2015 – Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
SoBRA & RSC Toxicology Group
Date: 16th December 2015
Venue: Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA
Programme & Links to presentations (* required login)
9:30 am Registration and tea & coffee
9:50 am Morning Chair’s remarks and housekeeping – Chris Taylor (SoBRA)
10:00 am Update from Defra* – Maggie Charnley/David Middleton (Defra)
10:15 am Update on research/publications/guidance from the Environment Agency* – Trevor Howard (Environment Agency)
10:30 am Risk assessment of waste to land* – Ian Martin (Environment Agency)
11:00 am Discussion and Questions to Speakers
11:15 am Morning Tea and Coffee Break
11.40 am Potential for airborne asbestos from soil contamination* – Gary Burdett (Health & Safety Laboratories)
12.00 pm Brofiscin Quarry: Part 2A site vapour intrusion case study* – Simon Cole & Tim Rolfe (AECOM)
12.20 pm Keynote Speaker – Human health risk assessment regarding contaminated land: state of the art* – Frank Swartjes (RIVM)
1:00 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
1.15 pm Lunch
2.00 pm SoBRA AGM
2:20 pm Afternoon Chair’s remarks – Kate Jones (RSC Toxicology Group)
2.25 pm Case Study: Groundwater risk assessment at the Avenue Coking Works* – Martin Westwood (Jacobs):
2.45 pm Ground gas and vapour latest developments* – Steve Wilson/Sarah Mortimer (EPG)
3:05 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
3:15 pm Afternoon Tea and Coffee Break
3:40 pm Update on additional Category 4 Screening Levels project* – Simon Firth (Firth Consultants)
3:50 pm Outcomes from the Summer 2015 Workshop* – Geraint Williams (Alcontrol Laboratories) & Lucy Thomas (RSK)
Updates from Subgroups
4:00 pm
- Asbestos subgroup* – Simon Cole (AECOM)
- Vapour risks from groundwater* – James Rayner (Geosyntec)
- Acute risk assessment* – Barry Mitcheson (AMEC)
- Standards* – Mike Quint (Environmental Health Services)
- The SoBRA accreditation scheme for risk assessors – Rachel Dewhurst (MWH)
4:00 pm Discussion and questions to speakers
4:55 pm Closing Remarks – Lucy Thomas – SoBRA (in-coming Chair)
5:00 pm Drinks Reception