The 28th National Tanks Conference (NTC) was held September 23-25, 2025 in Spokane, Washington.
Post-conference materials include:
- Conference attendee list
- Speaker biographies
Conference Slides and Posters
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Importance of Tank Installation Oversight
Oma Gilbreth | Joe Godwin
Site Investigation: Oh, the Samples You’ll Use!
David Cleland | Samantha Frandsen | Chris Mulry | Mike Penzone
An Introduction to Insurance Claims for Owners and Regulators
Vivian Figueroa | Tom Schruben | Patrick Rounds
Past, Present, and Future – The Evolution of the UST Program
Mahesh Albuquerque | Jeff Hove | Mark Latham | Daniel Lee
Tanks Gone Wild: Tackling Unique Tank Situations
Russ Brauksieck | Wesley McCain | Mark Olsen | Upendra Giri | Steve Pollock | Mark Willoughby
(vaulted tanks, double-wall interstitial space liquid filled containment sumps)
Advanced Site Characterization Tools and High-Resolution Site Characterization: Guidance, Application, and Case Studies
Janet Castle | Crystal Pirozek | Alex Wardle
Impacts on Financial Responsibility
Laura Maxwell | Tom Schruben | Darcie Truttman
Aging Tanks: They’re Not Getting Any Younger
Victoria Flowers | Brad Hoffman | Patrick Rounds
UST Mini Boot Camp
Michael Arce | John Olko
New Remediation Technologies and Natural Based Site Clean-Up
Nazmul Haque | Galen O’Toole | Jack Sheldon | Richard Smith
Pay Now to Save Later (Pay for Prevention)
Mahesh Albuquerque | Bobbi Steiff | Cheryl Yunt
AI Application to UST/LUST & Cybersecurity
Andrew Kirkman | Benjamin Thomas
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The Ins and Outs of Interstitial Monitoring
Cary Etter | Kevin Henderson| Austin Lemire-Baeten
Bioremediation Enhancements: Three Techniques to Increase Biological Degradation of Contaminants at LUST Sites
Jonathon Smith | Kammy Sra | Edward Winner
State Funds in Focus: Overcoming Challenges for a Prosperous Future
Emily Cavanaugh | Jay Kemberling | Emily Khuong | Sonya O’Brien | Jeremy Richtmyre | Mary KV White | Justin Woerth | Keith Bradley-Hewitt | Cassandra Garcia
Remediation Databases & Resources
Dayna Cordano | Angela Oravetz | Brian Pottebaum | Alex Thompson
EPG UST System Compliance: Where Are We and Where Do We Need To Go
Alicia Meadows | Tim Smith
NSZD – Methods for Estimating/Calculating Depletion Rates
George DeVaull | Parisa Jourabchi | Matthew Lahvis | Julio Zimbron
Controlling Cost: The Before and After
Kevin Horrigan | John Taylor | Edward Winner
Stronger Together: Building Effective Partnerships in UST Compliance
Jenna DiNuzzo | Jeremy Holland | Ed Kubinsky | Todd Perry | Jose Rios | Jared Saterfiel
To Enforcement and Beyond
Diana Foss | Michael Hollis | Kevin Kaveny
Petroleum Vapor Intrusion 360˚: Data-Driven Attenuation, Unified Guidance, and Pathway Protocols
Matthew Lahvis | Matthew Williams
Risk Assessment: Identifying and Addressing Potential Risks
Melinda Weir
Wildfires, Earthquakes & Hurricanes, Oh My! Emergency Response to Natural Disasters
Wayne Randolph | Roy Ilaga | Jon McRae
Emerging Fuel Trends and Release Detection
Tony Raia | Tim Smith
Challenges and Successes of Stalled Cleanups
Steve Beukema | Jason Lowery |Debra Thoma | Hannah Williams
Soup to Nuts
Samantha Frandsen | Mike Mazzarese | Derek Pizarro
Chem Haz Data Sheets & Public Viewing of Remediation Data in StoryMaps
Stacey Clark | Jessica Hussey | David Levering | Christopher Lewis
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Standards, Standards, Who Needs Standards?
Ed Kubinsky | Steve Pollock | Paul Reber
From Arizona to Virginia: Managing the Unexpected in UST Sites
Matt Costa | Stefanie Jones | Jeff Rackow
Attracting and Retaining a New Generation of Regulators and Contractors Alike
Scott Boorse | Darryl Slade
Fix the Sump, Fuel the Team, Boost the Process
Jeremy Britten | Maura DiGuglielmo | Samuel Hess |Craig Sinkovich
What Can I Do About THAT?
Tom Fox | Nancy Mann | Alexander Wardle | Cassandra Garcia | Dayna Cordano | Debra Thoma
Collaborative Cleanup: Getting Creative with UST and Brownfields Programs
Sara Miller | Corie White