Central Valley Summit
on Alternatives to Open Burning of Agricultural Waste
Parlier, CA | Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov 7-8, 2017
Conference Presentations
Session 1
- SB 705: San Joaquin Valley Implementation to Date and Future Obligations Samir Sheikh
- Biomass Industry Demise and Loss of Primary Alternative to Open Burning in the Valley Tom Jordan
- Impact from Drought and Tree Mortality on Availability of Alternatives to Open Burning Morgan Lambert
Session 2
- PM2.5 Mandates and Deadlines Under Clean Air Act Sheraz Gill
- Current Restrictions on Open Burning of Agricultural Waste in the San Joaquin Valley Morgan Lambert
- Managing Agricultural Open Burning through Smoke Management Systems and their Effectiveness in Minimizing Air Quality Impacts from Open Burning Jon Klassen
- Agricultural Open Burning Emissions Inventory and Air Quality Impacts: Trends and Forecasts Jessica Olsen
Session 3
- Sacramento Valley Air Basin Perspectives Jim Wagoner
- Biomass Permitting Challenges Christopher D. Brown
- Sacramento Valley Perspective Marcie Skelton
Session 5
- California Biomass - Cleaning the Air, Reducing GHG Julee Malinowski Ball
- Biomass Incineration & PUBLIC HEALTH Genevieve Gale
Session 6
- Build Healthy Soils Through Returning Agricultural Waste To Soils Guihua Chen
- CARBON FARMING - Soil, Water, Carbon, Climate Pelayo Alvarez
Session 7 - Panel 1
- Whole Orchard Soil Incorporation Mike Curry
Session 7 - Panel 2
- The Organics Opportunity Evan Johnson
- Composting Biomass Kevin Barnes
- General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations Scott J. Hatton
Session 7 - Panel 3
- From Waste to Resource: Advancing Technologies for Energy Generation from Agricultural Wastes Aleecia Gutierrez
- Turning Biomass into Energy since 2011 Greg Stangl
- Alternatives to Open Field Burning of Agricultural Wastes Jim Stewart
- The Aemetis Biorefinery Jeff Welch
- Carbon‐Negative Biomass Power: An Opportunity for California Keith Pronske
Session 7 - Panel 4
- Biochar improves soil health Milton McGiffen
- AIR CURTAIN TECHNOLOGY - The Open Burning Alternative Brian OConnor
- Fundamental Principles of Carbon Negative Electricity Greg Campbell
Session 8 - Panel 1
- Agricultural Bioenergy and Biochar: Elements of a Successful Project Matt Summers
- Woody Biomass to Zero Carbon Fuels Dan LeFevers
Session 8 - Panel 2
- NRCS Air Quality Financial Assistance Erik Beardsley
- Central Valley Summit on Alternatives to Agricultural Burning Floyd Vergara
- What sources of funding are available for alternative practices and technologies, and how can we increase available funding to support these alternatives? John Kato
- Technology Advancement Program (TAP) Chay Thao
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