VEC Presents: 2013 VEC EXPO

2nd Annual Water Quality Conference: Stormwater

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Main Street Landing
60 Lake Street, Burlington, VT
8:00am to 3:30pm

Stormwater runoff is Vermont’s most common cause of water pollution. Rainwater and snowmelt run off streets, lawns, farms, and construction and industrial sites where it picks up fertilizers, dirt, pesticides, oil and grease, and many other pollutants on the way to our streams, rivers, and lakes. Please join the Vermont Environmental Consortium, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, Commissioner of Environmental Conservation David Mears, municipal leaders, environmental advocates and technical experts to discuss strategies for minimizing the impacts of stormwater runoff, and how these strategies are currently being implemented in Vermont.

Agenda

8:00 to 8:30 AM - Coffee and Networking

8:30 AM - Welcome

  • Miro Weinberger, Mayor, City of Burlington

8:45 AM - Setting the Stage

  • David K. Mears, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

9:00 AM - Water Quality Remediation, Implementation, and Funding:The Act 138 Report

  • Kari Dolan, Ecosystem Restoration Program, Vermont DEC
  • Karen Horn, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Tom Torti, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • Kim Greenwood, Vermont Natural Resources Council

10:00 AM - Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits

10:30 AM - General Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4): Its Implementation Read press release on MS4 Permit

  • Christy Witters, DEC Stormwater Program
  • Megan Moir, Stormwater Plangineer, City of Burlington
  • Wayne Elliot, Aldrich and Elliot Water Resource Engineers

11:30 AM - Stormwater Management in Vermont’s Non-MS4 communities

  • Julie Moore, Stone Environmental
  • Fred Dunnington, Town Planner, Middlebury
  • Ross Saxon, Lake Champlain International

12:30 PM - Lunch on your own, Visit Exhibits

1:45 PM - Making Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Commonplace

  • Stephanie Hurley, UVM, Assistant Professor, Plant and Soil Science
  • Peter Smiar, Civil Engineering Associates
  • Danielle Fitzko, VT Dept of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  • Becky Tharp, Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District, Let it Rain Program

3:00 PM - Discussion: How can WE more effectively manage Stormwater in Vermont?

3:15 PM - Adjournment and networking, Visit Exhibits


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