Yearly Archives: 2024

Now in its 41st year, this conference provides a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art technical information, regulations, and public policy on thermal treatment technologies and their relationship to air emissions, greenhouse gases, sustainability, and climate change. Panels and presentations will address various aspects of waste management using thermal treatment processes and provide useful insight into associated costs, risks, and impacts. [...]

The technical program will include an opening plenary session devoted to invited presentations by EPA’s Office Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Air Quality Modeling Group. Multiple sessions will cover key modeling topics and the popular Town Hall Meeting will include an interactive Q & A format with high level regulators and stakeholders. Session topics [...]

The technical program will include panel discussions and presentations on reducing environmental impacts, from experts working at ports, industry, consulting, government, and academia. The conference will bring together an international community of scientists, regulators, practitioners, and students to share ways to make freight more sustainable. For more info:  https://www.awma.org/ports

This webinar features two experts on EPA’s climate and air quality rules for the electric power sector, focusing on: Final carbon dioxide (CO2) limits for new gas-fired combustion turbines and emission guidelines for existing coal, oil and gas-fired steam generating units EPA’s upcoming  proposal for existing gas combustion turbines EPA’s final Good Neighbor Plan, recently stayed by [...]

As the regulatory framework to address PFAS in the environment continues to develop, so do the analytical methods used to detect nano-level quantities from all media. This webinar will provide a detailed review of stationary source analytical methods for air emissions Other Test Method (OTM) 45 and OTM 50 for volatile fluorinated compounds (VFCs). Speakers [...]

This conference will explore many solutions to reduce the environmental impacts of all freight transportation, focusing on air quality, noise, climate change, and sustainability. The technical program will include panel discussions of experts in the field and forward-looking presentations on reducing environmental impacts from experts in industry, consulting, government, and academia. The conference will bring [...]

Toxic Release Inventory reports (TRI) are due to the United States Environmental Protection Agency every year on July 1.  A&WMA has provided training on TRI reporting for dozens of years. To register:  https://www.awma.org/webinars

In a recent article, PFAS Thermal Destruction Testing at a Commercial Hazardous Waste Incinerator, in the May issue of EM Magazine Focus’ work on PFAS testing with incineration is highlighted.  (PFAS refers to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) William Troxler, P.E., President of Focus Environmental Inc., supported the PFAS testing on a full scale commercial incinerator.  [...]

This conference, which will be held at the Sutton Place Hotel (formerly King Blue Hotel) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 14-16, 2024, will cover a wide array of odour topics, including odour science, chemical forensics and source identification, field assessment methods, electronic sensing, sampling methods, policy and regulation, modeling, controls and mitigation, community impacts, and [...]

This program was created exclusively for our volunteers to strengthen your leadership skills, give you ideas that can be implemented within your local member units committees, councils, and boards, and provide you with outstanding networking opportunities. For more information:  https://www.awma.org/lta