General Meeting
Best Practices and Recent Technical Advances in Site Characterization and Conceptual Site Model Development
Tuesday, May 16, 2022 | 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM (ET)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters
William Jefferson Clinton West Building
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW | Washington DC 20004
Register to attend in-person: http://www.trainex.org/frtr.
Register to attend online: https://clu-in.org/training/webinar/FRTRSpring2023/.
View/Download the Fall 2022 Meeting Logistics (4pp/1.04MB/PDF).
Meeting Objectives:
The FRTR Spring 2023 General Meeting will discuss recent advances in site characterization techniques and Conceptual Site Model (CSM) development and will include technical presentations with case studies highlighting how these advances are being applied to address key challenges at complex sites to improve the level of understanding of site conditions, identify and efficiently address data gaps, support remediation decisions, and accelerate site closure.
AGENDA
View/Download the May 2023 Meeting Agenda (2pp/164KB/PDF).
9:00 am | Welcome EPA |
Meeting Objectives and Administrative Business Christopher Zevitas, FRTR Steering Committee (USDOT-Volpe) and Kent Glover, FRTR Sterring Committee Chair (AFCEC) |
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9:15 am | Applications of Environmental Sequence Stratigraphy (ESS) to Remediation Design and Optimization Mark Stapleton (Noblis) |
10:00 am | Dye-Laser Induced Flourescence (Dye-LIF) for Deliniating Co-mingled Plumes Michael Klosky (ECC) and Randy St. Germain (Dakota Technologies) |
10:45 am | Agency Networking Break |
11:00 am | Aerial Electromagnetic Surveys for Mapping Subsurface Geology and Fractured Flow TBD |
11:45 am | Bioremediation: Recent Advances in Site Characterization TBD |
12:30 pm | LUNCH |
1:30 pm | Agency Announcements |
1:45 pm | Evaluating Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions Ian Bowen (EPA Region 8) |
2:30 pm | Comound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) for Source Identification Travis Lewis (Lewis and Smith Engineering) |
3:15 pm | Agency Networking Break |
3:30 pm | Visual Sample Plan (VSP): Defensible Statistical Sampling Design and Geophysical Data Analysis for Site Characterization Jen Huckett, Lisa Newburn, and Fred Day-Lewis (PNNL) |
4:15 pm | Advancements in Conceptual Site Model (CSM) Tools: Dynamic Dashboards and Visualization Tools for Managing Complex Sites Colin Plank (Burns & McDonnell) |
5:00 pm | Concluding Remarks and Action Items Kent Glover, FRTR Steering Committee Chair (AFCEC) |
5:30 pm | Adjourn |