Conference Co-Chairs
Herbert Klapperich Freiberg University for Mining & Technology
Linda Garczynski U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
United Engineering Foundation, Inc.
Three Park Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10016-5902
Phone: 1-212-591-7836 Fax: 1-212-591-7441
engfnd@aol.com -- www.engfnd.org
Sunday, March 19, 2000
14:00 - 16:00 Registration
16:00 OPENING SESSION
Moderator: Linda Garczynski
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Klapperich 10 min
Freiberg University for Mining and Technology
Linda Garczynski, Director 10 min
Outreach and Special Projects Staff
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Framework for the Management of Brownfields in Germany
Andreas Bieber and Rainer G. Siebert 20 min
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
and Nuclear Safety, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Hans Estermann, Managing Director 20 min
Berlin Economic Development Corporation
17:00 COMPARATIVE LIABILITY SCHEMES AND LEGAL STRUCTURES
Moderator: Dale Medearis
The US Legal Construct: Liability and Innovation
Douglas C. MacCourt, Esq. 20 min
Ater Wynne, LLP
Portland, Oregon
Recycling Derelict Land in Germany - A Challenge between
Formal-Legal Request and Informal State Administration
Practice
Bernd Preuss
MGG (Montan-Grundstucks-Gesellschaft mbH)
Essen, Germany 20 min
Discussion 20 min
18:00 Conference Dinner
19:30 Reception and Art Exhibition
"World Visions and Double Shapes" by Mary-Lou
Introduction by Hans Peter Noll
Monday, March 20, 2000
07:30 - 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 WELCOMING SESSION
Moderator: Bill Librizzi
Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson" (invited) 15 min
Salt Lake City
Dr. Hans Estermann 5 min
State of Berlin, Germany
Max H. Dodson 15 min
Assistant Regional Administrator
Ecosystem Protection Remediation,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, Denver, Colorado
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Brownfields: Success Through Innovation
Timothy Fields, Jr. 25 min
Assistant Administrator for
Solid Waste & Emergency Response
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Alice Larkin Steiner, Executive Director 15 min
Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, Utah
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Karl Alvarez
The Economics of Brownfields 20 min
Evan Henry
Senior Vice President, Bank of America, Newport Beach, California
Schemes for Beneficial Solutions 20 min
Hans H. Katte
PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Berlin, Germany
Economic Effects of Remediation 20 min
(Public-Private Partnership in Remediation of
Contaminated Sites and Redevelopment of
Brownfields in Germany-A Question of Finance)
G. Kmoch, Managing Director
AAV, Hattingen, Germany
11:30 The Finances of Environmental Insurance
Donna Sandidge 15 min
Senior Vice President, Marsh Risk Consulting
Nashville, Tennessee
Public-Private Financing Sources 15 min
Charles Bartsch, Senior Policy Analyst
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Washington, DC
The Mechanics of Property Transfer 15 min
John Q. Martin
U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC
Financial and Business Strategies of a Real Estate
Developer
Prof. Dr. Dieter Jacob 15 min
Chair of Construction Business Management
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Discussion 20 min
12:50 Lunch
14:00 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Dr. Volker Franzius, Director
Umsweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany
Innovative Cleanup Strategies
Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., Director 20 min
Technology Innovation Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mechanics of Assessment
David Ostrander, Site Assessment and Brownfields 20 min
Unit Leader
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Unit 8
Discussion 20 min
15:00 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CASE STUDIES
Moderator: Dr. Volker Franzius, Director
Umsweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany
Technology for Brownfields Redevelopment 20 min Roger Jenkins
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Research Project FEA:
Dr. Ing. Jens Uwe Fischer, 20 min
Deutche Bahn AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Surface Recycling - A Part of Structural Change
in the Ruhr Area
Dr. Hans Peter Noll, Managing Director 15 min
Montan-Grundstucks-Gesellschaft mbh, Germany
Leadville Mining Drainage Tunnel Research Project 15 min
Speaker: Brad Littlepage, Supervisor of Leadville
Mine Drainage Tunnel
Bureau of Reclamation
Discussion 20 min
17:30 Social Hour
19:00 Dinner
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
07:30 - 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 MINING AREAS AND POST-MINING LANDUSE
Moderator: Dr. Hans Peter Noll, MGG, Essen, Germany
Revitalization and Development of Mining Sites
in Central Germany and Lausitz 20 min
Dr. Wolfgang Fritz, Managing Director
LMBV, Berlin, Germany
Land Restoration and Reuse at Former Uranium Mining
and Milling Sites in Eastern Germany -
Striving for Sustainable Benefits
Dr. Manfred Hagen, 20 min
Managing Director, Wismut GmbH
Chemnitz, Germany
The Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project (UMTRA)
Frank Bosiljevac 20 min
Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM
New Landscape Strategy/Vision for Old Industrial Sites 20 min
Peter Drecker
Kirchhellen, Germany
Discussion 25 min
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDIES
Moderator: Stephanie Wallace
Innovative Concepts in Reuse of Brownfields 20 min
Christiane Hogrebe
DMT-GUC, Essen, Germany;
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Klapperich
TU Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany
Modern Engineering Solutions of Brownfields 20 min
Georg Herten, Managing Director
Naue Fastertechnik, Germany
Revitalization in the Context of Social-Economic 20 min
Development in Europe
Rudolf Pottler and C. Haberl
ILF, Innsbruck, Austria
Discussion 30 min
12:30 Lunch
14:00 RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK SHARING
Moderator: Peter B. Meyer, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Environmental Due Diligence and Risk Transfer
Practice in the US
Greg M. Barats 20 min
AIG Underwriters, Inc., San Francisco, California
Securing Liabilities in the German Brownfield Market 20 min
Stephen J. Cook
AIG Consultants, Lancashire, UK;
Dr. Dietrich Mehrhoff, AIG Consultants Holdings,
Essen, Germany
Institutional Controls 20 min
Joe Schilling
International City/County Management Association
Washington, DC
Discussion 30 min
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 Innovative Approaches to Cleanup and Reuse (Panel)
Moderator: Michael B. Taylor, VitaNuova, LLC (Connecticut)
Michael Freimuth, City of Bridgeport, Connecticut
G. Kmoch
Andreas Bieber, Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn, Germany
Discussion
17:30 Social Hour
18:30 Dinner
Wednesday, March 22, 2000
07:30 - 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 COMMUNITY VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Kathie Atencio
Brownfields Redevelopment Incorporating Cultural Uses
LeLand Nadeau, Project Manager 20 min
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian
Cooperation and Community Involvement
Gary Lord 20 min
ISLES
Ironton Redevelopment: A Public/Private Partnership
James T. Volanski, Manager of Regulatory Compliance,
Water and Environmental Affairs
US Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 20 min
Brent H. Everett, Section Manager for CERCLA, UT DEQ
Leland A. Garnette, Economic Development Director
Provo City, Utah
Urban Planning and Design
Niall Kirkwood 15 min
Harvard University
Discussion 15 min
10:30 - 10:45 Break
11:00 COMMUNITY VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT - continued
Moderator: Kathie Atencio
Project Management for Cleanup and Conversion 15 min
Dr.-Ing. Hansgeorg Balthaus
Managing Director, IVB, Dusseldorf, Germany
Success Through Partnerships and Action
Orientation: South Platte River Corridor
Marc Alston 15 min
City and Coutry of Denver
Converting Mine and Mill to Housing
Carol Russell, Environmental Engineer 15 min
U.S. EPA, Region VIII
Park City: Building the Future on Top of the Past 15 min
Jim Christiansen, Remedial Project Director
US EPA Region VIII, Denver, Colorado
Discussion 15 min
12:30 Lunch
13:30 SHOWCASE: SALT LAKE CITY AND UTAH
Moderator: Alice Steiner, Executive Director, Salt Lake City Redevelopment
Authority
Historic/Political Perspective
Environmental Challenges and Urban Restructuring:
Tour Information
Discussion
14:00 Excursion
Tour of Salt Lake City Gateway Brownfields: Alice Steiner
and Kennecott Utah Copper Mine: Jon Callender
18:00 Return to Hotel
19:00 Dinner
Thursday, March 23, 2000
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast and departure
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