ourPassaic.org - Technical Advisory Committee and Peer Review
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The Lower Passaic River is a complex estuarine system. The partner agencies will need to
use the latest scientific techniques to study where contaminants are in the river, how those
contaminants might affect the river's inhabitants, and how habitat might be created or enhanced.
To make sure that the partner agencies are using sound science in the study, a Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC) has been formed. The TAC consists of nationally recognized experts in the scientific
areas indentified as important for this project's success. These areas include sediment transport,
sediment geochemistry, bioaccumulation and food chain modeling, contaminant fate and
transport, mercury modeling, field sampling techniques, and engineering aspects of sediment
remediation.
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A group of peer reviewers was convened to review the Comprehensive Conceptual Site Model (with associated Empirical
Mass Balance), which is a key decision-making tool in the Early Action. The group consisted of TAC members with relevant
expertise who were not involved in the day-to-day development of the Conceptual Site Model and other outside experts.
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TAC Members
Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, New Jersey
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Richard F. Bopp, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Troy, New York
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Bruce J. Brownawell, Ph.D.
Marine Sciences Research Center
State University of New York
at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
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Jonathan Butcher, Ph.D., P.H.
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina
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Frank A. P. C. Gobas, Ph.D.
School of Resource and Environmental Mgt.
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia; Canada
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Wilbert J. Lick, Ph.D.
University of California at Santa Barbara
Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
Santa Barbara, California
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Robert P. Mason, Ph.D.
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut
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Peer Review of Comprehensive Conceptual Site Model
Richard F. Bopp, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Troy, New York
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Bruce J. Brownawell, Ph.D.
Marine Sciences Research Center
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
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Jonathan Butcher, Ph.D., P.H.
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina
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Erik R. Christensen, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
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Wilbert J. Lick, Ph.D.
University of California at Santa Barbara
Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
Santa Barbara, California
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