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DoD Environmental Monitoring & Data Quality Workshop Announcement, Call for Papers

Joy Scrogum — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:26:26 +0000

The DoD Environmental Data Quality Workgroup is pleased to announce the 8th annual DoD Environmental Monitoring & Data Quality Workshop, which includes technical training sessions, technical presentations, a plenary session featuring distinguished speakers, a Q&A forum, component meetings, a poster session, an update on the DoD ELAP, and networking opportunities with members of the environmental community. This workshop is open to all interested environmental professionals involved with DoD sites or projects including representatives from the DoD services, other federal agencies, state, local, and tribal governments, academia, and the private sector. Possible training categories for this workshop include: DoD QSM 4.2 and Proposed v5 Update, Vapor Intrusion, Corrective Action Processes and Root Cause Analyses, MMRP, Emerging Contaminants and Disposal of Nanomaterials, and Environmental Forensics.

The workshop will take place March 28-April 1, 2011 at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, VA. Visit www.regonline.com/2011emdqworkshop to register online.

Abstracts for technical presentations and posters are being solicited in the following areas: DoD Emerging Contaminants; Indoor Air Vapor Intrusion; Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP); Laboratory Analysis and Performance; Data Management and Sharing; Project Planning / Implementing UFP-QAPP; Data Quality and Usability; Field Sampling and Analysis; Quality Systems Implementation; and Environmental Monitoring for Remedial Technologies. All abstracts must be 1 page in length, in Microsoft Word format, and submitted via email no later than January 14, 2011. To submit an abstract, or for more information, contact: EMDQworkshop@geologics.com.

Remember to check the GLRPPR calendar for more events related to environmental protection, pollution prevention and sustainability.

Summer 2009 GLRPPR/Region 7 Conference Presentations Online

Joy Scrogum — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:57:04 +0000

The presentations from the recent Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR)/Region 7 Pollution Prevention Roundtable conference are now available on the GLRPPR web site.

Presentations available include:

Go Green and Save Money: Fiscally Sound Green Business Practices by Laura Barnes, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Institutional Green: Not an Ugly Wall Color by Marcus Rivas, U.S. EPA
EPA’s Pollution Prevention Plan by Tanya Mottley, U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Where Indianapolis is Headed.. by Karen Haley, Director, Office of Sustainability, City of Indianapolis
Greening Your Business: A Look at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. by Denise Coogan, Manager, Safety & Environmental Compliance at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.
Region 5 Sustainability Network by Tony Nesky, Home Engineering Services, U.S. Army Office of Regional Environmental and Government Affairs
EPA Regional Pollution Prevention Results by Phil Kaplan, Regional Pollution Prevention Coordinator, U.S. EPA
Using Web 2.0 to Improve Information Discovery and Collaboration by Rick Yoder, Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center
Green Suppliers Network – E3: Columbus (Energy, Economy, Environment) by Greg Hume, Program Manager, TechSolve
The Use of Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) for Green Science at Eli Lilly and Company by Dr. Michael E. Kopach, Chemical Product Research & Development, Eli Lilly and Company
Technical Assistance Approaches for Energy Efficiency by Cam Metcalf, Executive Director, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center (University of Louisville)

To save any of these presentations to your computer, visit the 2009 Conference page and right click on the name of a presentation. Select “Save Target As…” and choose a name and location for the file.