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Abstracts were due June 30. However, abstracts received by July 15 will be reviewed and considered for placement. The 2011 Sediments Conference program will cover essentially all aspects of contaminated sediment characterization and assessment, management, and remediation and restoration. Examples of anticipated presentation topics are listed below. Note that this is not a list of sessions, nor is it a comprehensive list of topics that will be covered— abstracts are welcome on all relevant topics. The list is numbered to provide an easy means of referencing these topics in the “Placement Preference” portion of the abstract submittal form. Before submitting an abstract, please review the abstracts format specifications.
CHARACTERIZATION, ASSESSMENT, AND MONITORING
1.1 Ecological and human-health risk assessment
1.2 Integrating lines of evidence—the Sediment Quality Triad and beyond
1.3 Sediment quality guidelines
1.4 Sediment TMDLs
1.5 Monitoring biological indicators and recovery
1.6 Natural resource damage assessment (NRDA)
1.7 Contaminant forensics, source ID, and control
1.8 Innovative characterization and assessment
1.9 Innovative field sampling and in situ measurements
1.10 Screening methods
1.11 Emerging contaminants
1.12 Noncontaminant stressors
1.13 Chemical/toxicological/biological measurements and characterization
1.14 Toxicity of mixtures and TIEs
1.15 Ecosystem- and watershed-based assessment
SEDIMENT PROCESSES AND MODELING
2.1 Sediment dynamics: stability and transport
2.2 Modeling for site characterization and assessment
2.3 Peer reviews and validation in model development
2.4 Bioavailability of contaminants
2.5 Contaminant fate and transport
2.6 Groundwater/porewater/surfacewater interactions
2.7 Contaminant flux from sediment
MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
3.1 Sustainable sediment management
3.2 Ecosystem- and watershed-based management
3.3 Assessment and management of river-floodplain systems
3.4 Management decision frameworks
3.5 Effective communication and facilitation with stakeholders
3.6 Risk-based management and cleanup decisions
3.7 Remedial alternative risk evaluation
3.8 Adaptive management
3.9 Developing long-term management strategies
3.10 Challenges of ports and harbors management
3.11 International/interagency coordination efforts
3.12 Net risk/net environmental benefit analysis (NEBA)
3.13 Defining and demonstrating remediation success
3.14 Regional sediment management issues
3.15 Automated data processing and decision-analysis tools
TREATMENT, REMEDIATION, AND RESTORATION
4.1 Relationship between remediation and restoration (i.e., NRDA)
4.2 Successfully combining remedies
4.3 Habitat and wetlands mitigation and restoration
4.4 Shoreline remediation challenges
4.5 Resuspension and residuals
4.6 Capping
4.7 Environmental dredging
4.8 Monitored natural recovery (MNR) and enhanced MNR
4.9 Innovative dredged material treatment
4.10 In situ treatment
4.11 Ex situ treatment
4.12 Sediment dewatering and disposal options
4.13 Beneficial use of contaminated sediments
4.14 Geospatial delineation of remediation footprint
Inquiries
Questions on abstract submission and review should be addressed to Gina Melaragno (e-mail: sedimentscon@battelle.org; phone: 614-424-7866).