2009 Environmental Conference
Sunday, September 20 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Denver Marriott City Center
1701 California Street [map]
Denver, CO 80202-3402
Schedule of Sessions and Special Events
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Sunday September 20, 2009 |
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NPRA Workshop: Greenhouse Gases – What Does The Future Hold?
Cap-and-trade or carbon tax? While the exact nature of greenhouse gas regulations in the U.S. is still murky, it is clear that carbon will be regulated at some level. The purpose of this workshop is, primarily, to discuss the various options available to US industry (specifically the petroleum refining and petrochemicals industry) to reduce their effective carbon emissions. Some options are “soft”, i.e., where no controls are necessary. Other solutions will involve add-on systems to capture and control the release of carbon emissions. Still other solutions will involve reduction of energy intensity-the amount of energy used to manufacture a given unit of production. Coordinated by URS Corporation Click Here for Details |
Monday September 21, 2009 |
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Keynote Session
TBA |
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Flares Session
Comparison of Two Flare Minimization Approaches Michael Dudasko and Mathew George, AECOM Flare Emission Reductions Initiative: Balancing Community Expectation, Safety Practice, and Environmental Regulations Pang Mueller and Robert Stockdale, Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company Current Flare Enforcement Initiatives Jess McAngus, Spirit Environmental and Joseph Guida, Guida, Slavich & Flores |
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Coffee Break |
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Water Session
Navigating the NPDES Antidegradation Process: a Success Story David Jessup, URS Corporation and Michael Rach and Charles Kramek, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC A Coordinated Approach to Achieving NPDES Permit Compliance Hal Davis and Patricia Nelson, CH2M HILL and Anthony Congram, Suncor Energy BWON Compliance Benchmarking Larry Darcey and Ruth Benning, Sage Environmental Consulting, L.P. Selenium Removal From Refinery Wastewater Yakup Nurdogan, Patrick Evans, and John Christiansen, CDM |
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Luncheon with Speaker |
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Climate Session
Uncertainty in GHG NOx, and SOx Emission Estimates: Technical Considerations and Statistical Calculation Methods Andrew Woerner, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Miriam Lev-On, The LEVON Group, LLC, Karin Ritter, American Petroleum Institute, and Terri Shires, URS Corporation Experiences and Lessons Learned with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Tom Nelson, Ronald Clark, and Melita Elmore, Sage Environmental Consulting, L.P. Case Study: EPA Mandatory Reporting Rule Gap Assessment Lisa Campbell, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) TBD, TBD |
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NAAQS Session & Panel
Emerging Challenges in Ozone, Fine Particulate and Greenhouse Gas Regulation Matthew Kuryla, Baker Botts LLP PM2.5 NSR-Challenges for Refiners Kenneth Weiss, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Forthcoming NAAQS Changes and Implementation for PM2.5, SO2, and NO2 Robert Paine and David Heinold, AECOM |
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Technical Poster Session & Reception
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Tuesday September 22, 2009 |
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Registration |
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Optical Remote Sensing Session
Optical Remote Sensing – What is it and Where has it been Applied in the Petroleum Industry? Mark Modrak and Geoffrey Swett, ARCADIS Opportunities and Limitations in the Use of Optical Remote Sensing Technologies Steven Ramsey, ENVIRON International Corporation Jennifer Keane, Baker Botts LLP BP Texas City/TCEQ DIAL Study Michael Hopperton, BP North America Products Inc. Susana Hildebrand, TCEQ DIAL - What’s the Real Story? Rob Ferry, TGB Partnership |
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Coffee Break |
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Miscellaneous Issues Session
Case Study: Cooling Tower Monitoring Jason Bradford, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC Loree Fields, URS Corporation Planning for Termination of Refinery Consent Decrees Charles Murphy, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Donna Carvalho, ConocoPhillips Conducting a Mercury Mass Balance at Petroleum Refineries Scott Baker and Mike Falk, Flint Hills Resources, L.P. Joel Trinkle and Nate Kowalsky, Barr Engineering Company Regulatory Applicability and Compliance Concerns for ‘Steam Generating Unit’ NSPS at Certain Petroleum Refinery Furnaces Joel Trinkle, Barr Engineering Company |
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Luncheon with Speaker
Reversing Course: The Obama Administration’s Environmental Agenda and How it Will Impact the Refiner LeAnn Johnson-Koch and Alexandra Magill, DLA Piper |
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Panel Discussion
Newsreel: Regulatory & Legislative Update |