2004 Fall Meeting

ITRC’s 2004 Fall Meeting was held October 26–29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with more than 340 members, interested parties, and guests in attendance. Highlights of the meeting included a field trip, live Internet-based training sessions, opportunities for networking, and a chance to view exhibits.

ITRC Co-Chairs Ken Taylor (SC) and Bob Mueller (NJ) hosted the opening plenary session. Later that day a about 20 ITRC guests toured Kirtland Air Force Base to view deployments of several state-of-the-art environmental technologies, including a system that extracts jet fuel from groundwater and then uses the extracted fuel to power its continuing operation. ITRC thanks Steve Milligan, Kirtland’s director of environmental public relations, for arranging the tour.

The meeting also featured three Internet-based training courses: Remediation Process Optimization, the Triad Approach, and Constructed Treatment Wetlands. Many participants took advantage of this new offering.

Wednesday’s plenary session was a panel presentation and discussion on arsenic in groundwater. The panel, moderated by Manny Patel (NJ), consisted of Chuck Pippin, NC DENR; Malcolm Siegel, DOE; Rajiv Khera, EPA; and Michael Kosnett, University of Colorado.

ITRC thanks Fall Meeting exhibitors for their sponsorship and displays. This year’s exhibitors were Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, AMEC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Geo Sirra, W. L. Gore, H&P Mobile GeoChemistry, INFICON, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Regenesis. One side note—the winner of the Gore jacket was George Nicholas (NJ).

ITRC Awards
And the winner is…

ITRC again recognized its outstanding members at the annual Fall Meeting. During the plenary on Wednesday, ITRC conferred a number of awards to honor the people who’ve gone the extra mile in support of ITRC. Don Vroblesky of the U.S. Geological Survey received an Appreciation Award for his work with the Diffusion/Passive Samplers Team. Don has been a major force in the research and development of passive sampling approaches and has served as the team’s primary presenter of Internet-based training on passive diffusion samplers. Bart Faris (NM) also received an Appreciation Award for his stint as co-chair on the Board of Advisors.

Matt Turner’s dedicated service to the Permeable Reactive Barriers Team was recognized with a Team Leader of the Year Award. The Alternative Landfill Technologies team, led by Charles Johnson (CO), won the 2004 Team of the Year Award.

Wade Waters, the stakeholder representative on the Board of Advisors, presented five Stakeholder Awards to recognize the diversity among ITRC members who perform their technical team duties as representatives of various groups important to ITRC. Stakeholder Awards went to Katherine Owens, a public stakeholder; Roy Spalding, representing academia; Dave Major, an industry representative; W. Lee Poe, a public stakeholder; and Mary Jo Ondrechen, representing the interests of tribes.

The State Engagement program conferred four awards. Saba Tahmessebi won an Outstanding Performance Award for his extensive POC work within his state of Oklahoma. Neil Taylor, a new POC, received the Great Beginning Award for bringing the message of ITRC to Utah. Outstanding Service Awards went to Paul Hadley (CA) and Brian Sogorka (NJ) for their long-time service and dedication to ITRC in a variety of roles.

Bob Mueller, Advisory Board Co-chair, presented special caricature portraits to members of the Board of Advisors who will complete their first three-year term at the end of 2004: Ken Taylor, Advisory Board Co-chair; Wade Waters, the board’s stakeholder representative; and Ken Nemeth, Southern States Energy Board.
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