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Environment Canada's
24th Arctic and Marine
Oilspill (AMOP) Technical Seminar will be held at the Sheraton
Grande Edmonton Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on June 12 -
14, 2001. The 18th Technical Seminar on
Chemical Spills (TSOCS) and the 3rd Phytoremediation/Biotechnology
Solutions for Spills (PHYTO) Technical Seminar will be held at the
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FINAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
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Room
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Physical and Chemical Properties and Behaviour
Reassessment of the
Hydrocarbons in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska:
Identifying the Source Using Partial Least Squares
S.S. Mudge, University of Wales - Bangor, Anglesey, United Kingdom
Vegetable Oil Spills: Oil Properties and Behaviour
M.F. Fingas, B. Fieldhouse and P. Jokuty, Environment Canada,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
A Laboratory Study of a Flow-through
Fluorometer for Measuring Oil-in-water Levels
P. Lambert, B. Fieldhouse, Z. Wang and M.F. Fingas, Environment
Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M. Goldthorp, Goldthorp Consulting, Kemptville, ON, Canada
L.A. Pearson and E. Collazzi, Alaska Department of Environmental
Conservation, Juneau, AK, USA
Studies of Water-in-oil
Emulsions: Testing of Emulsion Formation in OHMSETT
M.F. Fingas, B.
Fieldhouse and P. Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
J. Lane and J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon,
VA, USA
Studies of Water-in-oil Emulsions: Energy
and Work Threshold as a Function of Temperature
M.F. Fingas, B. Fieldhouse and Loic Lerouge, Environment Canada,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
J. Lane and J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon,
VA, USA
Characterization of Federated Oil Fractions
Used for the PTAC Project to Study the Petroleum Fraction-specific
Toxicity to Soils
Z. Wang, P. Jokuty, M.F. Fingas and L. Sigouin, Environment
Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
G.L. Stephenson and J. McCann, ESG International, Guelph, ON, Canada
Characterization and Source Identification
of Hydrocarbons in Water Samples Using Multiple Analytical
Techniques
Z. Wang, K. Li, M.F. Fingas and L.
Sigouin, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
L. Ménard, Golder Associés Ltée, Montreal, QC, Canada
Biological Effects,
Biodegradation and PHYTO
Monitoring Habitat Recovery and Toxicity
Reduction in an Oiled Freshwater Wetland to Determine Remediation
Success
K. Lee, G. Wohlgeschaffen, S.E.
Cobanli and J. Gauthier, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC,
Canada
A.D. Venosa, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
K.G. Doe and P.M. Jackman, Environment Canada, Moncton, NB, Canada
L.E.J. Lee, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
M.T. Suidan and S. Garcia-Blanco, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Evaluating the Efficiency of Oil
Spill Countermeasures by Monitoring Changes in the Bioavailability
and Toxicity to Fish of PAH from Wetland Sediments
P.V. Hodson, S. Zambon,
A. Ewert, I. Ibrahim, Y. Kiparissis and M. Windle, Queen’s
University, Kingston, ON, Canada
K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, Canada
A.D. Venosa, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Determination of Uptake of
Dispersed Oil in the Copepod Calanus finmarchicus
A.G. Melbye and
D. Altin, SINTEF Applied Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
T. Frost, Statoil R&D, Trondheim, Norway
Speakers'
Corner
Rapid Toxicological Risk
Assessments of Oil Spills - The SPMD-TOX Approach
B.T. Johnson,
J.D. Petty and J.N. Huckins, US Geological Survey, Columbia, MO, USA
K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC
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Room 2
Contingency Planning and Activity Updates
Spill Response Exercises
and Lessons Learned - A Response Organization’s Perspective
E. Taylor, Polaris Applied Sciences,
Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
M. Green, Burrard Clean Operations, Burnaby, BC, Canada
The Regional Environmental Emergency Team
(REET) Process in Ontario
M. Maddock, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
A Simplified Approach for Valuing
Environmental Injuries from Small Petroleum Spills in Coastal
Environments
P.G. Clement, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, NS, Canada
Integration of Web-GIS and Oil Spill
Simulation Applications for Environmental Management of Near-shore
Spill Accidents
S. Goto, S. Varlamov, S.-W. Kim and D. Miyata, RISSHO
University, Saitama, Japan
OHMSETT: Fiscal Year 2001 in Review
K.L. Nolan, MAR Inc., Leonardo, NJ, USA
J. Lane and J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon,
VA, USA
Cold Weather Oil Spill
Response Training
L.B. Solsberg, Counterspil Research,
Inc., North Vancouver, BC, Canada
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA,
USA
TSOCS
Chemical Spill Model (CHEMMAP) for
Forecasts/Hindcasts and Environmental Risk Assessment
D.P. French McCay, Applied Science Associates (ASA), Inc.,
Narragansett, RI, USA
Chemical Spill Response during the Ievoli
Sun Incident
J.M. Corps and L. Davies, AEA Technology, Culham, United
Kingdom
Instruments Used by USEPA/ERT for
Personnel Air Monitoring to Comply with U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations 29 CFR 1910.120
G.B. Betsinger, R.D. Turpin and D. Mickunas, US Environmental
Protection Agency/Environmental Response Team, Edison, NJ, USA
Evaluation of the Two-phase Partitioning
Bioreactor for the Treatment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
in Soil
M.M. Punt and D. Velicogna, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
A.J. Daugulis, K. Van Weiringen and T. Janikowski, Queen’s
University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Emission Rate
Determinations Using a Mobile Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
D. Mickunas
and R.D. Turpin, US Environmental Protection Agency, Edison, NJ,
USA
R. Pierson, W. Smith and M. Gemelli, Lockheed Martin/REAC, Edison,
NJ, USA
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Tuesday Poster Session
Chemical
Spill Responder’s Use of Website Databases
R.D. Turpin and
G.B. Betsinger, US Environmental Protection Agency, Edison, NJ, USA
F. Campbell, P. Meyers, H. Schmidt and M. Gemelli, Lockheed Martin/REAC,
Edison, NJ, USA
Hazardous Material Responder
Training in the New Millennium
R.D. Turpin and G.B. Betsinger, US
Environmental Protection Agency, Edison, NJ, USA
S. Merchant, Environmental Tectonics Corporation, Orlando, FL, USA
Air Monitoring Equipment used
for Detecting Chemicals in Counter Terrorism
P.R. Campagna, US Environmental
Protection Agency, Edison, NJ, USA
Real-time Air Monitoring of
Hydrogen Chloride and Chlorine Gas during a Chemical Fire
G.B. De Brou, R.K. Milburn, Q.F. Chen
and N.S. Karellas, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, ON,
Canada
Emergencies Science Division
and Spill Response
M.F. Fingas, P. Lambert and N.
Laroche, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Development of a New Spill
Priority List for Environment Canada
M.F. Fingas, K. Ketcheson, N. Laroche
and N. Jones, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spill Modelling in the
Emergencies Science Division
M.F. Fingas, C.E. Brown and P.
Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Properties of Crude Oil and Oil
Products (Not Just Another Pretty Database)
P. Jokuty, Environment Canada, Ottawa,
ON, Canada
Evaluation of Phytoremediation
for HMX: Greenhouse Trials
L. Olivier and F. Shooner, Environment
Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
N. Morris and D. Lush, Beak International Inc., Brampton, ON, Canada
C. Groom, A. Halasz, L. Paquet and J. Hawari, Biotechnology Research
Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
C. Dubois and S. Thiboutot, Department of National Defence,
Valcartier, QC, Canada
Wednesday, June
13, 2001
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Room 1
Containment and
Recovery
Development of a
Fast-Water Field Guide
K.A. Hansen,
US Coast Guard, Groton, CT, USA
Evaluation of Fast-Water
Oil Recovery Equipment
K.A. Hansen,
US Coast Guard, Groton, CT, USA
D. DeVitis, MAR Inc., Leonardo, NJ, USA
S. Ellis, Ro-Clean Desmi, Norfolk, VA, USA
S. Potter, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
T. Coe, CSC Advanced Marine, Arlington, VA, USA
A Performance Review of
Oil Spill Containment Booms
R. Schulze,
Environmental Consultant Inc., Elkridge, MD, USA
J. Lane, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, USA
Recovery of Spilled Oil in Waves
K. Ueda, H. Yamanouchi and K. Hikida, National Maritime
Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Certification of Oil Spill
Response Equipment
B.O.
Johannessen and A. Mjelde, Det Norsk Veritas, Høvik, Norway
The Influence of
Physical-Chemical and Rheological Properties of Oils on Skimmer
Performance
I. Singsaas, P.S. Daling, M. Reed, M.Ø.
Moldestad and H.V. Jensen, SINTEF Applied Chemistry, Trondheim,
Norway
Pumping Emulsified Crude Oil and Viscous
Oils Using Annular Water Injection and Steam Coils
R. Loesch, US Coast Guard, Washington, DC, USA
S. Potter, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
M. Drieu, US Coast Guard, New Orleans, LA, USA
C. Moffatt, Pickerton Computer Consultants, Inc. (PCCI),
Williamsburg, VA, USA
The Development and Test
of Techniques for Emergency Transfer of Extreme Viscosity Oil
F. Hvidbak,
flemingCo environmental, Sulsted, Denmark
A New Oil-recovery Method
for Broken Ice Conditions
S. Narita, S.
Kanada and H. Shimoda, National Maritime Research Institute,
Tokyo, Japan
Assisted Pumping of
Extremely Viscous Oils
D.W. Cooper,
SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
R. McKay, Canadian Coast Guard, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Off-loading Norne Oil
(Waxy Oil) from Storage Tanks on the NOFO Oil Spill
Response Vessels
B.O.
Johannessen, Det Norsk Veritas, Høvik, Norway
S. Holmemo, NOFO, Stavanger, Norway
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Room 2
Louisiana Special Session
A New Wave-current
Online Information System for Oil Spill Contingency Planning (WAVCIS)
G.W.
Stone, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Predictability of Surface Currents
and Fronts off the Mississippi Delta
N.D. Walker, A. Babin, L.J. Rouse and W.J. Wiseman,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Oil Spill Trajectory Analysis for the
Calcasieu Estuary
E.A. Meselhe, Louisiana State University at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA, USA
C.H. Barker and M. Hodges, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Seattle, WA, USA
Speakers’
Corner
for the Louisiana Session
Biotic Response to Oil Contaminated
Environments
M.C. Vavrek, H.E. Huny, J.B. Hillard, W. Colgan III, W.J.
Campbell, J.L. McKillip and M. McCurdy, Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston, LA, USA
Louisiana GIS CD
D. Braud, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Some Effects of
Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Wetlands and Suggested Response
Actions
J.A. Nyman, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
P.L. Klerks, Louisiana State University at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA, USA
Detection, Tracking
and Remote Sensing
Real-time Aerial Mapping for Operations
Support and Videotape Documentation on a River Spill, Río
Desaguadero, Bolivia
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied
Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
P.D. Reimer, EML Mapping, Saanichton, BC, Canada
Laser Fluorosensors: A Survey of
Applications and Developments of a Versatile Sensor
C.E. Brown, M.F. Fingas and J. An,
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Upcoming Satellites: Potential
Applicability to Oil Spill Remote Sensing
C.E. Brown and M.F. Fingas,
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Real-time Petroleum Spill Detection
System
D.T. Dakin, Applied Microsystems
Ltd., Sidney, BC, Canada
Dynamic Neural Network Modelling of HF
Radar Current Maps for Forecasting Oil Spill Trajectories
P. Tissot, J. Perez, F.J. Kelly, J.
Bonner and P. Michaud, Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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Wednesday
Poster Session
Airborne
Testing of the SLEAF
C.E.
Brown, M.F. Fingas and R. Marois, Environment Canada, Ottawa,
ON, Canada
J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, USA
Airborne Oil Slick
Thickness Measurement
C.E. Brown and M.F. Fingas,
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
R.H. Goodman, Imperial Oil Resources Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada
J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, USA
M. Choquet and J.-P. Monchalin, National Research Council of
Canada, Boucherville, QC, Canada
Review of Oil Spill Remote
Sensors
M.F. Fingas and C.E. Brown,
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Oil Spill Response at
Australia’s Casey Station, East Antarctica
C. Boxall and G. Ratcliffe,
Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, TAS, Australia
Rheological Properties of
Waxy Crude Oils and their w/o Emulsions Related to Performance
of Weir Skimmers
M.Ø. Moldestad, F. Leirvik and
P.S. Daling, SINTEF Applied Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
Thursday, June
14, 2001
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Room 1
Oil Spill Treating Agents
Technology
Assessment of the Use of Dispersants on Spills from Drilling and
Production Facilities in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental
Shelf
K. Trudel, S.L. Ross and R. Belore, SL
Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
S. Buffington, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, USA
G. Rainey, US Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA, USA
Dispersant
Effectiveness Testing: Laboratory Studies of Fresh and
Weathered Oils
M.
Fingas, B. Fieldhouse, L. Sigouin and Z. Wang, Environment
Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA,
USA
Spill
Modelling
A Simplified Model
of Natural and Mechanical Removal to Estimate Cleanup
Equipment Efficiency
W.
Lehr, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Seattle, WA, USA
Oil Spill Simulation System:
Structure and Verification for the Sea of Japan
S.M. Varlamov, RISSHO University, Saitama, Japan
Stepwise-Continuous-Variable-Rectangular
Grid Hydrodynamics Model
E. Anderson, T. Isaji, E. Howlett and C. Dalton,
Applied Science Associates (ASA), Inc., Narragansett, RI,
USA
Model of Oil Fate and Water
Concentrations With and Without Application of Dispersants
D.P. French McCay, Applied Science Associates (ASA),
Inc., Narragansett, RI, USA
J.R. Payne, Payne Environmental Consultants, Inc. (PECI),
Encinitas, CA, USA
Shoreline Protection
and Cleanup
Methodologies for Estimating
Shoreline Cleanup Costs
D. Etkin, Environmental Research
Consulting, Winchester, MA, USA
Erika Oil Spill: Some Innovations in
the French Shoreline Response and Beach Cleanup
Methods
L. Kerambrun and F. Laruelle,
CEDRE, Brest, France
Cleanup Standards for Inland Oil
Spills: A Review
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied
Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
G.S. Mauseth, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Kirkland,
WA, USA
Past
and Present Spill Incidents
to be advised, International
Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd.,
London, United Kingdom
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Room 2
In-Situ Burning
In-situ Burn Operational Procedures
Development Exercises
K. Bitting and J. Gynther, US
Coast Guard, Groton, CT, USA
M. Drieu, US Coast Guard, New Orleans, LA, USA
A. Tidemann, National Response Corp., Houston, TX, USA
R. Martin, Texas General Land Office, Austin, TX, USA
Fire Boom Testing at OHMSETT in 2000
I. Buist, J. McCourt and J.
Morrison, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON,
Canada
J. Lane and J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service,
Herndon, VA, USA
B. Schmidt, D. Devitis and K.L. Nolan, MAR Inc., Leonardo,
NJ, USA
J. Stahovec, US Navy, Arlington, VA, USA
B. Urban and C. Moffatt, Pickerton Computer Consultants,
Inc. (PCCI), Alexandria, VA, USA
In-situ Oil Burning in the Marshland
Environment - Soil Temperatures Resulting from Crude Oil and
Diesel Fuel Burns
N.P. Bryner, W.D. Walton, W.H.
Twilley and G. Roadarmel, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
I.A. Mendelssohn and Q. Lin, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA,
USA
Combustion of Mixtures of Weathered
Alaskan Crude Oils and Water Under External Heat Flux
A.K. Kulkarni and A.Y. Walavalkar,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Studies of Emissions from Oil Fires
M. Fingas, P. Lambert, Z. Wang, K. Li, F. Ackerman and M.
Goldthorp, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
R.D. Turpin, P. Campagna and R. Nadeau, US Environmental
Protection Agency, Edison, NJ, USA
R. Hiltabrand, US Coast Guard, Groton, CT, USA
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Thursday
Poster Session
The
OSSA II Pipeline Spill, Bolivia - Cleanup Criteria,
Cleanup Operations, Environmental Monitoring, and
Community Issues
E.H.
Owens and A. Henshaw, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc.,
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Studies on the
Ignition of Oil
M. Nadeau, University of
Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Studies of Emissions
from Mesoscale Oil Burns: Mobile 1998 Trials
M.F. Fingas, Environment
Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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