2026 Environmental Seminar Presentations

PFAS: Chemicals May be Forever, but this Panel is Not

Legal Update: Ken Sansone, SL Environmental Law Group
Regulatory Update: Mark Larsen, Julia Fitts, Sarah LaRoe, Anchor QEA

• Anchor QEA Regulatory Update Sediment Guidance Memo

Case Study: Addressing the Discovery of PFAS During Construction—The Port of Kennewick Vista Field Story. A Lesson for an emerging contaminant.

Richard A Du Bey, Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC
John McCorkle, Landau Associates
Skip Novakovich & Tim Arntzen, Port of Kennewick
Carolyn Lake, Goodstein Law Group

Legal and Permit Compliance Update: Industrial Stormwater General Permit (ISGP)
Mindi Kellar, Northwest Seaport Alliance
Sara Frase, CSD Attorneys at Law

Energy Infrastructure and Innovative Technology: Battery Storage
Jacqueline DeRosa, Vice President of Battery Energy Storage Systems, Ameresco

Found you, so long suckers! Case Studies for invasive species and key partnerships.
Port of Vancouver and the pests: Cassie Knavel & Josh Milnes, WA Dept. of Agriculture
Mitigation & Snails: Kristin Evered, Port of Tacoma

Life as a ESA Liaison: A model to be repeated?
Logan Kent, Fish and Wildlife ESA Liaison, Northwest Seaport Alliance
Sara Tilley, Fish and Wildlife ESA Liaison, Northwest Seaport Alliance
Jennifer Lang, Fish & Wildlife Liaison, WSDOT Local Programs

Show Me Something Cool: 

• • Port of Kalama – Rail Expansion Project
  • Port of Seattle – Maritime Innovation Center
  • Port of Bellingham – Hamster Wheel Challenge
  • Port of Camas-Washougal – Port Levee Exercise (YouTube link)
  • The Northwest Seaport Alliance – NW Clean Ports Webtool (website)