Session: Ensuring Geologic Controversies are Addressed with Good Science in the Classroom, the Community, and the Capitol (2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009))

Session No. 214

Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

B113 (Oregon Convention Center)

T146. Ensuring Geologic Controversies are Addressed with Good Science in the Classroom, the Community, and the Capitol

National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Geological Institute [AGI]

Michael A. Phillips and Linda Rowan, Advocates

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Start Time

1:30 PM

GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR: It PAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY BEFORE SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES ARISE

PHILLIPS, Michael A., Natural Sciences, Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N. Orlando Smith Ave, Oglesby, IL 61348-9692, mike_phillips@ivcc.edu, mike_phillips@ivcc.edu

1:45 PM

CREATIONISM IN TEXAS' 2009 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STANDARDS

NEWTON, Steven, National Center for Science Education, 420 40th Street, Suite 2, Oakland, CA 94609, newton@ncseweb.org, newton@ncseweb.org

2:00 PM

WHEN SCIENCE IS CONTROVERSIAL MUSEUMS CAN MEDIATE WITH COMPELLING EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES

WIZEVICH, Karen, People, Places and Design Research, 65 North St, Northampton, MA 06107 and MACDONALD, Maritza, Education and Policy, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York City, NY 10024, wizevich@comcast.net, wizevich@comcast.net

2:15 PM

INTRODUCING POLICYCOMNET AS A GEOSCIENCE POLICY NETWORKING SITE TO ASSIST GSA MEMBERS EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH POLICYMAKERS

DAVIS, James F., GSA Division of Geology and Society, Former California State Geol (retired) & Pres. COSMOS, 1355 Brickwell Way, Carmichael, CA 95608, BERG, Richard, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-6918 and COOPER, D. Craig, GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee, Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, jamesdavis93@comcast.net, jamesdavis93@comcast.net

2:30 PM

INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE, AND TRANSPARENT REGULATORY DECISION MAKING

JUCKETT, Miriam, Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 and LESLIE, Bret W., U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-3367, mjuckett@swri.org, mjuckett@swri.org

2:45 PM

PROCESS BY WHICH THE NRC IS REVIEWING THE LICENSE APPLICATION FOR A REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA

LESLIE, Bret W., U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-3367, JUCKETT, Miriam, Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 and KOTRA, Janet P., Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20852, leslie@nwtrb.gov, leslie@nwtrb.gov

3:00 PM

ASBESTOS AND RATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY: ARE THESE TWO TOPICS IMMISCIBLE?

GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, mgunter@uidaho.edu, mgunter@uidaho.edu

3:15 PM

Break

3:30 PM

FACTORS INFLUENCING NITRATE DISTRIBUTION IN GROUNDWATER OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA

GOIN, Jessica, S. S. Papadopulos and Associates, 510 SW 3rd Ave Suite 100, Portland, OR 97204, VLASSOPOULOS, Dimitri, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc, 510 SW Third Avenue, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204 and NIELSON, Mark, Franklin Conservation District, 1620 North Road 44, Pasco, WA 99301, jgoin@sspa.com, jgoin@sspa.com

3:45 PM

REMEDIATION OF CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER - HANFORD SITE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS

GOSWAMI, Dibakar and UZIEMBLO, Nancy, Nuclear Waste Program, Washington State Department of Ecology, Richland, WA 99354, dgos461@ecy.wa.gov, dgos461@ecy.wa.gov

4:00 PM

SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION AS A METHOD TO BENEFICIALLY USE COALBED METHANE PRODUCED WATER: INITIAL IMPACTS TO GROUNDWATER, SOIL WATER, AND SURFACE WATER

ENGLE, Mark A., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, BERN, Carleton R., Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, HEALY, Richard W., National Research Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, SAMS, James, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, ZUPANCIC, John, BeneTerra, LLC, Sheridan, WY 82801 and SCHROEDER, Karl T., National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, PO Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, engle@usgs.gov, engle@usgs.gov

4:15 PM

WATER RESOURCES AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION FROM THE MARCELLUS SHALE

SOEDER, Daniel, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 25607, daniel.soeder@netl.doe.gov, daniel.soeder@netl.doe.gov

4:30 PM

LOOKING BACK TO WATER USE PROJECTIONS IN THE GAS-PRODUCING BARNETT SHALE OF NORTH TEXAS

NICOT, Jean-Philippe, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 130, Austin, TX 78758-4445, jp.nicot@beg.utexas.edu, jp.nicot@beg.utexas.edu

4:45 PM

AVAILABILITY AND INTERDEPENDENCY: EVALUATING THE ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY GENERATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS

PIERCE, Suzanne A., Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Room 2.326A, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, sawpierce@gmail.com, sawpierce@gmail.com

5:00 PM

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS TO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; HOW WATER RESOURCE LIMITATIONS CONSTRAIN DECISION MAKING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION

COOPER, D. Craig, GSA Geology and Publilc Policy Committee, Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, SEHLKE, Gerald, Environmental Stewardship and Water Management, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2213, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2213 and WOOD, Thomas R., Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, craig.cooper@inl.gov, craig.cooper@inl.gov

5:15 PM

TREATING GEORGIA'S ADDICTION TO WATER WITH GEOLOGY

MCDOWELL, Robin John, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 201 N. Milledge Ave, Athens, GA 30602, mcdowell@cviog.uga.edu, mcdowell@cviog.uga.edu

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