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2005 Cooperating Organizations
Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.
Northeast Waste Management Officials Association
Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today
American Coal Ash Association
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
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| 2005 AGENDA |
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| Tuesday, November 29th |
| 10:00 | Registration/Exhibit Area Open
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| 12:15 | Opening Remarks
National and state outlook for beneficial use will be provided by representatives from the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. In addition, a leading authority on Industrial Ecology will share perspective on this concept and how it relates to beneficial use of byproducts.
Speakers
Thomas Fidler, Deputy Secretary, PA DEP
Maria Vickers, Deputy Director, Office of Solid Waste
Marian Chertow, Director, Industrial Environmental Management Program, Yale University Center for Industrial Ecology
King Gee, Associate Administrator for Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration
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| 1:30 | Market Development Resources for Industrial Byproducts
Market development tools that have been used for many years to promote recycling of municipal solid waste will be explored for their applicability to industrial byproducts. Market development experts from the federal and state level will share their expertise and knowledge. This session will include a 30 minute facilitated discussion with attendees.
Speakers
Brenda Grober, Empire State Development
Paul Yuran, Universal Aggregates LLC
Cecil Jones, North Carolina DOT
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| 3:00 | BREAK
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| 3:30 | Byproduct Management Issues - Case Studies: 3 Breakout Sessions will be repeated at 4:45
INORGANIC Breakout
Case studies involving successes, failures, barriers encountered and solutions to overcome them will be presented for inorganic byproducts.
Speakers
Matthew Erbe, ERM: Coal Combustion Products used as structural fill in highway embankments: a hydrogeologic evaluation
Mark McClellan, Evergreen Environmental
Mark Stillwagon, Lehigh Cement Company
ORGANIC Breakout
Case studies involving successes, failures, barriers encountered and solutions to overcome them will be presented for organic byproducts.
Speakers
Brenda Robinson, Virginia Byproduct Group, and Joe Croce, Virginia Manufacturers Association
Trudy Johnston, Material Matters
BLENDING BYPRODUCTS Breakout
Case studies involving blending of byproducts to make soil products will be presented.
Speakers
John Buck, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Andrew Carpenter, Northern Tilth
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| 4:45 | Repeat of Inorganic, Organic and Blending Byproducts Breakout Sessions
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| 6:00 | Welcome/Networking Reception
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| Wednesday, November 30th |
| 7:00 | Continental Breakfast; Registration/Exhibit Area Open
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| 8:00 | State Regulatory Programs
Representatives from several States will describe their beneficial use regulatory programs. The process used to make decisions and to support the program will be discussed. At least 30 minutes of this session will be used for facilitated discussion
Speakers
Jeff Schmitt, NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Bob Confer, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Becky Dietrich, VA Department of Environmental Quality
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| 9:30 | New Research
Research on the use of byproducts in the soil environment and use of byproducts in civil engineering applications will be presented by leading researchers.
Speakers
Dr. Rufus Chaney, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Dr. Kevin Gardner, Recycled Materials Research Center
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| 10:45 | BREAK
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| 11:15 | Industry Associations: What they offer to decision-makers
Several association representatives will share their perspective on the services they can provide to regulators and end users. Examples of collaborative work will be provided.
Speakers
Dave Goss, American Coal Ash Association
William Thacker, NCASI
Elizabeth Olenbush, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today
Anne Weir, Executive Director, The Association of Canadian Industries Recycling Coal Ash
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| 12:15 | LUNCH
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| 1:30 | Public/Private Sector Breakouts
Public sector and private sector attendees will split up to separately discuss the following issues (and then come together in the closing session and share highlights of these discussion:
(1) Measurement of progress. How critical is this to each sector? What's the role of each sector? What kinds of programs have been successful?
(2) Regulatory opportunities. We'll focus the discussion on identifying the top 3 things each sector can do to reduce regulatory barriers and the top 3 things expected from the other sector.
(3) Market opportunities. What are the biggest needs for expanding markets? What are the best tools available in each sector?
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| 2:30 | Summary Session and Closing Remarks
A representative from the public and private sector breakout sessions will briefly present the highlights of these discussions. Group will work on identifying next steps on these issues.
Speakers
William Thacker, NCASI
Elizabeth Olenbush, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today
Thomas Jansen, We Energies
Susan Mooney, EPA Region 5
Mike Giuranna, EPA Region 3
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| 3:15 | ADJOURN
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