2022 NCASI Annual Conference

Thank you to the more than 80 presenters who shared their expertise at the conference.

Thank you to the more than 400 conference attendees. You are the reason we hold this conference and we were so happy to see you again.

Thank you to our conference sponsors for your continued support. We couldn’t do this without your partnership and participation.

Session Recordings

Opening Session

Air Quality

Air Quality Pre-Conference Workshop: Review and Application of EJScreen Tool

Air Quality 1 – Regulatory and Research Updates

Ambient Monitoring of Hazardous Air Pollutants – Tanvir Khan (NCASI)

Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) are emitted into the ambient air from various sources. EPA and other regulatory agencies routinely monitor ambient concentrations of HAPS across the U.S. This presentation will provide an overview of the air monitoring networks with a focus on public data and implications for major sources. Sampling methods for selecting HAPs will also be discussed.

PM2.5 Emissions from Trim Handling Cyclones – Curtis Chatterton (Packaging Corporation of American), Ric Law (NCASI)

Corrugating and converting operations at box plants generate trim that is collected and pneumatically conveyed to trim handling cyclones. Cyclones are used to collect the trim material
for baling and recycling of the material. The air stream that conveyed the trim to the cyclone is typically discharged out the top or side of the cyclone and poses a potential low-elevation emission source of filterable particulate matter (FPM). Trim cyclones are typically located on the plant’s roof which presents logistical challenges and not configured to accommodate traditional stack testing procedures. An NCASI Study was undertaken to explore alternative approaches for measuring FPM from trim cyclones. This presentation will discuss the results from the NCASI Study conducted at three box plants.

Air Quality 2 – Current and Emerging Issues

Methanol Collection, Shipping and Analysis- Why is it all so Important? – Staci Hickman (Weston Solutions)

The key to reliable analytical results is a good, consistent collection method, proper documentation and storage, and a reliable, consistent means of transporting the samples to their destination to arrive in the same condition as they left the facility. During this talk, Weston will discuss ways to ensure all of these criteria are met and proper QA/QC verification to look for in an accredited analytical laboratory.

Emissions Impacts of High Solids Recovery Furnace Operation – Jarmo Kaila (Andritz)

Air Quality 4 – Northwest Regional Topics

Pacific Northwest Carbon Policy Activity – Barry Malmberg (NCASI)

Canadian Mill Environment

Canadian Mill Environment Session Recording

The most significant regulatory initiatives in Canada are currently oriented towards addressing releases of chemical substances (under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act), greenhouse gases (at both the federal and provincial level), and air emissions control. In this session, each of these topics will be reviewed by government and trade association representatives familiar with the nuances as to how each of these will affect the Canadian forest products sector.

Towards Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act – Philippe Giguere (Environment and Climate Change Canada ECCC)

The presentation will cover the key changes proposed to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and currently being studied by Parliament including recognition of a right to a healthy environment, management of chemicals and other substances changes in relation to risk assessment, risk management, domestic substances list, new substances, information gathering, and confidential business information.

What’s the Overall Cost/Benefit of Federal Climate Change Regulations and Initiatives – Mahima Sharma (Forest Products Association of Canada)

The presentation will give an overview of the federal climate change plan, implementation tools (regulations), initiatives, and impacts on the forest products sector.

Canada’s Air Quality Management System and Its Impact Nearly Ten Years Later – Brian Asher (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

The presentation will provide the basics of the AQMS, including accomplishments and challenges over the last 10 years, and a look forward.

Chemical Management & Health Effects

PFAS and CDR Reporting

PFAS Health Advisory Levels: How We Went from 70 ppt to 0.004 ppt – Giffe Johnson (NCASI)

CDR Reporting: How Reporting Requirement Changes Impacted the Reporting of Kraft Process Chemicals – Megan Morgan (NCASI)

PFAS Data Interpretation: Forensics and Mass Flow – Elizabeth Denly (ASQ CMQ/OE TRC)

Evaluation of the relative composition of individual PFAS compounds in surface water, groundwater, and wastewater samples can be an effective method to identify the source(s) of PFAS in these media. Using literature-based data and data collected by TRC, chemical signatures from samples collected at numerous PFAS source areas will demonstrate how identification of sources can be challenging. Forensic tools will be presented that are both available and developing. In addition, the importance of incorporating mass flow calculations into data interpretation will be discussed.

Ask the Experts: PFAS Analysis and Site Assessment – Giffe Johnson (NCASI), Megan Morgan (NCASI), Cecilia Silva Sanchez (NCASI), Kevin Eisen ( Barr Engineering Co.), Elizabeth Denly (ASQ CMQ/OE TRC)

Forest Sustainability

Forest Sustainability 1: Wildlife and Biodiversity

Overview of the NCASI Forestry Program – Darren Miller (NCASI)

The NCASI Forestry Program provides research and technical support for biodiversity, water quality and quantity, forest carbon and climate change, biomass, forest sustainability, and fiber supply. This presentation will provide an overview of the program and highlight recent efforts to set the stage for the rest of the Forestry Session.

Baseline Information, Monitoring, and a Design Fitting for Forest Management – Jake Verschuyl (NCASI)

Ecological function of forested ecosystems is best understood across broad spatial and temporal gradients. Yet, much of our knowledge of the effects of forest management on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems is limited to discrete sampling of individual harvest units, or the smallest watersheds. However, it is essential to understand the broader effects of forest management on biodiversity, water quantity, water quality, and ecosystem function at relevant, larger spatial and temporal scales. We will describe the importance of developing baseline information within a spatially replicated, appropriately scaled, monitoring framework that will allow for a more complete assessment of the effects of forest management on ecosystem function.

Collaboration, Conservation, and Private Lands – A Case Study with Endangered Coastal Marten – Katie Moriarty (NCASI)

Balancing commercial forest practices and land stewardship for wildlife species, especially species associated with older forest conditions, requires accurate information for planning. We describe a collaborative effort among land owners, managers, regulatory agencies, and scientists to better understand a rare and elusive small carnivore, coastal marten. Although we are still executing research, our recent 15 published articles aid in defining best-available science. This work provides an example of dynamic groups working together to meet common goals.

Prominent Findings of NCASI Canada’s 10-year Caribou Research Program – John Cook (NCASI)

From 2010 to 2019, NCASI undertook detailed research on the nutritional ecology of caribou. Objectives were to improve understanding of nutritional influences on caribou, evaluate relationships between forage resources and caribou performance, and improve understanding of forest management’s influence on forage resources and caribou nutritional responses. As is the case with other North American ungulate species based on a variety of recent studies, many caribou populations exist on nutritionally deficient ranges, particularly summer ranges, that can have important negative effects on performance and survival. Using a tame captive herd of caribou, NCASI research found that floristically diverse and productive vegetation communities provide superior forage for caribou in summer and that early seral communities may provide important nutritional benefits to a greater extent than recognized in the past, in turn suggesting potential for improving compatibility between forest management and caribou conservation.

Native Bees in Private, Working Forests – A Broad View of Multi-Regional Research – Angie Larsen-Gray (NCASI)

Insect pollinators are understudied in forested landscapes, despite being diverse and providing critical ecosystem services. Private, working forests can provide resources to sustain pollinator populations and communities, especially native bees. To better understand this relationship between working forests and native bees, we are conducting collaborative research projects in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast United States to ask the same questions using similar protocols to understand our results across regions.

Forest Sustainability 2: Fire

NCASI Responses to the Western Wildfires of 2020 – Jake Verschuyl (NCASI)

Western Oregon experienced an extraordinary period of wildfire activity in early September 2020, with more than 700,000 acres of productive forest burning in less than 48 hours. NCASI staff and Member Company representatives met in early October 2020 to assess emerging research priorities and opportunities. Proposals were developed with collaborators, and a body of research was initiated, most of which is still ongoing. You will hear a brief summary of top research priorities and how research and technical support provided by NCASI staff and collaborators aims to address those priorities.

A Westside Story: New Fire Histories from the Western Oregon Cascades – James Johnston (OSU)

Western Oregon experienced an extraordinary period of wildfire activity in early fall 2020. More than 700,000 acres burned in just two days. Oregon State University researchers have been developing long term (500+ year) fire histories to help provide a better understanding of the natural range of variability in fire occurrence in western Oregon and what managers can expect in the future.

Forested Streams, FIre, and Large Wood Across a Gradient of FIre Severity and Forest Stand Age – Ashley Coble (NCASI)

Wildfire is a large-scale landscape disturbance process that is important for recruitment of large wood to stream channels. We used a stratified random sample of pre-fire stand age and fire severity to select 24 4th order watersheds distributed across 3 western Oregon wildfires to determine whether pre-fire stand age or fire severity affected riparian overstory survival, coarse wood, and instream large wood, or in-stream physical, chemical, and biological responses. We found that as fire severity increased overstory mortality, light availability, DOM concentrations, salvage logging, and macroinvertebrate density increased while canopy cover, LW diameter, the macroinvertebrate diversity and functional feeding group of scrapers, and fish density decreased. Overstory mortality rates in burned riparian areas were significantly lower for red alder (12%), an early successional deciduous species, than for two coniferous species: Douglas fir (83%) and western red cedar (68%).

Is Green the New Black? No Difference in Black-Backed Woodpecker Vital Rates Between Unburned and Burned Forests in a Pyrodiverse Landscape – Mark Kerstens (OSU)

During 2018, 2019, and 2021 breeding seasons we assessed nest survival and reproductive output for 94 Black-backed Woodpecker nests in unburned (hereafter, green) and burned forests (n=33 and 61, respectively) of south-central Oregon. We also fitted radio-telemetry tags to nestlings 1-4 days pre-fledging (n=32 from green forest, n=33 from burned forest) and monitored post-fledging survival into the first week of September in each year. Despite these woodpeckers; well-documented associations with burned forests, we did not detect a difference in nest survival, reproductive output, or post-fledging survival rates between the two forest types. Black-backed woodpeckers in green forest exhibited an 8-day delay in peak nest initiation (the day the first egg is laid) compared to their burned forest counterparts, and initiation date was the strongest predictor for nest survival rates and reproductive output in each forest type.

Forest Sustainability and Sustainability & Climate Combined Session: Climate

Understanding Scope 3 GHG emissions – Adam Costanza (NCASI)

The WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol includes three Scopes for reporting GHG emissions. Scope 3 includes emissions within a company’s value chain and is the most complicated with 15 Categories encompassing a wide range of emission types. This talk will focus on how to prioritize what is needed for the Scope 3 Categories most pertinent to the forest products industry. It will also provide a concrete example starting with activity data and making data-driven decisions to achieve an emission estimate for inventory reporting.

The Path to Net Zero for the Forest Products Sector – Barry Malmberg (NCASI)

Net Zero is generally defined as either emitting no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or offsetting GHG emissions. Dozens of countries have committed to achieving net zero, along with hundreds of cities and thousands of businesses, investors, and higher education institutions, a commitment that has recently expanded subsequent to COP26. For the forest products industry, there are unique opportunities and constraints associated with designing an achievable strategy for attaining net zero. This presentation will provide an overview of technologies and approaches for sector-wide adoption that could enable achievement of a net zero target. Costs and trade-offs of currently available technologies will also be discussed.

Calculating Forest Carbon – FIA Carbon Update – Steve Prisley (NCASI)

The US Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides critical information on forest carbon stocks and fluxes for the United States. This presentation will describe several important changes occurring in the way FIA computes and reports forest carbon, as well as some related projects within the Forest Service that involve estimating carbon stocks, fluxes, and projections into the future.

Forest Sustainability 4: Sustainability

Strategic Positioning with Policymakers: NAFO Environmental Benefits Report – Ethan Breitling (NAFO)

NAFO’s inaugural Environmental Benefits Report captures metrics for NAFO member company forests on sustainability, carbon, water, and wildlife. This presentation will cover an overview of the report’s findings and how these metrics are helping NAFO position private working forests as a natural solution with policymakers.

Progress with Purpose – Bobby Maddrey (Georgia-Pacific, LLC)

At Georgia-Pacific, forests are the starting point of the products we make. Though our business requires the use of this natural resource, we are committed to helping maintain healthy forests now and into the future, by using these resources more efficiently, and by sourcing responsibly, and protecting endangered forests and special areas, while supporting wildlife conservation and biodiversity. This presentation will explore the many ways Georgia-Pacific seeks to be better stewards of the land and forests that we rely on every day.

Incorporating Sustainability into Practice – Timberland Owner Perspectives – Chad Washington (Nuveen Natural Capital)

This presentation will cover how Nuveen Capital incorporates sustainability into practice. Topics covered will include the role of third-party certification, ways that operations can intentionally manage for wildlife and biodiversity with specific examples, and why this is important.

Implementing the Functional Complex Network Approach to Improve Forest Adaptability, Resilience, and Social Acceptability in the Face of Global Changes – Kevin Solarik (NCASI)

The increased intensity, frequency, and duration of major disturbance events, coupled with growing socio-economic demands for greater conservation of multiple ecosystem services provided by the forest, have led forest managers to reconsider current practices and investigate new, more flexible approaches for addressing the increased uncertainty brought about by these accelerating and cumulative global changes. Here, we propose to test a new approach to managing both commercial and protected forests based on complex adaptive systems within 14 forest management areas (~12 million ha) across Canada, representing a range of ownerships, forest biomes, governances, and natural disturbance types (e.g., fire, insect outbreaks). At each site, quantification and dynamic monitoring will be undertaken to evaluate each site’s current functional diversity and connectivity, which will then inform the implementation of a series of alternative silviculture practices (e.g., assisted migration, multi-species plantations) that will integrate the functionality of species-traits into a Functional Complex Network (FCN) approach. In doing so, the FCN approach promises to provide a flexible and multi-scale way to manage forests for a high degree of uncertainty associated with future environmental and societal changes. Finally, using this novel approach, the most efficient forest management, and silvicultural practices can be determined, as well as where, at what scale, and at what intensity landscape-scale resistance, resilience, and adaptive capacity of forests to global changes can be improved.

Risks and Research Needs for Forest Health – Craig Loehle – (NCASI)

Invasive species present a growing risk for US forests. We clarify the nature of this risk, and introduction pathways, as well as declining technical expertise. Solutions are presented for more effective screening, monitoring, and control of invasives.

Amelioration of Nutrient Deficits from Intensive Forest Management using Fertilization – Scott Holub (Weyerhaeuser), Kim Littke (University of Washington)

The soil at the Fall River Long-Term Soil Productivity site is low in exchangeable cations compared to regional Douglas-fir soils, and organic matter removal and intensive vegetation control treatments have resulted in a long-term loss of soil nitrogen (N) and calcium (Ca) compared to the traditional bole only removal treatment. To attempt to ameliorate nutrient losses, plots were fertilized with urea (224 kg N/ha) or lime (900 kg Ca/ha), and soil available nutrients were measured up to 30 months after treatment. Urea fertilization ameliorated losses of soil N due to intensive harvest treatments while resulting in lower soil pH and Ca adsorption over time. Lime fertilization has increased forest floor and shallow soil Ca, but did not ameliorate organic matter and vegetation control losses in the deeper soil after two years.

Sustainability & Climate

Sustainability and Climate

The sustainability landscape continues to evolve, bringing both challenges and opportunities to the forest products sector. This session will focus on increasing opportunities for beneficial use of the sector’s manufacturing operations, more accurate estimation of greenhouse gases from wastewater treatment systems, and NCASI’s recent efforts in assisting members in addressing ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) reporting.

Making More Informed Beneficial Use Decisions: A Case Study Review – Brian Kozlowski, (Domtar Paper Co., LLC), Derek Sain (NCASI)

Facilities are faced with many decisions when initiating and optimizing a beneficial use program. The NCASI Beneficial Use Cost Comparison Model is one tool available to help facilities determine the most cost-effective management scenario for their residual streams. Derek Sain will provide a brief overview of this tool and how it can be used to evaluate several different residual management scenarios. Brian Kozlowski will then share two North American case studies where facilities are using the tool to assess current beneficial use practices and how the tool can be used to help make more informed management decisions in the future.

State of Knowledge of Landfill Methane Generation from Pulp and Paper Wastes – Derek Sain (NCASI)

Estimated methane emissions from pulp and paper landfills represents a significant portion of the sector’s direct GHG emission footprint. Given the magnitude of emissions, it is important for the industry to understand the factors affecting methane emissions from industry landfills. This presentation will provide a review NCASI’s current understanding of landfill methane generation and emissions to include a discussion on model equations and input parameters and previous research conducted on this topic. The presentation will conclude by reviewing current work by NCASI staff to develop additional model inputs to help refine estimates along with field validation of modeling results.

ESG: How Did We Get Here and Where are We Going? – Adam Costanza (NCASI)

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) is an approach for investors to evaluate these three areas of historically off-balance sheet aspects. The focus for ESG is to quickly assimilate risk in a company’s operations that may be absent from financial and sustainability reporting. This presentation will review how ESG evolved from environmental regulation and sustainability-related reporting to the investment-focused risk profiling industry it is today. This presentation will highlight the momentum behind ESG, investor-activist strategies, and some of the most influential ESG frameworks and organizations. ESG scoring approaches, shortcomings, and plans for improvement will be discussed along with approaches for public and private companies facing ESG pressure.

Forest Sustainability and Sustainability & Climate Combined Session: Climate

Understanding Scope 3 GHG emissions – Adam Costanza (NCASI)

The WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol includes three Scopes for reporting GHG emissions. Scope 3 includes emissions within a company’s value chain and is the most complicated with 15 Categories encompassing a wide range of emission types. This talk will focus on how to prioritize what is needed for the Scope 3 Categories most pertinent to the forest products industry. It will also provide a concrete example starting with activity data and making data-driven decisions to achieve an emission estimate for inventory reporting.

The Path to Net Zero for the Forest Products Sector – Barry Malmberg (NCASI)

Net Zero is generally defined as either emitting no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or offsetting GHG emissions. Dozens of countries have committed to achieving net zero, along with hundreds of cities and thousands of businesses, investors, and higher education institutions, a commitment that has recently expanded subsequent to COP26. For the forest products industry, there are unique opportunities and constraints associated with designing an achievable strategy for attaining net zero. This presentation will provide an overview of technologies and approaches for sector-wide adoption that could enable achievement of a net zero target. Costs and trade-offs of currently available technologies will also be discussed.

Calculating Forest Carbon – FIA Carbon Update – Steve Prisley (NCASI)

The US Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides critical information on forest carbon stocks and fluxes for the United States. This presentation will describe several important changes occurring in the way FIA computes and reports forest carbon, as well as some related projects within the Forest Service that involve estimating carbon stocks, fluxes, and projections into the future.

Water Resources

Water Resources Workshop: Best Practices for NPDES Permit Renewals

1. Introduction
2. Review of Technology-Based Limits and Water Quality-Based Limits
3. Calculating Mill Production for Technology-Based Limits
4. Permit Applications and Form 2C
5. Reasonable Potential Analysis for Water Quality Based Effluent Limits
6. Performance-based Permit Limits
7. Provisions for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing
8. Fecal Indicator Bacteria Testing and Limits
9. Reducing Monitoring Frequencies
10. Mixing Zone Studies
11. Avoiding BOD or TSS Limits Specified as a Concentrations
12. Question and Answer

Water Resources 1

Achieving Net-Zero Water – Andrew Stoub (Green Bay Packaging, Inc.)

Green Bay Mill Division’s (GBMD) new 100% recycled mill was designed with sustainability in mind. Utilizing energy-efficient equipment, capturing produced off-gas as an alternative fuel, and minimizing water withdrawal were all considered during the design of the facility. To reduce the water withdrawal and still be capable of manufacturing quality linerboard and medium, GBMD designed a circular water system from a nearby municipal sewage district as an alternative water source to reduce freshwater withdrawal from the Great Lakes. Through this reclaimed water innovation, GBMD was able to achieve net-zero water use balance and became the first paper mill to ever be third-party certified as a net-zero water user.

An Evaluation of COD Monitoring Technologies for Real-time BOD Prediction: Project Update – Boris Lau (NCASI)

Early detection of organic loads is essential for effective response management. This is particularly challenging for mills with relatively short hydraulic retention time and conventional BOD5 is inadequate. We are currently partnering with a mill on a trial study that enables an evaluation of two commercially available online monitoring instruments. These innovative technologies allow near real-time determination of COD 1) optically through UV and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and 2) chemically through photoelectrochemical oxidation. While these new tools are possible ways to improve BOD estimation, the accuracy and robustness of the predictive results remain unclear.

State of the Industry: Nutrient Management at Wastewater Treatment Facilities – Amanda Johansen Mattingly (NCASI)

In the US, nutrients are one of the top causes of water impairment and continued regulatory efforts to reduce nutrient concentrations in receiving waters are expected. To better understand the state of nutrient performance and management in the pulp and paper industry, NCASI recently interviewed a number of “best-performing” mills for effluent total nitrogen and total phosphorus. A summary of lessons learned from these interviews will be presented, including achievable effluent nutrient concentrations, supplemental nutrient addition strategies and approaches being taken for the minimization of nutrients.

Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality Regulatory Update – Jennifer Wigal (Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality)

This presentation will provide an update on developments, policies, and the strategic direction of water quality regulation in Oregon.

Washington State Dept. of Ecology Regulatory Update – Kalman Bugica (Washington State Department of Ecology)

This presentation will provide an update on developments, policies, and the strategic direction of water quality regulation in Washington.

Water Resources 2

Identification of Bioavailable Dissolved Phosphorus in Pulp and Paper Wastewaters – Jim Palumbo (NCASI)

Receiving water quality models are frequently used to assess eutrophication by linking source loads to environmental effects. Proper measurement and characterization of model inputs are critical to the accuracy and reliability of these model forecasts. Phosphorus loads in these models are typically characterized by their phase and availability for biological uptake. However, the standard chemical analysis methods do not provide direct information about phosphorus bioavailability and approximations must be used. This introduces bias in model phosphorus loads and can lead to poor model-based water quality decision making. This study evaluated the bioavailability of dissolved phosphorus in eight different pulp and paper wastewaters using an algal assay technique. Assay results indicated that 64 to 95% of the total soluble phosphorus (TSP) and 70 to 97% of the soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in the effluents was available for immediate algal uptake. The non-available TSP fraction was determined primarily to be colloidal in size, ranging between 2 kDa and 0.45 um and reactive with ammonium phosphomolybdate. These data suggest a significant fraction of soluble phosphorus in pulp and paper wastewaters may not be available for algal growth.

PFAS Regulatory Science Update – Giffe Johnson (NCASI)

In this presentation, Dr. Giffe Johnson will review recent developments in State and Federal PFAS regulatory activity and relevant technical and scientific issues. Topics will include recent changes in regulatory concentrations in environmental media, state approaches to site assessment, and recent developments in analytical methods for PFAS.

New ASB Start-up: Experience and Lessons Learned – Toby Smith (Cascade Pacific Pulp), Amanda Johansen Mattingly (NCASI)

Aeration Stabilization Basins have long-term lifespans; however, as they age, efficiency degrades. While there are many alternatives to improve efficiency, this presentation focuses on the start-up of a newly installed ASB while maintaining compliance with discharge limits. Therein, our challenges included start-up without an established biomass under wintertime ambient conditions.

Keeping Our Head Above Water – IEP’s Progress towards Compliance with Stringent Nutrient and PCB Criteria – Doug Krapas (Inland Empire Paper Co.), Ben Carleton (Inland Empire Paper Co.)

Inland Empire Paper Company (IEP) continues to invest in creative strategies and technologies to cope with some of the most stringent discharge limits on nutrients and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in North America. Business disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic revealed new challenges for water treatment, requiring more innovative solutions to an already complex system. Concurrently, IEP negotiated the terms and has now received a new NPDES permit that has proceeded to the enforcement phase for these strict limits. The conflict between technological capability and regulatory policy persists as IEP seeks to balance compliance with legal and regulatory solutions.

Wood Products

Wood Products 1: PCWP and MACT Reconsideration 

Initial Findings from ICR Test Report Review – Derek Sain (NCASI)

NCASI has undertaken an extensive quality assurance review of results from EPA’s recent source testing information collection request (ICR). This presentation will summarize that review process and highlight common issues identified in several test reports. High-level observations and takeaways from the review will also be provided.

Lessons Learned from ICR Source Testing – Bryan Tyler (Enthalpy Analytical, LLC), Jason Young (Arauco North America), Kristina Schafer (Montrose Environmental), Lawrence Otwell (Advanced Industrial Resources (Air))

Individuals from all aspects of EPA’s source testing information collection request, including mill, analytical, and test company representatives, will share their ICR experiences and lessons learned as part of a panel discussion. This panel will provide audience members with a full appreciation for the level of effort required to complete the information request and share will share watch-outs from that testing that may prove useful in the future.

Wood Products 2: Northwest Regional Topics and Technical Updates 

Strategies for Lumber Kiln Testing and Reporting Emission Data – Ric Law (NCASI)

This presentation gives a brief summary of difficulties with testing full-scale lumber kilns and strategies developed as surrogate test methods. A discussion will be provided on the available kiln emission data, including updates to the NCASI Wood Products database and the EPA Region 10’s strategy for estimating kiln emissions of western wood species. An update will also be provided on the NCASI small-scale kiln pilot project.

Agenda

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Continuing Education Credits

NCASI is an approved Continuing Professional Competency sponsor and can offer professional development credits to those attending this event.

NCASI COVID-19 In-Person Safety Protocol

NCASI’s Annual Conference will be geared toward fully vaccinated individuals. We encourage all attendees to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms before and throughout the conference. In consideration of fellow attendees, we ask that anyone experiencing symptoms not attend in person.

All attendees will be provided individual hand sanitizer, a face mask, and two COVID-19 antigen test kits at check-in. Everyone is encouraged to use hand sanitizer throughout the conference. We will be monitoring the CDC “Community Level risk” website for Clark County, WA, where the conference will be held. During the conference, we will follow the CDC protocol in place at that time, which is subject to change. All attendees will be required to wear a face mask if the CDC designates Clark County, WA as “High” risk.

If, while in attendance at the conference, you experience COVID-19 symptoms do not attend in-person sessions. Please use the rapid antigen self-test provided to you at check-in. Anyone who experiences symptoms or tests positive should not attend the sessions in person. Everyone registered for the conference will have virtual access to the conference sessions on the Pathable platform.