2009 Conference  on the Environment
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Earle Brown Heritage Center  
Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
link to maps and directions
  

Program Brochure/Agenda (.PDF)
  

Presentation and Speaker Information:

Keynote Address
"Minnesota Legislative Update"
- Senator Ellen Anderson, Minnesota Senate.

Session 1
“Carbon Legislation and the Clean Air Act: What’s Next?”
- Ann Seha, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  view this presentation (P
DF, 339 kb)
  

“Biomass Feedstocks and the Mcgyan Lipid Conversion to Biodiesel”
- Dr. Clayton McNeff, Evercat Fuels
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DF, 2.6 MB)
  

“Carbon Neutral Generation“
- Bob Sandberg, Great River Energy
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DF, 1.3 MB)
  

Session 2
“Nondegradation Rulemaking Update”
- William Cole, MPCA
  view this presentation (PowerPoint 2003, 2.24 MB)
   
“Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Surface Water”
- Mark Ferrey, MPCA
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PowerPoint 2003, 15.8 MB)
   
“What’s on the Horizon for Nitrogen Limits”
- Phil Monson, MPCA
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DF, 2.68 MB)
  

Session 3
“Recovery of Nutrients at the Empire WWTP using Ostara’s PEARL Process“
- Chris Howorth, Ostara
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7, 8.2 MB)
  
“Case Study: Clinton Emergency Bar Screen Replacement Project“
- Mathew Wildman, Howard R. Green Co.
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PowerPoint 2003, 21.3 MB)

"CSWEA Industrial Environmental Achievement Award Winner Presentation"
- Malt-O-Meal
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Lunch Speaker
“Challenges & Opportunities for a Sustainable Future”
- Jonathan Foley, Director of Institute on Environment, University of Minnesota

Session 4
2009 Environmental Challenge finalists presentations
(For more information, see the protocol and problem)

Session 5
“PM2.5 Then and Now“
- Kathryn Anderson, Wenck Associates
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3 MB)
   
“Ready, Aim, Defend: Preparing for an Air Enforcement Action”
- Thaddeus R. Lightfoot, Environmental Law Group
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62 kb)
  
“Continuous Compliance, Revisited: Living without the MACT SSM Exemption“
- Carolyn Wacker, 3M
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DF, 46 kb)
 

Session 6
“Waste Solids Reduction Technologies: Current Developments and Future Trends“
- John Borghesi, CH2M HILL
  

“Moorhead Solids Treatment Upgrade: Thickening and Anaerobic Digestion Process Improvements“
- Doug Youngblood, CDM
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PDF, 4.38 MB)
  

“The Effect of Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion on the Removal of Estrogenicity Compounds“
- Patrick McNamara, U of M Graduate Student
Note:  this presentation will not be posted to this site due to copyright restrictions. 

Session 7
“Energy Garden Approach to Integrated Management of Organic Wastes“
- Jim Postiglione, Howard R. Green Co.
  view this presentation (PDF,
2.88 MB)
  

“Identifying Hidden Energy Losses in Industrial Manufacturing Facilities“
- Steven Schultz, 3M
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PDF, 1.94 MB)
  

“25x2025 Energy Usage Reduction Plan for the School District & Village of Osceola”
- Timm Johnson, Osceola 25 by 2025 Project
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PDF, 425 kb)
  

Session 8
“MPCA Air Regulatory Updates“
- Anne Jackson & Catherine Neuschler, MPCA
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7, 1.5 MB)
  

Session 9
“Innovative Stormwater Management at Empire WWTP“
- Karen Jensen, MCES
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47 MB)

  

“SWMMing Through the Data - Using Dynamic Software Models to Evaluate Sanitary Systems“
- Jonathan Kusa, Howard R. Green Co.
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PDF, 8.0 MB)
 

Suggestions?

Any ideas or suggestions for a program meeting topic for the Section are welcome.  Please call or e-mail Greg Archer at 763-445-5206 or garcher@grenergy.com.

  

  

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