8:00-9:00

Meeting Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:40

Impact of the DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill on the Louisiana Coast: Re-thinking the concept of a “sustainable coast”

Ralph Portier, Distinguished Professor of Louisiana Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, LA

9:40-10:20

The Chemistry of Petroleum and Preliminary Results from the BP “Oil Spill”

John R. Sowa, Jr., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, NJ

10:20-10:40

Break

10:40-11:20

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-Health and Food Chain Concerns

Trevor M. Penning,  Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania,  School of Medicine, PA

11:20-12:00

Slow Recovery of Wading Bird Populations After a Major Oil Spill

Katharine Parsons, Lecturer, Harvard University, MA

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:40

Microbes to the Rescue: Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons in Wetlands

Max M. Häggblom, Rutgers University, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, NJ

1:40-2:20

The Makeup of an Oil Spill Response with Special Emphasis on the Environmental Unit: Experience from the Athos I and the Deepwater Horizon Responses

V. Lyle Trumbull, O’Brien & Gere Engineers, and Larry Malizzi, Matrix New World Engineers

2:20-2:40

Break

2:40-3:20

TBA

3:20-4:00

Clean Up Criteria and Residual Toxicity of Oil.

Harry L. Allen, III, USEPA/Environmental Response Team, NJ

If you have questions regarding the workshop, please contact:

Carolyn Bentivegna - Seton Hall University, Carolyn.Bentivegna@shu.edu
and
Laurie Gneiding - AMEC Earth & Environment, laurie.gneiding@amec.com