Conference Location: Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA, Phone: 415-776-8200, Fax: 415-775-0643

Cutoff: March 25, 2005

Important - Abstract Deadline Extended to January 31, 2005

Conference Information

New - Course Information -- A vapor intrusion course will be offered in conjunction with this symposium for the first time. See below for descriptions.

The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for the presentation of advances in measurement technology for all aspects of air quality, including ambient air, indoor air, point source and area source emissions. Both laboratory and field studies are welcomed. Modeling studies are sought as well, provided that field measurement data is a central part of the study. Past participants have included the full range of investigators-academe, industry, consultants, and government agencies.

In recognition of the demands of preparing a full manuscript for the proceedings, for this year, two options for the proceedings will be available to authors: 1) a full manuscript that may be considered for inclusion in a peer-reviewed future issue of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, and 2) an extended abstract.

The "Full Manuscript option" must follow the A&WMA manuscript preparation guidelines. The "Extended Abstract option" consists of submission of a summary of the presentation in lieu of a full manuscript. Submission of the podium presentation materials (e.g., PowerPoint slides) is not acceptable. The Extended Abstract is to be considered as a document with substantial information that provides attendees and others sufficient information that either guides them to other resources (including the authors) or provides adequate depth to communicate a précis of the study. It is intended to be more than just the abstract submitted for preliminary consideration. The Extended Abstract for the proceedings must be a minimum of 3 pages with a maximum of 5 pages (including tables, figures, and references). Extended abstracts will not be considered the same as publications, but they must meet the same format, style and due date requirements as all other manuscripts.

Course Information

The following three courses will be held:

AIR-232: Validating Air Toxics Data
APRIL 18 (8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.)

Instructor: Hilary R. Hafner, Div. Manager, Air Quality Data Analysis, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

A national air toxics trends monitoring network has been deployed as part of the National Air Monitoring Strategy. In order for participating states to submit air toxics monitoring data to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air Quality System (AQS), their data must be validated. This course presents an approach to air toxics data validation. Validation objectives and typical problems with air toxics data, example screening criteria, and the use of supplemental data (e.g., data collected as part of other monitoring programs or continuous data collocated with toxics monitors) in the validation process are discussed. This approach to data validation should be useful to any analyst who is validating and/or analyzing air toxics data.

AIR-231: Characterization and Evaluation of Vapor Intrusion
APRIL 18 (8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.)

Instructor:

Vapor intrusion (VI) is a potential issue for any company that has sites with subsurface organic contamination and the VI exposure pathway has received a great deal of attention from regulators in recent years. Therefore, it is an important issue for industry. Vapor intrusion, however, cuts across so many technical areas – from the subsurface transport of LNAPL to building ventilation design to toxicology – that it is a very difficult issue to master, even for environmental professionals used to working with multimedia, multidisciplinary problems. This course provides the attendee with an understanding of the basic issues related to vapor intrusion studies. The course addresses subsurface contaminant migration, building design and operation, site characterization options (e.g., modeling, soil-gas measurements, indoor air measurements), data evaluation, and corrective action. No specific prerequisites are required. A background in chemistry, geology, hydrology, civil engineering, or toxicology would be useful. This is an advanced course intended for professionals with at least some experience working on vapor intrusion projects. Review of the US EPA Subsurface Vapor Intrusion Guidance and the User’s Guide for the Johnson & Ettinger model prior to the course is highly recommended. These are available at the following Web sites: www.epa.gov/correctiveaction/eis/vapor.htm and www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/risk/airmodel/johnson_ettinger.htm .

AIR-234: Recent Advances in Compendia Methodologies for Sampling Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
APRIL 18 (8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.)

Instructor:

The objective of this course is to provide industrial and regulatory ambient air monitoring personnel with new information and guidance involving expansion of the original Compendium and Second Edition methodologies to "performance-based" criteria so a wider universe of HAPs can be determined. This course will address the quantification of the following groups of HAPs in ambient air: pesticides/herbicides (PUF/XAD-2), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their congeners, dioxins and furans (PUF), sulfur- and oxygen-based analytes, volatile organic compounds (specially-treated canisters, multi-bed adsorbents, cryogenic trapping, and on-line GC monitoring), and acid aerosols (annular denuder). This course is intended for industrial personnel, government scientists, field engineers, enforcement project managers, and environmental managers who must: (1) understand the process for selecting and characterizing HAPs in an urban/community or hazardous waste setting; (2) develop and implement a HAPs program involving design and operation of sampling methods for trace organics and inorganic constituents as part of new regulatory initiatives; and (3) operation of a monitoring network as part of remediation activities at abandoned waste sites. At the end of this course, the participant should have an understanding of the unique techniques needed to accurately characterize HAPs in urban air and from Superfund /hazardous waste sites.

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William T. "Jerry" Winberry, Jr., Principal Environmental Scientist, EnviroTech Solutions Bart Eklund, Principal Scientist, URS Corp.