WORKSHOP ON LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Astana, Kazakhstan
OKAN-Intercontinental Hotel
April 18-19, 2001

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18    
9:00 - 9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

His Excellency Khakim Kushkaliyev (co-host), Majilis Deputy, Republic of Kazakhstan

Ambassador Richard Jones, US Embassy, Almaty

Marian Kay Thompson (co-host), Director, Central Asia
and The Caucasus, U.S. Department of Energy
9:30 - 9:45 AM

Practical Implementation of the National Oil Spill Prevention and Response Plan in the Kazakhstan Sector of the Caspian Sea

 Nurlan Kapparov
Vice Minister Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
  Day I agenda items will be addressed by the following speakers representing the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA):

David Salt
Technical Director, Oil Spill Response Limited

William (Bill) C. Rogers
Emergency Response Advisor, Chevron Corporation
9:45 - 10:45 AM Realities Of Oil Spill Response  
10:45 - 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK  
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Contingency Planning  
12:00 - 1:00 PM Strategies for Response  
1:00 - 2:15 PM LUNCH (Marco Polo Restaurant)  
2:15 - 3:15 PM Response Management  
3:15 - 4:15 PM Net Environmental Benefit  
4:15 - 5:15 PM Informal Question and Answer Period  
5:30 - 7:00 PM RECEPTION (Abai I Room)  
THURSDAY, APRIL 19    
9:00 - 9:15 AM Black Sea Environmental Information Center Web Site: Interest in Expanding to the Caspian Sea? Melissa Lapsa
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
9:15 - 9:3 0 AM Overview of the Main Provisions of the National Oil Spill Prevention and Response Plan Vadim Oglov
Chief State Inspector, Director of the Department, Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Emergencies
9:30 - 10:00 AM Mandatory Requirements and Guiding Principles of the National Oil Spill Prevention and Response Plan Randolph C. Bruton
Energy Cluster Leader, USAID Natural Resources Management Project, PA Government Services
10:00 - 10:15 AM Kazakhstan's Environmental Laws Affecting, Oil Spill Response Sergey Shevtsov
Head, Department of State Environmental Expert Studies Ministry of natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
10:15 - 10:30 AM

Oil Spill Prevention and Response as a Priority of the Caspian Environmental Program

Sagidulla Bekkaliev
Coordinator, National Environmental Center of Sustainable Development (NEC/SD), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
10:30 - 10:45 AM Consideration of Specific Environmental Conditions in the North Eastern Part of the Caspian Sea and its Coastal Area in Relation to the Oil Spill Response Yuriy Eidinov
Deputy Director, Kazakh Agency of Applied Ecology
10:45 - 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK  
11:00 - 12:00 AM Oil Spill Compensation: Brief Overview of International Oil Spill Conventions: Do They Apply to the Caspian Bill Rogers
Chevron Corporation
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH (Marco Polo Restaurant)  
3:00: 3:15 PM Closing Remarks

Conference co-hosts

  
3:15 - 5:30 PM Opportunity to access the Black Sea Environmental Information Web Site and view oil spill response training information.

 

Melissa Lapsa, ORNL

Mavlet Janallyev, Partnership for Peace Information
Management Systems (PIMS)