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Clean Air Act Update2014 CONFERENCE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 | MILWAUKEE MARRIOTT WEST | WAUKESHA, WI

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Online registration available at wmc.org. Please type or print your contact information or attach your business card. Fax to: 608.258.3413 Mail to: WMC, PO Box 352, Madison, WI 53701-0352 Email to: [email protected]

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WMC Member $175/attendee Non-Members - $200/attendee

Discount of $25 per attendee are available if 3 or more individuals attend from one organization.

Cancellations must be made by November 10, 2014, for a full refund. Substitutions are accepted at any time. Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested and if feasible. Dietary requirements, please notify WMC when registering.

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Clean A ir Act Update 2014 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Milwaukee Marriott West W231N1600 Corporate Ct | Waukesha, WI 53186 262-574-0888

ELLEN NOWAK was first appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in July 2011 by Governor Scott Walker. She was reconfirmed for a new, six-year term beginning on March 1, 2013. At the Commission, Nowak has delegated authority to provide commissioner-oversight of Focus on Energy, the state’s energy efficiency program. She also serves on the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Prior to her appointment, she served as the chief of staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas. BART SPONSELLER was appointed as the state’s Air Management Bureau Director on January 30, 2012. Mr. Sponseller has worked in the department since 2004, beginning as a contract employee for the Lake Michigan Air Directors’ Consortium, working on policy and science issues for the DNR. Until recently, he was the leader of the state’s air monitoring program. He is co-investigator on a science team for NASA that is researching the integration of data products from satellites for use by policy makers and analysts. Last year, Mr. Sponseller was the co-organizer of an American Council on Germany (ACG) Conference at the UW-Madison that focused on the reinvention of the industrial heartland and its auto industry and the development of sustainable supply chains. PETER TOMASI, Partner with Quarles & Brady, practices in the areas of environmental permitting and environmental litigation. Mr. Tomasi has further experience with general civil, commercial, and intellectual property litigation. His recent experience includes: Representation of multiple clients in citizen suits brought under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act., and representation of a utility relating to several challenges to a proposed generating facility, including challenges to the preconstruction permit issued under the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act and discharge permit issued by the state NPDES permitting program.

TODD PALMER is a partner in the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, where he focuses his practice on environmental regulatory issues and litigation. In that capacity, Mr. Palmer helps clients maintain compliance with all aspects of the complex and dynamic Clean Air Act, including planning future activities to minimize the expense and burden of regulation. Mr. Palmer helped develop Wisconsin’s new source review regulatory reform package and air permit streamlining initiatives. He has been rated as a “Band 1” attorney by the International Legal Ranking Organization of Chambers & Partners. In 2011, Todd was named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Environmental Law in the Madison Area

CLAY RAASCH is the Regional Director for Trinity Consultants and has more than 2 decades of environmental consulting experience with a focus on air permitting and compliance and the implementation of EHS information systems. He has served for several environmental organizations, including Air & Waste Management Association – Upper Midwest Section (AWMA), and TAPPI – Environmental Division Council, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI).

GALE HOFFNAGLE is Senior Vice President and Technical Director of TRC Environmental Corporation. He has over thirty years of air quality, meteorology, and modeling experience to clients across many industrial categories in every region of the country. He has served as a consultant to the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturer's Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Mining Congress, and the Utility Air Regulatory Group among others. Mr. Hoffnagle is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and a Qualified Environmental Professional. He is a past president of the Air and Waste Management Association.

ERIC BOTT joined WMC in 2013 after serving ten years as a staff person in the Wisconsin legislature including stints as Policy Director to both the Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader. Prior to leaving the legislature, Bott was instrumental in the drafting and passage of Comprehensive Iron Mining Law (Act 1), and has since worked to advance air permitting and phosphorus discharge reforms.

8:00 a.m. Registration 8:20 a.m. Welcome Eric Bott, Director of Environmental & Energy Policy, WMC 8:30 a.m. EPA’s Clean Power Plan – What it means for Wisconsin Commissioner Nowak will discuss the anticipated impacts of EPA’s carbon rule on energy prices and reliability in Wisconsin, compliance challenges and opportunities, and brief the audience on economic modeling from the PSC and MISO. Ellen Nowak, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin 9:20 a.m. State Air Update Director Sponseller will cover everything you need to know about the state of air regulation in Wisconsin including: NAAQS, Air Quality, Design Values, GHG Regulation, Air Permit Streamlining, MACT Extensions, Tribal Class I activities, and general programmatic and personnel changes in the Air Bureau. Bart Sponseller, Director DNR Air Bureau 10:20 – Break 10:35 a.m. Meet your Newest Air Regulators – Tribal Governments and Air Regulation Mr. Tomasi will provide an overview of the rapidly evolving world of Class I and Tribal Air Regulations. With the Forest County Potawatomi Community finalizing regulations for ozone, mercury, and visibility and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa seeking authority that could extend into Western and Central Wisconsin, this is becoming an ever more significant topic. Peter Tomasi, Partner, Quarles & Brady 11:25 a.m. Conference Luncheon

12:30 p.m. Unintended Consequences of Boiler MACT Mr. Raasch will turn to case studies and his experience helping Midwest manufacturers implement Boiler MACT, highlighting pros and cons of different compliance options, and outlining potential permitting challenges created by different compliance strategies. Clay Raasch, Regional Director Trinity Consultants 1:20p.m. - Break 1:30 p.m. Focus on Compliance Mr. Hoffnagle will present a comprehensive update on air modeling guidance including EPA’s newly released PM2.5 modeling guidance, a discussion of modeling vs. monitoring for purposes of 1-hour SO2 non-attainment designations, and implications for EPA’s forthcoming Ozone NAAQS update. Gale Hoffnagle, Senior Vice President and Technical Director, TRC Environmental Corporation 2:20 p.m. Clean Air Act Litigation Trends Can’t keep up with the flood of court actions on air issues? Just what is the state of the law? How can we expect things to change in the coming years? Hear from one of Wisconsin’s top air attorneys on major developments in litigation on air issues. Todd Palmer, Partner Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3:10p.m. Election Recap and Hot-Topic Wrap-up Mr. Bott will forecast how the recently concluded 2014 mid-terms might impact state and federal policy and rule making moving into 2015 and touch on hot topics in air regulation including air monitoring and regulatory trends for Wisconsin’s booming sand mining industry and Wisconsin specific impacts of an updated Ozone NAAQS. Eric Bott, Director of Environmental & Energy Policy, WMC 3:30p.m. - Closing

Agenda

About the Speakers

Clean Air Act Update 2014 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Milwaukee Marriott West | W231N1600 Corporate Ct Waukesha, WI 53186 | 262-574-0888

Clean Air Act Update 2014Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Milwaukee Marriott West | W231N1600 Corporate CtWaukesha, WI 53186 | 262-574-0888

ELLEN NOWAK was first appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in July 2011 by Governor Scott Walker. She was reconfirmed for a new, six-year term beginning on March 1, 2013. At the Commission, Nowak has delegated authority to provide commissioner-oversight of Focus on Energy, the state’s energy efficiency program. She also serves on the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Prior to her appointment, she served as the chief of staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas. BART SPONSELLER was appointed as the state’s Air Management Bureau Director on January 30, 2012. Mr. Sponseller has worked in the department since 2004, beginning as a contract employee for the Lake Michigan Air Directors’ Consortium, working on policy and science issues for the DNR. Until recently, he was the leader of the state’s air monitoring program. He is co-investigator on a science team for NASA that is researching the integration of data products from satellites for use by policy makers and analysts. Last year, Mr. Sponseller was the co-organizer of an American Council on Germany (ACG) Conference at the UW-Madison that focused on the reinvention of the industrial heartland and its auto industry and the development of sustainable supply chains. PETER TOMASI, Partner with Quarles & Brady, practices in the areas of environmental permitting and environmental litigation. Mr. Tomasi has further experience with general civil, commercial, and intellectual property litigation. His recent experience includes: Representation of multiple clients in citizen suits brought under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act., and representation of a utility relating to several challenges to a proposed generating facility, including challenges to the preconstruction permit issued under the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act and discharge permit issued by the state NPDES permitting program.

TODD PALMER is a partner in the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, where he focuses his practice on environmental regulatory issues and litigation. In that capacity, Mr. Palmer helps clients maintain compliance with all aspects of the complex and dynamic Clean Air Act, including planning future activities to minimize the expense and burden of regulation. Mr. Palmer helped develop Wisconsin’s new source review regulatory reform package and air permit streamlining initiatives. He has been rated as a “Band 1” attorney by the International Legal Ranking Organization of Chambers & Partners. In 2011, Todd was named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Environmental Law in the Madison Area

CLAY RAASCH is the Regional Director for Trinity Consultants and has more than 2 decades of environmental consulting experience with a focus on air permitting and compliance and the implementation of EHS information systems. He has served for several environmental organizations, including Air & Waste Management Association – Upper Midwest Section (AWMA), and TAPPI – Environmental Division Council, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI).

GALE HOFFNAGLE is Senior Vice President and Technical Director of TRC Environmental Corporation. He has over thirty years of air quality, meteorology, and modeling experience to clients across many industrial categories in every region of the country. He has served as a consultant to the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturer's Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Mining Congress, and the Utility Air Regulatory Group among others. Mr. Hoffnagle is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and a Qualified Environmental Professional. He is a past president of the Air and Waste Management Association.

ERIC BOTT joined WMC in 2013 after serving ten years as a staff person in the Wisconsin legislature including stints as Policy Director to both the Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader. Prior to leaving the legislature, Bott was instrumental in the drafting and passage of Comprehensive Iron Mining Law (Act 1), and has since worked to advance air permitting and phosphorus discharge reforms.

8:00 a.m. Registration 8:20 a.m. Welcome Eric Bott, Director of Environmental & Energy Policy, WMC 8:30 a.m. EPA’s Clean Power Plan – What it means for Wisconsin Commissioner Nowak will discuss the anticipated impacts of EPA’s carbon rule on energy prices and reliability in Wisconsin, compliance challenges and opportunities, and brief the audience on economic modeling from the PSC and MISO. Ellen Nowak, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin 9:20 a.m. State Air Update Director Sponseller will cover everything you need to know about the state of air regulation in Wisconsin including: NAAQS, Air Quality, Design Values, GHG Regulation, Air Permit Streamlining, MACT Extensions, Tribal Class I activities, and general programmatic and personnel changes in the Air Bureau. Bart Sponseller, Director DNR Air Bureau 10:20 – Break 10:35 a.m. Meet your Newest Air Regulators – Tribal Governments and Air Regulation Mr. Tomasi will provide an overview of the rapidly evolving world of Class I and Tribal Air Regulations. With the Forest County Potawatomi Community finalizing regulations for ozone, mercury, and visibility and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa seeking authority that could extend into Western and Central Wisconsin, this is becoming an ever more significant topic. Peter Tomasi, Partner, Quarles & Brady 11:25 a.m. Conference Luncheon

12:30 p.m. Unintended Consequences of Boiler MACT Mr. Raasch will turn to case studies and his experience helping Midwest manufacturers implement Boiler MACT, highlighting pros and cons of different compliance options, and outlining potential permitting challenges created by different compliance strategies. Clay Raasch, Regional Director Trinity Consultants 1:20p.m. - Break 1:30 p.m. Focus on Compliance Mr. Hoffnagle will present a comprehensive update on air modeling guidance including EPA’s newly released PM2.5 modeling guidance, a discussion of modeling vs. monitoring for purposes of 1-hour SO2 non-attainment designations, and implications for EPA’s forthcoming Ozone NAAQS update. Gale Hoffnagle, Senior Vice President and Technical Director, TRC Environmental Corporation 2:20 p.m. Clean Air Act Litigation Trends Can’t keep up with the flood of court actions on air issues? Just what is the state of the law? How can we expect things to change in the coming years? Hear from one of Wisconsin’s top air attorneys on major developments in litigation on air issues. Todd Palmer, Partner Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3:10p.m. Election Recap and Hot-Topic Wrap-up Mr. Bott will forecast how the recently concluded 2014 mid-terms might impact state and federal policy and rule making moving into 2015 and touch on hot topics in air regulation including air monitoring and regulatory trends for Wisconsin’s booming sand mining industry and Wisconsin specific impacts of an updated Ozone NAAQS. Eric Bott, Director of Environmental & Energy Policy, WMC 3:30p.m. - Closing

Agenda

About the Speakers

Clean Air Act Update 2014 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Milwaukee Marriott West | W231N1600 Corporate Ct Waukesha, WI 53186 | 262-574-0888

Clean Air Act Update 2014Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Milwaukee Marriott West | W231N1600 Corporate CtWaukesha, WI 53186 | 262-574-0888

Clean Air Act Update2014 CONFERENCE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 | MILWAUKEE MARRIOTT WEST | WAUKESHA, WI

Regis t rat ion

Online registration available at wmc.org. Please type or print your contact information or attach your business card. Fax to: 608.258.3413 Mail to: WMC, PO Box 352, Madison, WI 53701-0352 Email to: [email protected]

Attendee Names 1. Title

2. Title

3. Title

Company

Street Address Zip + 4

PO Box Zip + 4

City State

Telephone Fax

Registration Rates

WMC Member $175/attendee Non-Members - $200/attendee

Discount of $25 per attendee are available if 3 or more individuals attend from one organization.

Cancellations must be made by November 10, 2014, for a full refund. Substitutions are accepted at any time. Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested and if feasible. Dietary requirements, please notify WMC when registering.

Directions Click on Clean Air Act Update banner at www.wmc.org.

Questions? Contact Karen Mahlkuch at [email protected] or 608.661.6938.

Method of payment Total $

Check (payable to WCCF, Fed ID #39-1394068)

Bill my: Visa MasterCard American Express Cardholder’s Name (print) Signature

Card number Expiration date

WMC USE ONLY: 1413

Clean A ir Act Update 2014 Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Milwaukee Marriott West W231N1600 Corporate Ct | Waukesha, WI 53186 262-574-0888

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