PNWIS/A&WMA 41st Annual Conference
December 5-7, 2001
Big Sky, Montana
| Session P: Opening Panel - Environmental
Odessey in Montana
(Chair: Mary Jane McGarity/CH2M HILL) Panelist 1 - Jan Sensibaugh, Director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality Panelist 2 - John Wardell, Director EPA Region VIII Panelist 3 - Dave Searle, HES Manager, Pennaco Energy | ||
| Session A: Current Issues in Air Quality Emissions Monitoring
(Chair: Angela Hansen/Am Test Air Quality) |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
| A1 - Source Testing Awareness | Cal Loomis | Bison Engineering, Inc. |
| A2 - A Comparative Study of Various Wet Test Methods for Sampling Stack Gases for Aldehydes and Acrolein in Source-Level Emissions | Gregory L. Lipnickey | Am Test-Air Quality, LLC |
| A4 - Comparison of the X-Ray Fluorescence and Neutron Activation Analysis Methods for the Determination of Toxic Trace Metals in Ambient Particulate Samples | Mark Hoffman | Washington State University |
| A4 - BP Oil Cherry Point Facility, Fast Track Energy Project Testing (awaiting confirmation) | Walt Williamson | BP Oil |
| Session B: Air Toxics/Indoor Air
Quality (Chair: David Blake/Northwest Air Pollution Authority) | ||
| B1 - Seattle Air Toxics Pilot Project | John Williamson | |
| B2 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Toxic Emissions Case Study | Stephen Nelson | Kennedy/Jenks Consultants |
| B3 - Filling the Indoor Air Public Service Void: What Local Air Pollution Control Agencies Can Do, Have Done, and Why More Should Get Involved | David Blake | Northwest Air Pollution Authority |
| Session C: NESHAP Case Studies (Co-Chairs: Cynthia Williamson/The Boeing Company and Melissa McAfee/Puget Sound Clean Air Agency) | ||
| C1 - Making Sense of MACT Record keeping and Reporting Requirements | Eric Larsen | Aspen Law and Business Publishers |
| C2 - Implementation of MACT I at the Smurfit Pulp and Paper Facility | Leif Griffin | Smurfit |
| C3 - Implementing the Aerospace NESHAP - Did it reduce air emissions? | Guy Moellendorf | The Boeing Company |
| C4 - A Case Study for Implementation of Record keeping and Reporting Requirements | Sean Caldwell | The Boeing Company |
| Session D: Particulate Studies - Chemical Mass Balance and Agricultural Fire Issues (Chair: Leif Griffin/Smurfit) | ||
| D1 - Source Apportionment of PM 2.5 and Carbon in Seattle using Chemical Mass Balance and Positive Matrix Factorization | Naydene Maykut | Puget Sound Clean Air Agency |
| D2 - Elemental Analysis and Receptor Modeling of Airborne Particulate Matter Collected in Spokane | Mark Hoffman | Washington State University |
| D3 - Air Quality Impacts from Agricultural Field Burning in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho | Jorge Jimenez | Washington State University |
| D4 - Particulate Emission Rates and Composition of Smoke from Wheat Stubble Burning in Eastern Washington | Ranil Dhammapala | Washington State University |
| Session E: Regional Air Issues (Chair: Kent Norville/Air Sciences) | ||
| E1 - An Ozone Attainment Strategy: The PSCAA Gasoline Station Inspection Program | Rick Hess | Puget Sound Clean Air Agency |
| E2 - History and Results of SO2 Reductions in the Yellowstone Valley, Billings/Laurel Area, Montana | Randall Richert | Conoco, Inc. |
| E3 - Cumulative Impacts of Power Plants | Eric Hansen | MFG, Inc. |
| Session F: Air Permitting (Chair: Christy Schmitt/URS Corporation) | ||
| F1
- Air Quality Permitting for Energy Development |
Jeffrey Chaffee | Bison Engineering, Inc. |
| F2 - Interpreting & Understanding Class I Impact Analyses: A Case Study using the CALPUFF Dispersion Model | Sean McEldowney | Trinity Consultants |
| Session G: Environmental Management (Chair: Scott Freeburn/Willamette Industries) | ||
| G1 - Development of a Successful Environmental Data Management System | Rafe Christopherson | Trinity Consultants |
| G2 - Environmental Supply Chain Management in the Electronics Industry | Michael Loch | Motorola |
| G3 - Considerations for Internet and Intranet Use in CEMS Installations | Chuck Kendrick | WTC, Inc. |
| Session H: Innovative Control Technologies (Chair: Steve VanSlyke/Puget Sound Clean Air Agency) | ||
| H1 - Mercury Removal using a Plasma-Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitator | John Montgomery | MSE Technology Applications, Inc. |
| H2 - Biofiltration - An Energy-Efficient, Sustainable VOC and Odor Control Technology | Loren Garner | Bio Reaction Industries, LLC |
| H3 - Enhancing Fine Particulate Scrubbing by Particulate Growth (awaiting confirmation) | Mark Smith | Astaris-Idaho LLC |
| Session I: Sustainable Technologies (Chair: Jessica Stark/TW Environmental, Inc.) | ||
| I1 - Gasification of Poultry Litter | Daniel Goldstein | Environmental Resources Management, Inc. |
| I2 - Whatcom 1000 Solar Rooftop Project | Jeff Utter | Next Generation Energy Co-operative |
| I3 - Platinum and palladium recycling from metal contained in your car, not from your ring | Doug Modrow | Stillwater Mining Company |
| Session J: Energy Permitting and Emission Reduction Technology (Chair: Agata McIntyre/Puget Sound Clean Air Agency) | ||
| J1 - Permitting Temporary Power Projects during the Energy Supply Crisis | Jay Willenberg | |
| J2 - New Approach to Low NOx Monitoring in Gas Turbines | Bill Worthington | ABB, Inc. |
| Session K: Agricultural Particulate Studies (Chair: Mike Meyer/Rupprecht & Patashnick Co., Inc.) | ||
| K1 - Environmental Issues Facing the Aral Sea Region of Uzbekistan | Mansur Amonov | Washington State University |
| K2 - Field Site for Intensive Measurements of Agricultural Dust Emissions During Wind Erosion | Jim Kjelgaard | Washington State University |
| K3 - Columbia Plateau PM10 Project: Wind Tunnel Calibrations of Continuous Particulate Samplers | Irra Sundram | Washington State University |
| Session L: TMDLs and Effluent Trading (Chair: Kathi Futornick/Limno-Tech, Inc.) | ||
| L1 - Overview of Simplified Methods for the TMDL Process, or keeping it simple is not necessarily stupid | Paul Freedman | Limno-Tech, Inc. |
| L2 - Development and Analysis of the Clark Fork River Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Program | David Clark | HDR Engineering, Inc. |
| Session M: Mining (Chair: William Drury/Montana Tech) | ||
| M1 - Alternative Methods of Dewatering and Handling Sediments from a System Treating Mine Wastewater | Dave Griffis | Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. |
| M2 - Potential Use of Tickle grass for Reclamation of Mine Waste | Vibhav Mankad | Montana Tech |
| M3 - Empirical Modeling of Zinc Removal in Pilot-Scale Subsurface Flow Wetlands | William Drury | Montana Tech |
| M4 - Estimation of Mercury Flux from Abandoned Mine Tailings in Montana | Shanthi Sambathkumar | Montana Tech |
| Session N: Sulfur in Pacific Northwest Natural Gas Supplies (Chair: Eric Hansen/MFG, Inc.) | ||
| N1 - Gas Producer Information, Sulfur Content, Controls and Variability (awaiting confirmation) | Greg Cosma | West coast Energy |
| N2 - Natural Gas Distribution, Tariffs versus Reality, Sulfur Control in Distribution (awaiting confirmation) | Kirt Rhodes | Williams Pipeline Corporation |
| N3 - Gas User Perspective | Marie Piper | Cascade Environmental Management |
| N4 - Issues Affecting the Regulation of Sources | Alan Newman | Washington Department of Ecology |
| Session O: Education and Outreach (Chairs: Beverly Williams/Alaska Dept. of Env. Conservation and Laura Curley/Northwest Air Pollution Authority) | ||
| O1 - Set up and Use Air Quality Forecasting and Real Time Data On-Line | Brett Jacobs | Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority |
| O2 - Keep it in the Green: Communicating the Air Quality Index with Modeling | Joseph Vaughan and Alice Collingwood | Washington State University & Puget Sound Clean Air Agency |
| Session Q: Closing Panel - Environmental Implications of Energy Choices (Chair: Dave Einolf and Kim Marcus/URS Corporation) | ||
| Panelist 1 - Ivars Licis - United States Department of Environmental Protection | Washington D.C | |
| Panelist 2 | ||
| Panelist 3 | ||
| Panelist 4 | ||
| Training Opportunity | ||
| Communicating Strategies that Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Criteria Air Pollutants | Blair Henry | Northwest Council on Climate Change |