Environmental Leadership Virtual Learning Conference

Speaker: Eric Hoglund, GHD | Topic Highlight: MGP

• Vapor intrusion overview
• Investigation framework
• Mitigation options
• Legal considerations
• Case studies

Speaker: Sean Carroll, Haley & Aldrich, Inc. | Topic Highlight: MGP

• Presents key design components and a summary of the dredging and cap installation construction
• Technical components include a NAPL mobility assessment, accommodation for steep riverbank slopes, renovation of an aging combined sewer outfall, restoration of a badly eroded riverbank, and challenges related to implementing a dredge and cap project in an urban setting with limited available space
• Community engagement on multiple fronts was key to the success of this project

Speaker: Jill Stevens, Alliant Energy | Topic Highlight: Decommissioning

• Pros and cons of liability transfer vs. DIY demolition
• Lessons learned

Speaker: Luke Mackewich, Barr Engineering | Topic Highlight: MGP

• Prior planning and assessment to minimize the unexpected during decommissioning
• Detailed environmental due diligence and hazardous materials surveys
• Detailed biddable specifications to clearly identify conditions and responsibilities and minimize changes and cost overruns

Speakers: Josiah Maine, Paul Sherman, Burns & McDonnell; Karen Herrington, Laurel Hill, John Weber, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | Topic Highlight: Emerging Issue

Permitting new projects can be time consuming. Keeping up to date on the regulatory options can be challenging. USFWS will present background and new information on the endangered species regulations; Avoidance, Minimization and Mitigation are the keys to successful permitting. Knowing what tools are available is key to a successful permit process; how implementation of endangered species habitat restoration activities fits within the broader efforts for species recovery.

Speaker: Sindy Panagiotopoulos, Burns & McDonnell | Topic Highlight: Emerging Issue

Discussion of emerging waste issues utilities may soon need to address, if not already, including solar panels, wind turbine blades, and PFAS impacted media. The presentation goal is to raise awareness, present examples, and provide recommendations for addressing these emerging waste issues.

Speaker: Dustin Daniels, CenterPoint Energy | Topic Highlight: Emerging Issue

• Overview of the ZEVAC equipment
• Projects ZEVAC has been used
• Amount of methane emissions saved

Speaker: Dave Palmer, Ameren | Topic Highlight: Leadership

• I just want to get my project started / finished…
• What makes you a “stakeholder”?
• Why do I have to explain this again?

Speakers: Adam Renz, Pattern Energy& Joab Ortiz, Burns & McDonnell | Topic Highlight: Leadership

How developers’ perspective differs in project approach and development

• Discuss the need for managing community expectations in renewable development
• How developers deal with contentious landowners and opposition

Speakers: Brian Holderness, Ameren; Joseph Craig, Prairie Archaeology & Research | Topic Highlight: Natural Resources

• Federal and state regulations protecting cultural resources, outline the procedures for mitigating impacts to various types of historic properties
• Offer suggestions for efficient agency coordination aimed at minimizing project delays
• As a case study, Ameren Companies’ recent experience mitigating the impacts of a substation expansion to a circa A.D. 1150 Native American archaeological site

Speaker: Dennis Keane, XDD Environmental | Topic Highlight: General Education

• Basic understanding of the properties of PFAS that impact remedial efficacy
• Overview of remedial technologies that are currently effective for the remediation of PFAS and those that are being developed
• Case studies associated with the remediation of PFAS