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32nd EFO Annual Meeting and Trade Show
October 9 @ 11:30 am - October 11 @ 5:00 pm
32nd EFO Annual Meeting and Trade Show
Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center
6808 S. 107th E. Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74133
918-307-2600
“Moving the Regulatory Goalposts”
Full Agenda Plus Speakers Bio’s, Sponsors, and Exhibitor Information
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Water Quality Panel – Chair Andrew Pawlisz, Trihydro Corporation
- Update on WOTUS and EPA’s Proposed Federal Water Quality Standards for the Tribal Reserved Rights – Robert Singletary, Deputy Executive Director, Department of Environmental Quality
- Locating the Goalposts in a Rapidly Changing Water Regulatory Game: PFAS, WQS, ELGs, and More – Shellie Chard, Department of Environmental Quality
- Oklahoma Drought Update – Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
- OWRB Comprehensive Water Plan – Amber Wooten, Carollo, for Owen Mills, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
- James R. Barnett Public Servant Award – Jimmy Givens
- Frank Condon Award of Environmental Excellence – GRDA
Corporation Commission Panel – Chair Terri Roberts, Oklahoma Environmental Services
- Oklahoma Brownfields and the Historical Aerial Project – Madeline Dillner
- Aerial Photo Viewer & Well Data Finder Tool – Colin Brooks, Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Environmental Justice
- DEQ EJ Screening Tool & Demonstration – Jennifer Boyle, General Counsel, Department of Environmental Quality
- DEQ EJ Screening Tool & Demonstration – Amy Brittain, LPD Risk Management and Groundwater Manager, Department of Environmental Quality
Land Protection Panel, Chair Dave Smith, American Airlines
- Fansteel Superfund Site Project – Kelsey Bufford, Environmental Programs Specialist, Department of Environmental Quality
- Where are the Goalposts in Sustainable Materials Management? – Patrick Riley, Environmental Programs Manager, Department of Environmental Quality
- Everything You Want To Know About PFAS In Less Than 30 Minutes – Ken Ede, KF Ede Associates, and Audra Liggenstoffer, Brown Environmental
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Plenary Session
- Gentner Drummond, Oklahoma Attorney General
- Louisiana v EPA – An Environmental Justice Test Case – Madison Miller, Ryan Whaley
Natural and Cultural Resources Panel, Stephanie Rainwater, Horizon Environmental Services, Inc.
- Tribes, Tribes, and More Tribes – The Anatomy of Tribes and Where They Fall Under NEPA – Sheila Bird, Kituwah Nighthawk, LLC
- Threatened and Endangered Bat Update – Matt Fullerton, US Fish & Wildlife
- Project Pre-Planning for Threatened and Endangered – Laurence Levesque, US Fish & Wildlife
Health and Safety Panel, Chair Jody Reinhart, Trinity Consultants
Contractor Vetting and Management – From Multiple Perspectives
- David Bates, President, D Bates Safety Consulting, LLC
- Cody Vinyard, OGE Energy Corp
- Chris England, Veriforce
Air Quality Panel, Chair Jeremy Jewell, Trinity Consultants
- SIPs and FIPs / NAAQS Implementation – Melanie Foster, Department of Environmental Quality
- ACOG’s Regional Air Plan Update – Jaron Hill, MGT Consulting, and Monica Smith Griffin, Reagan Smith, Inc.
- New Federal CAA Regulations – Laura Worthen Lodes, Vice President, Altamira
- Is LDAR Coming to Other Industries – Christoff Orr, Consultant, Trinity Consultants
- Legal / Case Law Updates, Don Shandy, Director, Crowe & Dunlevy
Annual Meeting, Bud Ground, EFO President
For additional information, contact Bud at bud@envirofdok.org or 405.509.1135 or Jennifer Wasinger at 405.607.7066 or jennifer.wasinger@freese.com. If you have questions about registration or tickets, please contact Jody at jody@envirofdok.org at 580.334.1288.