2020 SMART Calgary

Edward Domijan

Mr. Edward Domijan is a Senior Environmental Engineer with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) in Edmonton, AB. He has 25 years of experience in the project management field in the federal government with a particular focus on the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites throughout Western and Northern Canada. A graduate of the University of Alberta with a B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, Mr. Domijan has also served as project manager for the construction of large capital projects such as highway and bridge replacement work, water & wastewater treatment facilities, and significant demolition projects.

Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) and the separate Northern Abandoned Mines Reclamation Program (NAMRP)

Mark Youden

Mark Youden is an associate lawyer in Gowling WLG's Vancouver office, practising in the firm's Environmental and Indigenous Law groups. Mark is called to the bar in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario and advises a wide range of clients on all aspects of environmental, Indigenous and regulatory law issues, including: • Tribunal and judicial proceedings respecting contaminated sites and public utility matters • Environmental assessment, consultation protocols and impact benefit agreements for energy and natural resource projects • Quasi-criminal liability and environmental prosecutions • Spills management including civil and regulatory liability • Strategic advice regarding brownfield redevelopment • Environmental provisions in share and asset agreements • Waste management, including extended producer responsibility and stewardship issues • Water and wastewater authorizations for energy projects and industrial facilities • Regulatory control of chemical substances and the transportation of dangerous goods Prior to studying law, Mark obtained a Master of Science focused on biophysical interactions and the fate of contaminants in terrestrial and aquatic systems. He also worked as an environmental consultant for an international engineering firm.

The New Reliance on Criminal Prosecutions to Enforce Environmental Compliance

Albert Ho

Albert Ho is the Director of Environmental Programs with First Capital Realty for 8 years. He provides direction and leadership to manage environmental risk nationally. Albert has over 20 years of experience in the field of environmental risk management, investigation and remediation. His experience includes both working as an environmental consultant and working in industry including real estate and manufacturing. He is a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor and Master of Engineering (Environmental) from the University of Guelph, MBA from Queen’s University, and Certified Risk Manager (CRM). Albert enjoys learning and is very open to new ideas. He is also a Sessional Lecturer for the Graduate Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences at University of Toronto Scarborough teaching Contaminated Sites Remediation to students of the Master of Environmental Science Program.

Environmental Risk Management in Real Estate

This presentation will touch on some of the key functional teams within a real estate company and explore their role and how environmental risk is managed? These teams include Investments, Valuations, Leasing, Financing, Construction, Development and Property Management. A case study will be presented examining the journey from acquisition due diligence of a property to the development planning while incorporating environmental management.

Jacquelyn Stevens

Jacquelyn Stevens has significant expertise representing a wide range of clients in environmental civil litigation, defence of prosecutions by environmental regulators, and on administrative appeals. Jacquie also provides effective advice and solutions for environmental due diligence and compliance, brownfields/contaminated site remediation, and environmental approvals for air, odour, noise and waste. Jacquie appears before the Courts and administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Court of Appeal. Jacquie advises on cross-boundary migration of contamination and remediation options during civil litigation and has significant expertise litigating contamination issues at dry cleaning operations and gas stations. Jacquie defends clients against quasi-criminal environmental prosecutions by regulatory authorities, and appeals regulatory orders and approvals. Jacquie is the President of the Women’s Law Association of Ontario and a member of the CBA, OBA, PDAC and ESAA. In addition to her law degree, Jacquie has a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Dalhousie University, a Master of Science in Geology from St. Francis Xavier University, and a Master of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School. Jacquie is called to the bar in Alberta and Ontario.

You Have Been Retained as an Expert Witness in Environmental Litigation – Now What?

Ryan Riess

Ryan Riess is an environmental engineer currently working at PINTER & Associates Ltd in Saskatoon. He has thirteen years of experience in remediation and site assessment. Ryan holds a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Saskatchewan along with undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering and biochemistry.

Enhanced Anaerobic Bioremediation Achieves Cost Effective Closure for a PHC impacted Site

Kevin French

Mr. French is Vice President of Vertex and has over 30 years of experience and expertise in environmental engineering, specializing in site assessment and remediation. Kevin has been involved in the design and implementation of remediation programs across Canada involving PRBs, carbon adsorption, in-situ chemical oxidation and reduction, aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation, etc. in soil, groundwater and bedrock for a variety of contaminants, including petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents and other compounds. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is a Professional Engineer and a Qualified Person in Ontario, and frequently presents on environmental site assessment and remediation at conferences and seminars across Canada.

Case Study: When In-Situ Technologies Fail

In-situ remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon compounds (PHCs) is commonly applied across Canada. So why is it that some such projects are successful while other fail? How is a practitioner to know when is the right time to start remediation, what product(s) to use, how to select and how apply an appropriate in-situ remediation technique? How does one know how much data to collect beforehand, during and after remediation, and what data is the most important to remediation success? It seems that rarely do people highlight their remediation failures, yet much can be learned from studying what does not work to figure out the cause(s). The purpose of this talk is to present a case study of an actual site where two different in situ remediation techniques were used to treat PHCs and they both failed. Within this presentation, the site background and subsurface data will be reviewed, the remediation approaches will be presented, and possible reasons for the failed remedial efforts will be put forth. The talk will conclude by showcasing what additional Site data was collected and how a different in-situ remediation approach was selected and applied. This decision making process resulted in a delayed, but ultimately successful, remediation project. The site is a former fueling station located at the corner of a busy intersection in an urban area. There was significant on-site contamination, yet Risk Management Measures were used so remediation of the source area was not required. However, it was essential that the PHC plume be controlled to prevent its continued off-site migration. This talk will highlight how an injected Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) for PHCs was at first unsuccessfully, and then successfully, installed along a busy down-gradient property boundary. Throughout the presentation recommendations and insights will be offered into how to avoid failure and how to maximize success for in-situ remediation projects.

Alan Seech

In Situ Chemical Reduction for Remediation of Soil Containing Chlorinated Pesticides and Herbicides

George (Bud) Ivey

George (Bud) Ivey is the President and Senior Remediation Specialist with Ivey International Inc. of Vancouver, Canada. He has over twenty-eight years of environmental remediation experience, and has worked on more than 1500 environmental projects internationally. His multi-disciplinary education background includes: Organic Chemistry, Geological Engineering, and a Master’s Certification in Project Management. Some of his more noticeable accomplishments include: He holds several International Patents; Has received many International Environmental Awards (Globe, Frost & Sullivan, MISTIC, Environmental Business Journal, and Roy F. Weston Awards); Has developed several innovative remediation technologies for air, soil, water, and groundwater remediation, with more coming; Is currently working on several high-profile remediation projects globally; and Sits as a the 2nd VP on BCEIA Board When he’s not busy solving complicated contaminated site remediation problems, he very much enjoys long distance running, multi-day hiking, great red wine, and the company of very good friends!

Surfactant Enhanced Extraction (SEE) at LNAPL and DNAPL Impacted Sites Pilot to Full Scale