PNWIS 2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Session 1                    Wednesday, November 9, 2005                  3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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1-1 Mercury

2-1 Air Emissions Measurement

3-1 Air Toxics Issues in the Pacific Northwest

4-1 Diesel Exhaust – Health Effects and Emission Reduction Measures

Lopez Room

Discovery Room

Victoria Room

Orcas Room

Chair:  Kumar Ganesan

Chair: Chris Drechsel

Chair:  Madonna Narvaez & Heather Valdez

Chairs:  Gordon Esplin & Bob Humphries

Evaluating the Performance of a Patented Mercury Control device for Coal-Fired Plants

Joey Phillips et al.

Organic Hazardous Air Pollutant and Total Hydrocarbon Compound Emissions from Veneer and Wood Fiber Dryers in California and Oregon

Mark Ludwiczak & Kevin Crosby

Boiler MACT Solid Fuel Testing Issues:  Preparing a Boiler Fuel Test Plan and Method Considerations

Chad Darby & Ed Wallace

Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust

Jeffrey Sullivan

Reclamation of Hazardous Mining Wastewater

Dan Nielsen & Ed Rosenberg

Emission Testing At Potato Processing Facilities

Zach Klotovich

Particulate Matter Emission Data

Air Toxics Under the Big Sky

Tony Ward

Overview of Diesel Retrofit Control Options and Key Technical Elements of a Successful Retrofit Program

Antonio Santos

Mercury Flux from Remote Forest Areas in Montana

Stephen Dent & Kumar Ganesan

Multiple Pathway Health Risk Assessments and Multimedia Environmental Monitoring Programs for a Municipal Waste Resource Recovery Facility in Maryland

Ramana Rao

Use of Geographic Information Systems to Develop Expanded No-Burn Boundaries for Land-Clearing Debris in Western Washington

Kathy Himes

Vehicle Emissions Field Study: An Evaluation of Switching a School Bus Fleet to B20

Jay Witt & Hampden Kuhns

 

A Simplified Method For Measuring Pollutant Emission Factors During Agricultural Field Burns

Ranil Dhammapala

Emissions and Control Options for Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle Fleets Operating in the Lower Fraser Valley

Ali Ergudenler & Wayne Edwards

Natural Gas – The Alternative Fuel of Choice

Charlie Ker

 

6:00-8:00 p.m.           Exhibitors Reception – Blakely and Cypress Ballrooms

 

 

Session 2                      Thursday, November 10, 2005                 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

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1-2 Sustainability - Part 1

2-2 Ambient Air Monitoring

3-2 Transboundary Collaboration in Air Management

4-2 Airport Air Quality

Discovery Room

Victoria Room

Orcas Room

Lopez Room

Chair:  Callie Ridolfi

Chair:  Warren McCormick

Chairs:  Morris Mennell & Nancy Helm

Chairs:  Trudi Trask & Maggie Corbin

Sustainable Product Design
Arunas Oslapas 

 

PM2.5 Saturation Sampling Study At Port Alberni

Warren McCormick

Canada / US Air Quality Agreement

Morris Mennell et al.

2004 Air Emissions Inventory for Sea Island

Trudi Trask

Beyond LEEDs

Joyeeta Banerjee & Nancy Walker

An Update on PM2.5 Speciation Monitoring in British Columbia

Mark Graham

Border Initiative Pilot Projects

Nancy Helm

Natural gas solutions in the transportation sector

Adam Conley

Integrating Sustainability Throughout a Project

Kim Marcus

Trace Metals Measured in Particulate Matter Collected in Seattle and Spokane, WA

Hal Westberg et al.

Characterization of the Georgia Basin  Puget Sound Airshed

Peter Schwarzhoff

Implementing an Alternative Fuels Program at Sea-Tac Airport

Maggie Corbin

 

Airborne Trace Metals Collected in North Portland, Oregon

Guangfeng Jiang et al.

The Georgia Basin-Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy

Martin Mullan

Triumphs and Tribulations at Portland International Airport

Steve Mrazek

 

 

A New Air Quality Management Plan for Greater Vancouver

Laurie Bates-Frymel

Airports and Climate Change

Jay Willenberg

 

10:00-10:30 a.m.      Coffee Break in Exhibition Area


 

Session 3                  Thursday, November 10, 2004             10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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1-3 Sustainability - Part 2

2-3 Volatiles and Particles – From Emissions to Ambient Air

3-3 The Changing Business of Environmental Regulation

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Discovery Room

Victoria Room

Orcas Room

Chair:  Callie Ridolfi

Chair:  Roylene Cunningham

Chair:  Lynn Billington

The Industry Product Stewardship Model

Neil Hastie

CEM System For Hanford Tank Vapors

Thomas Ashley et al.

Longview Mill Boiler Upgrade:  A Case Study in NSR Reform

Chris Drechsel & Greg Bean

Indicators of Sustainable Community

Callie Ridolfi

Effects of Semi-volatile Organic Compounds on the Optical Absorption of Black Carbon Aerosol

Jorge Jimenez

Living with Consent Decrees

Annie Naismith

The Value Driven EMS: A Strategy for Building Business Value

Michael Radcliffe

Isotope Ratios as Inorganic Tracers for Source Apportioning Lead and Other Trace Metals in PM and Trace Metals in Particulate Matter

Guangfeng Jiang et al.

BP Cherry Point Consent Decree

Walter Williamson

Wrap up and round table discussion about Sustainability and our profession - lead by Callie Ridolfi 

The 2003-2004 Libby, Montana PM2.5 Source Apportionment Research Study

Tony Ward

Successful Odour Management Programs Around the World

Kathy Preston

 

12:00-1:15 p.m.         President’s Luncheon, San Juan Ballroom

 


 

Session 4                      Thursday, November 10, 2005                 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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1-4 Assessment – Remediation

2-4 Border Air Quality Study - Part 1

3-4 Panel:  Besides the Permit - What Does it Mean to be Title V?

4-4 Marine Vessel Emissions – Issue Definition

Lopez Room

Orcas Room

Discovery Room

Victoria Room

Chair:  Kathi Futornick

Chair:  Jack Nickel

Chair:  Lynette Haller

Chairs:  Sarah Flagg & Tom Hudson

Case Study for the Development of an Internally Consistent Conceptual Site Model and Implications for Site Remediation Costs

David Lamadrid

Land Use Regression Modeling of Nitrogen Oxides and Fine Particulate Matter in the Greater Vancouver Regional District

Sarah Henderson & Michael Brauer

A variety of topics relating to air operating permit facilities, including:  applicability, regulatory jurisdiction, permit availability, regulations, program approval, permit issuance & renewal, appeals & petitions, reporting, emission inventory, workload models, fees, compliance & enforcement, high priority violations, interagency agreements, facility databases, Ecology audits, EPA program review, and customer feedback.  

 

Art Mains, Clyde Moore, Kirk Lilley, John E. Keenan, Leigh Fiedler, Lynnette Haller

Marine Air Emissions Overview

Michael Moore

Environmental Indicators:  Their Origin and Application

Kathi Futornick

Assessing Traffic-Related Pollution Exposure with Land-Use Regression & GIS: A Seattle Case Study

Carlos Silva et al.

Impact of Marine Air Emissions on Port Activities

Wayne Grotheer

EMS and Waste Minimization 

Carolyn Wesolek

Uses of Spatial Property Assessment Data for Air Pollution Exposure Assessment and Epidemiological Analyses

Eleanor Setton et al.

Air Emissions From the Marine Sector

Dave Kircher

Brownfields Grants and the University of Washington

Erin McKeown

A Spatial Model of Urban Winter Woodsmoke Concentrations

Timothy Larson et al.

 

3:00-3:30 p.m.           Coffee Break in Exhibition Area


 

Session 5                      Thursday, November 10, 2005                3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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1-5 System-Wide Analysis in Wet Environments from Microscopic to Macroscopic and from Clay to Boulders

2-5 Border Air Quality Study – Part 2

3-5 Climate Change Policy

4-5 Marine Vessel Emissions – Regional Maritime Air Quality

Lopez Room

Orcas Room

Discovery Room

Victoria Room

Chair:  David Weatherby

Chair:  Jack Nickel

Chair:  Wendy Avis

Chairs:  Sarah Flagg & Tom Hudson

A Method for Evaluating System-Wide Impacts to Wetland Hydrology

David Weartherby

Source Area Model for Estimating Population Exposure

Bruce Ainslie & D.G. Steyn

Influence of Global Change on Regional Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest Region

Jeremy Avise et al.

Air Initiatives Affecting Northwest Maritime Operations

Barbara Cole

Sediment Remediation Perspectives

Chris Moody