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Upcoming Live Internet Seminars
Vapor Intrusion Site Issues - November 2, 2009 1:00PM-3:00PM EST
(18:00-20:00 GMT). This two-hour course based on an 8 hour class
delivered at the OSC Readiness conference, teaches techniques
for addressing sites that have vapor intrusion issues
originating from contaminated ground water or soils. The
migration and accumulation of chemical vapors in an indoor
environment may pose a significant risk to human health. The
course will include the following topics: Vapor intrusion
overview including current guidance from EPA, Interstate
Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC), states, and API,; Sampling
procedures: Subslab, soil gas, indoor air, outdoor air; Ground
water issues: Permanent wells, temporary wells, nested wells,
and sampling; Chlorinated site: Behr Site Case Study; Petroleum
site: Hartford Site Case Study; Health issues and screening
levels. The course includes lectures, case studies, and
question and answer sessions. For more information and to
register, see http://clu-in.org/live .
ITRC Quality Considerations for Munitions Response Projects -
November 3, 2009, 2:00PM-4:15PM EST (19:00-21:15 GMT). This
training introduces state regulators, environmental consultants,
site owners, and community stakeholders to Quality
Considerations for Munitions Response Projects (UXO-5, 2008),
created by the ITRC's Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Team. In this
document, quality is defined as 'conformance to requirements.'
To manage quality, the quality requirements of the project must
first be understood. Requirements must be precisely stated and
clearly understood by everyone involved. A plan is then put in
place to meet those requirements. The UXO Team emphasizes taking
a whole-system approach to designing, planning and managing a
munitions response (MR) project to optimize quality. This
training course is intended for an intermediate audience and
assumes a basic understanding of specialized processes
associated with MR projects. For more information and to
register, see http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/live .
Elemental Mercury Basics and Response - November 4, 2009
1:00PM-3:00PM EST (18:00-20:00 GMT). This course provides
information on the misunderstood properties of mercury and
insight into addressing issues related to sites contaminated
with mercury: regulations, response, monitoring, health
concerns, toxicology, and cleanup. The seminar focuses primarily
on complex residential contamination sites. Participants will be
able to download a detailed guidebook and checklist that will
assist them through all phases of a cleanup at a residential
site contaminated with mercury, from initial notification
through final restoration. The seminar will discuss the
complexities of issues associated with mercury cleanups, and the
difficulties responders have encountered and successes they have
achieved. Participants will also be able to download guidance
and examples of mercury outreach and education materials that
have been prepared over the years to better educate responders,
health professionals, and the public. For more information and
to register, see http://www.itrcweb.org or
http://clu-in.org/live .
ITRC Enhanced Attenuation of Chlorinated Organics: A Site
Management Tool - November 5, 2009, 11:00AM-1:15PM EST
(16:00-18:15 GMT). This training on the ITRC Technical and
Regulatory Guidance for Enhanced Attenuation: Chlorinated
Organics (EACO-1, 2008) describes the transition (the bridge)
between aggressive remedial actions and MNA and vise versa.
Enhanced attenuation (EA) is the application of technologies
that minimize energy input and are sustainable in order to
reduce contaminant loading and/or increase the attenuation
capacity of a contaminated plume to progress sites towards
established remedial objectives. Contaminant loading and
attenuation capacity are fundamental to sound decisions for
remediation of groundwater contamination. This training explains
how a decision framework which, when followed, allows for a
smooth transition between more aggressive remedial technologies
to sustainable remedial alternatives and eventually to Monitored
Natural Attenuation. This training will demonstrate how this
decision framework allows regulators and practitioners to
integrate Enhanced Attenuation into the remedial decision
process. For more information and to register, see
http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/live .
ITRC Phytotechnologies - November 10, 2009, 2:00PM-4:15PM EST
(19:00-21:15 GMT). This training familiarizes participants with
ITRC's Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance and
Decision Trees, Revised (Phyto-3, 2009). This document provides
guidance for regulators who evaluate and make informed decisions
on phytotechnology work plans and practitioners who have to
evaluate any number of remedial alternatives at a given site.
This document updates and replaces Phytoremediation Decision
Tree (Phyto-1, 1999) and Phytotechnology Technical and
Regulatory Guidance Document (Phyto-2, 2001). It has merged the
concepts of both documents into a single document. This guidance
includes new, and more importantly, practical information on the
process and protocol for selecting and applying various
phytotechnologies as remedial alternatives. For more information
and to register, see http://www.itrcweb.org or
http://clu-in.org/live .
Green Remediation: Applying Strategies in the Field - November
12 and December 15. In June 2009, EPA held its annual National
Association of Remedial Project Managers meeting in Atlanta, GA,
and for the second year in a row, one of our most attended
sessions was on Green Remediation (GR). And like last year, we
are offering those talks again to an online audience! EPA's
definition of GR includes the practice of considering the
environmental effects of a remediation strategy (i.e., the
remedy selected and the implementation approach) early in the
process, and incorporating options to maximize the net
environmental benefit of the cleanup action. Since last year,
experience has increased and policies are more developed, and
this is a chance to share that with an online audience. EPA's
Technical Support Project, led by the Engineering Forum, has
taken this full-day session and has held one session on October
8th. Tthe other two sessions will follow on November 12th and
December 15th. For more information and to register, see
http://clu-in.org/live .
SERDP Funding Opportunities - November 13, 2009, 1:00PM-2:30PM
EST (18:00-19:30 GMT). This seminar will provide a summary of
the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
(SERDP) development and opportunities for interested researchers
to conduct research and development. This 'how to play' briefing
will offer essential info
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