FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

West Virginia Brownfields Conference is Sept. 10-11 in Huntington

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The third annual West Virginia Brownfields Conference will take place Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 10-11, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.

The conference is sponsored by the West Virginia Brownfield Assistance Center at Marshall University, the West Virginia Brownfield Assistance Center at West Virginia University, the Land Restoration Division of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, the West Virginia Development Office, and the West Virginia Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association.

The title of this year’s conference is “A Path to Progress.” The event includes multiple tracks on redevelopment and revitalization of brownfield properties in the state. Brownfields are properties “the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.”

Randy Huffman, secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, will deliver the keynote address at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10.  Other conference speakers include Huntington Mayor David Felinton at noon Wednesday, Sept. 10 and EPA Region III Brownfields Program Administrator Susan Janowaik at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11.

A site tour of area brownfield properties and a reception are scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 9.  For agenda and conference registration information, visit the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center Web site at  www.wvbrownfields.org.

For additional information, contact George Carico, program coordinator, at (304) 696-5456.  The West Virginia Brownfield Assistance Center at Marshall University is a program of the Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS).

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