General Meeting of the
Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
EPA Conference Center

One Potomac Yard (South), Arlington
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Meeting Summary


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8:30 am Welcome/Opening Remarks/
FRTR Member Announcements
Norman Niedergang
U.S. EPA/Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI)
9:10 am FRTR Activities Update
Presentation (PDF) (16pp/2.59MB)
John Kingscott
EPA/OSRTI
9:30 am BREAK


Sediments Remedial Technology

9:45 am Status of Sediment Remediation Work and/or Policy - EPA, Navy, Army, Army Corps, SERDP/ESTCP, USGS, States (each speaker will provide a 10-15 minute overview)
Carol L. Dona
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Center of Environmental and Munitions Expertise, technical meeting facilitator
  Presentation (PDF) (9pp/67.4KB)
Steve Ells
EPA/OSRTI
  Presentation (PDF) (32pp/157KB)
Wanda Holmes
U.S. Navy
   
Todd Bridges
Army Engineering Research and Development Center (Army ERDC), Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CEERD-EM-D)
  Presentation (PDF) (1pp/291KB)
Andrea Leeson
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) SERDP/ESTCP
  Presentation (PDF) (7pp/135KB)
Kim Ward
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC)
11:45 am Collect and Discuss Ballots for Future Meeting Topics  
12:00 pm LUNCH (Provided)
12:20 pm Remedy Optimization and Adaptive Management
Presentation (PDF) (26pp/380KB)
Todd Bridges
Army ERDC, CEERD-EM-D
12:50 pm Improved Record of Decision and Baseline Ecological Risk Assessments
Presentation (PDF) (19pp/2.13MB)
Donna Caldwell
CH2MHill
1:20 pm Interactive Sediment Remedy Assessment Portal (ISRAP): A Tool to Facilitate Design of Long-term Remedial Monitoring Strategies
Presentation (PDF) (28pp/1.58MB)
Victoria Kirtay
Environmental Sciences Branch SPAWARSYSCEN
1:50 pm Dredging in Sediment-Containing Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC)
Presentation (PDF) (45pp/4.46MB)
George Follett
USACE, Baltimore District
2:20 pm BREAK
2:40 pm Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Assessing the Effectiveness
Presentation (PDF) (23pp/1.24MB)
Karl Gustavson
Army ERDC, Environmental Laboratory, Temporary Assignment to EPA/OSRTI
3:10 pm In Situ Technologies for the Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Presentation (PDF) (21pp/1.85MB)
Kelly Madalinski
EPA/OSRTI
3:40 pm

Active Caps for Remediation Mixtures of Contaminants and Resistance to Erosion
Presentation (PDF) (42pp/4.03MB)
Anna Knox
U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River National Laboratory
4:10 pm Wrap-up/Next Steps/Next Meeting Agenda
Norman Niedergang
EPA/OSRTI

4:30 pm

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