State Symposium on Fuel Oxygenates; Analysis, Assessment, and Remediation
Sponsored by the ASTSWMO MTBE Workgroup
October 21 and 22, 2002
Arlington, Virginia
This workshop was held October 21- 22, 2001 at the Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, VA. The attendance totals were: 43 State LUST Managers; 17 non state including EPA-OUST headquarters and regional staff and other experts from EPA’s ORD. Also participating were USGS, industry and consulting speakers for a total of 60. Agenda topics included: Physical and Chemical Properties of the Oxygenates; Methodologies for Detecting the Oxygenates; Prevalence in Fuel and at LUST sites; The Toxicology of the Oxygenates; Characterization of Sites Containing the Oxygenates; General Overview of Remediation of the Oxygenates; Efficiency of GAC as a Remedial Technology on the Oxygenates; Petroleum Industry Perspectives; State’s Experiences in Remediating the Other Oxygenates and a final session on State perspectives.
ASTSWMO's mission is to enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs for waste and materials management, to encourage environmentally sustainable practices and to affect relevant national waste and materials management policies.
