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Course Details
Course Name: PCBs and the Site Remediation Process
Course Code: EN0525WA22
Date of Most Recent Offering: June 29 & 30, 2021
Course Overview
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of man-made organic chemicals that belong to a broad family known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. PCBs were domestically manufactured from 1929 until manufacturing was banned in 1979. Due to their non-flammability, chemical stability, high boiling point, and electrical insulating properties, PCBs were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications including:
- Electrical, heat transfer, and hydraulic equipment
- Plasticizers in paints, plastics, and rubber products
- Pigments, dyes, and carbonless copy paper
The USEPA Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides federal PCB remediation policy that must be coordinated with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program (SRP) during PCB remediation projects. PCB remediations may involve one or more contaminated media and addressing them during remedial investigations is regularly undertaken by the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP).
Who Should Attend?
This class is designed to provide LSRPs, non-LSRPs, and those conducting remediation with information that will allow them to better understand the technical and scientific aspects of these compounds, the associated regulatory framework, and current remediation technologies. In addition, two case studies are included to present the complexities of remediation over multi-media scenarios.
Past participants have included:
- Consultants
- Engineers
- Environmental Compliance Managers
- Environmental Specialists
- Facility Managers
- Geologists
- Hydrogeologists
- Inspectors
- Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP)
- Project Managers
Meet Your Instructor
A. Vincent Agovino, PhD, PWS, LSRP
Dr. Agovino is an environmental professional with more than 40 years of diversified experience in environmental science, ecological science, public, environmental, and occupational health. His areas of technical expertise include; soils, wetlands, sewage disposal, contamination assessment, site remediation, environmental health program administration, project management, regulatory enforcement, and technical training. Dr. Agovino has more than 30 years of environmental consulting experience throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland, as well as 14 years of public service in the environmental and environmental health field with municipalities in New Jersey.
He has conducted approximately 5,000 soil evaluations and 2,000 wetland evaluations and habitat assessments throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland along with identification and evaluations of habitats of numerous endangered species in New Jersey and Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties in New York, including the timber rattlesnake, Indiana bat, upland sandpiper, prairie wedge grass, Northern running-pine, Pine Barrens tree frog, Blanding’s turtle, wood turtle, and bog turtle. He has authored or co-authored approximately 300 Environmental Impact Statements pursuant to local ordinances in New Jersey, as well as three papers published in professional journals.
Student Reviews
“Pertinent for PCB impacted sites; clear teaching on remedial options.”
– Chris Rotondi, Project Manager, HL Petroleum Co., Inc.
Most useful aspect of the course: “Clarification and interpretation of the rules and regulations, including comparison between NJDEP and USEPA requirements.”
– Bill Lee, Project Coordinator, De Maximis
“Well done online! A great course overall. Very pleased with the presentations and outcome.”
– Stephen Papageorge, Project Manager / Engineer, TRC Environmental Solutions
Continuing Education Credits
The most recent offering of PCBs and the Site Remediation Process was approved for the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
Connecticut
CT Licensed Environmental Professionals (LEPs): 5.5 CECs (Course Number: CTLEP-540 W)
Massachusetts
MA Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals: Pending
New Jersey
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 2 Technical, 2 Management, 2 Government Contact Hours (Course No. 15530)
NJ Continuing Legal Education: 6.5 CLEs (Course No. 233)
NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 6 TCHs (Approval #01-022101-30)
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this education program will be awarded 6.5 NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).
NJ Land Surveyors: 6.5 credits
NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP): 3 Regulatory and 3 Technical CECs
NJ Professional Engineers: 6.5 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about PCBs and the Site Remediation Process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Pamela Springard-Mayer
848-932-7463
pspring@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.