Presentations given at our monthly meetings are listed below, along with a link to view the presentations (if available).
2025 Monthly Meetings
February 24, 2025: Effective EHS Auditing, Andrea Simmons, Trinity Consultants
2024 Monthly Meetings
September 12, 2024: RCRA Regulations – Tips to Minimize Waste and Save Money, Suzanne Gabriele, Geosyntec Consultants
August 27, 2024: Basics of Carbon Sequestration, Carrie Ridley, SCS Engineers
April 10, 2024: Considerations for Disposal of PFAS-Impacted Material, Jeff Tracy, Geosyntec Consultants
January 10, 2024: National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives: FY2024-2027, David Cozad, EPA Region 7
2023 Monthly Meetings
September 20, 2023: The Treasure of our Trees, Kristin Riott, Bridging the Gap
January 25, 2023; Animal Waste to Bio-CNG; Daniel Wiens
2022 Monthly Meetings
April 21, 2022; Innovative in-situ PFAS Remediation; Kristen Thoreson and Ryan Moore, Regenesis
March 22, 2022; EPA Region 7 Update:
Air and Radiation Division Update; Dana Skelley, Director, Air and Radiation Division
Sustainable Materials Management Update; Jim Callier, Chief, Grants Management and Budget Staff Section
February 17, 2022; The Long, Winding Road(Map) to PFAS Regulation; Jessica Merrigan; Spencer Fane
January 18, 2022; Managing Waste Acceptance Risks Associated with PFAS Contaminated Wastes; Richard Green; Waste Management
2021 Monthly Meetings
August 31, 2021; Site Closure Tools in 2021; Jessica Yeager, PE, LSP; Geosyntec Consultants
May 27, 2021, Recreational Cannabis: An Emerging Industry with Complex Environmental Challenges, Nathan Eady & Tia Jeter, SCS Engineers
April 27, 2021, Blue River Biosolids Improvement Project, Suzie Carpenter, PE, Black & Veatch
March 29, 2021, EPA Region 7 Update
- Air and Radiation Division
- Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division
- Land, Chemical, Redevelopment Division
February 25, 2021, Ace Your 2021 Environmental Inspections, Abby Perkins, Senior Consultant, Ramboll
January 21, 2021, Reevaluating OSHA Chemical Process Safety Management Compliance Following the Wynnewood Decision, Andrew Brought, Spencer Fane & Nancy Liang, Trinity Consultants
2020 Monthly Meetings
November 18, 2020, COVID-19 in Wastewater Testing, Danny Ramsey, Vice President of Sales, Pace Analytical
October 21, 2020, Using Networks of Local Air Sensors with Air Quality Models, Julia Luongo, PhD, Managing Consultant, Ramboll
July 23, 2020, Sandboxing Nature, Phoebe Higgins, Director of Markets, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
June 24, 2020, Environmental, Health, & Safety Compliance During COVID-19, David Peal, Managing Consultant, Ramboll & Paul Jacobson, Attorney, Spencer Fane
May 20, 2020, Air Quality in the Kansas City Region, Karen Clawson, Principal Planner/Air Quality Program Manager, MARC
April 29, 2020, The Kansas River: Protect, Advocate, & Discover, Dawn Buehler, Kansas Riverkeeper & Executive Director, Friends of the Kaw
March 11, 2020, Humboldt Bay Power Plant Decommissioning and Demolition Project, Ethan Begg P.E., Program Manager, APTIM
February 12, 2020, Sustainability at Evergy, Dawn Hein, Environmental Consultant, Evergy
January 29, 2020, EPA Region 7 Update:
- Opening Wallpaper
- National Compliance Initiatives, David Cozad
- Recent Air Permitting Improvements, Ward Burns
- RCRA Updates, Marcus Rivas
- PCBs in Region 7, Annah Murray
- P2 Awards and SMM, James Callier
2019 Monthly Meetings
December 11, 2019, Environmental Sustainability of Kansas City Southern, Tony Roberts, Director of Fuel Conservation, KC Southern Railroad
November 13, 2019, Drones: When, Where, and How to Use Them for Environmental Problem Solving!, Mike Rawitch, Senior Consultant, Ramboll
October 23, 2019, Regulatory Compliance and Your Insurance Policy, David McMillan, Axon, Underwriting Manager
September 4, 2019, Environmental Protection Network, Mark Hague, EPN Board Member
May 16, 2019, Johnson County Sustainability, Brian Alferman, Sustainability Program Manager, Johnson County Department of Health and Environment
April 10, 2019, Establishment of the Chariton Hills Bat Conservation Bank in Northeast Missouri, Josiah Maine, Staff Environmental Scientist, Burns & McDonnell
March 20, 2019, EPA Region 7 Update
February 13, 2019, EHS Management, Eric Patton, Harcros Chemicals Inc.
2018 Monthly Meetings
December 12, 2018, Multiple Benefit Watershed Management in the Blue River, Scott Schulte, Vireo
November 14, 2018, Soil & Human Impact, Terri Woodburn, PhD, Assistant Program Director, University of Kansas Edwards Campus
October 10, 2018, Clear As Mud – EPA’s Transparency Rule, David Erickson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
September 5, 2018, High Resolution Site Characterization Tools Optical Imaging Profiler (OIP), Dan Pipp, Geoprobe Systems
May 9, 2018 Business Recycling, Cassandra Ford, Business Recycling Program Manager, Bridging The Gap
April 4, 2018, Subsurface (Vapor) Intrusion & Superfund’s National Priorities List (NPL), Ryan Pulkrabek, Attorney, Spencer Fane LLP
February 7, 2018, Intro to Water Quality, Don Gansert, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants
January 17, 2018, Wetland, Archeological, and Habitat Considerations for Permitting and Mitigation & WOTUS Update, Lindsay James, R.G., Project Manager, Blackstone Environmental Inc.
2017 Monthly Meetings
What is Behind the NOT in NIMBY? And What Can We Do About It?, Sheila Shockey, President, Shockey Consulting Services LLC
November 8, 2017, Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC), Michael R. Sieczkowski, JRW Bioremediation LLC
May 24, 2017, Climate Change and Environmental Security in a Trump White House?, W. Chris King, Ph.D. P.E., Brigadier General, US Army retired. Also see Strategic Defense Impacts of Climate Change
January 18, 2017, Power Plant Air Quality Control and Fly Ash Quality & Availability, Fred Gustin, Kansas City Power & Light and David Rylance, Kansas City Fly Ash