Archives

 

 

Carl Masterson's June 2008 presentation, Bacteria Reduction Implementation Plan - How We Got Where We Are - is available here.

 

Teresa Hurley's May 2008 meeting presentation, Changes to Tank Degassing and Cleaning Rules, is available for download here.


Continuing Education Certificates for 2008 Monthly Meetings

January 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008


Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference: Gulf Coast 2008

 

Miscellaneous Conference Information

Conference Receipt

Continuing Education Certificate

Ethics Certificate

Conference Attendees

Conference Survey (please return to TAEP)

 

Poster Presentations

Determining Mixed Stream Response Factor Corrections for LDAR Screening Programs, David Oldaker, RMT

 

Wetlands 1

Determining and Permitting Jurisdictional Wetlands, Laura Carr, Brown and Caldwell

Role of Case Law in Determining CWA Jurisdiction within the Territory of the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Jim Coody, P.E.

Functional Comparison of Created Wetlands and Restored Habitat within the Galveston Bay System, Jim Dobberstine, The Galveston Bay Foundation

Soil Characterization and Hydrological Monitoring Project, Brazoria County, Texas, Bottomland Hardwood Vertisols, Wesley L. Miller, Retired

 

Groundwater

Groundwater Remediation at NAVAL Facility in Dallas, Texas, Ken Schwartz

Remediation of Arsenic-Impacted Groundwater through Restoration of Aquifer Geochemistry with Oxygen Release Compound, Richard Rexroad, Brown and Caldwell

Municipal Setting Designations Come to Houston, John Slavich, Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. (not posted)

MSDs: How to Maximize Your Results, Scott Davis, GeoSearch

 

Air

Improving Air Quality and Reducing Greenhouse Gases with Incinerators, Audrey Mascarenhas, Questor Technology

Solution May be More Cost Effective than Analysis for Indoor Vapor Intrusion Pathway, Atul Salhotra, RAM Group (not posted)

An Informative Discussion on Title V Reporting Requirements, and Enforcement Criteria, Mona Hazur, CH2M Hill

 

Sustainability

Water and Wastewater Reuse - Issues and Related Technologies, Len Sukovieff, Waterworks Technologies

Sustainability Manaagement Systems, Harry Heinlein, CS2Inc. (not posted)

The Local Aspect of Global Sustainability, Heidi Massin, Massin Consulting Services

 

Texas Risk Reduction Program

Got Good Data? Understanding Laboratory Data for TRRP DUS, Lora Terrill, ALS e-Lab Analytical

Mobility Limits for Oils in Unsaturated Zone Soils, Rangaramanujam Muthu, University of Houston

A Desktop Analysis of Groundwater-to-Surface Water and Groundwater-to-Sediment Pathways, Demetria Dickman, CH2M Hill

 

Wetlands 2

Utilization of Geographic Information Systems in Project Planning, J. Bryan Mason, Brown and Caldwell

Methodology Comparison: USACE 1987 Delineation Manual and Proposed Regional Supplement , Becky Murray-Martinez, Crouch Environmental Services

Texas Coastal Wetlands: The "Significant Nexus," John Jacob, Texas A&M University

 

Remediation

Redevelopment of the Tex Tin Superfund Site, Texas City, Texas, Mark Landress, Project Navigator, Ltd.

Monte Carlo Cost Analyses for Oilfield Site Restoration, Randy Horsak, 3TM International

Dissolved Phase Petroleum Remediation at a Remote Pipeline Site Using iSOC Technology in Conjunction with Bio-Sparging, Thomas Dunnahoe, MWH Americas, and William Thompson, URS Corporation

 

Water Quality

Identifying Reference Sites for Impacted Sites along the Houston Ship Channel, Jim Dobberstine, The Galveston Bay Fundation (not posted)

A Tale of Two Regions: The LCRA-SAWS Water Project (LSWP), Ken Brooks, San Antonio Water System

Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Water, Sediment, and Aquatic Biota in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, Nathan Howell, University of Houston

 

Environmental Ethics

Ethics and Confidentiality, Curt Johnson, Specialty Technical Consultants

 

Storm Water

Innovative Storm Water Technologies in Site Design, David Batts, Construction EcoServices

City of Houston Storm Water Quality Management Information System, Bruce Davidson, TCB AECOM

Looking Back on Low-Tech Residential Circulation Techniques of the Future, Catalina Wahren, Terracon

Indicator Bacteria in Houston Metropolitan Bayous, Anuradha Desai, University of Houston

 

Waste

Wastewater Treatment Plant Sampling Study, Ralph Calvino, R.E.M.

Portable Laser Gas Detection Systems for Landfill CH4 and CO2 Monitoring, Hamish Adam, Boreal Laser

Collection System Operations - Houston Leads the Way, Sherman Irish, City of Houston

Edmonton's Solid Waste System: Technology Plus Social Marketing, Jerry Leonard, Edmonton Wastewater Centre of Excellence

 

NEPA / Emerging Technologies

State Highway 130: Evolution of Standards for Indirect and Cumulative Effects Analyses, Alan Wynn, HDR Engineering

Fipronil Residues Remaining in Heavy Clay Soils Seven Years after Application Affect Non-Target Arthropods, Richard Woodward, CH2M Hill

GIS for Data Evaluation and Site Corrective Action Plans - Metals Refining & Manufacturing Facility, Yanping Ren, Brown and Caldwell

 

Compliance for Small Businesses

Where Can I Get Free and Confidential Environmental Compliance Assistance? Clarence Gray, TCEQ (not available)

 

Consulting 101

Why Your (Consulting) Boss Acts That Way: Consulting Business 101, Gilbert Long, SAIC


Continuing Education Certificates for 2007 Monthly Meetings

January 2007

March 2007

April 2007

May 2007

June 2007

July 2007

August 2007

September 2007

October 2007

November 2007

 

Please contact us at here if you desire copies of any presentations from ECIC07.

 

2007 TAEP Annual Award Winners


Clarence Gray's November 15, 2007, meeting presentation, Small Business and Local Government Assistance, is available for download here.

 

Ceil Price's October 18, 2007, meeting presentation, Municipal Setting Designations, A New Approach for Houston, is available here. The photographs in this presentation are being used for illustration only and should not be taken as an endorsement by the City of any application it may submit to the City or to TCEQ to obtain an MSD or for any other regulatory or statutory purpose. The link to Public Works' MSD-specific site is: http://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/planning/plan/msd.htm

Jayson Hudson's September 20, 2007, Meeting Presentation, CWA Update on Rapanos

Bryan J. Moore's May 17, 2007, Meeting Presentation, Important Changes to RCRA Solid and Hazardous Waste Definitions

Atiq Sediqi's January 18 Regulatory Update

Scott Deatherage and Brendan Lowrey's Presentation (Value Transforming Potential: Municipal Setting Designations and Development of Contaminated Properties)

Proclamation of Environmental Professionals Week

NAEP Bylaws


Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

 

2008

January 17, 2008

January 24, 2008

January 2008 Financials

February 28, 2008

April 17, 2008 (minutes here, attachments here)

May 15, 2008 (minutes here, membership report here)

 

 

2007

January 2007

February 2007

March 2007

April 2007

May 2007

June 2007

July 2007

August 2007

September 2007

October 2007

November 2007

December 2007 - no meeting

November-December 2007 Financials

 

2006

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

August 1, 2006

August 17, 2006

September 2006

November 2006

December 2006 - no meeting

 

2005
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005 - no meeting
December 2005 - no meeting