Understanding the Environmental Risk Assessment Process for the Professional Geologist and the Environmental Professional (450 mins.)

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July 20, 2016 - MONROEVILLE, PA

Comfort Inn Conference Center Pittsburgh East
699 Rodi Road, Monroeville, PA

Instructors:

• Michael Rondinelli, Senior Ecological Risk Assessor (O'Brien and Gere, Inc.)
• Lyle Trumbull, Senior Human Health Risk Assessor (O'Brien and Gere, Inc.)
• Brie Sterling, Environmental Chemist 2 (PaDEP)
• Carolyn Fair, Environmental Chemist 2 (PaDEP)
  

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Course Overview: As an outgrowth of PCPG's Conceptual Site Model (CSM) course, this course will help you understand the roles that human health and ecological risk assessments play in environmental remediation projects.  A CSM represents the linkages between a project's chemical source, transport medium, and receptors and is used to guide site characterization and, ultimately, the need for and potential extent of remediation.  Most may be familiar with pathway analysis, a qualitative risk assessment approach that is commonly used to identify human and/or ecological exposure pathways like groundwater and vapor migration for example and whether these pathways are complete or incomplete, or if data gaps are present that need to be addressed prior to considering remedial alternatives.

When pathways are complete or potentially complete, a more rigorous quantitative risk assessment approach may be required to calculate the numerical baseline or post-remediation risk to receptors.  The course will discuss how risk assessments work as well as the program requirements of PADEP's Technical Guidance Manual relating to risk assessment.  The goal of this course is not to train attendees to become quantitative risk assessors but rather to recognize that quantitative RA is an option, how it works, and when to apply it to solve client needs.

Who Should Attend: This course is intended for Professional Geologists, Environmental Professionals, and those involved in site characterization work wanting to better understand how one proceeds from MSC exceedances to remedy selection.  It is suitable for the data collector to better understand how the data are used.  It is also suitable for the project manager to understand how quantitative risk assessment can be used and to better understand the work of a risk assessor.   Prior attendance at PCPG's CSM course is not required.

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Professional Development Continuing Education
Delaware and South Carolina:  60 mins. = 1 CEU
Pennsylvania: 50 mins. = 1 PDH

Hotel Room Rates
$79++ room rate is available at the Comfort Inn Pittsburgh East by dialing (412) 244-1600. Ask for the special PA Council of Professional Geologists rate. Room cut-off date is July 1, 2016.