BIOS, ABSTRACTS, PHOTOS – DECEMBER 15, 2011

JOHN KINSMAN - EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE

BIO: Mr. Kinsman is Senior Director, Environment and Air Issues Manager at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), where he has worked for almost 24 years. EEI is the trade association for U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies plus international affiliates and industry associates worldwide.  His primary focus is air quality issues such as ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, acid rain, visibility, and greenhouse gases in policy, regulatory, legislative, and communications contexts. He works with different constituencies to obtain reasonable environmental laws and regulations, and then assist the industry in compliance. His degrees in environmental science are from the University of Virginia and George Mason University.

ROBERT PAINE – AECOM

BIO: Mr. Robert Paine is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and a Qualified Environmental Professional with 35 years of experience in air quality modeling and consulting, all with AECOM in Westford, Massachusetts.  He has participated in the design, coding, evaluation, and documentation of several air quality models submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including AERMOD, an advanced air quality dispersion model now recommended by USEPA for air quality permitting.  He has participated in stakeholder review and oversight of agency efforts to resolve nonattainment issues that involve the application of photochemical models to hundreds of emission sources to find solutions for modeled compliance.

ABSTRACT:  “Impact of Ambient Air Rules for PM _2.5 and Ozone”

Mr. Robert Paine of AECOM will discuss the effect of tighter ambient standards for PM_2.5 and ozone on permitting of new sources.  In addition, the effect of an expansion of nonattainment areas on existing sources will be reviewed.  Each nonattainment area and changes to the State Implementation Plan requires considerable investment by stakeholders to assure that their interests are protected when reviewing agencies are looking for emission reductions to bring these areas into modeled attainment.

GALE HOFFNAGLE – TRC ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.

BIO: Mr. Hoffnagle is a Senior Vice President and Technical Director of TRC Environmental Corporation.  He has over 42 years of consulting experience in air quality meteorology, air quality modeling and exposure assessment. He is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) and a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP).