Soil News

21^th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water

University of Massachusetts Amherst

October 17-20, 2005

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On behalf of the conference directors, Paul T. Kostecki, Ph.D., Edward J. Calabrese, Ph.D., and Clifford Bruell, you are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation at the 21th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water to be held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, October 17-20, 2005.  The conference attracts attendees from almost every state covering every region of the United States.  Past conferences have had an international presence as well, with attendees from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.  Attendees include representatives from state and federal agencies; the military; industries including railroad, transportation, petroleum and utilities; environment engineering; the consulting community; and academia.

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Please submit a one page abstract containing: title, 300 word narrative; and for each author, name, degree, affiliation, complete address, telephone number and email address.  Email submissions are welcome.  Hard copies must be accompanied by a disk and postmarked not later than February 9, 2005.  Mail to Denise Leonard, Environmental Health Sciences, N344 Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.  Faxed copies will not be accepted.

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General topics include bioremediation, chemical analysis, cleanup standard setting,  environmental fate and modeling, hazard exposure and risk assessment, heavy metals,  hydrocarbon identification, innovative technologies, jet fuel contamination, regulatory programs and policies, sediments, site assessment/field sampling, soil chemistry, standard remedial technologies/corrective actions, and case studies on any of the above.

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Special topics include: acid mine drainage, arsenic, bioindicators, biotechnology, chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides (PCBs, etc.), contamination at military installations, dioxin, ecological risk assessments, environmental forensics, MECs, MTBE, mercury, perchlorate,  phytoremediaton, radionuclides, railroad sites, risk based cleanups (RBCA), state regulatory programs.

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More information is available at our website, www.UMassSoils.com

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Denise Leonard
Conference Coordinator
413-545-1239
dleonard@schoolph.umass.edu