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This is an A&WMA Ontario Section communication providing important information to our members.
August 20, 2014 A&WMA Ontario Section Newsletter

In This Issue

The Canadian Committee
Save the Date: Monitoring Workshop
Save the Date: CALPUFF/CALMET Modelling Course
Welcome To Our New Members
Ottawa Valley Chapter
Renewing Memberships
Organizational Membership
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Updates
2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE)
Professional Engineers Ontario Recognizes Board Member
Meet the A&WMA President-Elect
Graduation Present
Members on the Move
Member Contact Information
Our Next Newsletter

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  The Canadian Committee 

 

We are pleased to announce that Jim Powell, the AWMA Executive Director, has constituted a specific Canadian Committee to initiate and co-ordinate Canadian specialty conferences, webinars and other content. 

The Committee is chaired by Ahmed Idriss of the Canadian Prairie/Northern Section 
(aidriss@capitalpower.com) and Co-chair by Paul Complin of the Ontario Section (pcomplin@ortech.ca).

If you have suggestions for presentation topics, forward them to AWMA-OS or either of the above.

Save The Date


Monitoring Workshop to Support the Development of Proposed Technical Standards for the Petroleum and Petrochem Sectors

November 5 & 6, 2014, Lambton College, Sarnia

 
http://awma.on.ca/upcoming-workshops/fall2014workshop
 
Contact info@awma.on.ca for details.
 

CALPUFF/CALMET General and Advanced Modelling Courses
September 22nd – 26th, 2014-08-13
Calgary, Alberta
 
Contact Dr. Piotr Staniaszek for details at peterjadwiga@hotmail.com

 

Welcome To Our New Members

We welcome the following individuals to the A&WMA Ontario Section.  These people joined the A&WMA since our last newsletter:
 
Tara Bailey, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Christopher Murray, AMEC
Heidi Berzins, Suncor Energy Shah Wahida Nashreen
Stephen Betts, Dillon Consulting Limited Syed M. Raza Bokhari
Rivendell Bongard Brian Sulley, RWDI
Victoria Bugaj Limin Sun, ORTECH Consulting Inc.
Michelle Burger Kim Theobald, Senes Arcadis Canada Inc.
Brian Carrow, AMEC Eva Webster, Trent University
David Chang, Novelis Inc Mihaela Andronescu, Environment Canada
Ivan Cheung Simone Charron
Natalie Gadsden, General Motors of Canada Limited David Cotsman, RWDI AIR Inc.
Rachel Hackett, AMEC Dominique Dore, Environment Canada
Hadi Husain, Biorem Technologies, Inc. Benoit Duhoux, University of Ottawa
Amanda Juric Alex-Dragan Gojkovic, Environment Canada
Judi Krzyzanowski, TERA Environmental Consultants Fouzi Kerdouss, Environment Canada
Joelle Langford Daniel Lemire, Environment Canada
Jeffrey Lee, Town of Oakville Claudia Lobo, Environment Canada
Michael McLachlan Nathalie Peloquin, Environment Canada
Sean Miner, Newterra Sahar Saeednooran
Yuliya Mulyar Amanda Van Wychen, Golder Associates Ltd.
Jennifer Murphy, Enbridge Gas Distribution Jonathan Williams, Environment Canada

Note:  Existing members are considered "New" if they renew their membership after their renewal date.

Ottawa Valley Chapter

The Air & Waste Management Association, Ottawa Valley Chapter (OVC) is pleased to announce that we are part of the Ontario Section as of January 2014.  This might seem counter intuitive to some of you as Ottawa is part of Ontario but the Ottawa Valley Chapter has been part of the Quebec Section for some time. We will continue to have the Ottawa Valley as a geographic border. We include the Ontario counties of Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Prescott-Russell, Renfrew, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry and the Region of Ottawa-Carleton, and the Outaouais region of Quebec.  We welcome this move to improve resource sharing at the provincial level.    
 
We want to thank the Quebec Section for their support and will continue to grow our relationship with them.  For more information, please contact the A&WMA OVC, Chair, Wayne Boulton or visit our website at www.awma-ovc.ca.

Renewing Memberships

What is the Number One reason that an AWMA Member does not renew their membership?
 
   A. My dog ate my invoice!
   B. I don’t wish to be a member anymore.
   C. My company pulled their AWMA funding.
   D. I forgot.
 
The answer is D. Most people have simply put the member renewal reminder email or letter aside and forgot to return to it in time. Please make some time to periodically review the lapsed member data for your local Chapter and Section and contact these lapsed members. They will be grateful for the reminder! This data can be found in the Member Reports Portal under the Membership banner on the AWMA web site.
       - Jim Walker, Membership Chair  

Organizational Membership


One way we can continue grow the membership is through the Organizational Membership category.

Organizational Membership is popular with companies and organizations with more than 3 environmental professionals who want to reduce membership costs and increase participation in A&WMA!

Organizational Membership (up to 10 members)
$495/company + $88/employee USD/CAD

Organizational Membership (more than 10 members)
$1,050/company + $88/employee USD/CAD

Organizational Government Membership
$470/company + $88/employee USD/CAD

Click here to see if your company or organization holds an Organizational Membership and make sure to take advantage of the reduced membership costs on your renewal.

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) Updates

 

New MOECC Approvals Q&A

Paul Complin, ORTECH

The Ontario Air Practitioners Group (Practitioners) consists of environmental professionals and representatives from the Ministry of the Environment who meet irregularly and informally as the need arises.  The Group has developed guidance materials and best practice documents.  It is an invaluable forum for exchanging views and information on practical aspects of making and nurturing EPA s.9 approval applications and demonstrating compliance with O. Reg. 419/05 and other regulatory initiatives.   (http://awma.on.ca/practitioners-group/).
 
The Practitioners are pleased to announce that a group of Q&As have been settled and are on the AWMA-OS website at http://awma.on.ca/frequently-asked-questions/
 
If you have generic questions that you would like the Group to consider, please send them to me (PComplin@ortech.ca) and I will get them on the Agenda.

 

Noise

 Rob Stevens, HGC Engineering

AWMA/OS ran a survey recently to solicit your questions about the new MOECC noise guideline, NPC-300.  The aim is to use those questions for one or more Q&A sessions on NPC-300.  We are hoping that Ministry of Environment staffers will attend and provide their answers.  We will structure the Q&A sessions to provide an opportunity to discuss the issues raised by your questions and the answers to them.  We have been planning to run the session(s) as part of our Breakfast Meeting program.  However, depending on MOE’s preference, we may run the Q&A at a Practitioners Group meeting.  Stay tuned for details.  If you missed participating in the survey, and have a question about NPC-300 for inclusion in the session, please email the question to rstevens@hgcengineering.com.
 
One important question concerning NPC-300 implementation arises where there are sound emissions from multiple, independent industrial facilities.  Do these need to be summed and assessed jointly when applying NPC-300 to Land Use Planning approvals?  That is, where new residential development is proposed adjacent to multiple existing industries, does NPC-300 require that the cumulative impact be assessed?  Recently an Ontario acoustical consultant raised this with MOE and received informal direction that the sound of the multiple industries (i.e., “Stationary Sources”) should indeed be summed and evaluated jointly against the limits. That consultant then circulated the Ministry’s response to a number of acoustical consultants in the Province, for reference.  However, in the draft version of NPC-300 that was circulated in 2010, Section C5, “Noise Impact Assessment – Multiple Sources” stated that, “Where multiple, independent Stationary Sources are involved, each source is to be evaluated individually for compliance with the sound limits and design of mitigation.”  Interestingly, this sentence was not included in the final version of NPC-300.  This is a contentious issue.  Consultants and their industrial clients need clarification.

 

Toxics Reduction Annual Report Published

 Sandy Willis, SENES

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has published a 34 page Annual Report on Toxics Reduction based on the 2012 reporting year –  https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/ministers-report-toxics-reduction-2014 for the English version.   In Appendix B this report lists the companies that are implementing plans for Phase 1 prescribed toxic substances. 
 
Here are highlights:
 
850 facilities submitted annual reports on 47 Phase I substances and substance groups for the 2011 reporting year. This number increased to over 1000 in 2012 due to the introduction of approximately 270 Phase II substances.
 
Over 680 facilities submitted plan summaries in their 2011 reports.  Of those, 283 facilities committed to implementing at least one toxic reduction option.  The data is still being compiled for the 2012 reporting year.
 
The top three toxics reduction categories that facilities referenced in their plans were
·   equipment or process modification
·   good operator practice or training
·   on-site reuse, recycling, or recovery.
 
The main reasons cited for not implementing plans under the Toxics Reduction Act include
·   no technically or economically feasible options
·   facility will continue to investigate future opportunities
·   best practices already implemented for leaner/ more efficient manufacturing
·   toxic substance is a critical component of the manufacturing process or is the product itself
·   toxic substance is naturally occurring in feedstock
·   facility is focussing resources on the reduction of emissions.
 
In addition to the published report, the MOE has a map-based searchable website for reported information at http://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/toxics-reduction-program.
 
Comments have now been closed on the Ministry’s proposed framework for review and changes to the list of prescribed substances (Living List Framework).  Details of the proposal are at http://www.downloads.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/env_reg/er/documents/2014/012-0764.pdf.
 

ACE – The 2014 Annual Conference & Exhibition


The Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE) for A&WMA in Long-Beach California was well attended June 24-27, 2014 with over 1500 attendees in attendance.  In addition to the technical program and exhibit hall, there were many opportunities for attendees to network and build strategic business relationships.  One such event was the Canadian's night.  For almost 10 years Tony Van der Vooren has been taking a leadership role to deliver a Wednesday night networking event just for Canadian delegates.  This past ACE was no exception.  Canadians met at Michael’s Pizzeria and shared information about themselves and discussed member services they would like to receive from A&WMA.  In particular, we provided Canadian topics for A&WMA’s technical webinars. The topics include oil and gas and Canadian's oil sands; vapour intrusion impacting indoor air quality; open path remote sensing; and CAAQS implementation time lines and BLIERS.   We are looking for more webinar topics, so please email any proposed topics to Diane Freeman (dfreeman@craworld.com).
 
Also at ACE we founded a Canadians Committee of A&WMA.  The mandate and goal of this committee is to help design, plan and deliver on Canadian specific members services.  These will include the Canadian content specific webinars, specialty conferences and ACE programing.  Ahmed Idriss (Alberta) and Paul Complin (Ontario) have agreed to co-chair this committee and we are looking for coast-to-coast participation.  If you are interested to be a part of this work or know someone that you believe would bring value to this committee please email Diane Freeman (dfreeman@craworld.com).
 
ACE 2015 is in Raleigh North Carolina June 22-25, 2015 and the Canadians networking event will likely be Tuesday June 23, 2015.  Mark your calendars now and plan to attend.  





ACE 2015 - A&WMA’s 108th Annual Conference and Exhibition
Connecting the Dots: Environmental Quality to Climate
June 22-25, 2015
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC



Professional Engineers Ontario Recognizes A&WMA Board Member Diane Freeman





At a black-tie event in Niagara Falls, Ontario on April 25, 2014, A&WMA Board and Ontario Section member was recognized for her volunteer work with the Provincial engineering regulator, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).  PEO is the largest engineering regulator in North America with over 90,000 license holders. 
 
The following is the award citation that was read as she was inducted as a Companion to the order, which is the highest level of recognition.

Within a year of receiving her P.Eng. licence in 1994, Diane Freeman was elected to the Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter executive. She has positively influenced the Canadian engineering profession ever since.
 
In 2010, Diane assumed office as PEO’s 91st president, becoming the fifth woman to be elected to lead the association. During her tenure, she oversaw implementation of the most significant changes to the Professional Engineers Act since 1984.These changes harmonized PEO requirements with national requirements, made the act and PEO’s processes clearer and more transparent, and eliminated the Canadian citizenship or permanent residency requirement for licensure–which has made a significant difference in the lives and careers of many international engineering graduates.
 
Since 2011, Diane has provided valuable leadership as one of Ontario’s representatives on the Board of Directors of Engineers Canada, where she helps to influence federal government policy on infrastructure and works to develop the Canadian Framework for Licensing (or CFL). The CFL aims to improve the national mobility of engineering licence holders by harmonizing licensing requirements for, and regulation of, engineering across the country.
 
Diane was first elected to PEO council in 2003, representing the Western Region. At various times since then, and despite the heavy demands of her consulting engineering career and, later, an additional position as an elected Waterloo City Councillor, she has been an active member of PEO’s Executive, Human Resources, Regional Councillors, Education and Discipline committees.
 
Diane has always also been active at the grass roots volunteer level. In addition to serving on her chapter’s executive for 15 years, she has been a local invigilator for PEO’s professional practice exam since 1996, enabling candidates for licensure from the area to write the exam without having to travel outside the chapter.
 
A sought-after event and conference speaker, Diane is a passionate advocate for the value of professional engineering licensure to society and the place of women in the profession, for which she has been an outstanding role model.

 

Meet the President-Elect 


By Dallas Baker, P.E., BCEE, President-Elect
 

As President elect and president in 2015,
I want to come and meet your local Section or Chapter. 




In the Fall of 2002, a consultant new to Mississippi asked if I had ever heard of A&WMA,
would I be interested in being a member, and would I be interested in becoming an Officer. Three “yes’s” and 15 months later, I am introducing my EPA Regional Administrator, my
agency Executive Director and other regional leaders as the A&WMA Southern Section Annual Conference Chair, and Vice Chair of my Chapter.
 
What began as an invitation from an active A&WMA Member has led me down an interesting and rewarding path to become your President-Elect. Over my 21 years my appreciation has grown for connections and the Mission of the Association. I am able to serve my State and its citizens better and more effectively because of the people I’ve met across our network and the varying perspectives they share.
 
I studied Mechanical Engineering at Ole Miss. I wanted to perfect the Corvette engine or develop new helicopter rotor blade materials. Funny way a career path redirects itself. I ended up staying in my home State and joined MDEQ as it swept engineers into its ranks to gear up for the Title V program coming out of the CAA Amendments of 1990. I dove into graduate work at that time to earn a Master of Environmental Engineering and became a licensed P.E. My new colleagues gained through the A&WMA encouraged me to grow and pursue leadership opportunities outside of the office. I earned an MBA and a Certified Public Manager designation to sharpen my skills. Taking pride in the environmental profession, I became a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with AAEES. I’ve attended two S&CC Leadership Training Academies to become the best Officer I could be. Cumulatively, all these learning opportunities and experiences have kept me growing as an environmental professional, only increasing my ability to diligently execute the permit programs under my charge.
 
Trust and confidence I receive from the public, companies and consulting service providers has been reinforced to no small degree with my Membership.

Graduation Present

Students can receive one year full membership for free upon graduation, whether undergraduate or graduate. Just have them send their graduation information and any new contact information, including email address to Gerald at garmstrong@awma.org or Kate at kfischer@awma.org.

Note: the graduate must already be a student member to receive this gift.
 

Members on the Move

If you have made a career move that you like to share with the membership, please email info@awma.on.ca and we will share it on our website and in the next newsletter.

Member Contact Information

On another note, please keep your A&WMA membership information up to date.  You may do so on a self-service basis:
  1. Go to www.awma.org
  2. Select the “Log In” button at the upper right.
  3. Enter your member number and password (or follow the password help instructions).
  4. Select “Membership” from the menu at the top of the page.
  5. Select “My Account” from the Member Services memo on the left of the page.
  6. To update your address or email address, select “Address” and “Edit” at the bottom of the “Address” page. 

Our Next Newsletter

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