Technical Support Project
Meetings
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Previous Meetings:
HENDERSON, NV, November 26 - December 1, 2012 (NARPM Annual Training Program)
- Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5 pp, 865KB)
The following technical presentations were made during forum business sessions at the NARPM conference:
- Selected "Green" Biological Remediation Technologies Currently Used by the ORD Engineering Technical Support Center (PDF) (26pp, 3.2 MB)
- High-Resolution Site Characterization and Indoor Air Sampling Techniques for VOCs and SVOCs (PDF) (40pp, 2.9 MB)
- Environmental Sequence Stratigraphy: Innovative Method to Define the Subsurface (PDF) (34pp, 9.7 MB)
- Hexavalent Chromium Contamination in Deep Groundwater Beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico (PDF) (34pp, 5.7 MB)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA MAY 1-3, 2012
- Presentations
- Meeting Highlights (PDF) (12pp, 480KB)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI May 16-20, 2011 (NARPM Annual Training Program)
- Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 141KB)
The following technical presentations were made during forum business sessions at the NARPM conference:
- The Dipole Flow Test (DFT) and Applications at the Garvey Elevator Site, Hastings, Nebraska (PDF) (25 pp, 2.4MB)
- Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) and NAS Moffett Field Superund Sites, Mountain View and Moffett Field, CA: Challenges and Path Forward (PDF) (38 pp, 6.2 MB)
- Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division, Ada, Oklahoma (PDF) (15pp, 1.0 MB)
- ISCO Application at Two Sites (PDF) (48pp, 7.2 MB)
- Emmell's Septic Landfill: Treatment Plant Design Considerations to Accommodate Operations from Interim Through Site Wide Remedy (PDF) (33pp, 2.7 MB)
ORLANDO, FL NOVEMBER 15-18, 2010
Agenda and Presentations
Meeting Highlights
(PDF) (7pp, 380KB)
ARLINGTON, VA May 24-28, 2010 (NARPM Annual Training Program)
The following technical presentations were made during forum business sessions at the NARPM conference.
- Tree Coring for Subsurface Contamination (PDF) (102pp, 10 MB)
- In Planta Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) Analysis (PDF) (23pp, 1.7 MB)
- Dendroforensics Using Inorganics (PDF) (71pp, 9.3 MB)
- Recent Groundwater Issues (PDF) (8pp, 55KB)
- Update on the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) (PDF) (5pp, 39KB)
The TSP/NARPM Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 217KB) are also available.
SAN ANTONIO, TX November 17-19, 2009
Agenda and Presentations
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (8pp, 258KB)
ATLANTA, GA June 2-5, 2009
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 260KB)
SAN DIEGO, CA January 26-29, 2009
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (6pp, 358KB)
Ground Water Forum Case Studies
- Changing Remedial Landscape at a DNAPL Site (PDF) (18pp, 961KB). Richard Willey, Hydrologist.
- Dealing with Uncertainty: A Hydrogeologic Model Case Study (PDF) (43pp, 5.0 MB). Brad Roberts, Kansas Department of Health & Environment.
- Solvents Repackaging Facility, Portland Harbor, OR (PDF) (42pp, 7.9MB). Howard Orlean & René Fuentes, U.S. EPA Region 10.
- Mercury in the South River, Waynesboro, VA (PDF) (32pp, 2.2 MB). Joel Hennessy, U.S. EPA Region 3.
Ground-Water Sampling of Long Screens in Deep Aquifers
- Sources of Sampling Bias in Long-Screened Wells (PDF) (15pp, 551KB). Steven D. Acree, U.S. EPA, Ground Water and Ecosystems Research Division.
Joint Forum Plenary Discussion
- Engineering Forum Update (PDF) (12pp, 452KB). Hilary Thornton, U.S. EPA Region 3.
- Federal Facilities Forum Goals and Plans for the Future (PDF) (7pp, 54KB). Ginny Lombardo, U.S. EPA Region 1.
- Ground Water Forum Update (PDF) (8pp, 355KB). Kay Wischkaemper, U.S. EPA Region 4
- OSRTI Recommendations to Supplement Superfund/ORD Technical Support (PDF) (7pp, 60KB). Steven Chang, U.S. EPA, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
Engineering Forum Presentations
- Hill AFB Operable Unit 12 Permeable Reactive Barrier Performance (PDF) (26pp, 5.6 MB). Sandra A. Bourgeois, U.S. EPA Region 8.
- The Value Engineering Study Process at EPA Fund Lead Sites (PDF) (23pp, 1.6 MB). Lindsey Lien, PE, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, NW Division.
- EPA Region 6 Soil Vapor Intrusion Study (PDF) (1pg, 913 KB). Gary Miller, U.S. EPA Region 6.
- Green Remediation & TSP: Opportunities for Tech Support (PDF) (17pp, 587 KB). Carlos Pachon, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation; Mike Gill, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development; Raji Josiam, U.S. EPA Region 6.
Federal Facilities Forum Presentations
- Multi-Increment Sample & Decision Unit Site Investigation Strategies (PDF) (53pp, 4.6 MB). Roger Brewer, Hawai‘i Department of Health.
PORTLAND, OR JULY 7-11, 2008
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 510KB)
Presentations at the Ground Water Forum Business Sessions:
- Monitoring a Phosphate Plume at Asumet Pond, Cape Cod, MA, Denis LeBlanc, USGS (PDF) (34pp, 6.65MB)
- Thermal Methods for Detecting Groundwater Discharge, Brewster Conant, University of Waterloo (PDF) (53pp, 10.1MB)
- Case Study: Evaluation of Groundwater/ Surface Water Interactions, IMC Site, Spartanburg, SC, Judy Canova, South Carolina DHEC (PDF) (29pp, 3.45MB)
- Case Study: NW Natural, Former "Gasco" MGP Site: Investigative Methods to Assess DNAPL and Dissolved-Phase Transport to the Willamette River, Dana Bayuk, Oregon DEQ (PDF) (46pp, 2.85MB)
- Case Study: Use of Stable Isotopes at the Palermo Well Field, Tumwater, Washington, Bernie Zavala, EPA-Region 10 (PDF) (19pp, 1.30MB)
- Case Study: Application of Stable Isotopes to Site Characterization, Dimitri Vlassopoulos, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates Inc. (PDF) (33pp, 19MB)
LAS VEGAS, NV NOVEMBER 5-8, 2007
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (7pp, 2.3MB)
Meeting Agenda (including links to presentations)
BALTIMORE, MD MAY 21-25, 2007
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 343K)
Presentations at the Ground Water Forum Business Sessions:
- Characterization of Preferential Ground-Water Seepage to West Bank Canal Creek, Emily Majcher (Geosyntec Consultants), D. Phelan (U.S. Geological Survey), M. Lorah (U.S. Geological Survey), and A. McGinty (EA Engineering) (PDF) (25pp, 2.7MB)
- New Sensor Technologies for Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring, Brad Garner, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (PDF) (22pp, 1.1MB)
- Things About the USGS that I Wish I Knew when I Was Working at the USEPA, Doug Yeskis, U.S. Geological Survey (PDF) (15pp, 1.7MB)
LONG BEACH, CA NOVEMBER 13-16, 2006
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 163K)
NEW ORLEANS, LA JUNE 19-22, 2006
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (5pp, 159K)
Presentations at the Ground Water Forum Business Sessions:
- Barnett and Gill: Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison Program Update (PDF) (22pp, 887K)
- Bruck: Capture Zone Case Studies for Two Superfund sites (PDF) (22pp, 634K)
- Burden: U.S. EPA/ORD Update (PDF) (13pp, 387K)
- Canova: Five Year Review Process at Para-Chem NPL Site (PDF) (38pp, 1.2MB)
- Lovelace: Roadmap for Remedy Closure, Concept & Discussion (PDF) (23pp, 92K)
Meeting Agenda (PDF) (4pp, 69K) (includes links to presentations)
Meeting highlights (PDF) (6pp, 173K)
PHOENIX, AZ MAY 23-27, 2005 (joint NARPM/TSP conference)
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (4pp, 478K)
See NARPM website for technical presentations as they become available. The NARPM website is located at http://www.epanarpm.org/narpm2005/home.htm.
SACRAMENTO, CA OCTOBER 18-24, 2004
Technical Sessions Summary (PDF) (34pp, 226K) (includes links to presentations)
MIAMI BEACH, FL MAY 24-28, 2004 (joint NARPM/TSP conference)
Meeting Highlights (PDF) (4pp, 174K)
NIAGARA FALLS, NY OCTOBER 20-23,2003
Fractured Bedrock Sessions, Niagara Falls, NY
• Monday Morning Presentations
• Wednesday Morning Presentations
• Wednesday Afternoon Presentations
• Thursday Morning Presentations
SEATTLE, WA, APRIL 22-25, 2003
Technical Sessions Summary, Seattle, WA (PDF) (37pp, 1.7MB) (contains links to presentations)
DNAPL Panel Session, Seattle, WA (PDF) (8pp, 50K)
PENSACOLA, FL, NOVEMBER 18-21, 2002
Technical Sessions Summary, Pensacola, FL (PDF) (34pp, 575K) (contains links to presentations)
DENVER, CO, JUNE 3-6, 2002
Technical Sessions Summary, Denver, CO (PDF) (39pp, 1.1 MB) (contains links to presentations)
CAMBRIDGE, MA, NOVEMBER 5-8, 2001
Technical Sessions Summary, Cambridge, MA (PDF) (24pp, 123K) (contains links to presentations)
SAN DIEGO, CA, MAY 7-10, 2001
Technical Sessions Summary, San Diego, CA (PDF) (62pp, 258K) (contains links to presentations)