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Workshops/Conferences
2009 AgSTAR National Conference
Hilton Baltimore
February 24-25, 2009
Baltimore, Maryland
Proceedings
Day One – Tuesday, February 24, 2009
8:20 AM |
Welcome (PDF, 6 pp., 170 KB)
Kurt Roos, Team Lead, AgSTAR, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) |
8:30 AM |
Developments in Climate Change Policy (PDF, 21 pp., 236 KB)
Dina Kruger, Director, Climate Change Division, U.S. EPA |
9:00 AM |
Keynote Address
Earl M. (Chip) Jones, III, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Dean Foods Company |
9:30 AM |
Policy and Other Challenges to Anaerobic Digester Systems
History and Current Status of Manure Anaerobic Digester Systems (PDF, 7 pp., 157 KB)
Kurt Roos, AgSTAR, U.S. EPA
Expert Panel Discussion
Moderator: Chris Voell, AgSTAR, U.S. EPA
- Steve Dvorak, GHD
- Dennis Haubenschild, Haubenschild Farm Inc.
- Danny Kluthe, Olean Energy
- Marcus Martin, Martin Machinery/Gen-Tec LLC
- Norma McDonald, Phase 3 Renewables
- Dan Scruton, Vermont Department of Agriculture
- Scott Subler, Environmental Credit Corporation
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11:15 AM |
Making a Digester Project Work Financially
Moderator: Chris Cassidy, USDA Rural Development
- What's a Digester Cost These Days? (PDF, 11 pp., 170 KB)
John Crenshaw, Eastern Research Group (AgSTAR Contractor)
- 2008 Farm Bill and USDA – What's Available for Digester Systems (PDF, 21 pp., 302 KB)
Tony Crooks, USDA Rural Development
- The Role of Cooperatives in Making Digester Projects Feasible (PDF, 13 pp., 61 KB)
Carolyn Liebrand, USDA Rural Business - Cooperative Service
- USDA and New Market Tax Credit Financing (PDF, 9 pp., 126 KB)
Joel Dahlgren, Stoel Rives LLP
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1:30 PM |
What Are People Co-Digesting and What is the Outcome?
Moderator: Mark Moser, RCM International
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3:15 PM |
Corporate Leadership in Digester Systems
Moderator: Garth Boyd, Camco International
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4:30 PM |
Value-Added Opportunities from AD Systems
Moderator: Jack Martin, Hall Associates
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Day Two – Wednesday, February 25, 2009
7:30 AM |
Pre-Conference Ad Hoc Roundtable Discussions |
8:30 AM |
Manure Digesters in the Swine and Poultry Sector
Moderator: Prince Dugba, Ph.D., P.E., Smithfield Foods Inc.
- Covering Swine Lagoons for Carbon Credits and Odor Control (PDF, 20 pp., 7.9 MB)
Scott Tudman, Environmental Credit Corporation
- A Successful Swine Manure Digester in Nebraska (PDF, 36 pp., 18 MB)
Danny Kluthe, Olean Energy
- A Digester on Broiler Manure (PDF, 15 pp., 631 KB)
John Logan, Brinson Farms, Prentiss, MS
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10:00 AM |
Pipeline Quality Gas from Digesters
Moderator: Chris Voell, AgSTAR, U.S. EPA
- Biomethane from Dairy Waste Conversion: Guidance for Introduction to Natural Gas Networks (PDF, 20 pp., 817 KB)
Diane Saber, Gas Technology Institute
- Three Dairy Digester Pipeline Upgrade Projects Using PSA Adsorption Process (PDF, 20 pp., 1.4 MB)
Michael Mitariten, Guild Associates, Inc.
- Project Overview for AgStar (PDF, 13 pp., 762 KB)
Sean Mezei, QuestAir Technologies Inc.
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11:30 AM |
What's New in the Carbon Credit World – A Panel Discussion
Moderator: John Crenshaw, Eastern Research Group
- Will Babler, First Capitol Risk Management, LLC
- Peter Freed, TerraPass
- Andy Dvoracek, Greenhouse Gas Service, LLC (GE Energy/AES Venture) (PDF, 5 pp., 82 KB)
- Patrick Wood, AgRefresh (PDF, 4 pp., 188 KB)
- Melissa Weitz, U.S. EPA Climate Change Division
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1:30 PM |
Tracking the Performance of Anaerobic Digester Systems
Moderator: Jack Martin, Hall Associates
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2:30 PM |
New Horizons for Biogas Use / Closing Comments (PDF, 26 pp., 3.1 MB)
Chris Voell, AgSTAR, U.S. EPA |
3:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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