Northeast States' Improving the Quality of Site Characterization Conference

Manchester, New Hampshire on June 4, 2002
and
Farmington, Connecticut on June 6, 2002

Results of Participant Survey on Barriers to Increased Use of Flexible Workplans and Field Analytical Methods
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8:00 - 9:00	Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Viewing of Exhibits
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome Michael Harder, Director, Water Mgmt. Bureau, CT DEP Philip O'Brien, Director, Waste Mgmt. Division, NH DES
9:15 - 10:00	State Panel - State Concerns and Initiatives to Improve Site Characterization
	Christine Lacas, Supervising Environmental Analyst, Remediation Section, Water Management Bureau, CT DEP
	Mark Hyland, Director, Division of Remediation, ME DEP
	Jay Naparstek, Deputy Division Director, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, MA DEP
	John Regan, Supervisor, State Sites Section, NH DES
	Allan Motter, Technical Coordinator, Bureau of Environmental Evaluation and Risk Assessment, NJ DEP
	John Swartwout, Chief of the Eastern Investigation Section in the Bureau of Hazardous Site Control, NYS DEC
	Leo Hellested, Chief, Office of Waste Management, RI DEM
	George Desch, Manager, Sites Management Section, VT DEC
10:00 - 10:45	What Could be Wrong with the Traditional Approach? - An Introduction to the Issues Surrounding Improving the Quality of Site Characterization
	Deana Crumbling, Environmental Scientist, EPA Technology Innovation Office
10:45 - 11:15	BREAK - View Exhibits
11:15 - 12:15	Managing Uncertainty Through Better Upfront Planning and Flexible Workplans
	Dr. Albert Robbat, Center for Field Analytical Studies and Technology, Tufts University
12:15 - 1:15	LUNCH in Exhibit Area
1:15 - 2:00	Regulator's Perspective: How Field-Based Analytical Methods Can be Used to Obtain Quality Data and Improve Decision-Making
	John Fitzgerald, Regional Engineer, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, MA DEP
2:00 - 2:45	Consultant's Perspective: How the Triad Approach (better upfront planning, dynamic work plans, and field-based analytics) Works to Our Advantage
	Robert Burger, President, ESN North Atlantic
2:45 - 3:15	BREAK - View Exhibits
3:15 - 4:00	What About SW-846? - An Interactive Discussion
	Facilitated by Andy Beliveau, Project Lead Chemist, EPA Region 1
4:00 - 4:30	Sources of Additional Information and Training
	Kathy Yager, EPA Technology Innovation Office
4:30	Adjourn
Participants:	Consultants and state and federal project managers who deal with waste sites, including those in the following programs: Brownfields voluntary site cleanup UST RCRA corrective action Superfund federal facilities
Objectives:	Raise awareness of state and EPA concerns about the traditional approach to site characterizations. Present strategy and technology options that can help improve the information obtained during site characterizations and the subsequent remediation decisions.

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