July 24 and 25, 2007 Mercury Stocks Stakeholder Panel Meeting
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- Location: EPA Region 8 Conference Center,
2nd floor, Bison/Bitterroot Conference Room,
1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado - Agenda: HTML version | PDF version (4 pp., 24 K, about PDF files)
- Attendees
- Minutes (PDF) (40 pp, 156K, About PDF)
- PowerPoint presentations
- July 24
- Preparations for Long-Term Storage of Defense Department Mercury Stockpiles (PDF) (7 pp., 332 K)
- Real -Time Monitoring to Assess Mercury Emissions from Storage Activities (Graney) (PDF) (33 pp., 4.77 MB)
- Mercury Storage in Nevada (PDF) (19 pp., 200 K)
- Wisconsin’s Experience with Chlor-Alkali Plant Mercury Storage (PDF) (8 pp., 54 K)
- Primary Mercury Mining (PDF) (19 pp., 122 K)
- International Council on Mining and Minerals (PDF) (11 pp., 337 K)
- Byproduct Mercury Production in Modern Precious Metals Mines in Nevada (PDF) (16 pp., 392 K)
- Byproduct Mercury from International Mining (Pollara) (PDF) (15 pp., 773 K)
- July 25
- Commodity-Grade Mercury: Changes in Global Demand (PDF) (10 pp., 215 K)
- Export Bans and Reducing Mercury Consumption in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (PDF) (16 pp., 1.5 MB)
- Key Reasons for Addressing Mercury Now –Through Globally Coordinated Action (PDF) (16 pp., 370 K)
- Defense National Stockpile Center Mercury Storage Costs (PDF) (2 pp., 13 K)
- Mercury Storage Cost Estimates For the Y-12 National Security Complex (PDF) (5 pp., 34 K)
- Defense National Stockpile Center Mercury Technical Standards (PDF) (2 pp., 14 K)
- July 24
Agenda
Day 1: July 24, 2007
Welcome (9:00-9:05)
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Introductions and Meeting Process (9:05-9:15)
Sheila Canavan, Facilitator
Presentation (9:15-9:45): Federal Mercury Storage Part 2 (Hawthorne, NV facility, community reaction, and other options considered by DOD besides consolidated storage)
Dennis Lynch, Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency
Presentation (9:45-10:15): Air Monitoring and Emissions Data from Storage of Mercury
Dr. Joseph Graney, Binghamton University
Break (10:15-10:30)
Presentation (10:30-11:15): Mercury Storage in Nevada (DOD Mercury at Hawthorne)
Dr. Colleen Cripps, State of Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Presentation (11:15-11:45): Mercury Storage in Wisconsin (Holtrachem mercury)
Suzanne Bangert, State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Brad Buscher/Peder Larson, Mercury Waste Solutions, Inc.
Stakeholder Discussion (11:45-12:30)
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Which entities (e.g., state or private company) should be considered capable and should be allowed to store mercury; what would be the criteria for selection? What would be criteria for selecting entities that would handle the mercury prior to storage, e.g. transportation or collection? Would public/private partnerships work here? How?
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Where should storage be allowed geographically (e.g., multiple sites or a single site, abandoned mines, warehouses, etc.)? What variables should be considered for determining the location (e.g. transport and storage costs, environmental safety, liability)?
Lunch (12:30-1:45)
Presentation (1:45-2:30): Primary Mining of Mercury
Tom Groeneveld, US EPA, David Lennett, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Joseph Pollara, Newmont Mining Corporation
Presentation (2:30-3:00): Byproduct Mercury from Domestic Mining
Dr. Glenn Miller, University of Nevada-Reno and Joseph Pollara, Newmont Mining Corporation
Presentation (3:00-3:30): Byproduct Mercury from International Mining
Joseph Pollara, Newmont Mining Corporation
Break (3:30-3:45)
Stakeholder Discussion (3:45-4:30)
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If there were a storage solution for excess mercury, would byproduct mercury be a preferred source to meet the US demand?
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What other options exist for foreign-generated byproduct mercury besides shipment to the US for processing?
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What factors might affect the future quantity of mercury from mining byproduct? If mining byproduct is a long-term source, should reporting be required?
Follow-up Stakeholder Discussion (4:30-5:00)
Adjourn
Agenda
Day 2: July 25, 2007
Welcome (9:00-9:05)
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, USEPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Introductions and Meeting Process (9:05-9:15)
Sheila Canavan, Facilitator
Presentation (9:15-9:30): Overview of Changes in Global Demand
Tom Groeneveld, US EPA
Presentation (9:30-10:15): Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Developing Countries
Dr. Kevin Telmer, University of Victoria (British Columbia) and UNIDO Global Mercury Project
Break (10:15-10:30)
Presentation (10:30-11:00): NGO Perspective
Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project
Stakeholder Discussion (11:00-11:45)
- For each option to manage domestic mercury supplies, what are the likely effects?
Lunch (11:45-1:00)
Presentation (1:00-1:45): Costs of Storage: Construction, Packaging, Transportation, Logistical, Insurance, and Operating Costs in Perpetuity
Dennis Lynch, Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency
Bill Fortune, Department of Energy
Presentation (1:45-2:15): Technical Standards for Storage
Dennis Lynch, Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency
Stakeholder Discussion (2:15-4:00, with break from 3:00 to 3:15)
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For non-federal storage, who should be responsible for initial and ongoing storage, including costs, ownership of stocks, environmental liability and security? How would stocks from state and local collection programs be handled with respect to these issues?
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Should types of storage mimic the DOD model? If not, what technical standards should apply to storage? (e.g., physical standards, such as packaging, handling, monitoring for leaks, inspections)
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Are legislative or regulatory changes needed to make some of these suggestions happen? If so, what are they?
Public Comment (4:00-4:30)
Follow-up Stakeholder Discussion (4:30-5:00)
Next meeting: September 20, 2007, Washington, DC
Discussion of draft agenda for September meeting
Adjourn
Attendees
Susan Keane | Natural Resources Defense Council |
Paul Aberhathy | Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers |
Christer Sundberg | MRT System AB (Sweden) |
Sven Stenarson | MRT System AB (Sweden) |
Craig Lorch | Total Reclaim, Inc. |
Mark McMillan | Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment |
Colleen Cripps | Nevada Division of Environmental Protection |
Mike Egges | Nevada Division of Environmental Protection |
Peder Larson | Mercury Waste Solutions, Inc. |
Pat Baskfield | Mercury Waste Solutions, Inc. |
Lynn Petros-Winn | Recycle Technologies |
Steve Barnett | Southeast Recycling |
Steven Gross | Southeast Recycling |
Ray Graczyk | Northeast Lamp Recycling Company |
Christopher Worley | Colorado School of Mines |
Kevin Telmer | University of Victoria, British Columbia |
Jerry DiCerbo | Department of Energy |
Steve Barringer | Barrick Gold |
Tripp Baltz | Bureau of National Affairs |
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett | U.S. EPA |
Timothy Lehman | U.S. EPA |
Linda Barr | U.S. EPA |
Sue Slotnick | U.S. EPA |
Sara McGurk | U.S. EPA |
Tom Groeneveld | U.S. EPA |
Maria Doa | U.S. EPA |
Sheila Canavan | U.S. EPA |
Naceema Thompson | BLH Technologies |