11:00  EPA Region 6 Tar Creek OU4 Updates on Chat Piles:
                Rafael Casanova, EPA; Zach Paden, ODEQ
11:00-11:20  EPA Region 6 and 7 OU5 Update on Sediments in the Watershed:
                Katrina Higgins-Coltrain;  Janetta Coats, EPA Region 6;
                Mark Doolan, EPA Region 7
11:20-11:50  Commerce Passive Water Treatment Projects:
                Robert Nairn, University of Oklahoma
 
11:50-1:00   Lunch
 
1:00-1:30     Quapaw Tribe Remedial Efforts on Tribal Lands:
                Tim Kent and Craig Kreman, Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
1:30-2:00     Peoria Hatchery Project/Restoration of Native Fish:
                Kyle Foster, Peoria Tribe
2:00-3:00    FEMA Floodplain Map Overview:
                Matt Rollins, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
 
3:00-3:15    Break
 
3:15-4:00  Swimmable, Fishable, Drinkable Waters?
                Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper; Richard Zamor, GRDA 
4-00-4:45    Fracking / Earthquakes in Oklahoma
                Ariel Ross, Stop Fracking Payne County, OK
4:45-5:00   Wrap Up Prize Drawings
5:00-6:00   Toxic Tour of the Tar Creek Superfund Site
6:00-8:00   Fish Fry - Pie Auction
                Fundraiser by Joe Johnson and Afton Masons for LEAD Agency
                Entertainment: Dan Clark and Erin Fitzgibbon
 
 
 
18th National Environmental Tar Creek Conference
Miami Civic Center  Wednesday, September 14, 2016

 
9:00-9:45     Welcome with Keynote
                Sara Hill, Cherokee Nation, Secretary of Natural Resources
9:45-10:15   Quapaw Bee Project:
                Jonathan Tinsley, The Beekeeper for the Quapaw Tribe
 
10:15-10:30 Break
 
10:30-11:15   Study of Metals in Culturally Significant Plants, Soils, Fish, Crayfish and Mussels:
                Ean Garvin, University of Tulsa
11:15-11:45    Update on Blood Lead Levels in Ottawa County and the Issue of Lead in Water:
                The Flint Water Crisis
                Dr. Edd Rhoades; Susan Quigley, Oklahoma State Health Department
 
11:45-1:00   Lunch  Indian Tacos
 
1:00-1:40   Lead Exposure and Subsequent Criminal Behavior
                Dan Clark, Western Illinois University
1:40-2:25   Historical Overview of the Benzene Plume at BF Goodrich in Miami, OK:
                Joe Foster, Enercon Services
2:25-2:40   BF Goodrich City and State Updates:
                Dean Kruithof, City of Miami; Rene Kosesler and Ray Roberts, ODEQ
 2:40-2:55   Reading of the Comanche Contemporary Coyote Tale: "Coyote Visits Home"
                Linda Warner
 
2:55-3:05 Break
 
3:05-4:00   Environmental Climate Issues and Standing Rock
Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper; Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca Tribal Council, Activist
4:00-4:15 Wrap up / Evaluations
 
4:15  Closing   Drawing for Pendleton Blanket

The Tar Creek Conference is truly a unique, grassroots, community-oriented event.  It brings science and community together.  It's like no other meeting I attend!
 
I have been attending the Tar Creek Conference since it began.  As a University professor, I find it is a great way for my students to understand that our science truly can make a difference in people's lives and for the environment.
 
Robert W. Nairn

Sam K. Viersen Family Foundation Presidential Professor
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Director, Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds
Associate Director, Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center
University of Oklahoma

Bob not only attends but will be one of our featured speakers again this year, updating us on the Passive Water Treatment System in Commerce, OK.
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