Power Point Presentations from the Technical Program of the

PNWIS/A&WMA 2004 Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon

The presentations, in Acrobat (pdf) format, are hyperlinked below


Session 1 - Thursday, November 4, 2004, 8:30 am – 10:00 am

NSR Reform Review

Green House Gases

Air Quality Modeling Issues

Environmental and Business Ethics

 (panel)

Climate Change- Case of Think Locally & Act Globally - Mark Trexler

A Model Evaluation Study of AERMOD and ISCST3 for Elevated Sources Located in Complex Terrain - Ken Richmond, MFG

 (panel)

 

Green house Gas Emissions in Forest Products Industry - Brad Upton

A visibility study using modern computer power and brute force - Bart Brashers, MFG

 
 

Approaches to Green House Gas Management - Are Different Paths Leading to the Same Place - Ben Farrow

   
 

Climate Change - Can We Make Consumer Markets Work? - Mark Trexler

   

Session 2 - Thursday, November 4, 2004, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Urban Air Toxics

Pollution Control Issues

Innovative Remedial Technologies & Issues

Sustainability

Portland Air Toxics Assessment – An Overview - Sarah Armitage, Oregon DEQ

Boiler MACT - Alison Dean

In-Situ Treatment of Chlorinated Solvents using Groundwater Circulation Wells - David Weatherby, URS Corporation

Case Study: Rejuventation, Inc.  - David Kuntz, Oregon DEQ and Jeff Shay, Rejuventation, Inc.

Portland Air Toxics Assessment - Emissions Inventory - Jeffrey Stocum & Chris Swab, Oregon DEQ

Installation of wet electrostatic precipitators at Longview Fibre's Longview, WA mill - Bill Hunter, Air Clean Technologies

Alternative Landfill Covers in Cold Climates - William Schnabel, University of Anchorage

Developing Engineers the World Needs Most! -
Bradley Streibig, Gonzaga University

Portland Air Toxics Assessment – Dispersion Modeling - Phil Allen, Oregon DEQ

The Development of a Multi-Pollutant Control Technology: The Cloud Chamber Scrubber - Rod Gravely, Aketon Technologies

Effective Management of Hazardous Remediation Wastes Using the Corrective Action Management Unit (CAMU)-Eligibility Rule - Jennifer Kuiper, AMEC

Sustainable Treatment – The Pureleau system - Lawrence Lambert, Pureleau Industries

Portland Air Toxics Assessment: Model-to-Monitor Comparisons - Gregg Lande, Oregon DEQ

   

Lean Production and the Environment: Opportunities to Leverage a Business Trend to Promote Sustainability -
Jennifer Tice, Ross & Associates

Session 3 - Thursday, November 4, 2004, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Urban Air Toxics

Odor Issues

IAQ and Industrial Hygiene Challenges

Environmental Management

Seattle Air Toxics Study 2002: temporal and seasonal distributions of PAH and its source impact - Guangfeng Jiang, RJ Lee Group; Hal Westberg, WSU; John Williamson, Washington DOE; and Carol Weisskopf, Energy Northwest

Choosing the Most Effective Odor Measurement Technique - Bradley Striebig, Gonzaga University

Wet and Dry Season Vapor Flux Measurements & Health Risk Assessment at an Office Building Above a Groundwater Contaminant Plume - Rob Leet, ERM

Implementing HSE Compliance Assurance - Libby Titus, RETEC

Portland Air Toxics Assessment: Effects Assessment & Risk Characterization - Bruce Hope, ODEQ

Odour Control in a Cold Climate - Trevor Jones, CH2M

Investigation of organic vapors in soil gas above a ground water plume, Fort Lewis, Washington - Brad Fritz and Greg Patton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Using Computer Applications to Improve Environmental Management - Paul Beauchemin, Envirochem

Linking Health Outcomes with Environmental Exposures – Asthma and Air Quality - Carlo Pearson, Oregon Health Sciences University

Reducing H2S odors (and fats, oils, grease) naturally, A Biological Treatment Process with Multiple Benefits - Gordon Fromm, NRP

Investigation of the Influence of Attached Garages on Indoor VOC Concentrations in Anchorage Homes - Steve Morris, Municipality of Anchorage

Exploration of An Effective Audit Program = Alden Anderson, RETEC

 

Pollution Prevention Planning for a Large Poultry Processing Operation; Odour Measurement, Dispersion Modeling and Control - Olga Petrov, Envirochem Services

 

Reducing BP’s Environmental Footprint on the North Slope - Janet Platt, BP Exploration (Alaska)

Session 4 - Thursday, November 4, 2004, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Urban Air Toxics

Toxics & Mercury Reduction Strategies

The Changing Landscape of Due Diligence

quis custodiet ipsos custodes - who will guard the guardians?

Portland Air Toxics Assessment - Follow-up - Cory-Ann Wind, Oregon DEQ

SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION OF RECENT DATA REGARDING MERCURY IN THE WILLAMETTE BASIN - Bruce Hope & Jared Rubin, Oregon DEQ

All Appropriate Inquiry – Coming Changes to the Way Environmental Due Diligence Will Be Performed - Daniel R. Goldstein, P.E., ERM

(panel)

Portland Air Toxics Project Within Regional-National EPA Perspective - Peter Murchie, US EPA Region 10

Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project - Elizabeth Waddell and Tamara Blett, National Park Service

(Paper)

Environmental Due Diligence During Construction: Regulated Building Materials, Moisture, and Mold - Greg Baker, AMEC

 

Port of Portland Air Emissions Inventory - Phil Ralston and Steve Mrazek, Port of Portland

Mercury and Organochlorine Deposition in National Parks of the Northwest - Patrick Moran and Robert Black, U.S. Geological Survey, and Elizabeth Waddell, National Park Service

Voluntary Compliance and Due Diligence – Avoiding the Slippery Slope - Dave Einolf, ERM

 

Characterization of Mass and Particle Size Distributions in Diluted Diesel Exhaust Emissions - Nicholas McEwen, Timothy Larson, Joel Kaufman, Timothy Gould and James Stewart. EPA Northwest Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health. University of Washington, Seattle.

A FIRST-APPROXIMATION MASS BALANCE MODEL FOR MERCURY IN THE WILLAMETTE BASIN -  Bruce Hope, Oregon DEQ

 

 

 

Session 5 - Friday, November 5, 2004, 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Air Toxics Future & Emission Reduction Strategies

Air Quality Measurement

Sediments

Native American Issues

Radionuclide and carbonaceous emissions from prescribed burns of forest biomass in New Mexico -Tim Reinhardt and Craig Eberhart

Toxics Testing on A Seattle Coffee-Roaster - Agata McIntyre & Melissa McAfee, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Native American Issues:The Upper Columbia River/Lake Roosevelt Environment - Jennifer L. Sanscrainte, Short Cressman & Burgess PLLCt

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement For Integrated Resource Management Planning Coeur d’Alene Tribe - Dautis Pearson, URS Corporation

Why Federal Land Managers are Concerned about Nitrogen Emissions in the Northwest - Mark Fenn and Linda Geiser, USDA Forest Service; Elizabeth Waddell and Ellen Porter, National Park Service

Plume Detection Instrument Evaluation - Patrick Wicks

   

Detection of a Pulp Mill Plume at 35 km Downwind - Warren McCormick, BC MWLAP

Nondestructive Technology for Measuring Toxic Gases - R.M. Neti, California Analytical

   

 

Determining the Proper Wind Sensor Height on a Building Using CFD - J.D. McAlpine and Mike Ruby

Pictures for McAlpine/Ruby Paper

 

EC Challenge - see Session 6

Session 6 - Friday, November 5, 2004, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

 Compliance Management & Legal Issues

Collaborative Rule Development

 

Student Environmental Challenge (EC) Presentations

Reductions in Emissions of SO2 from the TransAlta Centralia Generation Plant and Improvements in Air Quality at Mount Rainier - Elizabeth Waddell and John Vimont, National Park Service

(Panel)

Collaborative Rule Development with Larry Vaughn, PSCAA

Green Team

Team Solve

Trailblazing Consultants

Undaunted Consulting

UW

UAA

Successful PSD Avoidance for a Wood-Fired Boiler Modification - Doug Morrison, Environmental Law NW

 

Consent Decree Settlements with Petroleum Refineries in the Pacific NW - Dan Mahar, Northwest Air Pollution Authority

 

Canada-U.S. Convergence on Environmental Regulations: The Case of Marine Vessel Emissions - Steve Rybolt, Western Washington University

 

 

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