33rd Annual Sustainability & Environmental Health & Safety Symposium

Final Agenda, Session Locations and Menus

The Future of EHS: Embracing the Massive Changes … Roundtable

Moderators:   Kirk P. Lowery, Managing Director – East Region, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH and Amanda Petzinger, Vice President, Sustainability, Stewardship, Supply Chain, and ESG Solutions, Benchmark Gensuite, Mason, OH; Panelists:  Sean Alteri, Director, Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Affairs, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Timothy W. Ling, PE, Corporate Environmental Director, Plaskolite LLC, Columbus, OH; Katherine (Katy) Schick, Corporate EHS Manager, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Marysville, OH; Scott W. Walton, CSP, CHMM, Regional EHS Manager, Saint Gobain North America, Silver Grove, KY; Katherine (Kathy) Wiedeman, Director of EHS, ND Paper LLC, Dayton, OH

Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky … Environmental Priorities & Initiatives; Air, Water & RCRA Permitting Success & Challenges; and Impact of Key U.S. EPA Priorities on Mid-America Facilities, Plants and Manufacturers

Anne M. Vogel, Director, Ohio EPA, Columbus, OH; Brian Rockensuess, Commissioner, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management, Indianapolis and Tony Hatton, Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. for Environmental Protection, Frankfort, KY 

One of the Cleanest, Most Sustainable Steelmakers in the World – Nucor’s 2030 Carbon Reduction Strategy & Pathway to Net-Zero by 2050

David E. Miracle, General Manager – Environmental Affairs, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC

Workshop A - P-Fast & Furious!!! Rapid Developments in Regulations Involving Per- and Polyfuoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and a Case Study on a Proven Adsorption Technology

Austin Angeline, Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Covington, KY; AnnMarie Sanford, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Troy, MI and Frank Cassou, CEO, Cyclopure, Inc., Chicago

Workshop B - Best Practices in Air Permitting & Compliance … A More Stringent PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS): What it Means for You and How Best to Reduce the Impact of the Revised Standard

Sean Alteri, Director of Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Affairs, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Tony Schroeder, Principal Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Beachwood, OH and Jennifer Cave, Member, Stites & Harbison PLLC, Louisville, KY

Workshop C- Wave of New Regulations Impacting Industrial Hygiene including Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) – What’s OSHA Proposing and How to Prepare!

James Brown, Manager of Operations & Human Resources, Bulldog Corporation, Indianapolis and Dan Engling, M.S., CSP, CIH, Vice President, Health and Industrial Hygiene Services, KERAMIDA, Inc., Indianapolis

Workshop D - New to EHS? EHS 101 … Environmental Basics – an Overview of the Overarching Regulations

Heidi Reeb, Site Environmental Leader, The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati and Hope Manning, CEP, VP, Engineering and Consulting, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM), Cincinnati

Workshop E - Environmental Justice (EJ) and ESG: Developments, Trends, and Impacts from Recent Rulemaking

Kevin G. Desharnais, Member and Practice Group Co-Chair - Environmental, Energy & Sustainability, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Chicago, and Farshid Kiani, PE, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop F - Best Practices in Managing Solid Waste (Hazardous Waste-HW & Universal Waste-UV) in an Environmentally Acceptable Manner & in Compliance with the Regulations

Dawn Ellis, Site Environmental Technician, The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, Lima, OH, and Colleen A Lear, Project Manager, Engineering and Consulting, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM), Cincinnati

Workshop G - Passionate about Safety … Safety Journey to Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) and Operational Learning

Kirk Smith, MS, CSP, Sr. Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist. Alkermes, Inc., Wilmington, OH

Workshop H - New to EHS? EHS 101 … Basics in Air Permitting and Compliance

Jason R. Krawczyk, Senior Principal Associate /Global HSE, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis and Holly Padovani, Vice President, EHS Technology Group LLC, Dayton, OH

Workshop I - Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky … Water Quality Standards, Permitting & Compliance Challenges in a New Era of Water Management

Mark Johnson, Chief, Division of Surface Water, Ohio EPA; Paul Higginbotham, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Water Quality, Indiana DEM; Melanie Arnold, Environmental Scientist Consultant, Kentucky Division of Water, and Kyle Girouard, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Lexington, KY

Workshop J - Air Permitting and Compliance – Embracing Change & Planning for the Future

Kendra Sherman, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Columbus, OH; Peter Lucas, District Manager/ Engineer, Stony Hollow Landfill Management Facility, Waste Management, Inc., Dayton, OH and Julie Hall, Senior Project Manager, Weaver Consultants Group, Cincinnati

Workshop K - Best Practices & Practical Considerations for Establishing a Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Data Collection Strategy in a Changing Regulatory & Climate-Action Era

Amanda Petzinger, Vice President, Sustainability, Stewardship, Supply Chain and ESG Solutions, and Randy Burgdorf, Associate Director, Sustainability, Stewardship, Supply Chain, and ESG Solutions, Benchmark Gensuite, Mason, OH

Workshop L - Best Safety Practices in Machine Guarding & Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Programs to Prevent the Worse-Life-Changing Incidents

David Arthur, CSP, Health and Safety Director, Environmental Quality Management (EQM), Cincinnati and William (Bill) J. Wahoff, Member & National OSHA Practice for Employers, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Columbus, OH ... Please read the LOTO – MG SCENARIO included in the attached PDF after the slides before attending the workshop.  Thanks.   

Workshop M - Corporate Sustainability & Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting – Preparing for the Inevitable

Brent Goetz, HSEQ Manager, Covestro LLC, Newark, OH and Anu Krishnan, Managing Consultant - Sustainability Services, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Bloomington, IN

Workshop N - Clean Water Act Citizen Suits: Effective Defense Litigation Strategies

Sharon "Sheri" O. Jacobs, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Nashville, TN and Elisabeth Martin, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Covington, KY

Workshop O - U.S. EPA's Proposed Revisions to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) … How the U.S. EPA Will Use the Reported Data & How You Can Prepare Now for Future Reporting Requirements

Amanda Jennings, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop P - New to EHS? EHS 101 … Clean Water & Hazardous/Solid Waste Regulations

Anita Decina, Vice President, Operational, Safety & Environmental Excellence, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL and Rajib Sinha, Senior Engineer/Regional Initiatives Manager, Trihydro Corporation, Cincinnati

Workshop AA - Clean Water Best Management Practices … Storm Water Permitting; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Compliance

Anita Evenson, Manager, Environmental Engineering, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, Cincinnati and Stephanie Miller, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop BB - Best Practices for a Workplace Violence Prevention Program

Melissa H. Olberding, CHMM, Director, EHS, EssilorLuxottica, Mason and Victoria Sparks, Managing Consultant, ALL4 LLC, Lexington, KY

Workshop CC - The Ever-Changing World of Air Permits …How to Work with Your Regulatory Agency for Air Permit Renewals and Modification to Reduce the Impact of the More Stringent Regulations

Sheri Bussard, Environmental Engineer, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; Amy Kesterman. Permit Area Supervisor, Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency, Cincinnati and Hope Manning, CEP, Vice President, Engineering and Consulting, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM), Cincinnati  

Workshop DD - New to EHS? EHS 101 … Waste Disposal and Transportation Regulations

Tim W. McDaniel, CIH, CSP, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, Navistar Inc., Springfield; OH; Anita Decina, Vice President, Operational, Safety & Environmental Excellence, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL and Rajib Sinha, Senior Engineer/Regional Initiatives Manager, Trihydro Corporation, Cincinnati

Workshop EE - 54th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and 34th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 … What’s on the Horizon for Business & Industry in America’s Heartland?

Moderator: John Colebrook, Managing Consultant & Manager of Operations in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Covington, KY.   Panelists: Matthew Stuckey, Assistant Commissioner of Air Quality, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management; Michael Kennedy, Director, Div. for Air Quality, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Frankfort; and Robert F. Hodanbosi, Chief, Division of Air Pollution Control, Ohio EPA

Workshop FF - Best Sustainability Practices … How to Respond to ESG-based Supply Chain Requests Being Pushed Down, Aligning ESG with Manufacturing Metrics, and How Your Response Affects Your Facility Moving Forward

Robert Distler, Director Corporate EHS, Superior Essex, Fort Wayne, IN and Amber Greaney, MPA, LEED, GA, ENV SP, Livable City Solutions Manager, KERAMIDA, Inc., Indianapolis

Workshop GG - Developing Sustainable Waste Programs to Improve ESG Scores and Reduce RCRA Liability & Risks

Tim W. McDaniel, CIH, CSP, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, Navistar Inc., Springfield, OH and Regina DiLavore, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis

Workshop HH - Beware of OSHA's Most Cited Standards - OSHA's Enforcement and Focus in 2024

Ken Montgomery, OSHA  Area Director, U.S. Department of Labor, Cincinnati and Nelva J. Smith, Member, Workplace Safety Team, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Columbus, OH

Workshop II - Embracing Change & Surviving the Flurry of EHS Regulations and Enforcement

Timothy W. Ling, Corporate Environmental Director, Plaskolite, LLC, Columbus, OH; J.D. Gibbs, Associate Director, Consulting Services, BSI America Professional Services Inc., Columbus, OH and Katy Schick, Corporate EHS Manager, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Marysville, OH

Workshop JJ - Ethics & Professionalism for EHS Professionals (Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky CLE ethics credits & Engineering Ethics for Ohio Professional Engineers) … Ethical ‘Guardrails’ for EHS Professionals

Edward L. Kropp, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Indianapolis and John Keeling, Director, Benchmark - Safety, Health & Environmental Services, Lexington, KY

Workshop KK - ISO 14001 and 45001… Best Practices on Implementation of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

Anthony J. DeMarco, Vice President of Consulting Services, BCA Environmental Consultants, Goshen, IN