Aspiring Professional Series: Maintaining Safe Ambient Air Levels During Site Remediations

Date: July 10, 2024
Time: Course - 5:30 - 6:15 pm | Q&A & Networking - 6:15 - 6:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom (Link to Pre-Register in Zoom included on your confirmation screen and in a confirmation email)
 
Instructors:

• Timothy Minnich, MS, QEP, Principal, Minnich and Scotto, Inc.
• Robert Scotto, MS, Principal, Minnich and Scotto, Inc.

Moderator: TBD
 
Description:

DO YOU know how to plan for acute human health exposure scenarios? Learn how to protect downwind communities from unacceptable and chronic exposure during the remediation of contaminated sites.

In December 2023, the NJDEP released technical guidance on conducting perimeter air monitoring (PAM) to protect downwind communities from unacceptable acute and chronic exposure during the remediation of contaminated sites. Accordingly, the PAM guidance addresses both exposure scenarios.
 
Traditional point sampling is generally recommended for remediations in which chronic exposure is the main concern.  However, a more sophisticated approach must be implemented when the primary concern is acute exposure; this course focuses on such site remediations. Information will be provided on the design and performance of air measurement programs using real-time instruments to generate technically defensible data which can be evaluated quickly, in the field – thus ensuring protection of downwind residents and other sensitive receptors from acute exposure.

In this presentation, APs will gain an understanding of how acute exposure scenarios can be planned for, relative to projects in NJ. Other topics covered will include: applicable state and federal regulatory requirements; the distinction between air sampling and air monitoring; the elements of an air pathway analysis (APA) as developed by the U.S. EPA, and the need to perform them during the remedy-selection process; and the consequences of circumventing the APA process, as viewed through the lens of an infamous case study – Quanta Resources Superfund Site – with its attendant QA deficiencies.

Register for the July 10, 2024 - Aspiring Professional Series: Maintaining Safe Ambient Air Levels During Site Remediations now.