2011 West Coast Regional Meeting
September 20 - 22, 2011
Location: Vancouver, Washington
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FOREST BIOMASS TO ENERGY II WORKSHOP
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Update on Forest Biomass Topics
Dr. Alan Lucier, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
- Washington Department of Natural Resources Forest Biomass Initiative
Rachael Jamison, Washington Department of Natural Resources
- Update on Oregon’s Biomass Energy Policy
Matt Krumenauer, Oregon Department of Energy
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Relationships between Intensive Biomass Production and Biodiversity in North American Forests – A Literature Review [Abstract]
Dr. Jake Verschuyl, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Meeting Quality Expectations for Forest Biomass Fuels
David Smith, Oregon State University
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Biomass Power and the Western States Electric Marketplace: Finding the Opportunities
Bill Carlson, Carlson Small Power Consultants
- Could biomass fuel the Boardman Power Plant? [Abstract]
Jaisen Mody, Portland General Electric Company
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Biomass Energy Projects Today’s Challenges
Todd Payne, Seneca Sustainable Energy
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Our CoGen Permitting Experience
Paul Perlwitz, Nippon Paper Industries USA
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Carbon Neutrality of Biomass Energy: Current Understanding and Status
Reid Miner, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
GENERAL SESSION
WATER QUALITY
LUMBER AND PANEL PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
FOREST MANAGEMENT PREDICTING AND CONTROLLING WATER QUALITY IMPACTS FROM FOREST ROADS
AIR QUALITY
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Review of Recently Promulgated and Emerging Air Regulations
Dr. John Pinkerton, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Update – Washington State Air Quality Issues
Alan Newman, Washington State Department of Ecology
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Assessing the Air Outside Schools – Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Madonna Narvaez, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 10
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American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) and American Wood Council (AWC) Advocacy Efforts to Address Concerns with Boiler MACT, Commercial Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator (CISWI), and Definition of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials
Timothy Hunt, American Forest and Paper Association
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Summary of NCASI Work to Address MACT Residual Risk
Dr. Zach Emerson, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Challenges of Air Quality Modeling for the New National Ambient Air Quality Standards NAAQS
Anna Henolson, Trinity Consultants
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NCASI/Industry Studies of CPM and Nitrous Oxide Emissions to Address Information Needs for Modeling
Ashok Jain, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
BOILER MACT
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Boiler MACT, Boiler GACT, and CISWI Standards
Dr. John Pinkerton, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Technical Problems with Boiler MACT and Commercial Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator (CISWI) Standards – Detection and Quantitation Limit Issues and the Effect of Non-Independent Data
Ashok Jain, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Formation and Control of Dioxins/Furans from Boilers
Mike Budin, TRC Environmental
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CO Limits for Boilers in the Biomass Stoker and Fluidized Bed Subcategories
Dr. John Pinkerton and Dr. Arun Someshwar, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Experience with CO Control in a Wood-Fired Boiler
John La Fond, Jansen Combustion and Boiler Technologies
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Long-Term CO Emission Profiles for the Boise, Wallula Biomass HFB
Rich Garber, Boise Inc.
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Control Options to Meet Current and Potentially Revised Boiler MACT and CISWI Limits
Dr. Arun Someshwar, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
FOREST MANAGEMENT HERBICIDE USE IN FORESTRY: ADDRESSING EMERGING CONTROVERSIES
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Forest Vegetation Control – Why We Do What We Do
Bruce Alber, Wilbur-Ellis Company
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Indirect Effects of Forest Herbicides on Wildlife: A Pacific Northwest Literature Review [Abstract]
Laurie Clark, Dr. Vickie Tatum, and Dr. Larry Irwin, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Dr. Gary Roloff, Michigan State University
- Are Plantations for the Birds? Abundance, Productivity, and Diversity of Forest Birds in Plantation Forests of the Oregon Coast Range
Dr. Matthew Betts, Oregon State University
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A Manipulative Study of the Effects of Forest Herbicide Use on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes [Abstract]
Dr. Jacob Verschuyl, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Dr. Matthew Betts, Oregon State University
- Effects of Herbicides and Herbivory on Elk Nutritional Resources
Andrew Geary and Dr. Evelyn Merrill, University of Alberta
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Effects of Intensive Forestry on Black-Tailed Deer Nutrition [Abstract]
Dr. Lisa Shipley, Washington State University
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Pesticide Stewardship Partnerships [Abstract]
Kevin Masterson, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- The Pitchfork Rebellion and ‘Alleged’ Human Exposure to Herbicides in the Triangle Lake Area of Oregon
Terry Witt, Oregonians for Food and Shelter
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Science of Biomonitoring Equivalents and 2,4-D Herbicide
Jim Gray, Industry Task Force II on 2,4 D Research Data
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Human Exposures to Atrazine [Abstract]
Dr. Vickie Tatum, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
- Pesticide Analytical Response Center (PARC) – Highway 36 Pesticide Exposure Investigation
Dr. Jae Douglas, Oregon Public Health Division
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Preliminary Results from a Study to Monitor Stormwater Runoff from a Herbicide Application as Part of the Alsea Watershed Study Revisited [Abstract]
Dr. George Ice and Dr. Jeff Louch, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
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Acute Toxicity of Forestry Herbicide Mixtures to Aquatic Organisms
Dr. Vickie Tatum, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement