PM

2:00

Golf Tournament

Separate registration required

5:00

to

7:00

Ice breaker for out of town guests arriving early

In the Attic, 3rd floor

AM

7:00

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Blackberry Hall

8:00

Welcome and Symposium Overview

Acknowledgments, Housekeeping

Brian May (President Oregon Beaver Chapter)

Wes Gavett (2012 Symposium Program Chair)

8:15

Opening Remarks

Kristan Mitchell - ORRA

Power Station Theater

Main Lodge Ballroom

8:30

Session 1 – Oregon Recycling Programs

Moderator:  TBD

Oregon’s  Recycling 101 Program / Earthwalk Nature Trail

Bailey Payne - Marion County Public Works - Environmental Services

Oregon’s Paint Stewardship Law - Results from Year 1 Pilot Program - Cheryl Grabham - DEQ

Construction Waste Management for a Sustainable Future – Case Study of the Oregon Transportation Investment Act

Shelley Richards - HDR

Session 2 – Transfer Station

Moderator:  TBD

Health and Safety Considerations at Transfer Stations

Tom Parker – CDM

Green Building For Transfer Stations: Then, Now and Beyond - Sharon Wright – HDR Engineering

Designing a Modern Transfer Station

Doug Drennen – JR Miller

10:00

BREAK in Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

Prize Drawings

10:30

Session 3 – Stormwater Issues

Moderator:  TBD

New Water Quality 1200Z Permit Requirements

Jenine Camilleri - DEQ

Stormwater Management and Practices

Sean Hanrahan, P.E. – PBS

Stormwater Management – TBD

Session 4 – Innovative Waste Technologies

Moderator:  TBD

Developing and Financing a Merchant Biogas Plant

John Mckinney – Columbia Biogas

Landfill Gas to CNG Development Project at the LRI Landfill

Kevin Lakey - SCS

Plasma Gasification Technology

Jeff Surma – S4energy Solutions

PM

12:00

LUNCH in Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

SWANA Chapter Announcements and Prize Drawings

Keynote Speaker – Robert B. Gardner P.E, BCEE  – Senior Vice President SCS Engineers

What’s Next in Solid Waste?

1:30

Session 5 –Organics

Moderator:  TBD

Challenges and Opportunities in Anaerobic Digestion of Organics in Municipal Solid Waste

Christopher Muller – Brown and Caldwell

Impacts of Organic Waste Diversion Programs in the Pacific Northwest on Landfill Gas Recovery  -  Alex Stege, SCS Engineers

Food Waste To Fuel: Digesting The Low-Hanging Fruit

 Tom Kramer and Evan Griffiths – CH2M Hill

Session 6 – Use of GPS at Landfills

Moderator:  TBD

GPS in the Landfill Industry

Jim Thompson – Deschutes County Solid Waste

GPS Technologies for Landfill Construction and Operations

Steven Honkus - Trimble Navigation

The Use of GPS and CAD Technology in the Solid Waste Industry Michelle Langdon – Lane County

3:00

BREAK in Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

Prize Drawings

3:30

Session 7 – Recycling Programs

Moderator:  TBD

Multifamily Recycling: Where even Santa ends up in the dumpster

 Terra Heilman -  Waste Connections

Carton Council – Building Carton Recycling Access Nationwide

Jeff Epstein – Carton Council West Coast Coordinator

Glass Recycling

Charles Porta - eCullet

Session 8 – Operational Issues at Landfills

Moderator:  TBD

Assessment Tool and Methods for Landfill Odor Studies

Thomas J. Rappolt – SCS Engineers

Improving Landfill Airspace Density – A case study of Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, King County, WA

Bard Horton – BHC Consultants

Use of SCADA Technology for Leachate Pumping Station Operations at Knott Landfill – Chad Centola – Dechutes County

6:00 

EVENING DINNER

Main Lodge Ballroom

8:00

WILD BILL’S CASINO NIGHT

Blackberry Hall

AM

7:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Blackberry Hall

Power Station Theater

Main Lodge Ballroom

8:30

Session 9 –Resource Recovery

Moderator:  TBD

Fishing For Energy – Using Alternative Technologies For Fishing Gear Disposal

 Erin Hofmann – NFWF

Metal Recovery From Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Ash

Don Alexander – Marion County Public Works – Environmental Services

 Deriving Maximum Value and Sustainablility from Mixed Waste Plastic

Lew Feucht – Agilyx

Session 10 – Landfill Closure

Moderator:  TBD

Green Exposed Closures

Mike Ayers – Closure Turf

Cost Savings from Landfill Re-design for the US Department of Energy A Case Study at Hanford

John Briest, P.E , Weaver Boos Consultants

Design of Landfill Liner and Cover Systems: Some International Perspectives

Richard Thiel, P.E.  Thiel Engineering

10:00

BREAK in Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

Prize Drawings

10:30

Session 11 - Organics

Moderator:  TBD

Include the Food:  The first six months of Portland’s New Curbside Collection Service

Arianne Sperry – City of Portland

Food Waste Collection: West Coast Best Practices

Delyn Kies, Kies Stategies

Pacific Region Compost Facility

Jordan Trimmer - PRC

Session 12 –Landfill Gas

Moderator:  TBD

Improving Performance of Gas Extractions Wells

Jim Bailey – Shannon & Wilson

Roseburg Landfill Gas to Energy Facility – Case Study

Benny Benson, P.E. – Energyneering Solutions

Challenges to a Successful Implementation of a Remote Monitoring and Control System at the Mid Valley Landfill Flare Station

James Moore and Phillip Carrillo, SCS Engineers

PM

12:00

LUNCH in Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

Keynote Speaker – David Allaway – DEQ

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From “WasteManagement” to “Materials Management”

1:30

Blackberry Hall with Exhibitors

Falconry Demonstration - Managing Gulls with Falconry

at the Meadow Area East of Blackberry Hall

Jennifer Purcell – Tillamook County

Kort Clayton – Airstrike Bird Control, LLC.

2:30

Closing and Final Comments

Blackberry Hall

Brian May (President Oregon Beaver Chapter)

Wes Gavett (2012 Symposium Program Chair)

Final Prize Drawings