USEPA/PADEP Updates and NORM/TENORM Radiation Safety Training

USEPA/PADEP UPDATES AND NORM/TENORM RADIATION SAFETY TRAINING

5.5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS AVAILABLE

Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) is present in soils, rocks and other undisturbed materials. During drilling, well development, and production activities, the natural rock formations become disrupted and materials are brought to the surface, resulting in NORM being classified as technologically enhanced, or TENORM, under Pennsylvania DEP regulations (§287.1). Since 2016 federal and state regulations have been updated to provide protections while allowing activity to process. Additionally, new technologies, best practices and protocols have been developed by industry experts to protect workers and the public during operations.

Join oil and gas industry professionals to gather information on the pertinent topics below and capitalize on the opportunity to pose questions directly to the USEPA, PADEP and industry experts:

• Radiation basics, its potential health effects and how TENORM is generated from oil and gas development activities
• New industry sampling and analysis protocols, and framework for handling, transporting, landfill allocating, monitoring and disposal requirements
• Federal updates related to radiation safety and the industry
• Updates to Pennsylvania’s TENORM study and a review of the New Radiation Technical Guidance Document
• A review of the Radiation Action Plan required for the oil and gas industry to develop when processing drill cuttings onsite

AGENDA

8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:00 am | NORM/TENORM 101 and Industry Best Practices

Alex Lopez, Certified Health Physicist, NORM Practice Lead, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.

10:00 am – 11:00 am | USEPA Overview and Regulatory Status

Philip Egidi, Environmental Scientist, Radiation Protection Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency

11:00 am – 11:15 am | Break

11:15 am – 12:15 pm | TENORM Study and Updated Radiation Technical Guidance Document

David J. Allard, CHP, Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Chapter 78a Regulations: Radiation Action Plan

Kurt Klapkowski, Director, Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management, Office of Oil and Gas Management, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Invited)

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Break

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Landfill Allocation, Monitoring and Disposal

Michael T. Rind, Director of Operations, Waste Management Energy Services Oil and Gas Solutions

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Panel Discussion and Q&A

Luke Marsh, Lead EHS Specialist, Coterra Energy Inc. (moderator)

David J. Allard, CHP, Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Jon Dufalla, Environmental Compliance Manager, Range Resources

Alex Lopez, CHP, Principal Health Physicist, Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc.

Michael T. Rind, Director of Operations, Waste Management Energy Services Oil and Gas Solutions

Benjamin L. Seiber, MPA, Radiation Health Physicist 2, Department of Environmental Protection

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn under the Marcellus Shale Coalition on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call (724) 743-5000 and reference the Marcellus Shale Coalition to make a reservation.

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