2007 Annual Report
Members of the committee:
Harold Berger, Retired,
NYSDEC Region 1 Director
Barbara Hillery, SUNY/Old Westbury
(Chair)
Neil Jespersen, St. John’s
University
Bruce Lister, Nassau County
Board of Health
David Lloyd, Hofstra University
Frank Romano, Agilent Technologies
Tim Strout, Jericho High
School
Lori Zaikowsk,i Dowling College
The Environmental Committee hosted the Eleventh Annual Francis S. Sterrett Environmental Chemistry Symposium on May 24, 2007, dedicated to presenting the public with up-to-date, factual scientific information on environmental topics. The committee met approximately monthly (from October 2006 to May 2007) to plan and organize the symposium. The event was held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY with the theme LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS SAFE ‘N SOUND? Speakers for this symposium are listed below
Froydis
Cameron
Broadwater Energy
Riverhead, NY
"Can Energy and the Environment
Co-exist?"
Adrienne
Esposito
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Farmingdale, NY
"Broadwater: an Unsound Idea"
Captain
Peter Boynton
Captain of the Port for Long Island
Sound
U. S. Coast Guard, New Haven, CT
"Coast Guard Assessment of Waterways
Safety & Security for Broadwater LNG Proposal"
Douglas
Hill , Ph.D., P.E.
Consulting Engineer
Huntington, NY
" Energy for Long Island"
William
Horak, Ph.D.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
"Integrated Planning for Energy
Security and Environmental Sustainability"
By all standards the event was
successful. Speakers were excellent and comments by attendees were
universally positive. Approximately 60 people attended the environmental
conference. Unlike most LIACS events, there was a charge for attendance
at the Sterrett Symposium, twenty-five dollars for ACS members and thirty-five
dollars for non-members, helping to defray hospitality costs. In
addition, an allocation from the New York section helped to cover the mailing
costs for this event.