RemTech East 2023 Proceedings
RemTech East 2022 Proceedings
Ontario Update Session
- Update and discussion on Brownfields and Excess Soils regulation including such topics as Records of Site Conditions, Risk Assessments, excess soils tunneling spoils.
Adam Leus, Manager Brownfields and Permit to Take Water, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Park
Michelle Zehr, Manager Ecological Standards, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Park
Chris Lompart, Manager Land Use Policy Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Park
– Presentation 1 and Presentation 2
Land Stewardship
- Remediation of Wetland Used by First Nation for Plant Harvesting
Muntazir Pardhan, Dillon Consulting – Presentation PDF - Boat Harbour Sludge Thickness Mapping and Volume Calculations
Timothy Bachiu, WSP Golder – Presentation PDF - No Quick Fixes to Gas Well Problem – Case Study – Big Creek Valley, Ontario
Louis-Charles Boutin and Cam Baker, Matrix Solutions – Presentation PDF
Interesting Projects
- Residential Redevelopment of a Former Multi-Well Pad and Battery Site Within an Urban Environment
John Forbes & Sylvain Bordenave, Trace Associates Inc. – Presentation - SEAR Combined With MPE To Resolve Recalcitrant NAPL At Coal Tar Brownfield Site
George Ivey, Ivey International – Presentation - Windermere Wetland: a History of Contamination, Remediation, Restoration, Innovative Monitoring and Management
Gordon Wichert, SLR Consulting – Presentation - Significant Return on Investment Achieved by Successfully Remediating a Challenging Chlorinated Solvent Site
Kevin French, Vertex Environmental – Presentation - LNAPL in Bedrock Case Study: Using Two Consecutive Remediation Approaches, MPE (multi-phase extraction) and Injection of a Carbon-Based Amendment
Daniel Brenner & Iain Walton, Vertex Environmental Inc. – Presentation
Risk Management & Assessment
- Prairie NSZD: A Comparison of NSZD Rates Across Eight Sites Using New High-Data Density Technology
Steven Mamet, Environmental Material Science – Presentation PDF - Use of Risk Assessment to Develop Remediation Goals
Karen Bechard and Ashkan Arefi, Geosyntec Consultants – Presentation PDF - Assessment, Remediation, Capping and Closure of a Former Construction & Debris (C&D) Landfill Site, Harrietsfield Nova Scotia
Rob McCullough, AECOM – Presentation PDF - “How Much is Enough” Design Factors for In-Situ Chemical Remediation
Oskar Pula, TRIUM Enviromental - In-Situ Permeable Reactive Barrier Remediation Optimization using High Resolution Site Characterization Tools – A Case Study
Patrick O’Neill, Vertex Environmental – Presentation PDF - Temporary Mobile Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems for Environmental Remediation: A Contractor’s Perspective
Nishil Mohammed, GFL Environmental – Presentation PDF
Canadian Brownfields Network
- Climate Resilient Brownfield Remediation
Meggen Janes, Geosyntec Consultants – Presentation - Technical and Strategic Considerations for the Use of Risk Assessment at a NAPL-Impacted Brownfield
Peter Sutton & Paul Cheung, Terrapex – Presentation - Environmental Insurance: A Case Study Involving Active Litigation, Complicated History, and Multiple Transactions!
Carl Spensieri, Berkley Insurance and Marc McAree, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP – Presentation - How Do You Drown a tree? And Other Unique and Challenging Construction Aspects
Nicholas Doucette, QM Environmental – Presentation
ONEIA Technical Sessions
- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Remediate Tetrachloroethylene Impacted Groundwater Beneath a Building
Kerry-Anne Pumphrey, BlueFrog Environmental Consulting – Presentation PDF - The Importance of a Good 3D Conceptual Site Model in Remediation of a Chlorinated VOC Impacted Groundwater Site in Eastern Ontario
Jonathan Coakley, Stantec – Presentation PDF - Underwater Noise Impacts from Remediation Dredging: Best Practices and Mitigation Alternatives
Jonathan Vallarta, SLR Consulting – Presentation PDF
Legal / Regulatory / Government Updates
- CER Reported Contaminated Sites and Remediation Operating Practices Update
Adele Houston, Canada Energy Regulator – Presentation - Newton’s Pendulum: The Swinging Spheres of Environmental Law
Jacquelyn Stevens and Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP – Presentation - O. Reg. 406/19 On-Site and Excess Soil Management: Procurement and Contract Best Management Practices
Jenna Allan and David Wong, EnVision Consultants – Presentation - Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan Demand Forecast 2023-2028
Brad Simpson, Public Works and Procurement Canada – Presentation
Groundwater
- Bioaugmentation – A Canadian Perspective
Sandra Dworatzek, SiREM – Presentation PDF - In-Situ Chemical Injection to Treat Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater
Takako Matsueda, SLR Consulting – Presentation PDF - Metals & Organic contaminant Removal using Novel Iron Media for ex situ Groundwater Remediation and Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Jean Pare, Chemco – Presentation PDF
Ex-Situ and/or In-Situ Remediation
- STARx Treatment Plants: Smouldering Hydrocarbons, Waste Products, Contaminated Soils, and Recalcitrant Compounds at Scale
Dave Liefl, Savron – Presentation - The Intersection of Excess Soil Management and Site Remediation in Ontario
Grant Walsom, XCG Consulting – Presentation - Case Study: Combined ISCO/ISS of BTEX and Chlorobenzene Impacted Soils
Nathan Coughenour, Canada Geo-Solution sand Hubert Guimont, Menard Canada – Presentation - Pilot Scale In Situ Treatment of Chlorinated Solvent Source Zone – Use of Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) to Assess Treatment Performance and Injection Design
Daniel Bouchard, GHD – Presentation - In-Situ & Ex-Situ Remediation of cVOC Impact in Conjunction with Site Construction Activities: Challenges & Perspectives from the Landowner, Remedial Contractor & Environmental Consultant
Oskar Pula, TRIUM Environmental, Jaka Suryana, Stantec Consulting andAlbert Ho, First Capital REIT – Presentation - Optimizing Ex Situ Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds in Canada’s Cold Climate
Malika Bendouz, Chemco – Presentation - Using Geochemical Data to Trouble Shoot Variable Performance Following ISCO
Brant Smith, Evonik – Presentation - Treatability Options for Metals Contaminated Sites
Larissa Smith, SiREM – Presentation
Canadian Brownfields Network
- The Implications and Challenges Experienced at a Brownfield Development Project
Paul Cheung and Peter Sutton, Terrapex – Presentation PDF - Case Studies on Environmental Insurance for Brownfields
Carl Spensieri, Berkley Canada – Presentation PDF - Remediation Contracting is Dead
Nicholas Doucette & Pete Craig, QM Environmental – Presentation PDF - Tools to Reduce Vapour Intrusion Mitigation System Installation and Operating Costs for Brownfields
Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants – Presentation PDF
Groundwater Management and Treatment
- Legacy Hydrocarbon Production and Related Factors Contributing to Degraded Groundwater Quality in Southwestern Ontario
Stewart Hamilton, Matrix Solutions – Presentation - Optimizing Groundwater Treatment for Complex Construction Sites: 2 Case Studies
Nathan Lichti and Mahshid Jannati, Vertex Environmental – Presentation
Emerging Contaminants
- Differences and similarities in PFAS risk in Europe and Quebec
Hugo Carronnier, Valgo and Gabriel Munoz from Université de Montréal – Presentation PDF - Electrochemical Degradation of PFAS Mass in Redundant Stocks of AFFF Concentrate and First Flush Washwater – Pilot-Scaled Field Demonstration
John Santacroce, AECOM – Presentation PDF - Field-Scale Treatability Study – Soil Washing of PFAS-Contaminated Soils Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Paul Newman, ECT2 – Presentation PDF
Steve Becker, Brice Environmental - Pushing the Boundaries on Quantitative PFAS Analysis
Darlene Hoogenes-Stastny, ALS Environmental – Presentation PDF
Brownfields
- Use of Debris-Containing Soil for a Stormwater Pond – The Case for Sustainable Remediation
Michael Lupart, Trace Associates – Presentation - Engineering a Sustainable Remediation Approach
Suvish Melanta and David MacGillivray, Grounded Engineering – Presentation - The Redevelopment of Oshawa Harbour – Conversion of Federal Contaminated Land into a Municipal Waterfront Park through Site Assessment, Risk Management, and Soil Management
Pamela Cameron and Trevor Mahoney, XCG Consulting – Presentation - Keys to Successful In-Situ Remedial Design at Brownfields Sites: A Comprehensive Approach Utilizing Design Verification Testing and Flux Tracer Tools
Elliot Maker, Regenesis – Presentation
Regulatory / Legal
- Through the Lens of recent environmental decisions and legislation: The Ever-Changing Practice of Environmental Law – Part 1
Jacquelyn Stevens and Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shiers Environmental Laywers LLP – Presentation PDF - Through the Lens of recent environmental decisions and legislation: The Ever-Changing Practice of Environmental Law – Part 2
John Georgakopoulos and Anand Srivastava, Willms & Shiers Environmental Laywers LLP – Presentation PDF - 2020 Remediation Process Guide and CER Remediation Operating Practices Update
Adele Houston and Holly Kingston, Canada Energy Regulator – Presentation PDF - Excess Soils and O.Reg. 406/19 – The Contractors’ Perspective
Mike Gawel, Vertex Environmental
PFAS
- Innovative In Situ Solution to Persistent PFAS Groundwater and Soil Contamination
Jean Pare, Chemco – Presentation - STAR and STARx – A Smouldering Solution to PFAS from Laboratory to Field Scale Application
Laura Kinsman, Savron – Presentation - Innovative In-Situ Remediation Approach to Treat PFAS-Impacted Groundwater
Matt Pourabadehei & Robert Timlin, SNC-Lavalin – Presentation - Treating PFAS: Current In-Situ Remediation Approaches
Bruce Tunnicliffe, Vertex Environmental – Presentation
Data Management & Technology
- Digging Deeper with 3D RaVE: Managing and Visualizing Impacted Excess Soils Using Three-Dimensional, Rapid, Volume Estimation Technology
Brant Gill, Matrix Solutions – Presentation PDF - What You Need To Know About Digital Transformation
Vincent Lam, Matidor.com - The Port Lands Flood Protection Project – How Advanced Petroleum Hydrocarbon Forensic Tools Can Be Used To Support Successful Bioremediation Programs
Don Forbes, WaterFront Toronto – Presentation PDF
Francine Kelly-Hooper, Stantec - Mycoremediation – Mushrooms for More than just Food
Oskar Pula, TRIUM Environmental – Presentation PDF
Technology and Research
- Knock-knock, Who’s There? Using Next Generation Sequencing to Understand Your Environment
Melody Vachon, SiREM – Presentation - How Modern Digital Platforms can help you Achieve 100% Budget Control
Vincent Lam, Matidor.com – Presentation - Addressing the need for Data Governance using Data Management Software as a valuable tool in Site Remediation
Nick Tumney, esdat software by escis – Presentation - Excess Soil Management Technology at the Toronto Portlands, and Lessons Learned
Sajid Alimohamed and Morgan Chambers, QM Environmental – Presentation
Unique Projects and Locations
- First to Field Mass Mixing In-situ Stabilization / Solidification Remediation in Uncharted Waters of Kendall Bay
Dogus Meric, Geosyntec Consultants – Presentation PDF - Redevelopment On Or Near Oil & Gas Wellsites in Alberta – A Minefield of Safety, Environmental, and Planning Considerations
Michael Lupart, Trace Associates – Presentation PDF - De Beers Victor Mine Demolition Project – Remote and Challenging Locations
Enrique Bayata, Priestly Demolition – Presentation PDF - Thermal Remediation of Soils Impacted with Explosives, PCB’s and PAH’s at the Former Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant Superfund Site – Portage and Trumbull Counties, Ohio
Chad Belenky, Iron Creek Group – Presentation PDF - Randle Reef Sediment Remediation Project Stage 2 – Methodologies Utilized for Contaminated Sediment Dredging, Thin Layer/Isolation Capping, and Water Treatment”
Wayne Harris, Milestone Environmental – Presentation PDF - Saskatchewan Non-Uranium Abandoned Mines Clean-up Program
Dale Kristoff and Brent Zelensky, Government of Saskatchewan – Presentation PDF
A Little Bit of Everything
- Remediation and Risk Management Strategies for Managing an LNAPL Impacted Site
Sam Caldwell, Stantec Consulting – Presentation - Risk of undetected Gas Emission Venting and Migration
Ryan Doull, 360 Energy Liability Management – Presentation - Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction System for the Remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Groundwater and Soil Vapour – A Contractor’s Perspective
Nishil Mohammed, Green Infrastructure Partners – Presentation
Research & Technology
- A Case Study – Large Scale Sub-Slab Vapour Intrusion System
Devin Rosnak, GFL Infrastructure and Frank Schlaefli, Pinchin Ltd. – Presentation PDF - Leveraging the Synergies of Molecular Biological Tools and CSIA for MNA and Enhanced Bioremediation Assessment
Phil Dennis, SiREM – Presentation PDF - The Multitude of Uses for Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Soil Remediation and Site Management
Elizabeth Murray, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies – Presentation PDF - Combined Remedies Approach Tackles Large DNAPL Solvent Site
Mike Mazzarese, AST Environmental - Bioremediation 4.0: What Procaryotic Microbes Can Really Accomplish and the Roll Quorum Sensing and Signaling (QSS) Plays
Kent Armstrong, TerraStryke Products LLC – Presentation PDF - Partitioning and Storage of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Considering Precursors and Multi-Bilayer Supramolecular Assemblies in Unsaturated and Saturated Zones of Fire Training Areas
Ian Ross, Tetra Tech
Bioremediation
- Bioaugmentation- It’s Not Just for TCE Anymore
Corey Scales, SiREM – Presentation - Field Applications of Anaerobic BTX Bioaugmentation Cultures
Sandra Dworatzek, SiREM – Presentation - Understanding Temperature Effects on Bioremediation and Cleanup Timeline: Case Studies
B.J. Min, TRIUM Environmental – Presentation
Reclamation
- Roadside Vegetation Naturalization Pilot Project in Calgary, Alberta
Kent Cryer, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies – Presentation - Dewatering and Containment of Heavy Metal Contaminated Sediments with Geotextile Containers and Polymers. Developing and Validating System Performance and Design
Tyler Anderson, Bishop Water Technologies – Presentation - Overcoming the Engineering Challenges with Giant Mine Remediation Project
Chris MacInnis, Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Presentation
Natural Attenuation and Phytoremediation
- Recognizing Natural Source Zone Depletion (NSZD) for a More Sustainable Approach to the Long-Term Management of Residual LNAPL at the CN Gogama Release Site
Matthew Rousseau, GHD – Presentation - Soil Respiration Rates under Natural Attenuation versus Enhanced Biodegradation
Sophia Dore, GHD – Presentation - Plant Uptake of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals and Derivation of Soil-to-Plant Uptake Factors: Advancing the Science of Environmental Risk Assessment
Erik Martin, Vertex Resource Group – Presentation