Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Workshop

Agenda

9:30 Welcome and Introduction
9:45 Overview of Remedial Options [PDF] – Jay Borkland, Apex Companies

• Monitored Natural Recovery, Capping, Dredging, others?
• Things you need to know in order to make decisions: from the physical conditions of contamination to the overall site involvement of other agencies and permitting requirements.

10:30 Monitored Natural Recovery (MNR) and In-situ Remediation [PDF] – Charlie Menzie, Exponent

• Key Considerations for Selection
• When Most Appropriate (such as site conditions)
• Regulations and Permitting Issues
• O&M Issues
• Common Implementation Problems and Strategies to Overcome Them
• Evaluating Success

11:15 Break

11:30 In Situ Sediment Capping [PDF] – Russell Schuck, Haley & Aldrich

• Key Considerations for Selection
• When Most Appropriate (such as site conditions)
• Regulations and Permitting Issues
• O&M Issues
• Common Implementation Problems and Strategies to Overcome Them
• Evaluating Success

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Dredging [PDF] – Steve Wolf, AECOM

• Key Considerations for Selection
• When Most Appropriate (such as site conditions)
• Regulations and Permitting Issues
• O&M Issues
• Common Implementation Problems and Strategies to Overcome Them
• Evaluating Success

1:45 Dredge Material Management [PDF] – Tom Fredette, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Confined Disposal (CAD)
• Treatment Options
• Upland Management Issues

2:15 Break

2:30 Case Studies: How Remedial Method Was Chosen & Implementation Lessons Learned

• Dredging and Capping Sediment Contamination in a Tidal River [PDF] – Kathy Howatt, ME DEP
• Remediation of a free Phase Product and Wetland Enhancement at a Manufactured Gas Plant Site in New Jersey [PDF] – Allan Motter, NJ DEP
• Former Marine Oil Terminal Hampden, Maine [PDF] – Andrew Flint, ME DEP (Friday only)

4:00 Adjourn