8th Symposium

The SAME Philadelphia Post hosted the 8th Design and Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites (DCHWS) Symposium to a sold out crowd of 320 people on April 15-17, 2015 at the DoubleTree in downtown Philadelphia. The Post resumed this popular and important forum for environmental professionals. The USEPA and USACE sponsored this event annually for 7 years. Circumstances arose that precluded the continuance of that arrangement. As a result, and in response to widespread interest from government and private sector professionals, the Philadelphia Post undertook the effort to reactivate this event as the primary sponsor, along with co-sponsorship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The applications of engineering and science associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites continue to evolve rapidly. The Post’s goal was to facilitate an interactive engagement between attendees, 40% of which were from government and 60% from the private sector, related to relevant and topical issues affecting the environmental cleanup field. A total of 10 PDHs were offered for those attending the sessions that spanned the 2 ½ day event. In addition to resounding success of the program, the event was, in many aspects, “green”. The Post hosted a mobile app to eliminate paper waste and recycled name badges for use at other Post events. Survey results have been overwhelmingly positive, and planning has already begun for next year’s event!

Click on the photos below to access all of presentation PDFs from The "8th Symposium on Design and Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites". The Session Descriptions, Speaker Biographies, and Attendee List are also available.

Agenda

Session 1: RD/RA – Multiple Technologies/Performance Based

• Costs and Benefits of Multicomponent Remedies for Complex Groundwater Cleanups

• Kent Sorenson, Tamzen MacBeth and Nathan Smith (CDM Smith)

• Blended Remediation at New O Field using sustainable in situ remediation technologies, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

• Paul Caprio, P.G. and Michael Ciarlo (EA Engineering , Science and Technology)

• Accelerated Characterization and In-situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones Using Mixed Technologies

• Gary Angyal, P.E. and Jeffrey Levesque, P.E. (O’Brien & Gere)

Session 2: Lessons Learned

• Optimization of existing remediation system in response to changing site conditions

• Vincent Grassi (USACE), Eric White (PARS Environmental, Inc.), Kevin Kivimaki (DLA), Matthew Lesley, Jessica Travis, Carlo DiTullio, Meredith Braverman, and Emily Movsesian (ARCADIS U.S., Inc.)

• Permeable Reactor Barriers: Cost and Performance (and Sustainability) Comparison

• Cannon Silver (CDM Smith)

• The Effect of NAPL Stringers on the ISCO Remedy at the Brunswick Wood Site

• Ernest Mott-Smith, P.E., Ed Hicks, P.E, Cal Butler, P.G., (Black & Veatch) Brian Farrier (EPA Region 4), Richard Evans, P.E. (GES) and Michael Hudson (FS Engineers, Inc)

Session 3: Sustainability Considerations during RD/RA

• Sustainable Alternative Materials a Cost-Effective Solution to Technical Challenge

• Robert Fioretti, P.E. (Terra Contracting Services, LLC)

• Implementing a Greening Policy at the Elizabeth Mine Superfund Site

• Andrew Boeckeler, P.G., Chris Adams, P.E., Brett Kay (Nobis Engineering, Inc.), Edward Hathaway,(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1), Stephen Dunbar, P.E., (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

• Developing Renewable Energy Redevelopment at a Remediated Superfund Site Successfully and Quickly

• Dion Novak, Remedial Project Manager (USEPA Region 5) and Geoff Underwood, (Hanhwa QCells USA)

Session 4: Site Evaluation Techniques

• Application of Magnetometric Resistivity Imaging in Locating Preferential Groundwater Flow Pathways in Bedrock

• Patricia Parvis, LSRP (HDR Engineering) and Michael L. Jessop, Geophysicist (Willowstick Technologies, LLC)

• Contaminated Sediment Investigations: Can Geostatistics and Geomorphology be morphed together?

• Dave Richardson Jen Holmstadt, and Pat McGuire (Tetra Tech)

• Detailed Characterization of Fracture Network Case Studies: How Multiple Lines of Evidence Are Used to Support the CSM

• Jeffrey J. Frederick, Kenneth J. Goldstein, and Shane McDonald (Louis Berger) Diana Cutt and Ben Conetta (USEPA); Amy Darpinian and Chuck Williams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Session 5: Project Management

• Former MGP Site Remediation – The Easy Part was Implementing a Complex Remedy

• Dan Amate (GZA Environmental, Inc.)

• Multiple Remedies, Multiple Designs, Multiple Constructions, One Superfund Site

• Peter A. Pellissier, P.E. (EA Engineering, Science, and Technology)

• Bioremediation System Operation Exit Strategy

• Erik Gustafson (The Louis Berger Group)

Session 6: Sediment Remediation

• Gowanus Canal Superfund Site: NAPL Mobility and Stabilization/Solidification Design Testing

• Dennis G. Grubb PhD P.E., Jeff L. Gentry, Mike R. Niemet, Morgan Bruno, Dusty R.V. Berggren (CH2M HILL) and Christos D. Tsiamis (USEPA Region I)

• Tittabawassee River Remediation: Techniques for Innovative RD/RA

• Mary P. Logan, U.S. EPA

• Using Adaptive Management to Expedite Remediation at Superfund Mega Site

• Gary Klawinski (U.S. EPA Region 2), John Fazzolari and Mark Surette (Ecology and Environment, Inc)

Steering Committee Members

• Jeanne Litwin, CDM Smith

• Jim Romig, CDM Smith

• Lyle Trumbull, OBG

• Jimmy Blake, OBG

• Gordon Araujo

• Mike Badeau, Stell Environmental

• Amy Basehoar, KOMAN Holdings, LLC

• Jaimie Wright, KOMAN Holdings, LLC

• Karen Buniak, TTI Environmental

• Dan Amate, GZA

• John J. Smith, J. J. Smith Environmental Consulting, LLC

• Rad Delaney, Prime AE

• Kate Garufi