Disaster Debris Management Workshop

Agenda

9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:45 Welcome and Introductions – Jennifer Griffith, NEWMOA & Ernie Waterman, USEPA

10:00 State Roundtable of Disaster Debris Management Plan Status and Outreach to Local Governments

10:45 Connecticut’s Disaster Debris Management Plan Process – Tess Gutowski, CT DEEP

• lessons learned from developing their plan
• inter-agency communications
• staging area determinations
• Q&A

11:15 Break

11:30 Contracting – Army Corps of Engineers – Tim Gouger, USACE

• Contaminated Debris Program Manager
• lessons learned
• suggestions for states
• model contracts?
• Q&A

12:15 Lunch (Included)

1:00 Contractor Perspectives – Cecil Patterson, Phillips and Jordan

• lessons learned
• suggestions for states
• Q&A

1:45 Discussion of Local Government Assistance Needs – Paul McNulty, Westborough, MA; Michael Pattavina, Franklin Regional Countil of Governments (MA); John Phetteplace, Stonington, CT Richard Erickson, Consultant and Former Director of Southeast Council of Governments (CT)

• What do local governments need to improve their disaster debris planning?
• How can this assistance be provided and who can provide needed assistance – technical assistance, training, facilitating plan development, etc.
• What sources of funding are available to support this planning?
• Additional Q&A

2:30 Break

2:45 Q&A on the FEMA Public Assistance Pilot Program – Elissa Carleton, FEMA Public Assistance Policy Specialist

• What exactly is the requirement for towns to have pre-approved debris contracts?
• Do they actually need a contract or do they just need to identify the companies?
• Some towns have raised concerns about whether they can enter into a purely contingent contract.
• What happens after the end of 2008? Re-authorization of the Public Assistance Pilot program? If not, it may not be of much relevance now.
• What will the process be for approval of local plans? How can this be done in as streamlined a way as possible?
• Additional Q&A

3:15 Next Steps to Developing Quality State Plans and Regional Coordination – Facilitated Brainstorming and Discussion

4:00 Adjourn