Description

The 2024 NH Environmental Regulatory Conference combines BIA's NH Air & Water Regulatory Conference with BIA's NH Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Sites Conference into one annual event that addresses all three air, water, and waste topics. The conference will include a wide variety of concurrent sessions for attendees to choose from where they will hear directly from NHDES experts on highly relevant environmental topics.

Attendees can earn up to 5 CEUs with this conference. The ideal attendance is consultants, municipal officials, attorneys, and environmental compliance officers. We will focus on key development challenges facing New Hampshire and the region and look at what stakeholders can expect the regulatory environment to look like in the future. The conference offers a unique opportunity to bring state and local officials together with business leaders to examine the key issues related to understanding and achieving regulatory requirements in the state.  

2024 NH Environmental Regulatory Conference Agenda

8:30am – Registration & Breakfast, Ballroom Foyer

9:00am to 9:30am – Welcome & Opening Remarks, Granite Ballroom

• Michael Skelton, President & CEO, BIA
• Assistant Commissioner Adam Crepeau, NHDES
• Breakfast Sponsor Remarks by Tim White, Sanborn Head and Associates

 9:30am to 10:30am – State of the Air, Waste, and Water in NH, Granite Ballroom

• Moderator: Michael Skelton, BIA
• State of the Air by Craig Wright, Director, Air Resources Division, NHDES
• State of the Waste by Michael Wimsatt, Director, Waste Management Division, NHDES
• State of the Water by Rene Pelletier, Director, Water Division, NHDES

10:30am to 11:00am – Morning Refreshment & Networking Break, Ballroom Foyer

11:00am to 12:00pm – NH PFAS Updates: Health, Litigation, & Rebates, Granite Ballroom

• Moderator: David Juvet, BIA
• Health Effects by Karen Craver, NHDES
• Ongoing Water Litigation by Brandon Kernen, NHDES
• PFAS Removal Rebate Program for Private Wells by KC Moran, NHDES

 12:00pm to 1:00pm – Lunch & Networking Break, Ballroom Foyer

• Lunch Sponsor Remarks by Jonathan Meunier, Verdantas

1:00pm to 2:00pm – Concurrent Sessions: Grab Bag (Pick one)

• Option #1: Air Session, Pierce Room
  • Air Quality Standards Update by Marcus Chase, NHDES
  • Data Management by Andrew Cornwell, NHDES
  • Climate Pollution Work & Goals by Kurt Yuengling, NHDES and Jen Galbraith, NHDES
• Option #2: Water Session, Concord Room
  • Water Infrastructure Funding Updates by Tracy Wood, NHDES
  • Drinking Water Infrastructure Funding Updates by Kim Kelliher, NHDES
• Option #3: Waste Session, Webster Room
  • State Efforts to Reduce and Divert Food Waste by Paige Wilson, NHDES
  • Application of Water Supply Exploration Techniques to Contaminant Transport Investigations in Fractured Bedrock, a Toolbox Discussion by Michael Summerlin, NHDES and Mark Wingsted, GZA GeoEnvironmental

2:00pm to 2:15pm – Afternoon Refreshment & Transition Break, Ballroom Foyer

2:15pm to 3:00pm – PFAS Treatment, Granite Ballroom

• Moderator: John Gilbert, Synchrony Advisors & BIA Executive Board
• AFFF Takeback Program by Andrew Gould, NHDES
• PFAS Annihilator Technology by Eric Drugotch, Revive Environmental

 3:00pm to 3:45pm – Legislative and Regulatory Environmental Updates, Granite Ballroom

• Moderator: Kirsten Koch, BIA
• Mike Fitzgerald, NHDES
• Sarah Yuhas Kirn, NHDES
• Rene Pelletier, NHDES

3:45pm to 5:00pm – Networking Reception, Ballroom Foyer

• Closing Remarks by Kirsten Koch, BIA
• Networking Reception Sponsor Remarks by Chris Adams, Nobis Group