I have recently joined the mail group and send this note to introduce
myself and also to advise members of the attached course that we are
organising.

Introductions then, my name is Nigel Board and I am the Department Head for
the Land Assessment Group at ENSR International in the UK.  I am an
environmental scientist by training and started my career in the area of
industrial wastewater treatment.  For the past 10 years I have worked on
contaminated land projects first with Travers Morgan, then Wimpey
Environmental, Fugro Environmental and now ENSR.

Regarding  the  RBCA  training,  we have concluded that many members of our
staff  need  to be familiar with quantitative risk assessment (QRA) models,
RBCA being just one.  We have sent 3 staff to training courses in the US on
this  topic  in  the past couple of years and have now decided to bring the
RBCA  course to the UK.  We can accommodate additional people on the course
and  offer  this  opportunity to others within the industry.  By teaming up
with  the  American  Society  for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to provide a
RBCA  course  in the UK we will be able to incorporate the relevant current
UK legislative background to a RBCA application.

Two  courses  will  be  held  in  the  Hemel Hempstead area between 5 and 7
October 1999:

A)   Risk Based Corrective Action Applied at Petroleum Release Sites


     Two-day  course  provides  an outline of all the processes involved in
     the  migration  of contaminants (over 65 individual compounds) and the
     associated  risk  to human health.  The course is based on a practical
     learning approach using numerous exercises.


B)        Risk Based Corrective Action Tool Kit



     One-day course outlines case studies and Tier 2 RBCA Tool Kit and FATE
     5  software.   It  explains  the significance of data input, decisions
     associated  with  the  selection of data, sensitivity of the data, and
     what the spreadsheet is doing with the data.



Please note that course A is a prerequisite for course B.

Should  you wish to receive more information regarding the courses or about
  RBCA  in  general,  please  contact  me  ([log in to unmask]) or  you can
  call/write/mail to any of the following:


Tomas Sys or Nigel Board
ENSR International Limited
16 Frogmore Road
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire, HP3 9RW

Tel: +44 (0)1442 437500
Fax: +44 (0)1442 437550
E-mail: [log in to unmask]




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