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Dr. Odencrantz

JOSEPH ERIC ODENCRANTZ, PH.D., P.E  

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Professional Areas of Practice

  • Passive Soil Gas&Vapor Intrusion/Indoor Air
  • Water Resources Impact Analysis and Treatment
  • Groundwater/Hydrogeology Flow and Transport Modeling
  • Surface and Groundwater, Soil and Air Transport Processes
  • Litigation Support, Expert Witness and Forensics
  • Groundwater Dewatering and Landslide Analysis
  • Regulatory Negotiations and Project Management
  • Emergency Response Management and Relations
  • Applied Fate and Transport Based Risk Assessment
  • Petroleum/Chlorinated Hydrocarbon & Metals Assessment, Remediation and Monitoring
  • In Situ, Engineered and Intrinsic Biodegradation Processes
  • Soil and Groundwater Transport Evaluation-Apportionment

Education

1990 Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Area of Specialization-Groundwater and Environmental  
Dissertation Title: Modeling the Biodegradation Kinetics of Dissolved Organic Contaminants in a Heterogeneous Two-Dimensional Aquifer
1988 Completed The University of Waterloo Summer Hydrogeology Field School
1986 M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Area of Specialization-Water Resources Systems and Hydrology
Masters Project Title: Experimental Investigation of Mass Exchange from Recirculating Regions of Rivers and Streams
1984 B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Maine at Orono.
Summer Cooperative Education Project Report Title: Effectiveness of Silt Fence at Reducing Sediment Load Through a Sensitive Salmon Spawning Area via Regression Analysis of Sediment Transport Data

Professional Licenses

  • Registered Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, No.C61137
  • Registered Professional Engineer, State of New York, No. 078322
  • Registered Professional Engineer, State of Michigan, No. 42947
  • Registered Professional Engineer: State of Maine, No. 7806

Professional Positions

  • Beacon Environmental Services, Inc., Technical Director and Western Region Manager, Bel Air, Maryland, December 2006-present 
  • Tri-S Environmental, Sensible Strategies and Solutions for the Environment, Principal Civil and Environmental Engineer, Newport Beach, California, 1994-present 
  • Earth-Appraisal Company.Ltd., Senior Environmental Consultant, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007-October 2007
  • Kyoto University, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Visiting Professor, On-going  since January 2007
  • In Situ Solutions, Partner/International Client Service, Tokyo, Japan, August 2006-April 2007
  • Levine-Fricke: Engineers, Hydrogeologist & Applied Scientists, Senior Civil Engineer, Irvine, California, 1990-1994
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Research Assistant, Urbana, Illinois, 1986-1990
  • Illinois State Water Survey, Research Supervisor, Champaign 1985-1986
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Research Assistant, Urbana, Illinois, 1984-1985
  • U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Hydrologic Field Supervisor, Augusta, Maine, 1984
  • Maine Department of Transportation, Location and Environment Division, Research Assistant, Augusta, Maine, 1983
  • U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Hydrologic Field Technician, Augusta, Maine, 1980-1982

Editorial Boards

Associate Editor, Environmental Forensics-Taylor & Francis, January 2007-present

Associate Editor, Biodegradation-Springer, February 2001-present

Associate Editor, Journal of Remediation-Wiley, 1997-present
Advisory Board/Editor, Underground Tank Technology Update-Department of Engineering Professional Development, Funded by U.S.E.P.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999-2006

Associate Editor, Journal of Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 1997-2001
Associate Editor, Journal of Ground Water, 1994-1996
Peer-Review (On-Going): Bioremediation Journal, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Water Environment Research, American Society of Civil Engineers-Journal of Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Research and Journal of Soil Contamination

Councillorship

Elected Councilor, Southern California Society for Risk Analysis, 2001-2003

Representative Professional Experience

Provided expert consulting services to Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) in response to the largest surface water impact of MtBE in United States history. Designed and managed the collection of data from surface water, soil and sediments in an effort to track gasoline components released from a substantial pipeline rupture. Participated in numerous public meetings on DWU’s behalf in an effort to keep the citizens of Dallas informed of the risk to their water supply, Lake Tawakoni.

Developed a comprehensive library of research related to the biodegradation of MtBE on behalf of South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) as part of a litigation support assignment. Assisted counsel in the assimilation of various sources of data related to the assessment of the groundwater plumes affecting STPUD’s water supply. Testified on aspects of hydrogeology, fate and transport processes and risk-based corrective action.

Prepared an expert report in defense of litigation on the Stringfellow Superfund Site in Glen Avon, California. The report focused on response actions and costs, movement of chlorinated solvents and metals in groundwater and the contribution of various parties in the matter.

Designed and managed a groundwater dewatering and treatment system as part of the construction of the second largest subterranean parking structure west of the Mississippi River. The primary goal of the project was to lower the groundwater table 20 feet over approximately ten acres and keep the water level down for a two year period. Located in Los Angeles, the 1.2 MGD Gateway Center Water Treatment Plant consisted of extensive pH adjustment, hydrogen peroxide addition for hydrogen sulfide removal and UV oxidation/activated carbon for trace petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvent removal. A prototype hydrogen peroxide control system was implemented to minimize the hydrogen peroxide usage. The treatment plant discharge limits were set by the NPDES permit and many of the organic compounds were set at the drinking water maximum contaminant level (mcl). Catellus Development Corporation and the Rapid Transit District of Los Angeles were the clients for this project.

Directed the Carson Regional Groundwater Group’s Groundwater and Hydrocarbon Model (CRGGCAD) calibration (Wilmington-Carson, California). The CRGGCAD model consisted of a groundwater flow model, a hydrocarbon flow model and a dissolved phase transport model that interfaces with a comprehensive database from four oil refineries and one distribution terminal. The model consists of a 30 square mile regional model that communicates to five smaller scale model domains (1.5 square miles) through boundary conditions. The calibration of CRGGCAD was performed by using data from 1700 monitoring wells in conjunction with the predictions from the CRGGCAD model. The CRGGCAD model serves two primary purposes: a. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board sees CRGGCAD as the result of a unique cooperative effort among five major oil companies and b. The calibrated model is used to investigate a variety of specific remedial alternatives.

Designed a groundwater pump and treat system for a manufacturing Facility in San Fernando, California. A variety of chlorinated solvents were present at the site distributed at varying depths into the groundwater aquifer. A multi-level groundwater pumping scheme was utilized to minimize the potential for further downgradient migration of the plume. Fate and transport modeling was used to examine the effects of pumping would have on the position of the plume at varying depths below the water table.

Determined the performance of ORC® (Oxygen Release Compound) degradation of a gasoline plume in groundwater in Belin, New Mexico. ORC® is mixed with sand (approximately 2-6% by weight), placed into socks of varying diameters and lengths and then placed down wells. The mass of oxygen and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) was calculated from sampling data via numerous data sets spaced days apart. The timed release of oxygen was verified and approximately 75% of the dissolved BTEX mass was removed in 100 days. There were instances throughout the demonstration project where additional mass of BTEX was supplied to the aquifer by changes in water table elevation.

Lead groundwater and water treatment consultant for selected residents of the City of Burbank. The case involved TCE, PCE and chrome contamination of the groundwater supply and the health effects of long-term exposure. Developing a defensible groundwater modeling approach for determining the historical concentrations of various chemicals in the drinking water wells was the primary goal for the case. The soil and groundwater chemical distribution compiled by various government agencies aided in the understanding of the temporal and spatial distribution of potential sources. The incorporation of historical groundwater pumpage from various wells at different depths was critical to determining the past movement of the chemicals in the subsurface. Finally, the sampling of water from the end water user allowed correlation between the groundwater chemical concentrations, pumping and distribution system mixing processes.

Estimated diluent (diesel) volume in the subsurface at a site in Guadalupe, Central California. The site is an oil field approximately 3500 acres in size with 29 known pools of product within its boundaries. The “floating product” spread over an area of approximately 100 acres. The estimated volume was a critical element of the project as it was subject to close scrutiny by the regulatory agencies and the public.

Directed a three-month groundwater and product recovery test via total fluids in a product pool with an areal extent of approximately 50 acres at oil field in Central Coast of California. The monitoring network consisted of eight pumping wells and twenty-one fluid monitoring wells. The results of the test were used to determine extraction well spacings, optimal total fluid flow rates (including product recovery) and pump position within each of the extraction wells.

Implemented a site-specific data analysis and analyzed contaminant transport phenomena to support the source of groundwater contamination was from gasoline as opposed to crude oil. The laboratory estimation of the effective solubility of benzene from a soil sample and the fingerprint of the fresh crude from 9000 ft. below the site formed the basis of the case. A court appointed special master agreed with the technical merit of the arguments put forth.

Directed laboratory feasibility study of the slurry biodegradation of petroleum refinery sludges (K-listed API separator and bundle sludges) for a refinery on Oahu, Hawaii. Numerous surfactants, heating and mixing strategies failed to form a slurry with the sludge. The main conclusion of the study was that the vast majority of the sludge had very limited biodegradability due to its water insolubility. The sludge treatment technology eventually implemented was a thermal process.

Designed and implemented a hydrogeologic investigation of a karstic (coral) formation and conducted detailed ground-water modeling for a RCRA waiver for a refinery on the Island of Oahu in Hawaii.

Designed ex situ bioremediation system for crude oil affected soil in Southern California (KFI Radio in La Mirada). Remediated approximately 10,000 cubic yards in three months with regulatory approval (Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board). The closure of this site was one of the first successful crude oil bioremediation projects in Southern California.

Managed several in situ pilot tests of soil-vapor extraction, bioventing and air sparging. The results and analysis of the testing formed the basis of the design and operation of the remediation systems.

Directed regulatory negotiations for excavation of 100,000+ cubic yards of diesel impacted soils adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Concerns varied from the protection of endangered species’ nesting grounds to the minimization of product release during remediation. The California Coastal Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Game, California Regional Water Quality Control Board and several public interest groups were participants in the process.

Designed, managed and analyzed data from over thirty groundwater pumping tests. The results of the majority of the tests that were used in groundwater flow models to estimate the design parameters of pump and treat systems. The total flow rates of treatment plants eventually constructed varied in size from 15 to 10,000 gallons per minute.

Performed expert witness strategy development regarding soil and groundwater transport phenomena on numerous projects. A typical task would be the identification of the relevant data at the site followed by thorough technical evaluations. More often than not, analysis and presentation of relatively simple chemical and mass transfer concepts, along with the mass and volume distributions of the chemicals of concern, enabled a defensible portrayal of the key elements of the dispute.

Performed soil and groundwater transport modeling of 1-2 Dichloroethane (DCA), trichloroethylene (TCE), and vinyl chloride (VC) at the Baxter Healthcare Irwindale, California Facility. The purpose of the modeling was to demonstrate limited mobility of the chemicals in soil, to calculate soil and groundwater cleanup levels and to examine the interaction of the various physiochemical processes occurring at the site.

Determined the migration potential of chlorinated solvents in shallow soils to groundwater which was approximately 350 feet below grade. Vapor probes were placed every fifty feet from land surface to the groundwater table for the purpose of measuring the vapor phase concentration of the various chemicals. The vapor phase concentration was compared to the total concentration of chemicals in soil from a soil samples taken adjacent to the vapor probes. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s position was that this particular facility contributed to the groundwater problem even though there was not evidence of chemicals from the surface to the water table and they want groundwater monitoring wells installed. The case is still pending.

Conducted research in the general area of biodegradation modeling/phenomena in groundwater as part of the United States Department of Energy's Subsurface Science Program. Developing and applying a fate and transport model capable of describing different biodegradation kinetics expanded the research. The developed model was used to examine the interaction of biodegradation, adsorption, advection, and dispersion in stratified porous media at Batelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

Wrote sections of the report entitled Basinwide Instream Flow Assessment Model to Evaluate Flow Needs, Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., published in November 1985. A probabilistic model was developed to incorporate hydraulic geometry relationships to average flow parameter values without the necessity of field observations. The results of the model were used to quantify sufficient or minimum flow needed to sustain the aquatic habitat is necessary for satisfactory resolution of water use conflicts and planning of water allocation strategies. Pool and riffle sequences from numerous streams in Central Illinois were correlated to drainage area, slope and other hydrologic variables.

Wrote sections of the report entitled Hydraulic Interaction of the Fox River with Shallow Aquifers, Illinois State Water Survey, published in December 1986. The effect of switching from groundwater to surface water was examined for the community of Elgin by conducting detailed surface water measurements in the Fox River. Water withdrawals from the deep sandstone aquifers were reduced because of steeply falling piezometric levels and declining water quality. The results of the analysis were used to properly manage the withdrawals of water from the Fox River and the groundwater aquifer beneath it.

Supervised data collection and analysis for cost minimization analysis for surface water flow monitoring stations throughout New England for the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resource Division. Results of the analysis were eventually used to support the elimination of forty percent of the active stations in the district. Also performed pumping and slug tests and installed groundwater monitoring wells at a peat bog located in the “down east” portion of the State of Maine.

Directed water quality monitoring program of a sensitive salmon-spawning area in a brook that ran through the middle of a large interstate construction project for the Maine Department of Transportation. Developed a sediment transport model through the highway construction project in Brewer, Maine. Thousands of turbidity measurements were taken in Felt’s Brook and dozens of tributaries leading to it during the summer of 1983. Developed a model of the exposed fill erosion potential based upon stream turbidity data, rainfall intensity and duration, land and stream slopes, and other environmental data. The multi-variable nonlinear regression model of the construction area, turbidity measurements and other hydrologic variables proved useful to aid in the placement of erosion control equipment. Field responsibility was to inspect the integrity of various erosion control systems.

Honors, Awards and Speaking Engagements

Guest Lecturer, Joint CEE 595W and CEE 595AG, Environmental Impacts from the Largest Gasoline Spill in U.S.A. History on the City of Dallas Water Supply-Lake Tawakoni, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeing, October 19, 2007.

Invited Speaker, Environmental Impacts from the Largest Gasoline Spill in U.S.A. History on the City of Dallas Water Supply-Lake Tawakoni, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Istutute, Arizona State University, July 6, 2007:

Invited Speaker, Osaka University, Japan, Department of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, History of Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) development in the United States and Implications for Remediation, Cleanup Levels and Risk Assessment, May 31, 2007.

 

Invited Speaker, Hokkaido University, Japan, Department of Socio-Environmental Engineering, Environmental Remediation and Risk Assessment, May 22, 2007.

Guest Lecturer, CEE259A, Environmental Impacts from the Largest MTBE Release in History , University of California at Los Angeles, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, May 2, 2006.

 

Certificate of Excellence, City of Costa Mesa, California for Outstanding Performance and lasting Contribution to Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Presented by Mayor Gary Monahan, January 5, 2004.

Young Civil Engineering Achievement Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Civil Engineering Alumni Association. April 25, 1998.

Invited Speaker, National Research Council (National Academy of Science and National Academy of Engineering), Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Intrinsic Remediation. Title of Presentation “Implications of MTBE for Intrinsic Remediation of Underground Fuel Tank Sites”, March 12, 1998.

Invited Speaker, Metz University, France and Virje University, Belgium, 1988.

National Civil Engineering Honor Society (CHI EPSILON), 1984 - present.

University Teaching

Spring 2007, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Kyoto University, Japan. Air Testing, Water Supply and Natural Attenuation Lectures.

Spring 1995, University of California at Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CE280, Computational Methods and Software.

Fall 1988, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CE357, Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics.

Fall 1987, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CE343L, Water Chemistry Laboratory.

Workshops

April 17-18, 2000. Fossil Fuels, Diesel and MTBE. Mealy’s Toxic Torts Conference: Plaintiffs, Defense and Expert Perspectives. West Palm Beach, Florida.

November 15-16, 1999. Bioremediation and MTBE. Mealy’s UST and MTBE Litigation Conference. Amelia Island, Florida.

December 9, 1998. Applying Enhanced Natural Attenuation to Petroleum. Workshop entitled “Enhancing the Natural Attenuation Process”, Third Day of Conference Sponsored by International Business Communications. Pasadena, California.

Spring 1994, Levine-Fricke: Engineers, Hydrogeologists & Applied Scientists, Evening Training Sessions on the topics of Soil and Groundwater Transport Processes and Site-Specific Cleanup Level Determination. ASTM ES-38 RBCA, API’s Decision Support Software (DSS) and the CalTOX models were covered.

Published Interviews

RBCA: Boon to Brownfields, But No Magic Bullet. March 27, 1997. The Brownfields Report, BFR Volume 2, Number 6, authored by Debra A. Schwartz.

MTBE Case Casts Doubt On Letting LUST Sites Be. March 1, 1997. The Bio-Cleanup Report, authored by Debra A. Schwartz.

Largest Equipment Financing Deal in History-Basis for Decision

Odencrantz, J.E. and K.M Carroll. Spansion Japan, Ltd., Environmental Review (Silicon Wafer Manufacturing Facility: 30-acre site), Prepared for GE Capital Solutions dated April 27, 2007.

Publications

Odencrantz, J.E. 2007. Report on Visiting Professorship at Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Kyoto University , Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research-Japan, The Association of Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research, Volume 21, No. 4, pp. 49-53.

Dayanthi, W.K.C.N., T. Shigematsu, H. Tanaka, N. Yamashita, and J. E. Odencrantz, (2007), Comparison of nitrogen dynamics in soil due to continuous and intermittent irrigation of reclaimed water: an application to Okinawa Island, Japan, 6th IWA Specialty Conference on Wastewater Reclamation & Reuse for Sustainability, Antwerp, Belgium, October 9-12, 12 pages.

Dayanthi, W.K.C.N., T. Shigematsu, H. Tanaka, N. Yamashita, and J. E. Odencrantz, (2007), Estimation of Rate Constants for Nitrification and Denitrification in a Soil Column Irrigated with Reclaimed Water, Proceedings of the 16th Joint KKKN (KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS) Symposium on Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Penghu, Taiwan, pp. 241-253.

Odencrantz, J.E., M. Nishimura and H. Yamauchi. 2006. Natural Attenuation Rate Quantification: Dispersion, Decay, Biodegradation and Half-Lives Summary, Proceedings of Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology Conference, Kurashiki, Japan, October 26-27, pp. 171-177.

Odencrantz, J.E. 2006. Tracking of Release and Remediation Progress from Large Pipeline Break East of Dallas, Texas: Protection of Lake Tawakoni Water Supply, The Journal of REMEDIATION, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Vol. 16., No. 4, pp. 57-70.

Odencrantz, J.E. 2006. Environmental Impacts from Largest Gasoline Spill in U.S.A. History on the City of Dallas Water Supply-Lake Tawakoni, Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research-Japan, The Association of Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research, Volume 20, No. 3, pp. 1-3 and Invited International Speaker, 28th Annual Kyoto University Environmental Engineering Symposium, Kyoto University Clock Tower, Japan, July 18-19.

Odencrantz, J.E. and A. Silva. 2006. Response to Reviewer Comments and Republication of “Natural Attenuation Rate Clarifications: The Devil’s in the Details,” UTTU, Vol. 17, No. 2, March/April 2003. Underground Tank Technology Update, University of Wisconsin, Department of Engineering Professional Development & The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pp. 1-8, http://epdfiles.engr.wisc.edu/pdf_web_files/uttu/UT17n2response.pdf.

Odencrantz, J.E. 2005. Environmental Impacts from Largest MTBE Release in History, National Ground Water Association Water and Environmental Law Conference. Baltimore, Maryland, July 21-22, pp. 373-386 and Invited Keynote Speaker, National Ground Water Association Conference on MTBE and Perchlorate: Assessment, Remediate, and Public Policy. San Francisco, California, May 26-27.

Werner, P, W. Bae and J. E. Odencrantz. 2004. Natural Attenuation Special Issue, Journal of Biodegradation. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V., Volume 15, No. 6, pp. 387-485.

Daugherty, S.J., P. Ellis, T. Evanson, J.E. Haas, A.C. Marinucci, R. Spiece, J.E. Odencrantz, and J.A. Simon. 2004. Monitored Natural Attenuation Forum: A Panel Discussion. The Journal of REMEDIATION, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Vol. 15., No. 1, pp. 113-131.

Odencrantz, J.E., R. A. Vogl, and M.D. Varljen. 2003. Natural Attenuation Rate Clarifications: The True Picture is in the Details. Soil and Sediment Contamination Journal, Amherst Scientific Publications, Volume 12, pp. 663-672 and Contaminated Soils, Amherst Scientific Publications, Volume 8, pp. 429-439.

Odencrantz, J.E., R. A. Vogl and A. Silva. 2003. Detailed Examination of Governing Processes in a Natural Attenuation Setting: Zones of Enlightenment, The 13th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water: Analysis, Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Public Health Effects, and Remediation. San Diego, California, March 17-20 and National Ground Water Association Mid-South Focus Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, September 18-19, pp. 79-91.

Odencrantz, J.E., R. A. Vogl, M.D. Varljen and A. Silva. 2003. Natural Attenuation Rate Clarifications: The Devil’s in the Details, Underground Tank Technology Update, University of Wisconsin, Department of Engineering Professional Development & The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, March/April Edition, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 7-11.

Odencrantz, J.E., R. A. Vogl, M.D. Varljen and A. Silva. 2002. Natural Attenuation Rate Clarifications: The Devil’s in the Details, The American Petroleum Institute and National Ground Water Association’s Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemical in Ground Water- Prevention, Assessment, and Remediation with Special Focus on Long-Term Site Management and Gasoline Oxygenates, Atlanta, Georgia, November 6-8, pp. 384-391 and The 18th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water: Analysis, Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Human Risk Assessment, Remediation and Regulation. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, October 21-14.

Odencrantz, J.E., M.D. Varljen and R.A. Vogl. 2002. Natural Attenuation: Is Dilution the Solution?  LUSTLINE, Bulletin 40, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pages 8-12.

Odencrantz, J.E. 2000. Extensive Database From Over 500 Sites and Three Years Allows Examination and Interpretation of Groundwater MTBE Plumes in Southern California. Proceedings of The 2000 American Chemical Society-Division of Environmental Chemistry National Meeting, March, pp. 225-228 and Proceedings of The 1999 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Groundwater: Prevention, Detection and Remediation Conference, Houston, November 17-19, pp. 367-372.

Johnson, J.G. and J. E. Odencrantz. 1999. Management of a Hydrocarbon Plume Using a Permeable ORC® Barrier. Accelerated Bioremediation Using Slow Release Compounds-Selected Battelle Conference Papers: 1993-1999, Regenesis Bioremediation Products, 39-44. 

Odencrantz, J.E. and J.M. Gonzalez. 1998. Consecuencias del MTBE para la remediación de sitios con tanques de gasolina subterráneos. Propuestra de Ponancia para el Primer Congreso Anual de Restauracion de Suelos-Conference in Mexico City, October 28-28.

Odencrantz, J.E. 1998. Toxic Soil and Water Forum-Perspective on Natural Attenuation. The Journal of REMEDIATION, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Vol. 9., No. 3, pp. 121-124.

Odencrantz, J.E. 1998. Implications of MTBE for Intrinsic Remediation of Underground Fuel Tank Sites. Proceedings of The 1998 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Groundwater: Prevention, Detection and Remediation Conference, Houston, November 11-13, pp. 571-579.

Odencrantz, J.E. 1998. Implications of MTBE for Intrinsic Remediation of Underground Fuel Tank Sites. The Journal of REMEDIATION, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , Vol. 8., No. 3, pp. 7-16

Odencrantz, J.E. 1997. Modern Day Environmental Enigma: Walking a Fine Line, Civil Engineering Magazine, Forum Section, September Issue, p6.

Odencrantz, J.E. and D. Duran. 1997. Integration of RBCA Frameworks and Remediation Technologies. The Journal of REMEDIATION, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , Vol. 7., No. 3, pp. 97-107.

Johnson, J.G. and J. E. Odencrantz. 1997. Management of a Hydrocarbon Plume Using a Permeable ORC® Barrier. Fourth International Symposium of In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, New Orleans, Lousiana, Batelle Press, Vol.4-In Situ Biobarriers, 215-220. 

Odencrantz, J.E. and D. Duran. 1997. Optimization of Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) Strategies: Proper Integration of Analytical Frameworks and Remediation Technologies. Proceedings of The Eleventh Annual Outdoor Action Conference in Las Vegas April 1-3, pp. 205-216.

Odencrantz, J.E., D.M. Tobocman and S. Duggan. 1997. Gateway Center Water Treatment Plant, Los Angeles: Controlled Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment of Hydrogen Sulfide and VOC Affected Groundwater. CHEMICAL OXIDATION: Technologies for the Nineties, Volume 5, Technomic Publishing Company. pp. 159-174.

Odencrantz, J.E. and D. Duran. 1996. Multipathway Computer-Based Modeling: Application of the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Exposure and Risk Assessment Decision Support System (DSS). The Annual Meeting of the Society of Risk Analysis, New Orleans, Lousiana. 28 pp.

Odencrantz, J.E., J.G. Johnson, and S.S. Koenigsberg. 1996. Enhanced Intrinsic Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons Using an Oxygen-Releasing Compound. Journal of REMEDIATION, Volume 6, Number 4, Autumn Issue, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 99-114.

Koenigsberg S., J. Johnson, J. Odencrantz, and R. Norris. 1996. Enhanced Intrinsic Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons with Oxygen Release Compound (ORC). Proceedings of The Sixth West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils and Groundwater, March 11-14, Newport Beach, California, 25 p., Part III.

Johnson, J., S. Koenigsberg, R. Methin and J. Odencrantz. 1995. Management of a Dissolved Phase Hydrocarbon Plume Using An ORC Oxygen Barrier. The New Mexico Environment Department Bioremediation Conference, June 22-23, 1995. 31 pp.

Norris, R.D., J. Johnson, J. Odencrantz and S. Koenigsberg. 1995. Passive Migration Barriers Using Slow Release Oxygen Compounds. Proceedings of the I&EC Special Symposium of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 1995.

Odencrantz, J.E., 1993. Hydrogeologic characterization of coralline limestone aquifer at industrial facility in the Hawaiian Islands, Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 8-12, 17 pp.

Odencrantz, J.E., Valocchi, A.J. and B.E. Rittmann. 1993. Modeling the interaction of sorption and biodegradation on transport in ground water in situ bioremediation systems, Proceedings of the International Ground Water Modeling Center's Ground Water Modeling Conference, Golden, Colorado, pp. 2-5:2-12.

Valocchi, A.J., J.E. Odencrantz and B.E. Rittmann, 1993. Computational studies of the transport of reactive solutes: interaction between adsorption and biotransformation, Proceedings on the International Symposium on Hydroscience and Engineering, Washington, D.C., pp. 1845-1852.

Bruya, J.E., K.A. McMullen and J.E. Odencrantz. 1993. Partitioning of benzene from water into soil, Western HAZMAT Conference, San Jose, California, 25 p.

Rittmann, B.E., B. Henry, J.E. Odencrantz and J.A. Sutfin. 1992. Biological fate of a polydisperse acrylate polymer in anaerobic sand-medium transport, Journal of Biodegradation, pp. 171-179.

Odencrantz, J.E., J.M. Farr and C.E. Robinson. 1992. Transport model sensitivity for soil cleanup level determinations using SESOIL and AT123D in the context of the California Leaking Underground Fuel Tank Field Manual, Journal of Soil Contamination, Volume 1, Number 2, pp. 159-183.

Odencrantz, J.E. 1992. Comparison of minimum-rate and multiplicative Monod biodegradation kinetic models applied to in situ bioremediation, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Solving Groundwater Problems with Models, Dallas, Texas, sponsored by the National Water Well Association and the International Groundwater Modeling Center, pp. 479-496,.

Odencrantz, J.E. 1991. Modeling the biodegradation kinetics of dissolved organic contaminants in a two-dimensional heterogeneous aquifer: dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 196 p.

Odencrantz, J.E., A.J. Valocchi and B.E. Rittmann. 1990. Modeling solute transport with different biodegradation kinetics, Proceedings of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Groundwater: Prevention, Detection, and Restoration, Sponsored by the National Water Well Association and the American Petroleum Institute, pp. 355-368.

Odencrantz, J.E., W. Bae, A.J. Valocchi and B.E. Rittmann. 1990. Stimulation of biologically active zones (bazs) in porous media by electron acceptor injection, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 6(1), pp. 37-52.

Bae W., Odencrantz, J.E., B.E. Rittmann and A.J. Valocchi. 1990 Transformation kinetics of trace-level halogenated organic contaminants in a biologically active zone (baz) induced by nitrate injection, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 6(1), pp. 53-68.

Rittmann, B.E., A.J. Valocchi, J.E. Odencrantz and W. Bae. 1988. In situ bioreclamation of contaminated groundwater, Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, Illinois State Water Survey, Rept. HWRIC RR 031, 165 p.


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