Schedule of Sessions and Special Events


Sunday October 20, 2013

12:00 pm - 05:00 pm Registration/Badge Pick-up

01:00 pm - 05:00 pm AFPM Workshop: Start-Up, Shutdown and Malfunction Emissions Present New Challenges and Burdens to the Petrochemical and Refining Industry - This event is open to Conference Registrants Only. A separate registration fee is required for this event.


Monday October 21, 2013

07:00 am - 05:30 pm Registration

07:30 am - 08:00 am Early Coffee & Rolls

08:00 am - 09:00 am Keynote Session -
David Lamp, COO & Executive Vice President, HollyFrontier Corporation and AFPM Chairman of the Board

09:00 am - 10:30 am Session I: Enforcement / Consent Decrees -
Flaring Enforcement: Understanding Agency Priorities and Potential Outcomes, Matthew Kuryla & Kathleen Weir, Baker Botts LLP

You Really Can Get Your CD Terminated, Robert Brager & Jayni Lanham, Beveridge & Diamond PC, and Steven Cook, LyondellBasell

Title V Deviation Reporting, Jess McAngus, Spirit Environmental

A New, Proactive Approach for Achieving Sustainable, Best in Class, Environmental Stewardship, Tim Goedeker & Jeff Mazzoccoli, Phillips 66

10:30 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session II: TRI / Monitoring -
2011 Refinery ICR Submittals Impact on TRI & Other Regulatory Issues, Jon Brockhaus, Jon Brubaker, Karl Duckworth, Melissa Hart, Kari Keegan, & Ashok Patel, Sage Environmental

Oh, Vapor Pressure, Why Can’t You Be True – a Shale Oil Affair, Robert Ferry, TGB Partnership

Fence Line Monitoring at a Major Petrochemical Refinery, Elizabeth Olavesen, Marathon Petroleum Company and Ashok Patel, & David Ranum Sage Environmental

12:00 pm - 01:30 pm Luncheon with Speaker - RINs, Fuel Prices and Biofuels

01:30 pm - 02:45 pm Session III: NSR NAAQS -
2013 Update - No Relaxation in Challenges for Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, Kenneth Weiss, ERM
and William Wehrum, Hunton & Williams LLP

Traditional PM Emission Factors Being Left in the Dust, Louis Corio & Karen Olson, Zephyr Environmental

Challenges for Modeling Compliance with Short-term SO2, NO2, and PM2.5 Ambient Standards, Robert Paine & David Heinold, AECOM

02:45 pm - 03:00 pm Coffee Break

03:00 pm - 04:30 pm Session IV: Other Permitting / GHG -
Crude Repositioning - The Positive Multimedia Experience of US Oil and Refining, Mary Hess, ERM and Ty Gaub, US Oil and Refining

MSS Permitting: Coming to a State Near You?, Larry Darcey, Timothy Jensen, Jakilyn McDonald, & Dawn Neal, Sage Environmental

The Current State of Refinery GHG BACT Determinations, Anna Roberts Allen & Todd Royer, URS

Strategic Considerations for effectively Managing the Greenhouse Gas Permitting Process at Petroleum Refineries, Adam Driscoll & Sara Ullsperger, Barr Engineering Company, and Gary Lindgren, Calumet Specialty

04:30 pm - 06:00 pm Technical Poster Session & Reception - Click Here for Details.


Tuesday October 22, 2013

07:30 am - 08:00 am Early Coffee & Rolls

07:30 am - 03:00 pm Registration

08:00 am - 10:00 am Session V: Flares -
BP Whiting - Design Highlights of a NSPS Subpart Ja and Consent Decree Compliant Refinery Flare, Troy Boley, Shane Kling, & Tom Smith, Sage Environmental and Ken Comey, BP Products North America

Advances in Flare Performance Parameters, Troy Boley & Derick Kopp, Sage Environmental and Marcus Herald, Marathon Petroleum Company

Measurement of Combustion Efficiency of Ground Flare Burners, Daniel Pearson, Clean Air Engineering and Brandon Monistere, Marathon Petroleum Company

10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Session VI: Other Issues -
Refinery Greenhouse Gas Monitoring: Technical and Financial Considerations in a Capped Framework, Jeff Baldino & Scott Weaver, ERM

Back to the Future: Environmental Justice - Coming Soon to a Refinery Near You!, Ron Crum & Jagadish Prakash, URS

TSCA Reform – Current Issues and Future Impacts, Meredith Knauf, Trihydro Corporation

12:00 pm - 01:30 pm Luncheon

01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Newsreel