METHAMPHETAMINE

Hazards to Your Health and Home
March 3-4, 2008

Red Lion Colonial Hotel

2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, Montana
406-443-2100

Conference Agenda

March 3, 2008
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.

Conference Welcome

Richard Opper, Director 
Montana Department of Environmental Quality

1:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Methamphetamine: 
 Endangering our Environment, Families, and Children

Kathryn Wells, M.D., 
Medical Director of the Denver Family Crisis Center

Sandra Wells, Ph.D.,  
University of Montana’s Center for Environmental Health Sciences

4:00 - 4:15 p.m. 

Meth Outreach: Informing the Public

Mike Vogel, Director
MT Meth Education Training & Help Center,
MSU Extension Service

4:15 - 6:00 p.m.

Vendor-Sponsored Social Hour 

March 4, 2008
TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

 Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

 Welcome Ed Thamke, 
Montana DEQ Waste and Underground Tank Management Bureau

Deb Grimm, 
Montana DEQ Methamphetamine Cleanup Program
8:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Meth and Meth Lab Busts Ken Poteet, 
Montana Department of Justice

10:30a.m. - 10:45a.m.

 Morning Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Children Living in Meth Environments Kara Richardson, 
Montana DPHHS Child and Family Services   

11:45 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch - non catered
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Meth Labs and How to Clean Them Larry Stone, 
 A Best Construction, LLC, 
Portland, Oregon

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Afternoon Break
2:45 -4:30 p.m.

Roundtable discussion:

  • Is EPA Brownfields funding available for Meth Lab cleanups?

  • EPA National Best Management Practices and H.R. 365

  • Q and A session among cleanup contractors and Meth Lab Property Owners