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Conference Agenda

8:00 AM
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST | Sponsored by NTH Consultants, Ltd.

8:30 AM
INTRODUCTION & OPENING REMARKS
Chris Occhipinti, North Star Clean Energy
Conference Chair, West Michigan A&WMA Past Chair

8:40 AM
MORNING SESSION 1
Interstate Environmental / PFAS Disclosures in Packaging Laws

9:10 AM
BREAK & NETWORKING | Sponsored by Barr Engineering Co.

9:30 AM
MORNING SESSION 2
U.S. EPA Land, Chemicals, and Redevelopment Division
Cecilia Alford, USEPA Division Director

10:10 AM
MORNING SESSION 3
EGLE DIVISION DIRECTORS

• Phil Roos, EGLE Director

• Annette Switzer, Air Quality Division

• Tracy Kecskemeti, Materials Management Division

• Mike Neller, Remediation and Redevelopment Division

• Jerrod Sanders, Water Resources Division

12:10 PM
LUNCH | Sponsored by Taplin Environmental

BREAKOUT SESSIONS | CONCURRENT TRACKS
Sponsored by Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

Time: ROOM A – AIR | ROOM B – WASTE | ROOM C – ENVIRONMENTAL 101

1:15 PM
A: NAAQS Updates — Marissa Vaerten, EGLE, AQD
B: Episodic Events for Hazardous Waste — Bryan Grochowski, EGLE Lansing District Field Office, Hazardous Waste (RCRA) Inspector
C: Organizing Your Annual Reporting — Madison Pritchett, NTH Consultants

1:45 PM
A: Wildfires & Air Quality — Jim Haywood, Senior Meteorologist, EGLE, AQD
B: Hazardous Secondary Materials Topics — Melinda Keillor, Tetra Tech
C: Reading Air Permits 101 — Abby Brandstatter, NTH Consultants

2:15 PM
A: Data Centers & Air Quality Considerations — Jim Haywood, Senior Meteorologist, EGLE, AQD & Lillian Woolley, South Channel Environmental Consulting LLC
B: Recycling: New Markets & Funding — Kari Bliss, Principal Sustainability, PADNOS
C: Surviving Your First Years in the Environmental Field — Austin Stoner, GZA GeoEnvironmental

2:45 PM
BREAK & NETWORKING | Sponsored by Barr Engineering Co.

3:00 PM
MI HEALTHY CLIMATE PLAN
Impacts on Industrial/Electric Sources

3:30 PM
SUPREME COURT UPDATES, INCLUDING ENBRIDGE LINE 5 — Kyle Konwinski, Varnum LLP

3:55 PM
RAFFLE | Sponsored by GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

4:00 PM
HAPPY HOUR @ EagleMonk | Sponsored by Varnum LLP

GENERAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Eurofins Environment Testing
South Channel Environmental Consulting, LLC