Live Training
ASTM E3164 Standard Guide for Contaminated Sediment Site Risk-Based Corrective Action – Baseline, Remedy Implementation and Post-Remedy Monitoring Programs and ASTM E3242 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations
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$899
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Virtual Event, VE
06/05/2024 - 06/05/2024
About the Course
The course covers ASTM E3164 Standard Guide for Contaminated Sediment Site Risk-Based Corrective Action – Baseline, Remedy Implementation and Post-Remedy Monitoring Programs and ASTM E3242 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Data Evaluation and Calculation Methodologies.
The first section of the course provides an overview of ASTM E3164 and educates the attendee on the six-step process for monitoring program development with specific considerations for the three stages of monitoring associated with sediment remediation activities. This will include considerations for baseline monitoring, which occurs before remedial action; remedy implementation monitoring, which occurs during the field execution of the remedy; and post-remedy monitoring (performance and effectiveness monitoring), which occurs after remedy implementation and completion.
The second section of the course covers ASTM E3242 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Site—Data Evaluation and Calculation Methodologies, with supporting elements from ASTM E3344 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Sediment Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Selection of Background Reference Areas, and E3382 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Framework Overview, Including Conceptual Site Model Considerations. This section of the course covers the importance of background in corrective measures and educates the attendees on methods to derive a technically defensible sediment background concentrations following sound scientific practices.
The topics covered in the training will include:
ASTM E3164 Standard Guide for Contaminated Sediment Site Risk-Based Corrective Action – Baseline, Remedy Implementation and Post-Remedy Monitoring Programs
- Six-step process for monitoring program development
- Baseline monitoring
- Remedy implementation monitoring
- Post-remedy monitoring
ASTM E3242 Standard Guide Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Data Evaluation and Calculation Methodologies.
- Data visualization
- Statistical considerations in selecting, collecting, and evaluating background data sets
- Chemical and geochemical considerations relevant to developing representative background concentrations
- Developing background threshold values (BTVs) that are an estimate of the upper range of a representative background data set; these values can be used as representative background concentration
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:
- Apply the six-step process for monitoring program development
- Describe the specific function of baseline, remedy implementation, and post-remedy monitoring programs, and explain how each monitoring stage is designed to move a sediment site toward regulatory closure
- Design and apply baseline, remedy implementation, and post-remedy monitoring programs
- Explain the importance of sediment background for sediment corrective measures, and describe the meaning of “representative” in the background context
- Identify data needs for evaluating background concentrations at a sediment site
- Determine appropriate candidate background reference areas for a contaminated sediment site
- Extract background data from existing site data sets, and determine when it is appropriate to do so
- Evaluate statistical outliers to determine whether they should be retained in, or excluded from, a candidate background data set
- Apply chemical and geochemical evaluations in evaluating site and background data sets,
- Present and explain data analysis for use in reporting
- Apply the process shown in Figure 1 of ASTM E3242 with sediment site data
- Identify appropriate subject matter experts to involve at each step
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:
ASTM E3164 Standard Guide for Contaminated Sediment Site Risk-Based Corrective Action – Baseline, Remedy Implementation and Post-Remedy Monitoring Programs
- Six-step process for monitoring program development
- Baseline monitoring
- Remedy implementation monitoring
- Post-remedy monitoring
ASTM E3242 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Site—Data Evaluation and Calculation Methodologies
- Importance of Representative Background
- Overview of Process
- Development of Candidate Background Data Sets
- Data Visualization
- Evaluation of High Nondetect Data
- Evaluation of Outliers
- Geochemical Evaluations
- Developing a Representative Background Data Set
- Development of Representative Background Concentration Values
- Case Study: Selecting Representative Background Areas
- Case Study: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
- Case Study: Metals
- Further Reading
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
E3164 Standard Guide for Contaminated Sediment Site Risk-Based Corrective Action – Baseline, Remedy Implementation and Post-Remedy Monitoring Programs
E3242 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Data Evaluation and Calculation Methodologies
E3344 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Sediment Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Selection of Background Reference Areas
E3382 Standard Guide for Developing Representative Background Concentrations at Sediment Sites—Framework Overview, Including Conceptual Site Model Considerations
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.
Dr. Leyla Shams is an Environmental Scientist working with NewFields statistics team as a data analyst. She conducts data/statistical analysis in various environmental, biological, and ecological studies and works on projects that involve background determination in soil and sediment, trend analysis, contamination assessment and damage valuation. She has a PhD in Environmental and Marine Sciences from Plymouth University in the United Kingdom and has authored and co-authored seven publications.
How Learning Will Be Assessed
Learning will be assessed through discussions.