Wednesday, April 11 Conference Day 1 at Kansas City Convention Center 301 West 13th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Track One
EHS Best Practices MATT SHANAHAN, Burns & McDonnell (Moderator)
8:50 am The Process of Environmental Self-Audits: From Start to Finish
We will address the self-audit process from start to finish, from the reasons why companies decide to perform self-audits, including federal and state audit policies, to the audit itself, and finishing with disclosures and implementation of the audit’s findings.
MIKE LARRANAGA, Ramboll
VANESSA DITTMAN, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Track Two
EHS Best Practices 2 JOSEPH STOLLE, GeoEngineers (Moderator)
8:00 am Permitting Dos and Don’ts in Water
This panel will provide tips and best practices based on years of expertise.
TYLER MARSHALL, Stanley Consultants (Moderator)
8:50 am Measuring the Value of EMS/EMIS
Are environmental management information systems (EMIS) worth the cost and effort? Mr. Gardner will review key factors to help y9ou make this decision.
JOSHUA GARDNER, Trinity Consultants
Crisis Management: Handling EHS Crisis Situations and Major Incidents
Spills, chemical releases, workplace fatalities and other challenging events require a team approach to handle effectively and professionally. This session includes advice from PR professionals and environmental legal consultants.
GLENN MILLNER, CTEH
JULIE GIBSON, Global Prairie
ANDREW BROUGHT, Spencer Fane LLP (Moderator)
1:00 pm Track Two—Latest Developments in Risk
Understanding Risk Communication
Mr. Howat will provide a 10,000 foot perspective on how we view risk, or should.
CHIP HOWAT, PhD, PE, CS HOWAT & Associates
Track Two—Latest Developments in Risk
What the Toxicologist Saw
What every environmental manager and lawyer should know about how toxicologists think, how they perform risk evaluations and the intersection of their work with permitting and cleanups.
JOHN KIND, Ph.D., CTEH
1:00 pm Track Three—Technology and Policy Updates
Modeled Emission Rates for Precursors (MERPS) and Ozone SILS
A specific project example of the revised App. W requirements for ozone precursors
JEFF BENNETT, Barr Engineering
Track Three—Technology and Policy Updates
Documents/Records Management Tips for Compliance
Ms. Ellis shares her vast experience on the successful management of records and the relationship with compliance.
MELISSA ELLIS, Senior Consultant, Tellevate LLC
2:00 pm Track One— Local Government /Higher Education
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule (HWGIR): The Iowa State University Experience
Iowa is in the vanguard of the HWGIR since IDNR has not State RCRA program. Get an early look at how US EPA will be implementing the HWGIR.
A. DAVID INYANG, Iowa State University
2:00 pm Track Two— Latest Developments in Risk
Addressing In Regulatory Decision-Making
HRA is an acronym used to describe a variety of regulatory topics from air permitting components to MACT RTR processes, to detailed combustion risk assessments, all of which are beyond the typical risk assessments related to cleanups. This session puts the various connotations and uses of the term into perspective, including lessons learned and defining and right sizing how a HRA is used as a technical study and in decision making.
DAN CARNEY, Trinity Consultants
ARRON HEINERIKSON, Trinity Consultants
2:00 pm Track Three—Technical and Policy Updates
Mapping and Finding Properties in Kansas and Missouri
KDHE and MDNR will share tow approaches to the complex but important task of finding and tracking properties that have or may have contamination issues.
ANDREA SCHILLER, KDHE
DON CRIPE, MDNR
2:30 pm Track One— Local Government /Higher Education
Integrated Planning: Case Study and Next Steps
TRENT STOBER, HDR
2:30 pm Track Two— Latest Developments in Risk
Latest Issues in Risk-Based Remediation
CHRIS NEAVILLE, The Doe Run Company
CAREY BRIDGES, Deputy Director, DEQ, Missouri DNR
2:40 pm Track Three—Technical and Policy Updates
Baghouse Nuances and What to Do About Rogue Compliance Tests
JANET SCHEIER, Trinity Consultants
3:20 pm Track One—Speed Learning GRANT HARSE, Lathrop Gage LLP (Moderator)
Emerging Contaminants: 1,4-Dioxane & PFAS
Environmental and regulatory issues
KAREN VETRANO, Ph.D., TRC Environmental Corporation
3:20 pm Track Two—Speed Learning JEFF DEXTER, iSi Environmental (Moderator)
Superfund Back in the Limelight
WILLIAM FORD, Lathrop Gage LLP
3:35 pm Track One—Speed Learning
Accidental Releases
Best management practices to help your facility prepare for an inspection of your PSM/RMP program, based on common issues found by EPA & OSHA.
BOB PRESLEY, Burns & McDonnell
3:35 pm Track Two—Speed Learning
KDHE Environmental Liability Release Program
How CELR can work for your site
ANDREA SCHILLER, KDHE
3:50 pm Track One—Speed Learning
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting
Lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid
JERRY BAUER, Burns & McDonnell
3:50 pm Track Two—Speed Learning
CCR Update: What’s Next
GARY PENDERGRASS, GeoEngineers
4:10 pm Understanding Facility and Company Responsibilities for Chemical and Facility Security
Understanding the relationship and differences between multiple federal regulations and managing chemical security, safety & environmental compliance
LAWRENCE FITZGERALD, TRC Environmental Corporation
MELISSA HART, TRC Environmental Corporation
Conference Day 2
Thursday, April 12
7:50 am Regional Air Panel: Operating in a New and Uncertain Regulatory Climate
We will address how changes at US EPA and Region 7 will impact all four states; ozone; SSM update; new litigation over NSR and interstate transport; backlog of MACT, NSPS, SO2, and permit streamlining
MARK SMITH, US EPA Region 7
KYRA MOORE, Deputy Director, DEQ, Missouri DNR
RICK BRUNETTI, Director, Bureau of Air, KDHE
RICK CAMPBELL, Barr Engineering
DAVID SHANKS, Boeing
WENDY VIT, GeoEngineers
PARTHY EVANS, Stinson Leonard Street LLP (Moderator)
8:40 am Regional Water Issues Panel
A regional update on water quality standards, nutrients, groundwater issues, and implications for remediation
CHRIS WIEBERG, Director, WPP, MDNR
AIMEE DAVENPORT, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
TOM STILES, Assistant Director, Bureau of Water, KDHE
ROB MORRISON, Barr Engineering
ADAM SCHNIEDERS, Iowa DNR
SEAN MCMAHON, Executive Director, Iowa Agricultural Water Alliance
PHIL HARVEY, GHD (Moderator)
9:50 am Track One—Speed Learning
Ramifications of Triggering “Substantial Harm” within SPCC Plans (FRP)
ROHN HAMILTON, iSi Envrionmental
9:50 am Track Two—
Legal Ethics CLE
Lawyer Ethics: E-Communications, Social Media, and the Internet
Increasingly, both information and communications have migrated to the internet, social media, and the cloud. This CLE session will explore the potential ethical dilemmas that can arise as lawyers attempt to conduct old-fashioned legal work in a more modern environment. This CLE session will explore topics such as social media investigations, soliciting clients via social media, and the interaction between social media and representation of a client.
JAMIE THOMPSON, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
DALTON MOTT, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
10:05 am Track One—Speed Learning
Emergency Engines/RICE: Latest Developments
MIDGE WINKLER, GM
KRISTEN CHRISLIP, Trinity Consultants
10:20 am Track One—Speed Learning
Smart Expansion: The Benefits of Integrating Environmental Planning into Engineering Projects
JENNIFER VAN THOMME, GHD