RemTech 2021 Presentations
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Growing / Supporting / Protecting Your Business
- Aligning your Team…your Competitive Advantage! – Presentation
Darel Baker, Keldar Leadership - HR Solutions to Support Corporate Growth – Presentation
Kevin Nilsen, ECO Canada - Labour & Employment Update – Presentation
Alison Adam, McLennan Ross - Litigation Support: Tips and Traps for Being an Expert Witness – Presentation
Sean Parker, McLennan Ross - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Managing Environmental Risks & Liabilities – Civil Liabilities – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens & Anand Srivastava, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Managing Environmental Risks & Liabilities – Regulatory Liabilities – Presentation
Matt Gardner & John Georgakopoulos, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Canadian Brownfields Network
- New Soil Management Rules will impact Brownfield Redevelopment – Presentation
Grant Walsom, XCG Consultants - The Complexity and Solutions of Canada’s Industrial Brownfields
Eric Pringle & David Meikle, Milestone Environmental Contracting – Presentation - Sustainable Surfactant Enhanced Aquifer Remediation (SEAR) Combined With Multi-Phase Extraction (MPE) of Coal Tar LNAPL and DNAPL Impacted Brownfield Site– Presentation
Bud Ivey, Ivey International - Have you got methane? Latest Trends in Vapour Mitigation for Brownfields – Presentation
Meggen Janes, Geosyntec Consultants - An Abandoned Drycleaner Brownfield in Rural Alberta: A Costly and Dangerous Family Legacy – Presentation
Michael Lupart, Trace Associates - Remediation as Reconciliation: Applying Truth & Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #92 to Canadian Brownfields – Presentation
Kear Porttris & Jeremy Robinson, QM Environmental
Natural Source Zone Depletion at Petroleum NAPL sites: Let’s Talk About It
- Using NSZD in the Development of Sustainable NAPL Remediation Strategies at Active Oil and Gas Facilities – Presentation
Andrea Hachkowski, Jacobs - Evaluation of Multiple Lines of Evidence for Quantitfying Natural Source Zone Depletion Rates Overlying a Shallow LNAPL Source Zone – Presentation
Anne Wozney, Golder Associates - Comparison of Methods for Assessing NSZD at Paved Fuel Retail Sites – – Presentation
Jon Smith, AECOM - Evaluating NSZD via the Biogenic Heat Method at Complex Sites (i.e., Why Doesn’t My Data Look Anything Like the Published Data?) – Presentation
Joann Dyson, GHD - NSZD – Moving Past the Perceptions – Presentation
Tom Palaia, Jacobs
Collaboration and Innovation for Mitigation of Metal and Metalloid Impacts in Western Canada
- Defeating On-Reserve Poverty – Presentation
Dale Swampy, National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) - Passive Water Treatment of Metals and Inorganics – Presentation
Silvia Mancini, Geosyntec Consultants - Monitoring Metals/Metalloid Reduction and Their Impacts in Aquatic Environments Through Molecular Genetic Tools – Presentation
Jeff Roberts, SiREM - Non-biological Removal of Selenate and other Metalloid Oxyanions – Presentation
David Kratochvil, BQE Water
PFAS Treatment & Analysis
- STAR and STARx – Smouldering Remediation of PFAS-Impacted Soils – Presentation
Laura Kinsman, Savron - Pushing the Boundaries on Quantitative PFAS Analysis – Presentation
Tammy Chartrand, ALS Environmental - Summary of Four Applications of Colloidal Activated Carbon for the In-Situ Treatment of PFAS in Groundwater– Presentation
Rick McGregor, Insitu - Sustainable PFAS Resin Technology Applied at Multiple Locations for Military Base Aquifer Remediation – Presentation
Paul Newman, ECT2
Unique Projects and Locations
- Lessons Learned, Toronto Port Lands Contaminated Land and River Construction – Presentation
Meggen Janes, Geosyntec Consultants
Steve Desrocher, Waterfront Toronto - Oil Recovery and Water Treatment from Shipwreck – Presentation
Darryl Lasenby & Trevor Thea, Claytek - Pathway to Closure for a Heavy Oil Release into The North Saskatchewan River – Presentation
Tara Murfitt & Shaun Toner, Matrix Solutions - Reclamation Certification Achieved using Remote Sensing Technology – Presentation
Chrissie Smith & Meisam Amani, Wood
Bioremediation
- Addressing High Concentration Solvent Sites (DLNAPL) with a Combined-Remedy: Emulsified Oil and ZVI – Presentation
Jean Pare, Chemco - Bioremediation of Chlorate and Chromate Contaminated Groundwater in Cold Climate – Presentation
Mehdi Motevasselin, University of Manitoba - Bioremediation 4.0: What Procaryotic Microbes Can Really Accomplish and the Roll Quorum Sensing and Signaling (QSS) Plays – Presentation
Kent Armstrong, TerraStryke Products - Applications of Anaerobic Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation – Presentation
Jeff Roberts, SiREM
In-Situ
- Using Subsurface Temperatures to Evaluate Vacuum Extraction System Performance – Presentation
Branden Kellar & Gary Winthrop, Matrix Solutions - Control of Off Site Migration In Low Permeability Soil With an Eductor System – Presentation
Francis Galbriath, SNC-Lavalin - Treating 1,4-Dioxane with Activated Potassium Persulfate – Presentation
Stacey Telesz, Evonik - In-Situ Remediation of Dissolved Metals Plume – From Concept to Full-Scale Remediation – Presentation
Matthew Beveridge, Hemmera
Oil and Gas Sites
- An Area-Based Chemistry Assessment of a Shallow Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formation in NW AB – Presentation
Phil Richards, PR Enviroforensics - Comparative Field Studies of Real-Time Soil Screening Techniques for Two Petroleum Hydrocarbon Sites – Presentation
Ailsa Le May, EnviroSearch - Application of Natural Source Zone Depletion in Fractured Aquifer Remediation & Liability Management – Presentation
Vincent Stein, Advisian - Closure Options For Organic Soils: Analytical Results Interpretation for Peat Material – Presentation
Mallika Senevirathna, North Shore Environmental Consultants - Collaboration For Closure of Salt Affected Well Sites in Saskatchewan Using Tier 2 Pathway Modification – Presentation
Trevor Burgers Millennium EMS Solutions
Jonas Fenn, Government of Saskatchewan, Manager Remediation and Reclamation
Ground & Surface Water
- Mycoremediation of Naphthenic Acid Fraction Compounds Sourced from Oil Sands Process Affected Water – Presentation
Sarah Miles, Geosyntec Consultants - Groundwater Plume Analytics® Tools for Environmental Site Assessments
Joe Ricker, EarthCon Consultants - Extraction System Optimization: The Importance of Proper Characterization of a Groundwater Plume – Presentation
Janine Wildschut, Flint Environmental - Pillar Point Valley Restoration Hong Kong: Reducing Leachate Production via Groundwater Management – Presentation
Neal Barretto & Jacques Groenewald, Associated Environmental Consultants - Gasoline Forensics: Source Identification for Low Level Groundwater
Contamination – Presentation
Deib Birkholz, Deib-Chem Forensics
Research / Studies / Testing
- In-Ground and Above-Ground Aquatic Mesocosms as Tools to Understand Short-Term and Multi-Year to Biological, Ecological and Chemical Effects of Reclamation Technologies – Presentation
Ryan Melnichuk, InnoTech Alberta - Collaborative Initiative to Review Sulphur Management Guidance – Presentation
Simone Levy, InnoTech Alberta
Sheila Luther, Matrix Solutions
James Freeman, S2 Environmental - Bugs and Veggies – Optimization of Plant Based Dewatering and Deployment Technology for Fluid Tailings – Presentation
Victoria Collins, NAIT
New Methods to More Accurately Quantify Hydrocarbon Contamination from Natural Background – Presentation
Anthony Aquino, AGAT Laboratories
Risk Management
- We Can do Better; We MUST Do Better – Presentation
Roger Dunkley, Phase1esa.ca - Project Cost Certainty and the Real Return on Investment using Site-Specific Approaches – Presentation
Trevor Burgers, Millennium EMS Solutions - Remediating Bedrock: What Once Was Impossible Is Now Possible.Three Case Studies – Presentation
Bruce Tunnicliffe, Vertex Environmental - Enhanced In Situ Solidification and Stabilization (ISS) Blends: Impacts of Adding Sodium Persulfate, and Water Content – Presentation
Brant Smith, Evonik - LNAPL Modeling and Site Closure, Otter Creek Tank Farm Areas 1 & 2, Goose Bay, NL – Presentation
Brad MacLean & Noah Booth, Dillon Consulting - Risk-based Approach Supporting the Redevelopment of an Urban Lead‑impacted Site – Presentation
Sylvain Bordenave, Trace Associates
Karl Bresee from Intrinsik Corporation - An In Situ Treatment Train for Mitigation of Vapour Intrusion from LNAPL in a Residential Area, Calgary, Alberta – Presentation
Andrea Hachkowski, Jacobs - Defining the Applicable Depth for the Ecological Direct Soil Contact Pathway – Presentation
Sarah Thacker, InnoTech Alberta
Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions - Acknowledgement of Reclamation of Sodium Chloride Impacted Soils Directive Development and Case Study – Presentation
Jonas Fenn, Government of Saskatchewan, Manager Remediation and Reclamation - Site-Specific Risk Assessment as a Cost-Effective Step in achieving Regulatory Closure at a Former Gas Plant in Southern Alberta – Presentation
Amy Gainer, Advisian
Emerging Contaminants
- Total Organofluorine (TOF) Analysis by Combustion Ion Chromatography – A New Tool for Monitoring PFAS Impacts – Presentation
Terry Obal, Bureau Veritas Laboratories - From Lubrizol to Canada – Development of a global strategy for PFAS – Presentation
Hugo Carronnier, Valgo - Microplastics from the North Saskatchewan River in the Edmonton Region – Presentation
Jeremiah Bryksa, NAIT
Project Planning and Management
- The Evolution of the Site Remediation Industry in Canada – Presentation
Kevin French, Vertex Environmental - Now what? Prioritizing your Emerging Contaminants Portfolio – Presentation
Shalene Thomas, Wood - Developing A Tool to Manage Industrial Runoff Releases Using the Water Quality Based Effluent Limits Protocol – Presentation
Chris Banmann, Matrix Solutions
Wellsites and Pipelines
- Data Driven – Risk Informed ARO Portfolio Management – Case Studies from the Orphan Well Association and CNOOC – Presentation
Michelle Taylor, Waterline Resources
Wes Funk, DXD Consulting - Mitigation of an Orphan Well Leaking Methane in a Residential Area – Presentation
Matthew Neuner & Gillian Roos, Golder Associates Ltd.
Salty Talks
- In Situ Salt Remediation – Carbon and Cost Benefits of Treating Soil in Place – Presentation
Elizabeth Murray, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies - In-Situ Electrokinetic Remediation of a Salt Impacted Soil at a Decommissioned Well Site – Presentation
Jean-Marie Sobze and Ricky Kong, NAIT - Remediation Case Studies for Salt Impacted Sites using Recently Release SST V3.0 – Learnings and Potential Pitfalls – Presentation
Jonathan Donahue & Tony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.
Regulatory
- Addressing Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater Surveillance Monitoring – Presentation
Daniel Pollard & Shalene Thomas, Wood - AER Regulatory Update: Release Reporting and OneStop RoSC – Presentation
Matthew Stewart & Steve Tymchyshyn, Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) - A New Approach to Rapid Closure for Inactive Sites – Presentation
Tara Murfitt & Sheila Luther, Matrix Solutions
Technology
- Cloud Computing Technology – New and Innovative Approaches to Big Data – Presentation
Khalid Lemzouji & Peter Solymos, Analythium Solutions - Powering up Simulation Training in Environmental Consulting – Presentation
Dean MacKenzie, Vertex Resource Group - Understanding PAHs —Tabulation Isn’t Interpretation. A Publicly Available Tool to Determine the Source of PAHs at Your Site – Presentation
Paul Fuellbrandt & Court Sandau, Statvis Analytics