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What Regulators Want: Quality Site Assessments & Investigations Using the Conceptual Site Model Approach

June 7, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

At the University of Massachusetts Lowell Inn & Conference Center in Lowell, MA

This in-person workshop focused on the basics of conducting a Site Assessment and a Site Investigation, including developing and revising the conceptual site model (CSM).

Agenda:

9:00     Registration & Coffee/Pastries

9:30     Welcome & Logistics

9:45     What is a Quality Site Assessment? [PDF]
Presenter:
Nicholas Guidi, Tighe & Bond

  • ASTM & EPA standards
  • Sources of information
    • What is important to include and what isn’t
    • Developing the initial CSM
      • Contaminants
      • Fate & Transport
      • Exposure

10:45     Networking Break

11:00     Site Investigation: Testing the CSM [PDF]
Presenter:
Nicholas Guidi, Tighe & Bond

  • Developing the Site Investigation Workplan
  • Exposure routes
  • Data needs
    • Soil
    • Groundwater
    • Surface water/sediment
    • Air/vapor intrusion
    • Other considerations
    • Data quality objectives

12:00     Lunch (provided)

12:45     Understanding the Collected Data [PDF]
Presenter:
Daniel Voisin, Stone Environmental

  • Boring logs
    • Fundamentals
    • What to look out for – red flags
    • Laboratory data
      • Fundamentals
      • What to look out for – red flags

1:45      Networking Break

2:00      Data Usability & Presentation [PDF]
Presenters:
Elizabeth Denly and/or Emily Wassmer, TRC Companies

  • Determining which data is usable
  • Presenting data in the report

3:00      Evolving the CSM, Making Decisions, & Preparing a Good Report [PDF]
Presenters:
Alex Howe, WSP & John Fitzgerald, Mass DEP

  • Updating the CSM and deciding when the picture is complete enough – or not
    • Types of decisions
    • Additional data needs
    • When is enough enough?
    • Common report problems

4:00        Adjourn

Details

Date:
June 7, 2023
Time:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Category:

Organizer

Jennifer Griffith
Phone
(617) 367-8558, ext. 303
Email
jgriffith@newmoa.org

Venue

UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
50 Warren Street
Lowell, MA 01852
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Phone
(978) 934-6920
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