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TechDirect, October 1, 2015

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> Upcoming Live Internet Seminars

ITRC Petroleum Vapor Intrusion: Fundamentals of Screening, Investigation, and
Management - October 6, 2015,1:00PM-3:15PM EDT (17:00-19:15 GMT). Chemical
contaminants in soil and groundwater can volatilize into soil gas and migrate through
unsaturated soils of the vadose zone. Vapor intrusion (VI) occurs when these vapors
migrate upward into overlying buildings through cracks and gaps in the building floors,
foundations, and utility conduits, and contaminate indoor air. If present at sufficiently
high concentrations, these vapors may present a threat to the health and safety of
building occupants. Petroleum vapor intrusion (PVI) is a subset of VI and is the process
by which volatile petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) released as vapors from light
nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPL), petroleum-contaminated soils, or
petroleum-contaminated groundwater migrate through the vadose zone and into
overlying buildings. The ITRC Technical and Regulatory Guidance Web-Based
Document, Petroleum Vapor Intrusion: Fundamentals of Screening, Investigation, and
Management (PVI-1, 2014) and this associated Internet-based training provides
regulators and practitioners with consensus information based on empirical data and
recent research to support PVI decision making under different regulatory frameworks.
The PVI assessment strategy described in this guidance document enables confident
decision making that protects human health for various types of petroleum sites and
multiple PHC compounds. This guidance provides a comprehensive methodology for
screening, investigating, and managing potential PVI sites and is intended to promote
the efficient use of resources and increase confidence in decision making when
evaluating the potential for vapor intrusion at petroleum-contaminated sites. By using
the ITRC guidance document, the vapor intrusion pathway can be eliminated from
further investigation at many sites where soil or groundwater is contaminated with
petroleum hydrocarbons or where LNAPL is present. For more information and to

register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Or http://clu-in.ora/live.

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ITRC Use and Measurement of Mass Flux and Mass Discharge - October 7, 2015,
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT (17:00-19:15 GMT). The ITRC technology overview, Use and
Measurement of Mass Flux and Mass Discharge (MASSFLUX-1, 2010), and associated
Internet-based training provide a description of the underlying concepts, potential
applications, description of methods for measuring and calculating, and case studies of
the uses of mass flux and mass discharge. This Technology Overview, and associated
Internet-based training are intended to foster the appropriate understanding and
application of mass flux and mass discharge estimates, and provide examples of use
and analysis. The document and training assumes the participant has a general
understanding of hydrogeology, the movement of chemicals in porous media,
remediation technologies, and the overall remedial process. For more information and to

register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Or http://clu-in.ora/live.

ITRC Remedy Selection for Contaminated Sediments - October 8, 2015,
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT (17:00-19:15 GMT). ITRC developed the technical and regulatory
guidance, Remedy Selection for Contaminated Sediments (CS-2, 2014), to assist
decision-makers in identifying which contaminated sediment management technology is
most favorable based on an evaluation of site specific physical, sediment, contaminant,
and land and waterway use characteristics. The document provides a remedial
selection framework to help identify favorable technologies, and identifies additional
factors (feasibility, cost, stakeholder concerns, and others) that need to be considered
as part of the remedy selection process. This ITRC training course supports
participants with applying the technical and regulatory guidance as a tool to overcome
the remedial challenges posed by contaminated sediment sites. Participants learn how
to: identify site-specific characteristics and data needed for site decision making,
evaluate potential technologies based on site information, and select the most favorable
contaminant management technology for their site. For more information and to

register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Or http://clu-in.ora/live.

Equitable Development: The Role of Brownfields Renewal, Community Land
Trusts and Employee-Owned Businesses in Neighborhood Stability, October 14,
2015, 2:00PM-3:00PM EDT (18:00-19:00 GMT). The foundation for creating strong,
economically resilient and liveable communities is increasingly built upon a spectrum of
place-based activities that develop improved tools and strategies. This workshop is
designed to give participants practical tools and share insider views about pioneering
community building models. The webinar topic is community driven equitable
development strategies focusing upon two models: (1) Employee-owned company(s)
that creates jobs and career pathways for local residents; and (2) Community land trust
that provides permanently affordable housing programs for local residents. This
webinar is the second training event in this equitable development technical assistance
series. The first training was the Equitable Development Workshop September 1, 2015
in Chicago at EPA's Brownfields 2015 National Training Conference. For more
information and to register, see http://ciu-in.ora/iive.

ITRC Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization - October 15, 2015,1:00PM-3:30PM
EDT (17:00-19:30 GMT). The Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization Team has
synthesized the knowledge about dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) site
characterization and remediation acquired over the past several decades, and has
integrated that information into a new document, Integrated DNAPL Site
Characterization and Tools Selection (ISC-1, 2015). This guidance is a resource to
inform regulators, responsible parties, other problem holders, consultants, community
stakeholders, and other interested parties of the critical concepts related to
characterization approaches and tools for collecting subsurface data at DNAPL sites.
After this associated training, participants will be able to use the guidance to develop
and support an integrated approach to DNAPL site characterization, including: identify
what site conditions must be considered when developing an informative DNAPL
conceptual site model (CSM); define an objectives-based DNAPL characterization

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strategy; understand what tools and resources are available to improve the
identification, collection, and evaluation of appropriate site characterization data; and
navigate the DNAPL characterization tools table and select appropriate technologies to
fill site-specific data gaps. For more information and to register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora or

http://clu-in.org/live.

ITRC Environmental Molecular Diagnostics: New Tools for Better Decisions -
October 20, 2015,1:00PM-3:15PM EDT (17:00-19:15 GMT). Environmental molecular
diagnostics (EMDs) are a group of advanced and emerging analytical techniques used to
analyze biological and chemical characteristics of environmental samples. Although
EMDs have been used over the past 25 years in various scientific fields, particularly
medical research and diagnostic fields, their application to environmental remediation
management is relatively new and rapidly developing. The ITRC Environmental
Molecular Diagnostics Fact Sheets (EMD-1, 2011), ITRC Environmental Molecular
Diagnostics Technical and Regulatory Guidance (EMD-2, 2013) and this companion
Internet-based training will foster the appropriate uses of EMDs and help regulators,
consultants, site owners, and other stakeholders to better understand a site and to make
decisions based on the results of EMD analyses. At the conclusion of the training,
learners should be able to determine when and how to use the ITRC Environmental
Molecular Diagnostics Technical and Regulatory Guidance (EMD-2, 2013); define when
EMDs can cost-effectively augment traditional remediation data sets; and describe the
utility of various types of EMDs during remediation activities. For more information and

tO register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Or http://clu-in.ora/live.

Integrating Data from Multidisciplinary Research, Session II - Cross Domain
Discovery and Integration - October 27, 2015, 2:00PM-4:00PM EDT (18:00-20:00
GMT). Join us for the next session in the SRP Risk eLearning webinar series, which
explores challenges and opportunities for integrating datasets to solve complex
environmental health problems. In the second session, speakers will discuss goals and
successes of National Science Foundation (NSF) grants and initiatives related to large,
diverse, complex, longitudinal, and/or distributed datasets. Chaitan Baru, Ph.D., on
assignment as Senior Advisor for Data Science in the Computer and Information
Science & Engineering Directorate at the NSF, will discuss NSF initiatives in Big Data.
Ilya Zaslavsky, Ph.D., Director of the Spatial Information Systems Laboratory at
University of California San Diego, will highlight NSF-funded projects that enable data
discovery and facilitate sharing of research and expertise. For more information and to

register, see http://clu-in.ora/live.

Save the date for upcoming SERDP/ESTCP Webinar on Assessment and
Treatment of Contaminated Sediments planned for October 29, 2015. The following
speakers will present in the webinar: Dr. Todd Bridges (U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center) and Dr. Kevin Sowers (University of Maryland). For more
information on this and other webinars in the series, please visit

https://www.serdp-estcp.ora/Tools-and-Trainina/Webinar-Series .

Nanotechnology for Site Remediation - November 2, 2015,11:00AM-1:00PM EST
(16:00-18:00 GMT). This webinar is a follow-up to the Inaugural Conference on the
Applications of Nanotechnology for Safe and Sustainable Environmental Remediations
[Nano-4-Rem-aNssERs] which was held in Hammond, Louisiana in the Summer of
2013.In this 2 hour webinar, the expert panel will give an update about the current state
of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) workers' exposure scenarios in environmental
remediation; an update of the U.S. EPA Superfund sites experience with the use of
ENPs; an update on nano-zero-valent iron-based remediation experience in Europe;
and an overview of ways to harness "informatics 4 impact" to meet your mission goals.
For more information and to register, see http://ciu-in.ora/iive.

Implementing Greener Cleanups through ASTM's Standard Guide (E2893-13) -

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November 17, 2015,12:00PM-2:00PM EST (17:00-19:00 GMT). The U.S. EPA and
other agencies encourage use of the ASTM International Standard Guide for Greener
Cleanups (E2893-13), which offers a step-wise approach for reducing the
environmental footprint of site cleanup activities. This two-hour webinar sponsored by
the U.S. EPA will provide participants with an overview of the Guide, show how the
Guide can inform project decisions, and describe experiences in using the Guide at
sites across the U.S.under state or federal cleanup programs. The webinar also will
provide a virtual exercise in prioritizing greener best management practices (BMPs)
based on their anticipated environmental footprint reductions. For more information and

tO register, see http://clu-in.ora/live.

> New Documents and Web Resources

Greener Cleanups Bulletin: Use of the ASTM Standard Guide for Greener
Cleanups at the North Ridge Estates Superfund Site (EPA 542-F-15-011). The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a "greener cleanup bulletin"
series to provide periodic news about environmental footprint reductions at specific sites
undergoing cleanup. As the first in the series, Use of the ASTM Standard Guide for
Greener Cleanups at the North Ridge Estates Superfund Site summarizes EPA's
application of the ASTM Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups (E2893-13) to plan
remediation at operable unit 1 of the North Ridge Estates site near Klamath Falls,
Oregon. Use of the standard guide helped project staff screen, prioritize and select
BMPs that were incorporated into the design and construction contracts for the remedy,
which involves extensive excavation and soil cap construction (September 2015, 2

pages). View or download at https://clu-in.ora/areenremediation/docs/GC Bulletin 2015-09 NRE.pdf.

Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation for Inorganic Contaminants in Ground
Water at Superfund Sites (OSWER Directive 9283.1-36). This new monitored natural
attenuation (MNA) policy document for inorganic contaminants expands on and is
designed to be a companion to the 1999 MNA guidance. Together, these two policy
documents provide guidance on the consideration of MNA for a broad range of
contaminants at Superfund sites. This 2015 MNA guidance, consistent with the 1999
MNA guidance, indicates that multiple "lines of evidence" should be obtained to evaluate
whether MNA should be considered as part of the site's selected response action. As a
related matter, the 1999 MNA guidance also recommends use of a tiered analysis
approach for considering MNA, which typically involves a detailed analysis of site
characteristics that control and sustain attenuation. The 2015 MNA guidance builds on
this tiered approach and recommends a phased analytical approach tailored specifically
for inorganic contaminants (August 2015, 83 pages). View or download at

https://clu-in.org/9283.1-36.

Stabilization and Solidification of Contaminated Soil and Waste: A Manual of
Practice. This document has been designed as a practical reference for regulators, site
owners, engineering firms, and others involved in selecting, designing, bidding, and
providing oversight for the remediation of hazardous waste sites using S/S. This book
provides guidance on applicable contaminants, site characteristics, project planning,
equipment capabilities, production rates, performance specifications and the quality
assurance of S/S treated materials. Included are references to numerous case studies
and an extensive reference list of completed projects that successfully employed S/S
(September 2015, 603 pages). View or download at

https://clu-in.ora/download/techfocus/stabilization/S-S-Manual-of-Practice.pdf.

Technology Innovation News Survey Corner. The Technology Innovation News

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Survey contains market/commercialization information; reports on demonstrations,
feasibility studies and research; and other news relevant to the hazardous waste
community interested in technology development. Recent issues, complete archives,
and subscription information is available at http://ciu-in.ora/products/tins/. The following
resources were included in recent issues:

•	Cost-Effective, Ultra-Sensitive Groundwater Monitoring for Site Remediation and
Management

•	Understanding Dioxin-Like Compounds in Indoor Dust

•	GLO-Roots: An Imaging Platform Enabling Multidimensional Characterization of
Soil-Grown Root Systems

•	Trichloroethene (TCE) in Indoor and Outdoor Air

•	OW-5/55R Area In Situ Geochemical Stabilization Remediation Pilot Test

•	Novel Sensor for the In Situ Measurement of Uranium Fluxes

•	ISRAP: Interactive Sediment Remedy Assessment Portal

•	Geophysical Classification for Munitions Response

Superfund Research Program (SRP) Research Briefs. To get monthly updates on
research advances from the SRP you can subscribe to their Research Brief mailing list

at htt|2sV/NsU!jhi20v/c(|j_bjn/waiexe2SyBED1^SRP_BR!EF&A^l.

EUGRIS Corner. New Documents on EUGRIS, the platform for European contaminated
soil and water information. More than 15 resources, events, projects and news items
were added to EUGRIS in September. These can be viewed at
http://www.eunris.info/whatsnew.asp. Then select the appropriate month and year for the updates
in which you are interested. The following resource was posted on EUGRIS:

INTERSOL 2016 - International Conference-Exhibition on Soils, Sediments and
Water - Call for papers. Intersol 2016 themes cover polluted sites and soils and health
risks, pollution diagnoses, and research on toxicological and eco-toxicological effects.
Submissions are due November 6, 2015. For more information visit

http://www.intersol.fr/accueil.php .

> Conferences and Symposia

13th HCH & Pesticides Forum, Zaragoza, Spain, November 3-6, 2015. This three
day forum will focus on the lessons learned from the legacy of the lindane production in
Spain.For more information and to register, htte ://www, hchforu m .com/.

LNAPLs: Science, Management, and Technology - ITRC 2-day Classroom
Training, Austin, TX, November 18-19, 2015. Led by internationally recognized
experts, this 2-day ITRC classroom training will enable you to develop and apply an
LNAPL Conceptual Site Model (LCSM), understand and assess LNAPL subsurface
behavior, develop and justify LNAPL remedial objectives including maximum extent
practicable considerations, select appropriate LNAPL remedial technologies and
measure progress, and use ITRC's science-based LNAPL guidance to efficiently move
sites to closure. Interactive learning with classroom exercises and Q&A sessions will
reinforce these course learning objectives. For local, state, and federal government;
students; community stakeholders; and tribal representatives, ITRC has a limited
number of scholarships (waiver of registration fee only) available. For more information

and tO register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora/trainina.

Call for Abstracts! 9th Symposium on Design and Construction Issues at
Hazardous Waste Sites, Philadelphia, PA, April 20-22, 2016. The applications of

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engineering and science associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites continue to
evolve rapidly. The goal of this symposium, co-hosted by the Society of American
Military Engineers (SAME) Philadelphia Post and the U.S. EPA, is to facilitate an
interactive engagement between professionals from government and the private sector
related to relevant and topical issues affecting our field. Abstracts are due by October
16, 2015. For more information and to submit an abstract, see

http://secure.sameposts.ora/franchises/philadelphia/events/634.

Call for Abstracts! 2016 SustRem Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 26-28,
2016. The 2016 SustRem Conference aims to stimulate international exchange by
providing a venue for public, private and academic sectors to share experiences and
perspectives on how contaminated sites can be remediated with a smaller overall
footprint and more positive outcomes, and how their reuse can contribute to a more
sustainable land development. As sponsors, the Sustainable Remediation Forum
(SURF), Common Forum, Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments
(CLAIRE) and Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe (NICOLE) are
soliciting abstracts meeting the conference themes of sustainability indicators and
metrics; stakeholder and/or aboriginal engagement; resource conservation; sustainable
brownfield redevelopment; corporate sustainability reporting and benchmarking;
education and research in the field of sustainable remediation; and international
regulatory frameworks. Abstracts are due by October 14, 2015. For more information
and to submit an abstract, see

http://www.rpic-ibic.ca/en/events/federal-contaminated-sites-fcs-national-workshop/2016-fcs-national-workshop/sustrem-home

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