It’s back! Join us for a night of fun, food, and flowers at Phipps Conservatory. As a thank you to our members for making this year so great, we’d like to invite you and your family/friends to a tour of the Phipps’ Winter Flower Show and Light Garden. Café Phipps will provide free hors d’oeuvres for the event and a cash bar for drinks.

Networking hour from 5:30 – 6:30 pm, tours start around 6:30 – 7:00 pm.

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Please join us as we celebrate the Winter Solstice at Central PA Networking Night at Midstate Distillery on December 21, 2016, from 5pm-7pm.

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A Workshop for Environmental Professionals

The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEP), in conjunction with Normandeau Associates, Inc., is proud to bring you a professional presentation on:

FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN THE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED

The public in general and even many in the environmental consulting profession know little about the life history and current status of freshwater mussels. Perhaps all of us have walked by these inconspicuous inhabitants of the Delaware River watershed, thinking that what we are seeing in rivers and large streams are merely rocks and cobbles emerging from bottom substrates. Mussel species are diverse and their appearance when out of their native bottom habitat is quite colorful with many shapes and sizes. They have a very unique reproductive strategy. Some may believe freshwater mussels are related to marine and estuarine bivalve counterparts, but their life history and longevity are different.

Mr. Joseph Snavely is a Principal Scientist with Normandeau Associates, Inc., based in Stowe, PA (Montgomery County). He is an expert aquatic ecologist and a US Fish and Wildlife Service qualified freshwater malacologist. Mr. Snavely is approved to survey threatened and endangered mussels in the Atlantic Slope and the Interior Basin, encompassing seventeen states. Joe will present to the group the general life history, diversity, and population range of mussels in our region, including the ecological function they fill, the regulations that govern them, an overview of an approved mussel survey plan and implications to various water users regarding their population numbers and other dynamics.
We are sorry, but space is limited to 75 people!
Reservations can be made by signing up at www.paep.org

Monday, March 13, 2017 – 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

This event will be held in the Cushing Training Room at one of our PAEP Corporate Member offices:

AECOM
625 West Ridge Pike, Suite E-100
Conshohocken, PA 19428

This event is only the beginning. Look for other interesting topics throughout the year!
Certificates of Attendance will be provided at the conclusion of the presentation.

PFAS 101, Fate and Transport, and Remediation

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of emerging contaminants whose release in the environment has occurred from industrial and firefighting activities.  PFASs are used in a multitude of industrial and consumer products (electronics, aerospace/defense, building/construction, alternative energy, automotive, semiconductors, military, healthcare, outdoor apparel/equipment and chemical/pharmaceutical).  Most notably PFASs are part of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) used for fire training and firefighting.  PFASs are a class of compounds with carbon-carbon chains of various lengths, varying degrees of fluorine saturation, and organic acid or sulfonate functional groups at one terminal end.  Fluorine-carbon bonds are one of the strongest bonds in nature; therefore PFASs have distinct and unique properties of strength, durability, heat-resistance and chemical stability.  These compounds are also highly soluble in water and persistent in the environment, and as a result PFAS plumes tend to be large, dilute, and represent potentially large financial and environmental risks.  Environmental investigation and characterization for PFASs face numerous challenges, including the potential for cross-contamination during sampling and analysis, environmental ubiquity, the potential for multiple release modes and sources, and multiple transport pathways (air, water, soil and bedrock).  In addition, limited remediation technologies are available.  A discussion of these topics and information on potential for risk to human health and ecological receptors will be presented.

This presentation will be made by Dr. Katherine Davis, Mr. James Fenstermacher, PE, and Dr. Sagar Thakali of AECOM.  Dr. Davis, North America PFAS Lead for AECOM, is a Principal Geologist with over 15 years of experience working on a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility project in West Virginia.  She previously was the AECOM PFAS Technical Practice Group Lead.  Mr. Fenstermacher is a Remediation Technical Lead with over 28 years of experience, and is the PFAS Regional Lead for the North East Region.  He is the portfolio-wide Program Technical Manager for a large, multi-national chemical manufacturing client, and has served in an advisory capacity on numerous complex remediation projects for this and other major clients within AECOM.  Dr. Thakali is a Principal Risk Assessor for AECOM.

Join the PAEP Western Section for a Special Speaker Presentation on:

Using Citizen Engagement and Stakeholder Input to Inform a

Data-Driven Methodology for revitalizing an Urban Watershed

By: Ms. Lisa W. Brown

Economic Development South / Saw Mill Run Watershed Association

The Saw Mill Run watershed has a history of flooding, water quality impairments, and poorly planned development. This session discusses how citizen engagement and stakeholder input are being used to inform a data-driven methodology for revitalizing the environmental, economic, and social health of this urban watershed and transforming the blighted main commercial corridor into a Green Boulevard. Topics include innovative property evaluation methodologies and digital applications to engage ‘citizen scientists’. Attendees will learn how these tools can be adapted to project needs and participate in a hands-on demonstration of the Water Reporter mobile application.

WHEN:      Thursday, June 8th 12:30 -2:00 pm
Check-in starting at 12:00 pm

WHERE:      Scoglio Restaurant – Greentree

COST:            $20 – Members;  $25 – Non-members;   $10 – Students

Due to having to choose a meal selection please register each person individually not as a group.

Includes a salad, soft drink/coffee, “family style” pasta, and choice of lunch entrée:

• Chicken Marsala – Sautéed with mushrooms, Marsala wine, and a veal demi-glaze sauce
• Char-grilled Salmon – Topped with fresh tomato basil vinaigrette
• Eggplant Parmigiana – Breaded in Panko crumbs, lightly fried and topped with mozzarella, marinara and lemon buerre blanc.

Register by Thursday, June 1st ONLINE

If you have any questions regarding online registration, please email gro.peapnull@ofni

If you have any questions regarding the event itself, email Sarah Lavin at ude.ttipnull@401LMS