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Here you will find a variety of published articles and presentations covering various environmental remediation issues – many of them made at national and international conferences where we often speak.

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Christensen, R.H. (Presenter), Irvin, S.R., and Rouse J.V.  InSitu Chemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium in Soils and Groundwater Using Ferrous Sulfide (FeS) Nanotechnology, Accepted to be presented at the AEHS Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2011.

Christensen, R.H. (Presenter) and Irvin, S.R. InSitu Chemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using Nano-Scale Iron Sulfide Derived from Industrial By-Products, Accepted to be presented at the Sustainable Remediation International Conference, Amherst, MA, June 2011.

Rouse, J.V., Nancarrow, C., Christensen, R. H., and Irvin, S.R., 2010.  Keys to Successful In-Situ Chemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium, VII International Seminar on Remediation and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October20-21, 2010.

Rouse, J.V. (Presenter), Nancarrow, C., Christensen, R. H., and Irvin, S.R., 2010.  Keys to Successful In-Situ Chemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium, VII International Seminar on Remediation and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 20-21, 2010.

Glenn, C., Banks, R., Smith, P., Shipman, D. Irvin, S.R., 2008.  A Non-Emulsified Vegetable Oil Biobarrier for Chlorinated Ethene Remediation, Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds (Battelle), May 19-22, 2008

Bryant, J.D. and Irvin, S.R., 2007.  CAP18-ME(tm): A New Substrate for Stimulating Anaerobic Biodegradation, The Ninth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium (Battelle), May 6 – 10, 2007.

Bryant, J.D. and Milejczak, R.D., 2007.  Three Dry Cleaner Case Studies of CAP18(tm) and CAP18-ME(tm) Applications, The Ninth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium (Battelle), May 6 – 10, 2007.

Bryant, D., Haghebaert, S., Van Vooren, K., and Irvin, S. 2006. Anaerobic bioremediation with CAP18™ vegetable oil. The First European Conference on DNAPL Characterization and Remediation, September 11-13, 2006, Göttingen, Germany.

Bryant, J.D., Irvin, S, and Prezbindowski, R. 2005. Vegetable oil stimulated biodegradation field pilot test in glacial soil. The Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, June 6-9, 2005 Baltimore, Maryland.

Irvin, S. R., Session 7 “Case Study” Tennessee Brownfield Forum, March 1, 2002, Nashville, Tennessee.

Irvin, S.R., October 2001. A Brownfields Restoration Primer. Environmental Protection, Vol. 12, No. 10, p. 38.

Christensen, R.H., What in the World is an Environmental Assessment …and Does it Have to Hurt?, Building Business & Management Magazine, August 1991.

Hawkins, A.E. (Presenter) and Christensen, R.H., Environmental Audits, Presented at the Indiana N.W. Bar Association, 1990.

Irvin, Steven R., Waste Reduction in the Electronics and Metal Finishing Industries, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Environmental Compliance Conference, Industrial Environmental Association of San Diego County and Latham & Watkins, San Diego, California, August 1 through 2, 1990.

Irvin, Steven R., Air Toxics and propositions 65: The Pitfalls of Reporting Your Emissions, Proceedings of Association of Environmental Professionals 1990 Statewide Conference, San Francisco, California, May 3 through 6, 1990.

Irvin, Steven R., Downs, Brad J., Remediation Techniques and Costs, Course Materials for UCSB Extension Course titled An Overview of Investigation and Clean-Up Process for Contaminated Sites, Santa Barbara, California, March 16, 1990.

Irvin, Steven R., Double Contained Underground Storage Tanks – A Case Study of 20,000+ Gallon Release, Proceedings of Hazmacon ’89, Volume II, Santa Clara, California, April 18 through 20, 1989.

Irvin, Steven R., A Case Study of Reducing Hazardous Waste Disposal Liability, Proceedings of Hazmacon ’89, Volume II, Santa Clara, California, April 19 through 20, 1989.