2010 Annual Conference Presentations
* Indicates presentation is from abstract selection process.
Session 1 – Opening Session
- Keynote Address
Peggy Hatch, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality - EPA Region VI Initiatives
Dr. Al Armendariz, Administrator, EPA Region VI - LDEQ Compliance Priorities
Beau Brock, Assistant Secretary, LDEQ Office of Environmental Compliance - EPA Air Monitoring Initiatives
Tim Hanley, USEPA, Office of Air Quality, Planning & Standards
Session 2 – Plenary Session
- NSR Rules Update
Dan deRoeck, NSR Group OAQPS, EPA - Best Available Control Technology For Greenhouse Gases
Jeff Muffat – Member of EPA’s GHG BACT Workgroup & Manager of Environmental Regulatory Affairs for 3M Company - NAAQS/NSR/GHG: A National Perspective – An Industry Perspective
Beveridge & Diamond, Washington DC - Managing Generational Differences in the Workplace
Brad Waldron, Novel Geo-Environmental, LLC, Vice-Chair, A&WMA Young Professionals Advisory Council
Session 3 – Hot Air Topics
- A Major Refinery’s Perspective on Conquering the Challenges Posed by the RICE Rules *
Steve Johnson, ConocoPhillips Company – Alliance Refinery / Katie Hiatt Mareno, Sage Environmental Consulting - Proposed Area and Major Source Boiler NESHAP Overview *
David Dunn, Environmental Resources Management - The EPA Transport Rule
Paul Miller, LDEQ - Air Permitting Update
Bryan D. Johnston, LDEQ / Dustin Duhon, LDEQ - Modeling for the new NAAQS
Gerri Garwood, LDEQ
Session 4 – Young Professionals
- The Must Knows of the Environmental World: Speaking Environmental & Learning Useful Websites
Richard Metcalf, LMOGA - SIP – The How and the Why
Vivian Aucoin, LDEQ - Life After the PM-10 Surrogate Policy *
Brian Robson, Providence Engineering - Understanding HAPs and TAPs
Bliss Higgins, ENVIRON - Toxic Release Inventory – Why, What, and How? *
Karen Brignac, PPM Consultants, Inc.
Session 5 – Multi-Media
- Locomotive Idler Reduction System Project: Emission Reductions from Locomotive Fleet
Michael Ranson, New Orleans Public Belt Railroad - Solid Waste Update
Traci Green, LDEQ / Scott Guilliams, LDEQ - Haynesville Shale Natural Gas Development Waste and Water Regulatory Changes
Gary Snellgrove, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources - Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast Air Quality: A Preliminary Assessment *
Bhaskar Kura, PhD, University of New Orleans / Suruchi Vermi, Graduate Student, University of New Orleans
Session 6 – Young Professionals
- Young Professionals: Goals, Objectives & Initiatives of A&WMA
Brad Waldron, Novel Geo-Environmental, LLC – Vice-Chair, A&WMA Young Professionals Advisory Council - Permitting Strategy: Which application or activity to use
Lance Green, LDEQ - PSD – Applicability Determination and the Components Required for the Application
Bill Palermo, RTP Environmental Associates, Inc. - Untangling the Complex Web of IC Engine Regulations *
Lori Pittman, URS Corporation / Kerry Brouillette, URS Corporation
Lunch & Dinner Presentations
- Sustainability at 3M – Solving our Customers Sustainability Challenges
Jeff Muffat – Manager, Environmental Regulatory Affairs, 3M - State of the Association
Jeffry Muffat – A&WMA 2011 International President - NAAQS Gone Wild!
Maureen N. Harbourt, Kean Miller - Crown Oil Proposal: Pearl Mine
Paul Algu / Brendan Chambon / Paulius Donauskas