Environment

8:00

Registration and continental breakfast

8:30

Welcome and Introduction
PTAC

8:45

Soil and Groundwater Research Committee Update
Steve Kullman, Husky

9:00

Alberta Environment Regulatory Update
Gordon Dinwoodie, Alberta Environment

9:20

Regulatory Evaluation of Nano Technology
Lori Sheremeta, University of Alberta

SALINITY

9:40

Fate and Transport and Sodium Chloride, Calcium Sulphate (Gypsum), Sodium Sulphate, and Boron in Soil and Implications for Guideline Development Work
Greg Huber, Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.

10:00

Vegetative Changes in Boreal Peatlands Along Salinity Gradients Resulting From Produced Water Spills: Implications for the Environmental Assessment and Remediation of Upstream Oil and Gas Sites
Doug Bright, UMA

10:20

break

10:30

System for Evaluating Salt Impacted Prairie Sloughs and Wetlands
John Banks, Matrix Solutions Inc.

10:50

Evaluation of Salt Transport and Removal at a Tile Drain Site: Year 2 Experimental Results
L.R. Bentley, M. Callaghan, E. Cey, M. Young, J. Headley, University of Calgary

11:10

Third-Party Sensitivity Analysis of the Subsoil Salinity Tool Version 2.5 for Site-Specific Guidelines
Marie-Eve Caron, Matrix Solutions Inc.

11:30

Results from the Assessment of Shower Exposures to Benzene Sourced from Groundwater and Implications for Guideline Development
Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc., and Sean Hays, Summit Toxicology

11:50

Effects of SAR on Hydraulic Conductivity and the Influence of Test Methods, EC, and Soil Compaction:
Implications for Subsoil SAR Guideline Development Work
Greg Huber, Konstantinon Vasilakos, Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.

12:10

Lunch

TOXICITY AND PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS RESEARCH

1:00

2009 Field Trial Methods Used to Correct False PHC Soil Criteria Exceedences at a Crude Oil Contaminated Drilling Site
Francine Kelly-Hooper, George Dixon, University of Waterloo

1:20

Tier 2 Regional Application of Soil Toxicity Tests
Lenz Haderlein, Worley Parsons

1:40

Applications of Different Measures of Bioavailability to Support the Derivation of Risk-based (Tiers 2 or 3) Remedial Benchmarks for PHC-Contaminated Sites
Gladys Stephenson, Stantec

2:00

Progress on the Development of Environment Canada’s Boreal Forest Soil Toxicity Test Methods: Plants and Soil Invertebrates
Juliska Princz, Christopher Fraser, Myriam Malette, Mary Moody and Rick Scroggins, Environment Canada

2:20

break

2:40

Weathered PHC F2 and the Eco-Contact Pathway - Phase II - The Effect of Soil Texture
Miles Tindal, Axiom Environmental Inc.

3:00

Alberta's Stratified Approach to Soil Remediation: Validating Critical Values for PHC Fractions in Subsoil Based on Their Lacking Effect on the Roots and Invertebrates
Andre Startsev, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures and Jeff Battigelli, Paragon Soil

GROUNDWATER

3:20

In Situ Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation in the Canadian Arctic
Charles Greer, National Research Council Canada

3:40

Networking Reception / Poster Session

POSTER SESSION

Methanol Amines and Glycol Development
Phil Heaton, Maxxam Analytics Inc.

Lead Project
Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.

Distinguishing and Quantifying Petrogenic and Biogenic Hydrocarbons in Contaminated and Background Soils (PERD Project): Fingerprinting of Oil Hydrocarbons and Other Organic Compounds in Canadian "Background" Soil and Plant Samples
Zhendi Wang, Environment Canada

Delineation of Salt Contamination in Patterned Ground
Julian Kanigan, INAC

Analysis of naphthenic acids in Athabasca Oil Sands Process Water by ESI and APPI Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry
Mark P. Barrow, Matthias Witt, John V. Headley, and Kerry M. Peru

Large-scale Field Trials of the Restoration Performance of Actinorhizal Alders on Oil Sands Process-Affected Materials
Charles Greer, National Research Council Canada

Salinity and Sodicity Effects on Soil Hydraulic Properties during Remediation by Salt Leaching
M. Callahan, L.R. Bentley, E. Cey, M. Young, J. Headley

Pilot Scale Tracer Study to Investigate the Efficiency of a Drip Irrigation and Tile Drainage System for Salt Remediation
J. Bishop, E. Cey, L.R. Bentley, M. Young, J. Headley

Testing Bog, Fen and Marsh Soils Using Boreal Wetland Plants
Mary Moody and Rick Scroggins

Development of the Collembolan, Proisotoma Minuta, Boreal Forest Soil Test Method
Christopher Fraser, Juliska Princz and Rick Scroggins

Development of the Oribatid Mite, Oppia Nitens, Boreal Forest Soil Test Method
Juliska Princz, Steven Siciliano and Rick Scroggins

Monitoring Dissolved Gases in Petroleum Hydrocarbon Groundwater Plumes
Jim Roy, Environment Canada

Validating the Simulated Earthworm Gut (SEG) Method for Assessing the Bioaccessibility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils
Gladys Stephenson, Wai Ma, Stantec Consulting

The Relationship between Direct Soil Contact Values Derived Using Nominal vs. Measured PHC Exposure Concentrations
Robin Angell, Stantec Consulting