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Great Lakes Environmental Remediation and Redevelopment Conference
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Plenary Sessions
KEYNOTE: Evolving Remediation and Redevelopment Success: The RACER Partnership Paradigm, Grant Trigger, Cleanup Manager, RACER Trust
Michigan Taking Action on PFAS, Steve Sliver Executive Director, MPART
Remediation
Quality of Life Performance Standards while Conducting Construction and/or Environmental Remediation Projects - Bruce Groves, Emilcott; Will Elcoate, Alpha Labs
Utilization of Drones and Scanning Technology in Remediation and Redevelopment - Bret Stuntz, SME
Lessons Learned from Design Verification Assessments at In Situ Remediation Sites - Brett Hicks, Regenesis
In-Situ Thermal Remediation of TCE DNAPL from Glacially Deposited Clay-Silt Diamicton and Subsequent Remedial Performance Assessment - Richard M. Raetz, P.E., Global Remediation Technologies
Chlorinated Solvent Remediation Design using a High-density Site Characterization Approach - Mark Quimby and Agnes Taylor, SME; Mary Miller, EGLE
Sediment Cap Design, Modeling, and Construction - Tom Boom, Barr Engineering
Bank Remediation and Restoration for a Time Critical Removal Action with Water Control Structure Removal - Joe Caryl, Wood
A Systematic Approach to Evaluating VI Risk at Legacy Sites in Minnesota - Cory Vowles, Wood
Trichloroethene Vapor Intrusion Conceptual Site Model Development and Mitigation in a Complex Geology - Joel Parker, Hamp Mathews & Associates
Petroleum Fingerprinting & Environmental Sleuthing Identify Archeological Contamination Not Associated with Site Activities - Richard Christensen, Ph.D., Acuity Environmental Solutions
Use of Monte-Carlo Analysis to Estimate Cost to Closure for Environmental Sites - James Berndt, August Mack
Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS)
Environmental and Toxic Torts-Claims Management of Emerging Environmental Issues - Kevin Rega, Great American Insurance Group
Legal and Technical Strategies to Address Confirmation of PFAS at Your Facility - AnnMarie Sanford and Todd Fracassi, Pepper Hamilton; John Cuthbertson, AECOM
EPA, ASTM, and Modified Methods, Oh My! Navigating Analytical Options for PFAS - Taryn McKnight, Eurofins Test America
PFAS: Next Generation Characterization for an Emerging Contaminant - Patrick Curry, Arcadis US
Are Wastewater Treatment Plants and Biosolids a Significant Source of PFAS? - John Cuthbertson and Dorin Bogdan AECOM
Management Approach to Sustainable Drinking Water; Addressing PFAS Contamination across 14 Communities - Shalene Thomas, Wood; Michele Mabry, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Proactive Risk Communication Strategies for Managing Emerging Contaminants - Jay Mullett, PE, Wood
Statewide PFAS Sampling of Public Water Supplies in Michigan - John Cuthbertson, AECOM
Lessons Learned on Various In-Situ and Ex-Situ for PFAS Groundwater and Source Treatment Technologies - Justin Gal, Wood
PFAS Treatment and Investigation at a Former Chromium Plating Facility – A Case Study - Brad Hoare, AECOM
Program Implementation and Performance
Bankruptcy Remediation Trusts - A New PRP Paradigm in our Post-Industrial Society - David Heidlauf, Ramboll
Regulatory Closure Through Pathway Elimination – Former Wood Treatment Plant on Railroad Property - Ben Iden, Wood
Scientific Discovery and Water Resource Management for Ottawa County, and Michigan (Part 1) - Zach Curtis, Ph.D., Hydrosimulatics, Inc.
Scientific Discovery and Water Resource Management for Ottawa County and Michigan (Part 2) - Paul Sachs, Ottawa County
Brownfield Challenges on a Historical Waterfront: Pier B Resort, Duluth, Minnesota - Eric Dott and Mike Ellis, Barr Engineering
Redevelopment
Incremental Sampling Methodology Significantly Reduces Arsenic Remediation Costs for Orchard Redevelopment - Molly O'Brien, Barr Engineering
Revitalizing a Contaminated Former Production Facility in a Rust Belt City - Thomas Kinney, GHD Services, Inc.
Using Land Bank Authorities to Spur Redevelopment Projects - Jeff Hawkins, Envirologic Technologies; Anne Giroux, Marquette County