2011 Southern Regional Meeting

Proceedings

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GHG WORKSHOP

• GHG Workshop – Demonstration of EPA’s Electronic GHG Reporting Tool and Overview of Landfill GHG Reporting
  Dr. Brad Upton, NCASI 
   
• EPA Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule Subpart TT – Industrial Landfills Applicability and Data Development
  Dr. Brad Upton, NCASI 
   
• Reporting GHG Data for General Stationary Combustion Sources, Subpart C, and Pulp and Paper Facilities, Subpart AA
  Sean Hogan, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 
   

GENERAL SESSION

• Welcome and Introduction
  Dale Herendeen, AbitibiBowater Inc 
   
• Dealing with Environmental and Regulatory Issues and Challenges – Tennessee’s Approach
  Robert Martineau, Jr., Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation 
   
• Making NCASI Membership Work for You
  Dr. Ronald Yeske, NCASI 
   
• Integrating External Expectations with Business Goals and Operating Practices
  Kathleen Bennett, Bennett Consulting LLC 
   
• AF&PA Sustainability Goals and Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Update
  Rhea Hale, AF&PA 
   
• GHG BACT Analysis
  Deanna Duram, Trinity Consultants 
   
• GHG Benchmarking Case Study – Analyzing Peer Performance to Support Reduction Targets
  Sarah Burton, Sage Environmental Consulting 
   
• Life Cycle Assessment Initiatives of Interest to the Forest Products Industry
  Reid Miner, NCASI 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION A – WATER QUALITY PROTECTION

• Water Regulatory Developments and Other Issues of Regional Interest
  Paul Wiegand, NCASI 
   
• Optimizing Industry Water Use (Phase II) – Applying Water Footprinting/Accounting Initiatives to Industrial Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin
  Dale Phenicie, Council of Great Lakes Industries 
   
• NCASI H₂S Emissions Model – Performance Evaluation
  Jim Palumbo, NCASI 
   
• Virginia’s Use of Attainability Criteria in Setting Water Quality Standards and TMDLs
  Alan Pollock, Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality 
   
• Drawing the Line: Designated Use Attainment Decision Errors in Numeric Water Quality Criteria Development
  Dr. Doug McLaughlin, NCASI 
   
• Florida’s Numeric Nutrient Standards – An Update
  Ray Andreu, Buckeye Technologies Inc. 
   
• Technologies for Control of Nutrients     [Abstract]
  Dr. William Thacker, NCASI 
   
• Extending Results of the NCASI Long-Term Receiving Waters Study to Other Waters     [Abstract]
  John Beebe and Camille Flinders, NCASI 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION B – SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND WOOD SUPPLY IN THE SOUTH

• The Role of Research in Forest Sustainability in the Age of Biomass Energy
  Dr. Howard Duzan, Weyerhaeuser Company 
   
• Potential Impacts of Regulations on Biomass Supply in the South
  Rob Olszewski, Plum Creek Timber Company 
   
• Carbon Neutrality of Biomass Energy: Current Understanding and Status
  Reid Miner, NCASI 
   
• Effects of Policy-Based Bioenergy Demand on Southern Timber Markets
  Dr. Robert Abt, North Carolina State University 
   
• Advances in Plantation Systems and Implications for Biomass Production     [Abstract]
  Dr. Jeff Wright, ArborGen Inc. 
   
• Loblolly Pine and Switchgrass Intercropping Bioenergy Production Systems in the Southeast U.S.: Impacts on Plant-Soil Carbon
  Dr. Michael Blazier, Louisiana State University 
   
• Carbon Emissions and Sequestration from Forest Fertilization of Pinus taeda     [Abstract]
  Tim Albaugh, North Carolina State University 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION C – AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• Review of Recently Promulgated and Emerging Air Regulations
  Dr. John Pinkerton, NCASI 
   
• Increasing Air Regulatory Burden on the Forest Products Industry
  Tim Hunt, AF&PA and American Wood Council 
   
• Recent Experience with Permitting to Demonstrate Compliance with Ambient PM_2.5, SO₂ and NO₂ Standards
  Randy Taylor, URS Corporation 
   
• Strategic Air Planning – Is the Time for a PAL Here?
  John Egan, All4 Inc. 
   
• Refinements to Residual Risk Studies for Pulp & Paper Mills
  David Heinold, AECOM Environment 
   
• NCASI Activities to Address MACT Residual Risk
• Post-MACT Paper Machine HAP Emission Tests for Residual Risk Assessment Review
  Rob Crawford, NCASI 
   
• Wastewater Treatment System HAP Emissions
  Dr. Zach Emerson, NCASI 
   
• Chromium Emissions from Lime Kilns and Recovery Furnaces
  Lee Carlson, NCASI 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION D – SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND WOOD SUPPLY IN THE SOUTH

• Utility Perspective on BioPower
  Jeff Wilson, Southern Company 
   
• Biodiversity Response to Intensive Management Practices in Managed Pine Plantations     [Abstract]
  Dr. Darren Miller, Weyerhaeuser NR Company 
   
• Relationships between Intensive Biomass Production and Biodiversity in North American Forests – A Literature Review
  Dr. Jake Verschuyl, NCASI 
   
• Addressing Information Gaps Related to EPA Regulation of Biogenic Carbon Dioxide     [Abstract]
  Dr. Gregg Marland, Appalachian State University
  Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Robin Jenkins, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION E – MACT STANDARDS FOR BOILERS AND SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS

• Boiler MACT, Boiler GACT, and CISWI Standards
  Dr. John Pinkerton, NCASI 
   
• Boiler MACT and Non-Hazardous Secondary Material: More Work to Do
  Tim Hunt, AF&PA and American Wood Council 
   
• Considerations in Operating a Boiler as a CISWI Source
  Dr. Arun Someshwar, NCASI 
   
• Traditional Fuels vs Secondary Materials – How to Satisfy the Legitimacy Criteria
  Corey Brandt, RockTenn 
   
• A Look at CO Emissions Data for Solid Fuel MACT Boilers
  Amy Marshall, URS Corporation 
   
• A Phased Approach to Implementing Boiler MACT CO Compliance for Biomass Stoker Boilers
  Ned Dye, Jansen Combustion and Boiler Technologies, Inc. 
   
• Formation and Control of Dioxins/Furans from Boilers
  Mike Budin, RMT, Inc. 
   
• BetaGuard PM Particulate Monitor Raynier Fernandina Beach
  David Rogers, Rayonier, Inc. 
   

TECHNICAL SESSION F – WOOD PRODUCTS

• Boiler MACT Air Emissions Fundamentals and Calculations Mini-Workshop
• Boiler MACT Air Emissions Fundamentals and Calculations Mini-Workshop
  Dr. David Word, NCASI 
   
• Boiler MACT Air Emissions Fundamentals and Calculations Mini-Workshop
  Rick Law, NCASI 
   
• Boiler MACT/CISWI Rule Information Sources
  Derek Sain, NCASI 
   
• Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials: A Status Report
  Tim Hunt, AF&PA and American Wood Council 
   
• CISWI vs Boiler MACT – Which is Best for your Boiler?
  Lawrence Otwell, Georgia Pacific LLC 
   
• Dioxin/Furan and HCl Emissions from Panel Plant Boilers
  Mike Budin, RMT, Inc. 
   

FOREST ROADS AND SKID TRAILS IN THE SOUTH WORKSHOP

• Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) v. Brown
• Update on Regulatory Developments Related to Forest Roads
  Chip Murray, National Alliance of Forest Owners 
   
• Technical Comments on Wildlands CPR and EPIC Brief on NEDC v. Brown     [Abstract]
  Dr. George Ice and John Beebe, NCASI 
• Forest Road BMPs in the South: Results of State BMP Implementation and Effectiveness Monitoring     [Abstract]
  Dr. Erik Schilling, NCASI 
   
• Monitoring and Modeling Erosion from Forest Roads
   
• Testing the Performance of Road Erosion Models     [Abstract]
  Dr. George Ice, NCASI 
   
• Southern Group of State Foresters Erosion Prediction Quantification Project
  Hughes Simpson, Texas Forest Service 
   
• Texas Alto Watershed Study – Road Sediment and Watershed Loss Rates
  Dr. Matt McBroom, Stephen F. Austin State University 
   
• Testing Alternative Treatments to Reduce Erosion from Skid Trails
  Dr. Bill Lakel, Virginia Department of Forestry 
   
• Effective Techniques to Reduce Road Sedimentation in Southern Forests
  Jim Leist, Weyerhaeuser Company 
   
• Workshop on Forest Roads and Skidtrails for the South     [Abstract]
  Ken Bragg, Resource Management Service, LLC 
   
• The Westervelt Company Roads Inventory & Stream Crossing Analysis     [Abstract]
  Mark Key, The Westervelt Company