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2006 Delaware Water Policy Forum
Series No. 6
The Delaware: Challenges and Opportunities
Affecting a Working and Environmental River
PROGRAM AGENDA
7:30
Registration and Refreshments
8:30 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Jerome Lewis, Director
Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
Dr. Thomas Sims, Director
Delaware Water Resources Center, University of Delaware
8:50 Keynote Speaker Water Resources
Association of the Delaware River Basin
Robert Molzahn, President
Overview of the Delaware River Basin and the competing environmental,
industrial and economic issues in the Basin
9:25 Roundtable Panel Discussion
Challenges and Opportunities for a Working River
Moderator: Robert Tudor, Deputy Director
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
Regulatory
Initiatives
Kevin Donnelly, Director
Division of Water Resources, State of Delaware and Alternate
Commissioner to the DRBC
Maintaining the River
Mike Arabatzis, Chief of Planning Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
Emergency Response
Gerald Conrad
U.S. Coast Guard
Water Supply Concerns
Christopher Crockett, Ph.D., P.E.
Philadelphia Water Department
Maritime Issues
Dennis Rochford
Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay
Industry Perspectives
Marc Gold, Esq.
Manko Gold Katcher & Fox LLP
10:30
Break
10:45 Challenges and Opportunities
for an Environmental River
Moderator: Gerald J. Kauffman, P.E., Director
Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration,
University of Delaware
Reporting
on Environmental Conditions: The First State of the Basin
Report
Jessica Rittler Sanchez, River Basin Planner
Delaware River Basin Commission
Living Resources, Flora and Fauna
in the Delaware Estuary
Kathy Klein, Executive Director
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Successes in Fish and Shellfish Restoration
in the Delaware Estuary
Roy Miller, Administrator of Fisheries
Delaware DNREC, Division of Fish and Wildlife
Water Quality and Restoring Oysters
in Delaware Bay
Dr. John N. Kraeuter, Associate Director
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Institute of Marine
and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
11:45
Audience Survey, Feedback and Discussion
Moderator: Gerald J. Kauffman, P.E., Director
Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration,
University of Delaware
Environmental Comments I
Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Environmental Comments II
Richard A. Fleming, Ph.D., Advocacy
Committee Co-Chair
Delaware Nature Society
12:30
Buffet Lunch
1:45 Recent Developments in Water Law
and Possible Effects within the Delaware River Basin
Moderator: Robert Collings, Esq.
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Kenneth
Warren, Esq.
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP and General Counsel
to DRBC
Timothy Weston, Esq.
former DRBC Commissioner representing Pennsylvania now with
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Nicholson Graham
3:00
Summary and Wrap-Up
Dr. Jerome Lewis, Director
Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
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