General Meeting of the

Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
EPA Conference Center

One Potomac Yard (South), Arlington
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Agenda


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Overall Objectives for the Meeting:

  1. Improve communication and common understanding of optimization.
  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
8:45 am FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
  • FRTR Agency Announcements (Projects/Incentives)
  • Green Remediation Subgroup Report
    Carlos Pachon, U.S. EPA
9:15 am Panel Discussion: Optimization
Facilitator: Carol Dona, USACE

Each speaker will provide a 10-15 minute overview followed by discussion.

10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Panel Discussion: Optimization (cont.)
Facilitator: Carol Dona, USACE
12:00 pm WORKING LUNCH
Facilitator: Greg Gervais, U.S. EPA
  • FRTR Present and Future Directions Working Group
    Karla Harre, U.S. Navy
    Presentation (8pp/64.3KB/PDF)
  • Ballots for Future Meeting Topics
1:20 pm Optimization Reviews: An Opportunity to Consider Exit Strategies
Steve Dyment, U.S. EPA
Abstract (1pp/17.4KB/PDF) | Presentation (17pp/1.53MB/PDF)
1:40 pm Remedy Optimization in the Era of Performance-Based Contracting
Dave Becker, USACE
Abstract (1pp/52.1KB/PDF) | Presentation (11pp/1.12MB/PDF)
2:00 pm Environmental Footprint Reduction Through Remedy Optimization
Doug Sutton, Tetra Tech GEO
Abstract (1pp/14.2KB/PDF) | Presentation (29pp/1.05MB/PDF)
2:20 pm BREAK
2:40 pm Navy Environmental Restoration Program: Management and Monitoring Approach
Jan Nielsen, NAVFAC
Abstract (1pp/19.6KB/PDF) | Presentation (19pp/4.56MB/PDF)
3:00 pm Remediation Process Optimization in the Age of Performance Contracts
John Gillespie, AFCEE
Abstract (1pp/40.6KB/PDF) | Presentation (20pp/941KB/PDF)
3:20 pm Remediation Process Optimization and Long Term Monitoring Optimization: Identifying Opportunities for Enhanced and More Efficient Site Remediation the New Jersey Experience
Tom O'Neill, NJDEP
Abstract (2pp/29.1KB/PDF) | Presentation (22pp/743KB/PDF)
3:40 pm PBMO: The Comprehensive Physics-Based Flow, Transport, and Management Optimization Tool Kit
Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic, Inc.
Abstract (1pp/22KB/PDF) | Presentation (21pp/6.70MB/PDF)
4:00 pm Action Items and Follow-up
4:15 pm

Ballot Results/Wrap-up
4:30 pm ADJOURN