11th Symposium

The applications of engineering and science associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites continue to evolve rapidly. Our goal is to facilitate an interactive engagement between professionals from government and the private sector related to relevant and topical issues affecting our field. We will make every effort to mirror all aspects of past symposiums in terms of format and spirit. We are engaging with past organizers and participants to promote this, and have retained John J. Smith the past chair of the planning committee to assist the Post. As a SAME event, registration fees will be covered by private sector sponsorships and registration fees. The registration fee is being waived for government employees.

Agenda

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

3:00 pm - Registration Opens

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Moderator/Panelist Briefing - John J Smith (Ormandy Ballroom)

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Evening Session Panel: Design and Construction Project Management – Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Young Member Perspective

• Panelists: Paul Favara, CH2M

• Meredith Braverman, ARCADIS U.S., Inc.

• Steve Tyahla, EPA Region 3

• Josh Barber, EPA Region 3

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Welcome Reception

Thursday, April 19, 2018

8:00 - 8:30 am Welcome and Announcements

John J Smith, JJ Smith Environmental Consulting, LLC

Karen Buniak, Philadelphia Post President, SAME

James Woolford, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation Director, EPA

Presentation of the DCHWS Scholarship to Sophie Bodek, University of Pennsylvania

8:30 - 10:00 am - Panel 1: Employing Adaptive Techniques to Expedite Site Completion

Moderator: Tom Kady, EPA Environmental Response Team

1. Adapted Remedial Investigation Scope for Accelerated Vapor Intrusion Evaluation

Author: Teresa McMillan, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc., PBC

2. Geochemical Fixation of Hexavalent Chromium Site Resulting in Expedited Remediation and Significant Cost Savings and Reduction in Liability

Author: Deborah Schnell, Panther Technologies, Inc.

3. Remediation of an MGP Site Utilizing a Design/Build Approach

Author: Ryan Newby, OBG

10:00 - 10:30 am - Break

10:30 - 12:00 pm - Panel 2: Performance-Based Contracting: Lessons Learned

Moderator: Travis Young, P.E., USACE Kansas City District

1. Performance Based Contracting – A Contractor’s Perspective and Lessons Learned from Successful Remediation

Author: Michael Hertz, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc., PBC

2. An Evaluation of a Spectrum of Performance-Based Remediation Approaches and their Impact on Achieving Site Closure

Author: S. Shawn Turner, CDM Smith

3. How Much Design is Enough? Overcoming challenges in awarding a firm fixed price performance based task order at a Superfund Site in East-Central New Jersey

Author: Andrew Gosnell, USACE Kansas City District

12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH

1:30 - 3:00 pm - Panel 3: Remedial Design/Remedial Action – Urban Challenges

Moderator: Tim Ashmore, Charter Contracting Co., LLC

1. Designing Sediment Remediation in a Complex Urban Waterway: Lessons Learned from the Lower Rogue River Old Channel Sediment Remediation Design

Author: Michael Ciarlo, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc., PBC

2. Challenges and Lessons Learned: Implementation of a Passive Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation (EISB) Remedy to Treat TCE in Groundwater Beneath a Highly Populated Urban Environment

Author: Christine Fogas, OBG

3. Applying In-Situ Thermal Remediation in a Complex Urban Setting with Multiple Regulatory Agencies

Author: Chris Blundy, TRS Group, Inc.

3:00 - 3:30 pm - Break

3:30 - 5:00 pm - Panel 4: Approaches to Managing Large Superfund Sites

Moderator: David J. Russell, P.E., BCEE, LSRP, AECOM

1. Design, Construction, and Optimization of a Large-Scale Combined In-Situ Thermal Treatment and Enhanced Bioremediation Remedy

Author: Mike Perlmutter, CH2M

2. Remedial Action History, Challenges, Lessons Learned, and a Path Forward for the New Bedford Superfund Site

Author: Caroline Roberts, JACOBS

3. Velsicol Chemical – Lessons Learned and a Path Forward

Author: Tom Alcamo, EPA Region 5

5:00 - 7:00 pm - Group Networking Reception

Friday, April 20, 2018

8:00 - 9:30 am - Panel 5: Site Investigation and Characterization: Applications in Design and Remedial Action

Moderator: Matt Jefferson, EPA HQ

1. Best Practices for Environmental Site Management: Applying Environmental Sequence Stratigraphy to Improve Remediation Results for Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites

Author: Rick Cramer, Burns & McDonnell

2. Case Study – Focused CVOC Source Area Remedial Investigation to Refine the Conceptual Site Model within a Complex Fractured and Faulted Sedimentary Volcanic Bedrock

Author: John Ifkovits, HDR, Inc.

3. Photogrammetry via Use of Drones to Support Remediation at a Former Hardrock Mining Site

Author: Michael Schon, Tetra Tech

9:30 - 10:00 am Break

10:00 - 11:30 am - Panel 6: In-situ Remediation Case Studies

Moderator: Gordon Araujo Jr., REGENESIS

1. Successful Combined Remedy of In-Situ Large Diameter Auger Steam Mixing and Solidification

Author: Tommy Jordan, KEMRON

2. In-situ Recirculation and Treatment Strategies using Subgrade Biogeochemical Reactors

Author: Jeff Gamlin, CH2M

3. Lessons Learned: Treatment of a New Jersey CVOC Plume in Urban Geology with Combined Remedy Approach

Author: Joseph Chiappetta, LSRP, Advanced GeoServices

11:30 - 12:00 pm – Closing Remarks

Kate Garufi/Audience Comments/ Adjourn

Exhibitors

Steering Committee Members

• Michelle Kaufman, CDM Smith

• Jeanne Litwin, CDM Smith

• Jim Romig, CDM Smith

• Lyle Trumbull, OBG

• Gordon Araujo, REGENESIS

• Mike Badeau, Stell Environmental

• Amy Basehoar, KOMAN

• Jaimie Wright, KOMAN

• Karen Buniak, TTI Environmental

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

• Rad Delaney, Prime AE

• Kate Garufi

• Mark S. Wheeler