542F03008
Call for
Conference On
Accelerating Site Closeout,
Improving Performance, and
Reducing Costs
Through Optimization
June 15 -17,2.004
Dallas, Texas
Federal
Remediation
Technologies
Roundtable
'^SERDP
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Conference Goals
D Outline long-term remediation liabilities and
optimization needs and opportunities
D Disseminate existing and emerging optimization
strategies, technologies, tools, and science
D Communicate lessons learned. Identify technical,
institutional, contractual, and other enhancements
and encumbrances to achieving positive
optimization results
Q Present remedial optimization within the context of
site wide and multi-site management programs
5uggested Abstract Topics
Optimization Programs: Successes and Lessons
Learned
Summaries of projects completed using established optimiza-
tion programs developed by US Army Corps of Engineers, Air
Force, Navy, EPA, DOE, DLA, state, and commercial firms
Optimization With Respect to Remediation Program
Strategies
* Administrative/regulatory setting and program goals
• Conceptual site model and exit strategies
• Human/ecological risks
• Technology evaluation and remedy selection
• Remedy schedule, complexity, and design
• Technology transfer
• Other factors affecting successful optimization
Optimization of Long Term Monitoring (LTM)
Programs
• Emerging monitoring, sampling, and analytical methods
* Use of geophysical and remote sensing technologies
• Statistical optimization of monitoring programs
• Accelerated site evaluation strategies
• Development of focused Data Quality Objectives (DQOs)
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VVho Should Attend
D Remediation program managers responsible for
program planning and costs
D Public health and regulatory officials responsible for
protection of public and environmental health and
risk mitigation
D Remediation system operators and project managers
responsible for system performance, costs, and
schedule
CD Optimization service developers and service providers
Advances in Site Investigation and Remediation
Technologies >.
* Emerging sensor technologies
* Application of chemical/physical remedy enhancements
• Supervisory, Control, and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and
Human Machine Interface (HMI) tools
* Computer flow and transport modeling optimization, for
remediation
Measuring Remedy Performance
* Identifying performance metrics, and use of advanced
descriptive add predictive modeling
• Temporal and>spatial analysis to quantify the effectiveness and
efficiency
Data Management and Data Evaluation Techniques
• Use of Web-based, public access, and other IT tools
• Standardization in data management
• Use of decision support hardware and software
* Advanced data visualization and evaluation methods
• Optimizing the use of monitoring data
• Data mining with a purpose '
* Optimizing visualization methods
It is EPA's policy to make reasonable accommodation to persons with disabil
Rehabilitation Act of 1973,20 U.S.G. 791. Any request for accommodation s
May 14, 2004, so that EPA will have sufficient time to process the request.
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participating Organizations
D Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR)
D U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
D U.S. Navy
DU.S. Department of Energy (US DOE)
D U.S. Air Force
DU.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE)
EJ Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
D Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP)/Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP)
C3 Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC)
Financial and Non-Monetary Aspects of Optimization
' Traditional and non-traditional contracting mechanisms
• Approach for determining historical, current, and future costs
• Application of classical reliability, QA7QC, and efficiency
management tools
• Optimization lessons learned and rules of thumb
, * The human/interpersonal factor in the optimization project
• Optimization program spin-off values
•"Contracting for long-term O&M
Systems Performance Assessment and Optimization
' In-situ technologies - Soil vapor extraction, air sparging, pump
and treat, free product recovery, permeable reactive barriers,
bioremediation, and Others
• Ex-situ technologies - Bioreabtbrs, air stripping, carbon
adsorption, ion exchange, UV oxidation, chemical treatment,
and others
, Tracking Pre-and Post-Optimization System Performance
* Using LTM data to predict progress
* Capture zone analysis
* Plume evaluation and diagnostics '
Improved methods of contouring
Determining target areas of capture
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ities wishing to participate in the Agency's programs, pursuant to the
hould be made to Alina Martin, SAlC, at tcs-events@saic,com by Friday,
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Submission
Abstracts for oral presentations must be submitted by
February 6, 2004. Abstracts should be between 350-
450 words in length, and include the presentation
title, authors' names and affiliations, email, mailing
address, phone number, and topic (from the list of
abstract topics provided). Abstracts must be submit-
ted in electronic format by email.
Send to:
Alina Martin
SAIC
Email: tcs-events@saic.com
Speakers will be notified by SAIC via email by mid
March 2004 of acceptance.
Location and Hotel Information
The conference will be held at the following location:
The Westin City Center Dallas
650 N. Pearl Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 979-9000
For information on booking reservations at the hotel
under the group block, please visit www.clu-in.org.
Registration
Register on-line at:
www.clu-in.org
For additional information, please direct
inquiries to:
Alina Martin
SAIC
Phone: (703) 318-4678
Fax: (703) 736-0826
Email: tcs-events @ saic.com
There is no registration fee
for this conference.
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