Pre-Conference Workshops
Please see the descriptions below of the pre-conference workshops that will be offered at the 2010 National Tanks Conference. You can select a workshop when registering for the conference. Workshops are a reimbursable cost. Space is limited and on-site registration is not accepted.
Petroleum Vapor Intrusion Workshop
Sunday, September 19th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: TBD (Westin Boston Waterfront)
This workshop covers considerations assessing and evaluating vapor migration from subsurface sources into buildings specific to petroleum hydrocarbons. Subjects include applicable conceptual models for the source, soil, and building enclosure; evidence for biodegradation including oxygen and petroleum vapor data summaries; collection and interpretation of data for petroleum sites; and the exclusion distance concept. Modeling approaches using the API BioVapor model (www.api.org/vi) will be demonstrated. Case studies, incorporating petroleum biodegradation, with comparison to modeled estimates, will be included.
Clean-Up Optimization Workshop
Sunday, September 19th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: TBD (Westin Boston Waterfront)
This workshop will present the latest in implementing aggressive remediation technologies, including enhanced site assessment, real‐time feasibility testing, optimizing conventional and aggressive remediation technologies via design and O&M modifications, and much more. The strategies to be discussed in this session will include:
- Remediation Optimization Using Direct Sensing Technologies and SmartData Solutions® to Reduce Remediation Costs via Source Area Delineation and Performance
- Real‐Time Feasibility Testing to Assess Numerous Remediation Technologies in One Event
- Improving Well Efficiency to Enhance System Performance
- System Optimization During System Design and Operation to Enhance Conventional Remediation Technologies
- Chemical Oxidation – How Oxidants Work
- Chemical Oxidation – Lessons Learned and What to Watch Anticipate
Petroleum Brownfields Workshop
Sunday, September 19th, 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Location: TBD (Westin Boston Waterfront)
The workshop will be geared towards the broad spectrum of stakeholders associated with petroleum brownfield properties to help potential stakeholders grasp a better understanding of their respective roles, responsibilities, and opportunities. The workshop will be presented by private‐sector and public‐sector practitioners with extensive expertise in redeveloping contaminated properties. It will include presentations on a broad range of financial, regulatory and community issues associated with the cleanup and redevelopment including topics such as engaging stakeholder groups, developing goals, identifying intervention options, conducting due diligence, identifying redevelopment barriers, evaluating potential risks/liabilities, and selection of risk management tools.
To address the unique nature of brownfields properties and enhance stakeholder engagement in the revitalization process, the USEPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks is proposing to develop a workbook focused specifically on petroleum brownfields and enhanced stakeholder engagement. This workbook will build upon the risk management concepts outlined in the USEPA Region 1 “Risk Management Workbook for Municipalities and other Government Entities Addressing Revitalization of Contaminated Properties,” which is targeted for release in spring of 2010. Intertwined in the presentation will be a case study and break‐out sessions to provide the attendees with the opportunity to gain hands‐on experience in the concepts presented and the use of the worksheets and pro forma provided in the workbook. The workshop will also provide a mechanism to receive input and feedback from the participants to help guide the content and format of the workbook.
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) Workshop
Sunday, September 19th, 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: TBD (Westin Boston Waterfront)
The workshop will provide an overview of the LNAPL remedial technology selection framework, introduce attendees to the remedial technology information contained in the document, and teach attendees how to apply the framework by case example. Attendees will gain a better appreciation for the importance of developing a sound LNAPL conceptual site model, a better understanding of how to set remedial objectives for LNAPL sites, and learn how to use a tool designed to facilitate remedial technology selection. This workshop will benefit regulators, site owners, and environmental consultants and equip them to make better remedial technology selection decisions. The target audience is environmental professionals with responsibilities as project managers, owner/operators, and regulatory decision‐makers involved with sites impacted by petroleum hydrocarbon liquids. This will be an opportunity for learning about LNAPL behavior in the subsurface, methods for investigating the spatial distribution, volume, mobility, and recoverability of LNAPL in contact with groundwater, assessing plume migration and exposure risks, and approaches for developing an LNAPL conceptual site model for mitigating LNAPL mobility and toxicity, with suggestions for endpoint negotiations with stakeholders.
Petroleum Forensics Workshop
Sunday, September 19th, 3:15 to 5:00 PM
Location: TBD (Westin Boston Waterfront)
Petroleum/Tanks Forensics seeks answers to questions such as: Is a tank leaking? Which tank is leaking? Whose tank is leaking? When did a tank start leaking?
Topics will include: Normal and abnormal mass balance relationships at a retail petroleum outlet when vapor recovery and seasonal temperature variations are taken into account; methods for chemical and isotopic fingerprinting petroleum products; age-dating methods for diesel and gasoline products including an update on the Christensen and Larsen method; age dating dissolved phase plumes based on MTBE plume length; and other information available for dissolved phase plumes.
