General Meeting of the

Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
EPA Conference Center

One Potomac Yard (South), Arlington
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Agenda


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Overall Objectives for the Meeting:

  1. Improve communication and common understanding of the topic.
  2. Share experience and lessons learned in advancing best practices.
  3. Outline key issues and develop shared strategies to address them.

8:30 am Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
John Kingscott, USEPA/OSWER/OSRTI
8:45 am FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
  • FRTR Agency Announcements (Projects/Initiatives)
  • FRTR Subgroup Reports
  • Ballots for Future Meeting Topics / Current Meeting Objectives
    John Kingscott, USEPA/OSWER/OSRTI
9:15 am Low-Energy Treatment Technologies for Groundwater and Soil
Agency Perspectives
Moderator: Carol Dona, USACE
  • Energy Considerations at Navy Restoration Sites
    Kim Brown, NAVAC
    Abstract (1pp/18.5KB/PDF) | Presentation (31pp/734KB/PDF)
  • Low-Energy Technologies at U.S. Air Force Sites
    Erica Becvar, AFCEE
    Presentation (34pp/1.35MB/PDF)
10:15 am BREAK
10:45 am Low-Energy Treatment Technologies for Groundwater and Soil
Agency Perspectives, Cont.
Moderator: Erica Becvar, AFCEE
  • Permeable Reactive Barriers—A Green Technology
    Kimberly Wilson, SCDHEC
    Abstract (1pp/18.7KB/PDF) | Presentation (23pp/552KB/PDF)
  • Large, Dilute Solvent Plumes
    Jim Cummings, USEPA
    Abstract (1pp/11.6KB/PDF) | Presentation (26pp/299KB/PDF)
  • Environmental Remediation Energy Calculators
    Carol Dona, USACE
    Abstract (1pp/62.4KB/PDF) | Presentation (18pp/499KB/PDF)
12:15 pm Working Lunch on Site
Moderator: Erica Becvar, AFCEE
  • Pilot Scale Testing of Swellable Organosilica-Nanoparticle Composite Materials for the In Situ and Ex Situ Remediation of Groundwater Contaminated with Chlorinated Organics
    Paul Edmiston, College of Wooster
    Abstract (1pp/11.4KB/PDF) | Presentation (38pp/13.2MB/PDF)
    Movies for Slide 3 (2.98MB/AVI) | Slide 7 (131MB/AVI)
Ballots Collected
1:00 pm Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Moderator: Beth Moore, DOE
  • Small RE Systems: Performance Versus Prediction
    Curt Elmore, University of Missouri
    Abstract (1pp/18.9KB/PDF) | Presentation (40pp/6.91MB/PDF)
  • Low-Energy Technologies and Uncertainty Analysis
    Sam Brock, AFCEE
    Presentation (24pp/1.67MB/PDF)
2:00 pm BREAK
2:30 pm Case Studies and Lessons Learned, Cont.
Moderator: Kim Brown, NAVFAC
  • Integrated Solar and Wind Energy Powers Oil Recovery: Former St. Croix Alumina (SCA) Site in St. Croix, VI
    Timothy Gordon, EPA Region 2
    Abstract (1pp/19.5KB/PDF) | Presentation (28pp/3.29MB/PDF)
  • An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at MCB Camp Pendleton
    Arun Gavaskar, NAVFAC Atlantic Office
    Abstract (1pp/15KB/PDF) | Presentation (21pp/2.51KB/PDF)
3:30 pm Action Items and Follow-up
3:45 pm

 Wrap-up
4:00 pm ADJOURN