Plans for the National Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, March 8-12, 1999, Charleston, South Carolina Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:38:25 -0400 To: "A - Division Chief and Staff", "B - Branch Chiefs and Offices", "DC - All District Chiefs", "Andraski, Brian J" , "Stonestrom, David A" , "Baehr, Arthur L" , "Lahvis, Matthew A" , "Brown, James G" , "Harvey, Judson W" , "Chapelle, Francis H" , "Landmeyer, James E" , "Christenson, Scott C" , "Cozzarelli, Isabelle M" , "Delin, Geoffrey N" , "Essaid, Hedeff I" , "Herkelrath, William N" , "Donald A Goolsby, Midcontinent Proj Chief, Denver, CO" , "Battaglin, William A" , "Haack, Sheridan K" , "Kimball, Briant A" , "Runkel, Robert L" , "Krabbenhoft, David P" , "Kuivila, Kathryn M" , "Kuwabara, James S" , "Leblanc, Denis R" , "Hess, Kathryn M" , "Shapiro, Allen M" , "Hsieh, Paul A" , "Carole D Johnson, Hydrologist (Geol), Pembroke, NH" , "Haeni, Frederick P" , "Thurman, Earl M" , "Scribner, Elisabeth A" , Chris Bunck , "Jones, John W" , "Nimick, David A" , "Power, Martha S" , "Vonguerard, Paul" , "James M McNeal, Reston, VA" From: "David W. Morganwalp" Subject: Plans for the National Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, March 8-12, 1999, Charleston, South Carolina Cc: "David W Morganwalp, Hydrologist, Reston, VA" (David W. Morganwalp), "Herbert T Buxton, Coordinator, Toxics Program, W. Trenton, NJ" To: Distribution From: Herb Buxton, Coordinator Toxic Substances Hydrology Program David W. Morganwalp, Assistant Coordinator Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Subject: Plans for the National Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, March 8-12, 1999, Charleston, South Carolina The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program will hold a national technical meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999. The purpose of the meeting is to present the latest research results from the Toxics Program, to encourage collegial exchange among researchers in the Toxics Program, and to demonstrate the significance and utility of USGS science to our customers. Due to the length of time since the last Toxics Meeting and the number of ongoing projects, presentations at the meeting will be limited to research related to the Toxics Program activities. RESEARCH PAPERS Scientists working directly on Toxics Program projects are asked to coordinate the title and subject matter of papers you want to present with your project/site coordinator(s). Other individuals interested in presenting a paper should send a preliminary title, indicate the subject area it is associated with, and give a preference for an oral or poster presentation to David W. Morganwalp via e-mail (dwmorgan@usgs.gov) by August 18, 1998. Notification of acceptance will be provided by September 4, 1998. Papers should be technical in nature; however, authors are encouraged to acknowledge the significance of their research to resource management, cleanup of contaminated sites, and/or land use management practices. The meeting will be organized into sessions that emphasize the general research themes of the Programs major projects and research sites. A tentative agenda is attached. MEETING LOGISTICS The meeting will consist of 4 days of oral and poster presentations followed by a day of workshops and a field trip. The field trip will be a visit to the Laurel Bay Toxics Research Site, which is located on the Laurel Bay Exchange, Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina. Field demonstrations, such as of methods used to investigate the fate of petroleum hydrocarbons and MTBE, will be conducted on the field trip. WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE MEETING Members of Toxics Program research teams, which are usually composed of USGS, university, and other government agency researchers are encouraged to attend the meeting. Other USGS employees who have an interest in the meeting are welcome to attend based on availability. Attendance of non-USGS customers and collaborators will be handled by invitation; the Toxics Program managers and project coordinators are developing a list of potential non-USGS attendees and welcome input from scientists involved with the Program. Information on how to register for the meeting will be available at a later date. INFORMATION ON ORAL AND POSTER SESSIONS Available time will limit the number of oral presentations; however, numerous posters will be accommodated. Oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length. A poster session will be held from 3:30-5:30 each afternoon, and a different group of posters will be presented each day. Posters will be grouped and located according to the session themes. No concurrent sessions are planned because of the interdisciplinary nature of the research, and the need to share information among scientists working at different field sites and on different projects. PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS A proceedings of the meeting will be published shortly after the meeting. To ensure timely publication, presenters must submit a CAMERA-READY PAPER COPY of their APPROVED manuscript to the meeting organizers by FEBRUARY 1, 1999. Papers will be approved by the normal approval process; their will not be a centralized editor. To reiterate, authors will be required to have their papers reviewed and approved according to their normal approval process, camera-ready final copy prepared, and submitted by FEBRUARY 1, 1999. Guidelines on the format of the papers will be provided to authors and FrameMaker, MSWord, and WordPerfect templates will be made available on the Toxics Program's internal Web site . Strict adherence to the guidelines is expected, and papers that do not meet the criteria specified in the guidelines will not be accepted. All authors need to have a Director-approved paper to give a presentation at the meeting. Authors also are given the option of providing an electronic file that can be converted to World Wide Web format; these papers will be posted on the Toxics Program's public Web site . Guidelines for publishing the proceedings papers on the Web also will be available on the Toxics Program's internal Web Site. CO-MEETINGS As in the past, it is expected that other technical or planning meetings may be scheduled in conjunction with the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program technical meeting. As soon as possible, please inform Judy Salvo (salvo@usgs.gov, (703) 648-5645) of such intentions, including the number of people who will be in attendance and any audio-visual or other requirements, so that a reservation for a meeting room can be included in final negotiations with the hotel. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Comments and suggestions for the meeting are welcomed. A final agenda and details concerning the location of the meeting will be provided later. Toxic Program Project Coordinators are asked to make sure that their entire research teams receive a copy of this announcement. Also, please share this memorandum with other interested individuals. Thank you in advance for your help in making this a successful meeting. Distribution A, B, DC, Toxics Project Coordinators ATTACHMENT ========== TENTATIVE AGENDA MONDAY, MARCH 8 Contamination from Hard Rock Mining o Research on environmental effects of mine lands. o A watershed approach to abandoned mine lands - The USGS AML Initiative. TUESDAY, MARCH 9 Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems o Response of estuarine ecosystems to contamination from human activities. o Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems. o Identification and detection of environmental contaminants. o Processes that control the occurrence, distribution, and fate of agricultural chemicals. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MARCH 10 and 11 Research on Subsurface Contamination from Point Sources o The fate of complex contaminant mixtures from sources such as landfills and treated wastewater discharges. o Methods and approaches used to characterize contamination of fractured rock aquifers. o Processes that affect subsurface transport of contaminants and waste disposal in arid environments. o Physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents. o Physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons and related compounds, such as methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). FRIDAY, MARCH 12 Concurrent workshops Field trip to Laurel Bay Exchange research site (subsurface point-source release of oxygenated gasoline) with field demonstrations ------------------------------------------------------------------- David W. Morganwalp | http://toxics.usgs.gov/toxics Toxic Substances Hydrology Program | Ph # (703) 648-5720 U.S. Geological Survey | Fax #'s (703) 648-5790 412 National Center | (703) 648-5295 Reston, VA 20192 | E-Mail dwmorgan@usgs.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------- We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. -- Emerson