These are documents for REGFORM’s Missouri Water Seminar, July 30-31, 2024
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The agenda is here.
The attendee list is here.
Presentation Slides
Tuesday, July 30
8:05 a.m. Water Update—The Year in Review JOHN HOKE, MDNR, WPP, ROBERT BRUNDAGE, Brundage Law, DAVID CARANI, HDR, JAY HOSKINS, MSD, KEVIN PERRY, REGFORM
8:50 a.m. PFAS Update and Future Impacts JIM PRICE, Spencer Fane
10:05 a.m. Water Protection Program Update, JOHN HOKE, MDNR WPP Director
11:10 a.m. Water Protection Program Update, continued JOHN HOKE, MDNR WPP Director
11:35 a.m. MOCWIS, ISIS, ECHO, & SNC BECKY CRIPE, MDNR WPP
12:40 p.m. Industrial Dischargers and Continuing Authority, ED GALBRAITH, Barr
1:10 p.m. Re-Visiting the 2018 Missouri Lake Nutrient Criteria MIKE HOGAN, Geosyntec
2:10 p.m. Ammonia: Standards, Implementation, & Impacts SALLY ZEMMER, MDNR WPP, DAVID CARANI, HDR, JAY HOSKINS, STL MSD
3:15 p.m. Are Mussels Ubiquitous in Missouri? DARREN THORNHILL, MO Department of Conservation
Wednesday, July 31
7:35 a.m. New ELGs for Coal-Fired Power Plants ALLISON PEARSON, Barr, AIMEE DAVENPORT, Stinson
8:15 a.m. A View from the Field: 404 Permitting and AJDs under the Amended 2023 Rule KATIE ASTROTH, CEC, CODY LUEBBERING, Geosyntec, ED GALBRAITH, Barr
9:30 a.m. Sites of Interest. Lessons Learned from an Intense Period of Public Input and Public Availability HEATHER PETERS, MDNR, WPP
10:00 a.m. EPA Region 7 Water Update JEFF ROBICHAUD, US EPA Region 7
10:40 a.m. What are General or Narrative Water Quality Criteria?
CODY LUEBBERING, Geosyntec
11:15 a.m. Is Chevron Deference Really a Big Deal? BRITTAN BARRIENTOS, Stinson, CHUCK HATFIELD, Stinson
Speaker Bios
Katie Astroth, CEC
kastroth@cecinc.com
Brittany Barrientos, Stinson
brittany.barrientos@stinson.com
Robert Brundage, Brundage Law
robert@brundagelawfirm.com
David Carani, HDR
David.Carani@hdrinc.com
Becky Cripe, MDNR
Rebecca.Cripe@dnr.mo.gov
Aimee D. G. Davenport, Stinson
aimee.davenport@stinson.com
Ed Galbraith, Barr
EGalbraith@barr.com
Chuck Hatfield, Stinson
chuck.hatfield@stinson.com
Mike Hogan, Geosyntec
MHogan@geosyntec.com
John Hoke, MDNR
john.hoke@dnr.mo.gov
Jay Hoskins, MSD
jshosk@stlmsd.com
Cody Luebbering, Geosyntec
CLuebbering@geosyntec.com
Rob Morrison, Barr
RMorrison@barr.com
Allison Pearson, Barr
apearson@barr.com
Kevin Perry, REGFORM
kperry@regform.org
Kevin is Assistant Director at REGFORM, a Missouri association focused entirely on State and Federal environmental regulations & policies. He is a registered lobbyist & holds a BS degree in biology. He has over 30 years of experience, including work as a biologist at US EPA Office of Water. He sings in the choir at church.
Heather Peters, MDNR
heather.peters@dnr.mo.gov
James Price, Spencer Fane
jprice@spencerfane.com
Jeff Robichaud, U.S. EPA, Region 7
robichaud.Jeffery@epa.gov
Darren Thornhill, MDC
Darren.Thornhill@mdc.mo.gov
Darren Thornhill is the Science Supervisor for the Aquatic Diversity and Game Fish Unit at the Missouri Department of Conservation. Darren earned a BS from the University of Missouri in Fisheries and Wildlife Management and an MS from the University of Idaho in Fisheries Resources. Darren began his 21-year career with the Department of Conservation as a Fisheries Management Biologist in the Kirksville office, assisting private landowners with stream erosion and pond fish management in the Northeast Region and then promoted to Watershed Ecologist, studying impacts of best management practices on headwater streams. In his current position, Darren supervises Scientists leading Amphibian and Reptile, Aquatic Invertebrate, Mollusk, Rare Fishes, and Sport Fishes programs within the State of Missouri.
Sally Zemmer, MDNR
sally.zemmer@dnr.mo.gov
Sally Zemmer is an Environmental Program Specialist in the Watershed Protection Section at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. She has been with the department for six years, primarily focused on Missouri’s Water Quality Standards. She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Virginia Tech where her research combined community ecology, parasitology, and freshwater biology. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.