Category: Webinars

This webinar is sponsored by the NWTCC, Silver Valley Community Resource Center, and supported by the University of Washington Superfund Research Program. If you would like to learn more about the dangers of lead and the legacy pollution of the Nation’s largest Superfund site (Silver Valley, ID) you won’t want to miss this webinar. Read… Continue reading NWTCC Webinar: Children Run Better Unleaded

Professor Cliff Villa of the University of New Mexico, Piper Peterson of EPA Region 10, and James Rasmussen of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition discuss the EPA’s Institutional Control Plan for fishers at the Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site. Presenters discuss details of the plan and lessons it offers for communities developing strategies to protect the… Continue reading NWTCC Webinar: Part 2, Institutional Controls, a Case Study

Hazard Advisories and Access Restrictions vs. Active Cleanup What You Need to Know Institutional Controls (ICs) are hazard advisories and access restrictions commonly employed as treatments alongside active cleanup. Presenters Peter deFur of Environmental Stewardship Concepts and Cliff Villa of the University of New Mexico Law School discuss challenges, opportunities, and limitations of ICs based… Continue reading NWTCC Webinar: Institutional Controls 101

20+ years after the closure of the Port Angeles Rayonier Pulp Mill, the Washington Department of Ecology released a draft cleanup plan. Sediment, soil, and groundwater contaminants at the site include dioxins/furans, PAHs, heavy metals, PCBs, and phenols. Olympic Environmental Council’s technical advisor, Dr. Peter deFur, describes the proposed cleanup plan and how to get… Continue reading NWTCC Webinar: Rayonier Pulp Mill Cleanup Plan

Presented by Dr. David Carpenter, University of Albany Most people think that exposure to PCBs comes from eating contaminated fish and other animal fats. That is true. But PCBs are semi-volatile compounds and they vaporize into the air as well. When that happens one can be exposed simply by breathing. PCBs are a mixture of… Continue reading Volatile PCBs Webinar: Sources, Spread and Health Effects

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds released from burning wood, fossil fuels, trash and tobacco known to cause cancer in humans. In this talk, Dr. Diana Rohlman highlights the research technologies used by the Oregon State University Superfund Research Program to detect (PAHs) in the environment, assess their toxicity, and evaluate PAH remediation techniques. Specifically,… Continue reading NWTCC Webinar on Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Presented by Dr. Peter L. deFur, President of Environmental Stewardship Concepts Dr. Peter L. deFur, President of Environmental Stewardship Concepts, based in Henrico VA. gave a presentation comparing cleanup sites on which he is working in USEPA Region 10 — Rayonier-Port Angeles Harbor, Seattle Duwamish River, and Portland Harbor. Dr.deFur covered the contaminants at each… Continue reading How do Our Superfund Waste Site Cleanup Compare? (Webinar)

This webinar covers what happens before a campaign launch and focuses on the basic elements of campaign planning using a model that helped the Whatcom County community defeat North America’s largest coal export terminal at Cherry Point. The speaker covers how to identify goals and strategies for making measurable change on environmental issues, how to… Continue reading Grassroots Organizing and Campaign Planning Webinar- March 2017