RemTech 2010 Presentations
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Pre-Conference Workshop

Working with the Federal Government on Future Contaminated Sites

• Selling to the Government of Canada - Presentation
  Darlene Chuka, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
  
  
• Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP) - Presentation
  Helen Braiter, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
  
  
• An Update on the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP): Report on Progress and the Plans for the Future - Presentation
  Jody Klassen, Environment Canada
  
  
• New Supplementary Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessments at Contaminated Sites under the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) - Presentation
  Jennifer Froese, Environment Canada
  
  
• Deloitte 2010 Update on Cleantech and Environmental Services - Presentation
  David Sparrow and Spencer Ord, Deloitte & Touche LLP
  
  
• DCC/DND - Contaminated Sites Projects with Defence Construction Canada - Presentation
  Ross Welsman, Defence Construction Canada
  
  
• Contaminated Sites Management within National Defence – A West Coast Navy Perspective - Presentation
  Duane Freeman, Department of National Defence

Opening Keynote

• The Faces of Oil Sands Reclamation - Presentation
  Patrick Sean Wells, Manager, Research Engineering for Reclamation, Suncor Energy

Conference Technical Sessions

British Columbia Perspective

• Tidal Implications for Development of a Risk Management Program in a Coastal Environment - Presentation
  Erin Robson, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd
  
  
• Multi-Phased Assessment and Remediation of Former Car Dealership in Fort St. John BC, including Soil Vapour Assessment and Screening Level Risk Assessment to Achieve a Certificate of Compliance Under the BC Contaminated Site Regulation CSAP Process - Presentation
  Cal Faminow, EWD Consulting Corp.
  
  
• The Reduction of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil Under Saline Conditions Using Ultrasound - Presentation
  Doug McMillan, SNC-Lavalin Environment
  
  
• Installation and Start-Up of an In-Situ Air Sparge / Soil Vapour Extraction Remediation System for a Strip Mall - Presentation
  Takako Matsueda, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd

DND Sites

• Challenges in Barrier Wall Construction and Site Remediation on Esquimalt Harbour: Remediation of the Yarrows Shipyard, CFB Esquimalt - Presentation
  Jeff Nyman, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd
  
  
• DND Oily Waste Water Treatment Plant Fractured Bedrock Remediation, CFB Esquimalt - Presentation
  David Kettlewell, SNC-Lavalin Environment
  
  
• Full-Scale Alkaline Hydrolysis of Organic Explosives in Soil - Presentation
  Ronnie Britto, Tetra Tech
  
  
• 5 Wing Goose Bay Remediation Project - Presentation
  Craig Wells, Department of National Defence

Hydrocarbons

• Successful Full-Scale Deployments of Advanced PGPR Enhanced Phytoremediation Systems (PEPS) for Decontamination of Petroleum and Salt Impacted Soils - Presentation
  Bruce M. Greenberg, University of Waterloo
  
  
• RCMP Detachment Remediation Project, Carcross, Yukon Territory - Presentation
  John Taylor, Hemmera
  Jennifer Mayberry, RCMP
  
  
• 3D Modelization and Remediation of Hydrocarbon Impacted Soil at a Former Mine Site in Northern Quebec - Presentation
  Philippe Gingras, Biogenie, a division of EnGlobe Corp.
  
  
• Multiphase Approach to Remediation Using Subsurface Fracturing, Surface Extraction and Modified Fenton Chemistry - Presentation
  Dennis Owens, Oxy Teknologies Inc.
  
  
• Inferring Hydrocarbon Contamination in the Arctic through the use of Remote Sensing - Presentation
  Brian Adeney, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
  
  
• Achieving Successful In-Situ Remediation of Petroleum Impacted Clays using Permeable Treatment Pathways Emplaced by Hydraulic Fracturing - Presentation
  Heather Sturm, FRAC RITE Environmental Ltd.
  
  
• Novel Treatment Approach: In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Combined with Enhanced Aerobic Bioremediation Treats High Concentrations - Presentation
  Patrick Jordan, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  
  
• Active In-Situ Petroleum Hydrocarbon Remediation in Discontinuous Permafrost – Practical Experience and Lessons Learned - Presentation
  Michael Brown, WorleyParsons Canada Ltd

Oilfield Remediation

• The Reclamation Industries’ Impact on the Evolution of Drilling Fluids - Presentation
  Kristin Barr, Marquis Alliance Energy Group
  
  
• Post Remediation Management of Residual Salt Impacts at a Closed Former Sour Gas Processing Plant - Presentation
  Michael L Brewster, WorleyParsons Canada Ltd.
  
  
• Case Study: Cause, Response and Cleanup of a Gas Well Blowout - Presentation
  Brent Albrecht, Marquis Alliance
  Devin Allibone, CNRL
  
  
• Remediation of Wellsites in an Alberta Historical Oilfield undergoing Urban Development - Presentation
  Pat Payne and Wanda Sakura, Orphan Well Association

Saskatchewan Perspective

• The Use of Nitrate as a Supplied Electron Acceptor to Sequentially Transition to Sulfate Reducing Conditions for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation - Presentation
  Chris Mathies, Stantec
  
  
• Oxidant Dispersal in Tight Clay Formations using EK3 Technology - Presentation
  Sean Frisky, Ground Effects Environmental
  
  
• Surfactant Enhanced High Vacuum Duel Phase Extraction Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soil, Bedrock, and Groundwater Aquifer (In-Situ Case Study) - Presentation
  Bud Ivey, Ivey International
  
  
• Characterization and Assessment of Arsenic Mineralogy using Synchrotron Radiation - Presentation
  Jeff Warner, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Brownfields

• Site Assessment Update of the Former Canada Creosote Site, Calgary, AB - Presentation
  Tom Jacklin, AECOM
  
  
• FCM’s Green Municipal Fund - Brownfield Financing and Tools - Presentation
  Jessica Mankowski, FCM Green Municipal Fund
  
  
• Addressing Environmental Concerns during the East Village Brownfield Redevelopment Project - Presentation
  Garry Chan, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  
  
• Case Study – A Multi-Phase Remediation Strategy for the City of Brandon’s 1st & Rosser Site - Presentation
  Scott Chapman, AECOM

Miscellaneous

• Coupling Surfactants with Permanganate for Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) Removal: Coinjection or Sequential Application as Delivery Methods - Presentation
  Pamela J. Dugan, Carus Remediation Technologies
  
  
• Self-Sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation (STAR): Scientific Principles and Field Applications for the Treatment of NAPL-Contaminated Soils - Presentation
  Gavin Grant, SiREM
  
  
• Advanced In-Situ Biogeochemical Treatment of Lead and other Heavy-Metal Contaminated Soils - Presentation
  Ronnie Britto, Tetra Tech
  
  
• Performance Based Fixed Fee and Alternative Site Remediation Contracting Vehicles – Cost Certainty or Cost Creation? - Presentation
  David Wilson, AECOM
  
  
• Evaluation of Potential ECOLOGICAL and HUMAN Health Risks Associated with Residual Pentachlorophenol Following the Decommissioning of Transmission Lines in Alberta - Presentation
  Doug Keyes, Matrix Solutions Inc.
  
  
• The Use of Remediation-Driven Characterizations to Develop a Multi-Faceted Remedial Program - Presentation
  Chris Mathies, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  
  
• The Evolution of Field Application of nano Scale Zero Valent Iron (nZVI) in a Deep Low Permeability Aquifer - Presentation
  Leanne Austrins, CH2M HILL Canada
  
  
• Hydrogeochemical Characterization to Evaluate the Potential for In Situ Selenium Reduction - Presentation
  Erica Andrew, Golder Associates Ltd.
  
  
• Soil Washing with a Micellar Solution: Field Test at a Gas Station (Laval, Québec, Canada) - Presentation
  Maxime Grenier, INRS - Eau, Terre et Environnement
  
  
• Enhanced Bioremediability of Residual OCs in Post-TDU Clean Dirt? - Presentation
  Nick Platts, Nelson Environmental Remediation
  
  
• Evaluation of an Effective & Sustainable SVE Tool to Extract Petroleum Hydrocarbon Vapours from the Subsurface - Presentation
  Bogdan Pawlak, AquaSolv Environmental Services

The Quebec Perspective

• Enhancement of LNAPL In-Situ Recovery Using Soil Washing with a Surfactant Solution - Presentation
  Thomas Robert, INRS - Eau, Terre et Environnement
  
  
• Microbial Community Characterization as an Approach to Addressing Bioremediation Challenges in the Canadian Arctic - Presentation
  Charles W. Greer, National Research Council Canada, Biotechnology Research Institute
  
  
• Tools and Methods to Reduce and Control Uncertainties Associated with the Use of In Situ Remediation Techniques (Chemical Oxidation) for Organic Contaminants in Soil and Groundwater - Presentation
  Jean Paré, Chemco Inc.
  
  
• Green Remediation and Risk Management: Can We Optimize Site Remediation and Be Sustainable? - Presentation
  Sylvain Loranger, LVM (a subsidiary of Dessau)

Laboratory Analysis & Testing

• The Effect of Sampling Strategy on Volatile Organic Compound in Soil Concentrations Determined in the Laboratory - Presentation
  Marcus Maguire, AGAT Laboratories
  
  
• New Developments in Thermal Desorption Tube & Canister Technologies For Collection & Analysis of Soil Gas - Presentation
  Roy Smith ALS, Environmental
  
  
• Custom Thermal Desorption Tube Developed Specifically for Soil Vapour Analysis - Presentation
  Brent Mussato, CARO Analytical Services
  
  
• CCME Hydrocarbon Extraction Improvements - Evaluation of a Cost Effective, High Volume Technique to Remove Biogenic Compound Interferences in Soil Samples - Presentation
  Bryan Chubb, Maxxam Analytics
  
  
• A Rapid Bioassay for Oil-Contaminated Soil - Presentation
  John Ashworth, ALS Environmental
  
  
• Source Identification of Hydrocarbons Following Spill Events - Presentation
  Detlef (Deib) Birkholz, ALS Environmental
  
  
• Effective Use of Environmental Forensics for Determining Liability on Unknown Sources of Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Presentation
  Court D. Sandau, TRIUM

Landfill Management / Remediation

• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers as a Source of Contamination from Landfills - Presentation
  Monica Danon-Schaffer, Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company
  
  
• Remediation of Odour Impacted Soil - Former Oilfield Landfill, Turner Valley, Alberta - Presentation
  Bart Kenneway , EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
  
  
• Landfill Biocell (LBC) – A Technology Application to Biostabilize the Organic Fraction of the Solid Waste Stream - Presentation
  Don Davies, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  Corey Colbran, City of Calgary
  
  
• Landfilling – If You’re Going to Do It, Do It Right - Presentation
  Ian Macleod, AMEC Earth & Environment
  
  
• DND Remediation of a Shoreline Landfill and Restoration of Migratory Bird Wetland and Salt Marsh - Royal Roads Property, Victoria, BC - Presentation
  Duane Freeman, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt
  
  
• Design and Implementation of an Alternative Water Management Strategy Mission Landfill, District of Mission, British Columbia - Presentation
  James Reid, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
  
  
• The Use of Claystone Material as a Compacted Clay landfill Liner at Drumheller Regional Landfill Expansion - Presentation
  Tom Jacklin, AECOM
  

In-Situ

• Evaluation of the Propagation of Secondary Fractures from Hydraulic Fracture and Injection to Create a Treatment Zone in Low Permeability Fractured Clay Soils - Presentation
  Christopher Peace, CH2MHILL Canada
  
  
• Integrated Approach to the Remediation of Chlorinated Organic Compounds in Low Permeability Soils – A Field Study - Presentation
  Leanne Austrins, CH2M HILL Canada