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National Forum on Vapor Intrusion

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January 12-13, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to all who attended our successful conference! We met our goal of about 350 people from across the United States, including Federal agencies, state and local governments, community activists and other impacted residents, property developers and property reuse personnel, private consultants and vendors, and responsible parties undertaking response. This Forum was structured on dual tracks with common sessions. We had technical presentations on sampling, assessment, risk, and engineering. There were also case studies illustrating a cross section of vapor intrusion issues from the perspective of community stakeholders, Brownfields, EPA, and states. We had two breakout sessions: one on community issues and one on government programs. The Community Stakeholder Breakout presented areas and issues of interest for community groups, residents, developers, and possibly local government. The Government Stakeholder Breakout pertained to internal issues of program implementation, policy and guidance. We also had close to 30 poster presentations.

Thank you to all who supported our conference, including ORD's Office of Science Policy, OSWER's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and ORD's National Exposure Research Laboratory and Land Research Program. Thanks also go out to the "champions" of the Monday evening poster session, including HydroGeoLogic, Inc., CH2MHill, Sullivan International, and Pontarolo Engineering.

If you were an attendee, please fill out our evaluation form available via the link below. You may also request a Certificate of Participation by emailing register@consolidatedsafety.com. We hope to have Proceedings completed and posted here by early March 2009.

If you have any further questions about this workshop, please feel free to contact Bill Hagel (hagel.bill@epa.gov) or Mike Gill (gill.michael@epa.gov).

Proceedings
Agendas
Logistics
Posters

Monday, January 12
7:30am Registration
Plenary Session
9:00am Welcome to Region 3 Jim Burke, Director, Hazardous Site Control Division, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
9:10am EPA Perspective on Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 16pp., 1.2MB) Henry Schuver, Chair - Vapor Intrusion Workgroup, EPA OSWER, Washington, DC
9:20am Community Stakeholder Perspective on Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 29pp., 1.5MB) Lenny Siegel, Executive Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight, Mountain View, CA
9:30am Vapor Intrusion Pathway: ITRC and States’ Perspectives (PDF, 17pp., 840KB) John Boyer, Co-Chair, ITRC VI Team, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ
Community Case Studies, Lenny Siegel - Moderator
9:40am Vapor Intrusion and Social Science: The Case of TCE Contamination in Endicott, NY (PDF, 12pp., 1.4MB) Peter Little, Endicott, NY
10:00am Breathing and Drinking VOC's in Hopewell Junction, NY (PDF, 17pp., 3.1MB) Debra Hall, Founder, Hopewell Junction Citizens for Clean Water, Hopewell Junction, NY
10:20am Break (15 Minutes)
10:35am Lessons Learned from the Chillum TCE Site, Maryland (PDF, 17pp., 1.8MB) Teddi Lopez, Washington, DC
10:55am Q&A and Discussion on Community Case Studies
Sampling and Assessment Session, Kathy Davies - Moderator
11:15am Understanding the Conceptual Site Model for Vapor Intrusion Into Buildings (PDF, 26pp., 682KB) Dr. Lilian Abreu, Civil/Environmental Engineer, Geosyntec Consultants, Santa Barbara, CA
11:35am Ongoing and Planned Research at NRMRL-Ada on Gas and Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 30pp., 6.8MB) Dr. Dominic Digiulio, Environmental Engineer, EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), Ada, OK
11:55am Case Study: Sub-slab vs. Near-slab Soil Vapor Profiles at a Chlorinated Solvent Site (PDF, 17pp., 2.8MB) Dr. Brian Schumacher, Chief, Characterization and Monitoring Branch, EPA-NERL, Las Vegas, NV
12:15pm Lunch (on your own)
Sampling and Assessment Session (cont.)
1:15pm Using the TAGA Mobile Laboratory to Resolve Vapor Intrusion Issues; Interpretation of Multiple Lines of Evidence for Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 71pp., 22.2MB) Dave Mickunas, EPA Environmental Response Team, Research Triangle Park, NC
1:35pm Empirical VI Database Background Indoor Air Review Updated J&E Spreadsheet Model (PDF, 25pp., 850KB)
Addendum (PDF, 41pp., 438KB) 		Bill Wertz, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY
1:55pm Q&A and Discussion on Sampling & Assessment
2:15pm Break (15 minutes)
2:30pm - 5:30pm Government Breakout Session Community Stakeholder Breakout Session
  Jack Kelly, Moderator Lenny Siegel, Moderator
  SPEAKERS:
State of NJ Program: John Boyer
State of NY Program: Bill Wertz
State of PA Program: Jim Shaw
State of DE Program: Rick Galloway
State of VA Program: Gerald Grimes
State of MD Program: Jim Carroll
State Panel Discussion
Role of Enforcement: James Miles, EPA OECA
DoD: Richard Mach, Dept. of the Navy
EPA Region 3: Jack Kelly
EPA Region 2: Michael Sivak
EPA Region 6: Sai Appaji
Federal Panel Discussion 		SPEAKERS:
Peter Strauss, San Francisco, CA (PDF, 9pp., 940KB)
Mike Schade, Brooklyn, NY (PDF, 10pp., 989KB)
Dawn Philip, Brooklyn, NY
Mike Barry, Victor, NY (PDF, 21pp., 1.1MB)
John "Buddy" Andrade, New Bedford, MA
Mary Moore, Phoenix, AZ (PDF, 8pp., 1.9MB)
Jane Horton, Mountain View, CA (PDF, 19pp., 16.2MB)
Barry Durand, Weaverville, NC
6:00pm - 8:00pm Poster Session and Evening Reception
Reception Champions:
HydroGeoLogic, Inc.; CH2MHill;
Sullivan International Group, Inc.; Pontarolo Engineering, Inc.


Tuesday, January 13
8:00am Day 2 Welcome: Announcements Bill Hagel, Superfund and Technology Liaison, EPA ORD/Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
8:05am Government Breakout Session Report Jack Kelly, On Science Coordinator, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
8:20am Community Stakeholder Breakout Session Report Lenny Siegel, Executive Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight, Mountain View, CA
8:35am Q&A and Discussion on Breakout Sessions
8:50am Community Involvement Challenges at Vapor Intrusion Sites (PDF, 5pp., 561KB) David Polish, Community Involvement Coordinator, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
9:10am Case Study: Risk Management and Risk Perception in a Superfund Community (PDF, 14pp., 412KB) Kristine Matzko, Remedial Project Manager, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
Risk Assessment Session, Michele Conlon - Moderator
9:30am Risk Assessment Considerations (PDF, 12pp., 3.7MB) Dawn Ioven, Toxicologist, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
9:50am Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Part F – An Overview (PDF, 23pp., 72KB) Michael Sivak, Leader, Superfund Technical Support Team, EPA Region 2, New York, NY
10:10am Break (15 Minutes)
10:25am Case Study: Chemical Metals Industries (PDF, 10pp., 1.4MB) Jim Carroll, Program Administrator, Land Restoration Program, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD
10:45am EPA OSWER Application of TCE Toxicity Data in Risk Assessment (PDF, 15pp., 58KB) Jayne Michaud, Environmental Health Scientist, EPA OSWER, Washington, DC
11:05am Case Study: Vapor Intrusion Risk Management – Bally Ground Water Superfund Site (PDF, 13pp., 5.9B) Mitch Cron, Remedial Project Manager, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
11:25am Q&A and Discussion on Risk Assessment
11:45am Lunch (on your own)
Engineering & Site Development Session, Michael Gill - Moderator
1:00pm The ASTM Standard and Legal Issues Associated with the Development of Property with Potential Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 19pp., 506KB) Larry Schnapf, Attorney, Schulte, Roth & Zabel, New York, NY
1:20pm Case Study: Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Measures at the Former Bethlehem Steel Plant (PDF, 28pp., 11.9MB) Dr. William K. Ahlert, Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc., Allentown, PA
1:40pm Mitigation and Control of Vapor Intrusion (PDF, 45pp., 9.1MB) Ron Mosley, Environmental Scientist, EPA ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC
2:00pm New Developments in Vapor Intrusion Control (PDF, 31pp., 2.5MB) David Folkes, P.E., President, EnviroGroup Limited, Centennial, CO
2:20pm Case Study: The Mott Haven Campus in the Bronx: Long-Term Site Management Al Rodriguez, Counsel to the Bronx Borough President, Bronx, NY
2:40am Q&A and Discussion on Engineering and Site Development
11:45am Closing Remarks (Henry Schuver John Boyer; Lenny Siegel)
3:30am Adjourn

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