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Class Details

Below are the details about this event:

Class Name:  
Monthly Engineering Forum Virtual Training
Topic:
Combined Remedies (And Attentive/Adaptive Deployment)/Newer Tools
Class Description:
The Engineering Forum (EF), established in the late 1980s, is a group of engineers and scientists that supports the Superfund and RCRA programs in each of the ten EPA Regional Offices. As one of the EPA Technical Support Project’s (TSP) three technical forums, the EF is a medium for exchanging technical information regarding innovative site cleanup and characterization technologies. Monthly technical talks focus on site-specific engineering problems encountered, alternatives and solutions, and lessons learned. After each presentation, information regarding upcoming events and training are discussed and time for an Open Mic discussion is provided. If you are a Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Brownfields, state or federal environmental professional who is interested in solving technical issues, register for any technical talks listed below that interest you and join the discussion!

Presentations are specifically designed for EPA staff including RPMs, OSCs, Corrective Action Managers, Superfund and Technology Liaisons, Chemists, Biologists, Physical Scientists, and Engineers from within EPA regions, program offices, laboratory system, and headquarters personnel as well as environmental professionals from state agencies, tribes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. of Energy, and other federal agencies of all experience levels. THIS TRAINING IS NOT OPEN TO ACADEMIA, CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.

We will try to meet any special accommodations necessary for our participants as possible if given a minimum of two weeks notice. You will be prompted to indicate if you need any special accommodations upon registering for these events.

For general information, check out the EPA Engineering Forum Sharepoint site or contact Luci Dunnington via e-mail at dunnington.lucila@epa.gov.

*This training is offered free of charge to all registrants who are confirmed to attend. One CLP will be issued for each session attended when you register and log on with the registration link provided to enable your attendance to be confirmed.*
 

Class Status:
Completed
Class Begins:
February 05, 2020 at 12:30 PM
Class Ends:
February 05, 2020 at 01:30 PM
Additional Notes:
Jim Cummings discussed the growing awareness that combined remedies may be the most suitable approach to address site contamination. Combined remedies are particularly suitable for sites where contaminants are present in different phases or concentrations or found in different zones. He gave some examples of different technologies and approaches that can be effectively combined at a contaminated site, such as in situ chemical oxidation coupled with accelerated bioremediation.

Jim also briefly discussed and gave examples or five “newer” cleanup tools that EPA is tracking – injection of activated carbon, horizontal wells, bio-trap samplers, dynamic groundwater recirculation, and low-temperature in situ thermal treatment. He also discussed the use of geology as a tool to help “connect the dots” and determine the below-ground profile of the remedy zone. 

Presenter: Jim Cummings, OSRTI/TIFSD

Location:
Online