4th Joint Conference

MRC & SWANA's Mid Atlantic Chapter

June 25-26, 2008 • University of Maryland • College Park, MD

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (Subject to Change)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008

7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Registration Open

8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome, Plenary Session: The Climate-Waste Connection
• Steve Lippy, P.E., DEE (President of SWANA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter) Refuse Disposal Division Chief, Baltimore County Bureau of Solid Waste Management
• Brian Ryerson (President of MRC), President, Ryerson Resource Recovery, LLC

Keynote: How Integrated Solid Waste Management Can Help Reduce GHG Emissions
• John Skinner, Executive Director and CEO, Solid Waste Association of North America

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
1. MRC Awards and Annual Meeting
2. SWANA Technical Session: Alternative Energy
• Landfill Gas to Vehicle Fuel, Bill Brown, President and Co-founder, Acrion Technologies
• Alternative Energy Generation at the Atlantic County Landfills, Gary Conover, Solid Waste Director, Atlantic County Utilities Authority
• Biomass Technology for Energy from Waste, Rick Handley (Northeast Regional Biomass Program), Director of Regional Energy Programs, CONEG Policy Research Center

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Break/Exhibits Open

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Plenary Session: Carbon Credits and Offsets
• Ed Skernolis, Director of Policy and Programs, National Recycling Coalition
• Christina Magerkurth, Manager Midwest Operations or Gregory Kozak, Senior Environmental Engineer, First Environment
Moderator: Chaz Miller, Director, State Programs, National Solid Wastes Management Association

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch/Silent Auction
Exhibits Open

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
1. Globalization vs. Localization
• China's Impacts on Markets, Jonathan Sloan, President
Canusa Hershman Recycling Company
• Alternate Fuels, Craig Stuart-Paul, CEO, Fiberight, LLC
Moderator: Brian Ryerson, President, Ryerson Resource Recovery, LLC

2. SWANA Technical Session: Landfill Technologies
• International Waste-to-Energy, Doug Sawyers, P.E., Director, Malcolm Pirnie
• Expanding over a Soft Foundation The Cherry Island Landfill, Carlos Lazarte, Ph.D., P.E., Geosyntec Consultants
• Landfill Gas and Groundwater Contamination, Darrin Dillah, PhD., P.E. SCS Engineers

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break/Exhibits Open

3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
1. MD's Source Reduction System After Eight Years
• David Mrgich, Chief, Recycling and Operations Program, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Ron Vance, Program Analyst, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, US Environmental Protection Agency
• Alan Pultyniewicz, Recycling Coordinator, Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation
• Dennis Fleming, Chief of Solid Waste, Charles County Department Of Public Facilities
Moderator: Charlie Reighart, Recycling and Waste Prevention Manager, Baltimore County Bureau of Solid Waste Management

2. SWANA Technical Session: Climate and Green House Gas Issues
• Climate Action Plans – The Significant Impact of Waste Management Activities, Kelly Zonderwyk, Senior Associate, Community Services, National Association of Counties, and Evelyn Tomlin, P.E., Chief, Bureau of Environmental Services, Howard County Department of Public Works
• Federal GHG Initiatives and the Role of Solid Waste Management Facilities, Eric Bock, Esq., The Shaffer Law Firm
• Landfills as Sinks of Greenhouse Gasses - Sequestration of Carbon in Landfills, Randy Freed, Vice President, ICF Consulting

5:00 p.m.
Reception and Networking Dinner at Adele's Restaurant in Stamp Union
Advance Ticket Purchase required ($40)

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008

8:00 a.m. – Noon
Registration

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Implementation of California's Climate Change Law (AB 32) - Nick Lapis, Policy Associate, Californians Against Waste

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Greening Collection Systems
• Mark Riley, Region Manager, Eastern United States, Clean Energy Fuels
• Craig Stuart-Paul, CEO, Fiberight, LLC
Moderator: Ford Schumann, President, Infinity Recycling, Inc.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break/Exhibits Open

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
What's Up With Carbon Calculators
• Low Carbon SW System Model, Kirk Dunbar, Air Quality Section Manager, HDR
• WARM Model, Sara Hartwell, Environmental Specialist
US Environmental Protection Agency
• One Company’s Experience, Bruce Norton, Lead Engineer for Environmental Management, Constellation Energy

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch/Bull Roast

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tour of LEED Certified Building on University College Campus (Limited to first 25 registrants) Nominal Fee
George Trujillo, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Management, University of Maryland University College

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Sponsors/Exhibitors to Date

Analytical Laboratory Services, Inc.
ARM Group Inc.
CDM Ecycling
Clean Energy
Constellation Energy Group
E-Structors, Inc.
Information Systems, Inc.
Maryland Beverage Association
Maryland Delaware Solid Waste Association
Maryland Environmental Service
Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
Rehrig Pacific Company
SCS Engineers
UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
WM Recycle America

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