Clearing the Air on Air Emission Regulations Webinar

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Environmental rules pose some of the most vexing challenges to today’s power generation industry. The alphabet soup of rules (CSAPR, MACT, NSR and so on) impact everything from daily operations to long-term capital planning and outage management. Unclear language and frequent court challenges lead to confusion and uncertainty over compliance timelines and optimum ways to integrate multiple technologies into the power plant. Failure to comply can be onerous as multiple special interest groups and federal agencies are prepared to pounce on non-compliers. Plan to spend an hour listening to and participating in this informative and practical webcast featuring three industry experts as they discuss current Environmental Protection Agency regulations and their impact on the electric power industry.

•    Strategies for Compliance
•    Documentation Requirements and Current Court Challenges
•    Engineering and Operational Challenges
 

•    How a major utility approaches compliance
•    What documentation you must maintain
•    How court challenges will impact compliance timelines
•    Best Practice approaches to compliance

•    Engineering Managers
•    Operations Managers
•    Maintenance Managers
•    Compliance Personnel
•    Regulatory Affairs Personnel

	Frank Prager Vice President, Environmental Policy and Services Xcel Energy Frank Prager is Vice President of Environmental Policy & Services at Xcel Energy, a U.S. investor-owned electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Midwestern and Western states. Frank is responsible for guiding Xcel Energy’s position on a variety of environmental public policy issues, as well as overseeing the company’s environmental compliance. His organization manages the corporation’s air, water and waste programs and helps establish Xcel Energy’s position on issues related to air quality, climate change, renewable energy and innovative clean technologies. Previously, Frank was assistant general counsel with Xcel Energy and represented the company on environmental matters. Frank is a graduate of the University of Colorado, where he received degrees in Chemical Engineering and English. He earned his law degree from Stanford University. Prior to joining the utility industry, Frank was an associate at Holland & Hart in Denver and in-house environmental counsel at The Gates Corporation.
	Jay Holloway Partner Winston & Strawn, LLP Jay Holloway is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on environmental and administrative law. He advises utilities, electric cooperatives, and industrial clients on the Clean Air Act, federal environmental laws and regulations, and state air pollution laws. This work includes counseling clients on compliance, permitting, and enforcement matters across the United States. He advises clients on day-to-day new EPA rules, Title V of the Clean Air Act, and other permitting and enforcement matters, including the negotiation and appeal of permits for new coal and gas generation. Mr. Holloway’s experience includes serving in a lead role in more than a dozen EPA New Source Review enforcement actions and providing advice in a number of others. He has successfully negotiated settlements in numerous federal and state NSR and acid rain enforcement actions. He also assists clients in compliance with EPA consent decrees and environmental compliance audits. Mr. Holloway serves as national environmental counsel to a number of generating and transmission electric cooperatives.
	Block Andrews Director of Strategic Environmental Solutions Burns & McDonnell – Energy Division Block Andrews currently serves as Strategic Environmental Solutions Director at Burns & McDonnell. In his role, Block evaluates impacts of environmental legislation and regulation on industry. He has worked in the power industry for 20 years and has successfully permitted over 10,000 MW of power generation. Block has participated in numerous public meetings and provided expert testimony for various permitting projects. For six years, Block was Director of Environmental Services for Aquila. In this role, he oversaw environmental compliance, risk mitigation and strategic direction for Aquila. Block assisted in development of the Aquila’s integrated resource plans and developed the company’s first greenhouse gas report. Block is a registered professional engineer and has a Masters Degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Illinois.

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