2023
October 19, 2023 - SMWG Members Meeting (Detroit, MI)
October 17-18, 2023 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum/ASTM Sediment Guidance Training (Detroit, MI)
April 18-19, 2023 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting (Atlanta, GA)
2022
October 5-6, 2022 - SMWG Fall Remedy Effectiveness Symposium (Detroit, MI)
October 4-5, 2022 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Detroit, MI)
May 4-5, 2022 - SMWG Spring Sponsor Forum (Virtual)
May 3, 2022 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting - Session 2 (Virtual)
April 20, 2022 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting - Session 1 (Virtual)
2021
October 12, 2021 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting - Session 2 (Virtual)
September 30, 2021 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting - Session 1 (Virtual)
May 26, 2021 - SMWG Spring Symposium (Virtual)
May 25, 2021 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting - Session 2 (Virtual)
May 10, 2021 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting - Session 1 (Virtual)
2020
October 7, 2020 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting - Session 2 (Virtual)
October 6 and 8, 2020 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum (Virtual)
September 23, 2020 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting - Session 1 (Virtual)
May 6, 2020 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting (Virtual)
Archive
2019
Oct. 30-21, 2019 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum (Arlington, VA)
Oct. 29-30, 2019 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Arlington, VA)
April 24, 2019 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Houston, TX)
Participation in Steering Committee and Presenter at Battelle's 12th International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments (New Orleans, LA)
2018
Oct. 3-4, 2018 - Fall Sponsor Forum (Nashville, TN)
Oct. 2-3, 2018 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Nashville, TN)
May 30-31, 2018 - Fish Sediment Exposure Workshop with Corps of Engineers ERDC (Vicksburg, MS)
April 18-19, 2018 - SMWG Spring Symposium (San Diego, CA)
April 17-18, 2018 - SMWG Spring Member Meeting (San Diego, CA)
2018 White Paper: Important Considerations in the Derivation of Representative Background Concentrations for Evaluation of Sediment Sites
2017
Sept 26-27, 2017 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Charleston, SC)
Sept. 27-28, 2017 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum (Charleston, SC)
Aug. 1, 2017 - Testimony before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee - " Oversight of CERCLA "
June 14, 2017 - SMWG Comments To EPA Superfund Reform Task Force
May 15, 2017 - SMWG Response to EPA Request for Potential Regulatory Reform
April 26-27, 2017 – SWMG Spring Member Meeting (Portland, OR)
Jan. 12, 2017 - SMWG Comments on Proposed Plan for San Jacinto River Waste Pits Site, Texas
2016
Nov. 1-2, 2016 - SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
Nov. 2-3, 2016 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum (Washington, D.C.)
Nov. 2016 - Joint Workshop (Washington, D.C.) Determining "background" at contaminated sediment sites
July 13, 2016 - Testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce " Oversight of CERCLA Implementation "
May 24-25, 2016 – SWMG Spring Member Meeting (Vicksburg, MS)
May 25-26, 2016 – SMWG Spring Symposium (Vicksburg, MS)
2015
Dec. 1-2, 2015 – SMWG Fall Member Meeting (Arlington, VA)
Dec. 2-3, 2015 – SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum (Arlington, VA)
Oct. 30, 2015 – Presentation to MECC “Sediment Cleanup and Great Lakes Legacy Act” (1 st Annual Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference, Chicago, IL)
Oct. 29, 2015 – Presentation to ABA SEER “Perspectives on the Great Lakes Legact Act” (ABA SEER 23 rd Fall Conference, Chicago, IL)
Aug. 2015 – Participation in GAO Interview “Current Challenges, Issues and Potential Solutions at Complex Contaminated Sediment Sites”
May 6-7, 2015 – SMWG Spring Member Meeting (Wilmington, DE)
April, 2015 – Participation in ExxonMobil Contaminated Sediment Strategy Meeting
April, 2015 – Participation in AnchorQEA Business Retreat (Chesapeake Bay, MD)
Jan. 27, 2015 – Participation in Inaugural Meeting of AROW (Alliance to Restore our Waterways) (Washington, D.C.)
Jan. 12-15, 2015 – Participation in Steering Committee and presenter at Battelle’s 10th International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments (New Orleans, LA)
2014
Nov. 4-5, 2014 - SMWG Fall Members Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
Nov. 5-6, 2014 - SMWG Fall Contaminated Sediment Symposium (Washington, D.C.)
Oct. 22, 2014 - Presented at AEHS Conference Contaminated Sediment Sites At The Crossroad - Luncheon talk and platform presentation
Aug. 20, 2014 - Submission of SMWG Comments on Passaic Proposed Plan
May 20-21, 2014 - SMWG Spring Members Meeting (Chicago, IL)
May 21-22, 2014 - SMWG Fall Sponsor Forum and Grand Calumet Site Tour (Chicago, IL)
Jan. 23, 2014 - Presented Industry Perspective On The GLLA at Ryerson Creek GLNPO GLLA Meeting (Muskegon, MI)
2013
Feb. 4-7, 2013 - Steering Committee member and participant in Battelle's 8th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, Dallas, TX
April 26, 2013 - Submitted 2013 SMWG Comments on Proposed Plan for Gowanus Canal to EPA Region 2
May 7-8, 2013 - SMWG Members Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
May 8-9, 2013 - SMWG Contaminated Sediment Symposium (Baltimore, MD)
June 13, 2013 - Submitted SMWG Comments on Lower Duwamish Proposed Plan to EPA Region 10
Oct. 1-2, 2013 - SMWG Members' Meeting (Syracuse - Onondaga Lake, NY)
Oct. 2-3 2013 - SMWG Sponsor Forum (Syracuse - Onondaga Lake, NY)
2012
Oct. 25, 2012 - submitted SMWG Comments on Proposed Sediment Management Standards Amendments to State of Washington DOE
Oct. 16-17, 2012 - SMWG Members Meeting, Chicago, IL
Aug. 3, 2012 - Submitted comments to EPA on the Lockheed West (Seattle) Proposed Plan
May 29, 2012 - Submitted comments to the National Remedy Review Board on the Gowanus Canal
May 16-17, 2012 - SMWG Sponsor Forum, Newark, NJ
May 15-16, 2012 - SMWG Members Meeting, Newark, NJ
2011
Oct. 5-6, 2011 SMWG Sponsor Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 4-5, 2011 SMWG Members Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
July 13, 2011 Meeting with U.S. EPA OSRTI representatives re: follow up on opportunities identified at the USACE/SMWG Workshop, "Working Toward A New Contaminated Sediment Site Paradigm"
Mar. 22, 2011 Meeting with U.S. EPA OSRTI representatives re: EPA's proposed Directive on Interim RODs and proposed cleanup levels
Feb. 8-10, 2011 Steering Committee member and participant in Battelle's 6th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, New Orleans, LA
2010
Oct. 5-6, 2010 SMWG Members Meeting - Green Bay, WI
Oct. 6-7, 2010 SMWG Sponsor Forum - Green Bay, WI
April 13-14, 2010 The Alpha and The Omega and Points In Between Conference (The Beginning and The End) - Chicago, IL - with U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC
April 15, 2010 SMWG Members Meeting - Chicago, IL
2009
Feb. 3-5, 2009 Steering Committee member and participant in 5th International Contaminated Sediment Conference, Jacksonville, FL
April 28-29, 2009 SMWG Contaminated Sediment Management Symposium with U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC, Alexandria, Virginia
April 29-30, 2009 SMWG Members Meeting, Alexandria, VA
Sept. 1-2, 2009 Participate in Mental Modeling Workshop organized by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with U.S. EPA
Sept. 29-30, 2009 SMWG Sponsor Forum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2009 SMWG Members Meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY
2008
Jan. 8-10, 2008 Optimizing Decision-Making and Remediation at Complex Sediment Sites, New Orleans, LA - Co-sponsor with U.S. Army Corps (WES), U.S. Navy and U.S. EPA
Jan. 2008 Submitted comments on draft Great Lakes Bi-National Toxics Strategy Annual Report 2007
Feb. 2008 Co-author on "4Rs of Environmental Dredging: Resuspension, Release, Residual and Risk"
April 29 - May 1, 2008 SMWG Sponsor Forum and Spring Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI
July 2008 Acted as peer reviewer for DOD's draft Monitored Natural Recovery at Contaminated Sediment Sites Guidance
July 25, 2008 Meeting in Washington, D.C. with Susan Bodine, U.S. EPA Asst. Administrator for OSWER, Jim Woolford, Chief of OSTRI, and members of HQ OSW staff
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2008 SWMG Sponsor Forum and Fall Meeting, Houston, TX
Oct. 20-23, 2008 Participant in the 24th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Followup re: PRP eligibility for Great Lakes Legacy Act funds (October, 2008 - GLLA reauthorized and amended)
Steering Committee member for the 5th International Contaminated Sediment Conference (Feb. 2-5, 2009), Jacksonville, FL
Follow-up re: U.S. EPA's training and implementation of U.S. EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Guidance
Follow-up re: PCB Disposal Rule - characterization issue
Drafting a technical guidance document re: sediment stability assessment at contaminated sediment sites and incorporating the results into a risk management framework
Additional Resources
Major Contaminated Sediment Site Database Reports
last revised 10.18.2019