2006 Annual CO-SWANA Meeting

WELCOME! October 5-6, 2006 in Alamosa, Colorado

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

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MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, October 5th Agenda 2:30-4:00 Tour of San Luis Valley Regional Landfill (parties interested in carpooling should be ready to leave the Inn of the Rio Grande by 2 pm)4:00-6:00 Registration/ Cocktails Inn of the Rio Grande6:00 – 8:00 Dinner at Inn of the Rio Grande

Friday, October 6th Agenda7:00 Registration / Breakfast8:00 Opening Remarks - Leonard Butler, Chapter President8:10 Welcome – Alamosa County Commissioner Darius Allen 8:20 Keynote Presentation: “China’s and India’s Ravenous Appetite for Natural Resources – the Impact on Colorado’s Solid Waste Management System” by Vince Matthews, Colorado State Geologist

8:45 Ground Water Monitoring: Facilitator- Roger Doak, CDPHE          Landfill Gas Impacts to Shallow Groundwater, Really? - Louis Bull, Waste Management, Inc. and Steve Wampler, AquAeTer, Inc.         Groundwater analyses- Reading between the Regulatory Lines - by Ken Niswonger, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment(Cancelled)

9:45 Morning Break and Exhibitor Visits

10:00 Wastes that Require Special Solutions: Facilitator- Cathryn Stewart, AquAeTer, Inc.          Fitzsimmons Cleanup Project - by Dasha Carper, A.G. Wassenarr, Inc.         Petroleum Contaminated Spill and Remediation - by Gary Moser, Custom Environmental, Inc.         Don’t Plug it in, Turn it in! - by Doug Sparks, Empire

Electric Cooperative and Deborah Barton, Montezuma County

11:30 Waste Diversion – Successful Practice & Economics: Facilitator- Cindi Etcheverry, Stericycle, Inc.         Single Stream Works! - by Thomas Strickland, City and County of Denver         Waste Diversion Expense Model –by Bruce Philbrick, City of Loveland 12:30 Lunch         Speakers: Mark Seaton, Facility Manager and Fred Bunch, Chief of Resource Management, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

1:45 Business Meeting, Election of Board Officers and General Input from Members – Leonard Butler, President2:15 Recycling and Composting Colorado Style: Facilitator-Susie Gordon, City of Fort Collins         Composting of Cull Potatoes – by John Baxter, Colorado Natural Compost         Colorado Counties Tire Project –by Darius Allen, Alamosa County Commissioner3:00 Afternoon Break and Exhibitor Visits

3:15 Regulatory Rulemaking Update: Facilitator- John Briest, Weaver Boos Consultants         CDPHE Stakeholder Group Status Reports (Geotechnical, Financial Assurance and Groundwater) – by Charles Johnson         What Does the State do with the Annual Reports for Composting, Tires and Recycling? – Cindy Smith, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment         Avoiding the Pitfalls from Onsite CDPHE Inspections – by Doug Ikenberry, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 4:15 Conference Adjourned