2024

RemTech 2024 Presentations

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In-Situ

• High-Resolution Site Characterization and the Development of a Better Conceptual Site Model: A NAPL Release Site Case Study – Presentation
  Kirklyn Davidson, SCG Remediation Services
• Coal Power Wastewater: Selenium Challenge and A New Solution – Presentation
  Paul Newman & Dave Kempisty, ECT2
• Two Wrongs can Make a Right – A Novel Approach to the Biochemical Neutralization and Remediation of Cement-Impacted Soils – Presentation
  Kimberley McLeish & Vincent Stein, Worley Consulting
• A Review of Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation Treatment in the Remediation of Diverse Mine Tailings – Presentation
  Sarah Miles, Geosyntec Consultants
• Answering the Challenges of Low Permeability Formations – Presentation
  Gordon Guest, Geo Tactical Remediation Ltd.

New Technology

• Empowering Project Lifecycles with Geomatics Positioning for Enhanced Data Utilization – Presentation
  Kris Kwiatkowski, ProDelta Projects Inc.
• Putting the FLOW in Workflow: Using Hydrocarbon Plume Prediction AI to Quantify Groundwater Risk and Liability – Presentation
  Steven Sicliano, Environmental Material Science Inc.
• Case Study:  Application of New Technology – Use of IntelleKtEIG as a Product Tool for Regulatory Closure in Saskatchewan – Presentation
  Janice Paslawski & Hilary Lavoie, Millennium EMS Solutions
  Jeff Gould, IntelleKt-EIG Limited
• Best Management Practices for Site Characterization: The End of Poke and Hope? – Presentation
  Samantha Frandsen, Aestus, LLC
• The Potential to Decarbonize the Gas Industry with Renewable Natural Gas / Biomethane – Presentation
  Lydia Zhou, Worley
• New Remediation Technology Formed by Combining Two Well Established Remediation Technologies: In Situ Stabilization (ISS) and In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) – Presentation
  Stacey Telesz & Brant Smith, Evonik
• Navigating New Frontiers: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Environmental Innovation – Presentation
  Jevins Waddell & BJ Min, EcoAI INNOVATES

Risk Management

• Vapour Intrusion: A Legal and Technical Analysis of Risk Mitigation for Existing Buildings
  Meggen Janes and Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants – Presentation
  Anand Srivasta, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
• Challenges in Development and Application of Remedial Guidelines – Presentation
  Yong Li & Anne Way, Parsons
• LNAPL Conceptual Site Model Refinement at a Condensate Blowout Site – Presentation
  Giulio Scarzella, AECOM Canada Ltd.
• LNAPL Characterization, Immobilization and Destruction Technologies in Support of Risk-Based Site Closures – Presentation
  Kevin French, VEI Contracting
• Paradigm Shift in Liability Management – Presentation
  George (Bud) Ivey, Ivey International Inc.
• Historical Landfills – Not Your Regular Brownfield Sites – Presentation
  Frans Hettinga & Sean Buckles, Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
• Quantification of Uncertainty in Site-Specific Guideline Adjustment – Presentation
  Amy Philip & Sean Elliot, Parsons

Groundwater

• Targeted Remediation in Fractured Bedrock on a Remote Superfund Site using Electrical Hydrogeology – Presentation
  Kyle Spears & Stuart McDonald, Aestus, LLC
• Simplistic Modeling Methods for Nitrate in Groundwater: Case Study Obtaining Regulatory Closure – Presentation
  Erik Martin, Vertex Resource Group Ltd.

Interesting Projects and Unique Locations

• Hazardous Waste PCB Sediment Remediation, Port Hope, ON – Presentation
  Alicia Kruska, ECC Services British Columbia
• Challenges of Responding to a Railcar Coal Spill in a Remote River – Presentation
  Lawrence Malizzi, CTEH
• Practical Remediation Closure Solutions for Remote sites in Northern British Columbia – Presentation
  Nicole Prince & Lucas Hewitt, North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc.
• Monitoring and Enhancing Natural Source Zone Depletion at a Petroleum Pipeline Release Site in Abbotsford, BC – Presentation
  Arden Wabisca & Matthew Rousseau, GHD
• Complex Bedrock Remediation Case Study: Addressing Dissolved Heavy Metals In-Situ Using Multiple Approaches – Presentation
  Bruce Tunnicliffe, VEI Contracting
• What’s a Water Body? Using Site-Specific, Pathway-Based Rationalization to Achieve Site Closure for Salinity-Impacted Sites – Presentation
  Brent Lennox, Waterline Resources Inc.
• Establishing Risk-Based Limits for Elemental Sulphur in Soil – Final Stage 2 Results, Joint Industry Project – Presentation
  Simone Levy, Waterline Resources Inc. & James Freeman, S2 Environmental JV Inc.
• The Use of Geophysical Surveys for Investigating Historically Buried Debris, British Columbia, Canada – Presentation
  Michelle Gunnlaugson, WSP Canada

Emerging Contaminants

• Rethinking Field Sampling Practices in PFAS Testing: Challenging Conventional Cross-Contamination Assumptions – Presentation
  Andrew White, Bureau Veritas Laboratories
• Emerging Contaminants Under the Microscope: Exploring Microplastics in the North Saskatchewan River – Presentation
  Jeremiah Bryksa & Patric McGlashan, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• Gasification of PFAS – Destruction Efficiency Results from a Technology Transfer Lab – Presentation
  Bill Malyk & Justin Gal, WSP Canada Inc.
• Applied Machine-Learning Tools to Enhance PFAS Analytics and Support More Effective Site Management – Presentation
  Paul Hurst & Skyler Sorsby, WSP Canada Inc.

Canadian Brownfield Network

• Municipal Engagement for Divesting Imperial Oil’s Surplus Sites
  Maurice LeBlanc, Imperial Oil – Presentation
  Tammy Lomas-Jylha, Lomas-Jylha Consulting
• Part 1: Policy Matters to Brownfield Redevelopment – Alberta’s Guide to Excluding the Domestic Use Aquifer based on Municipal Bylaws – Presentation
  Paul Leong, City of Calgary
  Rob Hoffman, Canadian Fuels Association
  Norman Sawatsky, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
  Chris Chalk, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
• Part 2: Policy Implementation and Brownfield Case Studies – Alberta’s Guide to Excluding the Domestic Use Aquifer based on Municipal Bylaws – Panel Discussion
  Paul Leong, City of Calgary
  Rob Hoffman, Canadian Fuels Association
  Norman Sawatsky, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
  Chris Chalk, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
• Small Town Redevelopment Dreams – Presentations
  Jackie Maxwell, SLR Consulting

A Little Bit of Everything

• Mining Waste to Value in Thompson, Manitoba – Presentation
  Darryll Champagne, KBL Projects Ltd
• Geomatics and Digital Solutions to Support Field Planning, Data Collection, Collaboration, Reporting – A Case Study from AltaLink 716L Soil Salvage Assessment – Presentation
  Matt Wilkinson, Matrix Solutions Inc., a Montrose Environmental Company
• Evidence of Organic Carbon Control over Sulphate Reduction in a Saline Shallow Lake near a Gas Plant in Calgary, Alberta – Presentation
  Francisco Castrillon Munoz, SummitEarth & James Freeman, S2 Environmental JV Inc.
• Defining Geogenic Background for Site Investigations – Combining Petroleum Forensic Chemistry and Geology – Presentation
  Phil Richards, Matrix Solutions Inc
• Evaluating PCOC From Wildfires Using Case Studies – Presentation
  Tadd Berger, Pinchin Ltd

PTAC

• Introduction and Overview – Presentation
  Allan Fogwill, PTAC
• Evaluating Technology-based Assessments for Use in Reclamation Certification of Footprint – Presentation

  Stefan Schreiber, Innotech Alberta

• Process Guide for Approaching Salt Contamination – Supplementary Work on Regulatory Gaps – Presentation

  Sheila Luther & Ashley Morgan, Matrix Solutions Inc. a Montrose Environmental Company

• Evaluation of Soil Chloride Delineation Requirements – Presentation
  Daniel Pollard & Ashley Morgan, Matrix Solutions, a Montrose Environmental Company
• Recent Research Results for Selenium and Sulphate Ecotoxicology and Methods for Livestock Risk – Presentation
  Viktoria Winter, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.
• Alberta Tier 1 & 2 Guideline Tool – Phase 2 – Presentation
  Paul Fuelbrandt, Statvis Analytics Inc.

  Subsoil Salinity Tool Version 3.0 Technical Manual Updates – Presentation
  Greg Huber, Equilibrium Enviornmental

• Closing Remarks
  Tannis Such, PTAC

Laboratory

• Optimizing Test Methods for Evidence of PFAS Biomagnification in Mammalian Serum – Presentation
  Desiree Hui, Helmi Aboulsoud & Egemen Aydin, AGAT Laboratories
• Utilization of Biogenic Hydrocarbon Assessments to Determine Extent of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination – Presentation
  Brody Andersen, Bureau Veritas
• Practical Applications of Direct Aqueous Injection Methods for Quantitative PFAS Analysis by LC-MS/MS – Presentation
  Tammy Chartrand & Sanja Risticevic, ALS Global

Natural Attenuation, Phytoremediation, Bioremediation

• Case Study: Transition to Monitored Natural Attenuation After 30 Years of Pump and Treat at the Former Uniroyal Site in Edmonton, Alberta – Presentation
  Joe Ricker, WSP USA Inc.
  Hadley Stamm, Lanxess
• Natural Source Zone Depletion and the Activated Carbon Remedy: Friend or Foe – Presentation
  Mike Mazzarese, AST Environmental
• How do Biostimulators Enhance Soil Remediation and Methanogenesis: Insights from Microbial Community and their Function – Presentation
  Yunliang Li & Steven Siciliano, University of Saskatchewan
• PHYTOREMEDIATION: A Green and Sustainable Technology for the Remediation of Urban Brownfields Contaminated with Organic Compounds – Presentation
  Faezeh Eslamian, GHD
• An Alternative Approach to Decommissioning and Risk Management of a Historical Cooling Pond and Phosphogypsum Stacks – Presentation
  Dylan King, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
• Integrated Site Closure Based on Natural Attenuation – Presentation
  Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
  Ian Hers, Hers Environmental Consulting Inc.