Emissions and Health Impacts
March 22, 2012Wildwood Conference Center
Harrisburg, PA
Program (click on titles to access presentations)
| 22 March, 2012 | |
| 8:30 | Sign in, coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:15 | Characteristics of biomass combustion emissions |
| 10:00 | An overview of health impacts from biomass combustion |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Liquid Biofuels: toxicology of biomass combustion emissions |
| 11:45 | Community health aspects of biomass combustion emissions |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Northeast perspectives on biomass emissions |
| 14:15 | What's new in emissions permitting in Pennsylvania |
| 15:00 | MACT and the future of emissions standards |
| 15:45 | Biomass Emissions Policy - priorities and needs, a roundtable discussion |
| 16:30 | Close |
Speakers
Speakers for this short course include nationally recognized experts in bioenergy emissions and health, including:
- Dao Duong - Foster Wheeler Corporation
- Judy Zelikoff - Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University
- Jeff Yanosky - Penn State Hershey Medical Center
- Michael Madden - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US EPA
- Molly Jacobs - UMass Lowell
- John Slade - All4 Inc.
- Bill Schrock - Sector Policies and Programs Division , US EPA
This workshop was organized by Penn State Extension and the Penn State Biomass Energy Center.
Penn State is an Equal Opportunity University.
