Recent news articles describe both the promise and the perils of nanotechnology.  Come to this course to understand the scientific basis for those claims.  This course will provide a working knowledge of nanotechnology and the potential environmental risks and rewards, including the potential for expediting and economizing cleanups.  It will begin with fundamental information about nanomaterials and their behavior in the environment.  The course content will then touch on several of the conference themes: environmental fate and monitoring, hazard exposure and risk assessment, and innovative technologies.  It will also include a segment on regulatory programs and policies.

The absence of binding and guiding regulatory control is both an advantage and disadvantage to nanotechnology developers and users.  The freedom to develop and use the new technology with only self-imposed constraints is advantageous, but the absence of regulatory guidance carries with it the implied threat that liability may result from a misstep.  The current regulatory and legal scenario for nanotechnology will be explored with the emphasis on regulatory programs, obligations, identification of legal risks, managerial strategies to reduce those risks and practical tips for nano technology developers and users.

6)  Environmental Forensics Workshop
Stephen Emsbo-Mattingly, M.S., Scott Stout, Ph.D., Gregory Douglas, Ph.D., NewFields Environmental Forensics Practice, LLC, Rockland, MA

Growth in the application of environmental forensics continuously expands the depth of our understanding about the sources, fate and transport of man-made chemicals in soil, sediment, water, and air.  This workshop reviews fundamental chemistry and forensic data analysis techniques used in the study of petroleum hydrocarbons, MGP tars , and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).  Illustrative case studies will be presented on subjects that include the release of gasoline, fuel oil, crude oil, manufactured gas plant (MGP) tar, creosote, and electric insulating fluids.  The case studies will demonstrate source identification, age-constraining, and numerical techniques with an emphasis on differentiating point sources from urban background.  These real-world examples will illustrate a tiered data and site analysis approach that maximizes the use of historical and forensic data for chemical delineation and allocation purposes in high and low (background) level situations.   

7) Advanced Tools for In-Situ Remediation

Presenters:
Michael Hyman, PHD, NC State University, Robert J. Pirkle, Microseeps, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, Greg Davis , Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford , TN , Aaron Peacock , Ph.D., Haley and Aldrich, Oak Ridge, TN, Joe Haas , M.Sc., P.Eg., P.Hg., NY State Ag’s Office, New York, NY

Description:
This workshop will be focused on recent advancements in analytical chemistry and microbiology that improve the understanding of fate and transport of volatile organic compounds.  The application of advanced tools for fuel oxygenates, chlorinated  hydrocarbons and hydrocarbons and how these techniques demonstrate definitive pathways to degradation will be discussed. This will include a workshop exercise. Pizza will be served.

Goals of Workshop:
• Latest developments in Microbial Degradation Processes for Chlorinated Solvents and Fuel Oxygenates
• the benefits of nucleic acid based technologies;
• how in-situ degradation can be stimulated using detailed site data;
• the use of compound specific isotope analysis;
• the role of stable isotope probing in demonstrating biodegradation;
• Bio-Trap samplers, a low cost, in-situ alternative to laboratory microcosms and pilot studies.

Topics will Include:
• the benefits of nucleic acid based technologies;
• how in-situ degradation can be stimulated using detailed site data;
• the use of compound specific isotope analysis;
• the role of stable isotope probing in demonstrating biodegradation;
• Bio-Trap samplers, a low cost, in-situ alternative to laboratory microcosms and pilot studies;
• advanced analytical applications for MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, TAA, TBA, PCE, TCE, cis-DCE, VC, 111-TCA, 112-TCA, 11-DCA, 12-DCA, CA, 11-DCE, trans-DCE, 1122-TeCA, 1112-TeCA, BTEX, ethene, ethane, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform.

Agenda

7:00 pm - Microbial Degradation Processes for Chlorinated Solvents and Fuel Oxygenates
Mike Hyman, PhD., NC State University

7:30 pm - Theory and Application of Molecular Biological Tools (MBTs) and

Biogeochemistry to Bioremediation Process Monitoring and Monitored Natural

Attenuation Programs

Greg Davis , Microbial Insights, Inc.

8:00 pm - Stable Isotope Techniques with Application to In-Situ Degradation
Robert Pirkle, PhD., Microseeps, Inc

8:30 pm - Examples of Applications of Advanced Tools
Aaron Peacock , PhD

9:00 pm - Application Exercise
Led by Joseph Haas, Ny State Attorney General’s Office

MTBE - TBA Example Application
This exercise will provide two different situations where tools are combined to provide solutions. Teams of participants work in groups to develop sampling plans. Feedback provided by experts.

10:00 Adjourn