1. 1 New York AOC Workshop Niagara Falls, NY April 27, 2016

2. 2 Welcome Don Zelazny Great Lakes Programs Coordinator NYSDEC 270 Michigan Avenue Buffalo, NY 14203 donald.zelazny@dec.ny.gov 716-851-7070 Josh Haugh State AOC Coordinator NYSDEC 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233 joshua.haugh@dec.ny.gov 518-402-8199

3. 3 Agenda 8:30 – 9:00Sign In 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions Joan Kennedy, Don Zelazny and Josh Haugh, NYSDEC 9:15 – 9:30 Updates on the AOC Program John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO 9:30 – 10:15 Federal Agency Technical Assistance Federal projects to support the GLRI – What does each federal agency bring to the table that the RAP coordinators need to know about? (~5 minutes each) USEPA – J. Perrecone USACE – B. Hinterberger USGS – E. Bugliosi USFWS – A. Roe & D. Gorsky NOAA – J. Sims 10:15 – 10:30Break 10:30 – 11:00 The BUI Removal Decision Making Process– Niagara River AOC Mark Filipski, NYSDEC 11:00 – 12:00 Anticipated Management Actions or BUI Removals for FY16-17 and Funding Needs for FY18+ Presented by RAP Coordinators (~10 minutes each) Niagara River – Mark Filipski, NYSDEC St. Lawrence River at Massena – Christopher Fidler, NYSDEC Buffalo River – Margaux Valenti, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Eighteenmile Creek – Scott Collins, Niagara County Soil and Water Conservation District Rochester Embayment – Wade Silkworth, Monroe County Dept. of Public Health 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Session: AOC Success Stories Short videos of GLRI funded AOC work in the Great Lakes Basin John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO 1:00 – 2:00 Roundtable 1 – Habitat Projects Case in point: Buffalo River, Bryan Hinterberger, USACE & Margaux Valenti, BNRK 2:00 – 2:15Break 2:15 – 3:15 Roundtable 2 – Monitoring and Adaptive Management Case in point: Rochester Embayment, Wade Silkworth, Monroe County Dept. of Public Health 3:15 – 4:15 Roundtable 3 – Guidance on BUI Removal Documents John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO 4:15 – 4:30Wrap Up & Closing Remarks

4. 4 Updates on the AOC Program John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO

5. 5 Federal Agency Technical Assistance AgencyContact USEPA - GLNPOJohn Perrecone 312-353-1149 perrecone.john@epa.gov USACEBryan Hinterberger 716-879-4409 Bryan.A.Hinterberger@usace.army.mil USGSEd Bugliosi 607-266-0217 x3005 ebuglios@usgs.gov U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceAmy Roe 607-753-9334 amy_roe@fws.gov Dimitry Gorsky 585-948-7045 dimitry_gorsky@fws.gov NOAAJulie Sims 734-741-2385 julie.sims.@noaa.gov

6. 6 The BUI Removal Decision Making Process: Niagara River AOC Mark Filipski, NYSDEC

7. 7 Anticipated Management Actions or BUI Removals for FY16-17 and Funding Needs for FY18+ AOCRAP Coordinator Niagara River Mark Filipski NYSDEC mark.filipski@dec.ny.gov St. Lawrence River at Massena Christopher Fidler NYSDEC christopher.fidler@dec.ny.gov Buffalo RiverMargaux Valenti Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER mvalenti@bnriverkeeper.org Eighteenmile Creek Scott Collins Niagara County Soil and Water Conservation District scott.collins@ny.nacdnet.net Rochester Embayment Wade Silkworth Monroe County Department of Public Health wadesilkworth@monroecounty.gov

8. 8 Lunch Session – AOC Success Stories John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO Videos Menekaunee Harbor (link)link Genesee River Lake Sturgeon (link)link Rochester Embayment Habitat Restorations (link)link

9. 9 Roundtable 1 – Habitat Projects Case in Point: Buffalo River AOC Bryan Hinterberger, USACE & Margaux Valenti, BNRK

10. 10 Roundtable 2 – Monitoring and Adaptive Management Case in Point: Rochester Embayment AOC Wade Silkworth, Monroe County Dept. of Public Health

11. 11 Roundtable 3 – Guidance on BUI Removal Documents John Perrecone, USEPA GLNPO

12. 12 Thank You Josh Haugh State AOC Coordinator NYSDEC 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233 joshua.haugh@dec.ny.gov 518-402-8199 Connect with us: Facebook: www.facebook.com/NYSDEC Twitter: twitter.com/NYSDEC Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec