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2004 AGENDA
 
Monday, November 8th
10:00 Registration / Networking Area Open
 
12:30 Opening Remarks
National and regional perspectives and outlook for beneficial use will be provided by representatives from the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and U.S. EPA Region 7 in Kansas City. In addition, the CEO of a major Midwestern corporation has been invited to provide a corporate viewpoint on byproduct management.

James B. Gulliford, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 7
Thomas P. Dunne, Acting Assistant Administrator, OSWER
James L. Richardson, Ford Motor Company
 

1:30 Legal Issues for Generators & End-users
Risk and liability issues relating to byproduct generation, processing and utilization will be presented by a legal professional, a representative from the insurance industry and legal counsel from US EPA.

Scott Sherman, U.S. EPA Office of General Counsel
Lawrence Heim, Marsh USA Inc.
 

2:30 BREAK
 
3:00 Risk Analysis
The latest and greatest research, approaches, tools and methodologies for assessing, analyzing and measuring potential risks associated with byproduct beneficial use will be presented by published leaders in university and government research institutions.

Dr. Rufus Chaney, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Kevin Gardner, P.E., University of New Hampshire RMRC
Dr. Gary Pierzynski, Kansas State University
 

4:00 Byproduct Management Issues - Case Studies

INORGANIC BREAKOUT

Case studies involving successes, failures, barriers encountered and solutions to overcome them will be presented for inorganic byproducts such as foundry sand, coal ash and slag by a major corporate generator, a processor / broker, and a state regulatory official.

Fred Gustin, Kansas City Power & Light, Inc.
William Pounds, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Steve Kidwell and Jack Carson, LaFarge NA

ORGANIC BREAKOUT
Case studies involving successes, failures, barriers encountered and solutions to overcome them will be presented for organic byproducts such as pulp & paper, agricultural and food processing residuals by a major corporate generator and recycler, a U.S. EPA sector strategist, and a state regulatory official.

Kelly Young, Excel Pork
Roger Holtorf, U.S. EPA Agribusiness Sector Strategies
Ken Powell, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
 

6:00 Reception
 
Tuesday, November 9th
7:30 Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 End Use Application Issues - Case Studies

LAND APPLICATION BREAKOUT
Case studies of successful land application of coal ash, flue gas desulfurization dust, food processing residuals / compost will be presented. Presentations will be followed by facilitated discussion on regulatory, health & safety, and agronomic issues.

John McDonnell, Eagle Ottawa Leather Company
Dr. David Hassett, University of North Dakota
Dr. Warren Dick, Ohio State University

ENERGY RECOVERY BREAKOUT
Case studies of energy recovery projects involving coal ash, organic residuals, and agricultural byproducts will be presented. Presentations will be followed by facilitated discussion on health & safety and economic issues.

Gary Teague, Teague Diversified
Terry Carroll, Minergy
David Akers, CQ Inc.

CIVIL ENGINEERING BREAKOUT
Case Studies on civil engineering projects involving pulp & paper residuals, fly ash, and inorganic dusts will be presented. Presentations will be followed by facilitated discussion on regulatory, health & safety, and engineering issues.

Kathi Ried, CH2M Hill
Van Maltby, National Council for Air & Stream Improvement, Inc.
Mark Bryant, Ameren Energy Fuels & Services
J.D. Stokes, Jackson County Department of Public Works
 

10:00 BREAK
 
10:30 Business and Regulatory Environmental Innovations
The latest innovate approaches to increasing byproduct utilization, along with the tools and approaches being utilized to achieve success, will be presented. Presenters will include professionals representing byproduct waste exchanges, consortiums pursuing byproduct synergy opportunities, state highway department task forces seeking to increase byproduct utilization, and private organizations pursuing international projects.

David Wagger, Center for Clean Air Policy
Matthew Rasmussen, Iowa Waste Exchange
David Brewer, Greater Kansas City Environmental Excellence Business Network
Woody Raine, Texas DOT
 

12:00 LUNCH
 
1:30 Industry / Regulator Roundtable Discussion
A panel consisting of generators, trade group representatives, processors and state/federal regulators will discuss byproduct management issues raised over the course of the first day and a half of the Summit. The audience will participate by sharing perspectives and airing ideas for collaboration or joint projects.

Panelists:
Elizabeth Olenbush, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today
Thomas Jansen, American Coal Ash Association
Dr. William Thacker, National Council for Air & Stream Improvement, Inc.
Joseph E. Cronin, P.E., Kansas DHE
Susan Mooney, U.S. EPA Region 5
David Watson, LaFarge North America
 

3:00 Closing Remarks / Next Steps
A representative from U.S. EPA will summarize ongoing projects and available products relating to the Summit, present new projects for discussion, and provide details on the 2005 Summit.

Susan Mooney, U.S. EPA Region 5
Jennifer Griffith, Northeast Waste Management Officials Association
 

3:30 ADJOURN

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