2019 International Decontamination Research and Development Conference Proceedings

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On November 19–21, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Research and Development’s Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response (ORD/CESER) hosted the 11th U.S. EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference at Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. This conference is known as the largest and most recognized civilian-led conference on all issues related to cleanup following a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) incident. It continues to foster collaboration and strengthen research to develop strategies and technologies enabling the nation to withstand and to recover from future disasters, both natural and man-made, at a national and local level.

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For three days, more than 300 national and international participants representing federal, state, and local government agencies; academia; industry; and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended 68 oral presentations and networking events, a poster session showcasing 33 posters, and a technology café featuring 11 exhibitors.

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The following table contains a list of presentations and posters that were featured at the Decontamination Conference and were cleared for public release. The presentation, abstract, and Q&A may be downloaded (if available) by clicking the active links under the "Title", "Abstract/Summary", and "Q&A" accordingly. For general inquiries or corrections, contact the conference chairs (see the "Contact" tab).

Disclaimer: The International Decontamination Research Conference Proceedings feature the work of scientists from numerous agencies and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. EPA.

Session	Author	Affiliation	Title	Abstract	Q&A
Plenary	Tonya Nichols	U.S. EPA	National Biodefense Strategy Calls for a Robust Decontamination Capability	View	Q&A
	Dana Tullis	U.S. Coast Guard	Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) Project	View	Q&A
	Norman Govan	U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	The Skripal Incident – Addressing the Decontamination Challenge	View	Q&A
	Sara Casey	U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs	Waste Management following the Novichok Incidents in the U.K.	View	Q&A
	Robert Kadlec	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	U.S. Biodefense Enterprise and National Biodefense Strategy		Q&A
	Martin McComb	U.S EPA	The California Camp Fire: EPA’s Response Efforts	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 1: Regional, State and Local Initiatives	John Howard	North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	Animal Carcass Disposal Following Hurricane Florence	View	Q&A
	Jason Doerflein	Marion County Public Health Department	Case Study: A Fentanyl Incident, Notification, Response, and Remediation. A Local Jurisdiction’s Perspective	View	Q&A
	Rosanna Anderson	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	How S&T is Supporting the DHS Counterdrug Mission and Combating Opioid Smuggling	View	Q&A
	Amy Dean	U.S. Army, Chemical Biological Center	Teaming of Federal and Private Sector Capabilities on Highly Hazardous Chemical and Biological Agent Remediation Projects	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 1: Biological Agent Decontamination	Hong Chen	U.S. Department of Agriculture	Evaluation of Three Devitalization Methods for Plant Origin Materials as Quarantine Treatment at U.S. Ports of Entry	View	Q&A
	Tony Buhr	Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division	Decontaminating Materials Contaminated with an Enveloped RNA Virus Surrogate for Influenza, Ebola, and Smallpox, and Francisella Vegetative Cells Using Hot Humid Air	View	Q&A
	Barbara Alexander	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health	Development of a Dry Decontamination Method for Mass Casualty Events – The NIOSH DryCon System	View	Q&A
	Leroy Mickelsen	U.S. EPA	Laboratory Decontamination Using Low Concentration Hydrogen Peroxide	View	Q&A
CONCURRENT SESSION 2 – CROSS- CUTTING INNOVATION	Rouzbeh Tehrani	Temple University	Will 2D Nanomaterials be the New Security Threat in the Next Decade?	View	Q&A
	Mitch Pryor	University of Texas at Austin	Recent Advances in Autonomous Radiation Survey and Sample Collection for SRNL	View	Q&A
	Alvin Smith	California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory	NASA's Sterilization Working Group for Backwards Planetary Protection for Mars Sample Return Planning	View	Q&A
	J. Nick Benardini	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Biological Indicator and Test Program for Sterility Assurance for Mars Sample Return Planning	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 2 – Public Engagement	Keely Maxwell	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Measuring Success Beyond Cleanup Levels in Environmental Decontamination	View	Q&A
	Kate McCarthy- Barnett	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Mass Casualty Decontamination Research: What Next?	View	Q&A
	Colin Hayes	Eastern Research Group, Inc	Management and Disposal of Vehicles Following a Wide Area Incident	View	Q&A
	Viktoriya Plotkin	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	EPA’s Office of Research & Development Engagement Efforts with State, Local, and Tribal Government	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 3 – Fentanyl Detection & Cleanup	Evan Durnal	MRIGlobal	Scenario Specific Opiate Detector Selection	View	Q&A
	Stuart Willison	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Evaluation of Environmental Fentanyl Contamination and Sampling Effects for Remediating Affected Areas	View	Q&A
	Amanda Schenning	U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command	Decontaminant Reactivity Screen with Select Fentanyls	View	Q&A
	Lukas Oudejans	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Surface Decontamination Options for a Fentanyl Contaminated Building Interior	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 3 – Water Infrastructure Protection & Decontamination	Matthew Magnuson, Jeffrey Szabo	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	(Un)expected Water Contamination Research	View	Q&A
	Collin Knox Coleman	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Microbial Inactivation by Peracetic Acid in Sewage and Feces to Optimize Disinfection of Highly Infectious Waste Waters	View	Q&A
	Jacob Lalley	U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center	The PFAS Effluent Treatment System (DETS): Design, Construction and Testing	View	Q&A
	Jeffrey Szabo	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Disinfection of Legionella pneumophila within Drinking Water Biofilms Using Various Treatment Technologies	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 4 – Biological Agent Sampling & Analysis Methods	Johnathan Thornburg	RTI International	Feasibility of a Bioaerosol Sampling Network to Measure Resuspended Spores	View	Q&A
	Anne Mikelonis	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Comparison of Sampling Methods for an Extended Duration Outdoor Biological Study	View	Q&A
	Lindsay Gabbert	Plum Island Animal Disease Center	Development of an Improved Concrete Testing Coupon for Recovery of Viruses in Quantitative Carrier and Decontamination Efficacy Tests	View	Q&A
	Scott Nelson	Battelle	Evaluation of Analytical Methods for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores: Compatibility with Real-World Samples Collected from Outdoor and Subway Surfaces	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 4 – Technology & Software Supporting Disaster Response	Ellen Shumaker	RTI International	A Virtual Reality Platform for Training Personnel on Biological Surface Sampling Techniques	View	Q&A
	Antony Williams	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	An Introduction to the U.S.-EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard – Web- Based Access to Data for ≈900,000 Chemicals	View	Q&A
	Jonathan Pettit	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	An Open Source Quick Response System for Tracking Personnel and Resources	View	Q&A
	Colin Hayes	Eastern Research Group, Inc.	A GIS Application for Developing Biological Sampling Designs and Estimating Resources Necessary for Implementation	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 5 – Beyond Water Infrastructure	Katherine Ratliff	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Using Stormwater Models to Inform Recovery Efforts Following a Wide-Area Contamination Incident	View	Q&A
	Michael Kaminski	Argonne National Laboratory	Wash Penalty Factors: Insight into the Effects of Water Wash Down of Building Materials for RN Decontamination	View	Q&A
	Katherine Hepler	Argonne National Laboratory	Logistics Modeling of a Wide Area Decontamination Operation Using Wash Down Techniques	View	Q&A
	James Goodrich	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Water-On-Wheels (WOW) Emergency Water Treatment System Cart	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 5 – Biological Agent Decontamination	William Richter	Battelle	Decontamination Studies Related to Vehicles in a Biologically- Contaminated Wide Area: Interior Vehicle Decontamination Using Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide	View	Q&A
	Julian Rosenberg	Sabre Companies	Virucidal Efficacy of DiKlor® Chlorine Dioxide on Diverse Vehicle Surface Materials in an Automated Commercial Truck Wash under Field Conditions	View	Q&A
	Daniel Lorch	METSS Corp	Decontamination of Category A Viruses on Porous Surfaces and Sensitive Equipment Using Chloride Dioxide	View	Q&A
	Christine Tomlinson	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Novel Methods for Environmental Remediation of Bacillus Species	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 6 – Chemical Agent Research	David Bradley	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Development and Application of Unventilated Monitoring to Recovery following a Chemical Release	View	Q&A
	Kristen Keteles	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Establishing Risk-Based Action Levels for Unique Exposure Scenarios in Response to Illegal Pesticide Applications	View	Q&A
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Evidence-Based Mass Casualty Decontamination Strategies for Responding to Chemical Incidents	View	Q&A
	Patrick Burton	Sandia National Laboratories	Systematic Optimization of High Activity Neutralization Materials for Bulk Chemical Agent Detoxification	View	Q&A
	Michael Pirhalla	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Relating Laboratory-Scale Dispersion Experiments to Full- Scale Field Data from Jack Rabbit II	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 6 – Waste Management	Gary Flory	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality	Responding to African Swine Fever (ASF): Research to Develop New Methods to Manage ASF Infected Animal Carcasses	View	Q&A
	Paul Lemieux	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Assessment of the Biosecurity of Animal Mortality Size Reduction Using Horizontal Grinders Prior to On-Farm Composting	View	Q&A
	Martin Denison	Reaction Engineering International	Simulation of Incineration of Waste Generated from Cleanup following Chemical/Biological Incidents	View	Q&A
	Paul Lemieux	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Control of Emissions from Combustion of Cesium- Contaminated Biomass via Sorbent Injection	View	Q&A
	Timothy Boe	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Disaster Waste Management (WM) Tools – Improving Their Effectiveness While Minimizing Resource Needs	View	Q&A
CONCURRENT SESSION 7 – RADIOLOGICAL AGENT RESEARCH	AJ Nosek	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Overview of the MACCS Consequence Analysis Computer Code	View	Q&A
	Zakir Kazi	Defence Research and Development Canada	Effective RN Decontamination of Sensitive Equipment Method Formulation Using Non- Radiological Surrogates	View	Q&A
	Ryan James	Battelle	Assessment of Non-Destructive Decontamination Methodologies for Mixed Porous Surfaces under High Humidity and UV Conditions	View	Q&A
	Bruce Letellier	Serco Inc.	EPA’s Integrated Rad Remediation Decision Support Tool (IRRD-ST) to Optimize Radiological Cleanup Decisions	View	Q&A
Concurrent Session 7 – Biological Agent Decontamination	William Guglielmo	ITL Solutions	Efficacy of Waterless Spray on Sensitive Equipment Decontamination System	View	Q&A
	Joseph Wood	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	The Use of Low Concentration Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor for the Inactivation of Ebola Virus Surrogates MS2 and Phi6 Bacteriophages	View	Q&A
	John Archer	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Evaluation of an Electrostatic Sprayer for Personnel PPE Bio Decontamination – Mannequin Testing	View	Q&A
	Mark Tucker	Decon7 Systems, LLC	The D7 Decontaminant: Results of Recent Laboratory Tests and Field Applications Against Toxic Chemicals and Biological Pathogens	View	Q&A
General Poster Session	Kirk Baker	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Potential Local to Regional Scale Impacts from Wildfire Re- emission of Hypothetical Radiological Contamination Incidents	View
	Tony Buhr	Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division	Combining Spore Germination and Heat Inactivation to Decontaminate Materials Contaminated with Bacillus anthracis Spores	View
	Julia Capri	Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.	Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agents by GC-MS Using Multimode Inlet for Large Volume Injection	View
	Julia Capri	Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.	Preparation and Analysis of Opioids in Environmental Samples	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Evaluation of Emergency Skin Decontamination Protocols in Response to an “Acid Attack”	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Decontamination of Hair and Related Issues Following a Mass Casualty CBRN/HazMat Incident	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Development of a Rapid, High- Throughput Method for Quantifying Residual Caesium in Building Materials as Part of a Decontamination Evaluation Procedure	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Lilliput or Brobdingnag: Does Scale Influence Decontamination Studies?	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Derivation and Use of an Empirical, Time-Resolved Model for Predicting Residual Skin Contamination as a Decision- Aiding Tool for First Responders (“ASPIRE”)	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Primary Response Incident Scene Management (PRISM): New U.S. Federal Guidance for Responding to a Chemical Incident	View
	Joanne Larner	University of Hertfordshire	Downstream Hazards Associated with Mass Casualty Decontamination can be Contained or Minimised by Adoption of the PRISM Triple Protocol	View
	Noah Craft	Virginia Wesleyan University	A Novel Method Using Phycoremediation to Reduce Toxic Metals in Surface Waters	View
	Brian France	TDA Research, Inc.	Decontamination Systems for First Responders	View
	Vukica Jovanović	Old Dominion University	Examining the Extent of Environmental Compliance Requirements on Mechatronic Products and their Implementation through Product Lifecycle Management	View
	Michael Kaminski	Argonne National Laboratory	The Argonne SuperGel for CBRN Decontamination	View
	Michael Kaminski	Argonne National Laboratory	Radiological Recovery Logistics Tool	View
	Jacob Lalley	U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center	Intelligence Database and Tools for Chemical Hazards – A Program to Develop Tools to Assist Soldiers in an Environment with Toxic Industrial Chemicals	View
	Tonya Nichols	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Decontamination through a One Health Lens	View
	Michael Omary	APD Clean Water Technologies Group	"Smart Water Ions Filtration Technology" (SWIFT^TM) "Ecology Healer Filter Reactor" (EHR^TM)	View
	Lukas Oudejans	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Research on Low Level Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation for Remediation of Indoor Environments	View
	Barrett Richter	Battelle	A Stochastic Model for Evaluating Interconnected Critical Infrastructure Decontamination and Recovery	View
	David See	Battelle	Physical Removal Options for Porous/Permeable Materials Contaminated with a Persistent Chemical Warfare Agent	View
	Jonathan Shireman	APTIM Federal Services	Fate and Transport Modeling of Urban Radiological Contamination	View
	Michelle Sunderman	Battelle	Evaluation of Altered Environmental Conditions as a Decontamination Approach for Non-Spore-Forming Biological Agents	View
	Nathaniel Talley	Luna Innovations Inc.	E.coREADi: Automated Microbiological Water Analysis	View
	Scott Vogel	American Bio Recovery Association	Are You Properly Assessing Risk when the Call Comes in?	View
Student Poster Competition	Owen Gibson	U.S. Coast Guard	Analyzing U.S. Coast Guard Facilities for Operational Resiliency	View
	Katherine Hepler	Argonne National Laboratory	The Effects of Contaminant- Aging on Decontamination Efficacy for Rapid Remediation of Concrete Surfaces	View
	Collin Knox Coleman	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	The Impact of Antecedent Growth Conditions and Primary Effluent Derived Test Organisms in Point-of-Use Disinfection Testing	View
	Jessie Pope	Mississippi State University	Conceptual Development and Testing of a Chitosan/Graphene Oxide (CSGO) “Bandage” to Isolate and Remove Chemical Contamination from Surfaces	View
	Nicolas Santiago	Argonne National Laboratory	Temperature Controlled Radiological Decontamination	View
	Emily Titus	AFIT	Personnel Decontamination: Understanding the 90% Solution	View

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