2011 West Coast Regional Meeting

Proceedings

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FOREST BIOMASS TO ENERGY II WORKSHOP

• 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 
• 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 
• Meeting Quality Expectations for Forest Biomass Fuels 
  David Smith, Oregon State University 
• 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 
• Biomass Energy Projects Today’s Challenges 
  Todd Payne, Seneca Sustainable Energy 
• Our CoGen Permitting Experience 
  Paul Perlwitz, Nippon Paper Industries USA 
• Carbon Neutrality of Biomass Energy: Current Understanding and Status 
  Reid Miner, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 

GENERAL SESSION

• Introduction
  Steve Stratton, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• Weyerhaeuser Sustainability Perspectives
  Sara Kendall, Weyerhaeuser Company 
   
• Overview of Toxics in Surface Runoff to Puget Sound
  Dr. Mindy Roberts, Washington State Department of Ecology 
   
• Understanding and Communicating the Risks Associated with Consuming Fish 
  Dr. Dave Stone, Oregon State University 
   
• Cumulative Air Burden Update
  Timothy Hunt, American Forest and Paper Association 
   
• Life Cycle Assessment Initiatives of Interest to the Forest Products Industry
  Dr. Caroline Gaudreault and Reid Miner, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• The Alsea Watershed Study Revisited: A Half Century of New Lessons     [Abstract]
  Dr. George Ice, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   

WATER QUALITY

• National Water Quality Issues
  Paul Wiegand and James Palumbo, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• State of Washington Water Regulatory Update
  Kelly Susewind, Washington State Department of Ecology 
   
• Oregon Water Regulatory Update
  Jennifer Wigal and Jane Hickman, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 
   
• Relevance of Air Deposition to Water Quality Standards
  Dr. Bruce Hope, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 
   
• Extending Results of the NCASI Long-Term Receiving Waters Study to Other Waters     [Abstract]
  Camille Flinders and John Beebe, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• Real-Time Characterization of Aqueous Organic Matrix Using Hybrid, Hyperspectral Optical Measurement
  Sanjai Tripathi and Mike Brown, ZAPS Technologies 
   
• NCASI Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Model: Performance Testing
  James Palumbo, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   

LUMBER AND PANEL PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

• The Revised Oregon 1200-Z and 1200-COLS Permits: Can You Survive?     [Abstract]
  Carol Whitaker, Golder Associates 
   
• EPA’s SPCC Regulations: 40 CFR Part 112
  Richard Franklin, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 
   
• Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials: A Status Report
  Timothy Hunt, American Forest and Paper Association 
   
• Fuels Testing for Boiler MACT Regulations
  Ralph Poulsen, Columbia Analytical Services 
   
• Dioxin/Furan and HCl Emissions from Panel Plant Boilers
  Mike Budin, TRC Environmental 
   
• Oregon Air Quality Regulatory Update
  Andy Ginsburg, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 
   
• Characterization, Measurement, and Reporting of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Southern Pine Wood Products Sources – NCASI Technical Bulletin No. 991
  Dr. David Word, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   

FOREST MANAGEMENT PREDICTING AND CONTROLLING WATER QUALITY IMPACTS FROM FOREST ROADS

• Forest Roads Case: NEDC v. Brown – Ruling, Status, and Implications
  Greg Corbin, Stoel Rives 
   
• Technical Comments on Wildlands CPR and EPIC Brief on NEDC v. Brown     [Abstract]
  Dr. George Ice and John Beebe, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• Testing the Performance of Forest Road Erosion Models     [Abstract]
  Kathy Dubé, Watershed GeoDynamics 
   
• A Study of Road Connectivity to Streams in Washington     [Abstract]
  Doug Martin, Martin Environmental 
   
• RMAP and Findings of the Washington Road Sub-Basin Scale Effectiveness Monitoring Program     [Abstract]
  Kathy Dubé, Watershed Professionals Network 
   
• Oregon Department of Forestry Monitoring and Research to Understand Erosion and Turbidity from Forest Roads     [Abstract]
  Liz Dent, Oregon Department of Forestry 
   

AIR QUALITY

• Review of Recently Promulgated and Emerging Air Regulations
  Dr. John Pinkerton, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• Update – Washington State Air Quality Issues
  Alan Newman, Washington State Department of Ecology 
   
• Assessing the Air Outside Schools – Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
  Madonna Narvaez, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 
   
• 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 
   
• Summary of NCASI Work to Address MACT Residual Risk
  Dr. Zach Emerson, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• Challenges of Air Quality Modeling for the New National Ambient Air Quality Standards NAAQS
  Anna Henolson, Trinity Consultants 
   
• 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

• Boiler MACT, Boiler GACT, and CISWI Standards
  Dr. John Pinkerton, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement 
   
• 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 
   
• Formation and Control of Dioxins/Furans from Boilers
  Mike Budin, TRC Environmental 
   
• 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 
   
• Experience with CO Control in a Wood-Fired Boiler
  John La Fond, Jansen Combustion and Boiler Technologies 
   
• Long-Term CO Emission Profiles for the Boise, Wallula Biomass HFB
  Rich Garber, Boise Inc. 
   
• 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

• Forest Vegetation Control – Why We Do What We Do
  Bruce Alber, Wilbur-Ellis Company 
   
• 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 
   
• 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 
   
• Effects of Intensive Forestry on Black-Tailed Deer Nutrition     [Abstract]
  Dr. Lisa Shipley, Washington State University 
   
• 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 
   
• Science of Biomonitoring Equivalents and 2,4-D Herbicide
  Jim Gray, Industry Task Force II on 2,4 D Research Data 
   
• 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 
   
• 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 
   
• Acute Toxicity of Forestry Herbicide Mixtures to Aquatic Organisms
  Dr. Vickie Tatum, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement