RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR USTs:
THE ASTM GUIDELINES
Featuring GSI Tier 2 RBCA TOOLKIT, API DSS, and API NAT
A Hands-On Short Course for Environmental Professionals
COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Risk assessment is the scientific methodology that allows quantitative analytival techniques to be used in decision-making regarding the type and/or amount of remediation, if any, that is required at a particular site. Today, state and federal governmental agencies are either implementing, or considering implementing, a risk-based approach to corrective action.
This short course is designed to proved a hands-on working knowledge of risk assesment with emphasis on the ASTM risk-based corrective action (RBCA) guidelines. Participants will gain an understanding of the step-by-step procedures to be implemented in conduction a RBCA analysis through the use of problem sets and case studies. In addition, participants will be exposed to a number of tools available for completing risk assessments.
COURSE CERTIFICATION
This course is officially accepted for LPST Corrective Action Project Manager Continuing Education Training courses by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for 16 hours of credit. TNRCC Environmental Training Provider Number TP007.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is intended for environmental scientists and engineers, Underground Storage Tank owners and removal contractors, city, county, and state program managers who are interested in hands-on training in Risk Based Corrective Action and the ASTM Standard.
REGISTRATION
The fee for the ASTM RBCA course is $800 for all 3 days. You may choose to attend the first 2-days of the course for $550 or attend the third day for $250. Early registration (30 days prior to course date) discount is 10%. A 10% discount is given to additional trainees employed at the same organization, when registering with one payment. Cancellations received 10 working days before the course are refunded, otherwise, they are assess a 10% fee.
The course fees include one set of course notes, lecture sessions, breakfast and coffee break refreshments.
To register, send payment in the form of a check, money order or purchase order along with a form containing the following information:
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INSTRUCTORS
Pete Nevin is a project environmental engineer for Groundwater Services, Inc., (GSI). He has five years experience in the environmental industry with industrial research, academic research, and private consulting organizations. Mr. Nevin is the principal author of the RBCA Spreadsheet System developed by GSI and is presently directing the customization of the Spreadsheet System software for the states of Illinois, Michigan, and Texas. He is a certified Trainer for the nationwide ASTM RBCA training initiative.
Charles Newell is Vice President of Groundwater Services, Inc. (GSI), an environmental consulting firm in the Houston area. Dr. Newell is a co-author of "Ground-water Contamination: Transport and Remediation," a textbook published by Prentice-Hall. Dr. Newell’s expertise includes assessment and remediation of Dense non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs), risk assessment and fate and transport modeling. Dr. Newell is a Certified Trainer for the ASTM RBCA Task Group.
Hanadi S. Rifai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. Dr. Rifai has expertise in surface water quality and quantity, subsurface contamination and remediation, fate and transport modeling and risk assessment. Dr. Rifai is a Certified Trainer for the ASTM RBCA Task Group.