Zephyr Newsletter - Allegheny Mountain Section

NEWSLETTER FOR THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SECTION OF THE AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
From the Chair…
This month certainly feels like it is
coming in like a lion (as I write this on
a blustery, cold morning). Even though
the weather may have slowed some of
us down with delays and cancelations,
I can assure you that the Allegheny
Mountain Section is continuing to keep
up the momentum started earlier this
year and working hard to bring more
members into our flock. I wanted to
highlight one of our committees this
month that help our young
professionals in the environmental
region network professionally and
grow their careers.
A&WMA has recognized that young
professionals are a key to sustaining a
successful association and has even
established the Young Professionals
Advisory Committee (YPAC), which
advises the A&WMA Board and other
councils. YPAC helps to recruit, retain
and develop young professionals in our
What’s Inside
From the Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AMS~A&WMA March Luncheon . . .
Zephyr Editorial Staff . . . . . . . . . . .
Around the Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Young Professionals Mixer . . . . . .
Disposal & Remediation News . . . .
AMS~A&WMA Meeting Minutes . .
Word on Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thank You, Sponsors! . . . . . . . . . .
P2 Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volunteer Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . .
Members on the Move . . . . . . . . . .
Sponsorship Opportunity . . . . . . . .
Science and Engineering Fair . . . .
Become an AMS~A&WMA Member
AMS Membership Update . . . . . . .
Compliance Corner . . . . . . . . . . . .
Communication Connection . . . . . .
Message from WV Chair . . . . . . . .
Internet Site Review . . . . . . . . . . .
In the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scholarship News for 2015 . . . . . .
Envirocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AMS Section Directory . . . . . . . . . .
By: Leah Blinn ([email protected] )
Association. One initiative that the YPAC
implemented is offering one free year of
membership to those student A&WMA
members upon graduation. YPAC also
develops several webinars throughout the
year to educate and advise students and
young professionals on careers and
professional development. YPAC assists
sections and chapters into forming their
own Young Professionals (YP) Committee
and has a wealth of information on their
website (http://yp.awma.org/).
Eric Balboni is on the AMS Board of
Directors and has chaired the YP
committee for over five years.
The YP committee provides networking
opportunities for YPs in our region through
casual events held approximately every
other month. An event will be held this
month in Market Square at Nola.
The networking events strive to bring
together YPs and veterans alike in a social
atmosphere to enable interactions
between all types
of professionals.
The events are open
to non-members,
and these events
have helped our
section obtain
new YP members.
Leah Blinn
I would encourage all of members,
both YP and veterans, to join us at
the next YP networking event. I believe
that the veterans of our Association
have a lot of wisdom to impart on all
of our members, but most notably
our YPs. I also think that we all can
benefit from more YP involvement in
our Association. Eric and I will be
working to bring enhancements to the
YP committee and strategize how to get
more YP members involved. If you have
any ideas, please contact me or Eric.
See you at Nola!
AMS~A&WMA March Luncheon
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Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Reporting - A Refresher
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 11TH
Amanda Black
Senior Operations Manager
Air Quality Services
CB&I
It’s reporting season - which means your
favorite report, TRI, is due around the
corner. Under Section 313 of the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to Know Act (EPCRA), affected
facilities are required to report estimates
of releases of listed toxic chemicals to the
USEPA and the state regulating agency by
July 1 for each toxic chemical exceeding a
TRI reporting threshold during the previous
calendar year.
Are you new to TRI reporting? Or maybe
you just need a refresher to clear off the
cobwebs since you looked at the
requirements last year?
This presentation will get you ready for a
timely TRI submittal! The discussion will
include a brief background of TRI, how to
determine if you’re required to report,
what you need to report and how, some
tips to streamline your reporting efforts
(Continued on page 2 )
Next AMS~A&WMA Luncheon
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Permitting of Natural Gas Power Plants
and GHG BACT Analysis
Joe Pezze
President
The Hillcrest Group
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Editorial Staff
CO-EDITORS IN CHIEF
Kay Linnell
Meghan Yingling
LANGAN
Universal Well Services
CONTENT EDITOR
Pradeep Indrakanti, Ph.D.
LTI
DESIGN EDITOR
Matthew Milanek
MMDesign, Inc.
IN THE AIR EDITORS
Sheri Guerrieri
Air Compliance Consultants, Inc
Mick Pompelia
AECOM
WORD ON WATER EDITOR
Susan Zummo Forney
EHS InfoLink, Inc.
DISPOSAL & REMEDIATION NEWS EDITOR
Mark Sebring
MSA
COMPLIANCE CORNER EDITOR
Joyce Lish
Alcoa
P2 FORUM EDITOR
Michael Stepaniak
Pennsylvania Resources Council
Zephyr
AMS~A&WMA March Luncheon
and avoid common pitfalls and a
discussion of new TRI requirements.
Amanda Black is a Senior Operations
Manager of Air Quality Services at CB&I
and has 15 years of experience in
environmental consulting. Amanda has
extensive experience in air permitting of
major and minor sources throughout the
United States. Her expertise include
environmental permitting, environmental
auditing, environmental compliance
review, and emission inventory development.
Specifically relevant to this presentation,
Amanda has attended USEPA’s TRI
training and has completed hundreds
of TRI reports for clients since beginning
her career. She has assisted clients by
auditing their TRI reporting procedures
and developing TRI compliance
programs to help ensure accuracy
while improving efficiency. Amanda
holds a B.S. in chemical engineering
from West Virginia University.
(Continued from page 1)
The luncheon will be held at 11:30 am on
Wednesday, March 11TH (please note
we’ll be meeting on Wednesday this
month) at:
Penn Brewery
800 Vinial Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
The restaurant offers a free parking lot.
Please pre-register for the luncheon by
Thursday March 5. You can register for
the luncheon at www.ams-awma.org
and clicking on EVENTS.
The program is $25 for members, $35
for non-members and $5 for students.
Payment at the time of registration using
Event Brite is preferred, but you may also
send a check or money order payable to
A&WMA AMS to the address below:
Jill Buckley
Cheswick Station
PO Box 65
Cheswick, PA 15024
Please note that we are no longer accepting payment at the door.
If you have any questions, please contact Jill Buckley at [email protected]
Have an idea for a program? Want to be involved with planning our programs? Your help
and suggestions are welcome! Please contact Amanda Black at [email protected].
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dorothy Buckowski
Golder Associates
Paul Scott
Cardno Chemrisk
Jim Daley
NGE
Matthew Myers
Michael Baker International
ZEPHYR NEWSLETTER
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Around the Town
A complete list of up to date AMS/A&WMA events is online at http://www.awma.org
Webinar Series
Conference
PA-DEP REPEATING WEBINAR
Riparian Buffer Equivalency
March 10 - 11, 2015
10 a.m.
A&WMA AND ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
REGISTER ONLINE!
ENV-VISION: Environmental Vision?
An International Electricity Sector Conference
Webinar Series
Riparian Buffer Offsetting
May 12 - 14, 2015
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Doubletree Hilton
Crystal City, VA
March 10 - 11, 2015
1 p.m.
Sponsored by: Electric Power Research Institute
Hosted by: Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)
REGISTER ONLINE!
REGISTER ONLINE!
PA-DEP REPEATING WEBINAR
Webinar Series (x3)
AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION
Title V Permitting:
Maximizing Flexibility,
Enhancing Compliance:
Webinar Series (x3)
March 17, 18 & 19, 2015
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
This webinar is for new and experienced
environmental professionals interested
in learning how to manage the impact
of Clean Air Act Title V operating
permits, streamline monitoring, and
standardize permits across jurisdictions.
It provides strategies on how to ensure
compliance while minimizing
operational intrusions required by
Title V permits.
Example permit conditions are
discussed to illustrate how agencies
and companies have approached
compliance demonstration requirements.
Information on when to re-open a
permit and the modification process
will be provided.
Webinar attendees will learn about:
• The origins of each Title V permit
condition
• Which permit conditions are
negotiable
• Resources for developing unique
and flexible permit condition options
• Opportunities to reduce Title V
permit deviations
Vol 33/Issue 3/March 2015
Young Professionals Mixer
T HE YOUNG P ROFESSIONALS C OMMITTEE
PRESENTS...
Networking Opportunity
& Happy Hour Mixer
Come join us for an evening of fun, friends, and FREE FOOD!
This is your chance to meet and mingle with local young
professionals across all environmental fields.
All are welcome! Bring a friend!
When:
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Where:
NOLA on the Square
24 Market Square
Pittsburgh, PA
Time:
6:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Although there is no fee, we would
like to have some idea of the number
of folks planning to attend. Please
RSVP for the Happy Hour on the
Allegheny Mountain Section website
at:www.ams-awma.org by 3 pm on
the day of the event.
Click on EVENTS, then select the
YP Happy Hour to complete the
registration form. You will be asked
to provide basic contact information.
There is no fee for the event, so there
is no need to click into the PayPal
Payment module.
If you have any questions, please contact Eric Balboni (YP Chair) at
[email protected] or call 412-400-6665.
http://www.ams-awma.org
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Regulatory Update
Disposal & Remediation News By: Mark Sebring ( [email protected] )
DEP LAUNCHES MINE SUBSIDENCE
INSURANCE NOTIFICATION CAMPAIGN
The Department of Environmental
Protection’s (DEP) Mine Subsidence
Insurance (MSI) Program is sending out
notices to about 2,000 property owners in
Pleasant Hills Borough, Allegheny County,
to alert them of abandoned coal mines
beneath their property, increasing their
risk of damage from mine subsidence.
The notices include maps that show
undermined areas beneath property
owners’ homes. The long-abandoned
mines can deteriorate and collapse,
causing the surface to sink.
This mine subsidence can cause
expensive-to-repair cracks in foundations
and walls. In extreme cases, subsidence
can render buildings uninhabitable.
Standard homeowners insurance rarely
covers mine subsidence damage, leaving
the property owner with the repair
expense. DEP offers affordable MSI to
protect homeowners from potential
damages caused by mine subsidence.
In 2013, subsidence damaged 10 homes
on Fredrick Street in Mount Oliver,
Allegheny County. Only one of those
homeowners had MSI.
Due to incidents like the Mount Oliver
subsidence, DEP has developed a
notification program to alert property
owners in undermined areas of the risk of
costly damage caused by mine subsidence,
and the availability of affordable MSI
coverage. Pleasant Hills was chosen as a
target area for the program because most
of the borough is undermined.
Additional mass mailings will be
systematically sent to other property
owners across the state who are also at
risk for subsidence.
Mine subsidence damage often exceeds
$100,000. Premiums are about 55 cents
for every $1,000 of coverage.
An average policy of $175,000 would
cost just $95 a year, about $8 a month,
or 25 cents a day. Despite the modest
cost, only about 60,000 buildings are
insured statewide. It is estimated that
more than 1,000,000 buildings are built
over abandoned mines in Pennsylvania.
More information about the MSI
program is available at www.paMSI.org
NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY PLAN AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED
The U.S. EPA is proposing to amend
requirements under Subpart J of the
National Contingency Plan to
incorporate scientific advances and
lessons learned from the 2010
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the
Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, addressed
are the use of dispersants, and other
chemical and biological agents to
respond to oil spills in waters of the
U.S. The public has the opportunity to
comment on this proposed rule during a
90-day period following its publication in
the Federal Register.
Over the past several years, EPA has
conducted research on improved
laboratory protocols for dispersant and
bioremediation efficacy.
As a result of this
research and the
lessons learned during
the Deepwater Horizon
event, EPA is proposing
several amendments to Subpart J.
The proposed Subpart J amendments
seek to ensure that:
• chemical and biological agents have
met efficacy and toxicity requirements,
• product manufacturers provide important
use and safety information, and
• the planning and response community
is equipped with the proper
information to authorize and use the
products in a judicious and effective
manner.
The proposed revisions take into
consideration not only efficacy, but
also toxicity, contingency planning,
monitoring, confidential business
information, and environmental impacts
for better protection of human health
and the environment. A fact sheet on
the proposed
rule is at:
http://www2.
epa.gov/
emergencyresponse/
fact-sheetproposedchangessubpart-jnationalcontingencyplan.
AMS~A&WMA Meeting Minutes
AMS-A&WMA Board of Directors Meeting Summary
• The AMS Monthly Board of Directors
Meeting was held at ACHD on
Monday, February 2, 2015.
• The January 2015 financial report was
presented by email by Kimberly Walker,
treasurer.
• A new student membership
promotional campaign was discussed.
• Chair Leah Blinn will be meeting with
Mike Forbeck of the Association of
State and Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials (ASTSWMO) to
discuss the potential for local, regional,
and/or national programming
partnerships.
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• Opportunities for companies to fund
AMS-A&WMA scholarships were
discussed as a follow-on to the idea
raised during the January 5, 2015
board meeting.
• Past chair Meghan Yingling has
stepped up to be a Co-Editor in Chief
of the Zephyr, along with continued
leadership by Kay Linnell.
• A March young professional’s event
will be hosted by Eric Balboni, stay
tuned for details.
• Jayme Graham announced that the
annual leadership training event is
scheduled for mid-April in Pittsburgh.
http://www.ams-awma.org
• The next AMS Board meeting will be
held on Monday, March 2, 2015 at
ACHD.
Respectfully submitted,
Dorothy Buckoski
Secretary
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Regulatory Update
Word on Water
By: Susan Zummo Forney ([email protected])
EPA RELEASES INCIDENT ACTION
CHECKLISTS FOR UTILITIES
EPA has developed a series of Incident
Action Checklists that outline critical
measures that drinking water and
wastewater utility personnel can take
immediately before, during and after an
emergency to protect their systems. Ten
incident types are highlighted, including
drought, earthquake, extreme cold &
winter storms, extreme heat, flooding,
hurricane, tornado, tsunami, volcanic
activity and wildfire. The “rip & run” style
checklists were developed collaboratively
with water utility managers and state
agency/water association representatives
as an on-the-go reference.
The Incident Action Checklists and other
EPA emergency/incident resources for
water and wastewater utilities can be
accessed at EPA’s Emergency/Incident
Information page.
Vol 33/Issue 3/March 2015
DRAFT CONTAMINANT CANDIDATE
LIST (CCL4) PUBLISHED
EPA has published for public review and
comment a draft list of contaminants that
are not currently regulated in drinking
water, but may require regulations in the
future under the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA). The agency will accept
comments through April 6, 2015.
Inclusion of contaminants on the CCL is
one tool the agency uses to identify
contaminants for regulatory decision
making and research needs. The Draft
CCL 4 includes 100 chemicals or
chemical groups and 12 microbiological
contaminants. The list includes, among
others, chemicals used in commerce,
pesticides, biological toxins, disinfection
byproducts, pharmaceuticals, and
waterborne pathogens. Contaminants
on the CCL are known or anticipated to
occur in public water systems at levels
of potential concern for public health.
The SDWA requires
EPA to publish the
CCL every five years.
For more
information visit:
http://www2.
epa.gov/ccl/
contaminantcandidatelist-4-ccl-4.
http://www.ams-awma.org
COPPER-FREE BRAKE INITIATIVE
On January 21, 2015, EPA, states and
the automotive industry signed an
agreement to reduce the use of copper
and other materials in motor vehicle
brake pads. The agreement calls for
reducing copper in brake pads to less
than 5 percent by weight in 2021 and
0.5 percent by 2025.
In addition to copper, this voluntary
initiative reduces mercury, lead,
cadmium, asbestiform fibers, and
chromium-6 salts in motor vehicle brake
pads. The Initiative will decrease runoff
of these materials from roads into the
streams, rivers and lakes. Copper from
stormwater runoff can affect fish,
amphibians, invertebrates and plants.
Read the Copper-free brake pads
agreement between EPA, states and
automotive industry representatives
(PDF).
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Hull & Klodowski LLC
Thank You, Sponsors!
The editorial staff of the Zephyr and the administration of the
Allegheny Mountain Section of the Air and Waste Management
Association wish to thank our sponsors for their continued support.
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Regulatory Update
P2 Forum
By: Michael Stepaniak ([email protected])
PA DEP ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
FOR GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE
The PA DEP is currently accepting
nominations and applications from
individuals and organizations for a 2015
Governor’s Award for Environmental
Excellence.
This ongoing awards program is open to
all PA businesses, farms, government
agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and individuals who have created or
participated in the development of a
project that promotes environmental
stewardship and economic development
in the state. According to the DEP the
overarching goal of the awards is to
recognize the innovative ways these
winning projects transformed
environmental obstacles into
opportunities, and as a result generate
change for other businesses and
organizations struggling with the same
challenges. Nominated projects must
have been completed between August 1,
2013 and July 31, 2014. The DEP is
seeking out projects that showcase
technological advances, promote
renewable energy solutions, reduce
environmental threats, provide
environmentally responsible economic
opportunity, foster environmental
education, or restore watersheds.
A set of seven criteria will be used to
select winning entries. The criteria
include: environmental protection,
partnership, public service,
environmental education and outreach,
pollution prevention, economic impact,
and innovating technology. The winners
will be recognized in April 2015 during
an awards ceremony and dinner hosted
by the Pennsylvania Environmental
Council. For more information including
an application and guidelines, visit
www.dep.state.pa.us, keyword:
Governor’s Award.
The deadline to apply is March 2, 2015.
Vol 33/Issue 3/March 2015
TOP 10 STATES FOR LEED GREEN
BUILDING PER CAPITA LIST RELEASED
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
recently released its annual list of the
Top 10 States for LEED, the world’s
most widely used and recognized green
building rating system, ranking states in
terms of square feet of LEED space per
state resident.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT ACCEPTING
NOMINATIONS FOR 2014
ENVIROSTAR AWARDS
The ACHD is now accepting nominations
for its 2104 EnviroStar awards, which
honor local businesses and
organizations for voluntary pollution
prevention (P2) practices. According to
the ACHD P2 not only protects the
environment and public health, but also
benefits the bottom line through waste
reduction and conservation of resources.
P2 encourages reducing or eliminating
waste at the source by modifying
production processes, promoting the
use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances,
Now in its fifth year, the per-capita list is implementing conservation techniques,
based on 2010 U.S. Census data and
and re-using materials rather than
includes commercial and institutional
putting them into the waste stream.
green building projects that were certified The ACHD annually recognizes
throughout 2014.
businesses and organizations that
Illinois retained its top national position
undergo voluntary P2 activities and
for the second year in a row, with
incorporate sustainability into their
174 LEED certifications representing
business practices. Winners are
3.31 square feet of LEED-certified space
recognized as local leaders in their
per resident. USGBC calculates the list
commitment to their communities and
using per-capita figures as a measure of the environment. The purpose of the
the human element of green building,
EnviroStar program is to encourage
allowing for a fair comparison of the
each person in Allegheny County to
level of green building taking place
engage in pollution prevention and
among states with significant differences sustainable practices by publicizing the
in population and the number of overall
positive experiences, both environmental
buildings. In 2014, LEED for Building
and economic, of those organizations
Operations and Maintenance was once
that are already doing so. Nominations
again the most popular rating system
are being accepted until March 6, 2015,
within the top 10 states, representing
and may be made by visiting the ACHD
48 percent of the total square footage
web site at www.achd.net/envirostar.
certified. LEED for Building Design and
Construction was the second most
popular rating system in the top 10,
representing 46 percent of the square
footage certified and LEED for Interior
Design and Construction was the third
most popular rating system, representing
6 percent of total square footage
certified in these states in 2014.
The 2014 awards will be announced
in conjunction with Earth Day, April
22, 2015.
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Zephyr
Volunteer Spotlight
By: Kay Linnell ([email protected])
Most Zephyr editions, I use this space to profile our
wonderful AMS volunteers. I hope someday to feature you in
this column. This month, I thought I would list some open
volunteer positions. Please consider volunteering and helping
our organization thrive.
As stated by David Testa in the February volunteer spotlight
“It really doesn’t require a lot of time to make a difference.
I encourage all members to take just a few hours a month
to help out in some small, but important, way to continue
to keep the organization the preeminent professional
environmental organization that it is.”
Working with AMS provides valuable networking opportunities.
Each of these positions only requires a couple hours
each month.
Zephyr Newsletter Columns
Around the Town, People on the Move
Contributing Editor(s)
Looking for volunteer(s) to put compile
the information for these columns. A simple list is all that is
needed, our newsletter designer does the layout.
Please contact one of our Zephyr newsletter editors to
learn more, Kay Linnell ([email protected]) or
Meghan M. Yingling at ([email protected]).
Communication Committee
We are looking for volunteer(s) to help maintain our website,
and distribute emails to our membership. Please contact
Randy York ([email protected]) to learn
more about this committee.
Sponsorship Opportunity
Members on the Move
Is your company looking for a community service opportunity?
Learn which Section Members
are “On the Move” in their
environmental and Science careers.
Sponsor the 2015 AMS
Environmental Scholarship Program!
Our established, long-standing scholarship program has a track record of
supporting environmental students in our area.
All scholarship sponsors will be acknowledged when the scholarship award
announcement is made in the Zephyr and in the letters to recipients.
AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT
A S S O C I A T I O N
Allegheny Mountain Section
For more information, please contact David Testa, at:
[email protected]
• Full Service Engineering Design, Construction
and Maintenance Fabrication Services
• Site Assessment and Remedial Services
• Decommissioning and Closure Services
• Multimedia Permitting and Compliance
• EH&S Auditing
• Air Monitoring and Stack Testing
Amanda Black
Leah Blinn
412-380-6114
412-380-4272
[email protected]
[email protected]
2790 Mosside Blvd.
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•
Monroeville, PA 15146
•
www.cbi.com
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Eric Perl, a 26-year member of A&WMA
who held positions as a Board Member,
Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair retired
in February 2015.
Most recently Eric worked for
Hull Guillot & Associates and held
positions with ENSR (now AECOM)
and MACTEC (now AMEC) in the past.
We all wish Eric the very best in his
retirement and hope to see him at some
future A&WMA events.
Please note:
If you have information on any
A&WMA AMS members who have
moved into new positions or taken on
new roles at current employers, or
received environmental awards, please
notify Jim Daley at
[email protected]
to have the information appear
in the Zephyr.
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Science and Engineering Fair
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair
May 10 - 15, 2015
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s
largest international pre-college science competition, is coming to Pittsburgh!
The premier global science competition for students in grades 9-12 provides a
forum for more than 1,700 high school students from 70 countries, regions, and
territories to display their independent research and compete for more than
$5 million in prizes.!
Today, millions of students worldwide compete each year in local and
school-sponsored science fairs; the winners of these events go on to
participate in SSP-affiliated regional and state fairs from which the best
win the opportunity to attend Intel ISEF.
Intel ISEF unites these top young scientific minds, showcasing their talents
on an international stage, where doctoral level scientists review and judge
their work.
SSP partners with Intel—along with dozens of other corporate, academic,
government and science-focused sponsors—who provide the support and
awards for Intel ISEF.
Intel ISEF is hosted each year in a different city (Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and
Phoenix through 2019). The Local Arrangements Committees from each
city partner with SSP and Intel to provide support for the event including
the recruitment of 100s of volunteers and judges and in organizing an
education outreach day in which more than 3,000 middle and high
school students visit.
UPCOMING DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR INTEL ISEF
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10 - 15, 2015
Phoenix, Arizona, May 8 - 13, 2016
Los Angeles, California, May 14 - 19, 2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 13 - 18, 2018
Phoenix, Arizona, May 12 - 17, 2019
SSP is seeking interpreters, general volunteers and judges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May 10-15, 2015
Your help is needed to serve as a judge or to provide
general volunteer help. Judging will begin the evening
of Tuesday May 12 and will include training, dinner,
and an opportunity to preview the projects.
Project reviews, interviews with the students, and
caucusing to identify the winners occur on Wednesday,
May 13. Qualified judges hold a degree with six or more
years of professional experience or a Ph.D., M.D., or
equivalent and have the desire to encourage our students.
There are also many opportunities for general volunteers
and in particular, interpreters. Parking, refreshments,
and enjoyable meals are provided.
To register to judge, please visit: https://student.societyforscience.org/grand-award-judges
Questions about judging can be sent to: [email protected]
More information about the fair and all of the opportunities to volunteer, please visit:
https://student.societyforscience.org/volunteers
Please let AMS know you are volunteering so you can be recognized by contacting Greg Tieman at:
[email protected]
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Become an AMS~A&WMA Member
SAVE MONEY! Become an Organizational AWMA Member!
The costs are one annual fee for the “Primary Representative” and $88.00 per person
for any additional representatives. There are three classes of organizational membership:
(1) Government ($470/yr)
(2) Private; Up to 10 Members ($495/yr)
Join Today!
Receive Valuable Member Benefits!
For an Organization with only 6 members, this is a savings
of $235 (495 +5 x $88 = $935), over the cost of six individual
memberships (6 times $195/yr = $1,170).
Each Additional Member that joins under an Organizational
Membership saves an additional $107 as compared to the
price of an individual membership.
For example, 10 members from the same organization would pay
$1,272 (480 + 9 x 88) for an effective rate of $127 per member
compared to the $195 individual rate, a savings of over 30%.
LITERATURE
• Organization members receive a copy of both
the Journal of A&WMA and Environmental
Manager (one copy for the organization).
Online access to both journals is available to
all organizational members.
• All members will receive the the Zephyr.
(3) Private, More than 10 Members ($1,050/yr)
What are the other benefits to becoming an AWMA
Organizational member?
In additional to all the benefits of being an A&WMA
member (Webinars, Programs, networking opportunities,
discounts of 20-30% on registration fees for A&WMA
events, access to local Section and Chapter events,
newsletters and website discounts on A&WMA publications,
etc.), organizational members also receive the
following benefits:
FREE ADVERTISING
• Organization members are listed in
each issue of EM and in the programs
for the Annual Conference & Exhibition.
• Allegheny Mountain Section recognizes
Organizational Members at least once
a year.
ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS
• All Allegheny Mountain Section professional
events are discounted at least 25% to
members, the monthly lunch is $25 for
members and $35 for non-members.
• Organizational members receive discounts on
certain exhibits and advertising with A&WMA.
Log on to: http.//www.awma.org/join/join.html and download the membership forms today.
Online sign-up is not currently available for Organizational members.
For more information, contact Harry Klodowski,
Be sure to send one Primary Representative application and
Allegheny Mountain Section Membership Chair, at:
an Additional Representatives application for all other
724-940-4000 or [email protected].
members to Gerald Armstrong, [email protected],
412-904-6018 at:
In West Virginia, Chapter Membership Chair John Meeks
Air & Waste Management Association
304-755-0721 or [email protected].
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
In Northwest Pennsylvania, contact Scott Newell,
One Gateway Center, 3rd Floor
814-454-0328 or [email protected].
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Zephyr
AMS Membership Update By: Matthew Myers, AMS Membership Committee, ([email protected])
Thank You New Members
We welcome the following new members:
Ryan Baisden
ERM
Michael Cantoni
ERM
Colleen Nolan
Duquesne University
Fini Bya
ERM
Patrick Williams
ERM
Alison Stidworthy
Thank You Renewed Members
We thank our renewed members for their continuing support.
Larry Sweeney
Antea Group
Grant Morgan
ERM
Gale Lea Rubrecht
Jackson Kelly PLLC
Joseph Stanger
Blue Mt. Environmental
Management Group
Ryan Baisden
ERM
James Zubrow
Key Environmental, Inc.
John Weber
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Kay Linnell
Langan Engineering
and Environmental Services, Inc.
Amanda Black
CB&I
A. Edward Sciulli
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Paul Gebhard
ERM
Kelly Hamilton
NRG
Jeffrey Jackson
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Paul Chinuntdet
ERM
Kelli Swain
ERM
Harry Trout
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Rebecca Robertson
ERM
Donald Spaeder
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Keith Schmidt
NRG Energy
Harold Thistle
US DA Forest Service
2015 AMS Membership Committee
Jill Buckley
GenOn
Aileen Evan
PADEP
Scott Krall
Bayer
Marianne Mulroy
PADEP
Scott Newell (NWPA)
Lake Erie Biofuels/Hero BX
Debora Chiaraluna
Test America
Marty Hochhauser
PADEP
Matt Myers
Baker
John Meeks (WVA)
Triad Engineering,
Tom Samarco
SE Technologies
Do you want more information? Visit the AMS AWMA website: http://www.ams-awma.org/ams_membership.htm.
Or contact: Harry Klodowski, AMS Membership Chair, [email protected] , Phone: 724-940-4000
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Regulatory Update
Compliance Corner
By: Joyce Lish ([email protected])
PADEP SCHEDULES PUBLIC Q&A FOR
PROPOSED POWER PLANT PROJECT
PADEP will hold a public question and
answer session immediately before
the February 11th public hearing
about Tenaska’s proposed natural
gas-fired power station planned for
South Huntington Township,
Westmoreland County.
The session will begin at 6 p.m.,
followed by a formal public hearing at
7 p.m.. It will be held at the Turkeytown
Volunteer Fire Hall (Huntington Place)
located at 90 Supervisor Drive in South
Huntington. Staff from PADEP’s regional
Clean Water and Air Quality programs
and Tenaska personnel will respond to
questions about the permits being
considered for the project.
Anyone who would like to present
testimony during the public hearing
should register in advance by calling
John Poister at (412) 442-4203.
There will also be an opportunity to
register at the door. Participants in the
question and answer session do not
need to register.
EPA ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF
E-ENTERPRISE PORTAL
In January 2015, EPA issued a notice
announcing development of the EEnterprise Portal. The main purpose of
the Portal is to provide better customer
service. Co-Regulators, regulated
entities and the public will benefit from
the portal having easier access to
information to inform their decisions and
making transactions with environmental
agencies as efficient and effective as
possible. In short, the regulatory portal
will provide smart
tools to help regulated entities
understand their environmental
obligations and associated permitting
and reporting requirements and
streamline their preparation and
submittal of information.
The public portal will provide an
easier way for citizens, academics,
and NGOs to access environmental
information tailored to their interests
through user profiles. Using the more
tailored features of the Portal would be
optional (information and data would
continue to be available through the
EPA website.)
EPA and its co-regulators also intend to
evaluate how portal technology can
provide opportunities for the integration
and consolidation of existing public
access tools. The public portal could
also facilitate citizen science where the
public provides EPA and its coregulators with environmental data
gathered through advanced monitoring
and other techniques, including those
that use smart phone applications.
EPA and its co-regulators will conduct
a scoping and business case for the
portal, which will take about 3-4
months. After the scoping process,
E-Enterprise will begin to design
Phase 1 of the portal.
The Portal will be built in phases and
implementation will be incremental.
Communication Connection
The scoping analysis will provide
priorities of functionality that should be
added to the portal based on return on
investment, ease of building and benefit.
ACHD ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT
WITH GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES
ACHD announced a consent order and
agreement with Guardian Industries
concerning past air quality violations at
its glass manufacturing facility in
Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania.
The consent order and agreement,
executed on January 7, 2015,
addresses Guardian’s stoppage of
construction activities necessary for
the timely installation of mandated
air pollution control equipment.
This equipment controls the
manufacturing process’ nitrogen oxides
and volatile organic compounds which
form ground-level ozone or “smog.”
The agreement imposes an initial civil
penalty of $25,000 and stipulated
penalties of up to $4,800 for every day
that the plant operates without the
equipment.
In addition, it mandates
that the plant employ the ozone control
equipment by the end of 2015.
By: Susan Zummo Forney
Five Steps for More Effective Public Involvement on Environmental Projects
LISTEN FIRST
It is often said that communication is a
two-way street. Think of it more as an
alley-one person at a time, and you yield
first. When people are upset, often their
first and greatest need is to know that
they are legitimately being heard, and
you can’t listen when you are speaking.
DON’T ASSUME
We often assume that we know what
others’ concerns are, and just as often
we are wrong. Do your research before
planning your communication activities.
And don’t be lulled into thinking that no
news is good news. There may be issues
brewing under the surface.
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CALL AN ACE AN ACE.
Be aware of the expectations you
are setting with your stakeholders.
If you’re merely keeping them apprised
of a situation, without opportunity for
input, don’t call it participation. The
more transparent you are about your
plans, the less likely you’ll set false
expectations.
WRITE A PLAN.
Resist the urge to shoot from the hip just
because there is no legal requirement
for preparing a plan. Like all
undertakings, public involvement
requires sound planning if you want to
be effective-from researching the needs
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of your stakeholders to scoping timeline,
budget, and evaluation process.
SHIFT YOUR THINKING.
Public meetings often are viewed as the
first milestone of public involvement for
environmental projects.
Ideally, however, public meetings
should be the culmination of
involvement activities.
Stakeholder outreach should occur at
the outset-before decisions are made
and positions are set.
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West Virginia Chapter A&WMA
Message from the W V Chair By: Gale Lea Rubrecht ([email protected])
In this message, I will discuss our upcoming March dinner meeting, future programming, our annual ball game
event, and update you on our membership, administrative activities, website, communications, and publications.
MARCH DINNER MEETING
Our next dinner meeting and presentation
will be on March 3, 2015, at the Quarrier
Diner in Charleston, WV. Cocktails will
begin at 6:00 p.m., and dinner will be
served at 6:45 p.m. Following dinner,
Steve Hendrick, President and CEO of the
Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research &
Innovation Center (MATRIC), will present
on “The Future of the Chemical Industry in
the Kanawha Valley and West Virginia.”
FUTURE PROGRAMMING
We have received a positive response
from West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection (WVDEP)
Secretary Randy Huffman for a new event,
“WVDEP Regulatory Update,”.
The event is tentatively set for June 9,
2015, from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the
WVDEP’s headquarters in Charleston, WV.
The Secretary, General Counsel, Chiefs,
and Division Directors (or their designated
representatives have been invited to
speak. Kudos to programs vice chair Lydia
Work ([email protected]) for organizing
the “WVDEP Regulatory Update.”
2015 MEETING SCHEDULE
The dates for our meetings and programs
in 2015 have changed slightly and are
now as follows:
March 3, 2015; June 9, 2015; August 28,
2015; and December 1, 2015.
Update your calendars and plan
to attend!
ANNUAL BALL GAME EVENT:
For the August 28 date, we are exploring
a West Virginia Black Bears ballgame at
their new stadium, which is under construction
and expected to open in June, in Morgantown.
To accommodate the West Virginia Black
Bears schedule and to avoid conflicts with
the Labor Day weekend, the date of our
third meeting has changed from
September 1 to August 28. We are also
trying to reach out to our members in
northern West Virginia and for that reason
are moving the location of our ball game
event from Charleston to Morgantown.
We are also discussing moving our spring
meeting to a later date in March in 2016
and beyond so that our meeting would
not conflict with the West Virginia
Legislative Session.
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MEMBERSHIP
Beginning with our next dinner meeting
on March 3, 2015, our membership
vice chair, John Meeks
([email protected]), will be sending
an information package to non-member
attendees, along with an invitation to join.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
The Internal Revenue Service has
acknowledged receipt of our tax-exempt
application that was filed on January 13,
2015. We continue to work on our
West Virginia Business Registration and
Charitable Organizations forms for filing
with the West Virginia Secretary of State.
Next, we will turn to finalizing our
Document Retention and Conflict of
Interest policies.
WEBSITE
We are developing a local chapter website
and will be considering the design of our
web page at our meeting on March 3,
2015. If you would like to help with our
chapter website, contact board member
Dave Carpenter at
[email protected].
COMMUNICATIONS
We are now on Facebook!
(www.facebook.com/AWMA.WVChapter)
and Twitter (@AWMA_WVChapter)
and are working on a presence on
LinkedIn.
Board member Matt Ford
([email protected]) is overseeing
communications and member
Kelli Swain ([email protected])
is posting local chapter news and
activities on social media.
PUBLICATIONS
We are looking for volunteers to write
articles on West Virginia developments for
Zephyr. Articles are due the third Monday
of the month and should be no more than
500 words. Articles may be submitted
directly to Kay Linnell at
[email protected] or to me.
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/AWMA.WVChapter
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
@AWMA_WVCHAPTER
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WV CHAPTER OFFICERS
CHAIR:
Gale Lea Rubrecht
[email protected]
304-982-3385
VICE CHAIR AND PAST CHAIR
Robert M. Stonestreet
[email protected]
304-357-9915
SECRETARY
Bill Chambers
[email protected]
304-556-8244
TREASURER
William S. “Bill” O’Brien
[email protected]
304-776-5685
DIRECTORS
Matt Ford
[email protected]
304-520-4260
David Hight
[email protected]
304-926-0499 ext. 1268
Ed McComas
[email protected]
304-926-0499 ext. 1351
Linda K. Tennant
[email protected]
304-541-5221
Lydia Work
[email protected]
304-552-1442
Armando Benincasa
[email protected]
304-353-8000
David Carpenter
[email protected]
304-757-4777 ext. 101
John Keeling
[email protected]
304-624-9700
John Meeks
[email protected]
304-755-0721
Joe Morgan
[email protected]
304-357-2196
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Zephyr
Internet Site Review By: Paul Scott ([email protected])
Technology Transfer Network
Support Center for Regulatory
Atmospheric Modeling
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SE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (SET),
a Pittsburgh-based professional
and technical services firm,
provides creative technical and
management solutions for the
complex environmental problems
of industry and government.
SET provides its clients with
comprehensive environmental
services including:
http://www.epa.gov/scram001
The Support Center for Regulatory
Atmospheric Modeling is the website for
the U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Modeling
Group (AQMG), which is part of the
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) and
provides regulatory support for a full
range of air quality models,
meteorological data, and related
software. This website contains the
documentation and guidance for a
variety of air quality models as well as
downloadable computer code, input
data, and model processors. This site
includes the descriptions, documentation,
and source code for three types of air
quality models: dispersion,
photochemical, and receptor models.
The dispersion modeling section includes
documentation and downloads for the
preferred/recommended models,
screening models, and alternative
models. The site also contains
modeling applications and tools that
have been designed as example
applications; modeling guidance and
support records that provide current
guidance on the use of the various air
quality models for regulatory
applications; meteorological data and
processors; and conference
proceedings and journal articles that
have been written by U.S. EPA AQMG
staff. This is the main U.S. EPA site
for air quality model downloads, air
quality modeling guidance, and
meteorological data.
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Regulatory Update
In the Air
By: Mick Pompelia ([email protected])
EPA PROPOSES REVISIONS TO
NESHAPS AND NSPS FOR
UTILITY UNITS
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is proposing to correct and clarify
the final National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS)
from coal and oil-fired electric utility
steam generating units as well as
the Standards of Performance for
New Stationary Sources (NSPS)
for fossil-fuel-fired electric utility,
industrial-commercial-institutional, and
small industrial-commercial-institutional
steam generating units.
The NESHAP for coal- and oil-fired
electric utility steam generating units
(EGUs) is referred to as ‘’the Mercury
and Air Toxics Standards’’ or ‘’MATS,’’
and the NSPS for fossil fuel-fired
electric utility, industrial-commercialinstitutional, and small industrialcommercial-institutional steam
generating units is referred to as the
Utility NSPS.
EPA is also proposing to remove rule
provisions establishing an affirmative
defense for malfunction events based
on a recent court decision on the issue.
These proposed revisions were
published in the February 17, 2015
Federal Register and can be found
online, at: http://www.gpo.gov/
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fdsys/pkg/ FR-2015-02-17/pdf/
2015-01699.pdf.
As in other rules dealing with the
emission of hazardous air pollutants,
EPA included an affirmative defense to
civil penalties for violations caused by
malfunctions to create a system that
incorporates some flexibility to ensure
adequate compliance while recognizing
that emission standards may be
violated under circumstances beyond
the control of the source.
Although the EPA’s case-by-case
enforcement discretion provides
sufficient flexibility in these circumstances,
it included the affirmative defense to
provide clarity by outlining a more
formalized approach.
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Under EPA’s regulatory affirmative
defense provisions, if a source
could demonstrate that it had met the
requirements of the affirmative defense
in the regulation, civil penalties would
not be assessed. Recently, an appeals
court vacated an affirmative defense in
one of the EPA’s regulations.
The court found that the EPA
lacked authority to establish an
affirmative defense for private
civil suits and held that the
authority to determine civil penalty
amounts in such cases lies exclusively
with the courts, not the EPA. In light of
the ruling, the EPA is proposing to
remove the regulatory affirmative
defense provision in the current rule.
If a source is unable to comply with
emissions standards as a result of a
malfunction, the EPA may use its caseby-case enforcement discretion to
provide flexibility, as appropriate.
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Scholarship News
Envirocabulary
Each month, the Envirocabulary staff scours
the internet, government publications, and
environmental literature of interest to our readers.
This month’s Evirocabulary term is...
The Allegheny Mountain Section of the
Air & Waste Management Association
(AMS-AWMA) is pleased to announce
its 2015 scholarship program.
The Section will be awarding a total
of $2,500 in scholarships for the
2015/2016 academic year. Acceptable
candidates are high school seniors that
have been accepted full time in a four
or five year college or university
program, or undergraduate students
currently enrolled in a college or
university program, which will lead to a
career in the Environmental Field (e.g.,
Environmental Science, Environmental
Engineering, or Environmental Law).
High school students can provide a
copy of their Letter of Acceptance to a
college or university as proof of
enrollment. Students must live within
the geographical area served by the
Section (all of Pennsylvania west of the
Susquehanna River and the State of
West Virginia) and be accepted or
currently attending a college or
university within the geographical
area served by the Section.
Applicants should have at least a
“B” average or a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Awards may be made by the
Scholarship Award Committee to
suitably qualified candidates. Awards
will be on the basis of academic
record, plan of study, career goals,
recommendations and extra-curricular
activities and without consideration of
race, sex, national origin, financial
need, age, or physical disabilities.
In addition, the eligibility criteria for
children or spouses of AMS-AWMA
members includes all of the above with
the exclusion of the requirement to
attend a college or university within
the geographical area served by the
Section; they may study an
environmental program at any
accredited college or university.
All necessary application forms can
be found on the Section’s web site.
Complete applications must be postmarked no later than March 31, 2015.
www.ams-awma.org
Click on the “Scholarship” link
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Condensable Particulate Matter:
Condensable Particulate Matter:
emissions such as sulfuric acid mist,
gaseous emissions from a source
ammonium sulfate, and certain
or activity which condense to form
metal vapors that condense upon
particulate matter at ambient
cooling and dilution in the ambient
temperatures. Condensable
air to form solid or liquid particles
particulate matter includes gaseous
following discharge from the stack.
Components of condensable particulate matter.
Source:
From the U.S. EPA Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) rules and Emission
Offset Interpretive Ruling (Appendix S) for nonattainment permitting (40 CFR
51.166, 40 CFR 52.21, and Appendix S to 40 CFR Part 51.
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AMS-A&WMA 2015 Section and Chapter Directory
E-mail addresses of the Officers, Directors and Chairpersons can be found on the website at: http://www.ams-awma.org
AMS DIRECTORS
2013 – 2015
Tom Samarco Kay Linnell
2014 – 2016
2015 – 2017
International Board
Dave Testa Eric Balboni Amanda Black John Shimshock Harry Klodowski
(412) 221-1100 (724) 514-5121 (412) 503-4560 (412) 826-3636
(412) 380-6114
(724) 597-8405
(724) 940-4000
AMS COMMITTEE CHAIRS
PROGRAMS
Amanda Black
MEMBERSHIP
Harry Klodowski
(412) 380-6114
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CHAIR
Eric Balboni
(724) 940-4000
(412) 826-3636
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Kay Linnell
SCHOLARSHIP
Dave Testa
FINANCIAL
Tom Samarco
(724) 514-5121
(412) 503-4560
(412) 221-1100
COMMUNICATIONS
Randy York
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Aileen Evan
(412) 604-6659
W VA LIAISON
Greg Tieman
(412) 807-9468
(304) 346-2599
EDUCATION
Jayme Graham
NW PA LIAISONS
Eric Perl
(412) 578-8129
(724) 263-4377
LUNCHEON REGISTRAR
Jill Buckley
(724) 448-9732
AMS OFFICERS
CHAIR
Leah Blinn
VICE CHAIR
Greg Tieman
TREASURER
Kimberly Walker
(412) 380-4272
(304) 346-2599
(724) 820-3528
PAST CHAIR
Meghan Yingling
SECRETARY
Dorothy Buckoski
(814) 573-0640
(724) 935-6400 x14557
NW PA CHAPTER
CHAIR
Richard (Rik) Mirth
PROGRAM CHAIR
Robert Demedal
TREASURER
Robert E. Gandley
(814) 870-3023
(724) 662-2750
(814) 870-7661
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Scott Newell
LUNCHEON REGISTRAR
Michelle Montague
SECRETARY
Korin M. Giles
(814) 528-9208
(814) 734-6411
(814) 453-5702
W. VA CHAPTER
CHAIR
Gale Lea Rubrecht
VICE CHAIR/PAST-CHAIR
Robert M. Stonestreet
TREASURER
William S. “Bill” O’Brien
SECRETARY
Bill Chambers
(304) 343-9394
(304) 357-9915
(304) 776-5685
(304) 340-1396
CONTACT US
Please address all questions, announcements, technical articles and “Letters to the Co-Editors,” to:
Kay Linnell
[email protected]
Meghan Yingling
[email protected]
Member address changes can be made by mail, to:
Air & Waste
Management Association
One Gateway Center, 3rd Floor
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1435
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