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Workshop/Vendor Fair Agenda

Government Operations & Dioxins Pollution Prevention in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Date:	September 18, 2002
Time:	9:00am to 3:00pm
Location:	Oakland City Hall Hearing Room 3 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA

Registration Deadline - September 10, 2002

MORNING SESSION
DIOXINS: People and the Environment
9:00	Welcome
	Eugene Leong, ABAG Executive Director Rosemary Corbin, Former Mayor, City of Richmond
9:15	Overview of Dioxins Science & Policy
	Arnold Den, Senior Science Advisor, EPA Region 9 Air Division Dr. F. Jay Murray, President, Murray & Associates
9:45	Bay Area Science Update
	Catherine Kuhlman, Associate Director, EPA Region 9 Water Division Dioxin TMDLs, Fish Tissue Studies Mark Stoelting, Bay Area Air Quality Management District Regional Air Monitoring Study Myrto Petreas, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control Human Health Studies
10:45	Break

11:00	Dioxins Pollution Prevention (P2) in the Bay Area
	Nancy Nadel, Councilmember, City of Oakland Oakland's Dioxins Resolution Davis Baltz, California Coordinator, Health Care Without Harm Local Resolutions to Prevent Dioxins Pollution Kelly Moran, President, TDC Environmental Screening Evaluation of Dioxins P2 Options Betsy Elzufon, Senior Engineer, Larry Walker Associates P2 Regional Dioxins Project Updates
AFTERNOON SESSION
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Using Purchasing Power to Reduce Dioxins Emissions
12:00	Lunch

1:00	Welcome
	Karen Smith, Executive Director, Alameda County Waste Management Authority and Recycling Board
1:15	Dioxins P2 Sucess Stories
	Marina Lutze and Julie Weiss, City of Palo Alto Archie Beaton, Chlorine Free Paper Association Success Stories Purchasing Chlorine Free and Recycled Low Chlorine Paper Tom Lent, Healthy Building Network Laguna Honda Project - Renovating Buildings with PVC Alternatives Chris Ferrara, Clean Cities Program David Esmaili, West Valley College Bill Ivie, Equipment Supervisor, City of Berkeley Public Works Department Powering Municipal Vehicles with Alternative (to diesel) Fuels