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The Conference is organized and presented by Battelle.
Battelle offers specialized environmental expertise to both government and industrial clients throughout the world. A leader in sediment management, Battelle develops and applies innovative technologies for characterizing, assessing and monitoring, remediating, and restoring contaminated sites. By combining science-based technical approaches with creative management strategies, Battelle works with its clients to evaluate and implement appropriate sediment management solutions. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and Health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $4 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management, and technology commercialization. www.battelle.org
Ten other organizations active in sediment investigation and remediation have contributed financial support. Descriptions provided by the sponsoring organizations appear below.
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AECOM Environment is AECOM’s global environmental business line, dedicated to serving industrial, commercial and government clients with seamless delivery of comprehensive environmental services wherever our clients need them. We achieve environmentally sound solutions to sediment issues that balance risk reduction and cost by using a targeted approach based on scientific principles that address stakeholder interests. Our patented GeoMorph™ method successfully locates and predicts where sediments posing the greatest health risk have been deposited. GeoMorph™ and risk-based methods are integrated to support low-cost remediation, restoration, or “no action” alternatives that are protective of human health and the environment. AECOM Environment has over 4200 employees in 130 offices around the world, including 3200 staff in 100 US offices. AECOM Environment was formed by utilizing the environmental resources and capabilities of four AECOM operating companies: ENSR, Earth Tech, STS, and Metcalf & Eddy (M&E). As AECOM Environment, we offer broader and deeper technical expertise across greater geographies—closer to our clients’ sites and facilities. AECOM Environment also leverages the full capabilities of AECOM's 43,000 staff in 100 countries around the world. www.aecom.com
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ARCADIS continues to be a leading sediment management group within the United States and is rapidly developing a reputation as a global leader. We are recognized as a comprehensive source for engineering, scientific, and strategic services. ARCADIS possesses a talented team of more than 160 sediment-dedicated staff. The team has worked at more than 100 aquatic sites in the United States and abroad. Major multinational firms rely on ARCADIS’ sediment expertise and commitment to achieve cost-effective, scientifically defensible solutions. ARCADIS has provided integrated consulting, project management, and construction services at some of the largest, most complex contaminated sediment sites in the United States. www.arcadis-us.com
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BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc., is a technology development firm incorporated in Illinois in 1989. The company develops, manufactures, and provides products and services for environmental cleaning and remediation. Using the patented BioGenesisSM Sediment Washing Process, BioGenesis has solved the problem of cleaning pollutants, including heavy metals and chlorinated organic contaminants, from extremely fine sediments. The process has been demonstrated in programs sponsored by Environment Canada, the U.S. EPA Region 2, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and the Port Authority of Venice, Italy. The sediment washing machine is a continuous-flow unit capable of processing over 40 cubic yards per hour. BioGenesis’ competitive advantages over other remediation technologies include cost; range of treatable contaminants; and nontoxic and environmentally benign cleaning solutions. Using innovative processes and formulations, BioGenesis offers superior and compliant soil and sediment remediation at the lowest competitive cost. www.biogenesis.com |
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CH2M HILL is an employee-owned, $5.8-billion engineering and construction management firm providing integrated services in environment, water, energy, transportation, communications, construction, and industrial facilities. Sediment management is one of the key company services. Highly skilled staff employ the latest technology to assess and manage contaminated sediments. CH2M HILL experts participated in some of the largest contaminated sediment sites world-wide requiring removal, capping, and monitored natural recovery. CH2M Hill’s scientists and engineers are fully conversant with the issues driving remedy selection and implementation including pore water effects and the 4Rs. We have worked with many regulatory agencies and stakeholder groups across the United States and understand the complexities of navigating through the contaminated sediment risk management process and managing remedy implementation. With 24,000 employees in more than 350 program and project offices worldwide, CH2M HILL employees use innovative, technology-based solutions to deliver cost-effective results to our clients. www.ch2m.com |
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Conestoga Rovers & Associates (CRA) is a family of companies that provide comprehensive engineering, environmental consulting, construction, and information technology (IT) services. CRA employs more than 2,700 people in more than 90 offices. Since 1976, CRA has provided practical, innovative, and effective services in such areas as environmental site assessment and remediation, environmental data management, sediment management, regulatory compliance/ permitting, EHS, solid and hazardous waste management, and air-quality management. Integrity, accountability, technical excellence, and a commitment to superior client service are all part of CRA's founding philosophy. It is our common goal to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients in a responsive, safe, and cost effective manner. Our commitment to client satisfaction and responsiveness is a cornerstone of our organizational and project management philosophy, which embraces a flat, nonhierarchical structure in which the shareholders and senior management actively direct our project work and interaction with clients. www.craworld.com
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The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) environmental technology demonstration and validation program. ESTCP’s goal is to identify, demonstrate, and transfer technologies that address DoD’s highest priority environmental requirements. The Program promotes innovative, cost-effective environmental technologies through demonstrations at DoD facilities and sites. These technologies provide a return on investment through improved efficiency, reduced liability, and direct cost savings. The current cost and impact on DoD operations of environmental compliance is significant. Innovative technologies are reducing both the cost of environmental remediation and compliance and the impact of DoD’s operations on the environment, while enhancing military readiness. ESTCP selects lab-proven technologies with broad DoD application for rigorous field trials. These demonstrations document the cost, performance, and market potential of the technology. ESTCP technology demonstrations address DoD environmental needs in the Environmental Restoration, Munitions Management, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Weapons Systems and Platforms focus areas. www.estcp.org
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HydroQual, Inc., is a privately owned environmental engineering and consulting firm established in 1980. The firm specializes in mathematical modeling of the fate and transport of contaminants in surface-water and groundwater systems, environmental hydrodynamics, and sediment transport modeling, hydrogeologic and remediation engineering services for contaminated sediment sites and other land-based waste disposal sites, assessment and optimization of water and wastewater treatment processes, natural resource investigations, and environmental forensics. HydroQual’s well-known national and international reputation is based on the pursuit of cost-effective and technically defensible solutions to environmental problems. www.hydroqual.com
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Integral Consulting Inc. is a national science and engineering firm providing multidisciplinary services in the fields of health, environment, technology, and sustainability. Since our founding in 2002, Integral has consistently developed innovative and cost-effective solutions to the complex technical challenges faced by our clients across a wide variety of public and private sectors. From initial strategy development, planning, and negotiation, through project completion, we offer a wide array of services that help our clients make informed decisions with a high level of confidence. Providing comprehensive sediment management services, we assist our clients in development of ports, harbors, and waterfronts; dredging of rivers and estuaries for navigation and remediation; evaluation and remediation of hazardous waste sites; management of sediments in lakes, rivers, and impoundments; restoration/recovery of wetland and aquatic habitat for sensitive species; evaluation of natural resource damages; and litigation support. www.integral-corp.com
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Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., provides comprehensive services in water and wastewater engineering, environmental sciences, and solid- and hazardous-waste management. In developing site-specific contaminated sediment restoration plans, we maintain three key values: the ecosystem’s natural potential, achievable goals, and sustainability. We use state-of-the-art forensic methods to build a sound understanding of each system and maximize benefit of the overall approach. Because public support often determines project success, Malcolm Pirnie pays special attention to the concerns of local communities and stakeholders to ensure long-term protection of restored areas. For over 30 years, Malcolm Pirnie’s premier experts have been entrusted with key roles on some of the highest profile sediment sites, such as the Hudson, Passaic, and Fox Rivers, and Onondaga Lake. Their interpretations of highly complex systems have been tested by independent peer reviewers and stakeholders alike. In fact, our work at the Marathon Battery site on the Hudson River represents one of the few projects cited in the recent NRC report for successfully achieving cleanup goals and monitoring dredging effectiveness. With over 100 recent awards for excellence, and over 100 years of innovation focused solely on the environment, Malcolm Pirnie brings seasoned experience while advancing contaminated sediment assessment and remediation techniques. www.pirnie.com
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The Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program (SERDP) is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. SERDP focuses on cross-service requirements and pursues high-risk/high-payoff solutions to the Department’s most intractable environmental problems. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies support the long-term sustainability of DoD’s training and testing ranges as well as significantly reduce current and future environmental liabilities. SERDP’s charter permits investment across the broad spectrum of research and development, from basic research through applied research to exploratory development. In more general terms, SERDP invests in environmental technologies from basic research through bench-scale proof of principle. The Program is composed of four focus areas: Environmental Restoration, Munitions Management, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Weapons Systems and Platforms. www.serdp.org |
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