Training & Events
Upcoming Internet Seminars
CLU-IN's ongoing series of Internet Seminars are free, web-based slide presentations with a companion audio portion. We provide two options for accessing the audio portion of the seminar: by phone line or streaming audio simulcast. More information and registration for all Internet Seminars is available by selecting the individual seminar below. Not able to make one of our live offerings? You may also view archived seminars.
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Filing EPA Information in AES Targeted at Current Exporters Only
1:30PM-2:00PM EDT
17:30-18:00 GMT
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Requirements That Apply to Import and Export Shipments That Go to Both an Interim and Final Destination Facility
3:00PM-4:00PM EDT
19:00-20:00 GMT
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Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Series: Opportunities for Reuse at Capped Sites
2:00PM-3:30PM EDT
18:00-19:30 GMT
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Military Munitions Support Services - Stakeholder Collaboration on MMRP Projects
1:00PM-3:45PM EDT
17:00-19:45 GMT
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Call Jeffrey Brewer at 256-895-1504 or Jeffrey.S.Brewer@usace.army.mil
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Military Munitions Support Services - Making Decisions
1:00PM-4:15PM EDT
17:00-20:15 GMT
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Military Munitions Support Services - MMRP Explosive Safety
1:00PM-3:45PM EDT
17:00-19:45 GMT
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Analytical Tools and Methods: Session III - Fate and Transport of Contaminants
This webinar series highlights innovative analytical tools and methods developed and used by Superfund Research Program (SRP) grantees. The presenters will feature the benefits of these new tools and methods compared to conventional methods. They also will include information about how the technology has helped to facilitate ongoing SRP research.
During the third session of the series, speakers will highlight tools and methods to detect contaminants and measure their fate and transport in the environment. The speakers will highlight work related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), chlorinated solvents, and other chemicals in the environment.
Keri Hornbuckle, Ph.D., professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, will discuss advances in the measurement of PCBs in complex environmental matrices. Her laboratory has developed methods for reproducible, accurate, and precise measurements of all 209 PCB congeners at sub-ppb levels in indoor and ambient air, water, soils, sediments, pore waters, plant tissues, and human blood serum. She will discuss methods for sampling, pressurized solid extraction, automated concentration and purification, detection using triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, and quality control and assurance methods that deliver whole method quantification limits less than 1 ng of total PCBs /sample.
Jennifer Guelfo, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher and State Agencies Liaison in the Brown SRP Center, will provide background related to PFASs and discuss key challenges and knowledge gaps related to fate and transport. She will also present an overview of PFAS occurrence in large-scale drinking water systems across the United States using data from EPA’s unregulated contaminant monitoring rule (UCMR)-3 collection effort. Lastly, she will introduce a collaborative effort between the Brown SRP and state regulators that is targeted at providing a user-friendly geospatial framework for identification of potential PFAS source zones.
Mark Brusseau, Ph.D., professor in the school of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Arizona, will describe the Integrated Contaminant Elution and Tracer (ICET) test for improved characterization of mass transfer, attenuation, and mass removal. Extensive and persistent groundwater contaminant plumes are widespread at sites contaminated by compounds such as chlorinated solvents, 1,4-dioxane, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, and perfluorinated chemicals. Improved characterization methods are needed to delineate and quantify the processes and factors that contribute to plume persistence. This presentation will summarize the ICET test, with illustrative applications for characterizing constraints to mass removal.
1:00PM-3:00PM EDT
17:00-19:00 GMT
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Seminars Sponsored by the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
Issues and Options in Human Health Risk Assessment - A Resource When Alternatives to Default Parameters and Scenarios are Proposed
Many state and local regulatory agencies responsible for the cleanup of chemicals released to the environment have adopted regulations, guidance and policies that define default approaches, scenarios, and parameters as a starting point for risk assessment and the development of risk-based screening values. Regulatory project managers and decision makers, however, may not have specific guidance when alternative approaches, scenarios, and parameters are proposed for site-specific risk assessments, and are faced with difficult technical issues when evaluating these site-specific risk assessments. This ITRC web-based document is a resource for project managers and decision makers to help evaluate alternatives to risk assessment default approaches, scenarios and parameters.ITRC's Decision Making at Contaminated Sites: Issues and Options in Human Health Risk Assessment (RISK-3, 2015) guidance document is different from existing ITRC Risk Assessment guidance and other state and federal resources because it identifies commonly encountered issues and discusses options in risk assessment when applying site-specific alternatives to defaults. In addition, the document includes links to resources and tools that provide even more detailed information on the specific issues and potential options. The ITRC Risk Assessment Team believes that state regulatory agencies and other organizations can use the RISK-3 document as a resource or reference to supplement their existing guidance. Community members and other stakeholders also may find this document helpful in understanding and using risk assessment information.
After participating in this ITRC training course, the learner will be able to apply ITRC's Decision Making at Contaminated Sites: Issues and Options in Human Health Risk (RISK-3, 2015) document when developing or reviewing site-specific risk assessments by:
- Identifying common issues encountered when alternatives to default parameters and scenarios are proposed during the planning, data evaluation, toxicity, exposure assessment, and risk characterization and providing possible options for addressing these issues
- Recognizing the value of proper planning and the role of stakeholders in the development and review of risk assessments
- Providing information (that includes links to additional resources and tools) to support decision making when alternatives to default approaches, scenarios and parameters are proposed
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT
17:00-19:15 GMT
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Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization
Sites contaminated with dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) and DNAPL mixtures present significant environmental challenges. Despite the decades spent on characterizing and attempting to remediate DNAPL sites, substantial risk remains. Inadequate characterization of site geology as well as the distribution, characteristics, and behavior of contaminants -- by relying on traditional monitoring well methods rather than more innovative and integrated approaches -- has limited the success of many remediation efforts.The Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization Team has synthesized the knowledge about 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 ITRC Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization and Tools Selection (ISC-1, 2015) 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 strategy
- Understand what tools and resources are available to improve the identification, collection, and evaluation of appropriate site characterization data
- Navigate the DNAPL characterization tools table and select appropriate technologies to fill site-specific data gaps
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT
17:00-19:15 GMT
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Groundwater Statistics for Environmental Project Managers
Statistical techniques may be used throughout the process of cleaning up contaminated groundwater. It is challenging for practitioners, who are not experts in statistics, to interpret, and use statistical techniques. ITRC developed the Technical and Regulatory Web-based Guidance on Groundwater Statistics and Monitoring Compliance (GSMC-1, 2013, http://www.itrcweb.org/gsmc-1/) and this associated training specifically for environmental project managers who review or use statistical calculations for reports, who make recommendations or decisions based on statistics, or who need to demonstrate compliance for groundwater projects. The training class will encourage and support project managers and others who are not statisticians to:- Use the ITRC Technical and Regulatory Web-based Guidance on Groundwater Statistics and Monitoring Compliance (GSMC-1, 2013) to make better decisions for projects
- Apply key aspects of the statistical approach to groundwater data
- Answer common questions on background, compliance, trend analysis, and monitoring optimization
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT
17:00-19:15 GMT
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Geospatial Analysis for Optimization at Environmental Sites
Optimization activities can improve performance, increase monitoring efficiency, and support contaminated site decisions. Project managers can use geospatial analysis for evaluation of optimization opportunities. Unlike traditional statistical analysis, geospatial methods incorporate the spatial and temporal dependence between nearby data points, which is an important feature of almost all data collected as part of an environmental investigation. The results of geospatial analyses add additional lines of evidence to decision making in optimization opportunities in environmental sites across all project life cycle stages (release detection, site characterization, remediation, monitoring and closure) in soil, groundwater or sediment remediation projects for different sizes and types of sites.The purpose of ITRC's Geospatial Analysis for Optimization at Environmental Sites (GRO-1) guidance document and this associated training is to explain, educate, and train state regulators and other practitioners in understanding and using geospatial analyses to evaluate optimization opportunities at environmental sites. With the ITRC GRO-1 web-based guidance document and this associated training class, project managers will be able to:
- Evaluate available data and site needs to determine if geospatial analyses are appropriate for a given site
- For a project and specific lifecycle stage, identify optimization questions where geospatial methods can contribution to better decision making
- For a project and optimization question(s), select appropriate geospatial method(s) and software using the geospatial analysis work flow, tables and flow charts in the guidance document
- With geospatial analyses results (note: some geospatial analyses may be performed by the project manager, but many geospatial analyses will be performed by technical experts), explain what the results mean and appropriately apply in decision making
- Use the project manager’s tool box, interactive flow charts for choosing geospatial methods and review checklist to use geospatial analyses confidently in decision making
1:00PM-3:15PM EDT
17:00-19:15 GMT
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The Training Exchange (Trainex)
EPA works in partnership with organizations, such as the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC), and other agencies, such as the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), to offer training relevant to hazardous waste remediation, site characterization, risk assessment, emergency response, site/incident management, counter-terrorism, and the community's role in site management and cleanup.
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