ACP California Compost Summit 2014 

Please join us for the first annual Association Of Compost Producers 2014 California Compost Summit in Sacramento on Wednesday, October 15^th.  Government and industry Organics leaders are coming together to discuss and collaborate on key policy & regulatory issues as well as emerging technology & marketing trends facing California's Organics recycling and compost industry today. To register, click the link below.  You don't want to miss it!

PROGRAM

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8:30-9:00 Registration – Coffee, Tea and baked goods

9:00-9:15  Introduction: Association of Compost Producers (Jeff Ziegenbein, ACP President & Dan Noble, ACP Executive Director)

• Welcome & Purpose of Summit
• Compost industry support for AB 1594 and AB 1826
• Facility Siting & Technology Integration
• Market Development

9:15-9:30  Conference Key Note Address – Wes Chesbro:  Calif. Assembly, District 2, Author of AB 1826

9:30-10:40 Compost Uses: Emerging & Growing– Carbon Sequestration, Water Conservation, Research Needs, Caltrans Compost Use, Urban farming

Moderator:  Dan Noble, ACP Executive Director

• Working Lands Carbon Sequestration – John Wick, Marin Carbon Project
• Compost Research - Dr. David Crohn, UC Riverside & ANR/UCCE
• California Highway Applications - Greg Balzer, Caltrans
• Organic Agriculture – Dr. Dale Woods, Organic Input Material Program Manager, and Nick Young Supervision Special Investigator, CDFA
• Urban Farming – Craig Kolodge, Filtrexx International

10:40-10:55     Break

10:55-11:20 Compost and Air Quality – Air District Perspectives Jeff McKay, Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Confirmed)

• GHG and Organics management
• VOC and Organics management
• Role that CAPCOA can play
• Integrating air quality with GHG using recycled organics

11:20-12:00 Compostable Materials Management: AB 1594 & AB 1826, Title 14/27 Revisions: What Other State Agencies, Local Jurisdictions & Compost Producers Need To Know:  CalRecycle – Dr. Howard Levenson, Deputy Director, Branch Chief, Materials Management and Local Assistance Division & Mark Debie, Deputy Director, Waste Permitting, Compliance and Mitigation Division. 1594/1826 briefly (updates on mandatory commercial recycling),

• 75% Recycling Goal, esp. infrastructure needs,
• Greenhouse Gas funding, emission factors, LCFS, AB 118, etc.
• Regulatory Issues with compost and recycled organics

12:00 – 1:00      Lunch - 12:30–1:00 - Key Note Address - "Compost is the Solution, not the Problem" -  Kathy Johnson, ACP Vice President, Kellogg Garden Products

• Bringing the stars down to earth - the Environmental Media Association
• The "3 Saves 30" Story (or saga!) - It's all about Water Conservation
• Compost enriching lives around the world - Plant with Purpose
• EnrichLA and Beyond - School Gardens go mainstream

1:00-1:30 Compost and Water Quality & Conservation – State Water Board Dorene D’Adamo, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board

• Water Board’s interest in compost manufacturing and use – pros & cons (e.g. the new General Order for Compost Facilities, and the benefits of using compost for Stormwater Control and Water Conservation).
• Integrating Water Board work with solid waste, air, and agricultural water use
• How soil management can benefit the new Water Board Trash Policy

1:30-2:30 Compost - Solutions at the Local Level

Moderator:  Melissa Fischer, ACP Board Member, LACSD 

• City - Jack Macy, City&County of San Francisco
• Agencies – Jeff Ziegenbein, ACP President, IEUA/IERCA.org 
• Universities – Hunter Francis, CalPoly SLO Compost Program and Kevin Piper, Director of Agricultural Operations, CalPoly SLO
• Water Agencies - Pamela Berstler, Green Gardens Group

2:30-2:45              Break

2:45-3:30 Leadership Roundtable:  Executing and Achieving the Future of -

• 75% Recycling Goal
• Water Conservation
• Green House Gas Reductions
• Sustainable Cities

 Moderator: Scott Smithline, Deputy Director, Policy, CalRecycle

• Compost Producer: Kevin Barnes, City of Bakersfield.
• Compost Consultant: Matt Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting
• Collection, Recycling and Compost Production:  Chuck Helget, Sector Strategies Inc., & Republic Services.
• CRRC-Southern District:  Kelly Astor, Legislative Affairs, CRRC-South.  
• Environmental Advocacy:  Nick Lapis, Californian's Against Waste

• What are the needs of Northern Regions and Southern Regions?  Questions from the Summit Attendees?

3:30-3:40pm    Summary of Move Forward Steps & Wrap Up

Jeff Ziegenbein, ACP President & Dan Noble, ACP Executive Director

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