Agenda:

7:00- 7:30 Check-in and Breakfast 

7:30 to 7:35 Welcome by SWANA and AWMA  

7:35 to 7:40 Introduction of Sponsors

7:40 to 8:40    Landfill Operations Part I (1 hr):  

1. Leachate Options pros and cons, PFAS implications of each (Fred Doran, Burns and McDonnell)

2. Obtaining viable leachate and GW samples from Land Disposal Facilities (Isaac Schmidt, PACE Labs)

8:40 to 8:45 Short Break

8:45 to 9:45 Landfill Operations Part II (1 hr):

1. Future of county recycling options – (Roger Schroeder –Lyon County) 

2. Managing Odors at a landfill (Stephanie Stolz – GHD)

9:45 to 9:55 Networking Break

9:55 to 10:55 Implementing your Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (1 hr):  Consultant (Rules, applicability and requirements) 

10:55 to 11:00 Short Break

11:00 to 12:00 MPCA Update – Including Heidi Kroening, Anne Jackson and others  (1 hr) 

12:00 to 12:45 Lunch  

12:45 to 1:45 Health and Safety Hot Topics (1hr): 

1. Onboarding and Right to Know to training (30 min) (Erik Schuck COO, Dem-Con Companies)

2. Managing CWD contaminated wastes – Operators Prospective (Mike Cook – Olmstead County) 

1:45 to 2:00 Networking Break (15 min)

2:00 to 3:00 Operating Challenges (1 hr)  

1. Managing Wind Turbine Blades in your Landfill (Don Kuper – Sioux Falls Landfill)

2. Leachate Impacts at a Wastewater Treatment Facility (Emma Larson, Shanna Czeck – St Cloud Public Utilities)