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Environment Canada's
27th Arctic and Marine Oilspill (AMOP) Technical Seminar will be held at the the Fantasyland Hotel
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on June 8 to 10, 2004. The 21st Technical Seminar on
Chemical Spills (TSOCS) will be held at the same location.
Copies of the Proceedings are available and can be purchased by contacting Mr. Dave Roy at
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FINAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June
8, 2004
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Salon A
Physical and Chemical Properties and Behaviour of Spilled Oil
Energy and Work Input in Laboratory Vessels
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Mass Balance Myths
R.H. Goodman, Innovative Ventures (ivl) Ltd., Cochrane, AB
Experimental Studies on the Weathering of Chemicals in a Field Trial to Predict their Behaviour in Case of a Spill
S. Le Floch, E. Mamaca, and F.X. Merlin, Cedre, Brest, France
The Dynamics of Orimulsion in Water with Varying Energy, Salinity and Temperature
M.F. Fingas, B. Fieldhouse, and Z. Wang, Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
Spreading of Oil and the Concept of Average Oil Thickness
R.H. Goodman, Innovative Ventures (ivl) Ltd., Cochrane, AB
A. Mendoza Quintero-Mármol, PEMEX E&P, Ciudad del Carmen Campeche, Mexico
K. Bannerman, Radarsat International, Vancouver, BC
G. Stevenson, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Source Identification of an Unknown Spill (2002) from Canal
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec by the Multi-criterion Analytical Approach and Lab Simulation of the Spill Sample
Z. Wang, B. Hollebone, C. Yang, M. Fingas, and M. Landriault Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Biomarker Fingerprinting: Application and Limitations for Source Identification and Correlation of Oils and Petroleum Products
Z. Wang, M. Fingas, C. Yang, and B. Hollebone
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
X. Peng, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
Containment and Recovery
Using Currents Induced by a Submerged Pneumatic Boom to Separate Ice Floes from Surface Oil Slicks
A.T. Wigton, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, TX
F. DeBord and S. Cooper, BMT Scientific Marine Services
Houston, TX
Testing of Sorbent Booms in Containment Configurations
D. Cooper and D. Velicogna, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
Results from the Joint United States and Canadian Coast Guard Viscous Oil Pump Testing 2003
C.O. Moffatt, GPC/PCCI US Navy ESSM Base, Williamsburg, VA
R. MacKay, Canadian Coast Guard, Charlottetown, PE
M. Drieu, US Coast Guard, New Orleans, LA
D. Cooper, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
P. Nourse, US Coast Guard, Washington, DC
F. Hvidbak, flemingCo environmental aps, Aalborg, Denmark
J. Mackey, Hyde Marine, Cleveland, OH
Testing of Selected Biosorbents
D. Cooper, L. Boudreau, A. Obenauf, and A. Dumouchel
SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
In-situ Burning
In-situ Burning of Heavy Oils and Orimulsion: Mid-scale Burns
M.F. Fingas, B. Fieldhouse, C.E. Brown, and L. Gamble
Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
D. Cooper, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
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Salon B
Activity Updates and Contingency Planning
A Framework for the Management of Digital Images Used to Document Oiled Shorelines
A. Lamarche, Environmental Performance and Decision Support (EPDS), Montreal, QC
J. Roberts, Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) System for Data Acquisition during Shoreline Assessment Field Surveys
A. Lamarche, Environmental Performance and Decision Support (EPDS), Montreal, QC
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA
A. Laflamme, Environment Canada, Halifax, NS
D. Reimer, Environmental Mapping Ltd., Victoria, BC
S. Laforest, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC
S. Clement, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON
Marine Oil Spill Expert Systems (MOSES)
G. Graham, Worldocean Consulting Ltd., Victoria, BC
I. Morrison, Acquired Intelligence, Inc., Victoria, BC
Approach to Downstream Planning for Nearshore Response and Sensitive Areas Protection Outside Prince William Sound, Alaska
E.G. DeCola, T.L. Robertson, and R. Robertson
Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Seldovia, AK
J. Banta, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council Anchorage, AK
Detection, Tracking and Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of Water-in-Oil Emulsions: Initial Laser Fluorosensor Studies
C.E. Brown, M.F. Fingas, R. Marois, B. Fieldhouse, and R.L. Gamble, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Analysis of the Particular Spill Characteristics Observed by the Belgian Aerial Surveillance Program during the Tricolor Incident
M. Price, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences Brussels, Belgium
Oil Spill Remote Sensing: Laser Fluorosensor Demonstration Flights Off the East Coast of Canada
C.E. Brown, M.F. Fingas, and R. Marois, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Spill Modelling
Modelling of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
M.F. Fingas and B. Fieldhouse, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Estimating Heavy Oil Release Rates from Sunken Vessels in Deep
Marine Waters
M.L. Spaulding, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
M. Ward and T. Isaji, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
Narragansett, RI
Prediction of Oil Droplet Size Distribution in Agitated Aquatic Environments
A. Khelifa and K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS
P.S. Hill, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Modelling the Effect of Sediment Size on OMA Formation
A. Khelifa and K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS
P.S. Hill and L.O. Ajijolaiya, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
End of Day - Salon B
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Tuesday Poster Presentations
Natural and Anthropogenic Hydrocarbons in the Antarctic Pack Ice
I.A. Nemirovskaya and A.N. Novigatsky, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia
In Vitro Photooxidation of a Crude Iranian Petroleum Maltenic Fraction as a Film Over Seawater in Natural Simulated Conditions and Identification of Photoproducts
B. Nahri-Niknafs and S.J. Ghotbesharif, Pesticide Industrial Research Center (PIRC), Tehran, Iran
S. Taghvaei and A.H. Rustayian, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
A Literature Review on Flow-through Fluorometers for Monitoring Oil-in-Water Levels
P.G. Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Multivariate Clustering of the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Oils
B.P. Hollebone, Z. Wang, and M. Landriault, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
C. Yang, C. Yang Consulting, Ottawa, ON
Weather Windows for Oil Spill Countermeasures
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
L. Ka’aihue, Prince William Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, Anchorage, AK
Studies on the Behaviour of Orimulsion in Seawater and Freshwater
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Emulsion Formation Testing in the Laboratory and OHMSETT
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
J. Lane and J.V. Mullin, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA
Effects of Varying Salinity and Temperature on the Dynamics of Orimulsion
M.F. Fingas and Z. Wang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
R. MacKay, Canadian Coast Guard, Charlottetown, PE
A Review of Oil-in-Water Monitoring Techniques - The Concluding Results
P.G. Lambert, M. Goldthorp, B. Fieldhouse, Z. Wang, and M.F. Fingas Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
L. Pearson and E. Collazzi, Alaska Department of Environment Conservation, Juneau, AK
Wednesday, June
9, 2004
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Salon A
TSOCS - Special Session on Counter-terrorism
A Project to Develop Restoration Methods for Buildings and Facilities After a Terrorist Attack
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
K. Volchek, M. Hornof, L. Boudreau, and M. Punt, SAIC Canada Ottawa, ON
P. Payette and M. Best, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
M. Garbutt, J. Krishnan, S. Wagener, and K. Bernard, Health Canada, Winnipeg, MB
T. Cousins and D. Haslip, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON
Review of Decontamination Technologies for Chemical Counter-Terrorism
K. Volchek, L. Boudreau, and M. Hornof, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
M. Fingas and R.L. Gamble, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Health and Safety Ramifications of a National Approach to Response
R. Turpin and J. Schaefer, US Environmental Protection Agency/ Environmental Response Team, Edison, NJ
Evolving Modalities in the Development and Delivery of Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear Counter-terrorism Science and Technology
N.J. Yanofsky, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON
Solid Phase Microextraction Headspace Sampling of Chemical Warfare Agent Contaminated Samples: Method Development for GC-MS Analysis
C.R. Jackson Lepage and J.R. Hancock, Defence Research and Development Canada - Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB
H.D.M. Wyatt, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Local Needs and Preparedness for WMD Incidents: The Current US Picture
G. Paulson, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
C.M. Scott, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
U.S. Public Health Preparedness: A Network of Academic Centers
E.C. Perry, M.V. Kennedy, and G. Paulson, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Technical Seminar on Chemical Spills (TSOCS)
Development of FTIR as a Field Technology for Chemical Spills
M. Goldthorp and P. Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
A Review of CEPA Toxic Substances and the Requirement for Environmental Emergency Plans
K.J. Ketcheson and J. Shrives, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC
Update for the Environmental Emergency Regulations Under Section 200 of CEPA 1999
A. Hazra and S. Jackson, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC
Evaluation of the Tekmar 3100 Purge and Trap - Agilent GC/MSD System for VOC Analysis
K. Li and M. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Membrane Technology to Improve Water Management in Oil Sands Operations
K. Volchek and W.P. Wong, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON
H. Peng, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
M. MacKinnon, Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton, AB
C.E. Brown, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
The Development of a Risk Evaluation and Ranking Methodology for Federal Contaminated Sites
P.L. Smith, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC
Speaker's Corner
Summary of Environmental and Public Health Employees Respirator Selection Guide
C. Schopfer, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Brunswick, NJ
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Salon B
Spill Modelling (Cont.)
Modeling Potential Skimmer and Booming Strategy Effectiveness
C.H. Barker and D. Wesley, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA
Evaluation of Bird Impacts in Historical Oil Spill Cases Using the SIMAP Oil Spill Model
D. French McCay and J.J. Rowe, Applied Science Associates, Inc. Narragansett, RI
Shoreline Protection and Cleanup
Accelerating the Natural Removal of Oil on Shorelines: Part 2 - Tilling or Mixing Techniques
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA
G.A. Sergy, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB
A SCAT Manual for Arctic Regions and Cold Climates
E.H. Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA
G.A. Sergy, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB
Optimizing Hydraulic Cleaning Techniques for Oiled Coarse Sediment Beaches: Long-Term Monitoring Results
G.S. Mauseth, A.W. Graham, and J. Simon, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Kirkland, WA
G.A. Sergy, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB
Quebec Region's Shoreline Segmentation in the St. Lawrence River: Response Tool for Oil Spills
S. Laforest, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC
V. Martin, Eastern Canada Response Corporation, Verchères, QC
M. Boulé, Canadian Coast Guard, Quebec, QC
Development of a Shoreline Segmentation Database for the Coast of New Zealand
A. Lamarche, Environmental Performance and Decision Support (EPDS), Montreal, QC
J. Roberts, Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Speaker's Corner
Uptake and Depuration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss),
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytshca), Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), and Sucker (Catostomus sp.) in the Clearwater River,
Idaho following a Diesel No. 2 Fuel Spill
G.E. Challenger, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Kirkland, WA
Comparative Toxicity of Chemically-dispersed and Water-accommodated Fractions of Oil to Larval Marine Fish
C.M. Couillard, Fisheries and Oceans, Mont-Joli, QC
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Wednesday
Poster Presentations
A Review of CEPA Toxic Substances and the Requirement for Environmental Emergency Plans
K.J. Ketcheson and J. Shrives, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC
Update for the Environmental Emergency Regulations under Section 200 of CEPA 1999
A. Hazra and S. Jackson, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC
Communicating about Bioterrorism at Major Universities
C. Clarke, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
The USEPA Environmental Response Team TAGA at Work at the Hart Building Fumigation
D.B. Mickunas and R. Turpin, US Environmental Protection Agency/ Environmental Response Team, Edison, NJ
S. Blaze and J. Wood, Lockheed Martin Inc./Response Engineering and Analytical Contract (REAC), Edison, NJ
Solid Phase Microextraction Sampling of Organophosphorus Contaminated Samples: Feasibility in LC-MS Analysis of Aqueous Samples
C.R. Jackson and P.A. D’Agostino, Defence Research and Development Canada - Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB
H.D.M. Wyatt, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Environment Canada’s Emergency Response R&D Program: A Bibliography of the Portable and Field Analysis Projects
P.G. Lambert, M. Goldthorp, K. Li, and M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Salon A
Biological Effects of Oil and Oil Biodegradation
Role of Droplets in Promoting Uptake of PAHs by Fish Exposed to Chemically Dispersed Crude Oil
S.D. Ramachandran, C.W. Khan, and P.V. Hodson, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
K. Lee and T. King, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS
EROD Activity (CYP1A) Inducing Compounds in Fractionated Crude Oil
C.W. Khan, S.D. Ramachandran, L.M.J. Clarke, and P.V. Hodson Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
B.P. Hollebone and Z. Wang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Comparative Toxicity of Four Crude Oils to the Early Life Stages of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
L.M.J. Clarke, C.W. Khan, P. Akhtar, and P.V. Hodson, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS
Z. Wang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
J.W. Short, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Juneau, AK
Assessment of Sediment Quality Based on Toxic Equivalent Benzo[a]Pyrene Concentrations
T.L. King and K. Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS
Recent Spill Experiences
To Be Determined
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), London, UK
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Salon B
Oil Spill Treating Agents
Dispersant Testing - Study on Analytical and Test Procedures
M.F. Fingas, B. Fieldhouse, and Z. Wang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
Dispersant Effectiveness Testing in Cold Water and Brash Ice
C.K. Owens, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX
R.S. Belore, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON
Speaker's Corner
General Discussion on Monitoring of Dispersant Applications
End of Day - Salon B |
Thursday
Poster Presentations
Enhancing Effects of Picocyanobacteria on Growth and Hydrocarbon Consumption Potential of the Associated Oil-utilizing Bacteria
S.S. Radwan, R.H. Al-Hasan, S. Salamah, and M. Khanafer,
Kuwait University, Kuwait
Oil and Chemical Resistant Whales, Otters and Birds
P. Hamilton, Lifeforce Foundation, Vancouver, BC
Review of Monitoring Protocols for Dispersant Effectiveness
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
L. Ka’aihue, Prince William Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, Anchorage, AK
Dispersant Tank Testing - A Review of Procedures and Considerations
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
L. Ka’aihue, Prince William Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, Anchorage, AK
Dispersant Field Testing - A Review of Procedures and Considerations
M.F. Fingas, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON
L. Ka’aihue, Prince William Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, Anchorage, AK
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