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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