2013 Annual Conference Presentations
* Indicates presentation is from abstract selection process.
Session 1 – Opening Session
- LDEQ OES Overview
Sam Phillips, Assistant Secretary, LDEQ, OES - LDEQ & EPA Enforcement (Part 1), LDEQ & EPA Enforcement (Part 2)
Cheryl Nolan, Assistant Secretary, LDEQ, OEC / Steve Gilrein, USEPA Region 6 - Keynote Address: What CASAC Does: Why and How
Dr. Christopher Frey, NC State University and Chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Session 2 – NSR/GHG/CAA Update
- NSR/NAAQS/CAA Panel (Part 1), NSR/NAAQS/CAA Panel (Part 2)
Ken Weiss, ERM / Bill Wehrum, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C. / Bryan Johnston, LDEQ, Air Permits Division - Networking through Social Media
Diane Freeman, CRA, A&WMA Ontario Section
Session 3 – Hot Air Topics
- Air Permits Update
Bryan Johnston, LDEQ - Data Quality Challenges & Opportunities with GHG Emissions Reporting *
Ramesh Narasimhan, ERM - Building an Iron-Clad BACT Attack *
Keith Favaro, URS Corporation - Practical Applications for Applying PSD Actual-to-Projected Actual Analysis *
Michael Carbon, ENVIRON International Corp. - Will the Regulatory Noose Choke Fracking? *
John King, Breazeale, Sachse, & Wilson, L.L.P. - PM 2.5 Emissions – Understanding the Challenges and Implications
Vipin Varma, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)
Session 4 – Young Professionals
- LDEQ: What Leads to Enforcement
Liz Smith, LDEQ - How Does LDEQ Function?
Chris Ratcliff, LDEQ - Waste Gas Treatment Systems
Vic Culpepper, RiverBirch - Tier II Reporting
Gene Dunegan, Louisiana State Police - Effectively Managing Project Environmental Reviews *
Carolee Laffoon, ENVIRON International Corp.
Session 5 – Waste & Remediation
- Oil Field Legacy Sites
Lou Buatt, Jones Walker - RECAP Tools of the Trade
Linda Cummings , TEA, Inc. - Revisions to RECAP
Tom Harris, LDEQ - The Basics of Groundwater Monitoring
Dru Trahan, LDEQ
Session 6 – Young Professionals
- How Young Professionals Get Involved
Cindy Thompson, C-K Associates, LLC / Louisiana Section Volunteer Coordinator - The Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Now and into the Future *
Lauren E. Godshall, Curry & Friend, PLC - Basics of Air Quality Modeling *
Dustin Duhon, Providence - Back to the Future: Environmental Justice – Coming Soon to an Industrial Facility *
Ron Crum, URS Corporation
Lunch & Dinner
- NASA Health and Air Quality Applications: Satellites Serving Society
John Haynes, NASA - State of the Association (Part 1), State of the Association (Part 2)
Sara Head, AECOM, A&WMA President - Reforming the Clean Air Act (Part 1), Reforming the Clean Air Act (Part 2)
Jim Powell, A&WMA Executive Director / Jed Anderson, AL Law Group, PLLC, Chair of The SIP Reform Workgroup - Proof of Concept Test for a Real-Time Flare Combustion Efficiency Monitor *
Jon Morris, Providence Photonics, LLC