NCC-ACHMM sponsors periodic dinner meetings/socials and field trips. At each dinner meeting, a presentation is made by a professional from the regulatory community, industry, or legal arena on a topic pertinent to CHMM knowledge and practice.
For Recaps of Past Meetings, check out our Online Library
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NEXT MEETING - Presentation and Dinner
NCC-ACHMM June Meeting: Thursday June 27,
2002
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Log Cabin, Presidio, San Francisco, California
Topic: "Environmental Clean-up
of Former Military Bases"
Abstract:
Jennifer Hernandez, Esq will speak about her
experiences with the environmental clean-up of former military bases. Local
government involvement has been increasing. She will also discuss decision-making
criteria for clean-up levels. Jennifer L. Hernandez is a partner in the law
firm Beveridge & Diamond, LLP, practicing land use and environmental law.
Hernandez, co-founder of the Environmental Law Forum, is a Board member of the
California League of Conservation Voters and the California Center for Land
Recycling.
Dinner: A catered dinner will follow the presentation
by Jennifer Hernandez. The cost for dinner is $25.
RSVP Info: Respond to Jennifer Coats, CHMM,
NCC-ACHMM Program Chair at JCoats@presidiotrust.gov
Directions: The log cabin (building 1299) is
on Storey Road. Lincoln Blvd is the main road through the Presidio. If traveling
west, turn left on Storey just past the Highway 1 overpass. If traveling east,
turn right on Storey. If traveling south across the Golden Gate Bridge, be in
the rightmost toll lane, take an immediate right once you pay your toll, continue
to the end of the road which is the intersection with Lincoln, turn left, then
an immediate right onto Storey. If traveling northbound on 19th Avenue, continue
to LAST San Francisco exit. The "off-ramp" curves around and ends
at Lincoln Blvd.; turn right, than an immediate left on Storey.
Wine donations will be gladly accepted for tasting before the dinner :-)
OTHER 2002 MEETINGS OF INTEREST -
Wednesday, June 19, 2002, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. "N-Nitrosodimethylamine
(NDMA): A New Contaminant of Concern in Recycled Waters" by Dr. David
L. Sedlak, Prof., Civil & Enviro. Engineering, Univ. of Cal., Berkeley,
to the Groundwater Resources Association (GRA)/ American Society of Civil Engineers
(San Francisco Section). At Peony Restaurant, 388 9th Street, Oakland (510 286-8866)
- second floor of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza on 9th Street between Webster
and Franklin Streets. 6 p.m. non-host social and registration, 7 p.m. dinner
and announcements, 8 p.m. keynote speaker, 8:45 p.m. Q&A. Costs $25 for
members, $30 for non-members, $10 for students if registered by June 17, otherwise
a $5 surcharge. Bring a non-member and receive a GRAC MUG. Fax reservation to
David W. Abbott/Todd Engineers at 510 595-2112 by June 17. See http://www.grac.org.
"NDMA is a potential carcinogen that can
be formed when water is disinfected with chlorine. Recent studies conducted
in California indicate the presence of as much as 1,000 mg/L in chlorinated
wastewater effluent and 20 ng/L in chlorinated surface water. Because the concentrations
of NDMA detected in these studies often exceed regulatory action levels, it
is necessary to modify treatment systems to prevent NDMA formation or to remove
NDMA prior to using the water as a potable supply. To minimize the formation
of NDMA, we have attempted to identify the precursors of NDMA formation. Laboratory
studies indicate that relatively high concentrations of NDMA are formed when
monochloramine (NH2-Cl) reacts with dimethylamine. Analysis of dimethylamine
in wastewater effluent and in surface water samples indicates that dimethylamine
accounts for a significant fraction of NDMA formed during chlorination of wastewater
effluent but not surface waters. Although bacteria can degrade NDMA, it often
persists in groundwater. Additional research is needed to assess the fate of
NDMA in soil and groundwater."
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Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"Annual State of the Environmental Union" by Grant Ferrier,
Environmental Business International. At Hs Lordship's Restaurant/Conference
Center, 1999 Seawall Drive, Berkeley Pier, Berkeley (510 843-27333). See http://www.ncalpema.org
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"Annual Environmental Technology Fair." At Hs Lordship's Restaurant/Conference
Center, 1999 Seawall Drive, Berkeley Pier, Berkeley (510 843-27333). See http://www.ncalpema.org.
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August 2002, GRA meeting in Oakland - "Assessing
Contaminant Susceptibility of Public Water Supply Wells" by Dr. Jean
Moran, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. See http://www.grac.org.
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| Please watch this page and the On-Line Newsletter for the annoucements and details of all future meetings. Also you can contact Programs Chair, Jennifer Coats, at JCoats@presidiotrust.gov, our Programs Chair, for details regarding upcoming events. |