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> Upcoming Live Internet Seminars
ITRC: 1,4-Dioxane: Science, Characterization & Analysis, and Remediation Training - Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:00PM-3:15PM EST (18:00-20:15 GMT).
In 2020, ITRC's 1,4-Dioxane team created multiple tools and documents that provide information to assist all interested stakeholders in understanding this
contaminant and for making informed, educated decisions. Since the 1950s, 1,4-Dioxane has seen widespread use as a solvent stabilizer. The use of solvents
through the 1980s suggests its presence at thousands of solvent sites in the US; however, it is not always a standard compound in typical analytical suites for
hazardous waste sites, so it previously was overlooked. The U.S. EPA has classified 1,4-Dioxane as 'likely to be carcinogenic to humans.' Some states have
devised health standards or regulatory guidelines for drinking water and groundwater standards; these are often sub-part per billion values. These low standards
present challenges for analysis, characterization, and remediation of 1,4-Dioxane. The 1,4-Dioxane: Science, Characterization & Analysis, and Remediation
training is a series of six (6) modules. The six individual modules will be presented together live, and then archived on the ITRC 1,4-Dioxane training webpage
for on demand listening. For more information and to register, see https://www.itrcweb.org or https://www.clu-in.org/live.
ITRC: Reuse of Solid Mining Waste - Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:00PM-3:00PM EST (18:00-20:00 GMT). Solid mining waste represents a significant quantity
of waste material in the United States and around the world. Solid mining waste has a range of physical and chemical properties that make it both potentially
valuable and potentially hazardous to human health and the environment. From a commercial perspective, mining removes most of the primary minerals of interest;
however, waste materials can still contain valuable minerals and other materials that can be recovered. The different types of mining sites and potential
wastes for reuse provide a significant challenge but also an opportunity for innovation. The ITRC Reuse of Solid Mining Waste training and guidance document
(document available January 2025) is geared towards state regulators and environmental consultants, mining and manufacturing stakeholders, community
and tribal stakeholders, and other who have in interest in the potential reuse of solid mining waste. For more information and to register, see https://www.itrcweb.org
or https://www.clu-in.org/live.
ITRC: PFAS Beyond the Basics: Sampling, Analysis, Surface Water, & Air Occurrence Training - Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:00PM-3:00PM EST (18:00-20:00
GMT). This ITRC training course will build upon PFAS sampling and analysis information presented in the PFAS 101 CLU-IN training. The ITRC PFAS Beyond the Basics
class provides in-depth information on preparing for and implementing sampling events. Some detailed information and case studies are presented for sampling
surface water and PFAS-containing foam that can form and aggregate at the surface water-air interface. The training includes information about PFAS analysis
and discusses alternative qualitative analytical techniques. The occurrence of PFAS in air information from the literature for outdoor air, indoor air,
settled dust and precipitation is discussed. For more information and to register, see https://www.itrcweb.org or https://www.clu-in.org/live.
ITRC: Vapor Intrusion Mitigation (VIM-1) - A Two Part Series Training - Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:00PM-3:00PM EST (18:00-20:00 GMT) and Tuesday, March
11, 2025, 1:00PM-3:00PM EDT (17:00-19:00 GMT). When certain contaminants or hazardous substances are released into the soil or groundwater, they may volatilize
into soil gas. Vapor intrusion (VI) occurs when these vapors migrate up into overlying buildings and contaminate indoor air. ITRC has previously released
guidance documents focused on VI, including the 'Vapor Intrusion Pathway: A Practical Guidance' (VI-1, 2007) and 'Petroleum Vapor Intrusion: Fundamentals
of Screening, Investigation, and Management' (PVI, 2014). However, ITRC has received multiple requests for additional details and training on mitigation
strategies for addressing this exposure pathway. The ITRC Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Team (VIMT) created ten fact sheets, 16 technology information sheets,
and 4 checklists with the goal of assisting regulators during review of vapor intrusion mitigation systems, and helping contractors understand the essential
elements of planning, design, implementation, and operation, maintenance and monitoring (OM&M) of mitigation systems. The Vapor Intrusion Mitigation
training is a series of eight (8) modules, presented over two sessions. For more information and to register, see https://www.itrcweb.org or https://www.clu-in.org/live.
> New Documents and Web Resources
Solicitation: Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) FY 2026. The Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP) released a solicitation on January 7, 2025, requesting proposals for demonstrations of environmental and installation energy
technologies. The due date for all pre-proposals is due March 6, 2025. For more information, please visit https://serdp-estcp.mil/workwithus .
Technology Innovation News Survey Corner. The Technology Innovation News Survey contains market/commercialization information; reports on demonstrations,
feasibility studies and research; and other news relevant to the hazardous waste community interested in technology development. Recent issues, complete
archives, and subscription information is available at https://clu-in.org/products/tins/. The following resources were included in recent issues:
• Aerobic Biodegradation of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater
• New USGS Data-Driven Tools Can Aid Restoration of Mine Lands Across America
EUGRIS Corner. New Documents on EUGRIS, the platform for European contaminated soil and water information. More than 2 resources, events, projects and
news items were added to EUGRIS in January. These can be viewed at http://www.eugris.info/whatsnew.asp . Then select the appropriate month and year for the
updates in which you are interested.
> Conferences and Symposia
EPA Superfund Site Remediation Program: Radiation Risk Assessment Calculator Training - Phoenix, AZ, March 9, 2025. The US EPA Superfund Radiation Risk
Assessment is a full-day advanced course will be delivered at the upcoming 2025 Waste Management Symposia. This course focuses on specific technical and regulatory
issues that site managers (e.g., RPMs, OSCs) and technical staff (e.g., risk assessors, health physicists) address when managing sites under the US Environmental
Protection Agency's Superfund remedial program. This includes conducting a risk assessment for radioactive contaminants. Class instructors are Stuart
Walker of U.S. EPA and Fred Dolislager of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For more information and to register, https://www.wmsym.org/conference-informa ...
2025 Federal Environmental Symposium, March 31 - April 2, 2025, Bethesda, MD. The Symposium, hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be both
an in-person and virtual gathering of federal agencies to provide existing and relevant environmental information to Federal representatives. This event
was first offered in 2002 and hosted at the NIH facility. The main purpose is to encourage partnerships, sharing of information, and best practices amongst
Federal facilities. NIH will once again host the symposium virtually via MS Teams videoconferencing platform. This year's theme for the Symposium 'Supporting
the Mission Through Environmental Compliance' focuses on the sharing of best practices, success stories, partnerships, and challenges and achievements
of the federal practitioner community as they apply to your Agency's mission. The symposium is also expected to bring together federal agencies and their partnering
organizations to provide existing and relevant environmental policy perspectives. To learn more and register, please visit https://www.fedcenter.gov/calendar/confe ...
2025 ITRC Annual Meeting - 30th Anniversary, April 7-10, 2025 Kansas City, MO. Come celebrate ITRC's 30th Anniversary! ITRC is hosting their 2025 Annual
Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Join the ITRC Project Teams for working sessions, participate in their welcome reception and plenary sessions, and network
with the entire ITRC community and partners. To learn more and register, please visit https://itrcweb.org/2025-annual-meeting/ ...
Call for Abstracts! 2025 Environmental Measurement Symposium, August 4-8, 2025, St Louis, MO. Organized by The NELAC Institute (TNI), the 2025 Environmental
Measurement Symposium is a combined meeting of the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC) and the Forum on Environmental Accreditation. It
is the largest conference focused on environmental measurements in North America, and this year is planned as an in-person event for the week of August 4, 2025
in St. Louis, MO. This year's Symposium theme is Building a Quality Culture as the Foundation for Reliable Data. The NEMC Steering Committee is inviting abstracts
for oral or poster presentations which are due February 7, 2025. To submit an idea for the conference, please visit https://www.envirosymposium.group/.
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