Progress 08/15/05 to 01/14/06
Outputs
A pesticide session of both oral and poster presentations was organized and presented at the 22nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In addition to accepted submitted abstracts in the pesticide category, additional presentations were solicited from experts in the field. The oral session was well rounded and consisted of seven talks covering regulatory issues, analysis and site assessment issues, bioremediation and remediation issues. In addition several pesticide related presentations were included in other conference sessions. These talks presented updated material and built on the data presented at previous conferences on implications of pesticide contamination and remediation of soils, sediments and water. The talks presented creative and cost effective assessments and remediation within the boundaries of regulatory requirements. The list of the presentations follow: 1. Regulation and
Non-Regulation of Pesticides in the Massachusetts Environment, Paul W. Locke, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, MA; 2. EPA Review of Selected Non-Combustion Technologies for Remediation of Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants, Ellen Rubin, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, U.S.EPA, Arlington, VA, Younus Burhan, Tetra Tech EM, Inc., Reston, VA; 3. Full-Scale Bioremediation of Pesticide-impacted Soil/Sediment at the THAN Superfund Site, Montgomery, Alabama, David Raymond, Steven Gable, Alan Seech, Adventus Remediation Technologies, ON, Canada, James Mueller, Fayaz Lakhwala, Adventus Americas, Inc., Chicago, IL, Todd Slater, ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., Philadelphia, PA; 4. Assessing Sites for the Presence of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls using Passive Soil Gas Sampling, James E. Whetzel, W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc., Elkton, MD; 5. Differential Reactivity of HCH Isomers Towards Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron,
Daniel W. Elliott, The Whitman Companies Inc., East Brunswick, NJ, Wei-xian Zhang, Steven T. Spear, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; 6. Remediating Chloroacetanilide-Contaminated Water with Dithionite-Reduced Soil and Aquifer Sediments, Hardiljeet K. Boparai, Patrick J. Shea, Steve D. Comfort, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; 7. Large-Scale Bioremediation of DDT and Toxaphene-Contaminated Soils in an Anaerobic Biocell, Eric C. Hince, Robert L. Zimmer, Sheila M. McGroddy, Geovation Consultants, Inc., Florida, NY; 8. In-Situ Bioremediation of Low-Level Dieldrin Impacted Soil, David Raymond, Alan Seech, Adventus Remediation Technologies, ON, Canada, James Mueller, Fayaz Lakhwala, Adventus Americas, Inc., Chicago, IL; 9. Tracing Pb Isotopic Compositions of Common Arsenical Pesticides in a Coastal Maine Watershed Containing Arsenic-enriched Groundwater, Robert A. Ayuso, Gilpin R. Robinson, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; 10. Yakima Valley Spray Facility Cleanup Richard H.
Bassett, Washington State Department of Ecology Toxics Cleanup Program, Yakima, WA
Impacts
The special session on pesticides at the 21st Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water consisted of a diverse set of topics concerned with pesticide contamination of soils, sediments and water. It covered analysis, site assessment, risk assessment and remediation of pesticides of concern. It well attended by a cross section of conference attendees. This year there were over 800 attendees who came from state agencies (6 states, 27 agencies), federal and military agencies (21 states), petroleum, chemical, transportation and utility industries (12 states, 13 companies), academic institutions (23 states, 63 institutions), and consulting agencies (20 states, 102 companies). In addition there were foreign participants from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sierra Leone, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. The session
had the potential to reach a large range of professionals from diverse geographical sections of the country and the world.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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