2007

RemTech 2007 Presentations

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Regulatory Update

• Strengthening Management of Contaminated Sites – a Federal Perspective – Presentation
  Chantale Côté, Environment Canada – Quebec Region
  Sébastien Yelle, Public Works and Services Canada

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Update – Presentation
  Ron Kreizenbeck, Deputy Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 10

• Directive 050 Update – Drilling Waste Management– Presentation
  Susan Halla, Leader, Waste & Storage Section, Environment Group, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

• The Missing Link, Tendering and Administration of Remediation Contracts– Presentation
  Nikki Abele, Solicitor, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing
  Joe Petrie, Program Manager, Tank Site Remediation Program, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing

• Alberta’s Tank Site Remediation Program Providing Financial Assistance to Municipalities and Owners of Small Retail Gas Stations dealing with the legacy of leaking Underground Storage Tanks– Presentation
  Habib Dhalla, Program Director, Tank Site Remediation Program, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing
  Joe Petrie, Program Manager, Tank Site Remediation Program, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing

• Coalbed Methane Update and Code of Practice– Presentation
  Heather von Hauff, Groundwater Policy Advisor, Alberta Environment

• Update on Alberta Environment’s Remediation and Reclamation Initiatives– Presentation
  Darlene Howat, Remediation and Reclamation Policy Specialist, Alberta Environment

• Draft Alberta Tier 2 Vapour Inhalation Guidelines– Presentation
  Norman Sawatsky, Contaminated Site Policy Specialist, Alberta Environment

• Draft Alberta Tier 2 Framework for Adjusting Eco-Contact Soil Criteria– Presentation
  Craig Harris, Environmental Toxicologist, UMA|AECOM

Montreal Center of Excellence in Brownfields Rehabilitation (MCEBR)

• An Overview of the MCEBR Facilities and Services– Presentation
  Mélanie Bathalon, MCEBR

• Evaluation of Innovative Technologies for Groundwater Treatment for the Sector Located Along the St. Lawrence River, Between the Champlain and Victoria Bridges– Presentation
  Mélanie Bathalon, MCEBR

• Engineered Wetland Technologies– Presentation
  Curtis Sparks, Jacques Whitford NAWE
  Mark L’Ecuyer, JacqueS Whitford NAWE

• Successive use of Vacuum-Enhanced Bioslurping, In-Situ Chemical Oxidation, Bioaugmentation and Mathematical Modeling for the Restoration of Impacted Soil and Groundwater, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec– Presentation
  Annie Morin, TechnoRem Inc.

Soil and Groundwater Remediation through the Program of Energy Research & Development at Environment Canada

• Characterization and Remediation of Diesel in a Fractured Rock Aquifer with a Nutrient-Flushing System– Presentation
  David Thomson, WorleyParsons Komex
  Stefan Humphries,WorleyParsons Komex
• Geophysical Assessment of Salt and Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils
  Laurence R Bentley, University of Calgary

• Enhance Degradation of a Model Naphthenic Acid Compound in Bioreactors– Presentation
  Janice Paslawski, University of Saskatchewan

• Alder-Frankia Symbionts Enhance the Remediation and Revegetation of Oil Sands Tailings– Presentation
  Charles Greer, National Research Council of Canada

Technology from the Netherlands

• HIP in the Netherlands: Integrated Approach towards Optimized Use of In-Situ Remediation Techniques– Presentation
  Hans van Duijne, TNO – Built Environment and Geosciences Geological Survey of the Netherlands

• In-Situ Remediation of a Creosote Contaminated Site by DNAPL-Extraction and Stimulated Biodegradation– Presentation
  Han de Kreuk, BioSoil R&D, The Netherlands

• Example of Using a Suite of In-situ Technologies at a Dry-Cleaning Contaminated Site in The Netherlands– Presentation
  Marco van den Brand, HMVT, The Netherlands

• Monitoring Enhanced Anaerobic Bioremediation at Contaminated Sites in the Netherlands with Innovative Tools– Presentation
  Alette Langenhoff, TNO, The Netherlands

Bioremediation I

• DNA Profiling – Your New Bioremediation “Taq”ometer– Presentation
  Annemarie L. Douglas, HydroQual Laboratories Ltd.

• Couple Chemical Oxidation and Enhanced Bioremediation Pilot Test – Petroleum Hydrocarbon Plume Migrating in Fractured Rock – Presentation
  Brett Yeske, UFA Co-operative Limited

• Biological Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons from a Refinery’s Soil – Comparison of Different Technologies– Presentation
  M. Nazaré Couto, CIMAR/CIIMAR

Bioremediation II

• Enhanced Ex Situ Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons Using Natural Absorbents– Presentation
  Les Stehmeier, NOVA Chemicals Research Centre

• Anaerobic Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater Using Edible Oil Substrate EOS®– Presentation
  John Sankey, True Blue Technologies Inc.

• Enhanced In Situ Aerobic Hydrocarbon Bioremediation– Presentation
  Kevin, Sharfe, CleanEARTH Solutions Ltd.

• Preliminary Biodegradation Correlation for Bioventing– Presentation
  Maryam Jedari Eyvazi, University of Guelph

Hydrocarbons I

• Closure of a Mall Site Contaminated by Off-Site Sources Using a Phased Remediation Approach– Presentation
  Lynda Smithard, URS
• Enhanced Aerobic Bioremediation Remediates Petroleum Hydrocarbons– Presentation
  Jack Peabody, Regenesis

• Assessing, Comparing and Prioritizing Contaminated Sites: Application of a Multiplicative Risk Assessment Model
  Margaret Allan, Matrix Solutions– Presentation

• An Integrated Approach to LNAPL Remediation in Support of a Large-Scale Brownfield Redevelopment– Presentation
  Matthew Rousseau, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates

Hydrocarbons II

• Turner Valley Gas Plant – Site Protection and Remediation– Presentation
  Mike McCrank, Stantec Consulting
• Pulsed Ozonation to Treat Fraction 3 and Fraction 4 Hydrocarbon Impacted Soils at a Former Oilfield Site– Presentation
  Jay Dablow, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

• Remediation of a Petroleum Spill at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Using Pure Oxygen– Presentation
  John Archibald, InVentures Technologies Inc.

• Practical Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Site Assessment (Tier II Adjustments) and Remediation– Presentation
  Douglas Sweeney, SEACOR Environmental

Hydrocarbons III

• Key Factors for Successful Remediation Using Dual Phase Vacuum Extraction at Hydrocarbon-Impacted Sites– Presentation
  Tai Wong, O’Connor Associates
• Phytogenic vs. Petrogenic Contamination: A Swampy Issue– Presentation
  Phil Heaton, Maxxam Analytics Inc.

• Mobility Assessment of a PAH’s Contaminated Soil by Column Tests– Presentation
  F. Javier García Frutos, CIEMAT

• Field Trial of Residual LNAPL Recovery Using CO2-Supersaturated Water Injection– Presentation
  Leif Nelson, M.Sc., WorleyParsons Komex

In-Situ I

• Passive and Nature-Assisted Remedial Technologies to Drive Enhanced Natural Attenuation at Remote Sites– Presentation
  Jamie Natusch, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

• Environmental and Geotechnical Applications of Cutter Soil Mixing– Presentation
  Brian W. Wilson, Golder Associates Innovative Applications (GAIA) Inc.

• Innovative Coupled Chem-Bio Treatability Study Leading to Large Scale Pilot Test at a Wood Treating Facility– Presentation
  James E. Studer, ChemRem International LLC

• Stimulating In Situ Remediation at Three Different Sites with Nutrients– Presentation
  Les Stehmeier, NOVA Chemicals Research Centre

In-Situ II

• Lessons Learned During In Situ Chemical Oxidation – Failure and Success– Presentation
  Gary Millard, Shell Canada Products

• Characterization of Redox Conditions and the Implications for Fate and Transport of Hydrocarbons– Presentation
  Frans Hettinga, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.

• The Application of In-Situ Chemical Oxidation to Remediate Chlorinated Ethenes at a Former Dry Cleaning Facility in Alberta– Presentation
  Michel Lefebvre, XCG Consultants Ltd.
  Charlotte Clark, XCG Consultants Ltd.

Miscellaneous

• Using MIP Technology to Detect VOCs in Real-Time and HPT Data for Remedial Action– Presentation
  Sven Dean, GroundTech Solutions
• On-Site Remediation of SAR Problems in Drilling Waste Disposal– Presentation
  John Ashworth, ALS Laboratory Services
• Approaches to Quantify the Effect of Extracted Plant Material on PHC Levels– Presentation
  Chris Swyngedouw, Bodycote Testing Group
• Computer Assisted Radiological Survey (CARS) Technology for the Identification and Delineation of NORMs– Presentation
  Brian Geddes, AMEC Earth & Environmental

Phytoremediation

• Successful Field Trial of a Multi-process Phytoremediation System for Remediation of Petroleum Impacted Soils – Presentation
  Neil Reid, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
• Role of Rhizosphere Microorganisms in Phytoremediation of Biphenyl in a Contaminated Groundwater Plume– Presentation
  Bozhi (Jacob) Sun, Queen’s University
• Enhancement of an Industrial Landfarm Operation Using Phytotechnologies– Presentation
  Les Stehmeier, NOVA Chemicals Research Centre
• Development of the Technologies and Biopreparations for Revegetation and Remediation of Agriculturally and Industrially Contaminated or Depleted Soils– Presentation
  Nataliya Vasilievna Kilyazova, The Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Livestock, Veterinary and Pastures

Salt Management I

• Remediating Difficult Salt Spill Sites: No Magic Wand, But We Have a Few Tricks up our Sleeve– Presentation
  Reed Jackson, AMEC Earth & Environmental

• Effectiveness of a Salt Leaching Cell for Treatment and Conservation of Salt-Impacted Soils at a Remote Site– Presentation
  Kathryn Bessie, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.

• Modernized Approach for Salt Impacted Soils: Final Results and Conclusions– Presentation
  Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.

Salt Management II

• Risk Management of a Former Road Salt Storage Facility– Presentation
  Robert S. Nichols, Matrix Solutions Inc.

• Visualizing and Analysis Techniques for Differentiating Near Surface Soil Electrical Conductivity Anomalies at a Fertilizer Distribution Facility– Presentation
  Carl Wu, SEACOR Environmental Inc.

• Electrokinetics – Insitu Remediation of Salt Impacted Fine-Grained Soil and Groundwater at a Former Battery Site– Presentation
  Bonnie Swift, Pioneer Land and Environmental Services

Unique Locations

• Management of Environmental Liability and Remediation of the La Pampilla Oil Refinery in Lima, Peru– Presentation
  Michael S. Wood, HAZCO Environmental

• Case Study – Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Debris from a Remote Site with Difficult Bedrock Terrain in the Canadian Arctic, The Radio Island Experience– Presentation
  Tyler Barkhouse, Earth Tech Canada

• Tidal Implications for Remediation in a Foreshore Environment, Union Bay, B.C.– Presentation
  Ian Mitchell, SEACOR Environmental Inc.

• Largest Remediation Project in Canada – Clean-up of Ponds and Coke Ovens Sites in Sydney, Nova Scotia – Presentation
  Frank Potter, Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
  David Wilson, Earth Tech Canada