2014 Northern Regional Meeting

Proceedings

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TMDL Workshop | Boiler MACT Workshop |General Session | Water Session | Sustainable Forestry Session | Air Session | Climate Session 

Recent Updates to the Wisconsin River Phosphorus TMDL Workshop

• Wisconsin River Basin Water Quality Improvement Project
  Ann Hirekatur, WDNR 
   
• Wisconsin River/Reservoir/Tributaries Water Quality Monitoring Update
  Pat Oldenburg, WDNR 
   
• Integrating Agricultural Land Management into a Watershed Response Model
  Aaron Ruesch, WDNR 
   
• Wisconsin River TMDL – Update on Additional Data Collection / Studies
  Tom Gallagher, HydroQual, Inc.  
   
• Discussion of the TMDL from an Agricultural Perspective
  Eric Cooley, UW Discovery Farms 
   

Boiler MACT Workshop Designing Initial Performance Tests for Multi-fuel Boilers

• Designing Initial Performance Tests (IPT) for multi-fuel boilers
  Vipin Varma, NCASI (Moderator)  
   
1. Rule Language and Requirements
2. Two Case Studies on Multi-fuel Units
3. Boiler Tune-up Requirements

General Session

• Welcome and Introduction
  
  Van Maltby, NCASI; and Chuck Kraske, Verso Paper Co.  
   
• Highlights of Regulatory and Other Developments of Regional Interest
   
• Forestry and Wood Procurement
  Ben Wigley, NCASI 
   
• Water Developments (regulatory and otherwise)
  Paul Wiegand, NCASI 
   
• Highlights of Air Quality Regulatory Developments
  Vipin Varma, NCASI 
   
• Key Forestry Issues on the Canadian Landscape
  Darren Sleep, NCASI 
   
• Overview of NCASI’s New Website
  Pam Bruns, NCASI 
   
• Update on the Biogenic Carbon Debate
  Reid Miner, NCASI 
   
• Water Stewardship – The CGLI Project and the AWS Standard
  Dale Phenicie, Environmental Affairs Consulting 
   

Water
Quality Protection Technical Session

• Water Regulatory Developments and Other Issues of Regional Interest
  Paul Wiegand, NCASI 
   
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Modeling – NCASI Program History and Related Accomplishments
  James Palumbo, NCASI 
   
• A New Tool for Calculating Probabilistic Human Health Water Quality Criteria (HHWQC)
  Paul Anderson and Michelle Buonanducci, ARCADIS 
   
• Mercury Reduction Policy
  Jackie Powell, Georgia Pacific 
   
• Final Effluent TSS Considerations: A Wisconsin Example
  Steve Jossart, Georgia-Pacific  
   
• Beyond Growth Pressures: Utilizing Advanced Analytical Techniques to Troubleshoot Biological Wastewater Problems
  Michael Foster, Environmental Business Specialists  
   
• Water Quality-related Research in NCASI’s Aquatic Biology Program: Results from Laboratory and Field Studies
  Camille Flinders, NCASI 
   
• How Can You Use the NCASI Environmental Data Resource?
  John, Beebe, NCASI 
   

Sustainable Forestry in the North: Issues and Information Needs

• Sustainable Forestry Issues in the Lake States and Priorities for Research
  
  Christine Thomas, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point 
   
• Consumer-driven Sustainability Trends and Initiatives
  Lisa Bauer-Lotto, Green Bay Packaging, Inc.  
   
• The Status of Revisions to Forest Certification Standards
  Brian Kernohan, Hancock Timber Resource Group 
   
• Bird Communities in Working Forest Landscapes of the Lake States
  Gerald Niemi, University of Minnesota 
   
• Climate Change and Northern Forests
  Craig Loehle, NCASI 
   
• Criteria and Procedures for Determining the Conservation and Listing Status of Species
  Darren Sleep, NCASI 
   
• The U.S. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory of Forests: Where we’ve been and where we’re going
  Grant Domke and Christopher Woodall, USDA Forest Service 
   
• Evaluating Alternative Combinations of FIA Cycle Lengths and Plot Intensities: Is there an optimal solution?
  Paul Van Deusen, NCASI 
   
• Forest Practices Study Grant
  Henry Schienebeck, Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association; and Jane Severt, Wisconsin County Forests Association 
   
• Factors Affecting Fuel Consumption and Harvesting Cost
  Tom Gallagher, Auburn University 
   
• A Sustainable Logging Sector in Minnesota: Challenges and Opportunities
  Charlie Blinn, University of Minnesota 
   
• A Sustainable Logging Sector in Wisconsin: Challenges and Opportunities
  Mark Rickenbach, University of Wisconsin – Madison 
   
• Forestry and Water Quality in the Lake States: Priority Information Needs
  Diana Karwan, University of Minnesota 
   
• Assessing the Opportunity Cost of Enhancing Stand Complexity in Northern Hardwood Stand
  Tricia Knoot, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources  
   
• Forest Bats: Population Trends, Regulatory Developments, and Implications
  Ben Wigley, NCASI 
   

Air
Quality Protection Technical Session

• Air Quality Regulatory Developments of Regional Interest
  Vipin Varma, NCASI 
   
• SO₂ Ambient Air Quality Standards and Modeling Options
  Chris White, AECOM 
   
• Greenhouse Gas Permitting and Emission Limits
  Clay Raasch, Trinity Consultants 
   
• An Empirical Approach to Estimate Trace Metal Emissions from Combination Boilers
  Arun Someshwar, NCASI 
   
• NCASI Studies to Evaluate Performances of Methods 201A and 202 for Measuring Source PM_2.5 Emissions
  Ashok Jain, NCASI 
   
• PM_2.5 Emissions from Fugitive Sources – Recent NCASI Research
  Zach Emerson and Vipin Varma, NCASI 
   
• Ambient PM_2.5 Monitoring to Assist in Meeting PM_2.5 NAAQs through Air Dispersion Modeling
  Dan Dix, All4, Inc.  
   
• Update on Air Permitting Issues in Wisconsin
  Steve Dunn, WDNR 
   

Climate
Change and Environmental Sustainability Technical Session

• Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Issues of Regional Interest
  Reid Miner, NCASI 
   
• Continuing our Commitment to Sustainability: The 2010 Industry Average Life Cycle Assessment
  Brian O’Banion, Fibre Box Association 
   
• EPA Climate Change, and Water Quality Regulations
  Craig Loehle, NCASI 
   
• Sustainability Reporting Trends and Drivers
  Daryl Whitt, TRC Environmental Corporation 
   
• Carbon Footprints Comparison of ISO 14067 with other Protocols
  Chantal Lavigne, NCASI 
   
• Beneficial Use of Wood Ash
  William Thacker, NCASI