Tuesday, April 19

A Mock Audit: Training for Regulatory Compliance Workshop

Solid Waste Facility Inspections

Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor; Jason Watkins, Central District Supervisor; Andrea Keller, Environmental Senior Specialist; Charles Gerstell, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section, Division of Waste Management, NCDENR

Before the Roof Comes Off: Pre-Event Planning for Emergency Debris Removal Operations

Diane Davis, Carolinas Area Manager and Randy Thompson, Director of Governmental Affairs – Unified Recovery Group

The Need to Have Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction Sites

John Buri, Regional Program Manager – SAIC  BDR Division

Monitoring Debris Removal Operations

Robert C. Swan, Debris Management Consultant, Bob Swan Consulting

Landfill Property End-Use: Planning with Ecology

Steven I. Apfelbaum, Senior and Principal Ecologist, Chairman and Owner, Applied Ecological Services, Inc.

Wednesday, April 20

Update and Review of Recent Trends in Electronics Fluorescent Light and Oil Filter Recycling

Rob Taylor, Senior Environmental Specialist, Team Leader, and Joe Fitzpatrick, Environmental Specialist - Local Government Assistant Team, NCDENR,  Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach

Integrating Organics Recycling: Sourcing, Digesting and Composting

Craig Coker, Principal - Coker Composting & Consulting

Roadmap for Maximizing Recycling

Mitch Kessler, President - Kessler Consulting, Inc.

Every Other Week (EOW) Recycling

Nancy Jimerson, Solid Waste Compliance Superintendent - City of Greensboro

Managing Risk on New Hires and Return to Work and Stay at Work Program

Debra Lord, President - Job Ready Services, LLC

Alternative Technologies Being Considered in North Carolina; Solid Waste Section  Legislative Update

Ed Mussler, Permitting Branch Supervisor and Ellen Lorscheider, Planning and Program Management Branch Head   – NCDENR Solid Waste Section, Division of Waste Management

Update on  House Bill 1100 – Regulatory Update Process Changes and Best Management Practices for Process Waste Treatment at Composting Operations  (Also an update on C&D Landfills Need for Stormwater Permits)

Joseph Hack, Senior Project Manager – Mecklenburg County
Ken Pickle, Staff Engineer, Stormwater Permitting Branch, SWQ - NCDENR

Asphalt Shingle Recycling in North Carolina

Rob Taylor, Senior Environmental Specialist & Team Leader – NCDENR Division of Environmental Assistance and  Outreach;
James Ross,  Greenville Paving and  Contracting;
Pat Backus, Engineer – NCDENR Permitting Branch, Waste Management Division

Thursday, April 21

Leachate Seeps – Part 2: Knowing is Half the Battle

Ray Hoffman, Area Engineer – Republic Services of NC, LLC

The Landfill Disposal Index: How to Measure Progress Toward Zero Waste

Jeremy O’Brien, Director of Applied Research - SWANA

Case Histories of Successful Control of Landfill Gas Migration in the Southeast

R. Kula Kulasingam, Senior Engineer – Geosyntec Consultants

Do's and Don’t's in Leachate Management

Ron Ruocco, Senior Consultant - Golder Associates NC, Inc.

Single Stream Recycling

Larrisha McGill, Waste Reduction Coordinator – City of Durham Solid Waste
Laurette Hall, Waste Reduction Core Process Manager – Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Management
Charita Curtis, Public Affairs Manager – City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services, Esperanza Dash, Waste Reduction Analyst – City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services