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2006 Ethanol Workshop


E 10 Unleaded LogoHagerstown, Maryland
October 3 and 4, 2006
conversion from MTBE to Ethanol
Corn fieldEars of CornCorn Field Rows5Ethanol Tank

COURSE AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS

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October 3, 2006  (Facilitator:  Luis Pizarro)

1:00 – 1:10

Welcome and Introduction

Tom Walter,  MDE
Luis Pizarro, EPA   

1:10 - 2:00

EPA Region 3 Primer Ethanol Material  Compatibility

Edward English
VP and Technical Director
Fuel Quality Services, Inc.

2:00 – 2:50

E-85 Equipment Compatibility Issues

Steve Hieber
PEI President
PWI, Incorporated

2:50 – 3:10

Break

 

3:10 – 4:00

The Environmental Consequences of a Release of Ethanol to Ground Water

John Wilson and Cherri Adair
US EPA ORD

4:00 – 4:50

Overview of Ethanol Controlled Releases Experiments at Vanderburg Air Force Base, California

Murray Einarson and
Douglas M. Mackay
Univ. of California, Davis

October 4, 2006   (Facilitator:  David Iacono)

8:00 – 8:45

E10 & E85 and Other Alternative Fuels Storage, Transport, Blending
Emergency Response and Exposure/Receptor Scenarios

Bruce Bauman
API

8:45 - 9:15

Ethanol Issues Under RCRA and Related State UST Programs (Jurisdiction, Regulatory Clarity and Financial Assurance)

Lindene Patton, Esq.
SVP and Counsel
Zurich in North America

9:15 – 9:45

E10 and E85 Impact on Financial Assurance Mechanisms

Patrick Rounds
President
Petroleum Marketers Mgmt Insurance Co.

9:45 – 10:00

Break

 

10:00 – 11:30

Converting from MTBE to Ethanol: Can Montana do it?

ETHANOL: Not just for drinking anymore!

Jeff KuhnMontana (Facilitator)

Alex RittbergDelaware

 

The New World of Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Checklist

MTBE to Ethanol: Wisconsin’s Perspective

Alison Hathcock
South Carolina

 

Maria RedmondWisconsin

11:30 - 12:00

Open Forum Discussion

Jeff Kuhn Montana

12:00

Wrap Up

David Iacono, EPA

E85 Ethanol Conference Speaker Biographies:

Bruce Bauman is the Research Program Coordinator for Soil and ground water issues at the American Petroleum Institute (API), Washington DC.

Murray Einarson is a Senior Consultant with Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA, and Consulting Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. Mr. Einarson is also a project manager of the University of California Davis field experiment on impact of gasohol on natural attenuation of BTEX and MTBE. 

Alison Hathcock is the Permitting Coordinator for the South Carolina UST program.

Steve Hieber is the president of PWI Incorporated located in New Oxford, PA. He is currently serving as the president of the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI).

David Iacono is the UST Regional Program Manager for US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3.

Jeff Kuhn manages the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s Petroleum Release Section.  He is also the chair of the ASTSWAMO MTBE and Fuel Oxygenates Workgroup.

Lindene Patton is the Senior VP and Counsel for Zurich in North America.  She is also a Certified Industrial Hygienist.

Luis Pizarro is the Chief of RCRA State Programs Branch, Waste and Chemicals Management Division, US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3.

Maria Redomnd is the Alternative Fuels Policy Analyst for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Alex Rittberg is the manager of Delaware's Tank Management Program.
Delaware's program includes both the compliance and cleanup activities of underground and aboveground storage tanks.

Patrick Rounds is President of Petroleum Marketers Management Insurance Company.  Mr. Rounds is also President of Rounds & Associates in Iowa.

Tom Walter is Chief of Compliance Section in the Maryland Oil Control Program

Dr. John Wilson is a Senior Research Microbiologist with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory.  He has worked on contaminants in ground water for 28 years.  The National Risk Management Research Laboratory started working on the behavior of ethanol in fuel spills in 2001.

Questions? Please contact:

Jack Hwang
US EPA Region 3
Phone: (215) 814-3387
Fax: (215) 814-3163
Email: hwang.jack@epa.gov

Joanne Cassidy
US EPA Region 3
Phone: (215) 814-3381
Fax: (215) 814-3163
Email: cassidy.joanne@epa.gov

Thomas UyBarreta
US EPA Region 3
Phone: (215) 814-2953
Fax: (215) 814-3163
Email: uybarreta.thomas@epa.gov

Region 3 The Mid-Atlantic States


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