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• December 14, 2010

"Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments" (CL:AIRE), a not-for-profit UK organization, is presently undertaking a research project on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), titled "A risk/benefit approach to the application of iron nanoparticles for the remediation of contaminated sites in the environment", supported by r3 Environmental Technology Ltd (UK), The University of Nottingham (UK), Deltares (Netherlands) and Geosyntec (USA).

This project and the U.S. EPA's Technology Innovation and Field Services Division are planning to run a webinar as part of this project.

The purpose of this webinar is to hear presentations from some site remediation projects where nanoscale zero-valent iron has been used as a remediation technique in a practical way. Presentations will discuss the context of the application, the risk management problem being addressed, the practical delivery and use of the technology, the regulatory approval process, and the project outcomes and ongoing monitoring. In particular, a focus of the webinar will be to consider the risks versus the benefits of iron nanoparticle use for remediation, and this will be the focus of an open discussion following the project presentations.

Agenda

1. 10:00 to 10:25 AM
   Introduction to the remediation using nanoscale iron, overview of the technology, strengths and weaknesses and the overall extent of use in the US and Europe, Marti Otto, US Environmental Protection Agency
2. 10:25 to 10:50 AM
   Field scale application case studies from the USA, Daniel Elliott, Geosyntec
3. 10:50 to 11:15 AM
   Field scale application case studies from the EU, Petr Kvapil, Aquatest
4. 11:15 to 11:40 AM
   Similarities and contrasts across field scale applications in the Canada, US and Europe, Michael Borda, Golders
5. 11:40 to 11:55 AM
   Initial view on the benefits vs. the risks of nanoscale iron use for in situ remediation, John Henstock, CL:AIRE and Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd, UK
6. 11:55 AM to 12:15 PM
   Moderated discussion: "drivers and barriers to nanoscale iron use in practice" which is your opportunity to tell us about field scale applications and your views on the balance of benefits vs. risks for nanoscale iron use in remediation, Moderator: Marti Otto, US Environmental Protection Agency

• Marti Otto, U.S. EPA, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (otto.martha@epa.gov)
• Daniel Elliott, Geosyntec (DWELLIOTT@ehs.unc.edu)
• Petr Kvapil, Aquatest (kvapil@aquatest.cz)
• Michael Borda, Golder Associates Inc. (Michael_Borda@golder.com)
• John Henstock, CL:AIRE (John.Henstock@claire.co.uk)
• Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd, UK (paul@r3environmental.co.uk)

• Jean Balent, U.S. EPA, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov)

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