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Final Program
Tuesday, June 9
Pinnacle 1
Physical and Chemical Properties and Behaviour of Oil Spills
| 8:30 |
Forensic Fingerprinting and Source Identification of the 2008 Lake Temiskaming (Quebec) Oil Spill
Zhendi Wang, C. Yang, B. Hollebone, C.E. Brown, P. Lambert, M. Landriault, J. Sun, and Z. Yang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Scott Akinson, Transport Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada
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| 9:00 |
Fingerprinting Analysis and Characterization of Hydrocarbon in Sediments of the Pearl River Delta in China
Chun Yang, Zhendi Wang, Bruce Hollebone, Zeyu Yang, Carl Brown, and Mike Landriault, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Xianzhi Peng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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| 9:30 |
Intergrated Gas and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Engine Lubricating Oil Identification
Dayue Shang, and Brad McPherson, Environment Canada, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
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| 10:30 |
Empirical Weathering Properties of Oil in Ice and Snow
Ian Buist, and Randy Belore, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Alan Guarino, and Dan Hackenberg, MAR, Inc. Rockville, MD, USA
David Dickins, DF Dickins Associates LLC, La Jolla, CA, USA
Zhendi Wang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 11:00 |
Experimental Study on Kinetics of Oil-suspended Particulate Matter Aggregation
Juan Sun, and, X. Zheng, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
A. Khelifa, Z. Wang, C. Brown, B. Fieldhouse, and C. Yang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
S. Wong, Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
L.C. So, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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| 11:30 |
Biofuels in the Environment: A Review of Behaviours, Fates, Effects and Possible Remediation Techniques
Bruce Hollebone, and Z. Yang, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 12:00 |
Application of Step-by-step Fingerprinting Identification Method on Spilled Oil in the Bohai Sea Area
Peiyan Sun, State Oceanic Administration of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Speaker’s Corner
| 1:30 |
Rapid Forensic Oil Spill Identification Using Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Dayue Shang, Environment Canada, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Shoreline Response
| 2:00 |
Ice Formation on Shorelines - Observation Study and Modelling
Jane H. C. Øksenvåg, and Bård Brørs, SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Edward Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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| 2:30 |
Waste Management Guidelines for Remote (Artic) Regions
Edward Owens, and E. Taylor, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
K. O’ Connell and C. Smith, The Oil Spill Training Company, Inverness, Scotland, UK
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| 3:30 |
Indices to Rate the Degree of Oiling on Shorelines
Gary Sergy, S3 Environmental, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edward Owens, Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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| 3:45 |
Influence of Weathering of Heavy Fuel Oil on High-pressure Washing Efficiency with and without Cleaning Agents
Ronan Jezequel, Jonathan Lebastard, and François Xavier, CEDRE, Brest Cedex, France
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Speaker’s Corner
| 4:00 |
The Use of Volunteers in Oil Spills: ITOPF Experiences
Andrew Tucker, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, London, UK
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| 5:00 | Welcome Reception with Cash Bar
Shaughnessy Salon
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Tuesday, June 9
Pinnacle 2
CBRNE Response
| Session Chair | David Mickunas
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| 8:30 |
Setting Standards for Chemical Cleanup
Merv Fingas, Spill Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Konstantin Volchek, Ken Li, and Carl E. Brown, Enironment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genevieve Thouin, Sarah Harrison, Wenxing Kuang, David Cooper, and Robert Focht, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Boris Filatov and Marina Ignatenko, Research Institute of Hygiene, Toxicology, and Occupational Pathology, Volograd, Russia
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| 9:00 |
Microtox Applications for the Development and Determination of Decontamination Standards for Remediation of Chemical Acts of Terrorism
Sarah Harrison, and Genevieve Thouin, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Konstantin Volchek and Trevor Lumley, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 9:30 |
A Cost Analysis of Chemical and Biological Decontamination
Merv Fingas, Spill Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Konstantin Volchek, and Patrick Lambert, Enironment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genevieve Thouin, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Jay Krishnan, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| 10:30 |
A Case Study of Recent CRTI Counter-terrorism Exercises
Patrick Lambert, M.D. Goldthorp, B. Fieldhouse, K. Li, and M. Landriault, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
F. Gauthier and M. Dussault, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
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| 11:00 |
Decontamination of Organophosphorous Pesticides Catalyzed by Metal Ions in Liquid Phase
Vladimir Blinov, and Konstantin Volchek, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genevieve Thouin, and Wenxing Kuang, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Stanely Brown, and Alexei Neverov, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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| 11:30 |
Chemical Decontamination: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned
Norman Yanofsky, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Konstantin Volchek, Carl E. Brown, and Patrick Lambert, Enironment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Merv Fingas, Spill Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Speaker’s Corner
| 12:00 |
The Holy Grail of Portable Analytical Instruments
Ken Li, and Patrick Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Speaker’s Corner
| 1:30 |
Decontamination of Urban Surfaces from Cesium via Selective Sequestration
Pervez Azmi, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 2:00 |
The Fumigation Myth and Wide Area Decontamination Scenarios
Blair Martin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Contingency Planning, Preparation, and Prevention of Hazardous Materials Spills
| Session Chair | Patrick Lambert
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| 2:30 |
Accidents on Vessels Transporting Liquid Gases and the Responders’ Concerns: The GALERNE Project
Fanch Cabioc’h, CEDRE, Brest Cedex, France
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| 3:30 |
Fit Testing Respirators: Comparison of Techniques
Benjamin Fieldhouse, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Ontario
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Modelling of Hazardous Materials Spills
| Session Chair | Patrick Lambert
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| 3:45 |
Environmental Emergency Response at the Canadian Meteorological Centre
Nils Ek, Alain Malo, and René Servranckx,Meteorological Service of Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada
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| 5:00 | Welcome Reception with Cash Bar
Shaughnessy Salon
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Wednesday, June 10
Pinnacle 1
Response Technologies and Countermeasures for Oil Spills
| 8:30 |
Effects of Chemical Dispersants on Oil-brine Interfacial Tension and Droplet Formation
Ali Khelifa, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Lily Lai Chi So, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Speaker’s Corner
| 9:00 |
Testing and Validation of Response Team V Protocol for the Approval of Shoreline Surface Washing
Agents in Freshwater Environments
Sankaran KrishnaRaj, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
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| 9:30 |
Application of the American Society of Testing Materials’ (ASTM) New Skimmer Test Protocol
Paul Meyer, Dave DeVitis, Jane-Ellen Delgado, William Schmidt, Ohmsett, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA
Steve Potter, SL Ross Environment Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Eric Haugstad, Tesoro Maritime Company, San Antonio, TX, USA
Mike Crickard, US Coast Guard, Elizabeth City, NC, USA
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| 10:30 |
Wind-tunnel Tests and Modeling Indicate that Aerial Dispersant Delivery Operations are Highly Accurate
Clint Hoffmann, USDA - Agricultural Research Service, College Station, TX, USA
Brad Fritz, USDA-ARS-Areawide Pest Management Research, College Station, TX, USA
Tim Nedwed, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA
Charles Huber, CAH Inc., Williamsburg, VA, USA
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| 11:00 |
Solidifier Effectiveness: Variation due to Oil Composition, Oil Thickness, and Tempature
Benjamin Fieldhouse, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Merv Fingas, Spill Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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| 11:30 |
Updating the U.S. SMART Dispersant Efficacy Monitoring Protocol
Ken Trudel, and Randy Belore, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mark VanHaverbeke, US Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton, CT, USA
Joseph Mullin, Oil Spill Response Research, Herndon, VA, USA
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| 1:30 |
The Global Oil Spill Dispersant Inventory: Where to Find What is Needed in Case of a Large Spill
Thomas Coolbaugh, and James Clark, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, Fairfax, VA, USA
Trish Johns, Oil Spill Response, Southamptons, UK
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Speaker’s Corner
| 2:00 |
Developing and Evaluating Oil Spill Dispersion Countermeasure by Promoting OMA Formation
Kenneth Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
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| 2:30 |
New Insights on Dispersant-treated Oil Slick Behavior: Do Heavy Fuel Oils Disperse?
Tim Nedwed, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA
Ian Buist, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Thomas Coolbaugh, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Fairfax, VA, USA
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| 3:30 |
Testing Heavy Oil Dispersant Effectiveness In a Flow-through Wave Tank
Zhengkai Li, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
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Fate and Effects of Oil
Speaker’s Corner
| 4:00 |
Toxicity of Chemically Dispersed Oil to Juvenile Atlantic Cod
Les Burridge, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
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Wednesday, June 10
Pinnacle 2
Physical and Chemical Properties and Behaviour of Hazardous Materials Spills
| Session Chair | Mike Goldthorp
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| 8:30 |
Rapid Screening of Toxic Industrial Chemicals by Headspace SPME with Microwave Heating
Ken Li, and Carl Brown, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 9:00 |
Study of Surface Desorption of Toxic Organic Compounds to Set Building Decontamination Standards
Geneviève Thouin, and Wenxing Kuang, David Cooper, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ken Li, and Konstantin Volchek, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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| 9:30 |
Development of a Rapid, Field Method for Determining Metals Contamination in Aqueous Samples
Michael Goldthorp, and Patrick Lambert, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Monitoring and Assessment
| Session Chair | Mike Goldthorp
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| 10:30 |
Real-time Ambient Air Monitoring Adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel for Volatile Organic Compounds Associated with the Refinery Operations Using the Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer (TAGA)
David Mickunas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
J. Wood, and W. Weeks, Lockheed Martin Response Engineering and Analytical Contract, Edison, NJ, USA
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Speaker’s Corner
| 11:00 |
Monitoring Chemicals on Building Materials and in Air at a Decontamination Demonstration
Geneviève Thouin and Sarah Harrison, SAIC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Michael Goldthorp, Patrick Lambert, and Konstantin Volchek, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
David Mickunas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Case Histories and Recent Hazardous Material Spill Experiences
| Session Chair | Mike Goldthorp
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| 11:30 |
Emergency Response Monitoring of a Benzene Release Using the Ministry’s Mobile TAGA Unit in Southwestern Ontario
Clarissa Whitelaw, N. Karellas, Q.F. Chen, T. Munoz, G. De Brou, and R. Bloxam, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Speaker’s Corner
| 1:30 |
Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases Explosion
Ryan Wheeler, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
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Oil Spill Contingency Planning, Preparation, and Prevention
| 2:00 |
Why Does It Work or Not Work?
Ron Goodman, Innovative Ventures (ivl) Ltd., Cochrane, AB, Canada
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| 2:30 |
From Theory to Practice: Lessons Learned from Geographic Response Plan Tests in Rhode Island
Elise DeCola, Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Plymouth, MA, USA
Michael Popovitch, First Coast Guard District Preparedness Section, Boston, MA, USA
Jim Ball, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, RI, USA
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| 3:30 |
Emergency Towing Systems for the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Leslie Pearson, Pearson Consulting, LLC, Steilacoom, WA, USA
John Brown, and Gary Folley, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Anchorage and Soldotna, AK, USA
Tim Robertson, and Ben Bryant, Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Seldovia, AK, and Plymouth, MA, USA
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| 4:00 |
Alaska GRIN Project: Development of Geospatial Data Management Interface for Oil Spill
and Emergency Response
Elise DeCola, Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Plymouth, MA, USA
Steven Catalano, Cook Intel Regional Citizens Advisory Council, Kenai, AK, USA
Tim Robertson, Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Seldovia, AK, USA
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| 4:30 |
An Estimate of On-water Mechanical Response Capacity in Washington State: A Consideration of Environmental and Operational Factors
David Mora, Washington Oil Spill Advisory Council, Olympia, WA, USA
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Thursday, June 11
Pinnacle 1
Oil Spill Modelling
| 8:30 |
Ecological Risk Assessment Approach to Oil Spill Response
Bill Lehr, Alan Mearns, and Nicolle Rutherford, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seattle, WA, USA
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| 9:00 |
A New Generation of Models for Water-in-oil Emulsion Formation
Merv Fingas, Spill Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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| 9:30 |
State-of-the-Art and Research Needs for Oil Spill Impact Assessment Modeling
Deborah French McCay, Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingston, RI, USA
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| 10:30 |
Oil Spill Risk Assessment - Relative Impact Indices by Oil Type and Location
Deborah French McCay, CJ Beegle-Krause, Jill Rowe, and Wilfrid Rodriguez, Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingston, RI, USA
Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, Environmental Research Consulting, Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA
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| 11:00 |
Oil Spill Risk Assessment - Probability and Impact Analyses with Future Projections
Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, Environmental Research Consulting, Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA
Deborah French McCay, and CJ Beegle-Krause, Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingston, RI, USA
Colin Moore, and Keith Michel, Herbert Engineering Corporation, Alameda, CA, USA
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| 11:30 |
Lagrangian Simulation of the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) and Assessment of their Potential Risks
Haibo Niu, Zhengkai Li, Kenneth Lee, and Paul Kepkay, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Joseph Mullin, US Department of Interior, Herndon, VA, USA
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Speaker’s Corner
| 11:45 |
A New Process-based Oil Spreading Algorithm and its Application to the STAR Calculator
Jerry Galt and Roy Overstreet, Genwest Systems Inc, Edmonds, Washington, USA
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| 12:00 |
CRRC-sponsored Spill Modelling Working Group Evaluation of Modelling Approaches and Information Needs for Developing the Next Generation of Oil Spill Model
Deborah French McCay, Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingston, RI, USA
Bill Lehr, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Seattle, Washington, USA
Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, Environmental Research Consulting, Cortlandt Manor, New York, USA
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Thursday, June 11
Pinnacle 2
Remediation, Restoration, and Rehabilitation of Oil Spills
| Session Chair | Sankaran KrishnaRaj
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| 8:30 |
Evaluation of PAH Depletion of Subsurface Exxon Valdez Oil Residues Remaining in Prince William Sound in 2007-2008 and their Likely Bioremediation Potential
Ron Atlas, University of Louisville, Louisville, TX, USA
James Bragg, Creative Petroleum Solutions LLC, Houston, TX, USA
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Speaker’s Corner
| 9:00 |
Heavy Fuel Oil Spill in the Loire Estuary: Operations and Impact Monitoring on Vegetation – First Results
Florence Poncet and Loïc Kerambrun, Cedre, Brest, France
Claude Figureau, Nantes, France
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| 9:30 |
Design Considerations for the Field Application of Klozur® CR - An Innovative Remedy Combining Chemical Oxidation and Aerobic Bioremediation
Frank Sessa, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Detection, Tracking, and Remote Sensing of Oil Spills
| Session Chair | Bruce Hollebone
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| 10:30 |
Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Detection and Surveillance of Marine Oil Spills in the
Belgian Part of the North Sea
Eric Donnay, Federal Public Service Environment, Brussels, Belgium
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| 10:45 |
Possibility of Oil Film Detection on the Ice Cover of the Sea Surface
Vadim Goncharov, and Igor Aleshin, St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Iosif Levin, Tamara Radomyslskaya, Vladimir Osadchy, Natalia Rybalka, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
Natalia Klementieva, Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jing Zhou, and Zhijun Li, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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| 11:00 |
Detection of Heavy Oil on the Seabed by Application of a 400 kHz Multibeam Echo Sounder
Mette Eriksen, and M. Mutschler, Reson Inc., Goleta, CA, USA
G. Wenelboe, Reson Inc., Slangerup, Denmark
L. Fonseca, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
F. Hvidbak, FlemingCo Aps, Sulsted, Denmark
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Case Histories and Recent Oil Spill Experiences
| Session Chair | Patrick Lambert
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Speaker’s Corner
| 11:30 |
Grande Baie Tugboat Sinking and Salvage Operation
Mathieu Dussault, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Speaker’s Corner
| 1:30 |
Monitoring and Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination on the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill
Won Joon Shim, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Geoje-shi, Republic of Korea
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Speaker’s Corner
| 2:00 |
Preliminary Results of Chemical Analysis following the M/V Hebei Spirit Oil Spill Accident on the
West Coast of Korea
Un-Hyuk Yim, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Geoje-shi, Republic of Korea
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| 2:30 |
On-Site Monitoring of Hebei Spirit Oil Spill by Fluorometric Detection of Oil Residues in Coastal Waters of
Taean, Korea
Moonkoo Kim, Un-Hyuk Yim, Sang Hee Hong, Jee-Hyun Jung, Jongho Woo, Joongeon An, Hyun-Woo Choi, and Won Joon Shim, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Geoje-shi, Republic of Korea
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| 3:30 |
The M/V Westwood Anette Spill
Chantal Guenette
Canadian Coast Guard, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| 4:00 |
Recent Spill Experiences
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) Ltd., London, UK
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End of Technical Seminar
Posters with Paper
(Posters are on display in the Shaughnessy Salon)
Behavioural Response of Pink Salmon Fry Oncorhynchus gorbuscha to Fresh, Weathered, and Dispersed Crude Oil
Adam Moles,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Juneau, AK, USA
Hydrocarbons in Particulate Matter and Bottom Sediments of the White Sea
Inna Nemirovskaya, V. Shevchenko, and M. Kravchishina
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russia
A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants
Merv Fingas,
Spill Science
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Joe Banta,
Prince William Sound RCAC
Anchorage, AK, USA
Extending the Geographic Response Plan to the Local Level; Two Massachusetts Communities Plan their Response to a Potential Oil Spill
Benjamin Bryant, and Elisa DeCola, Nuka Research and Planning Group, LLC, Plymouth, MA, USA
Posters without Paper
(Posters are on display in the Shaughnessy Salon)
Current Problems of Reduction in the Occupational Exposure Limit Values for Sulfuric Acid
Daria Pakulska,
The Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM),
Lodz, Poland
Cook Inlet Ice Forecasting Network
Steve (Vinnie) Catalano,
Cook Inlet – Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council,
Kenai, AK, USA
In-Situ Burning – A Response Method for Oil Spills in Arctic Ice Filled Waters
Janne Fritt-Rasmussen,
University of Denmark,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rapid Screening Analysis for Unknown Organics to Respond to a Chemical Event
Dayue Shang,
Environment Canada,
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Oil Detection in RADARSAT-2 Quad-polarization Imagery: Implications for ScanSAR Performance
Angela Cheng, and Roger De Abreu, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Paris Vachon, and John Wolfe, DRDC Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
A Risk Management Testing-Process to Identify Chemical Properties in the Field for Personal Safety, Identification and Classification
Clifford Holland, Spill Management Inc., Stoney Creek, ON, Canada
Environment Canada Response – Squamish Oil Spill
Fred Beech, and Scott Nickerson, Environment Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Robin Barcham, Public Safety Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
See you next year!
We hope you will join us on the East Coast for the 33rd AMOP Technical Seminar on
Environmental Contamination and Response which will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia
from June 8 to 10, 2010.
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