Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites: Summary of a Workshop Series (2014)
Chapter: Appendix E: Workshop 2 Agenda
Best Practices for Risk-Informed Remedy Selection, Closure and Post-Closure Control of Contaminated Sites: Workshop 2
January 9-10, 2014
The Keck Center, Room 100
The National Academies
500 5th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
This workshop will focus on the following topics:
- Promotion of effective and efficient risk-informed decision making,
- Approaches for assessing long-term performance of site remedies and closures,
- Effective post-closure controls and the assessment of long-term stewardship options,
- Identification of best practices for improving remediation/closure/post-closure of challenging sites.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
8:30 AM | Welcome, Highlights of Workshop 1, and Charge to Workshop 2 Participants Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee), Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy |
• | DOE’s Environmental Management Perspectives on the Workshops Mr. William (Bill) Levitan, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site Restoration for Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Environmental Management |
9:10 AM | Discussion |
9:30 AM | Session 1: Effective and Efficient Risk-Informed Decision Making Moderator: Michael Kavanaugh, Principal, Geosyntec Consultants (Planning Committee) |
• | History of Risk and Sustainability in Decision Making for Complex Sites Bernard Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh |
10:00 AM | Discussion |
10:30 AM | BREAK |
10:45 AM | Session 1 Case Studies: Risk Assessments and Decision-Making Frameworks Moderator: Michael Kavanaugh |
• | Federal Facility Cleanup Dialogue Series and Brownfields Discussions Reggie Cheatham, Director of the Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office, Environmental Protection Agency |
• | Risk-Based Approaches for Remediation Decisions Paul Black, Ph.D., Principal, Neptune |
11:30 AM | Discussion |
12:00 PM | Morning Summary Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee) |
12:10 PM | LUNCH |
1:15 PM | Session 2: Approaches for Assessing Long-Term Performance of Site Remedies Moderator: Patricia Culligan, Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University (Planning Committee) |
• | Long-Term Land Use and Opportunities to Affect Decisions Willie Preacher, Tribal DOE Program, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes |
• | A Risk-Management Framework for Decision Making William Reckley, Branch Chief in the Japan Lessons Learned Project Directorate, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
2:00 PM | Discussion |
2:30 PM | BREAK |
2:45 PM | Session 2 Case Studies: Approaches for Assessing Long-Term Performance of Site Remedies Moderator: Patricia Culligan |
• | Bethpage/Northrop Grumman Airfield Remediation and Stewardship on Long Island Richard Mach, Jr., Director of Environmental Compliance and Restoration Policy in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
• | Institutional Controls on Lower Watts Bar Reservoir Roger Petrie, Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) Projects Manager for the DOE Oversight Division of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
3:30 PM | Discussion |
4:15 PM | Summary and Round Robin Discussion Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee) |
5:00 PM | ADJOURN |
Friday, January 10, 2014
8:30 AM | Welcome and Re-Cap of First Day Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee) |
9:00 AM | Session 3: Effective Post-Closure Controls, Monitoring, and Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) Moderator: Rula Deeb, Principal at Geosyntec Consultants |
• | Strategies for Long-Term Monitoring and Stewardship Craig Benson, Director of Sustainability Research and Education and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin; and member of the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) |
9:30 AM | Discussion |
10:00 AM | BREAK |
10:15 AM | Session 3 Case Studies: Post-Closure Controls, Monitoring, and LTS Moderator: Rula Deeb |
• | Infrastructure Issues and Technology Approaches for Achieving Successful “Rolling Stewardship” Dave Geiser, Director and Acting Deputy Director of DOE’s Office of Legacy Management |
• | The Core Team Process: Making Risk-Informed Decisions for On-site Monitoring Mary Flora, Director, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions |
11:15 AM | Discussion |
11:45 AM | LUNCH |
1:00 PM | Identification of Best Practices for Improving Remediation/Closure/Post-Closure of Challenging Sites Moderator: Michael Kavanaugh |
• | Identify “best-in-class” ideas for site remediation and long-term stewardship, either from the workshop or past remediation experiences, 5 minutes each Tribal: Willie Preacher State: Roger Petrie (TN) Regulator: William Reckley Federal: Dave Geiser |
| Practitioners: Mary Flora/Craig Benson/Paul Black Citizen Stakeholder: Marolyn Parson |
1:45 PM | Discussion |
2:00 PM | BREAK |
2:15 PM | Summary and Round Robin Discussion Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee) |
• | Identification of best-in-class practices discussed in both workshops |
3:00 PM | Wrap-up Paul Gilman (Chair, Planning Committee) |
3:15 PM | ADJOURN |
