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 

EFO Awards Lunch

• 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. 

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