Live Training
ASTM Standard Guides for Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) Mobility and Migration in Sediment
Price:
$499
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Virtual Event, VE
09/05/2024 - 09/05/2024
About the Course
The course provides an overview of ASTM standard guides focused on NAPL mobility and migration in sediment. This course covers the following ASTM Standard Guides for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment: ASTM E3248 Conceptual Models for Emplacement and Advection, ASTM E3268 Sample Collection, Field Screening, and Sample Handling, ASTM E3281 Screening Process to Categorize Samples for Laboratory NAPL Mobility Testing, ASTM E3282 Evaluation Metrics, and ASTM E3300 Evaluating Ebullition and Associated NAPL/Contaminant Transport.
The topics covered in the training will include:
- NAPL emplacement mechanisms
- The concepts of NAPL mobility (or immobility) at the pore scale and NAPL migration (or stability) at the NAPL body scale
- Considerations in field sampling, storage, and sample transport
- Process to categorize NAPL presence and relative abundance in field samples using visual observations and shake tests
- Selection of field samples for NAPL mobility testing
- Laboratory testing and calculation methods
- Tiered and weight of evidence (WOE) decision analyses to evaluate NAPL mobility and migration under field conditions
- Calculation methodology for surface water NAPL loadings from ebullition-facilitated NAPL transport
The course will use case studies to illustrate how to apply these approaches.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain NAPL emplacement mechanisms
- Apply recommendations for sample collection, storage, and transport
- Apply a framework to categorize the relative abundance of NAPL in field samples, and select field samples for laboratory NAPL mobility testing
- Apply the laboratory test methods and calculations needed to assess NAPL mobility and migration
- Apply tiered and WOE approaches for evaluating the mobility of NAPL at the pore scale and migration of NAPL at the body scale
- Explain the fundamentals of ebullition and ebullition-facilitated transport (EFT) of NAPL/contaminants from the sediment to the overlying water body
- Apply calculation methods to measure surface water NAPL/contaminant loading arising from EFT
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for those involved in sediment corrective action programs, including government employees involved in regulatory programs, environmental consultants, toxicologists, risk assessors, site remediation professionals, environmental contractors, and other stakeholders.
Course Outline
This course considers the following topics:
Fee Includes
- Referenced ASTM standards (available during the live course);
- Digital course notebook
This course also includes access to two free ASTM course:
ASTM Standards Referenced
ASTM E3248 Standard Guide for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment—Conceptual Models for Emplacement and Advection
ASTM E3268 Standard Guide for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment—Sample Collection, Field Screening, and Sample Handling
ASTM E3281 Standard Guide for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment—Screening Process to Categorize Samples for Laboratory NAPL Mobility Testing
ASTM E3282 Standard Guide for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment—Evaluation Metrics
ASTM E3300 Standard Guide for NAPL Mobility and Migration in Sediment—Evaluating Ebullition and Associated NAPL/Contaminant Transport
About the Instructors
Allison Geiselbrecht is a Principal with a focus on technically challenging project management and analyses. She manages complex RI/FSs and remedial design projects, including Western Port Angeles Harbor in Port Angeles, River Mile 3.5 East Remedial Design in Portland Harbor, NPDES and Clean Water Act-related services, and several confidential allocation projects. She has authored many publications and presentations and has served as a testifying and non-testifying expert in litigation.
Eric Litman has 20 years of experience in the field of environmental science, with a specialization in applied environmental chemistry. Since 2010 he has been a consulting scientist at NewFields working in support of industrial clients, state agencies and the federal government. During this time, he has conducted environmental site investigations focused on the characterization of chemical contaminants in support of natural resource damage assessments (NRDA), CERCLA investigations and the development of cost allocation strategies. From 2010 to 2015 he served as a laboratory program manager for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NRDA with a focus on data usability and laboratory management. He has worked in a variety of laboratory settings as both an analytical chemist specializing in hydrocarbon chemistry and as a laboratory manager. His research interests include the history of industrial chemistry and the development of novel laboratory methods that can be used to characterize emerging contaminants. Mr. Litman is currently working on the development of a new method to characterize polar metabolites formed through the degradation of petroleum. Mr. Litman holds a B.S. in environmental chemistry from Norwich University and an M.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Northeastern University.
How Learning Will Be Assessed
Learning will be assessed through discussions.