Environmental Law Section, State Bar of Michigan

and

East & West Michigan Chapters of A&WMA

Present

Managing Environmental and Regulatory Change

Understanding Michigan’s New Renewable Portfolio Standard

WM-AWMA Luncheon Program

October 15, 2008 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM

The Michigan Legislature approved a long-awaited Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) on September 18, 2008. Michigan State Senator, Patty Birkholz, a principal moving force behind this legislation, is well positioned to explain the “hows” and the “whys” of this new direction for encouraging “green energy” in Michigan.  
This standard is being touted as moving Michigan into the 21^st Century in terms of alternative energy development, creating associated jobs, and helping to control energy cost increases. Critics claim either:

• The costs of the RPS will substantially increase utility customers’ costs and make it less economically desirable for businesses to locate or expand in Michigan; OR

• The RPS does not go far enough to encourage alternative energy in the state.

Please plan to join us at noon on October 15, 2008 at Frederik Meijer Gardens, as State Senator Patty Birkholz will be speaking to us on her thoughts and insights on this very important piece of legislation. Joining Sen. Birkholz in the Q&A portion of the program will be Bruce Goodman of the Varnum Law firm who has been involved in alternative energy law for over fifteen years.

Carbon Sequestration

Assessment of Geological Carbon Storage Capacity in the Michigan Basin

Speaker:  David Barnes, Ph.D.

Dr. David Barnes, Professor of Geosciences at Western Michigan University, is a principal research scientist at the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, and is the project director for the Michigan Basin Geological Carbon Storage Study in the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership.  Dr. Barnes will be discussing the Michigan basin carbon storage capacity and feasibility relative to stationary source carbon emissions potential.

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. This is a perfect time of year to explore the color of the Gardens. They have the “largest chrysanthemum display in the state. Inside and out, near and far, surrounding you at every turn – we’re covered in shades that will dazzle and delight.”

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Lunch Cost:
       -$20 Member
       -$25 Nonmember
       -$10 Government Employee & Full Time Student

Lunch will be the pre-made sandwich buffet including beef & cheddar, turkey & Swiss, and ham & dill havarti served with tossed salad with assorted dressings, fresh fruit salad, chips and condiments. Enjoy apple cheese torte for dessert.

Brownfield Redevelopment

WM-AWMA Technical Seminar & Annual Golf Outing

Lake Doster Golf Club, Plainwell, MI

The West Michigan Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association presents a half-day session on Brownfield Redevelopment

Presenters:

Jeff Crum, Hamp Matthews & Associates Matt Eugster, Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett LLP

Jeff Hawkins, Envirologic Technologies, Inc. Rhonda Klann, Department of Environmental Quality

David O’Donnell, Department of Environmental Quality Bill Rose, PhD, Kalamazoo Nature Center

David Stegink, Envirologic Technologies, Inc.

Agenda:

8:00-8:30 ………………… Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 ………………… Opening Remarks, David O’Donnell, Chair-WMAWMA

8:45-9:30 ………………… Part 201’s Brownfield Redevelopment Tools, Matt Eugster, David O’Donnell, & David Stegink

9:30-10:00…………………Practical Applications in addressing the Due Care Provisions of Part 201, Rhonda Klann

10:00-10:15………………..Break

10:15-10:45………………..Vapor Intrusion and Due Care, Jeff Crum

10:45-11:15………………..Brownfield Redevelopment Financial Incentives, Jeff Hawkins

11:15-11:45………………..The Urban Nature Park, a Case Study in restoring Green Space in an Urban Brownfield, Dr. Bill Rose

The PulverDryer Waste Materials Handling Technology

Lee New of PulverDryerUSA, a west Michigan based company, will discuss the PulverDryer; an innovative materials handling technology that has been used to process a variety of materials including bio-solids, industrial sludge, rendering wastes, and food processing wastes by pulverizing and, blending, mixing, de-watering and homogenizing the materials. All this is accomplished without a natural gas burner or other source of heat; which makes the process truly disruptive.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
                 1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
                 Grand Rapids, Michigan

We will have a panel featuring Lou Pocalujka, Consumers Energy, talking about where it came from; Mary Maupin, MDEQ, Air Quality Division, talking about the implications for Michigan; and Jeff Pfost, Environmental Partners, Inc., talking about the implications for West Michigan. This is a program you will not want to miss. Sign up today.

Location:  Meijer Gardens

16th Annual Spring Conference

Meijer Gardens

For a .pdf copy of the brochure click here

Time: 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Speakers: Sue Pemberton, Lansing Board of Water and Light
Jim Enright, Miller Johnson
Nadine Deak, MDEQ

Holiday Reception

Meijer Gardens

Talking Turkey with Congressman Vern Ehlers

(WEF Event co-sponsored by WM-AWMA)

Climate Change/Alternative Energy – Lansing

Ozone Regulation and Air PollutantTransport Issues for West Michigan

Please join us for a program designed to explain these complex issues with significant implications for development in West Michigan

-Lou Pocalujka of Consumers Energy will provide a status update on Ozone regulation, including proposed revision of the 8 hour Ozone Standard.

-Mike Koerber of LADCO will cover air quality planning and pollutant transport issues for the Lake Michigan Basin Air Shed and report on Great Lakes regional air pollutant registration activities.   

Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful fall gardens and the wonderful display of George Rickey “who combined his love of engineering and mechanics to introduce the notion of kinetic sculpture to America in the mid-twentieth century.” If you haven’t yet seen it, you have this last opportunity to enjoy the Thinker by Rodin.

Partnering with Business

MDEQ’s Environmental Assistance and Pollution Prevention Programs

Amy Butler, Chief of the DEQ's Environmental Science and Services Division, has been invited back by WM-AWMA after a well-received presentation at the 2007 Spring Conference to discuss the DEQ's Environmental Assistance and Pollution Prevention programs in greater depth.  

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. Enjoy the beauty of fall at the Gardens, and take in Auguste Rodin's, The Thinker, a rare and exclusive loan from the Detroit Institute of Arts in the Gardens' Sculpture Park.

Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful gardens and Rodin's, The Thinker.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
                 1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
                 Grand Rapids, Michigan

Lunch will be grilled chicken topped with artichokes & feta cheese, wild rice pilaf, vegetable, tossed salad & fresh baked rolls. Dessert will be New York style Cheesecake with raspberry sauce.

Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful gardens and Rodin's, The Thinker.

Friday

June 1, 2007

Emergency Response Plans 101
WM-AWMA Technical Seminar & Annual Golf Outing
Centennial Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI

Presenters:
Ronald Blouw, CHMM—Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Do I need a PIPP or DOT Security Plan?
Deborah Alderink, CIH, RN, CIAQC—Chair of Kent County LEPC What do I do for a large release?
Barbara Carr, PhD—USEPA-SPCC Coordinator How do the new SPCC rules impact me?

Agenda:

Luncheon Program

MDEQ Current Initiatives and General Administrative Update

Speaker: Steve Chester, Director of Michigan Department Environmental Quality (MDEQ)

The West Michigan-Air &Waste Management Association will be hosting a lunch presentation by MDEQ Director, Steve Chester, on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. The Director will provide a general administrative update and discuss current MDEQ initiatives.

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. Enjoy the beauty of spring at the Gardens. Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful indoor and outdoor gardens.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
                1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
                Grand Rapids, Michigan

Lunch will be a seared beef tips with mushrooms, smashed redskin potatoes, vegetable, tossed salad, and fresh baked rolls with strawberry white chocolate Romanoff for dessert.

MAREC (Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center)

Tour and Presentation; Luncheon Program

The lunch program will include a presentation by Felix Goto and a tour of the facility and its various alternative energy projects. See the information below for registering for this luncheon. Attached are directions to MAREC or go on line to www.gvsu.edu for campuses, maps and directions. Come join us for this informative luncheon program at Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center (MAREC)
200 Viridian Drive
Muskegon, Michigan 49440

Speaker: Felix Goto

15th Annual WMAWMA Spring Conference

Innovative Solutions to Environmental Challenges
Location: Meijer Gardens

For complete conference brochure/agenda, click here

Hazardous Waste Workshop – GVSU Loosemore Auditorium
8:00 am-12:00 noon

• When:  Tuesday December 5, 2006 
• Where:Lansing Community College, West Campus Conference Center, Lansing, MI 
• What:   Environmental Updates and Hot Topics Including:
  • Greenhouse Gas Updates
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
  • MDEQ Director’s Address
  • MDEQ Division Chiefs Update
  • Environment Canada/Ontario Ministry Topics
• Full Program Announcment     
  
• Online Registration - Registration Now Open, Click Here Now!

Frederik Meijer Gardens
Grand Rapids, MI

8:00 a.m thru Noon

for the complete conference brochure, click here

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

WM-AWMA Luncheon Program

Asbestos Compliance and Liability

The West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association will host a lunch program concerning asbestos and silica, including a discussion of the current status and future trends of regulations and litigation, as well as pending legislation. The featured speakers are Mark DeLisle, an environmental consultant at DeLisle associates, LTD. Mark has extensive experience in asbestos and silica regulation. Joining him is Eric Fleetham, an attorney at Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, who specializes in the defense of asbestos claims.

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. Enjoy the beauty of fall at the Gardens, and take in the drawings of Magdalena Abakanowicz, known as “one of the most startlingly innovative artists of our time.” Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful gardens and the drawings of Magdalena Abakanowicz.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
                 1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
                 Grand Rapids, Michigan

Speakers: Mark DeLisle, Environmental Consultant with DeLisle Associates, LTD
                    Eric Fleetham, Attorney with Varnum, Ridderins, Schmidt & Howlett

Lunch Cost:
     $20 Member
     $25 Nonmember
     $10 Government Employee & Full Time Student
Lunch will be a California Turkey Wrap served with a tossed salad, fresh fruit salad, and Bourbon Fudge Pecan Pie for dessert.

Part 201 Cleanup Criteria & Part 213 Risk-Based Screening Levels

Take advantage of this opportunity to hear about the recent developments in Part 201 and Part 213 of the Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA), including the Refined Petroleum Fund temporary Reimbursement Program and the Part 201 Roundtable discussion group process that has been initiated by the MDEQ to develop recommendations for improvements to the Part 201 program.

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. Enjoy the beauty of early fall at the Gardens. Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful indoor gardens and the outdoor gardens.
Luncheon Program
Lunch will be Traditional Meat Lasagna served with vegetable, tossed salad, fresh baked rolls with Tiramisu for dessert.

Lunch Cost:
$15 Member
$20 Nonmember
$10 Full Time Student

Speaker: Lynn Marolf, MDEQ, Assistant Chief of Remediation and Redevelopment Division

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens
1000 East Beltline Avenue, NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Odor Science, Measurement, Control and Enforcement

WM-AWMA Technical Seminar & Annual Golf Outing

Centennial Country Club, Grand Rapids

Come join us for this helpful and informative luncheon program at the lovely Frederik Meijer Gardens. Enjoy the beauty of spring at the Gardens. Your luncheon cost includes access to all the beautiful indoor gardens and the outdoor gardens.

Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Lunch Cost:
$15 Member
$20 Nonmember
$10 Full Time Student