United States
Environmental Protection Agency
National Service Center for Environmental Publications
P.O. Box 42419
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Official Business
Penalty for Private Use
$300
EPA 625/F-99/001
Environmental
Problem
Solving with
Geographic
Information
Systems:
A National Conference
- 24, 1999 Cincinnati, Ohio
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Preliminary Agenda
Tuesday Evening, September 21
Preregistration/Reception
(5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Wednesday, September 22
Registration
Plenary Session (8:00 AM -12:00 PM)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sue Schock, US EPA, Cincinnati, OH
Keynote Address
Michael Goodchild, PhD, Keynote Speaker
Environmental Visioning with Geographic Information Systems
Sudhir R. Kshirsagar, PhD, Global Quality Corp.
Concurrent Paper Presentation Sessions (1:00 PM - s-.oo PM)
Diffuse Source
Development of a National Watershed
Boundaries Data Set
Using G1S as a Tool for Evaluating Non-Point
Source Phosphorus Runoff in the Lake
Okeechobee Basin
Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Land Use
Change On Runoff and Non-Point Source
Pollution Using a GIS-NPS Model
An ArcView-Based System for Managing
Environmental Information at Naval Air Station
Dallas
* Developing Watershed Policy Alternatives for
Non-Point Source Pollution with the Aid of a
GIS
Putting Geospatial Information into the Hands
of the Real Natural Resource Mangers:
Lessons from the NEMO Project in Educating
Local Land Use Decision Makers
A Web-Based GIS Model for Assessing the
Long-Term Hydrologic Impacts of Land Use
Change (L-THIA GIS WWW): Motivation and
Development
Nonpoint Pollutant Loading Application for
ArcView GIS
Assessment Remediation
The Impact of Spatial Aggregation on
Environmental Modeling: a GIS Approach
Mapping Vulnerability of Soils to Nitrate
Leaching at Different Scales, Using Different
Models
The National Hydrography Data Set - Status
and Applications
Use of a GIS Application in Risk-Based
Decision Making
GIS and GPS in Environmental Remediation
Oversight at Federal Facilities in Ohio
The GIS Connection to Residential Yard Soil
Remediation
Using a Geographic Information System to
Determine a Surficial Confining Unit Thickness
and Identify the Location of Sand Lenses in
Southwestern Louisiana
Characterizing the Hydrogeology of Acid Mine
Discharges from the Kempten Mine Complex,
West Virginia and Maryland
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i Conference Background and Objectives
* The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
* Development's (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) is
, sponsoring a national conference on the application of geographic information
systems (GIS) to environmental problem solving. This conference will provide a
forum for the exchange of information on the use of GIS as a tool in environmental
* problem solving. :
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* Solving environmental problems has become more complex with consideration of
cross-media pollutant transport and watershed-based decision-making. The
application of GIS to environmental problem solving has increased'greatly the
manipulation and analysis of relational and spatial data, providing environmental
decision makers with a powerful tool for 1:he analysis of multi-media environmental
I data over increasingly broad areas (watersheds, states, regions).
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: The objectives of the conference are to:;
Identify the spectrum of GIS applications to environmental
1 problem solving, including the areas of watershed and
groundwater protection, nonpoint source water pollution
assessment and control, cross-media contamination and
management, and human risk and exposure; and
Define the process to be followed in applying GIS to
environmental situations by presenting a wide range of
applications describing actual experiences and lessons
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This conference seeks to examine each component of this framework with papers
| that address the following:
Problem identification and definition;
Data requirements (coverage, scale), availability, documentation,
reliability, and acquisition;
Approaches considered and selected for solving the problem;
Unique challenges and pitfalls encountered; and
" Interpretation of results, including level of confidence achieved
» based on data quality and approacSh taken.
Who Should Attend
Program and Project Managers
Environmental Engineers and Scientists
!f Environmental Consultants ;
1 University Researchers
Technology Developers
Municipal Managers and Planners
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* Cooperators
Conservation Technology Information Center
West Lafayette, Indiana
Joint Center for Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis, and
i the Department of Geography
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Environmental Problem Solving with Geographic Information Systems
Conference Registration
Conference Registration Due Date:
August 31,1999
(There Is no registration fee for this conference.)
Please fax, mail or e-mail this form to:
Lisa Enderle
SAIC, Ste. 300
2222 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, VA 22027
fax:703-698-6101
e-mail: lisa.e.enderle@cpmx.saic.com
or you may register online at: http://
www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/
If you have any additional questions, please call
(412) 741-5462
First Name:
Last Name:
Title:
Organization:
Address:
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Session Selection
For our planning purposes only, please select the sessions you are interested in attending.
Wednesday, September 22: AFTERNOON
(Select one)
( ) Diffuse Source
( )Assessment Remediation
Thursday, September 23: MORNING
(Select one)
( ) Ecology/ Restoration
( ) Urban/Brownfields/Community
Thursday, September 23: AFTERNOON
(Select one)
( ) Applications
( ) Risk/Exposure Assessment
Friday, September 24: MORNING
(Select one)
( ) Watersheds
( ) Models/Systems
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Thursday, September 23
Concurrent Paper Presentation Sessions (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Ecology/Restoration
Maryland's "Green Infrastructure" - A
Landscape Assessment Approach for a
Regional Conservation Network
The Application of GIS in the Development of
Regional Restoration Goals for Wetland
Resources in the Greater Los Angeles
Drainage Area
Analysis of Wetland Landscape Patterns in
Galveston Bay, Texas
Quantifying Risk in Watershed Assessment
Using GIS & Stochastic Field-Scale Modeling
Reporting on the Development of an
Environmental GIS Application - Wetlands
Restoration in the Central Valley of California
Maryland Bay Grass Restoration Targeting
System
Habitat Filters, GIS, and Riverine Fish
Assemblages: Sifting Through the
Relationships Between^ Fishes and Their
"HHarjitat -_^_,
Targeting the Knowledge Assembly Process of
the Flora of North America (FNA): Biological
Resource Problem Solving Using GIS
UrbanyBrownfields/Community
New York City Brownfields Initiative - GIS
Using GIS to Rank Environmentally Sensitive
Land in Orange County, Florida
Use of GIS for the Investigation and
Classification of Land Being Redeveloped
Underithe Ohio Voluntary Action Program
Private Water Wells and State Regulation in
Greene County, Missouri
Merging Transportation and Environmental
Planning Using GIS
Using GIS to Delineate Areas of Potential
Development at the Bunker Hill Superfund
Site, Idaho
Building a Brownfield Sitebank With Internet
Map Server Technology
Management and Reuse of Contaminated Soil
- The SoilTrak Method
Concurrent Paper Presentation Sessions (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
Applications
Modeling Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)
Impact: The Use of a Regional GIS in Facili-
ties Planning
Integrating High Resolution Radar Imagery
with GIS and GPS to Aid Land Use Planning
and Site Remediation in a Degraded Urban
Estuary
A Planning Strategy for Siting Animal Con-
finement Facilities: The Integrated Use of
GIS and Digital Image Simulation Technolo-
gies
The Use of GIS in the Management of
Household Sewage Disposal Systems to
Improve and Monitor Water Quality in
Hamilton County, Ohio
Risk/Exposure Assessment
Modeling Personal Exposures to Disinfection
Byproducts in a Water Distribution Network
Public Participation GIS Applications for
Environmental Justice Research and
Community Sustainability
Using GIS to Improve Spatial Analysis in
Environmental Justice Research
GIS Approaches for Refining Estimates of
Aquatic Exposure from Pesticides
Environmental Justice in Kentucky: Examining
the Relationships Between Low-Income and
Minority Communities and the Location of
Landfills, and Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities
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Applications (continued)
Applicability of GIS Tools in Environmental
Conflict Mapping: A Case Study in Hungary
A Shared and Integrated GIS for Supporting
South Carolina's Environmental Regulation
and Decision Making
Lake Superior Decision Support Systems: GIS
Databases and Decision Support Systems for
Land Use Planning
Evaluating Soil Erosion Parameter Estimates
from Different Data Sources
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Risk/Exposure Assessment
(continued)
Application of GIS to Address Environmental
Justice: Needs and Issues
Spatial Methodologies, GIS, and
Environmental Problem Solving in the Twin
Cities
Perceptions and Reality: Local Health
Department Pollution Prevention Applications
in Environmental Justice and Drinking Water
Protection
Friday, September 24
Concurrent Paper Presentation Sessions (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Watersheds
The Use of GIS for Assessing Watershed
System Assimilative Capacity in Support of
Risk Based Ecosystem Management/
Restoration Practices
The Evaluation of Landscape-level Variables:
Using a GIS to Determine Spatial Associations
Between Chemical, Physical and Biological
Response Variables Among Watersheds
Impacted by Mining
Society and Nature: In Search of Sustainable
Relations
Determining the Accuracy of Geographic
Coordinates for NPDES Permittees in the
State of Ohio
Implementation of GIS in Watershed
Management in Rural India
GIS Watershed Delineation Tools
Knowledge-Based Decision Support for
Watershed Assessment and Monitoring
A Watershed-Based Approach to Source
Water Assessment and Protection Utilizing
GIS-Based Inventories: A Case Study in South
Carolina
Models/Systems
Application of GIS for Probabilistic Leak
Detection at Hazardous Waste Containment
Systems
No More 3-Ring Binders!
Strategic Planning for GIS
Enhancing the Spatial Comparison of
Multiple Environmental Databases Using the
Prototype NY/NJ Harbor Environmental Data
Management System
Application of DEM and Land Cover Data in
Estimating Atmospheric Deposition to the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions: Model
Development and Applications
Pollution Exposure Index Model (1997), U.S.
Forest Service
A GIS-Based Approach to Predicting
Wetland Drainage & Wildlife Habitat Loss in
the Prairie Pothole Region of South-Central
Canada
A High-Resolution Hydrometeorological
Data System for Environmental Modeling
and Monitoring
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