Track One
8:00 am EHS Staff Training
8:00 am Common Issues EPA sees with SPCC Plans AMY REED, Burns & McDonnell
8:20 am Managing Change During Transitions SHAWN ZABLOCKI, Olsson Associates
8:40 am Surviving EPCRA 311/312/313 Reporting JENNIFER VAN THOMME, GHD
9:10 am Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs): Common Misconceptions LIZ BLACKBURN, US EPA Region 7
9:25 am US EPA’s Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule MATT SHANAHAN, Burns & McDonnell
Track Two
8:00 am EHS Upper Management Session
8:00 am Explaining Environmental Issues to Upper Management, Elected Officials and Political Appointees RUSS BAKER, Omaha Public Power District NICOLE CRAIN, Iowa Assoc. of Business and Industry
8:25 am Winning Strategies to Improve Relations in Your Community and with Local, State and Federal Regulators MIDGE WINKLER, General Motors KYRA MOORE, MO DNR
8:50 am Using Consultants, Contractors, and Attorneys More Efficiently and Effectively PAUL LING, KCPL RUSSELL GEORGE, NEBCO
9:15 am ISO14001 Revisited: Updating Your EMS ROBIN FRIED, Tellevate MICHELLE BRIGHTWELL, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
10:20 am A Discussion in Transition—What to Expect from the Trump Administration and US EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
WILLIAM EHM, Administrator, IDNR
JIM MACY, Director, NDEQ
JOHN MITCHELL, Director, Environment, KDHE
CAROL COMER, Director, Missouri DNR
ED CHU, Deputy Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 7
11:10 am The Legal Reality of Making Changes in Environmental Policy
KATIE JO WHEELER, General Counsel, MDNR
ED TORMEY, General Counsel, Iowa DNR
DARIAN DERNOVISH, KDHE
ANNETTE KOVAR, Legal Counsel, NE DEQ
12:00 pm Lunch, Sponsored by Kansas City Power & Light CHUCK CAISLEY, Vice President, KCP&L
Track One—Industry and Manufacturing
1:25 pm General Duty Clause: The Provision that Swallowed the Rule
LISA FUNDERBURG, Olin Corporation
NATALIE VANLIEW, Trinity Consultants
PATRICIA REITZ, US EPA Region 7
INGRID SETZLER, Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
2:15 pm NSR/PSD Reform: Does Reform Have Legs This Time?
DAVID SHANKS, Boeing
JOSH GARDNER, Trinity Consultants
Track Two—Utility and Energy Issues
1:25 pm PACE, Energy Efficiency, and Power Purchase Agreements to Meet International Sustainability Goals ASHOK GUPTA, Natural Resources Defense Council JOSH CAMPBELL, Missouri Energy Initiative
2:15 pm Energy Crystal Ball Gazing Under Trump/Pence
CHRIS NEAVILLE, The Doe Run Company
EWELL LAWSON, Missouri Public Utility Alliance
PAUL LING, KCP&L
Track One—Kansas and Nebraska
3:25 pm Kansas
BRIAN BURBECK, KDHE
KEN POWELL, KDHE
Track Two—Iowa and Missouri
3:25 pm Iowa JASON MARCEL, Director, Field Services Bureau Chief
4:20 pm Missouri
STEVE FEELER, Acting Director, DEQ, MDNR
CHRIS CADY, PhD, HWP, MDNR
Conference Day 2
Thursday, May 18
7:50 am Big Rivers, Big Issues and Finding a Path Forward
KAREN FLOURNOY, Acting Deputy RA, US EPA Region 7
8:45 am Advanced Monitoring: New Ideas
MARK SMITH, USEPA Region 7
DAN NYBERG, Burns & McDonnell
9:20 pm Using a Phase I ESA to Assess Compliance
MICHAEL LINDER, Koley Jesson
NICK STEINKE, Tellevate
10:00 am CCR Rule certification of utility waste landfill (UWL) stability, groundwater monitoring systems for UWLs and surface impoundments GARY PENDERGRASS, GeoEngineers
10:20 am TSCA Changes and Next Steps
JULIE MARKS, Barr Engineering
MARGARET RICHARDS, Lathrop & Gage
10:45 am Water Permitting Case Studies
ROB MORRISON, Barr Engineering
ALLISON PEARSON, Barr Engineering
11:15 am Key Issues under Consideration at the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) MICHAEL SIECZKOWSKI, JRW Bioremediation
11:35 am Vapor Intrusion Challenges LAURA TRAZZOLO, TRC
Track One—Municipal and Higher Education Issues
1:00 pm Panel of Experts from Higher Education and Municipalities for Q & A
PHILWALSACK, Missouri Public Utility Alliance
DAN OLSEN, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
JAMES JOERKE, Johnson County DHE
INGRID GRONSTAL-ANDERSON, University of Iowa
A. DAVID INYANG, Ph.D, Iowa State Univ.
TODD HOUTS, University of Missouri, Columbia
STEVE McGINNIS, Ramboll Environ
MIKE RUSSELL, University of Kansas (Moderator)
2:00 pm Understanding recent changes to the Federal hazardous waste regulations TODD HOUTS, University of Missouri, Columbia
2:25 pm University Labs: Best Practices DAN OLSEN, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2:40 pm Shrinking cities /legacy cities: Old Problems and Limited Resources PHIL WALSACK, Missouri Public Utility Alliance
2:00 pm
Track Two—Speed Learning
1:00 pm Protecting Intellectual Property for Emerging Environmental Technologies ROBERT LAMBRECHTS, Lathrop & Gage LLP
1:25 pm Common Issues and Gaps Found in Environmental Compliance Audits NIKKI CHAVEZ, iSi Environmental
1:50 pm Single Source Impacts on Secondary PM2.5 Formation–A Case Study JOE STOLLE, GeoEngineers WENDY VIT, GeoEngineers
2:35 pm Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Update MELISSA HART, TRC