PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2011
Contact: Andrew Lester, 434-250-1185
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN SYMPOSIUM IN WELDON , NC
Danville, VA – The Roanoke River Basin Association (RRBA) invites all basin stakeholders to attend the Roanoke River Basin Symposium on April 5, 2011, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The Symposium will be held at: Halifax Community College , 100 College Drive , Building 400, Room 401, Weldon, NC 27890 .
Registration is required. Registration fee is $20. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Please RSVP by March 29, 2011 by emailing to rrba.sectres@gmail.com
The registration form with payment must be sent to: Roanoke River Basin Association, P.O. Box 10548, Danville, VA 24543. The registration form can be downloaded at http://www.rrba.org/
Agenda:
9:00 to 10:00 AM Breakfast and Registration
10:00 Welcome and Introductions -- Greg Godard, Executive Director, Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments
10: 15 Water Supply Planning and Allocation - Tom Fransen, Deputy Director , North Carolina Division of Water Resources
11:15 Inter-Basin Transfer Coalition -Gene Addesso, Vice-President, RRBA
11:30 Inter-Basin Transfer Law and Status - Ryke Longest, Director & Sr. Lecturing Fellow, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Duke University School of Law
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 PM The City of Virginia Beach Study of Potential Impacts from Uranium Mining, Tom Leahy, Director of Public Utilities, Virginia Beach
2:00 RRBA Uranium Mining and Milling, Report and Update
Olga Kolotushkina, Legislative and Regulatory Advisor, RRBA
3:00 Closing
Additional Information
Roanoke River Basin Association’s mission is to promote development, use, preservation and enhancement of the resources of the Basin in the best interests of present and future generations of Basin residents. RRBA believes that basin resource conservation can co-exist with managed economic growth. Contact: Andrew Lester, Executive Director, Roanoke River Basin Association, P.O. Box 10548 , Danville , VA 24543 .
Website: http://www.rrba.org/
