Key Nrdar Meetings

Last Updated: December 31, 2009

CONSOLIDATED LISTING OF MULTI-PARTY NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE (NRD)

AND NRD-RELATED MEETINGS

2003 thru 2009

This table provides information on meetings focused on or related to natural resource damages (NRD), including natural resource damage assessment and restoration (NRDAR). The meetings listed here are open to the public (in part or in full) unless otherwise noted.

DATE / SPONSOR / TITLE / LOCATION / NRD
SCOPE1 / DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE2 / FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
2009
November 19-23 / SETAC North America / 30th Annual Meeting / New Orleans, LA / B /
November 12-13 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damages / Newark, NJ / A / Agenda /
September 15 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee (attendance limited) / Washington, DC / A
October 7-8 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Symposium (attendance limited) / Fairfax, VA / A / Final Agenda
July 20-24 / NCER / 3rd Conference on Ecosystem Restoration “The Spirit of Cooperation” / Los Angeles, CA / C / Agenda /
July 9-10 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damages Litigation Conference / Santa Fe, NM / A / Agenda /
June 11-12 / Wildlife Habitat Conference / Ecosystem Services on Corporate Lands / Silver Spring, MD / B / Agenda /
May 12 / USGS; US Forest Service; EPA; NSF; University of Florida; / West Coast Joint Assessment Team Meeting (by invitation) / Portland, OR / A / Agenda
April 30 / Mid-Atlantic Joint Assessment Team Meeting (by invitation) / Arlington, VA / A / Agenda
April 22-23 / Great Lakes Roundtable (attendance limited) / Lansing, MI / A / Agenda and Meeting Materials
April 15-16 / ASTSWMO / Mid-Year Meeting / Columbus, OH / C /
April 7 / API / SE-Gulf Practitioner Workshop (attendance limited) / Houston, TX / A
April 1 / US DOI NRDAR Restoration Program / National Workshop
Open Day (attendance limited) / Phoenix, AZ / A / Agenda and Presentations
March 17 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee (attendance limited) / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
February 2-5 / Battelle / Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments / Jacksonville, FL / B /
2008
December 8-11 / USGS; US Forest Service; EPA; NSF; University of Florida; / ACES: A Conference on Ecosystem Services 2008: Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems / Naples, FL / B /
November 20-21 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damages Litigation / Newark, NJ / A / Conference Program /
November 16-20 / SETAC North America / 29th Annual Meeting / Tampa, FL / B /
October 23 / Mid-Atlantic Joint Assessment Team / Meeting / New Castle, DE / A
October 20-23 / Northeast Regional Environmental PublicHealthCenter and the University of Massachusetts – Amherst – School of Public Health / The 24th Annual International Conference on Soil, Sediments and Water / Amherst, MA / B / Conference Program /
September 24 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee / Washington, DC / A
August 18-22 / SETAC / ERA/NRDA Workshop (Invitation Only) / Fairmont, MT / A
August 3-7 / SETAC / 5th World Congress / Sydney, Australia / C / Program /
July 17-18 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damages Litigation / Santa Fe, NM / A / Draft Agenda /
June 16-18 / EPA Risk Assessment Forum / Workshop on Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment / CrystalCity, VA / C / Workshop Summary
May 29 / West Coast Joint Assessment Team / Meeting / Sacramento, CA / A / Agenda
May 13- 15 / Wildlife Habitat Council / Restoring Greenspace: Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in EPA Region 4 / Concord, CA / C / Final Agenda
May 4-8 / Multiple Sponsors / International Oil Spill Conference / Savannah, GA / C / Final Agenda /
April 17-18 / Mid-Atlantic Joint Assessment Team / Meeting / Philadelphia, PA / A / Agenda
April 17 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group and US Chamber of Commerce / Briefing for Industry on Recent US DOI Proposed NRDA Rule / Washington, DC / A / Final Agenda
April 17 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee / Washington, DC / A / Final Agenda
April 2 / US DOI NRDAR Program / National Workshop
Open Day (by invitation) / Phoenix, AZ / A / Final Agenda
2007
December 12-13 / Northwest Environmental Training Center / Natural Resource Damage Assessment Workshop: The What, Why, When, Where and How of NRDA / Seattle, WA / A / Workshop Home
December 11-12 / ASTSWMO / Remediation and Reuse Symposium / Charleston, SC / C /
December 11 / West Coast JAT / JAT Meeting / Portland, OR / A / Agenda available upon request
December
4-6 / NOAA
University of New Hampshire / HEA Metrics Workshop / Durham, NH / C / Agenda
November
29-30 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Newark, NJ / A /
October
16-17 / NOAA and International Group of P&I Clubs / NOAA-P&I Club Workshop / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
September 26 / Mid-Atlantic Coast JAT / JAT Meeting / Wilmington, DE / A
September 11-14 / Clean Pacific / Clean Pacific Conference & Exhibition / Seattle, WA / B / Upon request /
July 18-19 / Multiple / Great Lakes Regional Natural Resource Damage Roundtable
(by invitation) / Naperville, IL / A / Upon request
July 16-17 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Santa Fe, NM / A / Upon request /
June 27 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee / Washington, DC / A / Upon request /
June 15 / Environmental Law Education Center / Washington Environmental Cleanup Conference / Seattle, WA / B / Upon request
May 23 / NOAA / 2007 National Stakeholder Forum / Arlington, VA / C / Upon request
May 22-23 / Wildlife Habitat Council / Restoring Greenspace:
Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in EPA Region 4 / Atlanta, GA / B / Conference Info
May 1-3 / US DOI / Fifth US DOI NRDAR Advisory Committee Meeting / Denver, CO / A /
April 26 / US DOI NRDAR Program / National Workshop
Open Day (by invitation) / Phoenix, AZ / A / Upon request
February 26 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Seattle, WA / A /
January 26 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Honolulu, HI / A /
January 22-24 / Battelle / Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments / Savannah, GA / C / Conference Homepage
January 11 / American Bar Association / Environmental Sciences Teleconferece/Powerpoint Webcast Presentation Series Session 1: Natural Resource Damages / A / Upon request / Session Webpage
2006
November 29-30 / US DOI / Fourth US DOI NRDAR Advisory Committee Meeting / Washington, DC / A /
November 29 / Law Seminars International / Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Newark, NJ / A /
October 16-19 / The Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center and the University of Massachusetts - Amherst School of Public Health / The 22nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water -- Analysis, Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Human Risk Assessment, Remediation and Regulation / Amherst, MA / B / Program / Conference Homepage
September 25-27 / University of Montana’s
Public Land & Resources Law Review and the
Public Policy Research Institute / 30th Annual Public Land Law Conference -- The Law of Ecosystem Restoration: National Policy Implications of the Clark Fork River Basin Natural Resource Damage Program / Missoula, Montana / A / Program / Conference Homepage
September 26-28 / NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) / Fall Institute, “Innovative Coastal Modeling for Decision Support: Integrating Physical, Biological and Toxicological Models” / Durham, NH / B / DARRP Website
September 6-7 / DuPont, Chevron / Prospective Environmental Restoration Workshop (Invitation Only) / San Ramon, California / C / Upon request
August 15-17 / NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) / PAH Toxicity Summit / Seattle, WA / B / DARRP Website
July 28-29 / NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) / Pacific Islands Regional Natural Resource Damage Assessment Workshop (NRDA) / Honolulu, HI / A / DARRP Website
July 26-27 / US DOI / Third US DOI NRDAR Advisory Committee Meeting / Denver, CO / A /
July 18-19 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Industry NRD Symposium / Fairfax, VA / A / 2006 NRD Symposium Website
June 7-9 / North Atlantic Chapter of SETAC 2006 Meeting / 12th Annual Meeting & Short Course / Portland, ME / B / Announcement /
May 30-June 1 / API/NOAA / Northeast Workshop on Regional Issues in Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Workshop (by invitation) / Newport, RI / A / Upon request /
partner/cap/relate.html
May 2-3 / Wildlife Habitat Council / Restoring Greenspace: Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in EPA Region 10 / Seattle, WA / B / Announcement
Full meeting materials are available by request /
/restoringgreenspace.cfm
April 24-27 / CH2M Hill, The Conservation Fund,
EarthMark Companies, and others / Ninth Annual Conference: Environmental Banking Cultivating this Green Frontier / Portland, OR / B / Agenda /
conference.com/
April 7 / Law Seminars International / Wetlands and Natural Resource Damage Mitigation / Seattle, WA / A / Agenda /
details/06MITWA.htm
March 29(Open Day) / U.S. DOI / NRDAR National Workshop (by invitation) / Phoenix, AZ / A / March 29 Agenda, Participant list
March 29-31 / RTM Communications, Inc / Conference on Contaminated Property Transactions: Deal Making and Redevelopments / Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC / B / Agenda /
rtmcomm/conference_detail.php?
ConfID=20
March 13-14 / ASTSWMO / NRD/Sediments Symposium / San Francisco, CA / A /
March 13 / Environmental Law Education Society / Environmental Cleanup Conference / Portland, OR / B / Environmental Law Education Center
March 2 / U.S. DOI / Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee Meeting / Washington, DC / A /
February 15 / Law Seminars International / New Developments in Natural Resource Damage Litigation / Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA / A / Agenda /
/section_details/06NRDWA.htm
February 7-8 / US EPA / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Ecological Processes and Effects Committee Workshop / Washington, DC / C / Agenda /
_wkshp_eco_risk_02_7-9_2006.htm
2005
December 13 / New Jersey Chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. / New Jersey Chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc, “Environmental/Natural Resource Damages” / Warren, NJ / A /
ChapterWebsite/CWPreview.cfm?
CWID=3975
December 6 / ASTSWMO / ASTSWMO NRD Focus Group meeting / Washington, DC / A /
November 30 – December 1 / U.S. DOI / Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee Meeting / Shepherdstown, WV / A / FACA Charter, Appointees, Agenda /
November 30 / Law Seminars International / An Advanced One Day Workshop on New Developments and Emerging Strategies in Natural Resource Damages Litigation / Newark, NJ / A / Agenda
Full meeting materials available by request /
section_details/05NRDNJ
.htm#%20
November
15-16 / U.S. EPA, U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. FWS, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service / Integrated Restoration of Riverine Wetlands, Streams, Riparian Areas, and Floodplains in Watershed Contexts / Amherst, Massachusetts / B / Agenda /
/integratingrest/integratedrest.htm
November
13-17 / The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) / SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting / Baltimore, MD / B / Agenda, Platform Sessions /
November
9-10 / Various corporate and industry sponsors / Clean Gulf 2005 / Galveston TX / B /
November 2-3 / API/NOAA / Great Lakes Workshop on Regional Issues in Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration / Chicago, IL / A / Agenda, Issues /
partner/cap/relate.html
October 26 / Federal/State Trustees and Industry / West Coast Joint Assessment Team (JAT) / Yolo Wildlife Area Visitors Center, Davis, CA / A / Agenda /
partner/cap/relate.html
October 5 / Federal/State Trustees and Industry / Mid-East Coast Joint Assessment Team (JAT / Silver Spring, MD / A / Agenda /
partner/cap/relate.html
August 29-31 / White House Council on Environmental Quality / White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation / St. Louis, Missouri / B / Agenda, /
ceq.gov/index.html
July 25 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / West Coast JAT / Portland, OR / A / Agenda
July 21-22 / National Groundwater Association / NGWA Ground Water and Environmental Law Conference / Baltimore, MD / B / Agenda /
conf/0507215066.shtml#program
June 22-25 / ALI-ABA / Summer Course "Environmental Litigation" / Boulder, CO / B / Agenda /
May 24 / Cook College, Rutgers / Natural Resource Damages Seminar / New Brunswick, NJ / A / Meeting Handouts /
/courses/current/ez0402.html
May 17-18 / Wildlife Habitat Council / Restoring Greenspace: Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in Region 6 / New Orleans, LA / B / Agenda /
events/restoringgreenspace.cfm
May 15-19 / API et al. / IOSC Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Restoration / Miami Beach, FL / B / Agenda, abstracts and other /
May 12 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / Mid-East Coast JAT / Newark, NJ / A / Agenda, other
April 21-22 / ALI-ABA/ Environmental Law Institute (ELI) / Advanced Course "Hazardous Substances, Site Remediation and Enforcement / Washington, DC / B / Agenda /
April 18-19 / Mealey Group / Mealey's Environmental Litigation Conference / Houston, TX / B / Agenda
April 13-15 / API/NOAA / Southeast/Gulf Workshop on Regional Issues in Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration / Savannah, GA / A / Agenda, handouts, other
April 6-8 / Zurich NA, et al. / Contaminated Property Transactions: Deals for Redevelopment / Washington, DC / B / Agenda /
rtmcomm/conference_detail
.php?ConfID=15
March 30 (Open Day) / U.S. DOI / NRDA National Workshop / Phoenix, AZ / A / Agenda
March 8 / Federal/State Trustees and Industry / West Coast JAT / Portland, OR / A / Agenda
March 3-5 / Northwest ETC / Natural Damage Assessment Workshop / Seattle, WA / A / Agenda
February 16 / API / NRD Task Force Meeting / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
February 16 / Law Seminars International / NRD Litigation Workshop / Seattle, WA / A / Agenda /
/section_details/05NRDWA.htm
2004
December 2 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group’s Industry/Trustee Standing Committee / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee Meeting / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
December 9 / U.S. Coast Guard / Spill of National Significance (SONS) Exercise / San Ramon, CA / B /
CAL_SONS_04.nsf/mainpage
?OpenForm
November
14-18 / The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) / SETAC 25th Annual Meeting / Portland, OR / B / Agenda, Abstracts /
portland/portland.html
November 4 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / Mid-East Coast JAT / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
August 25 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / West Coast JAT / Portland, OR / A / Agenda
July 15 / U.S. DOI / NRDAR Work Group / Shepherdstown, WV / A / Agenda, Notes
June 9-10 / API/NOAA / Cooperative Assessment Workshop / San Diego, CA / A / Agenda, Handouts, Final Report /
partner/cap/relate.html
March 24(Open Day) / U.S. DOI / NRDA National Workshop / Phoenix, AZ / A / Agenda
February 5 / ELI / Expediting Natural Resource Restoration: Conducting Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessments / Washington, DC / A / Agenda /
/pastevent.cfm?eventid=25
2003
December 4 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group's Industry/Trustee Standing Committee / Industry/Trustee Standing Committee Meeting / Washington, DC / A / Agenda
November 18 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / Mid-East Coast JAT / Annapolis, MD / A / Agenda
November 6-7 / Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group / Fifth Annual NRD Symposium For Industry / Washington, DC / A / Agenda, Handouts
July 30 / Multiple Sponsors (see above) / Mid-East Coast JAT / New Castle, DE / A / Agenda
July 17 / U.S. DOI / NRDAR Work Group / Shepherdstown, WV / A / Agenda, Notes
February 11 (Open Day) / U.S. DOI / NRDA National Workshop / Phoenix, AZ / A / Agenda

Acronyms List

1 LEGEND: A – Meetings that are directly related to NRD; B - Meetings involving a broader-scope agenda with limited sessions relating to NRD; C – Meetings that are not directly related to NRD but may involve implications for NRD policy and/or practice

2 Documents listed that are not links may obtained by sending an email to .

Last Updated: December 31, 2009

ALI-ABA - American Law Institute - American Bar Association

API - American Petroleum Institute

ASTSWMO – Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials

ELI - Environmental Law Institute

IOSC - International Oil Spill Conference

JAT - Joint Assessment Team

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRD - Natural Resource Damages

NRDA - Natural Resource Damages Assessment

SETAC - The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

SONS - Spill of National Significance

U.S. DOI - U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. FWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

2 Documents listed that are not links may obtained by sending an email to .

Last Updated: December 31, 2009

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2 Documents listed that are not links may obtained by sending an email to .

This document has been prepared by Barbara J. Goldsmith & Company and the Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group for use by trustee, industry and other NRDA practitioners. Information provided here is based on best available information and corrections and additions will be appreciated.