Document 6568544

Central States Water Environment Association, Inc.
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29th Annual
Conference on the Environment
Collaborative Partnerships and
Environmental Success
Central States Water Environment Association –
Minnesota Section (CSWEA)
Air and Waste Management Association –
Upper Midwest Section (A&WMA)
November 19th, 2014
Collaborative Partnerships and
Environmental Success
Conference on the Environment
29th Annual
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Early Exhibitors at the Conference include:
Barr Engineering Company
Era Laboratories, Inc.
HR Green, Inc.
Pace Analytical Services, Inc.
Trinity Consultants
Vessco, Inc.
Wenck Associates, Inc.
Early Sponsors of the Conference include:
3M Company
AE2S
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Brown and Caldwell
Great River Energy
HR Green, Inc.
SEH Inc.
Vessco, Inc.
TKDA
Air & Waste Management Association
A&WMA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization
with more than 8,000 members in 65 countries. A&WMA assists
in the professional development and critical environmental
decision-making of its members by providing a neutral forum for
technology exchange, networking opportunities, public education,
and outreach. The Upper Midwest Section is co-hosting this
conference; the section’s website is www.awma-ums.org.
Central States Water Environment Association
CSWEA’s mission is to provide a Water Environment Federation
(WEF) organization in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin that
offers multiple opportunities for the exchange of water quality
knowledge and experiences among its members and the public
and fosters a greater awareness of water quality achievements
and challenges. Visit the organization’s website at www.cswea.org.
The Minnesota section of CSWEA is co-hosting this conference.
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the conference,
please contact Lana Tullis at 952-890-0509 or [email protected]
LOCATION
U of M Continuing Education and Conference Center
1890 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
612-624-3275
CEUs
This conference is worth five professional development and/
or operator certification hours (0.5 continuing education units).
Certificates of completion will be available at the end of the
conference.
www.cce.umn.edu/conferencecenter
For directions, please visit the website listed above.
Hotels within close proximity include:
ACCESSIBILITY
MN-CSWEA and A&WMA-UMS are committed to the policy
that all individuals have equal access to their programs,
facilities, and employment opportunities without regard to
race, creed, color, sex, national origin, or disability. If you
have special health, dietary, or mobility requests, please
attach a note to your registration form.
Schedule |
Time
7:00
Country Inn & Suites
1-800-456-4000
651-628-3500
Days Inn
1-800-329-7466
651-636-6730
Courtyard By Marriott
1-800-321-2211
651-746-8000
Radisson Hotel
1-866-444-6835
651-636-4567
29th Annual Conference On the Environment | Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Events and Speakers
Vendor Display Booth Set Up (please set up between 7 AM and 10 AM) | CECC Upper Level Entry Area
7:30 – 9:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast | Student & Young Professionals Mentor Program | CECC Upper Registration Desk Area
8:00 – 8:45
CSWEA and A&WMA Business Meetings | Room 62 & 83 (lower level)
8:50 – 9:00
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 – 10:30 Break
Moderator
10:30 - 11:00
Welcome: Tracy Ekola, CSWEA & Mark Manninen, A&WMA | Room 135
Keynote Speakers: University of Minnesota President Kaler, Paige Novak and Bill Arnold | Room 135
Vendor Display Booths Open & Grad Student Posters Display | CECC Upper Level Entry Area
Session 1 | Room 135 A+C
Session 2 | Room 135 B+D
Session 3 | Room 83
Session 4 | Room 155
MPCA Water Regulatory Update
Air Regulatory and Policy Update
Water Resources and Water Reuse
Student Environmental Challenge
Moderator: John Friel
Moderator: Adriane Lenshek
Moderator: Lana Tullis
Moderator: Chandler Taylor
MPCA Nutrient / Chlorides
Regulations Update
MPCA Air Regulatory Update
Anne Jackson
and Melissa Kuskie, MPCA
2015 Industrial Stormwater
Multi-Sector, General Stormwater
Permit: What do you Need to Know?
Implications of Tribal Lands Being
Designated as Class 1 Areas
Target Field Station Stormwater
Reuse
Desktop Display 9:00 to 11:00 AM
Andrew Skoglund & Paul Taylor,
Barr Engineering
Justin Gese, SEH and
Jennifer Koehler, Barr Engineering
Formal Presentations 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Collaborating for Clean Air:
Minnesota's Efforts to Reduce Diffuse
Source Air Pollution
Tertiary Treatment - Meeting permit is
just the beginning
Katrina Kessler, MPCA
11:30 - 11:30
Wild Rice Research and Sulfate
Regulation Update
Shannon Lotthammer, MPCA
11:30 – 12:00
Contaminants of Emerging Concern,
Wastewater Grant Initiative
Bruce Henningsgaard, MPCA
12:00 – 1:00
Josh Gad, City of Mankato
Luncheon Buffet / Vendor Display Booths Open/Grad Student Posters | CECC Upper Level and Courtyard Room
Session 5 | Room 135 A+C
Session 6 | Room 135 B+D
Session 7 | Room 83
Session 8 | Room 62
Nutrient Removal & Recovery
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS)
Wastewater Treatment
Air Regulatory Case Studies
Moderator: Tracy Hodel
Moderator: Mike Sinclair
1-Hour NO2 Air Dispersion Modeling
Updates and Case Studies
Collaborative Approach to Odor
Control in Collection System
Unintended Consequences of Boiler
MACT: Air Permitting Case Studies
Tony Colombari, Trinity Consultants
Patrick T. Shea, City of St. Cloud
Ashley Hammerbeck, TKDA
Clay Raasch, Trinity Consultants
Filtration Case Studies to Meet Low
Level Effluent Limits
Filling Missing Ozone Data for OLM
and PVMRM Applications
Estrone Biodegradation: Organic
carbon effects and feeding regimes
John Friel, Dustin Maas, SEH
Steve Irwin and Ruth Roberson, MPCA
David Tan, University of Minnesota
Working with Intermittent Emissions
from Internal Combustion Engines by
Facilities Participating in (EDR)
Programs
Bio-P Removal Case Studies
Innovative Dispersion Modeling to
Achieve a Reasonable Level of
Convervatism in AERMOD Model
Optimizing the Aeration Process At
City of St. Cloud WWTF
Moderator
Moderator: Rob O'Connell
1:00 - 1:30
P Removal and Recovery
Patrick Mullen and Dr. Brooke Mayer,
Marquette University
1:30 - 2:00
Michael Harley, Environmental
Initiative & Lee Paddock, George
Washington University Law
Alissa Lawler, Wenck Associates, Inc.
and John Potokar, Donaldson
Company Inc.
Moderator: Mike Westereng
Daniel Dix and Jim Sulivan, MPCA
2:00 – 2:30
Bill Marten, Donohue
Sergio Guerra, Wenck Associates
2:30 – 3:00 Break
Moderator
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 4:00
Richard Trzupek, Trinity Consultants
Vendor Display Booths Open & Grad Student Posters | CECC Upper Level Entry Area
Session 9 | Room 135 A+C
Session 10 | Room 135 B+D
Session 11 | Room 83
Session 12 | Room 62
Nutrient Removal & Recovery
Greenhouse Gas Update
Wastewater Treatment
Waste Management
Moderator: Mark Stone
Moderator: Tony Colombari
Moderator: Colin Fitzgerald
Moderator: Roger Clarke
Innovative Rare Earth Techonology for
Low-Level P Removal
Greenhouse Gas Regulations: The
Supreme Court Ruling and Beyond
Pam Cornish, Molycorp, Inc
Joel Trinkle, Barr Engineering
Becoming the Utility of the Future:
Applied research to help shift the
paradigm
Leon Downing & Ryan Holzem,
Donohue & Associates
The Past and Future of Solid Waste
Management in Minnesota
Woodbury's Trifecta: Green Golf
Courses, Clean Local Water and
Funding for a Brook to Boot
Minnesota Update on GHG
Regulations
Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Where
We've Been and Where We're Going
Peder Sandhei & Mark Rust, MPCA
Frank Kohlasch, MPCA
Jeremy P. Greenhouse, Environmental
Law Group
Bridget Osborn, HR Green
4:00 – 5:30
Emily Campion, MN TAP & Jacob
Ethen, City of St. Cloud
Successful Source Test Management
Happy Hour Reception | Vendor Display and Student Awards - Upper Lobby Area
Please register online at www.cswea.org/minnesota/events/
You may also make checks payable to MN-CSWEA and mail to:
Alison Sumption, HR Green, Court International Building, 2550 University Ave. W., Suite 400N, St. Paul, MN 55114
Check here if new address
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Advance Registration postmarked before November 7:
Member $90
Nonmember $110
Student / Retiree $25
Registration postmarked after November 7, or on site:
Member $110
Nonmember $130
Student / Retiree $30
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Accommodations: Attendees are responsible for their own accommodations. Refunds: Refunds will be issued if written requests are received at least 48 hours in advance of the conference. We will attempt
to notify advance registrants if the conference or an event is cancelled. In case of cancellation, neither MN-CSWEA or A&WMA-UMS is liable for any registrant expenses other than registration fees.