September 26, 2013, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, EDT (12:00-21:00 GMT)

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Welcome
Presenter: Mike Gill and Clancy Tenley (Region 9)
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INTRODUCTION: Framing the Problems - Challenges - Goals
Ground Rules
Presenter: Lori Lewis (Region 9)
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Setting The Stage - Part 1
Presenter: Ned Black (Region 9)
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Setting The Stage - Part 2
Presenter: Izzy Martin (The Sierra Fund)
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SOURCE CONTROLS
Source Controls - Session 1
Session Chair: Stephen McCord (McCord Environmental)
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Fish Mercury Impairment in California Reservoirs - Historic Mines and Other Factors
Presenter: Michelle Wood (California Water Board)
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Investigation of the Red Devil Mine, Alaska
Presenter: Matt Wilkening (Region 10)
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Remediation of Scarred Landscapes
Presenter: Vic Claassen (UC Davis)
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Question and Answers
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Source Controls - Session 2
Session Chair: Jim Sickles (Region 9)
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Assessment of Remediation of Mercury Mines in the California Coast Range
Presenter: Jim Rytuba (USGS)
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Pre- and Post-Remediation Mercury Monitoring Results at Abandoned Mines Sites
Presenter: Greg Reller (Burleson Consulting)
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Mercury contamination and Bioaccumulation from Historical Gold Mining in the Sierra Nevada
Presenter: Charile Alpers (USGS)
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Question and Answers
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DOWNSTREAM CONTROLS
Downstream Controls - Session 3
Session Chair: Andy Bain (Region 9)
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Mercury Transport and Transformation at the Black Butte Mine Superfund Site
Presenter: Chris Eckley (Region 10)
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Yolo Bypass - From Micro to Macro - A Recent Synthesis of Mercury Science From the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Evaluate Management Options for Limiting Biotic Exposure
Presenter: Jacob Fleck for Lisamarie Windham-Myers (USGS)
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Managing Merury Enrichment in Freshwater Lakes and reservoirs with Hypolimnetic Oxygenation
Presenter: Stephen Dent (CDM Smith)
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Question and Answers
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Downstream Controls - Session 4
Session Chair: Chris Eckley (Region 10)
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Pena Blanca Lake Sediment and Mercury Removal
Presenter: Eli Curiel (USFS)
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Combie Reservoir Sediment and Mercury Removal Project
Presenter: Carrie Monohan (Sierra Fund)
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Removal of Mercury From Surface Waters Using In Situ Coagulation with Matal-Based Salts; Field Study Building on Bench-Scale Study
Presenter: Tamara Kraus (USGS)
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Fisheries Management to Remediate Hg Contamination in Sport Fish
Presenter: Jesse Lepak (Colorado Divisison of Wildlife)
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Question and Answers
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Summary and Conclusions
NEXT STEPS
Facilitator: Lori Lewis (Region 9)
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Ideas for 3 Region 9 Hg Remediation Pilot Projects
Research Needs - Data Gaps
Summary - Plan for Proceedings

• Lori Lewis, U.S. EPA, Region 9 (lewis.lori@epa.gov)
• Ned Black, U.S. EPA, Region 9 (black.ned@epa.gov)
• Elizabeth "Izzy" Martin, The Sierra Fund (izzy.martin@sierrafund.org)
• Michelle Wood, California Water Board (mlwood@waterboards.ca.gov)
• Matt Wilkening, U.S. EPA, Region 10 (wilkening.matt@epa.gov)
• Vic Claassen, UC Davis (vpclaassen@ucdavis.edu)
• Jim Rytuba, U.S. Geological Survey (jrytuba@usgs.gov)
• Greg Reller, Burleson Consulting (gr@burlesonconsulting.com)
• Charles Alpers, Ph.D, U.S. Geological Survey (cnalpers@usgs.gov)
• Chris Eckley, U.S. EPA, Region 10 (eckley.chris@epa.gov)
• Jacob Fleck, U.S. Geological Survey (jafleck@usgs.gov)
• Lisamarie Windham-Myers, U.S. Geological Survey (lwindham-myers@usgs.gov)
• Stephen Dent, CDM Smith (dentsr@cdmsmith.com)
• Eli Curiel, U.S. Forest Service (ecuriel@fs.fed.us)
• Carrie Monohan, The Sierra Fund (carrie.monohan@sierrafund.org)
• Tamara Kraus, U.S. Geological Survey (tkraus@usgs.gov)
• Jesse Lepak, Colorado Division of Wildlife (jesse.lepak@state.co.us)

• Jean Balent, U.S. EPA, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov)
• Mike Gill, U.S. EPA, Region 9 (gill.michael@epa.gov)

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