Training Courses and Workshops
Sustainable Landscape Design
Millions of dollars are spent each year designing, implementing, and maintaining urban landscapes. Unfortunately, long-term problems are caused when these processes are not carried out properly. Many of these problems can be avoided or reduced by utilizing sustainable landscape practices. A landscape developed with sustainable practices will improve the environment by conserving resources and reducing chemical applications. A sustainable landscape will also reduce labor inputs making it less expensive to implement and maintain. The key to creating a sustainable landscape is to understand that the design process should be considered first. Plant selection, implementation, and maintenance build on the design process, each having sustainability as a major consideration. In this course you will:
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Learn the basic principles of landscaping including unity, simplicity, harmony, balance, color, repetition, practicality, proportion, and scale.
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Learn how to assess your present landscape needs.
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Learn how to assess the purpose of your landscape.
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Learn how to avoid common landscaping mistakes.
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Learn how to make the most of what you have.
The class will explore the appropriate uses of hardscape, turfgrass, and ornamental plants in your landscape.
Date: Tuesday, August 10
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Instructors: Kirstin McCracken, Vermont Master Gardener and Jerry Parr, Texas Master Gardener
Fee: $45 (Includes a light meal)
How to Modify a Method Through an Alternate Test Procedure: Meeting the Regulatory Requirements for Federal Compliance
The class will step through the requirements that a laboratory must perform to complete an Alternate Test Procedure (ATP) at a local or regional level (Tier 1 or Tier 2) for a method modification under the requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The areas that will be focused on are:
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Development of the method modification justification for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 ATP.
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Determine what method modifications will or can be made without requiring an ATP.
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Determine what method modifications will or can be made without requiring a new method under EPA requirements.
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Develop the experimental parameters.
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Minimum statistical requirements for method comparison.
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Writing the new method in EPA format.
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Writing and submitting the summary reports.
Date: Friday, August 13
Time: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Instructor: Edward Askew, Askew Scientific Consulting
Fee: $75
New TNI Laboratory Accreditation Standards
The NELAC Institute (TNI) National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) has adopted for use within the program four new accreditation standards:
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Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis;
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General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories;
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General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers; and
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General Requirements for an Accreditor of Environmental Proficiency Test Providers.
The new standards will replace the 2003 NELAC standard and will be implemented in 2011. All NELAP-accredited laboratories will need to comply with the new requirements by July 1, 2011. This workshop will review in detail the standard applicable to laboratories, briefly review the other three standards, and present the plan for implementation.
Date: Friday, August 13
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Instructors: TNI Staff, Committee Chairs, and Volunteers
Fee: $95 (Free for those registered for the full conference)
Electronic Delivery of Laboratory Data for the Next Generation
This training course will introduce and discuss the implementation of the Staged Electronic Data Deliverable (SEDD). The course will focus on implementing SEDD for the Superfund Methods (ISM01.2, SOM1.2, DLM2.2 and CBC1.2) Statements of Work for EPA's Contract Laboratory Program (CLP). The course will also be applicable to anyone using SEDD for other programs (e.g., SW-846). Laboratories, software vendors, and Architect-Engineer firms who have bid or are considering bidding on this contract in the future or have worked with SEDD files would be highly encouraged to attend. SEDD is a universal format that can deliver environmental testing data for any program in an XML format. The course will introduce SEDD and discuss the various Stages and what type of data each can deliver. The structure of SEDD will be discussed that will show the type of data that is reported in a Stage 2a, 2b, or 3 SEDD file and how the files are constructed. The course will focus on the reporting of the data for the Stage 2a and 2b along with some discussion on Stage 3.
SEDD allows for the complete linking of all samples to their associated Quality Control samples, the complete linking of all samples to their associated continuing and initial calibration data, and the complete linking of all reported results to the specific analysis that was used to derive that specific result. Numerous real examples will be displayed and discussed. The various means for constructing these files along with the current tools that can assist the laboratories with the evaluation of their in-house created files will be demonstrated. Overall, in the data review process, a significant cost savings has been demonstrated in the CLP through the use of these deliverables and associated software tools.
Date: Friday, August 13
Time: 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Joseph Solsky, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Collaborating Instructors: John Nebelsick, EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation and
David Youngman, Shaw Environmental Group, Inc
Fee: $0 (for individuals registered for the Symposium)
Fee: $65 (all others)
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