RemTech 2019 Presentations
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Canadian Brownfields Network
- Redeveloping Brownfields in a Challenging Urban Context – Presentation
Joel Van Popta, Stantec and Monisha Nandi, Kilmer Brownfield Management Limited - Smouldering Combustion for the Management of PFAS-Impacted Soils at Brownfields Redevelopment Sites in Canada – Presentation
Grant Scholes, Savron Solutions - Overcoming Geotechnical Complications when Building on Brownfields – Presentation
Mark Tigchelaar, GeoSolv Design/Build Inc. - Brownfields in Alberta: A Changing Legal Landscape – – Presentation
Sean Parker, McLennan Ross
Brownfields
- Remediation of Northwest Smelting and Refining, Winnipeg, MB – Presentation
Heather Fisher, Dillon Consulting - Building a Site Strategy via the Application of Specialized Investigation Tools and Models at NAPL Sites, Toronto Port Lands Project – Presentation
Trevre Andrews, Jacobs
Sulfolane Remediation
- Understanding the Relationship Between Key Water Quality Parameters and the Behavior of Sulfolane in Groundwater –– Presentation
Deanna Cottrell, Shell Canada - Evaluation of Membrane Technologies for Ex-situ Remediation of Groundwater Impacted with Sulfolane and Several Co-contaminants Including Chloride– Presentation
Natalie Lippa, Matrix Solutions and Farshad Mohammadtabar, University of Alberta - Biosparge Pilot System for Aerobic Degradation of Sulfolane – Presentation
Jennifer Harder, Golder Associates and Trent Key, ExxonMobil
Phytoremediation
- Beyond Phytoremediation: Forensic Botany and Ecological Remediation of a 2,4-D Impacted Site– – Presentation
Cheryl Hendrickson, LandSaga Biogeographical - Engineered Phytoremediation of Contaminated Aquifers – Adapting a Natural System to Meet Remedial Goals – – Presentation
Ron Gestler, Geosyntec Consultants International - Novel Analytical Methods Applied to Phytoremediation of Sulfolane Impacted Sites – Presentation
Deanna Cottrell, Shell Canada
InnoTech Alberta – Digital Technology Innovation
- Innovating Our Way to Closure: Emerging and Digital Technologies for Efficient Reclamation of Legacy Oil and Gas Sites
Simone Levy, InnoTech Alberta – Presentation
Mike Morley, Menome Technologies - Real Time Field Screening for Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Salinity in Soil – Presentation
Graham Kawulka, Maapera Analytics - Use of the Sample Management App to Simplify Environmental Data Collection and Reporting – – Presentation
James Freeman, PIR-a Consulting - Applying Data Science Tools and Techniques to Contaminated Site Projects – Presentation
Paul Fuellbrandt, Statvis Analytics - Innovative Assessment Tools: Cutting Edge Remote Sensing and 3D Modelling – Presentation
Ryan Tulloch, ProDelta Projects - Turning Liabilities into Assets: Using Decommissioned Oil and Gas Infrastructure for Solar Energy Development – – Presentation
Keith Hirsche, Elemental Energy Inc.
Legal / Regulatory Updates
- Waiting to Exhale: Cannabis in Canada – Potential Environmental Impacts and the Regulatory Landscape – – Presentation
Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - Supreme Court of Canada’s Redwater Decision Prioritizes Environmental Work in Insolvency: Impacts and Opportunities for Environmental Services Professionals – – Presentation
Chidinma Thompson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP - Environmental Prosecutions – Latest Case and Defence Strategies – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - Climate Change Class Actions Come to Canada: Implications for Environmental Professionals – – Presentation
Matti Lemmens, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Landfill Management and Remediation
- Determining the End of Landfill Post-Closure Period Based on Functional Stability Assessment – Presentation
Pete Marshall, Adelantar Consulting - Landfill Remediation in Support of Urban Development – – Presentation
Kim McLeish, Advisian and Marie-Pierre Carignan, City of Calgary
Northern and Unique Locations
- Use of a Biostimulatory Solution to Enhance Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation Rates in Cold-Region Soils: A Bench-Scale Microcosm Study – Presentation
Amy Jimmo, Jacobs - Planning Radiological Risk Mitigation for Remediation of Abandoned Uranium Mine Sites – Presentation
David Sanscartier, Saskatchewan Research Council - Analysis of Surface Water Quality at Seven Legacy Uranium Mines in Saskatchewan – Presentation
June Lu, SNC-Lavalin and Thomas Lavergne, SRC - Remediating F2 Impacts in Soil Via Hydrogen Peroxide Injections – Presentation
Francis Galbraith, SNC-Lavalin - Remediation of the Marwell Tar Pit ‐ Using Enhanced Thermal Conduction (ETC) for the Remediation of Extreme Hydrocarbon Impacts in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory – – Presentation
Josh Howardson, Milestone Environmental and Chad Belenky, Iron Creek Group - Winter is Coming. Northern / Remote Site Challenges – Site Access, Operations and Logistical Challenges – – Presentation
Dave Bridger, SNC-Lavalin - The High Arctic: Difficult Locations – An Unique Approach – Presentation
Peter Martin, Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada - Hay River Solid Waste Facility March 2019 Fire and Spring Freshet Environmental Monitoring Program – – Presentation
Shawn Samborsky, KBL Environmental and Karl Bresee, Intrinsik Corp
Risk Based Closure – Fact or Fairy Tale
- What’s in a Guideline? A Look Back at the History of Risk-Based Guidelines in Canada – Presentation
Janice Paslawaski, SNC Lavalin Inc. - LNAPL Behavior and Evaluation in the Subsurface – – Presentation
Curtis Stanley, GSI Environmental - Compendium of Tools and Methods for Systematic Approach to Sustainable Site Closure for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Sites – Presentation
Parisa Jourabchi, ARIS Environmental Ltd - State of Science and Practice for Assessment of Petroleum Vapour Intrusion – Presentation
Ian Hers, Golder Associates - Low Probability Receptor Framework for Site Closure – – Presentation
David Williams, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. - Recent Science to Support Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) Remediation Decision Making at Petroleum UST Sites – Presentation
Matthew Lahvis, Shell Global Solutions - Pan Canadian Survey of the Regulatory Status of Site Closure and Relief from Responsibility – Presentation
Ralph Bock, Wood - Enabling Effective Contaminated Land Management: An Industry Perspective – Presentation
Chet Clarke, Shell Global Solutions
PTAC
- Data Collection & Analysis of Phase II Environmental Assessments (ESA) – Presentation
Jim Purves, North Shore Environmental Consultants - Soil Salinity – Agronomic Receptor Evaluation for Direct Soil Contact – Presentation
Andre Christensen, Millennium EMS Solutions - Risk Based Approaches – Presentation
Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions - Evaluation of Reclamation Practices on Forested Upland and Peatland Well Sites – Presentation
Bonnie Drozdowski, InnoTech Alberta
In-Situ
- Using Passive Anode Cathode Technology to Assess Microbial Happiness and Boost Benzene Biodegradation Rates – Presentation
Kathlyne Hyde, University of Saskatchewan - Where Innovation and Remedial Performance Meet – Findings from a Field Deployed Western Canadian In-situ Biostimulation Research Project – Presentation
Derek Peak, University of Saskatchewan - Site Evaluation and Design Considerations for In-Situ Remediation Success!
Barry Rakewich, Nichols Environmental (Canada) - From the Lab to the Field – Demonstrating Bioaugmentation In Situ to Enhance Anaerobic Benzene Biodegradation
Sandra Dworatzek, SiREM - Going Global – Excitement, Challenges and Innovation for Advanced In-stu Remediation Technologies – Presentation
B.J. Min and Jevins Waddell, Trium Environmental - Synthesis, Characterization, and Field Evaluation of Novel Cellulose Nanocrystals-Based Naterials to Monitor Hydrocarbon and Bacteria in Groundwater – Presentation
Weizheng Shen,NAIT Applied Research - Performance of a New Activated Carbon Amendment for Bioremediating Petroleum-Impacted Sites– Presentation
Andrew Punsoni, Regenesis - Case Study: New Delivery Method to Inject Remedial Amendments into a Difficult Aquifer – Presentation
Nathan Lichti, VERTEX Environmental and Gerren Feeney, Premier Environmental
Risk Assessment and Management
- Class Level Risk Assessment, An Innovative Tool for Real Property Liability Management – Presentation
Craig Harris, AECOM - Calculation of Risk-Based Cleanup Levels and Site-Specific Remedial Objectives for Bromacil in the Environment – – Presentation
Tiona Todoruk, Advisian - A Tier 2 Guideline Development Tool Incorporating Vapour and Groundwater Pathways, Vertical Offsets, Literature Values for Half Life and Pathway Elimination – – Presentation
Kevin Long, Advisian - Waterfront Toronto – Risk Management Measures for the New River Valley
David Bertrand, Geosyntec Consultants International
Modelling and Strategies
- Strategies for Large-Scale Urban Environmental Assessments in Support of Transit-Oriented Development – – Presentation
Kimberley McLeish, Advisian - Hydrocarbon Model Modification for the Domestic Use Aquifer, Dilution Factor 4 – Presentation
Rob Wiedemann and Sunita Ranganathan, McElhanney
PFAS
- Understanding PFAS (the basics) and the Ecological Risk Associated with Replacement Compounds – Presentation
Lisa Neville, AGAT Laboratories - Innovations in Smouldering: Management of PFAS, Biosolids, Acid Mine Drainage, and Other Environmental Applications – Presentation
Gavin Grant, Savron
Something to Think About
- The Shifting Paradigm of Natural LNAPL Biodegradation: Time to Lose the Pumps? – Presentation
Matthew Rousseau, GHD - “Case Study: When In-Situ Techniques Fail” – Presentation
Kevin French, VERTEX Environmental
Research, Testing, Analytics
- Improved Environmental Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography – Presentation
Thomas Warner, AGAT Laboratories - Biogenic Toluene – A Laboratory’s Perspective – – Presentation
Michael Sheppard, Bureau Veritas Laboratories - In-situ Laser Induced Fluorescence – Novel Applications for Contaminated Sediments Characterization – – Presentation
Ben Sweet, SCG Industries - Survey of PFAS Compounds in Edible Fish Species in Canada – Presentation
Heather Lord, Bureau Veritas Laboratories - Soil Contamination Sampling Intensity: Determining Accuracy and Confidence using a Monte Carlo Simulation – Presentation
Preston Sorenson, Maapera Analytics - Light Petroleum Biomarker Mixtures: Challenges in Forensic Investigations – Presentation
Detlef Birkholz, Analytical Consultant
Salty Talks
- Full-scale Implementation of Salt-Impacted Soil Treatment Technology – Presentation
Alexandre Myre and Byron Mazu, EnGlobe - Eliminating False Liability Associated with Natural Salinity Across the Whole Province of Alberta – – Presentation
Paul Fuellbrandt, Precision Liability Consulting - 3D Salt Plume Volume Estimates Using OhmMapper Resistivity Surveys, Calibrated with Physical Analytical Soil Data – Two Case Studies in Achieving Site Closure – – Presentation
David Barcham, Aspenleaf Energy and Adam Peake, DMT Geosciences
Land Stewardship
- Background Is Not Constant – Challenges and Options in Characterizing Soil Background for Contaminated Sites – – Presentation
Yong Li, Parsons - The Future of Reclamation: an Integration of Western Ccience and Traditional Knowledge to Reconstruct Natural Environmental Background in a World of Climate Change – Presentation
Michelle Cotton, Solstice Environmental Management and Lisa Neville, AGAT Laboratories - Land Development: Reclamation/Remediation Stakeholders in a Challenging Economy – Presentation
Jim Purves, North Shore Environmental Consultants
Unique Projects
- Combined In Situ Chemical Oxidation and Stabilization/Solidification For Full-Scale Remediation of a Coal Tar Source Area – Presentation
Sandra Dworatzek, SiREM - Remediation and Restoration of an Estuarine River: A Case Study for Impacted Sediment Remediation and Replacement – Presentation
Jeffrey Earle, Dillon Consulting - Perspectives on Emerging Contaminants: Technology Advances and Field Applications in Remediation of Emerging Contaminants – Presentation
Trevor Carlson, Geosyntec Consultants International - State of practice – Oxidant Selection and Activation – Keys to successful Contaminant Destruction – Presentation
Jean Pare, Chemco - Successful In-Situ Property Line VOC Treatment in Heterogeneous Aquifer Using Hydrocolloidal Activated Carbon and Zero Valent Iron– Presentation
David Macgillivray, WSP Canada