WRECKS OF THE WORLD II:Evalua�ng and Addressing Poten�al Underwater Threats

Washington, DC Area(Linthicum Heights, Maryland), USA

June 6-7, 2011MITAGS

An interna/onal survey (Michel et al., 2005) has iden/fied over 8,500sunken shipwrecks in marine waters around the world, including morethan 1,500 sunken tank vessels (≥ 150 gross tons) and nearly 7,000sunken non-tank vessels (≥ 400 gross tons). These wrecks may containas much as 20 million tons (140 million barrels) of oil and otherhazardous materials. Sporadic or con/nuous leakages or poten/alsudden massive spillages from these wrecks, 75 percent of which stemfrom World War II, pose a con/nual risk across the globe.

The problem of poten/ally-pollu/ng wrecks has long been discussed andrecent incidents around the world have caused government agenciesand responsible par/es to look proac/vely at preven/ng catastrophic oiland other chemical releases from long submerged shipwrecks.

The risk of oil and other hazardous materials seeping out of sunkenshipwrecks is growing yearly, and the likelihood of leakage or even amassive spill occurring increases, as do the poten/al costs. Taking aproac/ve rather than a reac/ve approach to mi/ga/ng this risk willsave not only dollars in response costs, but also reduce the threat ofenvironmental and socioeconomic damages.

From the viewpoint of environmental and economic impacts, there isli0le difference between oil spilling from a sunken vessel and oilspilling from a modern day vessel casualty, with the excep/on that,while there is no way to predict the loca/on or /ming of the nextmajor oil spill, poten/ally-pollu/ng wreck sites are known and theprobability of an spill event is quan/fiable or even inevitable. There isample evidence that there are a large number of wrecks in coastalwaters that are spills wai/ng to happen.

Sponsored by the American Salvage Associa/on (ASA) and the NorthAmerican Marine Environmental Protec/on Associa/on (NAMEPA),this conference, “Wrecks of the World II: Evalua/ng and AddressingPoten/al Underwater Threats,” will aim to provide an opportunity foran objec/ve review and discussion of the current state of poten/allypollu/ng wrecks and to offer considera/ons to address the problem.

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REGISTRATION & COFFEE

PLENARY SESSIONChairman’s WelcomeChairmen: Mauricio Garrido, ASAClay Maitland, Esq., NAMEPA

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSSenator Barbara Mikulski, Chairwoman –Commi0ee on Commerce, Jus/ce andScience (Invited)

COFFEE BREAK

PLENARY SESSIONOverview and Key Developments SinceWOW I ConferenceModerator: Mauricio Garrido, ASAThreats from Poten$ally-Pollu$ng Wrecks

Panelists:� Dr. Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, ERC� Lisa Symons, ONMS� Jon Waldron, Esq., Blank Rome LLC� J.A.C. Hans van Rooij, Global Marine

Solu/ons BV (Invited)

LUNCH

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESSCongressman Frank LoBiondo, Chairman –Coast Guard and Mari/me Transporta/onSubcommi0ee (Invited)

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION A: REGULATORY ISSUES FORPOTENTIALLY POLLUTING WRECKSModerator: RADM Brian Salerno,U.S. Coast Guard

Panelists:� Rosalie Balkin, IMO (Invited)� James Shirley, Esq., JTS Marine LLC� TBD, Transport Canada� Robert Pond, U.S. Coast Guard

Conference Agenda: Monday, June 6

WRECKS OF THE WORLD II:Evalua�ng and Addressing Poten�al Underwater Threats

SESSION B: RISK ASSESSMENT ISSUESFOR POTENTIALLY-POLLUTING WRECKSModerator: Mauricio Garrido, ASA

Panelists:� John Wagner, NOAA� David Conlin, Na/onal Park Service� Dr. Deborah French McCay, Applied

Science Associates, Inc.� TBD, NOAA OR&R

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION A: FINANCIAL ISSUES FORPOTENTIALLY-POLLUTING WRECKSModerator: RADM Brian Salerno, U.S. CoastGuard

Panelists:� Craig Benne0, Na/onal Pollu/on

Fund Center� Jose Maura, IOPC Fund� Charles Andersen, Skuld North

America� George Wi1ch, American Marine

Corpora/on

SESSION B: COSTS AND IMPACTISSUES FROM LEAKING WRECKSModerator: Mauricio Garrido, ASA

Panelists:� Dr. Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, ERC� Dr. Jacqueline Michel, Research

Planning, Inc. (Invited)� Marty Pagliughi, Mayor Avalon,

New Jersey (Invited)� Jeremy Weirich, U.S. Senate

Appropria/ons Commi0ee (Invited)

ADJOURN

DINNER AT NICK’S FISH HOUSEON BALTIMORE WATERFRONT

8:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

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2:00 P.M.

12:00 P.M.

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2:00 P.M.

3:15 P.M.

3:45 P.M.

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5:00 P.M.

6:30 P.M.

June 6-7, 2011 * Mari$me Ins$tute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) * Linthicum Heights, Maryland

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKSChairmen: Mauricio Garrido, ASAClay Maitland, NAMEPA

STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH ONWRECKSDr. Christopher Reddy, Woods HoleOceanographic Ins/tuteMichael Barre0, Woods HoleOceanographic Ins/tute

PLENARY SESSIONWreck Remedia$on – Case StudiesModerator: Bob Urban, PCCI

Panelists:� Zachary Malinoski, Bisso Marine

Co., Inc.� John Wi0e, DonJon Marine Co., Inc.� Devon Grennan, Global Diving &

Salvage, Inc.� Bas Coppes, Mammoet Salvage

Americas, Inc.� Dave Usher, Marine Pollu/on Control� Gordon Bain, Ocean Group, Inc.

COFFEE BREAK

PLENARY SESSIONWreck Remedia$on – Case StudiesModerator: Bob Urban, PCCI

Panelists:� Tim Parker, Parker Diving� Joseph Farrell, Resolve

Marine Group� Doug Mar/n, Smit Salvage

Americas, Inc.� Robert Tyson, Svitzer Salvage� Kevin Teichman, T&T Marine

Salvage, Inc.� Rich Habib, Titan Salvage

Conference Agenda: Tuesday, June 7

WRECKS OF THE WORLD II:Evalua�ng and Addressing Poten�al Underwater Threats

7:00 A.M.

8:00 A.M.

8:10 A.M.

12:00 P.M.

1:00 P.M.

2:00 P.M.

3:15 P.M.

3:45 P.M.

5:00 P.M.

LUNCH

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESSDr. Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary ofCommerce for Oceans and Atmosphere andNOAA Administrator (Invited)

PLENARY SESSIONChallenges for Government and IndustryModerator: Clay Maitland, Esq., NAMEPA

Panelists:� William Lerch, API/IPIECA (Invited)� Carleen Lyden-Kluss, NAMEPA� Heather Parker, U.S. Coast Guard� Charles Andersen, Skuld North

America

COFFEE BREAK

PLENARY SESSIONThe Way Forward – Goals and Ini$a$vesModerator: Clay Maitland, Esq., NAMEPA

Panelists:� Lisa Symons, NOAA (Wreck Oil

Removal Program)� Rosalie Balkin, IMO (Invited)� Nicola Goodwyn, ABP Marine

Environmental Research (UK)� CDR Edward Bock, U.S. Coast Guard

(Invited)

ADJOURN

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8:30 A.M.

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June 6-7, 2011 * Mari$me Ins$tute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) * Linthicum Heights, Maryland

Registration Fees:

� $700 General Attendees

� $500 Government Attendees

� $500 ASA and NAMEPAAttendees

Tabletop Exhibits:

Tabletop exhibits are $1,000. This includes the tabletopexhibit on June 6-7 and one full conference registration.Each draped table measures 6’ x 30”. Exhibits arelimited to the tabletop. Electricity is not provided.

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Sponsorships:

By sponsoring the Wrecks of the World II conference youcan make your company more visible to the decision-makers. A number of alternative sponsorship opportunitiesexist. Sponsorships are acknowledged in theConference program, the Conference documentation, onthe Conference website and through signage at the event.

� Yes, I would like to be a Gold-level sponsor for$5,000. (Includes full admission for four (4)representatives to the Conference.

� Yes, I would like to be a Silver-level sponsor for$2,500. (Includes full admission for two (2)representatives to the Conference.

� Yes, I would like to be a Bronze-level sponsor for$1,000. (Includes full admission for one (1)representative to the Conference.

� No, I am not interested in sponsorship.

Registration and payment options:

�� Register on-line with a credit card at the following site:http://www.americansalvage.org/forms/wow.htm

�� Register by mail with a check. Checks should be made payable to the “American Salvage Association.”

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To register for the conference by mail, please sendthis completed form with payment to:

Patricia WelchThe American Salvage Association801 North Quincy StreetSuite 200Arlington, VA 22203 USATel: 1-(703) 373-2293e-mail: pwelch@vesselalliance.com

All cancellations must be made in writing. Cancellationsmade within two weeks prior to the event are subject to afee of $200. No refunds will be made for no-shows.

Hotel Information:

Hotel reservations, at the rate $139.00 per room pernight (including breakfast and dinner), may be madedirectly with the conference hotel at MITAGS by calling1-(410) 859-5700, extension “0” for the nights ofSeptember 8th and/or 9th, 2009. Guests areresponsible for their own reservations and own payment.All reservations must be guaranteed with a valid creditcard upon acceptance of the reservation. Failure tocancel prior to 6:00 p.m. 24 hours prior to the day ofarrival will result in the forfeiture of advance deposits andreservations guaranteed by credit card will be chargedone night's rate, plus applicable taxes.

Conference Sponsorship, Tabletop Exhibi/on and Registra/on Form

WRECKS OF THE WORLD II:Evalua�ng and Addressing Poten�al Underwater Threats

June 6-7, 2011 * Mari$me Ins$tute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) * Linthicum Heights, Maryland