2006 Annual CO-SWANA Meeting WELCOME! October 5-6, 2006 in Alamosa, Colorado

CO-SWANA 2006 Annual Meeting Sponsor

Friends of Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter

MEETING AGENDA Thursday, October 5 th 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 Grande 6:00 – 8:00Dinner at Inn of the Rio Grande

Friday, October 6 th Agenda 7:00Registration / Breakfast 8:00Opening Remarks - Leonard Butler, Chapter President 8:10Welcome – 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, President 2:15 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 Commissioner 3:00 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