RMEHSPG Log

Presentations

Presentations are listed in chronological meeting date order in each section below (Environmental, Safety, Air, and General).

Environmental Presentations

WHEN IS WASTE NOT A WASTE? UNDERSTANDING EXEMPTIONS AND WASTE REGULATIONS
Wendy Mason, ACTenviro

GENERAL OVERVIEW FOR P&A AND FACILITY CLOSURE
Diana Burn, State of Colorado

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED 900 RULES
Brian Sulzberger, Ensolum

COLORADO COMPENSATORY WETLAND, STREAM AND SPECIES MITIGATION
Tyler Bell and Will Duggins, Westervelt Ecological Services

UNDERSTANDING CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTING IN COLORADO’S OIL AND GAS REGULATIONS
Patrick Travers, PDT Engineering, LLC

WELD COUNTY WOGLA PERMITTING PROCESS
Taylor Robinson, Weld County OGED

AI FOR ENERGY (Link to the video presentation on YouTube)
Luke Coats, Clean Connect

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM OIL & GAS WELLS
Salina Derichsweiler, Transitional Energy

THE ROLE OF EHS IN SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
Conor Merrigan, Spirit Environmental

CPW’S ROLE IN NEW COGCC RULESS
Brandon Marette, Colorado Parks & Wildlife

COLORADO AND WYOMING OIL AND GAS REGULATORY UPDATE - NEW STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
Jamie Jost, Jost Energy Law

PRODUCED WATER RESEARCH UPDATE ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
James Rosenblum, Colorado School of Mines

HOW TO TAKE CREDIT FOR MOTHER NATURE CLEANING UP PETROLEUM IMPACTS
Fritz Krembs, Trihydro Corporation

WETLANDS - PERMITTING AND PLANNING
Spencer Morrison, Two Dot Consulting

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP – AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM’S DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
Matt Todd, American Petroleum Institute

Regulatory Activity in the Oil and Gas Sector
Sara Heald, CDPHE/APCD

Audit Stategies for Oil and Gas Facilities
Hari Karishna Bharadwai, Trinity Consultants Steven Lavoie, Intelex Technologies

Video Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence Computer Learning
Brandon Gilles, Luxonis

GREEN and SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION (GSR)
Lindsay Burton, Antea Group

STATE BILL 181 RULEMAKING UPDATE
Scott Prestidge, COGA

OIL AND GAS - CLIMATE LEGISLATION
Chris Colclasure, Beatty & Wozniak

WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNCED ABOUT PFAS AND OTHER EMERGING CONTAMINANTS?
Mitchel Olsen, Ph.D, PE, TriHydro

BASIN-LEVEL SURVEILLANCE: REDUCING SOCIAL AND OPERTATIONAL RISK
JD Holt, Anadarko Petroleum Corp

AN OVERVIEW OF THE WDEQ'S IMPACT SYSTEM
Adam Deppe, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

FLOWLINE RULEMAKING
David Neslin, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP,

UPDATE ON HIGH RESOLUTION SITE CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGIES & MODELING FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN
John Fontana, Vista GeoScience LLC

PRODUCED WATER RECYCLING & REUSE
Ryan Hutcherson, Concord Produced Water Services

STORAGE TANK FACILITES
Jennifer Mattox, Stefanie Rucker, CDPHE

USING LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) FOR FACILITY COMPLIANCE
Matt Anderson, Kahuna Ventures

BMPs FOR WORKING WITH CPW'S NE REGION ENERGY LIAISON
Brandon Marette, Colorado Parks & Wildlife

AN EHS PERSPECTIVE FROM A COGCC COMMISSIONER
Ashley Ager, LT Environmental & COGCC Commissioner

CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING AND BIOMARKERS (HYDROCARBON FORENSICS)
Dr. Doss, TestAmerica

LOCKDOWN HATCHES
Scott Mason, EnerPlus

LOCKDOWN HATCHES
Scott Mason, EnerPlus

BLM ONSHORE ORDERS 3, 4, & 5
Richard Estabrook, Bureau of Land Management

ANADARKO’S ADVOCATE AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
Elizabeth Smith, Dani Piernot, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

LEAK DETECTION UTILIZING SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
Matt Halker, Halker Consulting

STORMWATER PERMIT/REGULATIONS
Kendra Kelly, CDPHE

UPDATES ON COLORADO’S CTG RULEMAKING, BLM VENTING AND FLARING RULE
ERIC WAECKERLIN, PARTNER, HOLLAND and HART

Greater Sage-Grouse & BLM Guidance For Colorado Oil & Gas Operators
Eric Petterson, Olsson Associates

Compensatory Mitigation for Wildlife Resources
Katie Schroder, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Considerations in Handling Information Requests under Environmental Statutes
Eric Waeckerlin and Mave Gasaway, Davis, Graham & Stubbs

Emerging Issues in the Oil and Gas Industry
J.D. Danni, OSHA Region VIII

Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force Update
Ashley Cocciolone, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

COGCC's New Penalty Rules
Dave Neslin, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLC

Oil & Gas Projects and Archaeologists
Collin Rucker, Atkins

Handling Domestic Water Well Complaints in CBM & Unconventional Development Programs
John Fontana, President Vista GeoScience

Waters of the U.S. - EPA and Corps Joint Proposed Rule
Clay Taylor, Whiting

COGCC Rule 609 & Electronic Submittal Process
Bob Chesson & Arthur Koepsell, COGCC

Management & Treatment of Produced Water
Peter Lemke, MWH Americas, Inc.

Legal and Regulatory Update: Wildlife & Public Lands
Bill Sparks, Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.

Water Treatment Processes
Andy Adams, Intevras Technologies

Endangered Species issues in the West: the good, the bad and the ugly
Kent Holsinger, Holsinger Law, LLC.

Produced Water Issues
Rebecca W. Watson, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LP

Successful Navigation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
Chris Reichard, Natural Resource Specialist, Brown and Caldwell

Prevention of Migratory Bird Deaths
Jim Hampton, Special Agent, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Wetlands Delineation and Permitting
Ed Fleming, OtterTail Environmental, Inc.

Safety Presentations

BUILDING A SAFER WORKPLACE WITH CONNECTED SAFETY SOLUTIONS
Stuart Waida, Blackline Safety

RMP EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CHANGES
Chris Clasen, Clasen & Associates, LLC

BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY
Russ Gallivan, MSC Safety Solutions

EXPANDING NOISE COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
Ken Cox, Larson Davis

OSHA RECORDKEEPING - INJURY AND ILLNESS REPORTING: JAN 1, 2024 NEW RULEMAKING
Hector Tabares, OSHA

P & A PROCEDURES WITH A SAFETY MINDSET
Monte Jensen, Delsco

UPDATE TO DOT-PHMSA REGULATIONS
Jeff Citrone, Kahuna USA

UPDATE ON OSHA INITIATIVES & RULEMAKINGS
David Morris, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

OIL & COGCC FLOWLINE REGULATIONS
Anita Cuevas, Integrity Compliance Consultants, LLC

COGCC BRADENHEAD TESTING: DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
Todd Gordon & Scott Fisher, Rockwood LLC

OIL & HUMAN VIBRATION: RISKS, LIMITS, MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION
Jake Nurre, Larson Davis

AN UPDATE ON H2S
Jeff Citrone, Kahuna USA

OIL & GAS TRAFFICKING AWARENESS GROUP
Hannah Gerlach, Caerus Oil & Gas, George Bunker, Validus Energy

TENORM RULE UPDATE
Kurt Rhea, Radiation Pros

LOOKING THROUGH A PUBLIC HEALTH LENS TO INTERPRET AIR MEASUREMENT DATA AND MAKE SENSE OF GUIDANCE VALUES
Tami McMullin, CTEH

PHMSA DOT Updates
Jeff Citrone, Kahuna

FRONT RANGE EMERGENCY RESOURCE CO-OP
Josh Carlisle, Extraction

OVERVIEW OF NIOSH'S OIL AND GAS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Bradley King, NIOSH

TUNABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (TDLAS) AND METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGY (MERS)
Nicolás Anzellini, Gas Detection Services, LLC

Promoting Safety In The Oil and Gas Industry
DJ Basin Safety Council

OSHA 1904 Regulations Update and Safety Incentive Programs
OSHA

TENORM Waste Streams in the Oil and Gas and Water Treatment Sectors
Kurt Rhea, SECURE energy services

The New Silica Standard: Assessing Exposure in High Hazard Environments
Timothy Hicks, HHS Consulting, Inc.

Non-Traditional Methods of VOC Exposure Assessment
Evgeny Andronov

Emergency Response Best Management Practices
Paul Nony, CTEH

Flowback Operations Innovation Reducing EHS Risk through Design and Planning
Jenar Jasso, Bonanza Creek

Wireless Gas Detection Systems in Drilling, Completions, Production and Drill Out Operations
Chris Israni, ERM

Emergency Response Coop in the DJ Basin
Pete Flatten, Encana

Risk Assessments for Performance Improvement
George Bunker, Director of Safety for Frontier Drilling

EPCRA Tier 11 & CFATS Chemical Storage Programs - How this could impact the upstream O & G Industry - Overlooked and Under Scrutiny!
Melissa Hart, SAGE Environmental Consulting, L.P.

OSHA's Directive to Modernize PSM
Jeff Citrone, LT Environmental, Inc.

Hydrogen Sulfide: Updated
Jeff Citrone, LT Environmental

Hearing Conservation Stategies and Issues
Lucas Smith, WPX Energy

Revised Hazard Communication Standard: Aligning with the GHS
George Flynn, OSHA Englewood, Colorado Area Office

Workers Compensation Perspective on Oil & Gas Injuries an Health/Risk Management - Mark Shanklin Presentation 1  Presentation 2  Presentation 3

How to Comply with OSHA's FRC Requirements
Jeff Citrone, LT Environmental

Elements of Effective Behavior-Based Safety Programs
Mr. Shawn Zablocki, Olsson Associates

Value Driven Safety
James Thatcher, Encana Oil & Gas, Inc.

Chemical Inventory Requirements
Kevin McDermott, Safety Manager, Williams Production

Enforcement Changes at OSHA
Tim Joseph / Sally Miller, URS Corporation

"NIOSH Lab and field research: Development of two Novel methods to detect and remove Toxic Metals from skin, and NIOSH field efforts to identify and characterize chemical exposure to Oil and Gas workers"

Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Eric Esswein with NIOSH

The STEPS Network, Safeland USA and Industry Standardization
Rick Ingram, BP America Production Co.

Risk Assessment and Risk Management in a Regulatory Framework
Dennis M. Smith, Technical & Management Systems & Services, Inc.

Discussion of COGCC Rule 802 - Noise Standard
David Dillion, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Practical Engineering Noise Control (How To Live With Rule 802)
Howard McGregor, Dynamic Engineering

Benchmarking and Accountability for Safety
Craig Halperm, IMA of Colorado, Inc.

Incident Investigation, Getting to the Root Cause
Jerry Ryan, CoreAdvantage

DOT Gathering Regulation Update
Jeanette Jones, Duke Energy Field Services

Proposed New Regulations for Gathering Lines
Jeannette Jones, Duke Energy Field Services

Embracing Risk: One Industrial Hygienist's Perspective
Timothy J. Mukoda, Kinder Morgan

Air Presentations

ANNUAL PM2.5 NAAQS REVISIONS" TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Chris Ward, All4 Inc.

CASE STUDY: EMISSIONS FOR WET SEAL VS DRY SEAL FOR CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS
Sanjam Singh, Tora Consulting

UNDERSTANDING CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION
Tug Eiden, Trihydro

OPTICAL GAS IMAGING IN US REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Craig O'Neil and Kaleb Meihls, Teledyne FLIR

M3: ALL RELEVANT AIR QUALITY RULES TARGETING METHANE INTENSITY
Brian Kromer, Step2compliance

KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE FINAL OIL AND GAS NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OOOOb AND OOOOc
Joanne Frang, Barr Engineering

M3: ALL RELEVANT AIR QUALITY RULES TARGETING METHANE INTENSITY
Brian Kromer, Step 2 Compliance

3D AND 4D VISUALIZATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
Carl Drews, National Center for Atmospheric Research

NEW COLORADO RULES FOR AIR PERMITS IN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
Chris Colclasure, Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.

PATHWAYS TO ZERO
Peter Mueller, EcoVapor

CONTINUOUS MONITORING – A PATH TO DIRECTED LDAR INSPECTION
David Stewart, Project Canary

REGS, THEY ARE-A-CHANGIN’:RECENT UPDATES TO COLORADO AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS 7 AND 22
Pat Dilsaver and Kate Percival, SLR International

WELD COUNTY AIR QUALITY PROGRAM
Dani Serna, Weld County Department of Public Health Á Environment

NEW EPA METHANE RULES
Jennifer Bievers, Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson

PROPOSED REGULATION 7 REVISIONS AGAIN? HOW TO PREPARE FOR CONTROL DEVICE TESTING AND OTHER CHANGES
Kim Ayotte, Trinity Consultants, Jordan Laster, Curtis Schon, and Mike O’Brien, Alliance Source Testing

ELIMINATING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM UPSTREAM WELLS, PROVEN METHODOLOGIES AND SUCCESS STORIES
Chelsea O'Connor, SFC Energy

GAS MAPPING LIDAR: METHANE LEAK DETECTION & QUANTIFICATION
Pete Roos and Brian Hogan, Bridger Photonics

THE INCREASING ROLE OF DISPERSION MODELING IN FACILITY DESIGN
Sergio Guerra, GHD

EMISSION REDUCTIONS THROUGH INNOVATIVE PIGGING TECHNOLOGIES
Nathan Wheldon, Marathon Petroleum

WYOMING POND EMISSIONS MODEL
Cara Keslar, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality - Air Quality Division

WELL PAD EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY
Jeff Wilson and Don Gray, EcoVapor Recovery Systems

STACK TESTING MASS EMISSIONS PARAMETERS
Mike O'Brian, GAS Inc.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS FOR OIL & GAS
Patrick Clark and Austin Heitmann, Montrose Air Quality Services

REGULATORY CHANGES TO EXPECT WITH OOOOA
Eric Waeckerlin, Partner, Holland & Hart

UINTAH BASIN AIR PERMITTING - NEW STATE & EPA PROCESSES FOR O & G OPERATIONS
Bob Hammer, Principal, SLR Consulting

MODELING CHALLENGES FOR THE 1-HOUR NO2 STANDARD ALONG THE FRONT RANGE
Emmett Malone, CDPHE Modeling and Emission Inventory Supervisor

POTENTIAL TO EMIT
Ashley Campsie, Evergreen Environmental Engineering, Inc.

FLIR Technology in Upstream O & G
Chris DiMarco, LT Environmental

Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the Oil and Gas Sector - Implications for Western States and Operators
Eric Waeckerlin, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLC

EPA's Revised (and likely lower) Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Implications for Western States and Operators
Randy Dann, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLC

Proposed Colorado Air Regulations 3, 6 and 7 for Oil and Gas Industry

GHG Reporting Update
Laura London, Williams

Something in the Air - NSPS Quad O
Jeff Voorhis, P.E., Hy-Bon Engineering

NSPS OOOO: Strategies for Compliance - Kris Hill

Tribal New Source Review (NSR) Rule
EPA Webinar

NOx and Ambient Air Chemistry as it relates to the New NO2 1-Hour Standard
Jill Hecht and Mark Bareta, Williams Midstream.

Green House Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule ; Focus on Subpart W, Onshore Oil & Gas Production
Trihydro Corporation

WDEQ Presumptive BACT Update
Dana Wood, BP America

Legal Update: Recent Legal Challenges and New Policies involving Air Quality and GHGs
Bret Sumner, Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.

Recent Developments Affecting CAA Permitting and Compliance for Non-Road Engines
John Jacus, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP.

EPA Proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Rule
Kathryn Fontaine and Katrina Winborn of URS

Update on Colorado Ozone SIP
Update on Colorado Ozone SIP Handout
NSPS v. Statewide RICE Control Requirements
John Jacus, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

New Federal Regulations for Internal Combustion Engines
Doug Parce, Sage Environmental Consulting, L.P.

Changes to the Air Permitting Process for Oil & Gas in Colorado
Korby Bracken, Anadarko Petroleum and Christopher Laplante, CDPHE

Climate Change: Framework, Recent Regulatory Development and Potential Impacts on the Oil & Gas Industry
James Tangeman, Williams Production

Oil and Gas Permitting Issues and Guidance Revisions
Oil and Gas Production Facilities, Chapter 6, Section 2, Permitting Guidance - Draft Version
Mark Smith, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality - Air Quality Division

Greenhouse Gas Issues
Geoff Swett, Arcadis

The New Federal MACT Air Quality Rules for Oil and Gas Area Sources
Applicability Flow Diagram
Susan Bassett, URS Corporation

Proposed Revisions to Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Regulation No. 7
Gary Kaufman, CDPHE

Leak Detection & Monitoring Topic: What You Cannot See with the Naked Eye
Meridith Knauf, Jay Christopher, Il Kim, Trihydro

RICE MACT Requirements & Compliance
Charlie Barker, Kinder Morgan

General Topics

Enforcement Actions and Settlement Strategies: A Lawyer’s Perspective
John R. Jacus, Davis Graham

POLICY UPDATES
Kayla Dolan, Adamantine Energy

WORKERS’ COMP vs OSHA RECORDABLE
Tara Crisp-Schwatz, Assured Partners

COMPREHENSIVE NUISANCE AND COMPLIANCE PLANNING AND EXECUTION - THE GAME HAS CHANGED!
Heidi Gill, Urban Solution Group – NavPlanIQ

Ballot Initiative 71 - Raise The Bar
Reeves Brown

Connecting With Our Stakeholders Through Advocacy Efforts
Robin Olson, Anadarko and Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development.  Mark Truax, Pac/West

EHS Management Information System for the Oil & Gas Industry
Ramon West, Vision Monitor