| Wednesday,
October 17, 2007 |
| Noon - 5:00
p.m. |
Golf Tournament
Sponsored by O’Brien & Gere
Saratoga State Park Golf Course
(Registration fee $65) |
| 6:30 - 7:30
p.m. |
Welcome Reception
Co-sponsored
by HydroGeoLogic,
Inc. and Shumaker
Consulting Engineering & Land
Surveying, P.C.
(Please indicate on the registration form if you plan
to attend)
Dinner is on your own |
| Thursday,
October 18, 2007 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration
Continental Breakfast
Visit the Exhibits
Sponsored by Haley & Aldrich
of New York |
| 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Concurrent Workshops
(1 - 2)
(choose one workshop for this timeframe)
- Water Quality and Permitting
NYS DEC, Division of Water
- Prioritizing permits - EBPS revisions
- Dealing with persistent toxics
- Great Lakes program initiatives
- Complying with CFATS:
The Federal Chemical Facility Security
Program
Charles
Colley, Inspector, Office
of Instrastructure Protection
US Department
of Homeland Security
- Covered chemicals and thresholds
- Facility Screening
- Security Assessments & Upgrades
|
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break
Sponsorship Available |
| 10:30 - 12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshops
(3 - 4)
(choose one workshop for this timeframe)
- Air Quality & Permitting
Tom Christoffel, John Higgins,
Rick Leone,
Matt Reis
NYS DEC, Division of Air Resources
- Revised Part 231
- State Implementation Plans
- Electronic Reporting
- State Air Toxic Program
- Redeveloping Brownfields Sites
Val Washington, Deputy Commissioner
NYS DEC, Office of Remediation and Materials Management
Christine
Costopoulos
Empire State Development Corporation
- Brownfield Act eligibility
- Tax credits and other redevelopment incentives
- Developer Perspective
|
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon
Co-sponsored
by Alpha Analytical and Hiscock & Barclay,
LLP
Welcome:
- Kenneth
Adams
President and
CEO
The
Business Council
Address:
- Honorable Alexander B. Grannis
Commissioner,
NYS DEC
|
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshops
(5 - 6)
(choose one workshop for this timeframe)
- RCRA / Material & Waste
Management
Tom Lynch, Paul Counterman, Victoria Schmitt
NYS DEC, Division
of Solid & Hazardous
Materials
- Part 360 reforms
- Hazardous Waste siting plan
- Environmental Results program
- Chemical / Petroleum bulk storage
programs
- NYS Climate Change Strategy
Peter Iwanowicz
NYS DEC, Office of Climate Change
- RGGI Implementation
- CO2 Allowance auctions & trading
- US Carbon Registry
|
| 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
Ben & Jerry’s
Ice Cream Break / Visit the Exhibits
Sponsored by ERM |
| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshops
(7 - 8)
(choose one workshop for this timeframe)
- Environmental Enforcement
Philip LoDico
NYS DEC, Division
of Enforcement
- Enforcement targets & initiatives
- Consent order strategy
- Superfund & Corrective
Action Programs
Dale
Desnoyers, Director
NYS DEC,
Division of Environmental
Remediation
Representative
NYS Department
of Health
- State Superfund Program Update
- Update: Vapor Intrusion policy and projects
|
| 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. |
Reception / Exhibits
Co-Sponsored
by Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
LLP
Wine at Reception sponsored by Dvirka
and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers |
| Friday,
October 19, 2007 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast
/ Exhibits
Co-Sponsored CDM,
GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York, International
Paper and Kleinfelder |
| 9:00 - 9:45
a.m. |
Remarks
Judith Enck
Deputy Secretary to the Governor for the Environment |
| 9:45 - 10:30 a.m. |
Preview:
The Business Council's Legislative & Regulatory
Initiatives for 2008
Ken
Pokalsky
Director Environmental & Manufacturing
Programs
The Business Council |
| 10:30 - 10:45
a.m. |
Refreshment Break
Sponsorship Available |
| 10:45 - 11:45 p.m. |
Environmental
Stewardship Initiatives |
| 11:45 - 12:15 p.m. |
“Ecomagination” -
Integrating Environmental and Business
Objectives
Dr. Sanjay
Correa
Global Technology Leader - Energy & Propulsion
GE
Global Research Center |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. |
Buffet Luncheon
Sponsored by C & S
Companies |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Conference Concludes |
