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awma.org september 2006 em 55 em call for abstracts Call for Abstracts for Air & Waste Management Association’s 100 th Annual Conference & Exhibition The Air & Waste Management Association’s 100 th Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE) will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, on June 26–29, 2007. On behalf of A&WMA, we are pleased to invite abstracts of original work on any environmental issue including those related to the following general Focus Area listing. The abstracts will be evaluated for: • Technical quality • Relevance and significance to current environmental issues • Lack of commercialism Abstracts may be submitted by filling out the abstract submittal form using our online abstract submittal system, Oasis. The link to the online abstract submittal system is located at http://www.awma.org/ACE2007. All abstracts will be submitted to a general Focus Area, which encompasses a particular subject area. A bulleted list of subtopics, known as Principal Areas (PAs), is listed below each Focus Area. Think of PAs as a guideline for the related topics under the Focus Area. Abstracts will not be submitted to the PAs but to the Focus Areas. These PAs are listed only as a guideline. Please note that it is possible to submit an abstract to a Focus Area on a topic not contained in the listed bulleted guideline. The 2007 ACE is part of the 100 th year celebration of A&WMA. The theme for the ACE in Pittsburgh is “Energizing Environ- mental Solutions”. The 2007 Critical Review will be presented by Dr. John Bachman and will review the history of the develop- ment of environmental standards and progress in environmental quality made over the past Century. In addition, the Critical Review will look to the future for the environmental profession. Papers of particular relevance will review progress in a given area or highlight anticipated advances in the near future, consistent with the theme of the ACE. Such papers may be submitted to any Focus Area or to the Centennial Outlook area in the call for abstracts. Abstracts must be submitted no later than September 29, 2006. Please review the attached Focus Area list provided on the following pages and indicate on the online form the proposed Focus Area for which you would like your abstract considered. If a chair of a specific area or Technical Coordinating Committee has invited you to participate and you wish to submit an abstract for that area, please be sure you have selected the correct Focus Area. Please be sure to submit your abstract and all of your correct contact information via the online abstract submittal system. Paper and poster presentations will be treated identically in all aspects (including the submission of abstracts and either an extended abstract or full manuscript for accepted abstracts) except in the form of presentation at the conference. A paper presentation is given orally, while a poster presentation is a visual display, allowing time to interact directly with the author. Please note that the submission of either an extended abstract or full manuscript (choice to be made by the submitter) is a requirement for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings. Authors will be notified of the preliminary acceptance of their abstract by mid-November 2006. For inclusion in the Annual Conference Technical Program, a complete draft manuscript or extended abstract (2 to 4 pages) must be received by January 29, 2007, and reviewed and revised by the final deadline of March 16, 2007. The final acceptance for the conference is based upon the draft and final manuscript/extended abstract. The manuscript/extended abstract must adhere to the Style Guide, which will be provided with the notification of the preliminary acceptance of your abstract. To view the Style Guide for full papers or extended abstracts, please go to http://www.awma.org/events/upcoming.htm. Delbert Eatough Paul Spence Technical Program Chair Technical Program Vice Chair A&WMA policy stipulates that all authors who attend the Annual Conference must register for the conference and pay the appropriate registration fees. Copyright 2006 Air & Waste Management Association
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Call for Abstractsfor Air & Waste Management Association’s
100th AnnualConference & Exhibition
The Air & Waste Management Association’s 100th Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE) will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-vania, on June 26–29, 2007. On behalf of A&WMA, we are pleased to invite abstracts of original work on any environmentalissue including those related to the following general Focus Area listing. The abstracts will be evaluated for:
• Technical quality• Relevance and significance to current environmental issues• Lack of commercialismAbstracts may be submitted by filling out the abstract submittal form using our online abstract submittal system, Oasis.
The link to the online abstract submittal system is located at http://www.awma.org/ACE2007.All abstracts will be submitted to a general Focus Area, which encompasses a particular subject area. A bulleted list of
subtopics, known as Principal Areas (PAs), is listed below each Focus Area. Think of PAs as a guideline for the related topics underthe Focus Area. Abstracts will not be submitted to the PAs but to the Focus Areas. These PAs are listed only as a guideline. Pleasenote that it is possible to submit an abstract to a Focus Area on a topic not contained in the listed bulleted guideline.
The 2007 ACE is part of the 100th year celebration of A&WMA. The theme for the ACE in Pittsburgh is “Energizing Environ-mental Solutions”. The 2007 Critical Review will be presented by Dr. John Bachman and will review the history of the develop-ment of environmental standards and progress in environmental quality made over the past Century. In addition, the CriticalReview will look to the future for the environmental profession. Papers of particular relevance will review progress in a givenarea or highlight anticipated advances in the near future, consistent with the theme of the ACE. Such papers may be submittedto any Focus Area or to the Centennial Outlook area in the call for abstracts.
Abstracts must be submitted no later than September 29, 2006.
Please review the attached Focus Area list provided on the following pages and indicate on the online form the proposedFocus Area for which you would like your abstract considered. If a chair of a specific area or Technical Coordinating Committeehas invited you to participate and you wish to submit an abstract for that area, please be sure you have selected the correct Focus Area.
Please be sure to submit your abstract and all of your correct contact information via the online abstract submittal system.Paper and poster presentations will be treated identically in all aspects (including the submission of abstracts and either anextended abstract or full manuscript for accepted abstracts) except in the form of presentation at the conference. A paperpresentation is given orally, while a poster presentation is a visual display, allowing time to interact directly with the author.Please note that the submission of either an extended abstract or full manuscript (choice to be made by the submitter) is arequirement for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings.
Authors will be notified of the preliminary acceptance of their abstract by mid-November 2006. For inclusion in the AnnualConference Technical Program, a complete draft manuscript or extended abstract (2 to 4 pages) must be received by January 29,2007, and reviewed and revised by the final deadline of March 16, 2007. The final acceptance for the conference is basedupon the draft and final manuscript/extended abstract. The manuscript/extended abstract must adhere to the Style Guide,which will be provided with the notification of the preliminary acceptance of your abstract. To view the Style Guide for fullpapers or extended abstracts, please go to http://www.awma.org/events/upcoming.htm.
Delbert Eatough Paul SpenceTechnical Program Chair Technical Program Vice Chair
A&WMA policy stipulates that all authors who attend the Annual Conferencemust register for the conference and pay the appropriate registration fees.
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Abstracts are solicited on current issues, case studies, and practical experiences. Please review the proposed Principal
Areas and indicate on the online submittal form which Focus Area best encompasses your abstract. If your abstract
matches more than one Focus Area, list the choices in your preferred order. The following list of Focus Areas is
segmented according to the Technical Council Groups (Air, Environmental Management, and Waste), Divisions, and
Technical Coordinating Committees. Also included are Focus Areas for Education Council, and International topics.
PRINCIPAL AREAS
AIRBASIC SCIENCES
AB-1 Particulate Matter• PM and Health Effects• PM Measurements• PM: International Studies• PM Field Studies and Data Analysis• PM Regulatory Methods and Standards: Retrospective Insights• Fine Particles• PM2.5 Ambient Data Analysis for Western PA
AB-2 Chemistry of the Atmosphere• Atmospheric Deposition• Analytical Chemistry• Secondary Gaseous and Particulate Pollutant Formation• Chemical Modeling
AB-3 Meteorology of the Atmosphere• Regulatory Modeling Applications• Ozone Modeling Issues• Regional Haze Modeling• Applications of Short-Range Transport Modeling
AB-5 Noises and Vibration• Noise Issues: Transportation, Industrial, and Community
AB-6 Visibility• Visibility Science• Visibility SIPS – From Science to Policy
AB-7 Indoor Air Quality• Vapor Intrusion• Green Buildings and Indoor Air Quality• Control and Monitoring of Indoor Air Quality
• Indoor Exposure and Risk Assessment• Indoor Air Chemistry and Physics• Indoor Investigations and Remediation
EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
AE-1 Control of Trace Metals, Particulates,and Acid Gases
• Fine Particle Emission Measurement and Control• Mercury Chemistry, Measurement, and Control• CO2 Emission Control Technology• SO3 Emissions Measurement and Control• SO2 and NOX Control Technology
AE-2 Control of Solvents, Odors, and Gases• Organic Vapor Capture for Recovery/Recycling or Destruction• Experiences with Control of NOX from Non-Utility Applications• Case Studies of Biological Control of Organic Emissions• Innovation in VOC Control
MEASUREMENTS
AM-1 Emission Factors and Inventories• Emission Factors: Past, Present and Future• Emission Factors and Inventories: General Issues• Correlation of Emission Factors with CEM Data
AM-2 Receptor Modeling/SourceApportionment
• Using Source Apportionment for Accountability• Advances in Source Apportionment and Receptor Modeling
AM-3 Ambient Monitoring• Air Pollution Measurements and Monitoring – Past, Present, and Future• Ambient Monitoring
AM-4 Source Monitoring• Recent Advances and Trends in Source Monitoring
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AM-5 Data Management, Analysis, andQuality Assurance
• Data Analysis and Trends• Network Design• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Monitoring Data• Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining• Satellite Remote Sensing• Management of Large Scale Air Quality Data Sets
OPTICAL SENSING
AO-1 Techniques of Optical Sensing• Innovative Optical Sensing Techniques – PM Monitoring• Innovative Optical Sensing Techniques – Gas Monitoring
AO-2 Application of Optical Sensing• Satellite and Airborne Optical Remote Sensing for Spectroscopic
Measurement of Air Pollutants• Optical Sensing of Mobile Source Emissions• Measurement of Aircraft Emissions• Application of Optical Remote Sensing Techniques to Area Source
Emission Monitoring
AO-3 Optical Sensing for Leak Detection• Advances in Smart Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)
TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS
AT-1 Toxic Emissions Release, Response,and Strategies
• MACT Developments – Implementation, Area Sources and Residual Risk• Air Toxics Emissions (including Diesel Particulates) and Source
Characterization• Air Toxics Control Strategies• Modeling of Accidental/Episodic Air Toxics and Flammable Releases
AT-3 Health and Environmental Effects ofAir Toxics
• MACT Development and Residual Risk• Toxicity Matters: Moving Beyond Size in the PM Debate• Health and Environmental Effects of Mercury• Health and Environmental Effects of Air Toxics• Measurement and Monitoring using Nanotechnology• Air Pollution and Ecological Effects
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
EFFECTS
EE-1 Health Effects and Exposure• Exposure Assessment• Health Impacts from Alternate Fuels• Gaseous Pollutants Health Effects• Particulate Matter Health Effects• Indoor Health Effects and Exposure• Integrating Environmental and Health Data
EE-5 Risk Assessment and Management• Risk Assessment and Modeling Techniques and Tools• Ultrafine Particles Associated with Diesel Exhaust• Accidental Release Risk Management• Use of Risk Assessment, Innovative Tools, and Programs for Reducing
Injury and Accidents in the Workplace• Risk Assessment - Methodological Differences
EE-6 Odor Measurement, Effects, andManagement
• Odor Management at Industrial, Manufacturing, and Solid Waste Facilities• Odor Modeling• Issues in Sampling Odors and Chemical Odorants• Odor Impacts from Animal/Agricultural Operations
EE-7 Homeland and Environmental Security• Homeland and Environmental Security Issues• Detection Technologies for Homeland Security: Threat Identification,
Target Protection, and Clean-up Progress• Meteorological and Air Dispersion Modeling for Homeland Security• Indoor and Outdoor Decontamination and Restoration
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
EI-1 Federal Facilities• Environmental Compliance at Federal and Industrial Facilities• Solid and Hazardous Waste Management at Federal and Industrial Facilities• ESOH Management Systems and Environmental Performance Metrics in
the Federal Government• Alternative Energy Use at Federal and Industrial Facilities: Case Studies• Environmental Sustainability, Tools, and Techniques at Federal and
Industrial Facilities• Environmental Review and Security/Vulnerability Assessment of Federal
and Industrial Actions
EI-2 Power Generation• Power Generation - the Past 100 Years vs. the Next 100 Years• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) - Current Issues• Environmental Impacts of the Energy Policy Act• Renewable Energy - Permitting Trends• Mercury Monitoring in the Power Generation Industry• Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - Current Developments• Climate Change and Implications for the Power Generation Industry• Multi-Pollutant Controls in the Utility Industry
EI-3 Non-Utility Boilers, Furnaces, andProcess Heaters
• Environmental Issues facing Commercial and Industrial Energy Sources
EI-4 Chemical/Petroleum Sources• Emission Control and Compliance Issues in the Chemical and Petroleum
Industries• Environmental Permitting of Coal-to-Liquid-Fuel Facilities• Regulatory Compliance Challenges at Chemical/Petroleum Industry
Facilities in Developing Countries
EI-5 Cement, Lime, and Non-Metallic MineralProcessing
• Lime MACT• Emerging Environmental Regulations and Issues
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• National Ambient Air Quality Standards• Cement Plant MACT and Title V• Regional Haze and Ozone Non-Attainment• Emissions Information
EI-6 Metal Industries• Reclamation and Brownfields Development in the Metals Industry• Air Toxics and the Metals Industry• Advances in Environmental Control in the Metals Industry• Metals Industry Challenges
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
EP-1 Air Pollution Policy and Regulations• Implementation of the Ontario Air Regulations• NSR Reform: Recent Developments and Issues• Emissions Trading• NAAQS: Fine Particulate Implementation and Permitting• Environmental Performance Metrics and Regulatory Accountability• Ozone NAAQS• Transboundary Issues
EP-3 Legal/Liability• Issues in Toxic Tort Liability• Environmental Enforcement• Environmental Litigation Update• Managing the Environmental Risks of Outsourcing: Legal Aspects• Enterprise Auditing and Business Analysis: Environmental Perspectives• Keeping Rust Belt Industry Competitive and Clean
EP-4 Facility Permitting and Siting• Permitting in the 21st Century• Permitting Strategies for Facilities
EP-5 Public Participation and Facility Siting• Public Participation in Environmental Policy and Projects
EP-6 Information Solutions• Advances in ISO 14001 Program Technology• Sustainable Development Management and Metrics Information Systems• Global Implementation of Environmental Management Information Systems
EP-8 Environmental Health and SafetyManagement Systems
• Nanotechnolgy: An Emerging Technology and Its Challenges• Emerging Issues in ISO14001 and other Environmental Management Systems• Future of EHS Auditing• Future of EHS Management Systems• EHS Systems Development
EP-9 Professional Environmental Ethics• Ethics Workshop for Environmental Professionals
POLLUTION PREVENTION ANDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ES-1 Pollution Prevention• Approval and Implementation of Pollution Prevention Techniques• Research and Development of New Pollution Prevention Techniques• Pollution Prevention in Coating and Corrosion Control
• Pollution Prevention in Cleaning and Removal Techniques• Pollution Prevention and Product Stewardship/Life Cycle Ownership/Recycling• Identification of Pollution Prevention Opportunities
ES-4 Global Climate Change and SustainableDevelopment
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions• Implementation Policies in Developing Countries• Linking Economics, Ecology, and Society• Implementation Policies and Strategies• Energy Efficiency and Conservation• Global Environmental Modeling• Greenhouse Gas Inventories
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
ET-1 Transportation On and Off Road• Mobile Source Air Toxics• Mobile Emissions and Activity Measurements• Emissions Models and Projections• Construction, Marine, Rail and Airport Issues• Air Toxics• Diesel Issues
ET-2 Land Use and Transportation Policy• Land Use and Air Quality• Alternative Transportation• Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Sustainable Development• Transportation Conformity
WASTE
MUNICIPAL AND MEDICAL WASTE
WM-1 Integrated Waste Management, WastePrevention, and Recycling
• Integrated MSW Management Systems, Policies and Applications• Zero Waste Systems• MSW Recycling Technology, Economics, and Policy• MSW Prevention and Reuse; Waste Generation and Characterization;
Materials Reduction• E-Waste Reuse, Recycling, and Management• International Perspectives and Case Studies in Municipal Solid Waste
Management• Special Wastes Prevention, Reuse, and Management• Disaster Waste Management
WM-3 Municipal Waste Treatment• Water/Wastewater Treatment Residuals, Management and Processing• Landfilling and Composting Technologies, Policies, and Applications• Chemical Characterization of Landfill Gases, Leachates, Brown Water, and
Odors• Bioenergy and Alternative Fuels - Technologies, Policies, and Applications• Ash and Residuals Management and Beneficial Use - Technologies,
Policies, and Applications• Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Management and Treatment• Thermal Treatment of Solid Wastes and Residuals• Waste-To-Energy Technologies and Regulations• Unconventional Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment
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WM-4 Medical Waste• Medical Waste Management and Policy• Medical Waste Prevention, Reuse, and Recycling• Medical Waste Treatment and Processing Technology• Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Waste Management• Collection and Segregation of Medical Waste
MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OFHAZARDOUS, RADIOACTIVE AND MIXEDWASTE
WR-1 Site Characterization, Remediation,and Closure
• Site Assessment of Contaminated Properties
WR-2 Multi Media Restoration, RemediationApproaches and Technologies
• Voluntary Clean Up Programs• Advances in Remediation Technologies
INTER-COMMITTEE TASK FORCE
ITF-10 Agricultural Environmental Issues• Chesapeake Bay Restoration through Nutrient Trading
Education Council• Environmental Education and Communication
International Focus• Environmental Quality in Latin America• Asian Experience• Waste Minimization and Recycling• Waste Management Policy and Regulation• Air Quality Management• Air Pollution Control Technology
Centennial Outlook• History and Future of Environmental Control in the United States• History and Future of Global Environmental Progress
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