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Preliminary Detailed Agenda

Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

(as of May 23, 2003)
All events in locations in and around the Huntley Lodge unless otherwise noted.

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Pre-registration for vendors, sponsors, exhibitors: Firehole Lounge

2:00 - 4:30 PM HCR Board Meeting: Huntley Lodge Board Room

4:00 - 8:00 PM Conference Registration Opens: Firehole Lounge, Front Foyer

6:00 - 8:00 PM Get Acquainted Social and Cowboy Band
Sponsored by consumer products and foods company, UNILEVER: Huntley Lodge Dining Room and Terraces

8:00 - 10:00 PM Hospitality Room, Lamar and Gibbon Rooms, Huntly Lodge #1908
Sponsored by EPAC, Bozeman Ford, and Ford Motor Company

6:30 - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast, Huntley Dining Room
6:30 - 8:30 AM Vendor Set up, Gallatin and Madison Rooms
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration, Firehole Lounge

8:00 - 9:30AM General Session, Huntley Dining Room

• Master of Ceremonies: Jim Evanoff, Assistant to the Chief of Maintenance, Yellowstone National Park (NPS)
• Louise Moore, Pollution Prevention Bureau Chief, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
• Montana Lieutenant Governor Carl Ohs
• Melinda Sweet, Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President-Law, consumer products and foods company UNILEVER, UNILEVER: Demonstrating the Power of Partnerships in National Parks
• Shawn Norton, NPS Environmental Leadership Program Coordinator, Washington, DC
• John Sacklin, Chief of Planning, NPS, Yellowstone National Park
• Shirley Ball, Executive Director, Ethanol Producers And Consumers (EPAC)
• Kathy Jackson, Headwaters Cooperative Recycling Program (HRCP)

9:30 -10:00 AM- Break Sponsored by National Biodiesel Board (NBB)

GRAND OPENING of the Vendor and Exhibition Booth Area, Roger Sicz, Gallatin and Madison Rooms, Huntley Lodge

Distillers Dried Grains cookies and treats: The Ethanol Produces and Consumers booth will feature home-cooked cookies and treats using distillers dried grains (DDG), a high-protein and fiber co-product of fuel ethanol production. These treats were bake dby Wanda Zuroff, decorated cook and EPAC Board Member. Come visit and learn about fuel ethanol and DDGs.

SILENT AUCTION OPENS: Yellowstone General Stores is doing some spring cleaning, and donating a number of items for a silent auction, some right from the former Hamilton Stores in Yellowstone. Two items will be an old picture of Old Faithful, and a mounted elk head from the Grant store. Contributions from these items will help support select parts of the conference and the Woodsy Owl Program. Bid as many times as you like by placing your name at the bottom of the sheet. The name at the bottom of the sheet with the highest bid wins.

RAFFLE: Xanterra Parks and Resorts is donating two 2-person Frosty Fun packages including two nights stay and roundtrip snowcoach travel to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, and two 2-person Roosevelt Cookout tickets. Raffle contributions will benefit portions of the Conference and the Woodsy Owl Program. Drawings will be held at remaining general sessions.

Door Prizes: Fill out a FORD information card and place it in the collections basket. Cards will be used for drawing door prizes during general sessions and the Vendors Social, Thursday evening.

Vendor's Door Prizes: Several Vendors and Exhibitors have door prizes. Visit their booths, fill out the entry form, and get ready for the drawing on the Thursday afternoon Vendors social, after 5 pm.

Mobile Operations Pollution Prevention (MOPP) Van Demonstration, introduction by Bonnie Rouse, Small Business Ombudsman, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Mountain Mall Parking Lot
Alternate Fuel Vehicle Display, Mountain Mall Parking Lot (outside)

Break followed by a number of concurrent sessions

Track A: Alcohol, Ethanol and Biodiesel fuels, Jefferson Room
Track C: Composting: Canyon and Lake Rooms
Track R: Recycling: Amphitheater
Track S: Sustainability and Pollution Prevention: Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

10:00 - 11:45 AM Concurrent Session 1

Track A1: Introduction to Biofuels: Ethanol and Biodiesel, Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Stan Ozark, EPAC Board Member
• Larry Johnson, Delta T, "Ethanol, How Did We Get Here and Where Might We Be Going"
• TBA for Dave Hallberg, President and COO, Bio Clean Fuels, "Biorefineries with Ethanol"
• Ray Katzen, Founder, Katzen International, "Ethanol: Past, Present, and Future"
• Howard Haines, Bioenergy Engineering Specialist, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), "Biodiesel for Montana"
• Dr. Jon Van Gerpen, Professor, Iowa State University, "Basics of Biodiesel Production"

Track R1: Recycling update: Amphitheater Room, Huntley Lodge

• Moderator: Kathy Jackson: National Recycling Coalition
• Michael Alexander, National Recycling Coalition
• Don Kneass, National Association for PET (Polyethylene) Container Resources, NAPCOR
• Kay Stevens, Nebraska State Recycling Association

12:00 noon - 1:20 PM Lunch, Huntley Lodge Dining Room
Luncheon sponsored by consumer products and foods company, UNILEVER

• Master of Ceremonies: Kathy Jackson
• Bob Brown, Montana Secretary of State, "The Importance of 'Greens' in Our Economic Diet"
• Mary Nickerson, National Manager Alternative Fuel Vehicle Marketing, Marketing Group
• Jaycie Chitwood-Mason, Senior Strategic Planner, Advanced Product Planning and Development for Advanced
• Technology Vehicles, Toyota Motor Sales. "Hybrids to Hydrogen: Toyota's Strategic Direction for Environmental
• Leadership"
• Tim Hudson, Regional Chief of Maintenance, Alaska Region, NPS, "Greening of Yellowstone and Elsewhere"
• Recycle Montana Awards: Peggy Liken, Recycle Montana

1:30 - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 2

Track A2: Ethanol Fuel Production: Updates and Considerations, Jefferson Room

• Moderator, Gary Schaff, EPAC Board member, Gary Schaff, Educator, Sidney Schools
• Wayne Mitchell, Vice President, Fagen, Inc, "Designing for Success"
• Mike Barwig, Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc, "Ethanol as a Component of Gasoline Fuel"
• John Urbanchuk, LECG LLC, "Biofuels, Biodegradability, and Sustainability"

Track R2: Rural Recycling Success Stories, Amphitheater Room

• Moderator: Kathy Jackson, Headwaters Cooperative Recycling
• TBA for Ellen Fales, Jackson Hole Recycling Center
• Kathy Jackson, Headwaters Cooperative Recycling
• Carly Wier, Summit Recycling

Track S2: Greening the Parks: Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator: Mike Vogel, Director, Montana State University Extension Service Pollution Prevention Program
• Joni Teter, Senior Enforcement Attorney, U. S. EPA Region VIII, "Life Beyond Compliance"
• John Powell, Advanced Transportation Technologies Institute, "Working to Clean National Park Fleets"
• Eleanor Clark, Chief Landscape Architect, Yellowstone National Park, "Design Choices for Recycled Materials"

3:00 - 3:30 PM Break, Refreshments in Gallatin and Madison Rooms
Vendor and Exhibition Booth Area, Gallatin and Madison Rooms, Huntley Lodge, MOPP Van Demonstrations

3:30 - 4:30 PM Concurrent Session 3

Track A3: Biodiesel Production and Considerations, Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Al Kurki, National Center for Appropriate Technology, Butte, MT
• Dan Alexander, Vice President, Story Distributing Company, Bozeman, MT, "Biodiesel in Southwest Montana and the Greater Yellowstone Area"
• Paul Miller, Sustainable Systems LLC, "Bio-based Vision for Montana Biodiesel"
• Mark Hamnett, Vice President Sales, Lurgi PSI Inc, "Critical Issues in Biodiesel Development"

Track R3: Innovative Recycling Markets: Amphitheater

• Moderator: Janet Stetzer, Recycling and Market Development Specialist, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Sean Burchill, Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
• Nicole Prokop, Head, Alternate Materials, Holcim Cement Inc.
• Brian Spangler, Supervisor, Montana DEQ "Glass Cullet for Sub-roadbed"

Track S3: Greening Education on Public Lands: Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator: Steve Guettermann, Sector Specialist, Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center, Montana State University Extension Service
• Lee Flath, Manager, Lewis and Clark Caverns, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, "Greening at the Caverns"
• Mark Story, Forest Hydrologist, Gallatin National Forest, USFS, "Air Quality in the Greater Yellowstone Area"

4:30 - 5:30 PM Biodiesel Production Session, Jefferson Room. Initiated by county commissioners and local business people, this session will allow one-on-one discussion with Dr. Van Gerpen and other national experts on production, technologies, economics, and other concerns of a biodiesel facility.

5:00 - 6:30 PM Western Barbecue Dinner
Sponsored by Southwest Montana Compost Group
Huntley Lodge Dining Room and Terraces

7:00 - 9:00 PM Social: Dining Room and Terraces
Entertainment by Ringling Five, Sponsored by the Montana Private Haulers Association

9:00 - 10:00 PM Hospitality Room, Lamar and Gibbon Rooms, Huntley Lodge Room #1908, Sponsored by EPAC, Ford Motor Company and Bozeman Ford

6:30 - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast: Vendor Area, Madison and Gallatin Rooms
Sponsored by New Uses Council and Aventine Renewable Energy

Vendor and Exhibition Booth Area open, Gallatin and Madison Rooms

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration, Firehole Lounge

8:00 -9:30 AM General Session: Huntley Dining Room
Sustainability and Homeland Security

• Facilitator: Brian Spangler, Supervisor, Business and Community Assistance Section, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Kim Penfold, Project Manager Pacific Regional Biomass Energy Program, US DOE Seattle Regional Office, "Green Energy Parks Program"
• TBA for Bill Holmberg, New Uses Council
• Chris Lane, Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts, "Challenges of Greening a Large Concession Operation in National Parks"
• Jim Dochnahl, "Recycling and Compost Education Program" followed by Woodsy Owl

9:30 - 10:00 AM Break with Refreshments in the Gallatin and Madison Rooms
Sponsored by Delta T and USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses

Vendor and Exhibition Booth Area, Gallatin and Madison Rooms, Huntley Lodge
MOPP Van Demonstrations Mountain Mall Parking Lot (every half-hour)

10:00 - 11:00 AM Concurrent Session 4

Track A4. Marketing Ethanol: Meeting the Challenge
Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Steve Boise, EPAC Board Member, Senior Pipe Fitter
• Mike Allen, Owner, Allen Oil Company, Helena, MT, "How to Build the Business with Ethanol"
• Clyde Seeley, Owner, Economart, West Yellowstone, "Pumping the Benefits from Biodiesel, E-85, and Ethanol Blend into Snowmobiles and other Vehicles"
• TBA for Dan Kenreck, GE-Betz, "E-Diesel, Something New to Add to Diesel"

Track C4. Composting Challenges, Canyon and Lake Rooms

• Moderator: Roger Sicz, Street/Sanitation Superintendent, City of Bozeman, MT (Retired)
• Robert Tardy, Principal, Robert Tardy & Associates, Arvada, Colorado, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Composting Technology
• Tim Hudson, Regional Chief of Maintenance, Alaska Region, NPS, "West Yellowstone’s MSW Facility: Financing & Construction"
• Kathleen O’Hern, Manager, West Yellowstone MSW Compost Facility, "West Yellowstone's MSW Facility Operation Plan"

Track S4. Sustainability and Renewable Energy, Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator: Jim Evanoff, Management Assistant, NPS
• Tom Kryzer, President, TCK Associates, fuel cells
• Dan Stevenson, CTA Renewable energy in and around Yellowstone focusing on biomass, micro-hydro and others.
• Yellowstone Maintenance Staff on Photovoltaic Performance at Lamar Buffalo Ranch

11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon- Concurrent Session 5

Track A5. Continued from Track A4, without break.
Status of Biodiesel Marketing, and Co-Products, Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Howard Haines, Bioenergy Engineering, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Joe Jobe, Executive Director, National Biodiesel Board, "National Biodiesel Markets"
• Duane Johnson, Montana Western Agricultural Research Center, "The Future in Montana Biolubricants"

  Audience will stand and tell of their projects and progress:
  Jim Glancey, Wyoming Ethanol (invited)
  Bob Clark, Biotane (formerly Imperial Western Producers)
  Pat Joyce (invited)

Track R5. Purchasing Renewables and Bio-based products
Amphitheater Room

• Moderator: Sheryl Ryhs, Headwaters Recycling Cooperative
• Michael Alexander, National Recycling Coalition
• Chris Lane, Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks and Resorts

Track S5. Green Construction in the Yellowstone with Ideas for the future: Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator: Laura Estes, Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center Coordinator
• Steve Loken, Principal, Loken Construction, "Sustainability and Building Materials"
• Steve Guettermann, Peaks to Prairies Pollution Prevention Information Center, Montana State University Extension Service, "Homes Across America--A Residential Construction Technology Showcase"

12:00 Noon - 1:20 PM Lunch, Huntley Dining Room, Sponsored by Fagen, Inc; Archer Daniels Midland; and Renewable Fuels Association.

• Master of Ceremonies: Shirley Ball, Executive Director and President, EPAC
• Keynote speaker-Larry Shafer, Renewable Fuels Association, "Renewable Fuels for American Sustainability"
• Dr. Lori Fussell, Institute of Science, Ecology, and Environment, "The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge: Summary and Impact"
• Jon Lear, CEO, Ruby Mountain, Rural Transportation sessions, "Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities Coalition"

1:30 - 2:45 PM- Concurrent Session 6

Track A6. Biofuels Policy, Incentives, and New Legislation
Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Harold Newman, EPAC Board member, Owner, Newman Signs and Alchem Ethanol Plant
• Montana Senator Jerry Black, "Challenges in the 2003 Montana Legislature and a Path to Tomorrow"
• Larry Shafer, Renewable Fuels Association, "Inside the Beltway: Renewable Fuels Standard"
• Joe Jobe, Executive Director, National Biodiesel Board, "Biodiesel Legislation: Federal and State Update"
• Brian Schweitzer, farmer, "Ethanol and the Agricultural Community"

Track S6. Latest Sustainable Technologies, Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator: Janet Stetzer, Recycling and Market Development Specialist, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Jim Buckley, Energy Alternatives, "Fuel Cell Technology"
• Sibyl Pappas, EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Project
• Gary Fraker, Chief Operating Officer, Yellowstone General Stores (Delaware North) "Greenpath: Environmental Program to Protect Parks Resources"
• Kathy Goroski, Recycling Coordinator, City of Helena

Track R6. Plastic recycling, plastic lumber, the Future of Plastics
Amphitheater Room

• Moderator: Kathy Jackson, Headwaters Cooperative Recycling
• Don Kneass, NAPCOR
• Steve Loken, Principal, Loken Construction

2:45 - 3:15 PM Break Sponsored by National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and GE Betz
Vendor and Exhibition Booth Area, Gallatin and Madison Rooms, Huntley Lodge
MOPP VAN demonstration

3:15 - 4:30 PM Concurrent Session 7

Track A7. Biofuels on the Road: Ethanol and Biodiesel Performance, Concerns, Solutions, and Plans for the Future
Jefferson Room

• Moderator: Linda Nielsen, Owner, Glasgow Livestock Sales
• Phil Lampert, Executive Director, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, "E-85 Issues, Incentives, and Driveability"
• Bill Newman, Wyoming Ethanol, "Ethanol Performance in Dragster Race Cars"
• Lou Summerfield, Facility Manager, Glacier National Park

Track R7. Building Partnerships, Amphitheater Room

• Brian Spangler, Supervisor, and Bonnie Rouse, Small Business Ombudsman, Montana Department of Environmental Quality "Building Partnerships with State and Local Governments, Private Industry, and Non-profit Organizations"
• Michael Alexander, National Recycling Coalition, "Recycling Electronics"

Track S7. Solid Waste Management Tools, Dunraven and Obsidian Rooms

• Moderator Sherrel Rhys, Headwaters Cooperative Recycling
• Laura Nicolai, Montana Rural Water and Solid Waste
• Kay Stevens, Executive Director, Nebraska State Energy Association
• Kathy Goroski, Recycling Coordinator, City of Helena

5:10 VENDOR DOOR PRIZES

5:15 PM SILENT AUCTION ENDS

4:30 - 5:30 PM Exhibit and vendors social sponsored by Montana Private Haulers Association with refreshments, alternate fuel vehicle display, RAFFLE

5:30PM Adjourn, dinner on your own

5:15 - 6:15 PM EPAC Board Membership meeting, Board Room Huntley Lodge, followed by no-host membership dinner

6:00 PM Exhibitor and vendor booth area closes for the day, open again in morning

9:00 - 10:00 PM Hospitality Room, Huntley Lodge, Lamar and Gibbon Room #1908, Sponsored by EPAC, Ford Motor Company and Bozeman Ford

7:00 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast: Vendor Area, Madison and Gallatin Rooms
Vendor and Exhibition Booths open, Gallatin and Madison Rooms

7:00 - 8:00 AM Recycle Montana Meeting, Board Room, Huntley Lodge

7:00 - 10:00 AM Display of alternative-fueled vehicles, Mountain Mall Lot

7:30 - 8:30 AM Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities Coalition Cooperators and Stakeholders and interested parties breakfast meeting: side room of Huntley Lodge Dining Room, Jon Lear, Ruby Mountain, and Frances Van Houten, Rainmaker Coaching, agenda includes progress on the new "Yellow Bus," and the formation of a rural transportation district.
7:30 - 8:30 AM Information Registration area, Firehole Lounge
8:30 AM Exhibitor and vendor booths close for removal

8:30 - 10:00 AM Concluding Session, Huntley Dining Room
Summary and Plans for the Future: Recycling, Greening, Biofuels, and Partnerships

• Moderator: Jim Evanoff, National Park Service
• David Freeman, Chairman of the Board, California Power Authority
• Claire Von Nieda, Recipient of the Spirit of Renewable Fuels Award Sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and EPAC, Presented by Shirley Ball, Executive Director EPAC
• Andres Cloumann, Electrolyser Division, Norsk Hydro, "World’s First Public Hydrogen Fuel Pump"
• Bill Becker, Director, U. S. Department of Energy Denver Support Office
• Van Jamison, Powair

10:15 AM Load Select Alternate Fuel Vehicles
Yellowstone's biodiesel fueled buses, propane-fueled 1937 White Touring Coach Yellow Bus
10:25 AM Buses leave for

1. Tour of Yellowstone National Park, and
2. dedication and tour of new composting facility, or the

10:30 AM Vans leave for UNDER THE BIG SKY GREENING GOLF TOURNEY, Sponsored by Ford Motor Company and Bozeman Ford
First Hole in One Prize sponsored by Ford Motor Company and Bozeman Ford

11:30 AM Depart Composting Facility for either

• Return to Big Sky, or
• Tour of Yellowstone National Park with lunch on your own at Old Faithful Geyser area
• Return to Big Sky, 5:30 PM

Optional, guests who are still in Big Sky can join the golfers for dinner at the golf course if they make arrangements and pay in advance.

Time TBD Core group meeting and debriefing.

The conference is made possible through the support of:
Major Sponsors - Unilever, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Energy,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Conference Organizers - Montana Solid Waste Contractors Association,
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT),
Montana Department of Environmental Quality,
Montana State University Extension Service,
Yellowstone National Park