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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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Site
Visits
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: Guangyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission)
Ms. La Ronda Bowen, Special Advisor, Office of the Ombudsman, Air Resources 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: Weixing Tong, Ph.D., Unit 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., China
Dr. Chin Man Mok, P.E., Principal Engineer, AMEC, USA
Prof. Jeff Kuo, California State University at Fullerton, USA
Student Research Paper Competition Awards Presentation (1:10 — 1:20 PM)
2
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
4
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 Quality 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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5
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. Estimation of Methane Emission from Cali-
fornia Natural Gas Industry (2:30—3:00am)
Jeff Kuo, Prof., California State University
at Fullerton
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.,Project Manager, Parson
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:
Michael E. Shiang, RG., CHG, President, ADvTECH
Environmental, Inc.
Tianpeng Guo, Ph.D., P.E., Water Resource
Engineer, 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-
ment, 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
6
Platform Sessions
8
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., Air Quality Director, Tetra Tech, Inc.
� 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
Special Conference (August 13—16, 2012)
“Site Remediation and Management”