Registration & Continental Breakfast – 7:30 – 8:30

Welcome – 8:30am

Session 1
8:45am – 10:00

Coming Changes & What They Mean to You
Fundamental changes are taking place in the area of stormwater regulation. Key stakeholders will discuss the context and impact of these changes.
Moderator: Robert Grott, Northwest Environmental Business Council
Speakers:
Sue Joerger, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Ken Johnson, Weyerhaeuser NR Company 
Josh Baldi, Washington State Department of Ecology
Van Collins, Associated General Contractors

Session 2
10:00 – 10:50

Effluent Limits Guidance – Moving beyond BMPs
The EPA is issuing new effluent limit guidance. Learn about the history behind the new permit recommendations, what they will mean to your next project, and the rationale behind limits based on Best Available Technology.
Jesse Pritts, EPA National

Networking Break – 10:50 – 11:20am

Session 3
11:20am – 12:35pm

A. Emerging Policy Issues – Industry & Metals
A preview of into the next Washington industrial stormwater permit and how the new EPA multi-sector general industrial stormwater permit might influence Washington. Find out how metals are driving stormwater permitting, and how the boatyard industry is pro-actively responding to the new precedent-setting Boatyard General Permit.
Moderator: Joe Kalmar, Landau Associates
Speakers:
John Palmer, EPA Region 10
Bill Moore, Washington State Department of Ecology
Michael Campbell, Northwest Marine Trade Association

B: Effective Solutions – Construction
A look at technical and process approaches for preventing erosion and managing water quality discharge to meet the new ELG, including the ATS technologies that are available in the marketplace.
Moderator: Scott Lindblad, WaterTectonics
Speakers:
Alex Zimmerman, CSI Geosynthetics
Nathan Hardebeck, Clean Water Technologies
Jason Ziemer, Z Environmental Services

Lunch
12:35 – 2:00pm

Puget Sound Partnership Action Plan
David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership

Session 4
2:00 – 3:15pm

A: Emerging Issues – Construction Effluent Limits
A discussion of how stormwater and construction site dewatering practices are affected by numeric discharge limits and how new permits, programs and technologies are leading the way.
Moderator: Scott Woerman, Landau Associates
Speakers:
Arnaud Girard, King County
Ross Dunning, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Eric Strecker, Geosyntec Consultants

B: Effective Solutions – Industrial
A review of technical and process approaches for managing stormwater, including new and emerging treatment BMPs.
Speakers:
Bob York, Port of Seattle, Aviation Group
Calvin Noling, StormwateRx
Gary Minton, Resource Planning Associates

Networking Break 3:15 – 3:45pm

Session 5
3:45 – 5:00

A: Municipal Phase 1 & Phase 2 Actions
A discussion of how municipalities are dealing with the full package of stormwater permitting, integrating their own master permits with those of their industrial and construction constituencies.
Moderator: Amanda Cote, Golder Associates, Inc.
Speakers:
Rachel McCrae, Washington State Department of Ecology
Heather Kibbey, City of Everett
Mike Rhubright, City of Tacoma

B: Permit Inspections – Preparation & Response
The best preparation for an inspection is to be in compliance. But what do inspectors look for, and how should you respond if you are cited for violations.
Moderator: Ross Stainsby, Hart Crowser
Speakers:
Larry Costich, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Kurt Baumgarten, Washington State Department of Ecology
Kevin Burrell, ECOSS

Reception – 5:00