Symposium Program

Presented By Southern California Chinese American Environmental Protection Association ((((SCCAEPA)

Global Chinese Scientists Environment Forum (GCSEF) August 9 August 9 August 9 August 9 –––– 11, 201211, 201211, 201211, 2012

Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel

225 West Valley Boulevard,

San Gabriel, California 91776

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Fifth Symposium on Global Emerging Environmental

Challenges and Government Responses

Symposium Sponsors

Environmental Summit Forum

PM 2.5 and Air Quality Management (9:30 am—12:00 pm, August 9, 2012) Panelists: (Moderator: Weixing Tong, Ph.D., Unit Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB)

Ms. La Ronda Bowen, Special Advisor, Office of the Ombudsman, Air Resource Board, Cal EPA, USA

Dr. Chung Liu, Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), CA, USA

Prof. Jiming Hao, Tsinghua University, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China

Dr. Mu-sheng Lee, Director-General of Kaohsiung City EPB, Taiwan

Prof. Daiqi Ye, Dean, Department of Environmental Engineering, South China University of Technology, China

Prof. Dave Shaw, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (12:40 — 1:10 PM) Adventure in Building an Environmental Corporation — a Personal Story

Dr. Li-San Hwang., Founder and CEO/Chairman Emeritus, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Environmental Summit Forum

Soil and Groundwater Remediation (2:00 pm—5:30 pm, August 9, 2012) Panelists: (Moderator: Yue Rong, Ph.D., Section Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB)

Dr. Rebecca Chou, Section Chief, Cal/EPA Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB)

Mr. Hung-Teh Tsai, Technical Superintendent and Executive Secretary, Soil and Groundwater Remediation Fund Man-

agement Board, Taiwan EPA

Prof. Youkuan Zhang, Director, Research Center of Water Science, Nanjing University

Dr. Jun Ma, P.E., Chief Technology Officer, BCEG Environmental Remediation Co., Ltd.

Dr. Chin Man Mok, P.E., Principal Engineer, AMEC

Prof. Jeff Kuo, California State University at Fullerton

Student Research Paper Competition Awards Presentation (1:10 — 1:20 PM)

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Direction: Trips 1, 2, & 3 meet in hotel lobby at 8:30 a.m.

(Long pants & walking shoes required!)

Trip 1 (Wastewater Treatment) Coordinator: Jian Peng, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist Orange County Watersheds Program

� 1. Orange County Sanitation Dis-trict Wastewater Treatment Plant http://www.ocsd.com/education/

tours.asp

2. Orange County Water District- The Groundwater Replenishment System

http://www.gwrsystem.com

� Has production capacity of 70 million

gallons (265,000 m3) per day

� Takes highly treated wastewater and

purifies it to near-distilled quality water

� Cost $481 million (US Dollars)

� Is one of the most celebrated civil en-gineering and water reuse projects in

the world.

Trip 2 (Air Pollution Control) Coordinator: Hung-Li Chang, Ph.D., Air Resources En-

gineer, Cal/EPA ARB

1. South Coast Air Quality Management

District (AQMD) air quality monitoring station in Pico Rivera

� Combined State and Local Air Monitor-ing Station (SLAMS) & Photochemical

Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS)

� PM2.5 (FRM, BAM)

� CO, O3, NO2 and Lead

� VOCs and Car-bonyls

2. Los Angeles County Sanitary

District Puente Hills Landfill

� Co-gen units

� PM traps demo equipment

� Resources re-covery opera-

tions

3. AQMD Head-

quarters

� Chemistry lab

� Technology advancement

program

� Advanced clean

technologies

Friday 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Trips Run Concurrently

Friday, August 10, 2012 Site Visits

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Trip 3 (Site Remediation) Coordinator: Eric Wu, Ph.D., P.E., Unit Chief, Cal/EPA

LARWQCB

1. Irvine Desalter Project at former El Toro marine base (TCE plume).

The project is a joint cleanup project

of Irvine Ranch Water District, Orange County Water District, and the US Na-

vy. Beginning full operation in January 2007, the project includes multiple

pumps that extract water from the plume that is treated to remove the

TCE. The cleaned water is used for non-drinking

water purposes

in IR-WD’s ex-

tensive recycled

water

system.

2. Site cleanup project at former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS). The

site has a famous blimp hanger (a Na-tional Civil Engineering Landmark)

which was decommissioned in 1999. The site has been undergoing intensive

cleanup of its soil and groundwater due to contamination of MTBE, TCE, and

other pollutants. Remediation technol-ogies include air sparging, soil excava-

tion, and groundwater

pump & treat.

Trip 4 (San Diego) Direction: Meet in hotel lobby at 7:30

a.m.

Coordinator: Charles Cheng, Ph.D.

Engineering Geologist, San Diego Re-gional Water Quality Control Board, Cal

EPA

1. San Dieguito La-

goon Restoration Project - this site

demonstrates wet-land restoration

and environmental

mitigation pro-jects .

2. San Diego Water Purification Demon-stration Project - this site uses state-of-

the-art technologies to treat wastewater to drinking water standard.

3. La Jolla ASBS (Areas of Special Biologi-cal Significance) - this site demon-

strates BMPs for storm-water treatment, and have a chance to

visit the famous SIO and La Jolla

Cove.

Friday 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Trips Run Concurrently

Friday, August 10, 2012 Site Visits

Site

Visits

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Saturday, August 11, 2012 Platform Sessions

TECHNICAL SESSION 1:

Surface Water and Watershed Management I

Moderators:

Jason Wen, Ph.D., P.E., Utility Superintendent

City of Downey

Storm Water Management Forum

(9:00 — 11:10 am)

This special forum will discuss the issues related to recently released Tentative MS4 permit for LA

County. TMDLs incorporated in the new permit will post a significant impact on local municipali-ties and communities. Panel who represents vari-ous stakeholders will give their perspectives and

try to answer some challenging questions: What are the stormwater problems and challenges? How do we effectively control the stormwater pollution? Are residents ready to pay for the cost of pro-

gram, especially in the current economic condi-tion?

LA County MS4 Permit and TMDL Implemen-

tation

Eric Wu, Ph.D., P.E., Unit Chief, LARWQCB

US EPA Perspective on Stormwater Manage-

ment

Cindy Lin, D. Env., US EPA Region 9

NGO Perspective on Stormwater Pollution

Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa

Monica Bay Restoration Commission

Overview of Los Angeles County and Los An-

geles City Stormwater Monitoring Programs

Donna Chen, Assistant Division Manager,

Charlie Yu, Sr. Chemist

City of LA Watershed Protection Division

Implementation Experience of Orange Coun-

ty MS4 Permit

Jian Peng, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist, Orange

County Watersheds Program

Solution for Stormwater Control: BMPs, LID,

and Other Control Measures

Tianpeng Guo, Ph.D., P.E., Water Resource Engi-

neer, CH2M Hill

Saturday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Sessions Run Concurrently

Informal Break: (10:15-10:45 am)

1. Methods for Environmental Flow Assess-

ments in the Yellow River Estuary (11:10 — 11:35 am)

Tao Sun, Associate Prof., School of Environ-

ment, Beijing Normal University, China

2. The Impact of the New National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System Permit Re-

quirements on Vector Control (11:35 am — 12:00 pm)

Renjie Hu, Ph.D.. Supervising Public Health

Biologist, California Department of Public

Health

TECHNICAL SESSION 2:

Air Quality Management

Moderators:

Daiqi Ye, Ph.D., Prof., Dean of Department of En-

vironmental Engineering, South China Uni-

versity of Technology, China

Hung-Li Chang, Ph.D., Air Resources Engineer

Cal/EPA Air Resources Board (ARB)

1. Air Quality Impacts of a Scheduled Clo-

sure of an Interstate Freeway: Local and

Regional Scales (9:00 — 9:25 am)

Yifang Zhu, Assistant Professor, University of

California, Los Angeles

2. Objective and Measures to Mitigate PM 2.5

Air Pollution in Guangzhou City during the

12th Five-year Plan (2012-2016) (9:25 — 9:50 am)

Jingquan Liang, Former Chief Engineer, Guang-

zhou City EPA, China

3. Temporal Trend and Spatial Distribution

of Emission Inventory of Hazardous Heavy

Metals Pollutions in China (9:50 — 10:15 am) Hezhong Tian, Associate Prof., School of Envi- ronment, Beijing Normal University, China

Break: (10:15-10:45 am)

Platform Sessions

4. The Development of Air Auqlity Monitor-

ing Net work in Jiangsu, China (10:45 — 11:10 am)

Lili Tang, Ph.D., Jiangsu Environmental

Monitoring Center, China 5. Evaluation on the Performance of Air Pol-

lution Control for Chinese Cities (11:10 am — 11:35 am)

Guojun Song, Prof., School of Environment,

Renming University of China

6. Comparison of Greenhouse Gas and Air

Pollutant Emissions in Kaohsiung City

(11:35 am — 12:00 pm)

Yusung Yeh, Ph.D., President, Envirmac Tech-

nology and Consultants Corp, Taiwan

TECHNICAL SESSION 3:

Soil and Groundwater Remediation

Moderators:

Rebecca Chou, Ph.D., P.E. Section Chief,

Cal/EPA LARWQCB

Jeff Kuo, Prof., California State University

at Fullerton

1. Current Status of China’s Remediation

Market and Case Studies (9:00 — 9:25 am)

Jun Ma, Ph.D. Principal Engineer, BCDG Envi-

ronmental Remediation Co. Ltd., China

2. Consolidation of risk Assessment and Man-

agement of Contaminated Lands in Tai-

wan (9:25 — 9:50 am)

Wan-Ying Tsai, Engineer, Environmental Engi-

neering Research Center, Sinotech, Taiwan

3. Application of Microwave Irradiation in

the Degradation of Persistent Organic Pol-

lutants (9:50 — 10:15 am)

Xitao Liu, Associate Prof., School of Environ-ment, Beijing Normal University, China

Break: (10:15-10:45 am)

4. Regulatory Framework of Waste Dis-

charge Requirements for Soil and Ground-

water Remediation (10:45 — 11:10 am)

Eric Wu, Ph.D., P.E. Unit Chief,

Cal/EPA LARWQCB

5. Dynamic Duel-Phase-Extraction Treatment

of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contaminated

Soil and Groundwater at a Former Leaking

Underground Storage Tank Site (11:10 — 11:35 am)

Rain Zeng, Ph.D., P.E., Accord Engineering Inc.

6. A Case Study of Site Investigation and Re-

mediation at a Chemical Manufacturing Fa-

cility in the San Francisco Bay Area (11:35 — 12:00 pm)

Xinggang Tong, Ph.D., Principal Engineer, OTG

EnviroEngineering Solution, Inc.

TECHNICAL SESSION 4:

Surface Water and Watershed Management II

Moderators:

Charles Cheng, Ph.D. Engineering Geologist, San

Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board

Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa

Monica Bay Restoration Commission

1. Risk Assessment of Water Environment

Based on the Respond Net Model (RNM) in

Haihe River Estuary of China (1:30 — 2:00 pm)

Jingling Liu, Prof., School of Environment, Bei-

jing Normal University, China

2. Case Study—Use TMDL to Control and Re-

store Sediment Impairment in the Los

Penasquitos Lagoon (2:00 — 2:30 pm)

Charles Cheng, Ph.D. Engineering Geologist,

San Diego Regional Water Quality Control

Board, Cal EPA

3. The Occurrence of Controlled Substances

in Hospitals Effluents and Surface Waters

(2:30 — 3:00 pm)

Angela Yu-Chen Lin, Associated Professor, Na-

tional Taiwan University, Taiwan

Break: 3:00-3:30 pm

4. Nitrate Loss From Subsurface Drains in An

Agricultural Watershed Using SWAT (3:30 — 4:00 pm)

Yinghui Sui, Ph.D.

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Saturday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Saturday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

5. Improvement of Nitrogen Removal

through Riverbank Restoration (4:00 — 4:30 pm)

Yuansheng Pei, Prof. Deputy Dean of School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China

6. Development and Use of Biological Objec-

tives for Protection and Ecological Resto-

ration of Wadeable Streams in California

(4:30 — 5:00 pm)

Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa

Monica Bay Restoration Commission

TECHNICAL SESSION 5:

Low Carbon Economy and Sustainable Devel-

opment

Moderators:

Chengwen Wang, Prof., School of Environment,

Tsinghua University , China

John Chien, P.E., City of San Jose, California

1. Studies on the Mechanochemically Modi-

fied Photocatalysts Applied in the Envi-

ronmental Remediation and Green Energy

(1:30 — 2:00 pm)

Pengwan Chen, Prof. Beijing Institute of Tech-

nology, China

2. Costal Effects of Tsunamis at Pacific Coast

Harbors (2:00 — 2:30 pm)

Jiin-Jen Lee, Prof., University of Southern Cali-

fornia

3. Overview of Green Remediation in Site

Cleanup (2:30 — 3:00 am)

Glenn Burk, Ph.D., P.E., E2 ManegeTech

Break: 3:00-3:30 pm

4. Development of Wastewater Treatment

Plants in China: With Special Focus on En-

ergy Consumption and Sludge Disposal

(3:30 — 4:00 pm)

Chengwen Wang, Prof., School of Environ-

ment, Tsinghua University , China

5. Green Bioventing Study and Implementa-

tion Using Wind Power (4:00 — 4:30 pm)

Jim Leu, Ph.D., P.E., Leed AP, Project Manager, Parson Corporation

Saturday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Sessions Run Concurrently

6. Environmental Performance Evaluation of

Beijing Energy Use Planning (4:30 — 5:00 pm)

Linyu Xu, Associate Prof., School of Environ-

ment, Beijing Normal University, China

TECHNICAL SESSION 6A:

Waste Water and Solid Waste Management

Moderators:

Eddy Huang, Ph.D., Director, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Tianpeng Guo, Ph.D., P.E., Water Resource Engi-

neer, CH2M Hill

1. Dewatering of Sewage Sludge Condition-

ing with Skeleton Builders (1:30 — 2:00 pm)

Jiakuan Yang, Prof., School of Environmental

Science and Engineering, Huazhong University

of Science and Technology, China

2. An Innovative Adsorption/Nitrification/

Denitrification/Sludge-hydrolysis Waste-

water Treatment Process (ANDH) for

Wastewater Treatment (2:00 — 2:30 am)

Xianghua Wen, Ph.D., Prof., School of Environ-

mental, Tsinghua University, China

3. Stabilization of fly ash from municipal sol-

id waste incinerators utilizing landfill

leachate (2:30 — 3:00 am)

Yanyu Wu, Ph.D. South China Institute of Envi-ronmental Science, China

Break: 3:00-3:30 pm

TECHNICAL SESSION 6B:

Environmental Corporation Case Study

4. CH2M Hill—Water Reuse and Desalination

(3:30 — 4:00 pm)

Qingshan Wang, Senior Design Manager and

Operational Lead, CH2M Hill

5. Air Quality, Climate, and Clean Transporta-

tion (4:00 — 4:30 pm)

Eddy Huang, Ph.D., Director, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Saturday, August 11, 2012 Platform Sessions

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Platform Sessions

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Symposium Steering Committee

6. Groundwater Impacts and Fate Transport

Modeling of Perchlorate Stringfellow Su-

perfund Site, Riverside County CA (4:30 — 5:00 pm)

Jim Fingan, Ph.D. CHg, Principal Hydrogeolo-

gist, Kleinfelder

Committee Chair

Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa Monica

Bay Restoration Commission,

Deputy Committee Chair

Michael E. Shiang, RG., CHG, President, ADvTECH

Environmental, Inc.

Members

� Rebecca Chou, Ph.D., P.E., Section Chief, Cal/EPA Los

Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board

(LARWQCB)

� Dan Q. Fang, President of American Green Environmen-

tal Academy of Science

� Yu-Yang Gong, Ph.D., P.E., Managing Director, ESD Chi-

na Limited

� Tianpeng Guo, Ph.D., P.E., Water Resource Engineer,

CH2M Hill

� Eddy Huang, Ph.D., Acting VP and Air Quality Director,

Tetra Tech, Inc.

� Jim Kang, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Vice President of URS Cor-

poration

� Kun Liu, Ph.D., Research Scientist, chambers Group

� Jian Peng, Ph.D. Environmental Scientist

Orange County Watersheds Program

� Yue Rong, Ph.D., Section Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB

� Weixing Tong, Ph.D., RG., CEG., CHG., Unit Chief, Cal/

EPA LARWQCB

� Jason Wen, Ph.D., P.E., Utility Superintendent

City of Downey, City of Downey

� Eric Wu, Ph.D., P.E., Unit Chief, Cal/EPA LARWQCB

� Zhong Xiong, Ph.D., P.E., Project Engineer, AMEC

Symposium Sponsors

Support and Co-organizer Agencies: Chinese American Environmental Professional Association (San Francis-

co), Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE), Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers

and Scientists Association (OCEESC), China Environmental Remediation (www.hjxf.net), U.S. EPA Region

IX, Cal EPA-Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control

Board, and California State University at Long Beach

Saturday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Special Workshop (August 9, 1:30—2:30

pm) “Environmental Career in USEPA”

Piyachat Terrell, USEPA National Program Manager