GRAC Perchlorate Symposium - August 3-4, 2004 - Glendale, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Submitted by Thomas Mohr <tmohr@valleywater.org>

The Groundwater Resources Association of California Proudly Presents

ClO4?  2004

PERCHLORATE IN CALIFORNIA?S GROUNDWATER

AUGUST 4, 2004

GLENDALE HILTON HOTEL, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

Conference Agenda (Revised July 13, 2004)

August 3, 2004 

DINNER MEETING, Southern California Branch of GRA 
* Registration, Early Poster & Exhibitor Session and No-Host Icebreaker:
 5:30 pm ? 6:30 pm 
* Dinner Meeting and Presentation:  William E. Motzer, Ph.D., Todd
Engineers, ?Perchlorate in the Environment:  What We Know in 2004 and
Where Do We Go From Here??: 6:30 pm ? 8:30 pm 


August 4, 2004 

REGISTRATION:  7:00 to 8:00 AM 


ROOM A:  CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS: 

Session I: Perchlorate Characteristics, Occurrence, Analysis, Forensics

Moderator:  Bill Motzer, Todd Engineers
1       8:00 ? 8:20     Using Strontium Isotopes to Fingerprint
Perchlorate 
Richard Hurst, Hurst & Associates, Inc 
2       8:20 ? 8:40     Chlorine Isotopic Characterization of
Perchlorate 
Dr. Max Coleman, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory 
3       8:40 ? 9:00     Environmental Isotope Forensics of Perchlorate 
Dr. Neil Sturchio, University of Illinois at Chicago   
4       9:00 ? 9:20     Occurrence and Source of Perchlorate in the High
Plains Aquifer System of Texas and New Mexico 
Dr. Andrew Jackson, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas      
5       9:20 ? 9:40     Verifying the Reliability of EPA Method 314 to
Measure Perchlorate at Sub ppb Levels vs. New EPA Method Options
Dr. Andrew Eaton, Director, MWH Labs, Monrovia, California     

9:40 ? 10:00  Morning Break 
       
Session II: Toxicology of Perchlorate and Perchlorate in Plants and
Foods 

Moderator:  Thomas Mohr, Santa Clara Valley Water District     
1       10:00 ? 10:25   Perchlorate in Food:  New Data and Implications
for Regulation 
Renee Sharp, Environmental Working Group       
2       10:25 ? 10:50   Perchlorate Exposure Via Food Intake: An
Alternative Exposure Pathway 
Philip Smith, Andrew Jackson, and Scott Severt and Todd Anderson, The
Institute of Environmental & Human Health, Department of Environmental
Toxicology, Texas Tech University 
3       10:50 ? 11:20   Perchlorate Toxicology ? an Update 
Dr. Richard Pleus, InterTox    
4       11:20 ? 11:50   From a PHG to the MCL 
Dr. Richard Bull, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at
the Washington State University Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology and Principal, MoBull Consulting, Inc. 


ROOM B:  CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS: 

Session III: Innovative Remediation Methods I

Moderator: Scott Seyfried, LFR Levine Fricke   
1       8:00 ? 8:20     Selective and Regenerable Ion Exchange for
Efficient Treatment of Perchlorate Contaminated Water at Trace Concentrations
Gilbert Brown and Baohua Gu, Environmental and Chemical Sciences
Divisions, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2       8:20 ? 8:40     Commercial Demonstration of the Use of Tailored
Carbon for the Removal of Perchlorate Ions from Potable Water
Dr. James Graham, USFilter Westates, Dr. Fred Cannon, Robert Parette,
Penn State University, Douglas, Headrick, City of Redlands, and Gary
Yamamoto, California Department of Health Services  
3       8:40 ? 9:00     Innovative, Cost Effective Engineering
Strategies for Perchlorate Cleanup 
David Jenkins, Kleinfelder Inc. and Dr. Eric Nuttall, University of New
Mexico 
4       9:00 ? 9:20     Selection and Use of Microcosm Studies to
Evaluate Electron Donor Choices for In-Situ Degradation of Perchlorate
in California Ground Waters
David Cook, Kleinfelder Inc., and Dr. Eric Nuttall, University of New
Mexico   
5       9:20 ? 9:40     Investigation of Ion-Exchange Treatment for
Perchlorate-Impacted Saugus Aquifer in the Santa Clarita Valley 
Lina Boulos, Joon Min, Ryan Anderson, Graham Juby, David Prasifka and
Jess Brown, , Carollo Engineers, David Kimbrough and Steve McClean,
Castaic Lake Water Agency    

9:40 ? 10:00 Morning Break 
       
Session IV: Case Studies I: Remediation 

Moderators: Mark Fenner, ARCADIS; Jon Rohrer, KOMEX H2O Science Inc.   
1       10:00 ? 10:25   Rethinking Traditional Approaches for
Groundwater Remedial Actions ? Rancho Cordova Case Study 
Daniel Davis, Dr. Nicole Sweetland, and Neil Blandford, Daniel B.
Stephens & Associates, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico  
2       10:25 ? 10:50   Pilot-Scale Fixed-Bed Biological Perchlorate
Treatment & Considerations For Full-Scale Implementation
Jess Brown, Ryan Anderson, Joon Min, Lina Boulos, David Prasifka, Juby
Graham, Carollo Engineers, and Steve McLean, Castaic Lake Water Agency  
3       10:50 ? 11:20   Case Study:  Perchlorate Remediation at NASA?s
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
Steve Slaten and Merrilee Fellows      
4       11:20 ? 11:50   City of Ontario?s Perchlorate and Nitrate
Blending and Treatment 
Joon Min, Juby Graham, Susanna Li, Scott Burton, Jim Meyerhofer and
Khalil Karouz, Carollo Engineers, Mohamed El-Alemany and Kenneth Jeske,
City of Ontario Public Works Department    

11:50 AM ? 1:00 PM: Lunch 

        KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Dr. Gina Soloman, Senior Scientist, National
Resources Defense Council and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine,
U.C. San Francisco:  ?Perchlorate Toxicity ? Setting a Safe Exposure
Level and Emerging and Unresolved Issues?

ROOM A:  CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSION: 

Session V: Case Studies II: General/Investigative

Moderator:  Elie Haddad, Locus Technologies    
1       1:00 ? 1:20     Perchlorate Contamination of Southern California
Groundwater Resources 
Ralph Beck, Steve Ross, Anthony Brown, and David Bolin, KOMEX H2O
Sciences Inc.
2       1:20 ? 1:40     Regulation of Perchlorate Impacts to Surface
Water at a Rocket Motor Plant in Santa Clara County, California
Dr. Keith Roberson, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
Board     
3       1:40 ? 2:00     The Use of Computerized Groundwater Modeling to
Design Capture Zone Well Array for the Perchlorate Remediation System in
Zone 4 at the Stringfellow Superfund Site
Gregory Wittman and Bryan Bondy, Kleinfelder, Inc.     
4       2:00 ? 2:20     Plume Source Identification Using Chemical
Ratios and Convex Hull Theory to Measure "Closeness" of Fingerprint Matching
Dr. T.V. Hromadka II, Hromadka & Associates, Costa Mesa, California and
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton, and Dr. R.J.
Whitley, Professor, University of California, Irvine  
5       2:20 ? 2:40     Permitting and Operation of a Perchlorate
Treatment System for Municipal Water Supply 
Richard Chandler, Sam Kramer and Andrew Gray, Komex H2O Science, Inc.  

2:45 ? 3:00 Afternoon Break 
       
Session VI: Innovative Remediation Methods II (Bioremediation) 
Moderator:  Barry Molnaa, ARCADIS      
1       3:00 ? 3:20     Remediation of Perchlorate in Soil: The New
Frontier? Emerging Views, Remediation Concepts & Case Studies 
Evan E. Cox, Jamey Rosen, Dr. James Deitsch & Dr. Robert Borch,
Geosyntec      
2       3:20 ? 3:40     Bioremediation and Soil Washing for Treatment of
Perchlorate-Contaminated Soils 
Michael Bower and Dr. Patrick Evans, Camp Dresser McKee
3       3:40 ? 4:00     In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Vadose
Zone Soil 
Dr. Patrick Evans, Camp Dresser McKee  
4       4:00 ? 4:40     In-Situ Anaerobic Bioremediation of
Perchlorate-Impacted Vadose Soil 
Benjamin Wuerl, Lisa Owsianiak, ARCADIS, Richmond, Avram Frankel, and
Barry Molnaa, ARCADIS Fullerton  
5       4:40 ? 5:00     The Toolbox Available for Monitoring Microbial
Perchlorate Bioremediation 
Dr. John Coates, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University
of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Laurie Achenbach, Department of
Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 

        
ROOM B:  CONCURRENT AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSION 

PANEL DISCUSSION I - 1:00 PM ? 2:45 PM 
Recent Legislation, Regulations and Legal Issues 

Moderator:  Tom Johnson, LFR Levine Fricke (GRA President) 
        Andrew Yamamoto (Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP) 
        Earl Hagström (Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP) 
        Steve Hoch (Hatch and Parent, LLP) 
        Lawrence Hilton (Hewitt and O?Neil LLP) 

PANEL DISCUSSION II  -  3:00 PM ? 4:30 PM 
Continuing Problems for Water Utilities and Water Purveyors - Focus on
the Inland Empire 

Moderators:  Jon Rohrer, KOMEX H2O Science Inc. and Mark Fenner, Arcadis
G&M, Inc. 
          Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board: Kurt Berchtold 
          West Valley Water District: Anthony "Butch" Araiza 
          City of Rialto ? Robert Owen 
          City of Colton - invited 
          Fontana Water Company ? Mike McGraw, General Manager 

POSTER AND EXHIBITOR RECEPTION: 
5:00 ? 6:30 PM 

Plan on sitting out the traffic and airport rush and enjoying our POSTER
RECEPTION !  We will have competitively selected Posters presented on a
variety of topics.


Posters

Ex Situ Biological Treatment of Perchlorate Contaminated Groundwater
Using Biological Fluidized Bed Reactors ? An Update
William Guarini, Shaw Environmental, Inc. 

Improved Analytical Methodologies for the Determination of Perchlorate 
Eric Redman, Severn Trent Laboratories 

Field Scale In-Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate 
Lisa Owsianiak, ARCADIS 

Downstream Processing of Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater Following
Biotreatment 
Patrick Evans, Camp Dresser McKee 

Determination of Perchlorate:  Suppressed Conductivity vs. Mass
Spectrometry 
Lawrence Chrystal and Cyndi Moore, Edward S. Babcock & Sons, Inc. 

Determination of Perchlorate:  Suppressed Conductivity vs. Mass
Spectrometry 
Cyndi Moore, E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc. Laboratory 

Removal of Perchlorate from Water via Ion Exchange Coupled with Raman
Spectroscopy:  A Prototype System 
Sam Bryan, Pacific Northwest Laboratory 


For inquiries about attending, sponsoring, or exhibiting at this event,
please see GRA?s web site at
http://www.grac.org/perchlorate - or call us at 916-446-3626.  A limited
number of hotel sleeping rooms have been reserved at a favorable group
rate ? early reservations are suggested.

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