2024 PTAC Remediation Reclamation Forum – Agenda

8:30 AM REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND BREAKFAST
9:00 AM Opening Remarks

Allan Fogwill, PTAC 

9:15 AM Low Probability Receptor Demonstration Project

Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd

10:00 AM NETWORKING BREAK
10:20 AM The Alberta Background Soil Quality System 

Chibuike Chigbo, InnoTech Alberta Inc. and Paul Fuellbrandt, Statvis

10:50 AM Development of a Chloride Water Quality Guideline Based on Hardness and Consideration for Cation Toxicity

Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc. 

11:20 AM Evaluation of Chloride Soil Groundwater Partitioning, in Support of Guideline Updates

Daniel Pollard and Ashley Morgan , Matrix Solutions Inc. 

11:50 AM LUNCH
12:35 PM Lunch Keynote Presentation

Mike Toffan, Project Forest

1:00 PM Process Guide for Approaching Salt Contamination

Sheila Luther, Matrix Solutions Inc. 

1:30 PM Selenium Soil Quality Guideline

Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental Inc. 

2:00 PM NETWORKING BREAK
2:20 PM Agronomic Receptor Evaluation for Direct Soil Contact

Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.

2:40 PM Evaluation of Reclamation Practices on Forested Upland and Peatland Well Sites

Dean Mackenzie, Vertex Resource Group Ltd. and Chibuike Chigbo, InnoTech Alberta

3:10 PM Conventional vs. Passive Management of Noxious Weeds for Final Reclamation of Industrial Sites in the Boreal Forest: A Risk Management-Based Approach

Amanda Schoonmaker, NAIT and Dean Mackenzie, Vertex  

3:40 PM CLOSING REMARKS | FORUM CLOSES