EPA Region 4 Beneficial Use of Industrial Byproducts
Nashville Forum

9:00 a.m.        Welcome and Self-Introductions
            Jerry Petty, Chair, Tennessee Chapter, American Foundry Society
Paul Sloan, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

The Tennessee chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS) is the host chapter for the 74th Southeast Regional AFS Conference, which rotates each year among the Tennessee, Birmingham, and Piedmont AFS chapters.  
            
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.    EPA’s National and Regional Beneficial Use Priorities and Programs
            Mary Beth Van Pelt, EPA Region 4
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Beneficial use of industrial byproducts is a national EPA priority under the EPA’s Resource Conservation Challenge.  This presentation will cover the highlights of EPA’s national program, as well as Region 4’s plans to increase utilization of foundry sands, coal ash, and other high volume industrial byproducts in the Southeast.  One of the programs to be introduced is The Construction Initiative which encourages recycling of industrial byproducts at large, significant building and transportation construction projects.
            
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.    The Industrial Resources Council – A Market Development Partnership
    Terry Wagaman, National Slag Association
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Six industry recycling associations are joining forces to create the Industrial Resources Council as a single point of contact for industrial byproducts recycling.  This session will provide an overview of the IRC, as well as some of the projects which the IRC plans to undertake in 2006.

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.    Break

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.    Southeast Market Overview for Foundry Sands and Slags
    Elizabeth Olenbush, Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today
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A representative from FIRST will present an overview of different markets for foundry sands and slags, including several case studies.  This presentation will also cover some of the national efforts of both AFS and FIRST to increase foundry sand recycling and reuse.

11:30 a.m. –        Southeast Market Overview for Coal Ashes & Other Combustion
12:15 p.m.    Products
    E. Cheri Miller, Tennessee Valley Authority, for the American Coal Ash Association
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The Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) was the first EPA beneficial use partnership.  An ACAA representative will briefly describe some of the highlights of C2P2, as well as presenting several Southeast case studies involving beneficial use of coal ashes and flue gas desulphurization (FGD) materials.  

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.     Lunch

Thanks to Tennessee Valley Authority for sponsoring lunch!

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.     Southeast Market Overview for Pulp and Paper Residuals
    William Thacker, National Council on Air and Stream Improvement
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The pulp and paper industry is a large generator of industrial byproducts in the Southeast.  A NCASI representative will provide an overview of markets for industry residuals, as well as Southeast case studies of successful utilization projects.

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.    Getting to Yes – A case study on how industry and government worked together to create a beneficial use program for foundry sand recycling
    Larry Bowers, TVA (former VP, Wheland Foundry)
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State regulatory barriers can be an impediment to increasing the use of industrial byproducts.  This case study will showcase how the foundry industry worked in partnership with Tennessee DEC to develop beneficial use rules for the safe recycling of industrial byproducts.  The relationships built through this process, as well as interactions with other state agencies, were instrumental in the success of this program.

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.    Southeast Market Development Resources
    Roundtable Discussion by state market development agencies
    Moderator:  Pam Swingle, EPA Region 4

Recycling market development matches the supply and demand of commodities facilitated by state economic development agencies, recycling organizations, and other public sector partners for “traditional” MSW recyclable materials.  During this session, state agencies along with their market development partners will describe the resources and expertise available throughout the region for industrial byproducts recycling.
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3:15 – 3:30 p.m.    Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.    Where Do We Go From Here?
            Moderator:    Mary Beth Van Pelt, EPA Region 4

In this open discussion, forum participants will be presented with a list of Action Items developed at the first EPA Region 4 Forum, held last September in Atlanta.  Participants will be asked to comment on the action items, as well as to generate additional ideas.  The intent of this session is to identify at least three achievable tasks, the volunteer teams who will work on each task, and a timeline for reporting back to the group at the next Region 4 Forum.

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Note:  The Nashville Forum was the second in a series of beneficial use forums sponsored by Region 4.  Click here to view the Summary of the Atlanta Forum.