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1-2 November 2016Program

18thRAILROADENVIRONMENTALCONFERENCE

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Monday, October 31st, 2016 Exhibitor set-up 1:00pm - 5:00pm Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 RegistrationOpen 7:00am - 5:00pm ExhibitHall Continental Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am Exhibit Hall PlenarySession 8:00am - 9:25am Ballroom Break 9:25am - 9:55am Exhibit Hall PresentationSessions 9:55am - 11:55am 314A/314B Luncheon 11:55am - 1:25pm Ballroom PresentationSessions 1:25pm - 3:05pm 314A/314B Break 3:05pm - 3:35pm Exhibit Hall PresentationSessions 3:35pm - 5:15pm 314A/314B Reception/PosterPresentations 5:15pm - 6:45pm ExhibitHall AREMA Committee 13 Banquet* 7:15pm - 9:00pm Ballroom RailroadEnvironmentalAchievementAwards GreteS.Bridgewater-CanadianPacificRailroad DavidC.Clark-AT&SF,BNSFRailway DonaldG.Girard-BN,BNSFRailway LannyA.Schmid-UnionPacificRailroad

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 RegistrationOpen 7:00am - 5:00pm ExhibitHall Continental Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am Exhibit Hall PlenarySession 8:00am - 9:20am Ballroom Break 9:20am - 9:50am Exhibit Hall PresentationSessions 9:50am - 11:50am 314A/314B Luncheon 11:50am - 1:20pm Ballroom PresentationSessions 1:20pm - 3:00pm 314A/314B Break 3:00pm - 3:30pm Exhibit Hall PresentationSessions 3:30pm - 5:30pm 314A/314B Adjourn 5:30pm ExhibitorBreakdown 5:30pm - 7:30pm ExhibitHall TriviaNight-AREMAStudentChapter 8:30pm - 10:00pm BlindPig (BlindPigislocatedat120NWalnutSt,ChampaignIL)

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Plenary SessionModerator: Chuck Cline - CardnoLocation: Ballroom (2nd Floor)

8:00 Welcome and IntroductionChristopherBarkan-UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign

Conference Presentation Summaries & Slideshttp://railtec.illinois.edu/RREC/2016_Presentations.php

8:10 Environmental Issues Affecting the North American RailroadsRobertFronczak-AssociationofAmericanRailroads

8:35 A Sheen, A Seep, A Mystery - A Case Study on the Importance of Developing a Strong Conceptual Site Model Based on Multiple Lines of EvidenceJayDiebold&CharlesZimney-GolderAssociates,IncCurtisBartz&StellaKarnis-CN

9:00 The Benefits of a Rails to Trails ProgramSamRoss&MattCoffing-CSXTransportation,Inc

9:25 BREAK - Exhibit Hall

Remediation Moderators: Stella Karnis - CN / Martina Schlauch Jones - ArcadisLocation: Illini Room 314A

Environmental Analytical IssuesModerator: John Williams - Pace Analytical Services / Betsy Beauchamp - TestAmericaLocation: Illini Room 314B

9:55 Disposal Minimization Strategies for Metals and TPH Impacted Soil for a 240-acre Railyard Redevelopment ProjectBrianMagee&ChrisWright-ERMLaurenMancuso-UnionPacificRailroad

9:55 Using the Bioaccessibility of Arsenic in Soil as a Risk Assessment Tool at Arsenic Impacted Railroad SitesMellisaPowers&CurtWolf-TRCCompanies,IncMauraMatthews-CN

10:15 Ending the O&M CycleAndrewRobinson&RichardAdams-ArcadisWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

10:15 Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence Frozen Core Analysis (LIFFCA) to Improve NAPL Conceptual Site ModelsJeffGentry&MichaelNiemet-CH2MHILLRandyStGermain-DakotaTechnologies,Inc

10:35 Use of Cement-Based Binders for Chemical Stabilization of Metals-Impacted Railbed MaterialsDellaBerwanger-CanadianPacificRailroadSteveDesrocher-GolderAssociates,Inc

10:35 Environmental Forensics: Applications for the Railroad IndustryAaronPeacock-PaceAnalyticalServices

10:55 Construction Soil Evaluation ProgramGeoffreyReeder-UnionPacificRailroad

10:55 How Well Do You Know Lab Reports? - Making Sense Out of Seemingly Simple Lab ReportsErinRodgers-EnvironmentalStandardsL.ChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailway

11:15 Aggressive Action at Dump Site Avoiding Superfund LiabilityTylerMcNabb,LeroyLeonard&DuaneGraves-GeosyntecConsultants,IncDanielDyer-CSXTransportation,Inc

11:15 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted Sites: Quantifying Presence of Naturally Occurring Methane Gas and Implications for Site Restoration EffortsAllanHorneman,MarkKlemmer,MonicaHeintz&JulieSueker-ArcadisWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

11:35 Bioavailability Studies of PAHs in Soil Can Reduce Clean-Up CostsBrianMagee,NormanForsberg&GlennHoeger-Arcadis

11:55 LUNCH - Ballroom (2nd Floor) 11:55 LUNCH - Ballroom (2nd Floor)

Tuesday 1 November

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Plenary SessionModerator: Chuck Cline - CardnoLocation: Ballroom (2nd Floor)

8:00 Welcome and IntroductionChristopherBarkan-UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign


8:10 Environmental Issues Affecting the North American RailroadsRobertFronczak-AssociationofAmericanRailroads

8:35 A Sheen, A Seep, A Mystery - A Case Study on the Importance of Developing a Strong Conceptual Site Model Based on Multiple Lines of EvidenceJayDiebold&CharlesZimney-GolderAssociates,IncCurtisBartz&StellaKarnis-CN

9:00 The Benefits of a Rails to Trails ProgramSamRoss&MattCoffing-CSXTransportation,Inc


Remediation Moderators: Stella Karnis - CN / Martina Schlauch Jones - ArcadisLocation: Illini Room 314A

Environmental Analytical IssuesModerator: John Williams - Pace Analytical Services / Betsy Beauchamp - TestAmericaLocation: Illini Room 314B

9:55 Disposal Minimization Strategies for Metals and TPH Impacted Soil for a 240-acre Railyard Redevelopment ProjectBrianMagee&ChrisWright-ERMLaurenMancuso-UnionPacificRailroad

9:55 Using the Bioaccessibility of Arsenic in Soil as a Risk Assessment Tool at Arsenic Impacted Railroad SitesMellisaPowers&CurtWolf-TRCCompanies,IncMauraMatthews-CN

10:15 Ending the O&M CycleAndrewRobinson&RichardAdams-ArcadisWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

10:15 Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence Frozen Core Analysis (LIFFCA) to Improve NAPL Conceptual Site ModelsJeffGentry&MichaelNiemet-CH2MHILLRandyStGermain-DakotaTechnologies,Inc

10:35 Use of Cement-Based Binders for Chemical Stabilization of Metals-Impacted Railbed MaterialsDellaBerwanger-CanadianPacificRailroadSteveDesrocher-GolderAssociates,Inc

10:35 Environmental Forensics: Applications for the Railroad IndustryAaronPeacock-PaceAnalyticalServices

10:55 Construction Soil Evaluation ProgramGeoffreyReeder-UnionPacificRailroad

10:55 How Well Do You Know Lab Reports? - Making Sense Out of Seemingly Simple Lab ReportsErinRodgers-EnvironmentalStandardsL.ChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailway

11:15 Aggressive Action at Dump Site Avoiding Superfund LiabilityTylerMcNabb,LeroyLeonard&DuaneGraves-GeosyntecConsultants,IncDanielDyer-CSXTransportation,Inc

11:15 Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted Sites: Quantifying Presence of Naturally Occurring Methane Gas and Implications for Site Restoration EffortsAllanHorneman,MarkKlemmer,MonicaHeintz&JulieSueker-ArcadisWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

11:35 Bioavailability Studies of PAHs in Soil Can Reduce Clean-Up CostsBrianMagee,NormanForsberg&GlennHoeger-Arcadis


Tuesday 1 November

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Tuesday 1 November

Remediation - LNAPL / Ecological ConservationModerator: Craig Caldwell - Amtrak / Jay Martin - Amec Foster Wheeler, Inc Location: Illini Room 314A

Noise & Vibration / Passenger Rail & TransitModerator: Gary Rozmus - GEI ConsultantsLocation: Illini Room 314B

1:25 Rapid Site Characterization and Conceptual Site Model Development in Light of Data Quality FailureLChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailwayMatthewZenker&MarkHolsing-AECOM

1:25 VAT Reconstruction Noise and Vibration Monitoring PlanRickNath-CSXTransportation,IncAhmedEl-Aassar-GannettFleming,Inc

1:45 In-Site Thermal Remediation at Complex DNAPL Canadian Rail Yard SiteJeremyCoughlin&LeeAnnThomas-CanadianPacificRailwayPeterKornelsen&JohnLaChance-Arcadis

1:45 Addressing Rail Noise and Vibration Concerns in Downtown Areas near Historic PropertiesJacobPoling&ErichThalheimer-WSP|ParsonsBrinckerhoff

2:05 Surfactant Enhanced Recovery of Separate-Phase Petroleum HydrocarbonsRichardMohlenhoff-AmtrakCharlieMcGuckin-RouxAssociates,Inc

2:05 Keeping the FRA Happy Environmental Permitting on Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor ProjectsKevinKeller-HDREmilyStock-VirginiaDepartmentofRailandPublicTransportation

2:25 Construction of Remedy to Address NAPL Migration to Great Lakes and Meet Michigan Groundwater-Surface Water Interface CriteriaJeffGentry&TomHutchinson-CH2MHILLGeoffreyReeder-UnionPacificRailroad

2:25 DC2RVA: Railway Environmental Analysis and Compliance through ArcGIS Online (AGOL)BridgetWard&LeandraCleveland-HDR

2:45 Leveraging Existing Relationships with Regulators to Achieve Win-Win Outcomes: CP’s Environmental Response to Record FloodsJoeVanHumbeck-CanadianPacificRailwayKaseyClipperton-GolderAssociates,Inc

2:45 Texas Central Railway: An Innovative Approach to Engineering and Environmental Design Coordination under NEPAKeithSeymour&JesusSerrano-ArupRickZarate-FreeseandNicholsShaunMcCabe-TexasCentralPartners

3:05 BREAK - Exhibit Hall 3:05 BREAK - Exhibit Hall

Ecological ConservationModerator: Luanne Patterson - CN / Leo Thorbecke - TRC Companies, IncLocation: Illini Room 314A

Risk & Liability ManagementModerator: Mark Murphy - GHDLocation: Illini Room 314B

3:35 Post-Remediation Habitat Restoration Provides Long-term Benefits to an Underutilized Site A Case Study of the CSXT Valley Park Conservation Certification ProjectRickJensen&PaulBotek-GeosyntecConsultantsWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

3:55 Reconstruction of an Ecosystem, Cheakamus River Sodium HydroxideDerailment – 10 Years LaterLuannePatterson-CN

3:55 Proactive Project Tracking Strategies to Ensure Efficient Management of LiabilitiesAimeeZack-CanadianPacificRailwayShaleneThomas-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

4:15 Assessing the Potential for Toxic Effects on Sensitive Aquatic Habitat Following a Coal Train DerailmentChristinaChan,ShannonBard,FranciscoPerello&JenniferTrowell-KeystoneEnvironmentalLtdKarlaGraf-CN

4:15 Modeling Crude-by-Rail Releases Overland and into Aquatic Environments to Assess RiskMatthewHorn,JeremyFontenault&JennaDucharme-RPSASA

4:35 Finding Opportunities for Habitat in Rights-of-WayIrisCaldwell-UniversityofIllinois-ChicagoBobToy-UnionPacificRailway

4:35 Asbestos Management Applied Analytical Methods on Railroad OperationsSusanaLizcano&V.BlakeKnight-UnionPacificRailroadTracyBramlett-IHSTInc

4:55 Railways and Fish - How to Protect and Enhance Fish Habitat Values at Stream Crossings through Project DesignChrisDane-CanadianPacificRailwayTrevorWelton-HemmeraEnvirochemInc

4:55 Railroad Real Estate Acquisitions: Due Diligence and Liability MitigationSamuelRoss&ColeyCampbell-CSXTransportation,IncAaronGetchell-GannettFleming,Inc

5:15 Poster Presentation Reception - South Lounge (details on page 14-15) 5:15 Poster Presentation Reception - South Lounge (details on page 14-15)

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Tuesday 1 November

Remediation - LNAPL / Ecological ConservationModerator: Craig Caldwell - Amtrak / Jay Martin - Amec Foster Wheeler, Inc Location: Illini Room 314A

Noise & Vibration / Passenger Rail & TransitModerator: Gary Rozmus - GEI ConsultantsLocation: Illini Room 314B

1:25 Rapid Site Characterization and Conceptual Site Model Development in Light of Data Quality FailureLChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailwayMatthewZenker&MarkHolsing-AECOM

1:25 VAT Reconstruction Noise and Vibration Monitoring PlanRickNath-CSXTransportation,IncAhmedEl-Aassar-GannettFleming,Inc

1:45 In-Site Thermal Remediation at Complex DNAPL Canadian Rail Yard SiteJeremyCoughlin&LeeAnnThomas-CanadianPacificRailwayPeterKornelsen&JohnLaChance-Arcadis

1:45 Addressing Rail Noise and Vibration Concerns in Downtown Areas near Historic PropertiesJacobPoling&ErichThalheimer-WSP|ParsonsBrinckerhoff

2:05 Surfactant Enhanced Recovery of Separate-Phase Petroleum HydrocarbonsRichardMohlenhoff-AmtrakCharlieMcGuckin-RouxAssociates,Inc

2:05 Keeping the FRA Happy Environmental Permitting on Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor ProjectsKevinKeller-HDREmilyStock-VirginiaDepartmentofRailandPublicTransportation

2:25 Construction of Remedy to Address NAPL Migration to Great Lakes and Meet Michigan Groundwater-Surface Water Interface CriteriaJeffGentry&TomHutchinson-CH2MHILLGeoffreyReeder-UnionPacificRailroad

2:25 DC2RVA: Railway Environmental Analysis and Compliance through ArcGIS Online (AGOL)BridgetWard&LeandraCleveland-HDR

2:45 Leveraging Existing Relationships with Regulators to Achieve Win-Win Outcomes: CP’s Environmental Response to Record FloodsJoeVanHumbeck-CanadianPacificRailwayKaseyClipperton-GolderAssociates,Inc

2:45 Texas Central Railway: An Innovative Approach to Engineering and Environmental Design Coordination under NEPAKeithSeymour&JesusSerrano-ArupRickZarate-FreeseandNicholsShaunMcCabe-TexasCentralPartners


Ecological ConservationModerator: Luanne Patterson - CN / Leo Thorbecke - TRC Companies, IncLocation: Illini Room 314A

Risk & Liability ManagementModerator: Mark Murphy - GHDLocation: Illini Room 314B

3:35 Post-Remediation Habitat Restoration Provides Long-term Benefits to an Underutilized Site A Case Study of the CSXT Valley Park Conservation Certification ProjectRickJensen&PaulBotek-GeosyntecConsultantsWilliamParry-CSXTransportation,Inc

3:55 Reconstruction of an Ecosystem, Cheakamus River Sodium HydroxideDerailment – 10 Years LaterLuannePatterson-CN

3:55 Proactive Project Tracking Strategies to Ensure Efficient Management of LiabilitiesAimeeZack-CanadianPacificRailwayShaleneThomas-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

4:15 Assessing the Potential for Toxic Effects on Sensitive Aquatic Habitat Following a Coal Train DerailmentChristinaChan,ShannonBard,FranciscoPerello&JenniferTrowell-KeystoneEnvironmentalLtdKarlaGraf-CN

4:15 Modeling Crude-by-Rail Releases Overland and into Aquatic Environments to Assess RiskMatthewHorn,JeremyFontenault&JennaDucharme-RPSASA

4:35 Finding Opportunities for Habitat in Rights-of-WayIrisCaldwell-UniversityofIllinois-ChicagoBobToy-UnionPacificRailway

4:35 Asbestos Management Applied Analytical Methods on Railroad OperationsSusanaLizcano&V.BlakeKnight-UnionPacificRailroadTracyBramlett-IHSTInc

4:55 Railways and Fish - How to Protect and Enhance Fish Habitat Values at Stream Crossings through Project DesignChrisDane-CanadianPacificRailwayTrevorWelton-HemmeraEnvirochemInc

4:55 Railroad Real Estate Acquisitions: Due Diligence and Liability MitigationSamuelRoss&ColeyCampbell-CSXTransportation,IncAaronGetchell-GannettFleming,Inc

5:15 Poster Presentation Reception - South Lounge (details on page 14-15) 5:15 Poster Presentation Reception - South Lounge (details on page 14-15)

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Plenary SessionModerator: Bob Toy - Union Pacific RailroadLocation: Ballroom (2nd Floor)

8:00 Leveraging Technology: 3-D Laser Recordation for Historic Structures, Brooklyn Subdivision Bridge, OregonStephenCheney&KevinRice-UnionPacificRailroadLoriDurioPrice-CH2MHill


8:25 Major Crude Oil Derailment Transitioned to Monitoring Only in Less Than Ten MonthsGregJeffries-BNSFRailwayRoddO’Brien&AliWright-Arcadis

8:50 AAR Environmental Excellence AwardsRobertFronczak-AssociationofAmericanRailroads


Compliance & PermittingModerators: Hugh Perry - CSX Transportation, Inc / Kevin Keller - HDR IncLocation: Illini Room 314A

Energy, Emissions & Air Quality / Environmental ResponseModerators: Kevin Maggay - BNSF Railway / Ken Richardson - ArcadisLocation: Illini Room 314B

9:50 Threatened and Endangered Species: You Think You are Covered? Think Again!RichardNath-CSXTransportation,IncJonathanAllen-AmecFosterWheeler,IncDaveCzakya-EnviroScience,IncLaurenShaffer-WetlandStudiesandSolutions,Inc

9:50 California Air Update - Implications for all RoadsKevinMaggay-BNSFRailwayBobToy-UnionPacificRailroad

10:10 Using a Programmatic Agreement as a Bridge to the Future: Streamlining Historic Clearance for Hundreds of Wooden Trestle BridgesRaghuChatrathi-CSXTransportation,IncMartyMarchaterre-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

10:10 Building an Air Compressor Strategy That PaysBenCrandall&EricKaplan-UnionPacificRailroad

10:30 Hurricane Sandy Raises the Yards, Permitting Raises the NEPA BarJoshuaGillespie&Jean-PhilippeMagron-HDR

10:30 Air Regulatory Program Inspections at RailyardsAmandaMarruffo-BNSFRailwayEmmettKeegan&MichaelLawrence-TRCCompanies,Inc

10:50 Maintaining Environmental Compliance during a Natural Disaster: CSX Transportation’s Emergency Response to the Historic South Carolina FloodingMattAdkins,RickNath&JacobMetcalf-CSXTransportation,IncLanceRasnake&TroyNeisz-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

10:50 Improving Mass Balance Through Test BurnsMichaelBethge-CSXTransportation,IncFrederickPayne&AndrewMcManus-Arcadis

11:10 Design and Permitting Coordination to Reduce Environmental Permitting Requirements, UPRR Salt Creek Bridge, Southern CaliforniaSteveCheney&KevinRice-UnionPacificRailroadJanetHill&JamesGorham-CH2MHILL

11:10 Vulnerability Analysis Expanded Capabilities in Spill ResponseKarenAdams-CSXTransportation,IncSarahElsokkary&TiffaneeGrumbly-Arcadis

11:30 Using a PMP Approach to Attain TMDLs - (An Update to the PMP Approach to PCB Loading Reduction at Two Amtrak Facilities)CraigCaldwell-AmtrakFrankAceto-Stantec

11:30 Utilizing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) in a Major DerailmentClayPacheco-AmecFosterWheeler,IncChrisMachenberg-CSXTransportation,Inc


Wednesday 2 November

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Plenary SessionModerator: Bob Toy - Union Pacific RailroadLocation: Ballroom (2nd Floor)

8:00 Leveraging Technology: 3-D Laser Recordation for Historic Structures, Brooklyn Subdivision Bridge, OregonStephenCheney&KevinRice-UnionPacificRailroadLoriDurioPrice-CH2MHill


8:25 Major Crude Oil Derailment Transitioned to Monitoring Only in Less Than Ten MonthsGregJeffries-BNSFRailwayRoddO’Brien&AliWright-Arcadis

8:50 AAR Environmental Excellence AwardsRobertFronczak-AssociationofAmericanRailroads


Compliance & PermittingModerators: Hugh Perry - CSX Transportation, Inc / Kevin Keller - HDR IncLocation: Illini Room 314A

Energy, Emissions & Air Quality / Environmental ResponseModerators: Kevin Maggay - BNSF Railway / Ken Richardson - ArcadisLocation: Illini Room 314B

9:50 Threatened and Endangered Species: You Think You are Covered? Think Again!RichardNath-CSXTransportation,IncJonathanAllen-AmecFosterWheeler,IncDaveCzakya-EnviroScience,IncLaurenShaffer-WetlandStudiesandSolutions,Inc

9:50 California Air Update - Implications for all RoadsKevinMaggay-BNSFRailwayBobToy-UnionPacificRailroad

10:10 Using a Programmatic Agreement as a Bridge to the Future: Streamlining Historic Clearance for Hundreds of Wooden Trestle BridgesRaghuChatrathi-CSXTransportation,IncMartyMarchaterre-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

10:10 Building an Air Compressor Strategy That PaysBenCrandall&EricKaplan-UnionPacificRailroad

10:30 Hurricane Sandy Raises the Yards, Permitting Raises the NEPA BarJoshuaGillespie&Jean-PhilippeMagron-HDR

10:30 Air Regulatory Program Inspections at RailyardsAmandaMarruffo-BNSFRailwayEmmettKeegan&MichaelLawrence-TRCCompanies,Inc

10:50 Maintaining Environmental Compliance during a Natural Disaster: CSX Transportation’s Emergency Response to the Historic South Carolina FloodingMattAdkins,RickNath&JacobMetcalf-CSXTransportation,IncLanceRasnake&TroyNeisz-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc

10:50 Improving Mass Balance Through Test BurnsMichaelBethge-CSXTransportation,IncFrederickPayne&AndrewMcManus-Arcadis

11:10 Design and Permitting Coordination to Reduce Environmental Permitting Requirements, UPRR Salt Creek Bridge, Southern CaliforniaSteveCheney&KevinRice-UnionPacificRailroadJanetHill&JamesGorham-CH2MHILL

11:10 Vulnerability Analysis Expanded Capabilities in Spill ResponseKarenAdams-CSXTransportation,IncSarahElsokkary&TiffaneeGrumbly-Arcadis

11:30 Using a PMP Approach to Attain TMDLs - (An Update to the PMP Approach to PCB Loading Reduction at Two Amtrak Facilities)CraigCaldwell-AmtrakFrankAceto-Stantec

11:30 Utilizing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) in a Major DerailmentClayPacheco-AmecFosterWheeler,IncChrisMachenberg-CSXTransportation,Inc



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Passenger Rail / Environmental Analytical IssuesModerator: Joshua Sales - Kennedy/Jenks ConsultantsLocation: Illini Room 314A

Environmental ResponseModerator: Robert Fronczak - Association of American RailroadsLocation: Illini Room 314B

1:20 Rethinking Environmental Mitigation Costs - Achieving Cost Reduction and Meeting Environmental Challenges on Chicago’s High Speed Rail ProjectStephenCheney-UnionPacificRailroadJeffreyFrantz-CH2MHill

1:20 CN’s Environmental Response to the Gogama DerailmentsAaronStadnyk-CNDanMurray,BradFree&RyanShepherd-GHD

1:40 Untapped Power of Data ValidationErinRodgers-EnvironmentalStandardsL.ChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailway

1:40 Spill Response Planning and Readiness AssessmentsEricChang-NorfolkSouthernRailwayJeffPierce-AECOM

SustainabilityModerator: Celia Ann Pfleckl - AmtrakLocation: Illini Room 314A

2:00 Integrated Environmental Risk Assessments of Crude Oil Releases in Northern OntarioAndrewPawlisz&LauraLawlor-GHDAaronStadnyk-CN

2:00 Railroad Sustainability PanelJohnLovenberg-BNSFRailwayBobToy-UnionPacificRailroadBethTermini-AmtrakCarlGerhardstein-CSXTransportation,IncEsiLangston-NorfolkSouthernRailway

2:20 What We Learned from Ethanol Train Derailment FiresMichaelHildebrand-HildebrandandNollAssociates,IncWadeNarinvanCourt-TRCCompanies,Inc

2:40 Saving the Vermonter: How Teamwork and Coordination Led to a Successful Derailment Response and Locomotive RecoveryJeffreyLaRock&RyanJorrey-TRCCompanies,IncRobertGraham-Amtrak


SustainabilityModerator: Meaghan Atkinson - CSX / Jon Germer - Union PacificLocation: Illini Room 314A

Stormwater & WastewaterModerator: Lara Thurn - AECOMLocation: Illini Room 314B

3:30 Title to be DeterminedScottNadler-NadlerStrategy

3:30 Innovative Approach to Facility Site Plan Development for Storm Water Permit ComplianceKeithWoodburne,CarlisleHaworth,SteveHuvane&ChristianHerencia-TRCCompanies,IncEdwardPhillips-BNSFRailway

4:15 Benefits from Incorporating a Green Approach at Two CSX Intermodal TerminalsHughPerry-CSXIntermodalTerminals,IncSarahElsokkary&DianeNguyen-Arcadis

3:50 Amtrak Lancaster Tunnel Discharge Elimination System - An Innovative Approach to Prevent Groundwater Infiltration from Entering the Combined Sewer SystemBrianSariano-AmecFosterWheeler,IncCraigCaldwell-Amtrak

4:30 Norfolk Southern’s Combined Heat/Power Energy Improvement ProjectBillHodan-AmecFostherWheeler,IncRussellMcDaniel&EsiLangston-NorfolkSouthernRailway

4:10 Ultrafilter Pilot StudyLaraThurn&LucyPugh-AECOMRussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailway

4:45 L’Anse Waste Diversion and Cost Savings InitiativeKurtWirgau&RachelMarcum-HeritageInteractiveServices

4:30 Stormwater Quality Improvements - Technology and Opportunities in Discharge ComplianceBryanRobinson-UnionPacificRailroad

5:00 Questions and Discussion 4:50 Meeting the Challenges of Upgrading an Aging Railyard Stormwater SystemDevinSprinkle&KariHarris-CNBeauPerry&KevinKowalchuk-TRCCompanies,Inc

5:10 Automated Car Wash Water SystemAnsleyGrantham&LaraThurn-AECOMRussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailway

5:30 Adjourn 5:30 Adjourn


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Passenger Rail / Environmental Analytical IssuesModerator: Joshua Sales - Kennedy/Jenks ConsultantsLocation: Illini Room 314A

Environmental ResponseModerator: Robert Fronczak - Association of American RailroadsLocation: Illini Room 314B

1:20 Rethinking Environmental Mitigation Costs - Achieving Cost Reduction and Meeting Environmental Challenges on Chicago’s High Speed Rail ProjectStephenCheney-UnionPacificRailroadJeffreyFrantz-CH2MHill

1:20 CN’s Environmental Response to the Gogama DerailmentsAaronStadnyk-CNDanMurray,BradFree&RyanShepherd-GHD

1:40 Untapped Power of Data ValidationErinRodgers-EnvironmentalStandardsL.ChristopherOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailway

1:40 Spill Response Planning and Readiness AssessmentsEricChang-NorfolkSouthernRailwayJeffPierce-AECOM

SustainabilityModerator: Celia Ann Pfleckl - AmtrakLocation: Illini Room 314A

2:00 Integrated Environmental Risk Assessments of Crude Oil Releases in Northern OntarioAndrewPawlisz&LauraLawlor-GHDAaronStadnyk-CN

2:00 Railroad Sustainability PanelJohnLovenberg-BNSFRailwayBobToy-UnionPacificRailroadBethTermini-AmtrakCarlGerhardstein-CSXTransportation,IncEsiLangston-NorfolkSouthernRailway

2:20 What We Learned from Ethanol Train Derailment FiresMichaelHildebrand-HildebrandandNollAssociates,IncWadeNarinvanCourt-TRCCompanies,Inc

2:40 Saving the Vermonter: How Teamwork and Coordination Led to a Successful Derailment Response and Locomotive RecoveryJeffreyLaRock&RyanJorrey-TRCCompanies,IncRobertGraham-Amtrak


SustainabilityModerator: Meaghan Atkinson - CSX / Jon Germer - Union PacificLocation: Illini Room 314A

Stormwater & WastewaterModerator: Lara Thurn - AECOMLocation: Illini Room 314B

3:30 Title to be DeterminedScottNadler-NadlerStrategy

3:30 Innovative Approach to Facility Site Plan Development for Storm Water Permit ComplianceKeithWoodburne,CarlisleHaworth,SteveHuvane&ChristianHerencia-TRCCompanies,IncEdwardPhillips-BNSFRailway

4:15 Benefits from Incorporating a Green Approach at Two CSX Intermodal TerminalsHughPerry-CSXIntermodalTerminals,IncSarahElsokkary&DianeNguyen-Arcadis

3:50 Amtrak Lancaster Tunnel Discharge Elimination System - An Innovative Approach to Prevent Groundwater Infiltration from Entering the Combined Sewer SystemBrianSariano-AmecFosterWheeler,IncCraigCaldwell-Amtrak

4:30 Norfolk Southern’s Combined Heat/Power Energy Improvement ProjectBillHodan-AmecFostherWheeler,IncRussellMcDaniel&EsiLangston-NorfolkSouthernRailway

4:10 Ultrafilter Pilot StudyLaraThurn&LucyPugh-AECOMRussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailway

4:45 L’Anse Waste Diversion and Cost Savings InitiativeKurtWirgau&RachelMarcum-HeritageInteractiveServices

4:30 Stormwater Quality Improvements - Technology and Opportunities in Discharge ComplianceBryanRobinson-UnionPacificRailroad

5:00 Questions and Discussion 4:50 Meeting the Challenges of Upgrading an Aging Railyard Stormwater SystemDevinSprinkle&KariHarris-CNBeauPerry&KevinKowalchuk-TRCCompanies,Inc

5:10 Automated Car Wash Water SystemAnsleyGrantham&LaraThurn-AECOMRussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailway

5:30 Adjourn 5:30 Adjourn


Poster Presentations - Tuesday 1 November 5:15pm

ComplianceCSXIntermodalTerminals,Inc.WasteManagementandComplianceServicesProgramSeanGrady&AmandaGruesbeck-GHDServicesInc. HughPerry-CSXTransportation,Inc.GreenfieldPermittingofSanchez,MexicoRailyardCarlAkins-KCSRailway EdgardoPerezPastrana&MiguelFloresPuente-KCSdeMexico TimothyWippold-ArcadisDTLFuelingToPermitornottoPermit:HowtheStatesareTreatingDTLFuelingundertheCleanWaterActPeterMasson-GHDServices,Inc. RickiNorris-Genesee&Wyoming,Inc.PreservingScheduleandCulturalResources:BNSFRailwayMissouriRiverBridge3.8AmberTaylor-TranSystemsEvaluatingHistoricStructuresandAssessingImpactsunderSection106oftheNationalHistoricPreservationActforLinearTransportationProjectsKevinRice-UnionPacificRailroad ChristineRoberts&LoriPrice-CH2MHillStreamliningPTCTowerApprovalsDerinWarren-BNSFRailway TimWippold,BethanyStrandwitz&ColeWandler-Arcadis

Ecological ConservationRiskAssessmentofHoneyBeesPotentiallyExposedtoAcrylonitrileAndrewPawlisz,DanielSmith,&DyronHamlin-GHD BillyBullock-CSXTransportation,Inc.ApplyingMeasurestoMinimizeAdverseEffectsandAchievinganOverallNetBenefitforanEndangeredSpeciesinAssociationwithRailInfrastructure,inPartnershipwithFirstNationsDanielBourassa-DillonConsultingLimited JonMcEachran-VidalStreetIndustrialParkInc.

Energy, Emissions & Air QualityComparisonofLight-ScatteringandBeta-AttenuationParticulateMatterMonitoringduringRailroadTunnelConstructionActivitiesDyronHamlin,AndrewPawlisz&MichaelHiers-GHD RickNath&BillyBullock-CSXTransportation,Inc.

Environmental ResponseEmergencyResponse,Clean-upandRestorationfollowingaBridgeFireAlongaMainlineJoePalo&JayDiebold-GolderAssociates BrianHayden-CNCaughtintheStorm-RecoveringtheTiesthatSandyWashedAwayColeyCampbell-CSXTransportation,Inc. JeffreyLaRock-TRCCompanies,Inc. MarkPacicca-MillerEnvironmentalEthanolhasLowToxicity,butEPA’sOnlineDatabasehasErrorsthatPresentanInaccurateFirstImpressionandit’sTimetotheFactsRightJodyKubitz&RachelSchultz-Cardno

Passenger Rail & TransitPreparingaSuccessful(andAward-Winning!)EnvironmentalDocumentMonicaMeade-WSP|ParsonsBrinckerhoff MichaelMadden-MarylandTransitAdministration

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RemediationAChronologicalHistoryofPhytoremediationPerformanceMonitoringToolsusedatCreosote-NaphthaleneRailSitesBarryHarding-AECOM SteveAufdenkampe-NorfolkSouthernRailway MarkWiddowson-VirginiaTechUniversityIncorporatingSustainabilityintoRemedySelection-PilotTestingtheNorfolkSouthernSustainableRemediationProgramPaulBotek&SimoneSmith-GeosyntecConsultants ScottPittenger-NorfolkSouthernRailwayScopingContaminatedSiteAssessmentsNearComplexSubsurfaceInfrastructure-ASimplified3-DModelingApproachAdamGray&PaulBotek-GeosyntecConsultants ScottPittenger-NorfolkSouthernRailwayRemediationofaPolyaromaticHydrocarbonReleaseataRailroadSwitchyardWilliamLundy-DeepEarthTechnologies,Inc.UseofInnovativeInvestigationTechniquesandMultipleLinesofEvidencetoAssessPotentialVaporIntrusioninanIndustrialSettingwithMultipleVaporSources,UnionPacificRailroadPropertyLocatedinSouthSanFrancisco,CAJeffPaik&BenThompson-CH2MHill LaurenMancuso-UnionPacificRailroadAnAlternativeApproachtoBioventingPetroleumHydrocarbonsCraigDockter&LeviFernandes-Kennedy/JenksConsultants YuehChuang&MarkEngdahl-BNSFRailway

Risk & Liability ManagementRiskManagementforRailSafety-PostLacMeganticVijayRaghunathan&RobinPitblado-DNVGL RonMitchell-AECOMConsideringAsbestosInRailroadBridges,AvoidingSurprisesDuringRepairsandDemolition-LessonsLearnedfromHighwayStructuresBradGlisson&JamesHampel-AmecFosterWheeler,Inc.

Stormwater & WastewaterHowtoTrainYourDAFDragonChrisEvensen-ArcadisTheImportanceofSkimmingOilfromtheSurfaceofStormWaterandWastewateratRailroadYardsJimHebert&KenGray-OilSkimmers,Inc.ImprovingaRailYardStormwaterTreatmentSystemBobStolt&LaraThurn-AECOM RussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailwayWhatLiesBeneath:IndustrialWastewaterCollectionSystemIntegrity,EvaluationandRehabilitationMatthewFlint&T.ChrisEvensen-Arcadis

Poster Presentations Continued

19thRAILROADENVIRONMENTALCONFERENCE

October 24-25, 2017

Save the Date - 2017 RREC

AECOMAlphaAnalyticsAmecFosterWheeler,IncAquaBlock,LtdArcadisBELFOREnvironmentalCardnoCascadeDrilling,LPCB&ICenterforToxicologyand EnvironmentalHealth,LLCCenturyGroupCH2MHillChaseEnvironmentalGoodCleanHarborsEnvironmental ServicesDewberryEAEngineering,Science& TechnologyEarthServices&AbatementEnvironmentalManagement SpecialistsEnvironmentalRestoration

EnvironmentalWorksEnviroScience,Inc.ESCLabSciencesEurofinsLancaster LaboratoriesEvolutionSorbentProductsGannettFlemingGEIConsultantsGeo-SolutionsGeosyntecConsultantsGHDGolderAssociatesHazMatResponseHDREngineeringHEPACOHeritage HulcherServicesICFInternationalIndustrialMaintenanceGroupISCWaterSolutionsJRWBioremediation,LLCMarionEnvironmental

NationalResponse CorporationOilSkimmersPaceAnalyticalServicesPeroxyChem,LLCPinnacleEngineeringPolystar RambollEnvironRegenesisRPSScherzerGmbHSGSAccutestStormwateRxSunProTestAmericaTetraTechTRCCompaniesWasteManagementWSP

MeaghanAtkinson-CSXTransportation,IncChrisBarkan-UniversityofIllinoisBetsyBeauchamp-TestAmericaGreteBridgewater-CanadianPacificRailroadCraigCaldwell-AmtrakMichaelClift-BNSFRailwayChuckCline-CardnoJayDiebold-GolderAssociatesDanDyer-CSXTransportation,IncEmmaEhrenhart-UniversityofIllinoisSamFarnsworth-AmecFosterWheeler,IncCraigFisher-CanadianPacificRailroadBobFronczak-AssociateofAmericanRailroadsStellaKarnis-CNScottKeating-GEIConsultantsKevinKeller-HDREngineering,IncJohnKind-CTEHKevinMaggay-BNSFRailwayJayMartin-AmecFosterWheeler,IncJoanneMaxwell-Amtrak

RussMcDaniel-NorfolkSouthernRailwaySteveMcNaughton-UnionPacificRailroadLanceMeister-Cross-SpectrumAcoustics,LLCGreggMenniti-GeosyntecMarkMurphy-GHDChrisOakes-NorfolkSouthernRailwayLuannePatterson-CNHughPerry-CSXTransportation,IncGeoffReeder-UnionPacificRailroadKenRichardson-ArcadisGaryRozmus-GEIConsultantsRichRussell-NorfolkSouthernRailwayJoshuaSales-Kennedy/JenksMartinaSchlauchJones-ArcadisAmandaTaylor-AECOMLeoThorbecke-TRCCompaniesBobToy-UnionPacificRailroadLaraThurn-AECOMBillWagner-NorfolkSouthernRailwayJohnWilliams-PaceAnalyticalServices

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