2007 AAPA Quality Partnership Initiative Third Annual Project Managers Workshop

December 5, 2007
Palm Beach, FL

This year’s QPI Project Managers Workshop was hosted by the Port of Palm Beach with a timely agenda focused on the regulatory process. Primary topics included the permitting process (Day 1) and dealing with resuspension of sediments (Day 2). This workshop format allowed full discussion of topics with participation by all attendees. In past years these “roll up your sleeves” workshops have given Corps and port industry project managers an opportunity to meet, discuss and begin resolution of long standing issues and misunderstandings about processes and programs employed by the various offices and departments, both government and industry.

12/05/2007
Welcome and Introductions

• Frank L. Hamons, QPI Chair, Deputy Director for Harbor Development, Maryland Port Administration
• Tori White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Lori A. Baer, Executive Director, Port of Palm Beach District

12/05/2007
The Partnership Process—Issue Resolution in Action

• Lori A. Baer
• Nancy Case O'Bourke, PE, Senior Consulting Engineer, Dalton, Olmsted & Fuglevand, Inc.
• Dr. Bory Steinberg, Steinberg and Associates
• Charles A. Towsley, PPM^®, President, Maritime Directions, Inc.
• Amy Kimball-Murley, AICP, President, The Four Gates Company

12/05/2007
The Permit Process Defined: How Does It Work? How Long Does It Take? Who is Involved?

• Tori White
• Molly Madden, EPA
• Jocelyn Karazsia, NOAA
• Corps District Rep
• Corps Division Rep

12/05/2007
Obtaining Permits: The Partner’s Perspective

• Paul Carangelo, REM, CESM, PWS, Coastal Environmental Planner, Port of Corpus Christi Authority
• Frank Hamons
• Kristin Meira, Government Relations Director, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
• Rep from PANY/NJ

12/05/2007
Implementing the Water Resources Development Act of 2007

• Richard Worthington, USACE HQ
• Dr. Bory Steinberg
• Paul Carangelo

12/05/2007
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Impact of Continuing Resolutions

• Peter C. Luisa, Program Development, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Tammy Cameron, Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc.

12/06/2007
Resuspension of Sediments: Defining the Issue

• Dr. Douglas Clarke, USACE-ERDC

12/06/2007
Resuspension of Sediments: Port and Industry Experience

• Frank Hamons
• Marla Harrison, Environmental Manager, Port of Portland, OR
• Scott H. Aspelin, CHMM, Compliance Coordinator, Port of Houston Authority
• Barry Holliday, Technical Director, Dredging Contractors of America

12/06/2007
Resuspension of Sediments: The Regulatory Aspects

• Dr. Mark Sudol
• Dr. Douglas Clark
• Molly Madden
• Jocelyn Karazsia

12/06/2007
Research Needed and Next Steps

• Frank Hamons