Brownfields Regulation, Remediation and Redevelopment Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.
It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
You will receive an automated email letting you know when your On-Demand package is available approximately 3 business days after the date of the live event or the date of your order, whichever is later. This email will contain links to the video recording, materials, and program quiz.
To track your purchase, you will need to create an account on the website using the email address used for your registration.
For AIA requirements only, the on-demand recording will have occasional question prompts that will not allow the video to progress unless they are answered, and you will not be able to skip forward while watching the video.
Please note, if you attempt to resume watching the video on a separate device, your progress will not be saved.
Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
You will have unlimited access to the on-demand video recording, and it will never expire.
**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
USB MP4/PDF
HalfMoon will mail these materials via USPS.
USB orders ship approximately 3 business days after the program takes place or after the order is placed, whichever date is later. Please allow an additional 7-10 business days for shipping.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.
Please contact HalfMoon Education if you have any questions during the process of taking this course. (715) 835-5900 or qchapman@halfmoonseminars.org
**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
This seminar was originally to take place on May 14.
Hotel location is subject to change due to any COVID-19 restrictions.
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 5:00 pm
Defining and Identifying Brownfields
Legal definition of a brownfield
Common types of brownfield sites:
• Railroads
• Gas stations
• Refineries
• Dry cleaners
• Chemical manufacturers/storage facilities
• Heavy industrial facilities
Common liabilities associated with brownfields
Federal and State Regulation of Brownfield Sites
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
• CERCLA liability scheme
• CERCLA trust fund
• National Priorities List
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• RCRA scope
• RCRA requirements
State and local regulations and incentives
Ohio EPA Voluntary Action Program (VAP)
Assessing Sites and Identifying Risks
Retaining an environmental consultant
Due diligence and performing a Phase 1 site assessment
Data quality objectives
Scope of subsurface investigation
Risk-based decisions
Projecting remediation costs and working with regulators
Implementing Remediation Technologies and Processes
Engineering and institutional controls
Biological treatments
Physico-chemical treatments
Thermal treatments
Other options
Planning and Implementing Site Remediation
and Redevelopment Strategies
Working with regulators
Working with consultants and technicians
Regulatory enforcement options
Exploring options for redevelopment
Redevelopment financing
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Certified Planners – AICP
CM | 7
Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW Contact Hours
LA CES Pending
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA LU|HSW
Ohio Attorneys
CLE Approval Pending
Construction Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This live lecture presentation is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 HSW contact hours to landscape architects in most states, including Ohio. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
This course is approved by the American Planner Association AICP for CM | 7 for Certified Planners.
The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System has approved this course for 7.0 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885). HalfMoon Education has applied to the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for course approval, which is pending. Visit www.halfmoonseminars.org for complete AIA/CES information under this course listing. Only full attendance is reportable to the AIA/CES and LA CES.
HalfMoon Education has applied to the Ohio Commission on CLE for attorney CLE credit, which is pending.
Updates on the status of pending continuing education credits can be viewed at www.halfmoonseminars.org under this event listing.
This course offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
John A. Heer
John A. Heer Supervising Attorney at Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services in Cleveland, OH
Mr. Heer has almost 30 years of experience practicing litigation, transactional, regulatory and environmental law, including experience with traditional environmental issues relating to the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, the Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), brownfields, wetlands and stormwater. He also has experience across North America with sustainability and chemical management. He is also a certified ISO 14001:2004 EHS auditor. Mr. Heer earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he earned the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Excellence in Advocacy Award on the National Mock Trial team. He received a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Indiana University.
Michael Kurinsky
TRC Companies, Inc.TRC Companies, Inc., Project Manager, Environmental Due Diligence
Mr. Kurinsky has over 13 years of experience in managing and providing technical support for diverse projects for identifying, investigating and remediating environmental impacts, including projects performed through the Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP) that require the completion of a No Further Action (NFA) letter package and obtaining a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS). His experience includes ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), ASTM Phase II Investigations, remedial investigations, environmental compliance evaluations, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting, spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC) plans, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting and associated stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs). He also has experience in wastewater permitting, Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR) closures, Ohio Cessation of Regulated Operations (CRO) Program, transactional due diligence support, environmental liability risk summaries and desktop reviews. Mr. Kurinsky regularly provides advisory and assurance-related services to clients on environmental liabilities, corporate governance, environmental health and safety management and social responsibility strategies.
Kathleen Teuscher
TRC Companies, Inc.TRC Companies, Inc., Senior Project Manager/Human Health Risk Assessor
Ms. Teuscher has over 30 years of diversified experience in the chemical and environmental industry and has provided project management and key technical support for a variety of projects. In addition to managing TRC’s Cleveland office, she has performed numerous human health risk assessments in accordance with various state and federal guidelines. Her areas of expertise include remedial investigation, risk assessment, vapor intrusion, brownfield redevelopment, RCRA closures, numerous phase I/phase II environmental assessments, feasibility studies, statistical analyses, and analytical chemistry. Ms. Teuscher has performed human health risk assessments and provided technical support for a variety of projects under such programs as CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, individual state and USEPA brownfield programs. She has had successful experience in identifying reasonable and protective alternatives for risk- based solutions to environmental concerns. Ms. Teuscher’s experience also includes performing lab audits, data validation, implementation of QA/QC procedures, and preparing quality assurance project plans. Prior to consulting, she was QA/QC director for a large environmental laboratory.