Hazardous Substance Research Centers/South & Southwest

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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
May 18-21, 2005

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Session 1: Contaminated Sediment Issues and Approaches in U.S. and Europe
Moderators: Danny Reible and Tomas Lanczos

Sediment restoration: where needed and who is liable?
Jos Brils (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
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River and lake sediment contamination and related legislation in Slovakia
Dr. Tomas Lanczos (Comenius University, Slovak Republic)
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The role of sediment risk assessment and management frameworks in holistic European environmental management
Dr. Sabine Apitz (SEA Environmental Decisions, United Kingdom)
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A framework of risk assessment and management for sediment reclamation in Venice lagoon
Prof. Antonio Marcomini (University of Venice and Consorzio Venezia Ricerche, Italy)
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Session 2: Characteristics of Contaminated Sediment Sites
Moderators: Katarina Dercova and Richard Wenning

Risk-based assessment and management of contaminated sediments
Dr. Todd Bridges (ERDC, USA)
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Risk assessment and remedy evaluation at sites in North America
Richard Wenning (ENVIRON, USA)
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Problems of persistent organic pollutants in Slovakia: Environmental and technical aspects of PCB disposal
Drs. Katarina Dercova, Anton Kocan, and Jan Petrik (Slovak University of Technology and Slovak Medical University, Slovak Republic)
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PCB in sediments of the Zemplínska Sírava reservoir and the Laborec river in vicinity of Strázske (Eastern Slovakia)
Ing. Pavel Hucko, CSc. and Mgr. Patrik Kusnir (Water Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
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Session 3: Physical, Chemical and Biological Assessment of Sediments
Moderators: Sam Bentley and Fabio Fava

The detection and characterization of microbial process in sediments
Prof. Spiros Agathos (University of Louvain, Belgium)
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Detection and characterization of microbial processes associated to PCB degradation in marine contaminated sediments
Prof. Fabio Fava (University of Bologna, Italy)
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Accumulating basic knowledge on biodegradation processes and use of this knowledge for analyzing catabolic potential and metabolic networks in-situ by culture-independent approaches
Dr. Dietmar Pieper (GBF-Microbiology, Germany)
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Physical and biological influences on sediment stability and associated contaminant mobility in aquatic sediments
Dr. Sam Bentley and S.-B.K. Neylon (Louisiana State University, USA)
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Scaling contaminant distributions and contaminant processes
Dr. Peter Adriaens (University of Michigan, USA)
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Session 4: Fate and Transport Processes of Contaminants in Sediments
Moderators: Danny Reible and Steve Banwart

Particle and soluble release of organic contaminants from the sediment bed
Drs. Danny Reible and Louis Thibodeaux (University of Texas and Louisiana State University, USA)
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Biogeochemistry of humic matter in salt marsh sediment
Prof. Z. Filip & K. Demnerova (ICT, Czech Republic)
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Biogeochemistry of metals and their fate
Prof. Steven A. Banwart (The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Degradation and mobilisation or immobilisation of contaminants at the interface in the transfer of groundwater to surface water (hyporeic zone)
Dr. Ludo Diels (Vito, Belgium)

Session 5: In-situ Management of Contaminated Sediments
Moderators: Richard Luthy and Spyros Agathos

In-situ solidification of sediments by quick lime
Dr. Vladimir Brenner (Earth Tech, Czech Republic)
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In-situ stabilization of persistent organic contaminants in sediments
Dr. Richard G. Luthy (Stanford University, USA)
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In-situ cap and treatment technologies for contaminated sediments
Dr. Greg Lowry (Carnegie-Mellon University, USA), Dr. Danny Reible (University of Texas, USA), and Dr. Mikhail Novitsky (Typhoon Institute Of Exp. Meterology, Russian Republic)
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Session 6: Ex-Situ Management of Contaminated Sediments
Moderators: Don Hayes, John Pardue, Tomas Macek

Setting the stage: managing dredging and dredged material
Dr. Don Hayes (University of Utah, USA)
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Ex-situ and in-situ biotreatment of contaminated sediments
Prof. Spiros Agathos (University of Louvain, Belgium)
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Landfarming of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and mineral oil contaminated sediments
Dr. Joop Harmsen (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
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Phytoremediation of dredged material and wetlands
Dr. John Pardue (Louisiana State University, USA)
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Possible improvement of ex-situ sediment treatment by plants
Tomas Macek, M. Macková et al. (ICT, Czech Republic)
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