Assessment and Remediation of Hazardous Materials and Petroleum Hydrocarbons

November 24, 2011
9am – 5pm
Ascott, Makati City

Fee: Php 5,000.00 / person plus 12% VAT

• Early Registration Payment: Ten-Percent (10%) Discount if  PAID thirty (30) days before the training date
• Group Discount: Five-Percent (5%) on Three (3) or More Participants

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About the seminar

Dr. Kurkjian is a Program Manager and Principal Scientist at an international environmental engineering firm based in Los Angeles, CA. He has more than 20 years of experience conducting complex environmental investigations, evaluating surface and ground water resources, remediating soil and groundwater, and managing hazardous waste. Dr. Kurkjian provides litigation support, expert technical review, and strategic planning regarding environmental impacts and land/resource management for Brownfields with multiple responsible parties.

He will present information and lessons learned from his years of environmental consulting experience. The seminar will cover a wide range of topics including environmental assessment and remediation of hazardous materials and petroleum hydrocarbons. Various environmental projects will be presented to illustrate investigative techniques, cost comparisons, and remedial strategies. The lecture will also cover environmental regulations, policy, and law.

Who should attend

Industrial and petroleum facility managers, engineers/scientist in industry, environmental consultants, regulators, students, and those interested in learning about site assessment and remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon and hazardous material impacts to soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediment.

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Environmental Investigation of Bulk Storage Petroleum Facilities

• Site investigation of petroleum hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel, motor oil, and crude oil)
• Assessment of groundwater, soil, soil gas, sediment and surface water contamination
• Investigative techniques, sampling, analysis, and interpretation
• Evaluation of subsurface conditions
• Gauging and recovering light non-aqueous phase liquids
• Assessing dense non-aqueous phase liquids

Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated facilities

• Session Cleanup levels and risk assessment
• Strategy, planning and site redevelopment
• Remediation technologies
• Remediation costs

Hazardous Material Remediation at a Military Base

• Hazardous materials management, including lead and asbestos
• Health & Safety concerns
• Regulatory issues
• Soil excavation, soil sampling, laboratory analysis, and hazardous material disposal

Environmental Investigation at a Shipyard Facility

• Evaluation of historic operations
• Site investigation and hazardous material impacts of metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls
• Physical and chemical investigation techniques
• Assessment of groundwater, soil, soil gas, sediment and surface water contamination
• Environmental regulations and cleanup criteria
• Litigation and responsible parties

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Robert Kurkjian, PhD

Dr. Kurkjian is a Program Manager and Principal Scientist at an international environmental engineering firm based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his Ph.D. in Earth Science (Geochemistry) from the University of California. Dr. Kurkjian has more than 20 years of experience conducting complex subsurface environmental investigations, evaluating surface and ground water resources, remediating soil and groundwater, and managing hazardous wastes.

Dr. Kurkjian has worked on a variety of projects involving extensive regulatory interactions pertaining to toxic substances, air and water quality, permitting, and compliance issues. He has led numerous environmental investigation projects involving petroleum hydrocarbons, volatile organic hydrocarbons, PCBs, and metal contamination. Dr. Kurkjian provides litigation support, expert technical review, and strategic planning regarding environmental impacts and land/resource management for Brownfields with multiple responsible parties. He manages multi-million dollar projects for a variety of municipalities, private firms, and government agencies

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Banco de Oro (BDO)

Account Name: AGUILA GROUP COMPANIES (AGC) DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Account Number: (Peso) 00 222 800 0844

Bank Address: East Mansion Townhouse, Elisco Road, Sto Rosario, Pateros

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