Category: Meetings & Events

West Coast Collaborative Marine Vessels & Ports Sector Call 10/27

  Date: October 27, 2011 (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT) Agenda Welcome and Introductions (Penny McDaniel & Dan Brown, WCC Co-Leads) CARB Marine Vessel and Port Equipment Rule/Reg Update (CARB) http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/marinevess/marinevess.htm, http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/cargo.htm, http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/marinevess/harborcraft.htm Zero Emission Technology Roadmap overview and status update (Heather Tomely & Kevin Maggay, San Pedro Bay Ports) http://www.portoflosangeles.org/newsroom/2011_releases/news_082211_roadmap.asp Zero emissions technologies […]

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SWRCB accepting Comments to Refine Beneficial uses of Hayward Marsh

State Water Resources Control Board will accept comments on the proposed approval of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Basin (Basin Plan) that would refine the beneficial uses of Hayward Marsh and clarify the bacterial water quality objectives that apply […]

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Save the date! Annual Western Hemisphere Dredging Conference 6/10-6/13

The Western Dredging Association and Texas A&M’s annual Western Hemisphere Dredging Conference and Trade Show Registration kit is now available on WEDA’s Website as is “On-line registration” for this important Dredging Conference. It is setup: http://westerndredging.org/weda_32.php Call (360 750 0209) or email (weda@comcast.net) WEDA executive office if you have any difficulty using the on line […]

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Delta mercury TMDL 11/10 meeting

Save the Date! Meeting to discuss initiation of Delta Mercury TMDL Phase 1 Methylmercury Control Studies Thursday, November 10th, 10 am – 12:30 pm Central Valley Water Board office, 11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite 200, Rancho Cordova The Basin Plan amendment for the control of methylmercury and mercury in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is approaching […]

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Cosco Busan Oil Spill Settlement and Restoration Plan

State and federal trustee agencies will use $36.8 million of the $44.4 million settlement with Regal Stone Limited and Fleet Management Limited, the companies responsible for spilling 53,000 gallons of oil after the container ship hit the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge. A short video summarizing the Assessment and Restoration Plan is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqO65L49ZD4 The trustees […]

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9/20 State Water Board Public Workshop

    The time for the State Water Board’s September 20, 2011 public workshop to receive public comments concerning: (1) a proposed statewide Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Nonpoint Source Discharges Related to Certain Activities on National Forest System Lands in California, and (2) a supporting Mitigated Negative Declaration has been changed from 9:00 A.M. […]

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U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Presents . . .

      September 22, 2011, San Francisco Workshop on: Panama Canal Expansion Study Listening Session (8:30am – 12:30pm) What are the anticipated impacts on U.S. Ports and infrastructure? Conducting business in the Post-Canal Expansion Economy America’s Marine Highway Corridor (1:30pm – 5:00pm) The Path Forward to incorporating Marine Highways into the National Transportation System […]

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