Meetings & Technical Sessions
Monday, March 8, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM SWANA Landfill Gas Management Tech Division Meeting
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Division Committee Meetings
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Advocacy Committee Meeting
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM User Group Meetings
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM SWANA Welcoming Reception & LFG Trade Show
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Session
Pete Carrico, VP, SCS Field Services
Amy Banister, Sr. Dir. of Air & LFG Programs,
Waste Management
Keynote Presentation
Creating an Efficient and Free Market in Pipeline
Quality Biomethane
Harrison Clay, VP, Renewable Fuels & General Counsel,
Clean Energy
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM SESSION 1: Methane Oxidation & Measurement
Techniques
Methane Emission and Oxidation Prediction Modeling
Tarek Abichou, Professor, FSU/FAMU
College of Engineering
Improved Understanding of Seasonal
Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils
Jean Bogner, President, Landfills +, Inc.
The Biofilter Effect on Landfill Gas Capture
Dana Buske, Environmental Scientist,
Tech Environmental
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SESSION 2: Methane Measurement and
Collection Efficiency Panel Discussion
Moderator: Amy Banister
Panelists:
Controls on Soil Cover Methane Oxidation in Landfills
in Different Climates
Jeffrey Chanton, Professor, Department
of Oceanography, Florida State University
Landfill Methane Emissions Across Climate Type in the
USA
C. Douglas Goldsmith, President, Alternative Natural
Technologies, Inc.
Estimates of Methane Emissions from Western
Landfills Using OTM-10
Roger Green, Sr. Scientist, Waste Management, Inc.
Practical Use of OTM-10 to Predict Landfill Emissions
Using Tunable Diode Laser
Gary Hater, Sr. Director, Waste Management, Inc.
Methane Collection and Oxidation Efficiency
Assessment at the Cache Creek Landfill
Colin Wong S.C., Principal, Golder Associates Ltd.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SESSION 3: Methane Offset Projects
The Impact of Potential GHG Legislation and
Impending EPA Actions on Small Landfills
Jim Michelsen, Project Director, SCS Engineers
Recent and Pending Federal Legislation -
A Survival Guide for the Industry
Freddi Greenberg, Attorney, Freddi L. Greenberg
Attorney at Law
Federal Cap and Trade Legislation:
What It Means for the U.S. Carbon Market
Annika Colston, Vice President, Blue Source
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Tuesday Night Reception
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Tuesday Night Coffee and Dessert Reception
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM SESSION 4: Legislative and Regulatory
Developments
The Impact of Federal Climate Change Legislation
and Regulation on the Solid Waste Industry
Patrick Sullivan, Senior Vice President, SCS Engineers
Evaluating GCCS Performance and Compliance
with LFG Migration Regulations
Michael Leonard, Senior Project Manager, BAS,
A TetraTech Company
Economic Impact of Regulatory Control Measures
in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Brian Case, Project Engineer, Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM SESSION 5: Beneficial Use - LFG to Energy
Success Stories
A Case Study of a Landfill Gas Supply
Serving Multiple Users
Thomas Pullar, Sr. Project Manager,
EarthRes Group, Inc.
The Status of Landfill Gas Energy in
the United States
Christopher Godlove, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Territory Manager, US EPA
The Design, Construction, and Startup of a
First-of-a-Kind 13.8 MW Landfill Gas-
to-Energy Facility
David Czerniak, Sr. Engineer, Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts
University of New Hampshire
Medium-High BTU Landfill Gas Project
Paul Chamberlin, Assistant VP, Energy and
Campus Development, University of New Hampshire
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch and Presentation of the Distinguished
Individual Achievement Award
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SESSION 6: Beneficial Use - Fuels
Toland Landfill Biosolids Drying and
Microturbine Power Generation Facility
Greg Grant, Solid Waste Division Manager,
Ventura Regional Sanitation District
Using Landfill Gas as a Fuel to Dry and
Pelletize Wastewater Biosolids -
A Case Study
Joseph Curro, Principal Engineer, CDM
Learnings from Construction and Start-up
of the Waste Management/Linde Landfill
Gas to LNG Plant in Altamont, California
Steve Eckhardt, Head of Business Development,
Alternative Energy, Linde North America
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM SESSION 7: Gas Collection and Control Systems:
Design and Operations
Landfill Gas Safety-Leading the Cultural Shift
Scott Messier, Project Manager, SCS Field Services
Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. - Final Cap
Reconstruction Benefits Gas Production
Angela Krueger, Project Manager, Cornerstone
Environmental Group, LLC
A Landfill Fire Case Study: Identifying the
Ambient Air Source is Half the Battle
Christopher Gale, Project Geologist,
Geosyntec Consultants
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Wednesday Night Reception
Thursday, March 11, 2010
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM SESSION 8: Greenhouse Gas Issues
Overview of the Climate Action Reserve
Joel Levin, Vice President of Business Development,
Climate Action Reserve
Modeling the Potential Impact of Organics
Diversion from Landfills on the Production of LFG
Tej Gidda, Associate, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
EPA GHG Mandatory Reporting Rule
Rachel Schmeltz, US EPA
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM SESSION 9: Tax Credits, Carbon Credits and REC's
Contracting with a Utility for Sale of Renewable
Energy and Green Attributes
George Wiltsee, Contract Negotiator,
Southern California Edison
Lessons Learned Working with Financial
Institutions and Utilities on LFG to
Energy Projects
Adam Larky, Client Manager, Cornerstone
Environmental Group, LLC
The Era of ARRA: Federal Tax Incentives for
LFG-to-Electricity Projects
Paul Burkett, Shareholder, Rath,Young and
Pignateli, P.C.
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