SITE REMEDIATION IN B.C

SITE REMEDIATIONIN B.C.2016 CONFERENCE

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WELCOME TO SITE REMEDIATION IN B.C. -MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURESEPTEMBER 21 & 22, 2016

Protecting human health and the environment in British Columbia is the mandate of the Land Remediation Section, and this ambitious goal requires us to anticipate change and address it proactively. First, the Section must continually assess itself: Are we focussing on the important issues? Will our changes to the legislation yield future systems that are more practical, cost effective, and streamlined? At the same time, we must look more broadly: Are we requiring the right things of landowners, local governments, First Nations, and consultants? Are we supporting them such that they can meet our expectations while taking proactive, sustainable action?

Finally, are all of us who engage with land remediation – inside and outside the ministry – making the best possible use of existing frameworks, knowledge, technologies, and relation-ships? How can we better apply them in ways that keep British Columbia moving forward towards being the cleanest, most sustainable it can be?

The sessions at this future-oriented conference will explore practical, forward-thinking, cost-effective ways to identify, investigate, and remediate contaminated sites. The three learning streams (regulatory, technical, and brownfields) that proved so successful in our 2013 conference are back, with all new content to educate and inspire you.


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7:30 – 8:30 REGISTRATION

8:30 – 9:15 OPENING REMARKS Ballroom C

WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCEHon. Mary Polak, Minister of Environment

Mike Macfarlane, Director Land Remediation Section

9:30 – 10:30 MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISIONMark Zacharias, Assistant Deputy Minister

MOBILE ON-SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY AND CASE STUDYDavid Robinson, 3E Remediation

PROVINCIAL COLLABORATION ON BROWNFIELD RENEWALStefan Morales, Ministry of Environment

Eric Nicholls, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

Lindsay Bisschop, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training TBC

Moderated by Alan McCammon, Ministry of Environment

HAZARDOUS WASTE AT CONTAMINATED SITES AND BEYONDRob Dalrymple, Ministry of Environment

Christina Sinnemann, Ministry of Environment

IN-SITU SOIL MIXING FOR SOIL AND GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION Pete Craig, Canada Geo-Solutions

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The conference sessions are organized into three complementary learning streams: Regulatory, Technical, and Brownfields. The three streams will run concurrently through-out the conference, so participants will be able to choose a session from any of the three learning streams at all times.

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11:00 – 12:00 OVERVIEW OF CROWN CONTAMINATED SITES PROGRAM Gregg Stewart, Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Joanna Runnells, Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Beth Power, Azimuth Consulting

TWO CASE STUDIES: IN-SITU REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN BEDROCKBruce Tunnicliffe, Vertex Environmental

BROWNFIELD PROGRAM BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION Monique Punt, MPunt Environmental Consulting

Michel Beaulieu, Advisor (retired), Quebec Ministry of Environment

Michel de Spot, EcoSmart Foundation

Moderated by Isaël Poirier

LANGLEY DRUG LAB – CASE STUDY OF AN ORPHANED SITELiliana Jerade, Ministry of Environment

Peter Kickham, Ministry of Environment

ADVANCES IN POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) INVESTIGATIONS AND REMEDIATION John Vogan, Arcadis

12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH & POSTER BOARDS Ballroom C

1:30 – 2:30 PLENARY 1 – OMNIBUS STANDARDS Ballroom C

Glyn Fox, Ministry of Environment

2:30 – 3:00 BREAK

3:00 – 4:00 EXCESS SOIL MANAGEMENT - UPDATE ON PLANNED CHANGES TO SOIL MANAGEMENT IN BC AND ONJeff Westeinde, Windmill Developments

Kerri Skelly, Ministry of Environment

Ian Collings, Teranis

Moderated by Grant Walsom, Canadian Brownfields Network Ballroom C

MANAGING AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM (AFFF) AND ASSOCIATED POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) CONTAMINATION IN THE SUBSURFACEAndrew Thalheimer, Dillon Consulting Ltd.

Moderated by Paul West, SABS

EXCESS SOIL MANAGEMENT – UPDATE ON PLANNED CHANGES TO SOIL MANAGEMENT IN BC AND ON Jeff Westeinde, Windmill Developments

Kerri Skelly, Ministry of Environment

Ian Collings, Teranis

Moderated by Grant Walsom, Canadian Brownfields Network Ballroom C

THE CHEMISTRY OF CHANGE: REGULATORY & NEW TECHNOLOGY UPDATEStephan Varisco, CARO Analytical Services

Moderated by Paul West, SABS

4:15 – 4:45 DAY ONE CLOSING REMARKS Mike Macfarlane, Ministry of Environment

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7:30 – 8:30 REGISTRATION

8:30 – 9:00 OVERVIEW OF DAY 1 Ballroom C

Eric Pringle, Canadian Brownfields Network

Andrew Sorensen, Contaminated Sites Approved Professional Society

Kelli Larsen, Ministry of Environment

9:00 – 10:30 PLENARY 2 – BUILDING A WORLD-LEADING SPILL RESPONSE REGIME FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA Introduction - Cameron Lewis, Executive Director Environmental Emergencies and Land Remediation Branch

Anthony Danks, Ministry of Environment

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

11:00 – 12:00 FIRST NATIONS AND CONTAMINATED SITESBerry Hykin, Woodward & Co

FINLAND’S APPROACH TO INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO REMEDIAL PLANNING AND DESIGNJussi Reinikainen, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

BARRIERS VIA CASE HISTORIES: A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO BROWNFIELDS, VIA PROJECT EXAMPLES, FOCUSING ON REMEDIAL/REGULATORY APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES. Diane Zorn, Hemmera

Jeff Westeinde, Windmill Development / Milestone

moderated by Eric Pringle

DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION APPROACH FOR PORTLAND HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE Anne Fitzpatrick, AECOM

12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH & POSTER BOARDS Ballroom C

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1:30 – 2:30 RECOGNIZING VALUES IN REGULATORY TOXICOLOGYOana Enick, Ministry of Environment

Detailed Ecological Risk Assessment in N.E. British Columbia: Wildlife Protection and Extractable Aliphatic HydrocarbonsCraig Harris, AECOM

LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADS WITH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES Barbara Daly, City of Edmonton

Mike Brotherston, Corporation of Delta

Jeremy Valeriote, Town of Gibsons

Emanuel Machado, Town of Gibsons

Moderated by Stéphanie Bohdanow

FEDERAL CONTAMINATED SITES ACTION PLAN UPDATEUte Pott / Gary Watson, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Terrestrial Triad in Ecological Risk Assessment - Mount Polley Tailings Dam FailureTrish Miller, Golder Associates

2:30 – 3:00 BREAK

3:00 – 4:00 RESIDENTIAL HEATING OIL TANK PROGRAMSSydney Love, Ministry of Environment

James Smith, City of Vancouver

Jim Young, Prince Edward Island

Russ Olsen/Nnamdi Madakor, Pollution Liability Insurance Agency - Washington State

Moderated by Christina Sinnemann

PRIORITIZING EMERGING SUBSTANCES FOR INCLUSION IN THE CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATION

Heather Osachoff, Ministry of Environment

THE WAY FORWARD TO SUCCESS & NEXT STEPS IN BC PS3260 Update, Chris Gill, Stantec

Alan McCammon, MOE

Bruno Thielmann & Jeff Fisher, UDI

Moderated by Chris Gill for CBN

RISK ASSESSMENT & THE CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATION: PANEL DISCUSSION

Peter Kickham, Ministry of Environment

Tara Siemens Kennedy, SNC-Lavalin

Ute Pott, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Christine Thomas, Golder Associates Ltd.Moderated by Beth Power for CSAP

4:15 – 4:30 CLOSING REMARKS Ballroom C

Mike Macfarlane, Ministry of Environment

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Anthony DanksMinistry of Environment

BUILDING A WORLD-LEADING SPILL RESPONSE REGIME FOR BRITISH COLUMBIAThe Ministry of Environment is responsible for respond-ing to spills of hazardous materials in BC. In response to a number of high profile spill incidents, public expectation, and the need to align with the Premier’s 5 conditions for heavy oil pipeline development, the Ministry has initiated a project to create a world-leading land-based spill response regime for BC. In this talk, Anthony Danks will provide an update on the work to develop this new regime, including legislative and regulatory changes, the engagement work that has occurred to date, and the critical path to the launch of the new regime.

Glyn FoxMinistry of Environment

OMNIBUS STANDARDS UPDATEProgress with the ministry’s Omnibus Standards Update continues as activities related to several phases of the process continue. The ministry will discuss phase 1 (OM1) activities related to the pending Minister’s Order to update the environmental quality standards of the Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR), status and timeline of the proposed Minister’s Order for the CSR the and Omnibus related Consequential Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulation and Organic Matter Recycling Regulation, as well as planned activities to be completed in phase 2 (OM2) “Year of Transition” and phase 3 (OM3) “Next Cycle” of CSR review/revision.

REGULATORY

Liliana Jerade

Peter KickhamMinistry of Environment

LANGLEY DRUG LAB – CASE STUDY OF AN ORPHANED SITE SESSION DESCRIPTIONSpent solvents were discharged at a clandestine drug lab on a residential parcel located in Langley for approximately 3 years. The drug was dismantled by the RCMP and the MOE Emergency Response Officers in April 2014.

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Ministry staff determined the property was a high-risk con-taminated site and identified two neighbouring properties which could also be contaminated.

Despite repeated attempts by the ministry, the owner and tenant responsible for the drug lab failed to complete the required remediation and on April 30, 2015 the Director and Minister of Environment implemented orphan site provi-sions in Section 58 of the Environmental Management Act to complete the investigation and remediation of a high risk orphan site.

Mark ZachariasAssistant Deputy Minister,

Ministry of Environment

MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISIONA look into the future of the Environmental Protection Division: where we going and how we will get there. Discover how the Division’s Vision, Mission and Goals are guiding current and future initiatives to improve the legal regimes for the protection of human health and the environment.

GARY WATSONEnvironment and

Climate Change Canada

UTE POTTEnvironment and

Climate Change Canada

FEDERAL CONTAMINATED SITES ACTION PLAN UPDATEThe Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) has developed a series of technical guidance documents. This presentation will familiarize the audience with available FCSAP guidance, which includes the main ecological risk as-sessment guidance and supporting technical modules. The technical modules provide more guidance on specific risk assessment aspects such as selection and interpretation of toxicity tests, development of site-specific toxicity reference values, receptor characteristics and causality assessment. Key concepts from technical modules that are currently being developed will be introduced. Other relevant guid-ance documents for contaminated sites work will also be presented.

ROB DALRYMPLE & CHRISTINA SINNEMANN

Environmental Protection Division

BC Ministry of Environment

HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATION - CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATION DECOUPLING AMENDMENTSOn July 19, 2016, the BC government amended the Hazardous Waste Regulation (HWR) and the Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR) under the Environmental Management Act (EMA) to “decouple” certain provisions of the CSR and the HWR for on-site managed highly contamin-ated environmental media. Previously, there was regulatory overlap between the HWR and the CSR in managing highly contaminated media on a contaminated site of origin. This resulted in confusion, increased costs for clients and difficulty for ministry staff trying to ensure compliance with both the CSR and HWR. These amendments resolve those issues and create a single regulatory process for on site remediation under the CSR.

Oana EnickMinistry of Environment

RECOGNIZING VALUES IN REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY Regulatory toxicology exists at the intersection of science and policy and it functions in a complex social, political and scientific environment. As such, it is dependent on and defined by the scientific and regulatory definitions of values both in toxicology and in risk assessment.

Gregg StewartMinistry of Forests Lands &

Natural Resource Operations

Joanna RunnellsMinistry of Forests Lands &

Natural Resource Operations

Beth PowerAzimuth Consulting

OVERVIEW OF CROWN CONTAMINATED SITES PROGRAM Overview of the Crown Contaminated Sites Program includ-ing the risk ranking model assessment of liability under PS3260 and case study of the Bralome-Takla mine site.


SYDNEY LOVE Ministry of Environment

JAMES SMITHCity of Vancouver

JIM YOUNGPrince Edward Island

RUSS OLSEN/NNAMDI MADAKOR

Pollution Liability Insurance Agency - Washington State

RESIDENTIAL HEATING OIL TANK PROGRAMS A panel, featuring government officials from the BC Ministry of Environment, City of Vancouver, Province of Prince Edward Island and the Washington State Pollution Liability Insurance Agency, will be discussing the current issues with residential heating oil tanks in BC, how individual local governments are trying to fill the regulatory gaps, and pros and cons of various programs around North America.

BERRY HYKINWoodward & Co

FIRST NATIONS AND CONTAMINATED SITES A look at the regulatory framework governing contamin-ated sites remediation on First Nations Lands and how inter-jurisdictional cooperation is vital to effective remediation.

REGULATORY & BROWNFIELDS

KERRI SKELLYMinistry of Environment

IAN COLLINGSTeranis

JEFF WESTEINDEWindmill Developments

GRANT WALSOMCanadian Brownfields

Network

EXCESS SOIL MANAGEMENT – UPDATE ON PLANNED CHANGES TO SOIL MANAGEMENT IN BC AND ONA look at the potential upcoming changes to the legal re-gimes for excess soil management in both British Columbia and Ontario. This session will also explore the implications to soil management requirements on Federal Lands includ-ing First Nations land in BC and for private developers in both provinces.

TECHNICAL

JUSSI REINIKAINENFinnish Environment

Institute (SYKE)

FINLAND’S APPROACH TO INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO REMEDIAL PLANNING AND DESIGNIn my presentation I will give a short overview of the recent development in the policy framework on contaminated land management (CLM) in Finland. I will focus on the major new policy instruments aiming at supporting sustainable CLM, including a national risk management strategy, regula-tory guidelines on sustainable remediation, and a decree on the reuse of excavated soils and other waste materials. I will also present some case examples of sustainable CLM practices in the city of Helsinki..

TRISH MILLERSenior Environmental

Scientist, Golder Associates Ltd., Vancouver, BC

TERRESTRIAL TRIAD IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT MOUNT POLLEY MINE TAILINGS DAM FAILUREGolder applied a triad of lines of evidence (LOE) to assess terrestrial ecological risks. Specifically: i) chemistry (expos-ure-based LOE, tailings geochemistry, soil, invertebrate, plant chemistry), ii) toxicity (laboratory-based LOE, plant toxicity testing), and iii) ecology (field-based effects LOE, in situ measurements). The risk assessment was also designed to test the hypothesis that the low leaching potential found by SRK’s detailed geochemistry analysis would equal low. bioavailability to terrestrial life. The results of this assess-ment to have supported this hypothesis to date. The tailings dam failure was associated with a significant physical impact but limited potential for lingering chemical effects.

PETER KICKHAMMinistry of Environment

TARA SIEMENS KENNEDY

SNC-Lavalin

UTE POTTEnvironment and Climate

Change Canada

CHRISTINE THOMASGolder Associates Ltd.

RISK ASSESSMENT & THE CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATIONBased on risk assessment presentations in the Technical Stream of the conference, “themes” and contentious points will be identified. These will be used to develop questions that the panel will begin with. From there, we will take questions from the audience – on the themes of “How can we enhance the practice of risk assessment to support risk management? What is working? What isn’t and how can we remedy?” This panel discussion will focus on solutions.


ANNE FITZPATRICKAECOM

DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION APPROACH FOR PORTLAND HARBOR SUPERFUND SITEA presentation of a sustainability framework developed for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site through an active stakeholder engagement process and quantification of key social, economic, and environmental metrics.

ANDREW THALHEIMER

Dillon Consulting Ltd

MANAGING AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM (AFFF) AND ASSOCIATED POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) CONTAMINATION IN THE SUBSURFACEManaging AFFF and associated PFAS A discussion of best management practices for managing AFFF through its life cycle and addressing legacy impacts. Analytical Considerations for Emerging Toxicants A discussion of the consideration potential impact for laboratory analyses of emerging toxicants expected to be included in the CSR Omnibus Update

BRUCE TUNNICLIFFEVertex Environmental

TWO CASE STUDIES: IN-SITU REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN BEDROCKTwo Case Studies: In-Situ Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Bedrock Showcasing the technologies used to remediate two fractured bedrock sites. Technical – Emerging Toxicants

CRAIG HARRISAECOM

DETAILED ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN N.E. BRITISH COLUMBIA: WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND EXTRACTABLE ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONSOil and gas companies active in N.E. British Columbia have a desire to reduce the liabilities associated with inactive leases. Before a lease can be returned to the Crown, the operator must obtain a Certificate of Restoration (CoR) under the oversight of the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC).

A proportion of leases may trigger Ministry of Environment (MoE) attention with a high priority ranking under the OGC risk ranking tool. In order to achieve the CoR for these high priority sites, proponents must demonstrate to the MoE Director that the lease can be reclassified as non-high risk according to Protocol 12. This can be achieved by either physical numerical remediation, or risk based remedi-ation, or a combination of both. Risk based remediation is facilitated through either a screening level risk assessment (SLRA) or detailed risk assessment. For most Crown lease sites, the Detailed Ecological Risk Assessment (DERA) is the preferred option with a much greater degree of flexibility coupled with minimal physical disturbance to the lease. This presentation will focus on the question of terrestrial wildlife risks in relation to exposure to extractable aliphatic hydro-carbons. However, wildlife protection is only one of several management objectives in the overall DERA for remote leases in British Columbia.

STEPHEN VARISCOCARO Analytical Services

THE CHEMISTRY OF CHANGE: REGULATORY & NEW TECHNOLOGY UPDATERecent regulatory changes have a significant impact on the industry and our clients. It is important to understand these changes for anyone submitting samples for analysis and how it will impact how they submit their samples. It will also impact what results they get from the laboratory and how they are applied to various regulatory regimes in Western Canada. Emphasis will be on the British Columbia Contaminated Sites Regulation Stage 10 update also touch-ing on Alberta Tier 1 and other relevant regulations. A brief discussion of the current and future role of the Professional Chemist through professional associations and possible coming regulatory changes will also be discussed.

Advancements and new technology are important to those who test samples. With the regulatory changes come op-portunities for laboratories to update and improve technol-ogy and deliver those improvements to the industry. We will brief the audience with interesting new technological improvements which aim to help provide the industry with better, faster, more cost effective, more transparent or more reliable data for their analytical projects.


PETE CRAIGCanada Geo-Solutions

IN SITU SOIL MIXING FOR SOIL AND GROUNDWATER REMEDIATIONSoil mixing, a time-honoured geotechnical construc-tion method, originally focused on foundation support and earth retention. Since the 1980’s and early 1990’s, the technology has increasingly been used in Canada, the U.S., and overseas, to cost-effectively treat a widening range of waste types in a variety of applications to achieve an array of end-states, including engineered, controlled strength, risk-managed sub-grades for property re-development. The approach can reduce or eliminate off-site soil disposal, dewatering, excavation support and the health and safety risks of large excavation projects while effectively re-using impacted ground. Practical experience with reductants/catalysts (such as zero-valent iron), oxidants (including activated persulfate), binders and other additives (including chemically modified clays and granular activated carbon) demonstrate the flexibility and power of the approach.

This presentation includes an overview of soil mixing for remediation, design considerations, costs, and recent soil mixing case studies - illustrating innovative reagents and applications.

DAVID ROBINSON3E Remediation

MOBILE ON-SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY AND CASE STUDYA description of cost effective mobile, on-site, technology and equipment for cleaning up hydrocarbon contamin-ated soil. Mobile On-Site Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil 3E Remediation uses advanced mobile equipment, chemistry and microbes to quickly process hydrocarbon contaminated soil at site to meet applicable environmental criteria. Mobile on-site treatment eliminates expensive trucking and waste disposal fees, enables innova-tive solutions for challenging situations and delivers both cost savings and improved environmental sustainability. Attend this session and learn more about:

• Soil Remediation Case Studies: diesel storage tank leak, oil pipeline release,

• Mobile operational solutions for inaccessible muskeg sites and winter operating conditions,

• Mobile processing solutions for embedded rocks, remote peat soils and impermeable wet clays,

• Advanced equipment for rapidly processing large vol-umes of soil and capturing VOC emissions,

• New method for treating marine oil spills on remote, rocky beach coves with no land access.

• New method for treating salt contaminated soil at oil & gas wellsites.

HEATHER OSACHOFF


PRIORITIZING EMERGING SUBSTANCES FOR INCLUSION IN THE CONTAMINATED SITES REGULATIONMinistry criteria to rank emerging substances for inclusion in the omnibus amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation, and evaluation outcomes for dozens of emer-ging substances (perfluorinated compounds, pharmaceut-icals, natural gas additives and more).

JOHN VOGANArcadis Canada

ADVANCES IN POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) INVESTIGATIONS AND REMEDIATIONOverview of latest methods for assessing and remediating Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances


BROWNFIELDS

STEFAN MORALESMinistry of Environment

ERIC NICHOLLSMinistry of Community,

Sport and Cultural Development

LINDSAY BISSCHOPMinistry of Jobs, Tourism

and Skills Training TBC

Moderated byALAN MCCAMMON


PROVINCIAL COLLABORATION ON BROWNFIELD RENEWALBrownfield renewal depends on the collaborative work of multiple jurisdictions and sectors. Within the provincial government, the question of brownfield renewal has spurred cross-agency work on how best to make progress on the issue in light of different strategic opportunities and mandates.

Join us for a panel discussion on the strategic linkages behind brownfield renewal, between representatives from the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Community Sport and Cultural Development, and the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training.

DIANE ZORNProject Director, Hemmera

JEFF WESTEINDEWindmill Development /

Milestone

BARRIERS VIA CASE HISTORIES: A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO BROWNFIELDS, VIA PROJECT EXAMPLES, FOCUSING ON REMEDIAL/REGULATORY APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES.The provincial government wished to sell their large office property – used for residential and commercial purposes for 80+ years - located behind the parliament buildings in Victoria. Prior to completion of the investigation work, the government sold the site to a prominent developer, com-mitting to a date for a Certificate of Compliance. Balancing the developer’s future land use scenarios and schedule demands with the government’s priorities required more art than science. This presentation focuses on the challen-ges – technical, regulatory, and stakeholder - faced by the project team and the solutions applied to obtain closure for and develop this high-profile site.

BARBARA DALYCity of Edmonton

MIKE BROTHERSTONCorporation of Delta

JEREMY VALERIOTETown of Gibsons

EMANUEL MACHADOTown of Gibsons

Moderated bySTÉPHANIE

BOHDANOW

LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADS WITH INNOVATIVE APPROACHESAs municipalities implement strategies to encourage the redevelopment of their brownfield sites, they propose vari-ous approaches to incent developers to choose a brown-field over a greenfield site. But in many cases, a brownfield strategy alone may not be sufficient, and a full suite of municipal policies may be required to funnel away from greenfield sites and into developed areas. This session will showcase a range of innovative municipal approaches that are encouraging the redevelopment of brownfield sites in BC and Alberta

CHRIS GILLStantec

PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING BULLETIN 3260 – NEXT STEPS IN IDENTIFYING BROWNFIELD INVENTORIESOver the past several years, the Public Service Accounting Board has developed a new standard specifically to address potential environmental liability exposure to public entities. The new standard (PS3260) was prepared to ensure full dis-closure of liabilities within annual financial reports. Through the steps involved in determining these liabilities, public entities will be ultimately creating inventories of known and potential impacted holdings. Through this accounting process, the resultant pressure to identify and record liabil-ities associated with these properties may ultimately be the catalyst that allows our communities to see the potential in these forgotten parcels and lead to reimagined spaces.

ALAN MCCAMMONMinistry of Environment

BRUNO THIELMANN & JEFF FISHER

UDI

Moderated byChris Gill

for CBN

THE WAY FORWARD TO SUCCESS & NEXT STEPS IN BCThis session will provide a summary of new initiatives that will influence how public entities are developing and evolv-ing their brownfield strategies. This will include a wrap-up to the conference by the MOE, with a look forward at the provincial direction, lessons learned, and challenges to be tackled.


ALAN MCCAMMONAlan McCammon is a member of the management team for the Land Remediation (Contaminated Sites) Section of British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment. His primary responsibilities focus on the areas of brownfield remediation and redevelopment, compliance/enforcement, high-risk contaminated site management, and environmental assessments involving remediation. Alan is currently leading the Province’s review of BC’s Brownfield Strategy which focuses on increasing certainty in economic and environmental outcomes, development of partnerships across the stakeholder spectrum, and delivery of a range of educational and capacity building initiatives. Alan is a registered professional geoscientist specializing in contaminant hydrogeology..

ANNE FITZPATRICKMs. Anne Fitzpatrick is geologist/toxicologist with more than 26 years of experience managing high-profile remediation projects under a variety of regulatory programs with oversight from regulators, media, and the public. For the past 8 years, she managed the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site Feasibility Study (Seattle, WA) listed by EPA as one of the top 20 “Mega Projects” in the U.S. because cleanup is expected to exceed $50MM. Ms. Fitzpatrick was an expert speaker at an EPA-sponsored national conference titled Managing Ecological Risks at Contaminated Sediment Sites (Chicago 2002) and has chaired several sessions/workshops at national sediment remediation conferences. She was awarded best paper at the American Bar Association’s Environmental Conference (2009) presenting sustainable management strategies for complex sediment projects. Currently, Ms. Fitzpatrick is developing a sustainability framework to evaluate trade-offs and stakeholder values of a complex cleanup site in Portland Harbor.

Award: 2009 Best Paper Award at American Bar Association (ABA) Annual conference titled Developing Long-Term Sustainable management Strategies for Complex Contaminated Sediment Projects.

SPEAKERS


ANDREW THALHEIMERAndrew Thalheimer, P.Eng., Dillon’s national Remediation and Risk Control Leader, is a senior project manager and technical specialist with over 25 years of experience in contaminated site assessment and remediation. Andrew leads Dillon’s emerging contaminant program advancing the state of the practice in PFAS assessment and risk management and raising the awareness of PFASs within the airport and regulatory communities. Andrew is currently serving as a Principal Investigator for the National Academy of Sciences on the use and potential impacts of AFFF containing PFASs at airports.

ANTHONY DANKSAnthony Danks is the Executive Director of the Strategic Policy Branch at the Ministry of Environment. He is also the Project Executive Director of the Spill Response Regime.

He is responsible for leading cross-ministry policy initiatives, legislative development and inter-governmental relations with the federal government, provinces and territories, B.C. municipalities and neighbouring American states.

Anthony is the past national chair of the Climate Change Committee, working to coordinate national approaches to international climate discussions through the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment.

Anthony also chaired of the Development Committee for the elimination of dioxins and furans and is a member of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment -- Environmental Protection and Planning Committee, among other national committees.

Anthony has a degree in political science from the University of Victoria and studied French at the University of Laval in Quebec City.

Prior to joining the ministry in 1996, he worked in Ottawa at the federal parliament and for the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation.

BARBARA DALYBarbara Daly has been a Senior Project Manager with the City of Edmonton for almost ten years. Prior to joining City Administration, Barbara provide project management services in industries including Transportation, Finance, Information Technology, Marketing and Telecommunications. She has specific strengths in operational and

process redesign, statistics and forecasting. Barbara worked with the City’s Contaminated Gas Stations Task Force and oversees the Brownfield office that created and executes the City’s brownfield redevelopment strategy. Barbara also manages/ contributes to renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives for the municipality. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Economics.

BERRY HYKINBerry was called to the BC Bar in September, 2006 and the Alberta Bar in January, 2011. She has appeared as counsel and co-counsel before administrative tribunals, Federal Court, BC Supreme Court, and BC Provincial Court. She also has training in civil and family law mediation.

Berry’s diverse practice includes First Nation governance, on-reserve land and environmental management, housing, economic and corporate development, and employment law. Berry works with First Nations to draft, develop and implement contracts of all kinds, First Nation laws and policies, including land codes and other land laws, matrimonial real property laws, bylaws under the Indian Act, and housing, personnel and other policies. Berry also provides advice to First Nations concerning governance, administrative law and best practices, including human rights issues and conflict of interest.

BETH POWER M.Sc., R.P.Bio., CSAP Azimuth Consulting Group Partnership

Beth is a Registered Professional Biologist in BC with over 26 years of consulting experience related to toxicology and risk assessment of contaminated sites. She has a Masters degree in Zoology from the University of BC. Beth is appointed to the Roster of Approved Professionals in BC (for Risk Assessment, through the Contaminated Sites Approved Professional Society). Since 2003 she has been a Partner at a niche consulting firm, Azimuth Consulting Group. Beth’s practice sits at the interface between site owners, managers, developers, the regulatory community, engineers, lawyers and First Nations community members. She focuses on environmental risk assessment, management, and risk communication.


BRUCE TUNNICLIFFE M.A.Sc., P.Eng. President, Vertex Environmental Inc.

Bruce Tunnicliffe is President and founder of Vertex Environmental Inc., and founder and organizer of the SMART Remediation Technical Seminar Series. Mr. Tunnicliffe has more than 15 years of experience designing and implementing remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Mr. Tunnicliffe holds a Master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, has authored many publications, and has presented at numerous conferences. He is a Professional Engineer, a Qualified Person in Ontario, and acts as senior reviewer for Vertex’s designs and deliverables.

BRUNO THIELMANNPrincipal, REDEFINE Development Co.

Over the past almost 40 years, Bruno has played a key role in many of the largest development projects in the Greater Vancouver Area as well as the provinces of BC and Alberta.

His experience in multi-family, commercial and industrial land de-velopments have contributed to a broad expertise in optimizing the value of the lands he has developed.

Bruno has also worked with numerous First Nations groups through-out his career aiding their vision of economic independence through run-of-river power projects, forestry, and aqua-culture. Bruno cur-rently works with Musqueam First Nation developing a 22 acre site for 1.25 million square feet of mixed use residential projects.

Being ‘unconstrained by convention’ has contributed to his successes by seeing the opportunity in many challenging projects.

Bruno was first introduced to the world of Brownfields in 2004 in the development of the 84 acre ‘Pacific Link Industrial Park’, a former landfill and auto wrecking / salvage site. Working with the ministry to identify and understand each other’s objectives translated into one of the key strategies for mitigating the risk in remediating contaminated sites.

This experience led to the remediation and redevelopment of other significant developments in the Vancouver area including several former service station sites where local municipal governments also became integral to the success of the remediation through redevelopment.

Bruno has worked with the team on the Provincial Brownfield Renewal Strategy 1.0 under FLNRO and is actively engaged in the Brownfield Renewal Strategy 2.0 with the MOE.

CAMERON LEWISCameron is a career public servant with the Province of British Columbia. Following completion of a Masters in Public Administration in 1998, Cameron has held management roles with the Ministry of Finance in Treasury Board Staff, the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Oil and Gas development, and with Emergency Management BC. From March 2015 to March 2016 Cameron was with the Ministry of Environment as Executive Director of Waste Prevention; a branch with a focus primarily on Extended Producer Responsibility pro-grams. Cameron is now the Executive Director of the Environmental Emergencies and Land Remediation Branch. He lives in Victoria with his wife Chanel and his three year old daughter Callia.

CHRIS GILLChris Gill has worked in the environmental industry in Western Canada for over 16 years. His focus has primarily centered on contaminated site assessments and brownfield redevelopment opportunities in the commercial and industrial real estate sector. Chris has performed and reviewed over 500 Phase I, II and III ESAs for residential, commercial, and industrial properties for a wide range of clientele including property developers, insurance firms, municipal/provincial/federal government agencies, and others. Chris aims to apply his knowledge gained from his years of experience with impacted sites to his passion for urban design to better our communities as a whole.

CHRISTINA SINNEMANNChristina is currently the Operations Manager in the Land Remediation Section at the BC Ministry of Environment. She is responsible for the development of policy and legislation underpinning BC’s contaminated sites regime.

Christina holds a BSc in Physical Geography and Environmental Studies and a MBA from the University of Victoria and a Graduate Certificate in Policy Analysis from Griffith University in Australia. She has worked for various public sector employers in BC and Queensland, Australia over the past twenty years.


CHRISTINE THOMAS M.Sc., R.P.Bio, CSAP

Christine is an Associate and senior risk assessor at Golder Associates Ltd. with over 18 years of experience in conducting and managing human health and ecological risk assessments, development of risk management plans, and toxicology-related work. She has worked within the BC regulatory framework since 1998 and has directed many human health and ecological risk assessments that were being prepared in support of a ministry instrument. Her practice area includes conducting risk assessments at contaminated sites as well as in support of environmental impact assessments for new proposed facilities. She also has experience assisting clients manage large, complex sites or portfolios of sites through the development of risk-based strategies. She was appointed to the Roster of Contaminated Sites Approved Professionals for Risk Assessment in BC in 2010.

CRAIG HARRISCraig is a Senior Project Manager/ Risk Assessor in AECOM Environment, with over 20 years of experience in the environmental and geological/engineering fields. Craig possesses a diverse set of knowledge and skills based in both earth and biological sciences. Technical highlights include: site investigation, hydrogeology, con-taminant characterization, fate and transport, terrestrial and aquatic toxicology, human health and ecological risk assessment, monitoring design and risk management planning.

DAVID ROBINSONDavid M. Robinson is the Director of Business Development at 3E Remediation Dynamics Inc. an environmental soil treatment services enterprise with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. He combines a technical engineering background with past experience as a commercial lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault, one of the largest law firms in Canada. He has been an advisor on the financial, contractual and environmental aspects of major domestic and international pipeline and power generation projects for TransCanada and Ontario Power Generation. He has coordinated the development and commercialization of innovative environmental technologies for oilfield waste. Recently Mr. Robinson moderated the investment banking and private equity capital forum at the 2016 Global Petroleum Show.

DIANE ZORNDiane Zorn, P.Eng., Contaminated Sites Approved Professional (CSAP), is a senior environmental engineer and project director at Hemmera with over 19 years of experience managing contaminated sites and obtaining closure for brownfield sites and redevelopments in BC. She currently assists real estate owners, developers, transportation and federal clients with the management of their contaminated sites issues, including investigation, remediation, and obtaining Certificates of Compliance from the BC Ministry of Environment for malls, service stations, and other light commercial and industrial properties.

EMANUEL MACHADOEmanuel Machado is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Gibsons.

For over a dozen years, Emanuel has worked with communities throughout Canada, promoting a greater use of renewable energy, net-zero buildings, water strategies, social plans and sustainability frameworks, all with a focus on people.

More recently, Emanuel has been developing a program for the Town of Gibsons, called Eco-Assets, which recognizes the role of nature as a fundamental component of the municipal infrastructure system, leading to a greater understanding of the value of ecosystems services and improved financial and operational management plans of the community’s natural assets.

ERIC NICHOLLSEric Nicholls, Regional Growth Strategies Manager, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

Eric works in the Intergovernmental Relations and Planning Branch where responsibilities include helping local governments across BC with regional growth strategies and other land-use planning matters, contributing to a variety of cross-government initiatives related to land use and the environment, and reviewing local bylaws requiring ministerial approval. Along with other positions at the Province, Eric spent 5 years in Ottawa, first at central agencies, then at Transport Canada working on urban and intelligent transportation policy and projects in the Pacific Gateway.

Eric has a B.A. in Political Science from UBC and a M.Phil. in international relations from Cambridge, which led to 4 years at a think


tank at UBC measuring the global impact of war. Eric has lately been working through courses in next-generation transportation and urban design at SFU.

ERIC PRINGLEEric Pringle leads Milestone Environmental Contracting in the west. Recently expanded into BC, a Canadian remediation contractor; Milestone looks for the tough assignments, likes to partner, they’re the “cooperative” contractor. Eric is also active in our community; he is President of the Canadian Brownfields Network and past Chair of the HR MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver. He has held leadership roles across Canada in Brownfield groups and environmental firms. Eric is an industry specialist in remediation and Brownfield redevelopment. Since 1988, he has led signature and award winning remediation projects and complex Brownfields with government, industry associations and private sector clients. He led the development of the BC Toolkit for former Service Stations; including delivery of a series of Brownfield Design Charettes for six BC municipalities with the BC Brownfield Renewal Strategy. He was recently recognized by the Canadian Urban Institute as the Brownfielder of the Year for his work.

GARY WATSONMr. Watson works for Environment and Climate Change Canada as a Program Scientist. Mr. Watson obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in geography and earth sciences from Simon Fraser University in 2001. After 5 years in the private sector, Mr. Watson joined Transport Canada in 2007 and became a project manager of contamination projects at various Airport, Harbour and Port Facilities. At Transport Canada, Mr. Watson managed the development of a Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for Victoria Harbour. Mr. Watson has been at Environment and Climate Change Canada since January 2016, providing Expert Support to other federal departments.

GLYN FOXDr. Glyn R. Fox is Head of Science and Standards, Land Remediation Section. Glyn’s group develops environmental quality standards, human health and ecological risk assessment methodology, science-based policy and guidance in support of several different ministry groups and programs, in addition to the Land Remediation Section. Glyn also represents the Environmental Protection Division on several provincial, national and international scientific committees

and organizations. Since beginning his career with the ministry in 1989, Glyn has been intimately and extensively involved in virtually all aspects of the Contaminated Sites program.

Glyn holds advanced degrees in environmental physiology and biochemical toxicology and is a member of several professional associations and societies, including: the College of Applied Biology, the Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in British Columbia, the Society for Risk Analysis, the American Society for Testing and Materials and the UN WHO Commission for Chemical Safety and Health.

GRANT WALSOM B.A.Sc., P.Eng., QP Partner, XCG Consulting Limited Vice-President, Canadian Brownfields Network

D. Grant Walsom is a Professional Engineer and designated Consulting Engineer in Ontario. He is also a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by Ontario Reg. 153/04 with over 22 years of experience. Grant is a Partner at XCG Consulting Limited and leads the Remediation Services Group. He proudly serves as Vice-President of the Canadian Brownfields Network and as Vice-Chair of the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA). Through his work at ONEIA, Grant also is co-chair of the Excess Soils Working Group, working with the MOECC on the policy review and implementation of the Best Management Practices for Excess Soil in Ontario. Recently, Mr. Walsom has represented ONEIA with the MOECC Excess Soil Engagement Group. Grant is the recipient of the 2015 “Brownfielder of the Year” awarded by the Canadian Urban Institute.

GREGG STEWART Manager Crown Contaminated Site Program, Canada

Gregg is a professional geoscientist and senior integrated resource management specialist with over 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors. Particular focus and knowledge include, mine site reclamation and closure, contaminated site investigation and remediation, risk assessment, and environmental issues related to natural resource management in British Columbia. He has managed the British Columbia Crown Contaminated Sites Program for the past 10 years and is the past chair of the National Orphaned/ Abandoned Mines Initiative in Canada.


HEATHER OSACHOFF Heather has a background in microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and toxicology. She obtained her BSc (2001) in Biochemistry from the University of Victoria, and MSc (2008) and PhD (2013) in Biological Sciences from Simon Fraser University. Heather worked for Environment Canada for 12 years (2001-2013), mainly in the environmental toxicology lab in North Vancouver, on emerging contaminants (e.g. nanometals, hormones and pharmaceuticals), toxicology, and genomic/proteomic methods. She joined the Land Remediation Section (MOE) in 2013 as a Risk Assessment Officer, working on high-risk contaminated sites and contributing to the omnibus CSR Stage 10 amendment as the water standards lead.

IAN COLLINGSMr. Collings is a Registered Professional Chemist with the Association of the Chemical Profession of British Columbia (ACPBC) and is also a Charted Chemist with the Royal Society of Chemistry. Ian has more than 30 years of experience working as a laboratory chemist, labora-tory manager and private and public sector consultant involved in the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites. In 2006, Ian established Teranis Consulting Ltd. to focus on providing consulting services to First Nation communities. Teranis currently assists numer-ous Nations throughout BC to assess the environmental condition of their lands under the Federal First Nations Land Management Act.

ISAËL POIRIERIsaël Poirier is experienced in green financing and innovative solutions for brownfield redevelopment projects.

Isaël has graduated from the universities of McGill and Waterloo with a Master in Science and a Master in Business and Administration (MBA).

JAMES SMITH

JEFF FISHERJeff Fisher is the Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor for the Urban Development Institute (UDI), Pacific Region, which represents the development industry in British Columbia.

He joined the Institute almost a decade ago as the Director of Municipal Affairs and Research, and is responsible for UDI’s rela-tions with local governments – including the Institute’s numer-ous Municipal Liaison Committees. He sits on several Provincial Government committees such as the Development Finance Review Committee. At UDI, Jeff has worked on several planning and develop-ment issues, including financing growth, building policy, transit (especially as it integrates with land use), sustainability initiatives and district energy.

Prior to joining UDI, Jeff was a Senior Policy Advisor with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. In this capacity he was involved in numerous issues including, Building Code reform, and the development of a new Ontario Municipal Act, pension govern-ance, labour issues and emergency services. Jeff has also worked in the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and British Columbia and the Canadian Urban Institute.

Jeff holds a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Urban Regional Planning from Queen’s University. He is also a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, as well as a Certified Association Executive.

JEFF WESTEINDEJeff Westeinde is an active investor and entrepreneur in both the environmental/cleantech and real estate sectors with active invest-ments in solar energy and technologies that promote the beneficial re-use of waste.

Jeff is a founding partner of the Windmill Development Group, Canada’s leading sustainable real estate developer. Mr. Westeinde provides his expertise with the selection, remediation and develop-ment of brownfield sites in urban areas, a major part of Windmill’s development model.

Mr. Westeinde is the founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Murray LP, Canada’s largest environmental decommis-sioning contractor until late 2011. Quantum Murray achieved revenues of $250 million and employed over 800 professionals from offices


throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario under Jeff’s leadership. Quantum Murray has been recognized as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies and one of the Top 50 Employers in Canada.

Jeff is an active participant in the Canadian environmental and cleantech sectors. As the lead investor and director in Envirogreen Technologies Ltd. which treats hazardous waste from sites across North America, and Clearly Solar Energy, which has constructed and operates over a dozen solar generation sites throughout Ontario.

Mr. Westeinde has been distinguished as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 by the Globe and Mail, recognized with the Young Alumni Award from the University of Western Ontario and has been awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for his distinguished service to Canada.

Jeff is active on numerous charitable, civic and industry initiatives including serving as the founding chairman of the Invest Ottawa (formerly OCRI), is on the Community Services Cabinet for the United Way of Ottawa and is on the board of the Ottawa Network for Education.

JEREMY VALERIOTEJeremy Valeriote is a first-term Town of Gibsons councillor with an environmental engineering background. His consulting experience is in environmental impact assessment and mitigation, and contaminated site assessment and remediation. His local government experience is in solid waste reduction and management. Jeremy studied geological engineering at the University of British Columbia and has lived on the Sunshine Coast since 2008.

JIM YOUNGJim Young, P.Eng., Director of Environment with the Prince Edward Island Department of Communities, Land and Environment, is responsible for the division’s human, physical, and financial resources. Prior to taking on these responsibilities, Jim held the position of Director of Water Management.

A graduate of the Technical University of Nova Scotia and St. F.X., Jim holds a Professional Engineering degree. Upon graduation, Jim worked as a Staff Engineer with Southeastern Commonwealth Drilling Company in Dallas, Texas and later came to Prince Edward Island to work as a Project Engineer with Delcom Consultants in Summerside.

Jim has served on several regional and national boards and committees, most recently as Chair of the Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee to Standards Council of Canada, as a member of the Governing Council of Standards Council of Canada, as a member of the Environmental Protection and Planning Committee of Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), and as a member of the Canadian Heritage Rivers Board.

Jim Young lives in Stratford, PEI with his wife, Marie and son, William.

JOANNA RUNNELLSJoanna Runnells, M.Env.Sc., P.Geo, EP, is a senior program geoscientist with the BC Crown Contaminated Sites Program. She applies her over 15 years of experience in contaminated sites and mine remediation to support the program’s risk-based approach to historic mine site char-acterization and remediation. Some of her current projects include a former mercury mine, an arsenic and iron rich coastal tailing deposit that extends into the intertidal and subtidal zones, and a former lead, zinc, silver, and copper mine with a small acid generating and metal leaching tailings impoundment.

JOHN VOGANJohn Vogan is a Vice-President of ARCADIS Canada and has more than 25 years experience in groundwater and soil investigation and remedi-ation. He is a member of the Arcadis global PFA team and currently involved in several efforts regarding PFA investigation and remedi-ation. Mr. Vogan is responsible for supporting ARCADIS client teams and technical project execution throughout Canada. Prior to joining ARCADIS, John led a pioneering in-situ remediation company which established passive permeable reactive barrier (PRB) groundwater treatment technology in the marketplace. John has co-authored over 30 technical publications and has taught several short courses in col-laboration with the USEPA. He currently chairs the Industrial Advisory Committee of the Southern Ontario water Consortium (SOWC).

JUSSI REINIKAINENMr. Jussi Reinikainen currently works as a Senior Advisor at the Finnish EPA. He is specialized in contaminated land management and environmental risk assessment. He has been one of the key experts in the development of several national policy instruments in the field of land contamination. These instruments include regulation


and guidelines on risk assessment and sustainable risk management as well as the forthcoming decree on the reuse of excavated soils. He is also a country representative in international networks such as the Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe and the International Committee on Contaminated Land (ICCL).

KERRI SKELLYKerri Skelly is a Senior Contaminated Sites Officer with the ministry’s Land Remediation Section. Over the past 16 years she has been responsible for a number of business areas in the Ministry of Environment including agricultural waste control, hazardous waste, and site profile administration. Currently Kerri’s duties include compliance promotion (education and outreach), verification (follow up with reporting requirements) and enforcement, as well as managing soil relocation issues and processing discharge authorizations. Over her career in government, she has authored a number of fact sheets, guidance documents and procedures.

LILIANA JERADELiliana Jerade is a Senior Contaminated Sites Officer with the Ministry of Environment with approximately 17 years of professional experience in a diverse range of environmental projects in Mexico, the United States and Canada. Ms. Jerade received her Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of British Columbia and her Masters in Business Administration from Royal Roads University. She has extensive experience in planning and execution of field investigation programs and remediation technologies. She has been working for the Ministry of Environment for over 9 years and is in charge of managing High Risk sites across the Province.

LINDSAY BISSCHOPRegional Economic Development Manager Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training

Lindsay joined the Regional Economic Operations Branch as the Regional Manager for the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley in July 2014. Prior to this role, she worked for four years with the Economic Immigration Programs Branch as a Program Advisor and Policy Analyst for the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Her professional experience in the public, non-profit and private sector includes

economic development, labour market policy and programs, trade policy, strategic planning, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, human resources, marketing and community employment services.

Lindsay holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Victoria, a Management Certificate of Human Resources and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Business Administration.

MARK ZACHARIAS Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Division

Mark is currently Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Environmental Protection Division with the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment. He joined the provincial government in 1995 working on land and marine planning issues and has since worked in eight different ministries in a variety of increasingly senior capacities He has formerly held ADM positions in post-secondary education and land management within the BC public service.

Mark is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Victoria and Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre. He has published extensively in the field of ecology and conservation and his second book, titled, Marine Policy: An Introduction to Governance and International Law of the Oceans was published in 2014.

Mark holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Geography from the University of Victoria and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Guelph.

MICHEL BEAULIEUMr. Michel Beaulieu joined the Quebec Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Ministry Contaminated Soil Department in 1984. As a scientific and policy advisor, he was involved in the conception and implementation of the various laws, regulations, policies and programs concerning the rehabilitation of contaminated land produced by the Ministry during the last 32 years. He has been the Quebec representative on various national and international working groups dealing with contaminated soil rehabilitation He retired from the government in 2016.


MICHEL DE SPOT P.Eng. LEED A.P.Michel de Spot, P.Eng, has more than 40 years experience in management, engineering, environmental and industrial projects. After a couple years in academic teaching, Michel worked on numerous large industrial projects such as cement plants, coal-fired power plants, oil refineries, zinc smelters, municipal waste incinerators, as well as international projects for CIDA and the World Bank. Multilingual, he lived and carried out his professional activities in many parts of the world such as Europe, South-America, Africa, the Middle East and China. In the 90’s, as a Senior Engineer at the Metro Vancouver, he was responsible for air pollution programs, environmental regulations and early green building initiatives.

Over the last 20 years, Michel has been personally engaged in activities that address sustainability, climate change and solar energy. He is a past-president of the Sustainability Committee of the Association of Professional Engineers of BC, a LEED accredited professional and the co-chair of the solar committee of Clean Energy BC. He is the co-founder, president and CEO of the EcoSmart Foundation, www.ecosmart.ca, a not-for-profit corporation that helps implementing green practices, clean technologies and renewable energy projects. Michel was the driving force behind SunMine, the first grid-connected large-scale solar power plant in BC that received the National Award from Engineers Canada for an engineering project of achievement.

MIKE BROTHERSTONMike Brotherston has worked for the municipality of Delta for 17 years and has been the Manager of Climate Action and Environment for the past 8 years. Mike has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and has completed post baccalaureate courses in environmental engineering technology. His office is responsible for coordinating the implementation of Delta’s Climate Change Initiative with Delta’s Interdepartmental Climate Change Working Group as well as numerous other environmental initiatives that include issues relating to natural areas, contaminated sites, pollution prevention, pesticide reduction, invasive plants, mosquito control and environmental assessments.

MIKE MACFARLANEMike is the Director, Land Remediation Section with Ministry of Environment in Victoria.

He was hired by the Ministry in 1987 to assist in the assessment of the Pacific Place Remediation Project and to help Ministry in understanding the management and remedial implication for the site and to research remediation thresholds at similar sites.

He has a degree in Biological Sciences from Simon Fraser University and has worked for the Ministry for 29 years primarily in the fields of contaminated sites, human health and environmental risk assessment.

MONIQUE PUNTMonique is a professional engineer who has been working in the contaminated site and brownfield redevelopment fields for over 25 years. Her clients include federal and provincial government organizations and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Monique’s work is currently focused on the development of tools and policies related to sustainable brownfield activities and on the management of mine remediation projects in Canada’s north. She recently assisted the B.C. Ministry of Environment with a review of national and international brownfield program best practices. Monique is a member of the Canadian Brownfield Network’s Technical Advisory Committee.

NNAMDI MADAKOR P.HG., P.G. Senior Hydrogeologist, Washington State Pollution Liability Insurance Agency

Nnamdi Madakor, P.HG., P.G. is a Senior Environmental Manager with over 20 years of professional experience in waste management. Nnamdi earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Science degrees from Howard University. Before joining the Washington State Pollution Liability Insurance Agency as its senior technical expert in May 2016, Nnamdi spent many years with the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology). During his time at Ecology, he successfully streamlined the cleanup process “phased approach” under the Voluntary Cleanup Program to facilitate private and commercial prime real estate development in Washington. He has managed major, complex cleanups including Superfund site, Industrial Harbor Island, and has worked with major oil companies, as well as numerous potential liable persons dealing with federal, state and tribal laws.


OANA ENICKOana is an environmental toxicologist, a registered professional biolo-gist with the College of Applied Biology and a professional agrologist with the BC Institute of Agrologists. She is currently an environmental protection officer with the BC Ministry of Environment, Environmental Protection Division. Oana is also a peer reviewer for Elsevier and the Chair of the BCIA Professional Practice Committee. Her training and experience bridge the regulatory, academic and consulting fields.

PETE CRAIG Regional Manager, Canada West, Canada Geo Solutions Ex-consultant Pete Craig, of Canada Geo-Solutions, is a specialty environmental and geotechnical contractor based in Victoria, B.C. Over almost two decades, his work across North America has ranged from in situ solidification/stabilization and the construction of slurry-trench soil-bentonite groundwater cut-off walls to dredged material processing, soil disposal site construction, permeable reactive barriers, zero valent iron and chemical oxidation. Pete is a Professional Chemist (PChem) in BC, having earned a B.Sc. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley and an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford. He regularly provides training and technical support to consultancies, site owners and general contractors throughout Canada.

PETER KICKHAM Master of Environmental Toxicology (MET), Registered Professional Biologist (RPBio)

Peter Kickham has 15 years of contaminated sites experience working in both environmental consulting and for the Government of British Columbia. In his current role as Manager of Risk Assessment and Remediation with the Ministry of Environment, Peter leads an interdisciplinary team of professionals responsible for oversight of high risk site remediation, as well as the development of new legislation, policy, and guidance for site investigations, and human health / ecological risk assessment.

ROBERT DALRYMPLERob is a Section Head in the Clean Technologies Section of the Environmental Standards Branch at the Ministry of Environment. The Section is responsible for the development of policy, guidelines and legislation dealing with the environmentally sound management of industrial and hazardous wastes, and for assisting regional staff in the implementation regulations and related programs, including contaminated site remediation.

Rob holds a BASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Environmental Engineering from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has worked in the environmental field for over forty years for private and public sector employers, including the last 25+ years with the MOE.

RUSS OLSEN Executive Director Washington State Pollution Liability Insurance Agency

Russell E. Olsen was appointed Director of the Washington State Pollution Liability Insurance Agency (PLIA) in May 2013. Russ leads a nine person agency that provides an effective and efficient government funding model to support owners and operators of underground storage tanks (USTs) in meeting financial responsibility and environmental cleanup requirements.

Since his appointment, Russ has successfully brought PLIA to the forefront of innovative government through the successful passage of legislation to implement a revolving loan and grant program for UST owners and operators, adding to the agency’s responsibilities of managing its Commercial UST Reinsurance, Heating Oil Technical Assistance, and Heating Oil Insurance Programs. The same legislation extended the agency’s expiration date from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2030. Under his leadership, the agency has awarded grants to conduct pilot demonstration of three study sites, currently in progress, and has put in place measures to ensure effective and efficient cleanups throughout the state.

Russ received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminal Justice from St. Martin’s College, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Seattle University. Prior to his appointment as Director, Russ served as the Northwest Regional Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) Unit Supervisor for the Department of Ecology’s Toxic Cleanup Program and was responsible for ensuring cleanup actions met state and federal requirements.


As the Director of the PLIA, Russ has come back to his roots, where he began his career in 2002 within the environmental field as an Environmental Specialist, and later the agency’s Commercial Underground Storage Tank Reinsurance Program Manager. He also served as the PLIA’s rules coordinator and legislative liaison developing policy recommendations and potential legislation. Russ’ experience has given him a well-rounded and solid understanding of the regulations surrounding environmental cleanup, as well as, financial responsibility for underground storage tanks.

STEFAN MORALESStefan Morales works together with colleagues in the province of BC to solve problems. With extensive experience inside and outside of government in strategic design, creative problem solving and group facilitation, Stefan has worked on a range of issues: from sustainable agriculture to regional economic development, from leadership development to brownfield remediation. When not at work and not busy being a dad in the kitchen, he’s busy building up his “side hustle”, Working Together: an online course in social innovation skills for working professionals.

STÉPHANIE BOHDANOWStéphanie Bohdanow is a Knowledge Services Advisor at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund. She produces tools, resources and learning activities to help municipalities achieve their sustainability goals. She also developed and manages FCM’s Leadership in Brownfield Renewal program. Prior to joining FCM, Stéphanie worked as a partner relations consultant for the Montreal Transit Corporation. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science from McGill University and a Master of Planning from Dalhousie University.

SYDNEY LOVESydney has a background in ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology and toxicology. She obtained her BSc in 2011 in Biology and MET (Masters of Environmental Toxicology) in 2016, both from Simon Fraser University. Sydney worked at SFU from 2010-2015, where she was involved in aquatic research, and taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She joined the Land Remediation Section in MOE in 2015, originally as a co-op student and currently as a Risk Assessment Officer. She works on contaminated sites, assists with omnibus Stage

10 amendments of the CSR, and conducted a jurisdictional review of residential heating oil tank programs across North America.

TARA SIEMENS KENNEDYTara is a Senior Environmental Toxicologist with SNC-Lavalin. She has 17 years of experience in contaminated sites, and more than 14 years of experience conducting human health and ecological risk assessments. She is a CSAP Risk Assessment Approved Professional and a member of the CSAP Performance Assessment Committee.

TRISH MILLERSenior risk assessor responsible for management and senior review of human health and ecological risk assessments of contaminated sites. Ms. Miller is a member of the B.C. Contaminated Sites Approved Professionals in Risk Assessment, serves on the Performance Assessment Committee and served on the CSAP Board of Directors from 2011-2013. As a practicing approved professional Ms. Miller con-ducts reviews of BC contaminated sites risk assessments and assists clients in obtaining Certificates of Compliance for contaminated sites.

Ms. Miller has developed provincial matrix standards, water quality guidelines, derived numerous site-specific risk-based soil, ground-water and surface water standards and has developed guidance documents in human health risk assessment for Health Canada.

UTE POTTUte Pott is a Senior Program Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Vancouver. She has over 10 years of experience working with contaminated sites. Her area of expertise is ecological risk assessment. Under Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) she provides site specific advice to federal custodians and is instrumental in developing national guidance for ecological risk assessment. Originally from Germany, she moved to Canada in 1991 to complete her M.Sc. at the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining Environment Canada’s Contaminated Sites Program she worked as an independent consultant on bioindicators for airborne contaminants.


KERRI SKELLYLand Remediation Section Conference Organizer

ALAN MCCAMMONLand Remediation Section Conference Sponsor

The Ministry of Environment would like to take this opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of the 2016 Conference Program Organizing Committee. We greatly appreciate all the time and effort donated by these volunteers to create an engaging and informative event.

KERRI SKELLY Land Remediation Section

Committee Chair

KELLI LARSEN Land Remediation Section Regulatory Stream Coordinator

CHRISTINA SINNEMANN Land Remediation Section Regulatory Stream Mentor

ANDREW SORENSEN Contaminated Sites Approved Professional Society of BC Technical Stream Coordinator

THANKYOU

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


BETH POWER Contaminated Sites Approved Professional Society of BC Technical Stream Coordinator

ZAHRA PIRANI Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in BC Technical Stream Coordinator

GLYN FOX Land Remediation Section Technical Stream Mentor

ERIC PRINGLE Canadian Brownfields Network Brownfields StreamCoordinator

CHRIS GILL Canadian Brownfields Network Brownfields Stream Coordinator

DIANE ZORNCanadian Brownfields Network Brownfields Stream Coordinator

ALAN MCCAMMONLand Remediation Section Brownfields Stream Mentor

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONwww.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/remediation

Contact list: www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/remediation/contact.htm

Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-387-4441

Ministry of Environment Land Remediation Section PO Box 9342 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, B.C. V8W 9M1

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SITE REMEDIATION IN B.C