2014 West Coast Regional Meeting

Proceedings

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Water Quality Criteria Workshop | General Session | Water Quality | Wood Products
Sustainability | Air Quality | Forest Watersheds | Forest Wildlife 

Recent Developments in Water Quality Criteria Workshop

• Review of Proposed Update to EPA’s Human Health Water Quality Criteria
  Paul Wiegand, Jeff Louch, and Steve Stratton, NCASI 
   
• Issues Related to Implementing Water Quality Criteria Expressed as Tissue Residue Concentrations
  Jeff Louch, NCASI 
   
• USEPA’s Proposed Draft Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criterion for Selenium in Freshwater
  Doug McLaughlin and Jeff Louch, NCASI 
   
• Revising Aquatic Life Criteria for Copper Based on the Biotic Ligand Modela
  Michael Campbell, Stoel Rives 
   
• Experience with Oregon’s Industrial Stormwater General Permit – panel discussion
   
• Oregon Industrial Stormwater Permits
  Erich Brandstetter, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 
   
• Experience Meeting Oregon’s New 1200Z Benchmarks at Select Boise Cascade Wood Products Facilities
  Kathy Sperle, Boise Cascade 
   

General Session

• Welcome and Introduction
  Steve Stratton, NCASI 
   
• Forest Carbon Accounting Considerations in US Bioenergy Policy
  Reid Miner, NCASI 
   
• Eco-Fads vs. Environmental Effectiveness
  Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center 
   
• Clean Air Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Sun … and Rain
  Timothy Hunt, American Forest and Paper Association/American Wood Council 
   
• The Reinvention of Zero: Human Health Water Quality Criteria in Washington
  James Tupper, Tupper Mack Wells 
   
• AF&PA Sustainability Update
  Jerry Schwartz, American Forest and Paper Association 
   
• Overview of Forestry Environmental Issues
  Ben Wigley, NCASI 
   

Water Quality

• National Water Regulatory Developments of Interest to the Forest Products Industry
  Paul Wiegand, NCASI 
   
• Regulators’ Water Quality Update
• Washington State Regulator’s Update
  Heather Bartlett, Washington State Department of Ecology 
   
• Recent Developments in Water Quality Standards An EPA Perspective
  Christine Psyk, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 10  
• Industry-Relevant Aquatic Biology Research from Academia, Regulatory Agencies, and Others: Synopsis and Implications
  Camille Flinders, NCASI 
   
• Using Models to Assess Aerated Stabilization Basin Performance and Upgrades
  Robert Sackellares and Gordon Liljenquist, Georgia-Pacific 
   
• NCASI Water Quality Research Briefs
• Evaluating Bioavailable Nutrients in Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents
  Camille Flinders, NCASI 
   
• Evaluation of EPA Method 610 for Determination of Polynuclear (Polycyclic) Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Pulp and Paper Mill Final Effluents
  Jeff Louch, NCASI 
   
• Development of a Method for Measuring Dissolved Sulfide in Mill Wastewaters
  Diana Cook, NCASI 
   
• Update on Effluent Bacteria Testing Issues
  Terry Bousquet, NCASI 
   

Wood Products

• Regulatory Activity Affecting the Wood Products Sector
  Russell Strader, Boise Cascade
  
  Vipin Varma, NCASI 
   
• Issues with Lumber Kiln Emission Factors
  David Word, NCASI 
   
• Variability of Volatile Organic Compound and Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Miscellaneous Sources at Wood Products Facilities
  Ric Law, NCASI 
   
• Options for Beneficial Use of the Reclaimed, Fine Fraction, of Log Deck Cleanup Debris
  Bart Barlow and Russell Strader, Boise Cascade 
   
• Preliminary Findings from NCASI’s Wood Products Stormwater Survey
  Derek Sain, NCASI 
   
• Boiler MACT Implementation Issues for Wood Products Facilities – panel discussion
  
  Vipin Varma, NCASI; moderator
  
  Lawrence Otwell, Georgia-Pacific
  
  Phil Ferguson, Louisiana-Pacific
  
  Ellen Porter, Roseburg Forest Products
  
  David Word, NCASI 
   

Sustainability

• Overview of Water Sustainability Initiatives
  Barry Malmberg, NCASI 
   
• Practical Perspectives: Applying Water Risk Tools
  Nick Martin, Antea Group 
   
• Continuing Our Commitment to Sustainability: The 2010 Industry Average Life Cycle Assessment
  Brian O’Banion, Fibre Box Association 
   
• Sustainability Reporting Metrics Characterization
  Kirsten Vice, NCASI 
   

Air Quality

• NCASI Air Quality Programs: A Prospective Look
  Vipin Varma, NCASI 
   
• Air Quality Topics of Regional Interest
• Washington State Update
  Alan Newman, Washington State Department of Ecology 
   
• Oregon DEQ Update
  George Davis, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality  
• Innovative Modeling Techniques: When and How to use “Non-Regulatory-Default” or “Beta” Options
  Anna Henolson, Trinity Consultants 
   
• Port Townsend Paper Corporation’s Odor Reduction Program
  Annika Wallendahl, Port Townsend Paper 
   
• Highlights of Recent NCASI Studies
• Highlights of Recent NCASI Air Quality-Related Studies
  Ashok Jain 
   
• Fugitive Particulate Matter Emissions from Woodyard Sources
  Zach Emerson 
   
• Highlights of Recent NCASI Studies
  Arun Someshwar, NCASI  
• Operating Experience with Wet Electrostatic Precipitators: Considerations
  Roberto Artiga, KapStone Paper 
   
• Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction for NOx Control: Fundamentals
  Arun Someshwar, NCASI 
   
• Impacts of Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction and Particulate Matter Control Technologies on PM2.5/CPM Emissions
  Ashok Jain, NCASI 
   
• Greenhouse Gas BACT Determinations in the Forest Products Industry: An Update
  
  Maren Seibold, Trinity Consultants 
   
• Greenhouse Gas PSD Permitting Challenges
  Mark Wenclawiak, All4 Inc.  
   
• Boiler MACT Subpart DDDDD Energy Assessments and Tune-Ups
  John Joyce, Sage Environmental Consulting 
   
• Boiler MACT: Navigating Uncertainty towards Compliance – panel discussion
  Vipin Varma, NCASI; moderator
  
  Rich Garber, Packaging Corporation of America
  
  Nathan Pearson, RockTenn
  
  Jeff Sorensen, Georgia-Pacific (invited)
  
  Amy Marshall, URS 
   

Forest Watersheds

• Forest Watersheds Session Introduction
  
  Bob Danehy, NCASI 
   
• Controls of Summer Stream Temperature in the Pacific Northwest
  Timothy Mayer, US Fish and Wildlife Service 
   
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Current Timber Fish and Wildlife Shade Methodology for Measuring Attenuation of Solar Radiation to the Stream
  Michael Bonoff, Mason, Bruce & Girard 
   
• Biological Responses to Stream Nutrients in Experimental Forests: A Science Synthesis for Regulatory Agencies
  Doug Ryan, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station (ret.)  
   
• Attainability for Forest Water Quality Standards
  Craig Loehle, NCASI 
   
• Waters of the United States: A Forestry Perspective
  Erik Schilling, NCASI 
   

Forest Wildlife 

• Forest Management Influences on Caribou Habitat: New Science of Nutritional Influences
  Darren Sleep, NCASI 
   
• Breeding Bird Response to Riparian Buffer Width: Ten Years Post-Harvest
  Scott Pearson, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife 
   
• Early Seral Forests: Diverse Origins, Diverse Values
  Mark Swanson, Washington State University 
   
• Moth Abundance and Diversity in Intensively Managed Early-Seral Forests of Oregon
  Jake Verschuyl, NCASI 
   
• Northern Spotted Owl Critical Habitat Modeling
  Craig Loehle, NCASI