[CPEO-MEF] GRA Vapor Intrusion Symposia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

THE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
presents the Eighth Symposium in its Series on Groundwater Contaminants

"SUBSURFACE VAPOR INTRUSION TO INDOOR AIR: WHEN IS SOIL AND GROUNDWATER
CONTAMINATION AN INDOOR AIR ISSUE?"
                                  
In Cooperation With: 
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
                                  
Co-Sponsors:
EnviroGroup Limited
GeoSyntec Consultants, Inc.
LFR Levine-Fricke
Malcolm Pirnie
                                  
Two Dates & Locations:
September 30, 2003 -- Hyatt San Jose -- San Jose, CA
October 1, 2003 -- Westin Long Beach -- Long Beach, CA
                                  
Symposium Web Page - http://www.grac.org/ia.html
                                  
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT - http://www.grac.org/iareg.html 
The potential for human exposures resulting from subsurface vapor 
intrusion to indoor air is a topic of significant concern and debate.
This  one-day symposium will provide attendees with an overview of the 
issues, along with a summary of the state of the science and practice 
in California. The workshop will also familiarize attendees with recent 
and emerging regulatory guidance, along with various tools and 
strategies that can be employed to evaluate site-specific exposures, 
where site-specific evaluations are warranted. The course will give an 
overview of predictive models, but will focus on the Johnson and 
Ettinger Model. 
                                  
Who should attend: The Symposium is intended for regulatory  agency
personnel, consultants, responsible parties, property owners  and
developers interested in the latest strategies for understanding and 
addressing this exposure pathway. 
                                  
                          Topics include: 
* Overview of the indoor air issue from the California perspective
* Case Study: a facility in Mountain View, CA
* Basis for predictive models
* Collection of field data: groundwater, soil, soil gas and physical parameters
* Background air quality and its impact on the assessment of vapor intrusion
* Engineering controls
* Hypothetical site characterization/risk assessment/remediation
approach to a site
* Panel discussion 
                                  
Speakers include: 
* David Berry, Department of Toxic Substances Control
* Roger Brewer, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
* Robert Ettinger, Shell Global Solutions
* Dan Gallagher, Department of Toxic Substances Control
* Paul Johnson, Arizona State University
* Eric Nichols, LFR Levine-Fricke
* Todd McAlary, GeoSyntec
* Ronald Mosley, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Research and Development
* John Moody, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
                                  
REGISTRATION FEES: 
GRA Members, Government Agency Employees and Cooperating Agency
Employees - $175 per person; 
Non-GRA members - $220 per person;
Registration plus GRA membership - $240 per person; 
Students - $80 per person. 
                                  
EXHIBIT SPACE AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES are available. Please
contact Mary Megarry, 916/446-3626 or email at mmegarry@nossaman.com, to
reserve your space or go to
http://www.grac.org/iaexhibitsponsor.pdf 
to print the forms to register as an exhibitor and/or sponsor. 
                                  
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: To reserve a sleeping room at the rate of
$119/night plus tax at the San Jose Hyatt (408-993-1234) or $110/night
plus tax at the Westin Long Beach (562-436-3000), please specify that
you are attending the GRA Symposium. 
                                  
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Visit GRA's Web site at 
 www.grac.org/ia.html or contact Mary Megarry at GRA, 916-446-3626 or
mmegarry@nossaman.com. For technical questions, contact Brian Lewis,
Department of Toxic Substances Control, 916 255-6532 or
blewis@dtsc.ca.gov.

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