RemTech 2022 Presentations
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PTAC Reclamation and Remediation Research Update
- PTAC RRRC Overview – Presentation
Allan Fogwill, PTAC - Wellsite Groundwater Metals – Best Management Practices – Presentation
Miles Tindal, Millennium EMS Solutions - Numerical Modelling Approaches – Best Management Practices – Presentation
Miles Tindal, Millennium EMS Solutions - Re-Evaluation of F2 and F3 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Management Limits – Presentation
Miles Tindal, Millennium EMS Solutions - AB Background Soil Metals and Salinity Database and Analysis Tool
Natalie Shelby-James and InnoTech Alberta and Paul Fuellbrandt, Statvis Analytics - Evaluation of Reclamation Practices on Forested Upland and Peatland Well Sites – Presentation
Natalie Shelby-James, InnoTech Alberta and Dean Mackenzie, Vertex - Low Probability Receptor – Overview and Net Environmental Benefit – Presentation
Ian Mitchell and Janice Paslawski, Millennium EMS Solutions - Low Probability Receptor – Application at Demonstration Sites
Andre Christensen & Cory Kartz, Millennium EMS Solutions - Development of a Long-Term Chorlide Water Quality Guideline Incorporating Harness-Modifying Factors – Presentation
Tony Knafla and Viktoria Winter, Equlibrium Environmental - Agronomic Receptor Evaluation for Direct Soil Contact – Presentation
Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. and Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. - Finalization of Research and Preliminary Selenium Soil Quality Guideline Derivation – Presentation
Tony Knafla and Viktoria Winter, Equlibrium Environmental and Darlene Lintott, Element
In-Situ Treatment and Management
- A Highly Sustainable Active Remedial Tool for Degrading Petroleum and Chlorinated Contaminants, Even in Clay Formation – Presentation
Eric Vonde, Advanced Environmental Technologies - The Successful In-Situ Treatment of a TCE Plume Using a Combination of Reduction, Sorption, and Anaerobic Bioremediation – Presentation
Rick McGregor, InSitu Remediation Services Ltd. - In-Situ Chemical Treatment for Reduction of Dissolved Arsenic Concentrations near an Active Spur Line in Burnaby, BC – Presentation
Jason Christensen, Keystone Environmental - Remediating Bedrock: What Once Was Impossible Is Now Routine. Three Case Studies – Presentation
Kevin French, Vertex Environmental Inc. - Innovative In-Situ Remediation Approach to Treat PFAS-Impacted Groundwater (Pilot Scale Design and Implementation) – Presentation
Matt Pourabadehei, SNC-Lavalin - Emergency Response and Remediation of a Crude Oil Release in Abbotsford, BC – Presentation
Kristjana Zoras, GHD
Andrea Leroux, Trans Mountain Canada - In-Situ Permeable Reactive Barrier Remediation Optimization using High Resolution Site Characterization Tools – A Case Study – Presentation
Patrick O’Neill, Vertex Environmental
Research and Technology
- Development of an Extraction Method for Estimating Phytoaccessible Fractions of Bromacil and Tebuthiuron – Presentation
Jackie Maxwell, University of Alberta - Refining Drilling Waste Compliance Option Calculations for Salts and DSTs: A Collaborative PTAC Project – Presentation
Jim Purves, North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc. - Digital Tools and Solutions to Power your Sampling Programs to Save Time and Money – Presentation
Joshua Dias, Bureau Veritas - Hazardous Site Access using Robots – Presentation
Craig Milne, Copperstone Technologies - Brook Trout Environmental DNA Detections Comparable to Two Conventional Methods in Southern Ontario Creeks – Presentation
Danielle Bourque, SLR Consulting Ltd. (Canada)
Legal / Regulatory
- Oilfield Waste Characterization and Classification in Western Canada – Presentation
Sherry Kenneway, Canadian Natural Resources Limited - There’s Been a Spill, Now What? Legal Requirements for Responding to a Spill – Part 1 – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens and John Georgakopoulos, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - There’s Been a Spill, Now What? Legal Requirements for Responding to a Spill – Part 2 – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens and Anand Srivastava, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - CER Remediation Process Guide and Remediation Operating Practices Update – Presentation
Adele Houston and Holly Kingston, Canada Energy Regulator
Emerging Contaminants
- Foam Fractionation for PFAS Removal: Leveraging the Physiochemistry of PFAS Against Itself – Presentation
Paul Newman, ECT2 - PFAS Contaminated Site Portfolio Risk Ranking for the Purpose of Funding Prioritization – Presentation
David Tarnocai, SNC-Lavalin Inc. - STAR and STARx – A Smouldering Solution to PFAS from Laboratory to Field – Presentation
Laura Kinsman, Savron - Discovery and Tracking of a Novel Sulfolane-Degrading Bacterium through Laboratory and Field Studies – Presentation
Phil Dennis, SiReM
Linda Eastcott, Imperial Oil
Natural Attenuation
- Seasons of change: NSZD rates across nine sites using new high-data density technology – Presentation
Steven Mamet, Environmental Material Sciences Inc. - Effectiveness of Early Actions in Accelerating a Harbor-Wide Monitored Natural Recovery Remedy in Esquimalt Harbour – Presentation
Rob Thomas, Public Services and Procurement Canada - Shifting from Tradition: A Long Term NSZD Monitoring Approach for an Active Oil and Gas Facility in Saskatchewan – Presentation
Amy Jimmo, Environmental Material Science, Inc.
Risk Management
- Down and Dirty About Excess Soil – Presentation
Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and Drew Chevalier, Ausenco Sustainability Inc. - Using a Risk-Based Approach to Achieve Net Environmental Benefit During Derailment Remediation – Presentation
Kristjana Zoras, GHD - Site-Specific Risk Assessment as a Cost-Effective step in achieving Regulatory Closure at a Former Gas Plant in Northern Alberta – Presentation
Masten Brolsma, Advisian - Plant Uptake of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals and Derivation of Soil-to-Plant Uptake Factors : Advancing the Science of Environmental Risk Assessment – Presentation
Erik Martin, Vertex Resource Group Ltd.
James Walker, Mount Royal University - Contaminant Management Plans as an Effectual Tool for Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Compliance – Presentation
Stephanie Drake and Jeff Seaman, Trace Associates Inc. - Gaps and Uncertainties Associated with PAH Soil Quality Guidelines in Canada and Challenges with Human and Ecological Risk Assessment – Presentation
Karl Bresee, Intrinsik Corp. - Incorporating Climate Change Impacts to Contaminated Site Liability – Presentation
Indra Kalinovich, Dillon Consulting Limited - Risk Assessment and Phytoremediation: Multipronged Approach to Evaluate and Address Potential Macronutrient Impact on River – Presentation
Tawnya Anderson, Nichols Environmental (Canada) Ltd.
Karen Bechard, Geosyntec Consultants - Upcycling the Ashes for Sustainable Management of Soil Contaminants – Presentation
Jongho Won and Jevins Waddell, TRIUM Environmental Inc.
Interesting Projects
- TC Energy Peace River Mainline Abandonment Project – Presentation
Darcy Bye, TC Energy
Jenna Rode, Trace Associates - Use of Thermal Infrared (TIR) Imagery to Identify Groundwater Discharge Areas Associated with Known Groundwater Contaminants of Potential Concern Part I: Mapping – Presentation
Sami Morgan and Jennifer Collins, Matrix Solutions - Design and Implementation of a Source Control Program for PFAS at the Fire Fighting Training Area (FFTA), CFB Comox, Comox BC – Presentation
Korene Torney, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd - Site Restoration of a Remediation Excavation in a Sensitive Site Setting – Columbia National Wildlife Area, an Update – Presentation
Kate Lindfield, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. - Soil Sterilant Remediation at Utility Sites – Presentation
Jason Pentland and Monica Brightwell, ATCO Utilities - Field-Scale Research Trial to Demonstrate Ex Situ Remediation of Bromacil in Soil – Presentation
Sarah Thacker, InnoTech Alberta - Weather, Staff and Equipment; a trifecta of success for closure work on remote winter access sites – Presentation
Jeff Biegel, 360 Energy Liability Management
Rob Thompson, Orphan Well Association - Underwater Noise Impacts from Remediation Dredging: Best Practices and Mitigation Alternatives – Presentation
Jonathan Vallarta, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd - Toxicity of Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbons Fraction 3 in Field Subarctic Soils to Soil Invertebrates – Presentation
Amy Gainer, Advisian
Adrian Pang, Royal Military College of Canada
Groundwater
- Fractured Bedrock Characterization in the Foothills of Alberta – Old Sites, New Ideas – Presentation
Tim Van Dijk, Matrix Solutions Inc.
Amit Sharma, Matrix Solutions Inc. - Cleanup of a Daylighted Gasoline Release in a Sand Filled Tank Hold Utilizing Total Fluid Recovery Surfactant Enhanced Extraction (SEE) – Presentation
George A. Ivey, Ivey International Inc.
Miscellaneous
- Who’s Responsible? Innovative Approaches to Apportioning Salinity Plumes – Presentation
Brent Lennox, Waterline Resources Inc. - Discerning recent and historical spill material using European Standard EN 155522-2:2020 – Presentation
Detlef Birkholz, D.A. Birkholz, Analytical Consultant, Inc.
John Davis, Gibson Energy - Remediation of the Gunnar Uranium Site – It’s History and Progress to Date – Presentation
Alexey Klyashtorin and Skye Muirhead, Saskatchewan Research Council
Bioremediation
- Bioremediation – Eliminating the entire spectrum of hydrocarbons through a one-time application – Presentation
Myles Ethier, Long Chain Reclaim Ltd. - In Field Study Evaluating Rates of TCE Biotransformation useing Carbon-Based Biostimulation Additive Alonve vs. Erdenhanced Combined with Zero Valient Iron (ZVI) – Presentation
Kent Armstrong, TerraStryke Products LLC - Evaluating Routine Groundwater Parameters to Determine Site Specific Biostimulatory Formulations for Hydrocarbon Remediation – Presentation
Amy Jimmo, University of Saskatchewan - How Are Nitrogen Compounds Attenuating at Your Site? Implications for Site Remediation and Climate Change – Presentation
Phil Dennis, SiREM - Enhanced Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils using Sustainable Soil Amendments – Presentation
Jean Pare, Chemco
Natural Attenuation of Petroleum NAPLs (NSZD)
- Correcting Common Misperceptions about Natural Source Zone Depletion – Presentation
Andy Pennington, Arcadis - Natural Source Zone Depletion of DNAPL: Is It A Thing? – Presentation
Matt Rousseau, GHD - New ASTM Standard Guide for Estimating Natural Attenuation Rates for NAPL in the Subsurface – Presentation
Parisa Jourabchi, ARIS Environmental - Distinguishing Noise from Signal in the Measurement of Natural Source Zone Depletion (NSZD) Rates at Petroleum Contaminated Sites – Presentation
Julio Zimbron, E-Flux, LLC - Estimating Time to Reach NSZD Endpoints – Using Active Remediation Analogs – Presentation
Rick Ahlers, GEI Consultants - Cumulative Effect of NSZD through Compositional Analysis – Presentation
Liz Haack, Ecometrix
Indigenous Engagement and Consultation
- Indigenous Engagement in Northern Construction Projects – Presentation
Rob Yeomans, Parsons
Jesse George, CIRNAC - ESG & First Nation Inclusion
Jeremy Cheyne, West Earth Sciences Ltd - Supporting Indigenous Communities in Protection of Rights and the Environment – Presentation
Melanie Daniels, Louis Bull Tribe
Michelle Cotton, Solstice Environmental Management
Business Growth and Support
- Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act and its Impact Environmental Consultants’ Business – Presentation
Sean Parker, McLennan Ross - Fostering R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the Environmental Workplace – Presentation
Michelle Heffernan, Trace Associates Inc. - ESG, An Introduction to the Current State of the Movement – Presentation
Randy Neumann, Element
Alberta Environment and Alberta Energy Regulator Updates
- AER: Overview of AER Record of Site Condition (RoSC) – Presentation
Sara Blacklaws, Adrian Kerry and Matthew Stewart, Alberta Energy Regulator - Highlights of RoSC Data Analytics
Sara Blacklaws, Adrian Kerry and Matthew Stewart, Alberta Energy Regulator - Supplemental Guidance on Site-Specific Risk Assessments in Alberta – Presentation
Chris Chalk, Norman Sawatsky and Premee Mohamed, Alberta Environment and Parks - Guide to Excluding the Domestic Use Aquifer Based on Municipal Bylaws – Presentation
Chris Chalk, Norman Sawatsky and Premee Mohamed, Alberta Environment and Park - Tier 1 and Tier 2 Updates – Presentation
Chris Chalk, Norman Sawatsky and Premee Mohamed, Alberta Environment and Park