Designation of Long Term Ocean Disposal Site
Working Group Meeting 1
September 26, 2002
Hazard Conference Rooms
Coastal Institute Building

Draft Agenda

6:00 – 6:30   Welcome/Opening Remarks – Peter August

·       What the project is about and why it is happening

·       Introduction of Coastal Institute team working on project

·       Coastal Institute’s role

·       Responsibilities of Working Group members

·       Overview of meeting schedule

·       Explanation of project web site/LISTSERV

·       Project anchor points

6:30 – 6:50   Overview of Project - Army Corps of Engineers

·       How we got to this point

·       Corp’s role in the designation process

·       Overview of steps in designation process - timeline

6:50 – 7:10   Explanation of Designation Process – U.S. EPA

·       EPA’s role

·       Overview of EIS development

7:10 – 7:30   Introduction of Working Group members - affiliations

7:30 – 7:45   Break

7:45 – 8:50   Open Discussion

8:50 – 9:00   Closing Comments

·       Distribution of handouts for next meeting

·       Overview of next meeting’s agenda

·       Instructions for preparing for next meeting [review proposed criteria with organizations]