Mark your calendars for our April AWMA-RMSS meeting on Thursday, April 11th, at the conference room of the 1801 California Street Building in downtown Denver. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Doug Cox of GHD, Inc. and his talk is titled: “PFAS: What Are They, Why You Should Care, and What’s Being Done About Them.”…
On behalf of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER), AWMA-RMSS would like to share the following information regarding their upcoming conference: SEER is pleased to present their 48th Spring Conference, which will take place March 27-29 at the Grand Hyatt Denver. The conference’s keynote speakers will include Kim Marotta…
RMSS-AWMA lunch meeting on Monday, February 4th at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Please join us for our next AWMA lunch meeting, where we will hear from Andy Berger, Senior Manager of Environmental Policy, and Lyle Witham, Senior Environmental Policy Analyst. Andy Berger and Lyle Witham will discuss federal regulation of electric power sector carbon dioxide emissions. They will…
The Air and Waste Management Association- Rocky Mountain States Section announces the opening of the application period for the Scholarship Award Program for the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 period. The application is available here: 2019-2020- AWMA-RMSS Scholarship Application. Applicants must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students who will be enrolled full-time 2019-2020 in a college or university…
Please join us for our next AWMA lunch meeting, where we will hear from Katie Wolohan of Barr Engineering Company. Katie will spotlight the emerging contaminant – PFAS. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging contaminants of concern in groundwater and drinking water systems. For energy companies, their link and liability to the issue is through the training…
We would like to share the information for this webinar on the Overview of NEPA Air Quality Analysis for Highway Projects presented by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Resource Center and sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation. Date/Time: Friday, October 26, 2018 from 8 am to noon MDT. Intended Audience: managers, practitioners, and modelers Webinar Agenda: Session…
Please join us for our next Young Professionals event from 5-7 pm on Tuesday, September 25th, at Tarantula Billiards, 1520 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80202. At this Rocky Mountain States Section AWMA Young Professionals event, we will enjoy getting to know other AWMA members with a game night. Attendees will be split into groups designed to meet and network…
Michael Ogletree with the City and County of Denver and Julian Cyrus with Lunar Outpost will present on air quality monitoring and new sensor technology used in the Denver urban area. They recently teamed up to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, enabling them to increase the number of air sensors around schools and along the…
Bob Hammer and Bruce Macdonald with SLR Consulting will present on what has happened with federal air quality regulations affecting the oil and gas industry since January 2017 when the Trump administration took over. This will include successful, pending, and unsuccessful federal government efforts toward regulatory changes. The meeting will be held at 1801 California Street, Denver, CO…
Roland Hea of the CDPHE and Jill Van Noord of Holland & Hart will address the current status and recent developments in the New Source Review (NSR) program at a lunch meeting of the A&WMA, Rocky Mountain States Section. The presenters will provide a brief introduction on NSR, an overview of the recently revised NSR Policy…
