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Petroleum Transport and Fate in Fractured Basalt: Applications to the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility Training Session - NAVFAC, Honolulu, HI

  • October 21, 2015
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • NAVFAC Hawaii, 400 Marshall Road, JBPHH, Hawaii 96860

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October 21, 2015, 1 P.M to 4:30 P.M. (Half Day)

NAVFAC Hawaii, Building A-4
400 Marshall Road
JBPHH, Hawaii  96860

Note: This is a private event for Navy staff only. Please send us an email to request a training course.

Instructors: Erick McWayne

Overview: This course provides a practical overview of petroleum transport and fate in fractured Oahu basalt formations and how fuel and basalt properties affect petroleum releases at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility (Red Hill).

Course Topics:
Overview of Oahu Hydrogeology

Petroleum Transport and Fate in Fractured Oahu Basalt

Red Hill Setting and Release History

 Key Points and Observations

Fractured Flow Assessment Technologies


Considerations for Managing Red Hill


Helpful Resources for Understanding Fractured Flow


Discussion and Q and A

Intended Audience: Environmental professionals seeking an improved understanding of the transport and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in Oahu basalt formations, and how these concepts apply to managing Red Hill.

Education Level: Intermediate.

Course Materials: Course proceedings and reference material.

Credit: 3.5 PDHs and 0.35 CEUs for completing 3.5 hours of instruction.
Registration: $2,350 for up to 30 people.
About the Instructors: Erick McWayne has over twenty years experience with surface water, soil, groundwater, and geophysical investigations for the characterization of contaminant transport and fate; and teaching contaminant chemistry, transport, natural attenuation, hydrogeology, and stormwater chemistry. As an environmental consultant, Mr. McWayne served as a project manager for remedial investigations and feasibility studies at numerous Department of Defense and other contaminated sites. He currently manages NEMA and teaches workshops on transport and fate, environmental chemistry, hydrogeology, and stormwater around the country.

 Paul Eyre has spent over thirty years working with groundwater, surface water, groundwater modeling, and water chemistry with the primary goals of finding, managing, and protecting  groundwater resources. While working with the U.S. Geological Survey Mr. Eyre directly measured infiltration rates and groundwater flow rates over large areas of Hawaii using natural tracers. His study of groundwater and surface water interaction on Haleakala Volcano, Maui, established the extent to which the pumping of groundwater would effect surface water flow. As the Water System Engineer for the Navy Public Works Center at Pearl Harbor, Mr. Eyre optimized pumping schedules at the Navy's large capacity pumping stations in order to improve operational efficiency and to determine and mitigate the threat of saltwater intrusion. When the Red Hill fuel storage tanks leaked he was instrumental in designing the monitoring system, determining the threat to the Red Hill pumping station, and preparing the Contingency Plan should contamination reach certain trigger levels. He retired in 2015 and currently teaches hydrogeology with the National Environmental Management Academy.