New York Academy of Sciences' Industrial Ecology, Pollution Prevention, and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Project
Charles W. Powers, Chairman
Agenda: Workshop on the Harbor Consortium’s Findings
April 3, 2008
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
New York Academy of Science, 40th Floor, 7 World Trade Center,
New York City
WELCOME BY LEADERSHIP OF INVITING INSTITUTIONS 9:00-9:20am
TELLING THE CONSORTIUM STORY: 9:20-11:45am
Findings on Contamination and Harbor Health – Susan Boehme (Consortium Staff) and Joanna Burger (Rutgers)
Findings on New Methods for Linking “Sources” – Sandra Valle (Consortium Staff) and Diana Bauer (EPA)
Findings on the Consortium Processes/ Success Factors – Charles Powers (Chair) and Thomas Wakeman (Stevens)
What the Consortium recommended/ what is yet to be done – Marta Panero (Consortium Staff) and Michael Aucott (NJDEP)
PANEL: HOW CONSORTIUM MEMBERS VIEWED THEIR PARTICIPATION AND EMPLOYED/ WILL EMPLOY THE CONSORTIUM’S WORK
Members from Regulatory Science Community: Simon Litten, NYDEC; Thomas Belton, NJDEP and Lily Lee, NYCDEP
LUNCH PLENARY SPEAKER – THE HON. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, MAYOR OF NYC 11:45 – 1:00pm
PANELS: HOW CONSORTIUM MEMBERS VIEWED THEIR PARTICIPATION - continued 1:00 - 3:00pm
Members from the Industrial and Labor Communities: Russell Furnari, PSE&G; Herzl Eisenstadt, labor attorney
and Fred Cornell, SIMS metal recycling
Members from the Public Outreach and Involvement Communities: Barbara Warren, CEC; Manna Jo
Greene, HRSCI and Carter Craft, MWA
Members from the Academic Community: Nada Marie Assaf-Anid, Manhattan College; Michael Gochfeld,
RWJMS and Ronald Hellman, CUNY
Participants from the Policy-making Public Sector: Kathleen Callahan, EPA, Thomas Fikslin, Delaware River Basin Commission, and Richard Larrabee, NYNJPA
WHAT DOES THE CONSORTIUM EXPERIENCE MEAN? 3:00-3:30pm
What does the work of the Consortium suggest for defining/implementing sustainable national and international environmental policies?
Richard B. Stewart Director, Hauser Global Law School Program and Center for Environmental & Land Use Law, NYU; former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S Dept of Justice; a founder of Environmental Defense Fund; and
Christopher O. Ward
Managing Director General Contractors Association, NYC; formerly Commissioner, NYCDEP and Chief of Planning, NYNJPA
WHAT DOES THE MEDIA WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM? 3:30-4:00pm
We respond to media questions
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