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2026 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
SOLID WASTE TRACK Monday, July 13 - 9:30 - 10:30 am Unlocking Landfill Space, Angi Snyder, MPA, Solid Waste Management District O, and Leland zrehard, City of Columbia, Missouri Monday, July 13 - 11:00 - 12:00 noon Waste to Resource: Designing Effective Landfill Gas Systems, Brendan Bunker, PE, HDR Engineering, Inc. Monday, July 13 - 1:30 - 3:00 pm Hidden in the Bush - What to Expect When Getting Inspected, Marilyn Jones, SCS Engineers Tuesday, July 14 - 8:30 - 9:45 am Airspace and Permit Update, David Drilling, PE, MoDNR Waste Management Program Tuesday, July 14 - 10:00 - 11:15 am Shared or Regional Collection vs. Each Community on Its Own, Cynthia Mormile, MSW Consultants Shifting the Burden: The Future of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Missouri, Sara Rains, PE, SCS Engineers ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TRACK Monday, July 13 - 9:30 - 10:30 am Managing Leachate Volume: Start Early, Close Drier, Robert Ballantyne, Resource West, Inc. Groundwater Sample Collection - What Procedures Are Really IMPORTANT?, Ken Ewers, RG, Tristanna Herrera, GRIT, GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. Monday, July 13 - 11:00 - 12:00 noon Micro Collection, Cindy Kell, City of Canton, Missouri Monday, July 13 - 1:30 - 3:00 pm Rethinking Plastic Through Local Change, Stori Smith, Missouri River Bird Observatory Mentoring New Environmental Professionals, Eric Emmett, PE, Environmental Operations, Inc. Monday, July 13 - 3:30 - 5:00 pm PFAS Impacts on NPDES Permits, Biosolids, and What Landfill Operators Need to Know, Paul Jackson, Pace Analytical Services Lean Six Sigma Introduction - Decision Making, Sara Rains, PE, SCS Engineers | BROWNFIELDS TRACK Monday, July 13 - 9:30 - 10:30 am Introduction to Brownfields, Scott Huckstep and Ellison Land, MoDNR Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program Brownfields Revitalization Process and TAB Resources, Jacob Rohter, Kansas State University - Technical Assistance to Brownfields Monday, July 13 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Chasing Shadows: Revealing Hidden Environmental Impacts through the Due Diligence Process, Karen T. Rieken, PE, Terracon Consultants, Inc. Monday, July 13 - 1:30 - 3:00 pm Brownfield Remediation - Renew Jordan Creek Phase II, Amanda Ohlensehlen, City of Springfield, and Ben Curtis, Eocene Environmental Group, Inc. Brownfields Redevelopment of an Old Historic Rail Yard in Sedalia, Missouri, Ken Koon and Jacob Wolken, GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TRACK Tuesday, July 14 - 8:30 - 9:45 am River's Edge Response: Tackling a Caustic Release in an Industrial Corridor, Anna Saindon, PE, RG, PhD, UES SPCC and Oil and Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Key Differences and the EPA's Implementation Delay, Kenneth Koon, GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. Tuesday, July 14 - 10:00 - 11:15 am AI in Environmental Due Diligence: What Works, What Doesn't, and Where to Draw the Line, Marco Fiorante, gemerAit Solutions Legal Update - 2026, Stephen Jeffery, J.D., Jeffery Law Group, LLC Tuesday, July 14 - 11:30 am - 12:45 pm STL Tornado Debris Cleanup and Demolition Support, Joanne Reno, Professional Environmental Engineers, Inc. Managing High-Volume Boiler Wash Wastewater at the New Madrid Power Plant, Keslie Inman, MS, CHMM, Associated Electric Cooperative, and Heather Slayton and Mitch Busch, Environmental Works, Inc. |