Tennessee Association Of Manufacturers Holds Environmental Summit

  • Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Tennessee Association of Manufacturers held an environmental conference at the Convention Center on Wednesday.

Keynote speakers included:

-         “Astec Industries – Innovative & Responsible” - Steve Anderson, VP of Administration – Astec Industries

-          Forum Discussion on Environmental Hot Topics including representatives from Industry, Regulatory & Legal

§  Amy Katcher, WDEF - Moderator

§  Mike Mallen, Miller & Martin PLLC

§  Elaine Patterson, Patterson Consulting

§  Alan Schwendimann, TDEC

-       Update from U.S. EPA - Carol Kemker, Deputy Director – Air, Pesticides & Toxics Management Division

The Summit included 20 breakout sessions with topics regarding: Air, Water, Waste, Regulatory and Health & Safety

2014 Breakout Sessions included: 

·       Water

o   Storm Water Inspection Overview, Mike Bascom, TDEC- Water Resources Division

o   TDEC Pre-Treatment, Ariel Wessel-Fuss, TDEC

o   Storm Water Best Management Practices, Taylor Stein, CTI Engineers

o   Water in Industry, UTC

·       Air

o   Computational Engineering, Tim Walsh, SimCenter

o   Asbestos Programs in Tennessee, John Schultz, Air Pollution Control Bureau

o   Air Pollution Control Bureau Update, Bob Colby, Air Pollution Control Bureau

o   Combustible Dust, Fred Callahan, IEP Technologies

·       Waste

o   Universal Waste, Lex Lechleiter, Marion Environmental, Inc.

o   Hazardous Waste 101, Don Moore, TDEC

o   2014 CRMA Environmental Excellence Award Recipient , David Perrano, EPB

o   Waste Reduction, Holly Richeson, Chattem, Inc.

·       Health & Safety

o   OSHA Update by the Tennessee OSHA Director, Steve Hawkins, TOSHA

o   Business Side of Safety, Russ Bartholomew, Core Safety Group

o   Auditing Program Development, Implementation, & Execution, Michael Green, Environmental Standard, Inc.

o   OSHA Law & Hot Topics, Mike Mallen, Miller & Martin PLLC

·       Regulatory

o   Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification & Labeling of Chemicals, Marty Bourquin, W.R. Grace

o   An Environmental Regulator’s Best Evidence: Your (incorrect) Records, Rick Hitchcock, Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

o   Self-Reporting Privilege: State/Federal Reporting Requirements, Brian Humphrey, Miller & Martin,

o   TDEC Update, Tyler Jeffrey, TDEC

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