Hello,
We are about a week away from the 2015 AEHS conference! This is a reminder to please reserve your Webinar seat for the Vapor Intrusion Workshop coming up on March 23rd and 24th. To reserve a seat, please visit the GoToWebinar links below.
If you are planning to attend in-person or via webinar, you can download the agenda from our website:
https://iavi.rti.org/WorkshopsAndConferences.cfm. Following the conclusion of the workshop, this website will also allow you to download the speaker presentations and webinar recordings.
Thank you,
Kristin
Kristin Smith
Environmental Scientist
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Ph: 919-541-6081
SAVE THE DATES: March 23-24, 2015 - EPA Vapor Intrusion Technical Workshop
EPA will convene a technical workshop on vapor intrusion entitled, Long-Term Evidence-Based Protection & Sustainability in Residential, Commercial, and IndustrialBuildings, divided into three workshop sessions. If you can attend the AEHS West Coast Conference, please join in person. If you cannot be at the Conference, you can observe and listen to the three workshop sessions below via webinar.
Session 1: EPA Vapor Intrusion Technical Workshop Part I - Platform presentations
Monday, March 23, 2015, 1:00 – 5:00 pm Pacific time.
Session 2: EPA Vapor Intrusion Workshop - Informal Panel Discussion (w/ Session 1 questions)
Monday, March 23, 2015, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Pacific time.
Session 3: EPA Vapor Intrusion Technical Workshop Part II – Platform presentations
Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Pacific time
There is no cost to attend this webinar. Attendees may choose to listen using their computer speakers*. Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions online during the webinar through the webinar software.
You can register for one, two, or all of the sessions (NOTE: you must register for each session to attend them all). When you register, please be sure to answer the survey question on the number of people attending per line so that we can get an accurate attendance count. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. You also will receive a link to the final agenda for all sessions in a separate email.
Program Abstract:
Since 2004, the USEPA has sponsored annual Vapor Intrusion (VI) Workshops at the AEHS Foundation’s Annual International West Coast Conference in San Diego, CA. This year’s technical workshop, which will be held over two successive half-day sessions, is focused on the latest scientific observations and evidence regarding the efficacy of various management approaches for providing long-term (sustainable) evidence-based protection. VI risks are presented by contaminated groundwater sources, and the long-term evidence-based approaches and degree of certainty expected for groundwater ingestion exposures (e.g., NRC 2012) will be compared with those currently typical for the VI pathway’s inhalation exposures. The evidence and scenarios considered will range from the simplest pre-construction and existing residential settings, to more complicated residential scenarios and the typically even-more variable non-residential scenarios. Residential scenarios will include the latest data from two of the world’s most thoroughly studied VI-research houses (and consideration of their representativeness) along with studies that illustrate the building-specific complexities that are often only observable after applying physical intrusion controls/ diagnostics to a given building. Finally, because “there are two choices for dealing with a possible vapor intrusion pathway at a given site: (1) invest in sampling and analyses to confirm whether or not the potential exposure is of concern, or (2) install a vapor mitigation system,” this workshop will continue the discussion from our 2014 workshop by presenting the latest scientific and economic evidence for informing such a decision, likely made more efficient by an earlier awareness of the long-term stewardship obligations that can become more obvious with time. Also note that in response to numerous ‘too much information in too little time to discuss’ comments from our previous workshops, this split-day format will allow an optional informal evening discussion session that is being planned for all technical topics, including impacted-community stakeholder groups’ comments and perspectives.
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* Although computer speakers are the preferred option, a non-toll free number will be provided in case webinar participants want to use their phones.