EBC Dam Management Program Series:
Dam Safety in New England
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center
Bay Colony Corporate Center
1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance
Waltham, Massachusetts
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
Welcome – Daniel K. Moon, President EBC
Introduction – Curtis Thalken, Col. (Ret.) Moderator
Project Manager, Tighe & Bond
ASCE 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
8:15 a.m.
Dam Safety and Community Mitigation Planning in New England
Speaker David Knowles, Dam Safety Office
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
9:15 a.m.
Role of the Army Corps of Engineers
Siamac Vaghar, Dam Safety Program Manager, New England District
New safety plan implemented at Corps dams. KCCR-AM, 3/18/09
Dam Safety Action Classification system rates 600+ Corps-owned or
operated dams within five classes.
9:45 a.m.
Enforcement Actions and Private Dam Owners
Jim Gallagher, New Hampshire Dam Safety Office
10:15 a.m.
Networking Break
10:45 a.m.
State Programs
 Rhode Island – David Chopy, RI Dam Safety Office
 New Hampshire – Jim Gallagher, NH Dam Safety Office
11:30 a.m.
Lessons Learned - Conducting Dam Safety Inspections
Chris Haker, P.E. Tighe & Bond
12:00 a.m.
Adjourn
Speakers
Curtis Thalken, Col. (Ret.) Tighe & Bond
James W. Gallagher, NH Dam Safety
1000 Bridgeport Ave., Suite 320
Shelton, CT 06484
203-712-1134
CLThalken@TigheBond.com
29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302
David Knowles, FEMA
David Chopy, RI Dam Safety
99 High Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
david.knowles@dhs.gov
235 Promenade St
Providence, RI 02908
401-222-1360
david.chopy@dem.ri.gov
Siamac Vaghar, USACE
Christopher Haker, Tighe & Bond
696 Virginia Road
Concord, MA 01742
978-318-8133
Siamac.Vaghar@usace.army.mil
446 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
508-471-9645
CDHaker@TigheBond.com
617-956-7570
603-271-1961
James.Gallagher@des.nh.gov
Upcoming EBC Programs
May 27 – Dam Management Series – Dam Safety
May 29 – Low Impact Development Conference: Stormwater Management
June 3 – Renewable Ocean Energy - Tidal
June 11 – Financing Clean Energy Projects – Stimulus Funding
June 17 – DEP/DOER Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills
June 18 – Annual EBEE Awards Celebration
June 25 – Dam Management – Hydro Power
June 26 – Breakfast with MEPA Director McDevitt
June 30 – DEP Southeast Regional Office
July 10 - Ocean Management Conference - Mass Ocean Management Plan
July 14 - EBC NH Harbor Cruise
July 16 - Dam Management - Remediation
July 22 - EBC Stimulus Program - Update of Funding in Massachusetts
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