California Bioresources Alliance 6th Annual Symposium

*formerly Pacific Southwest Organic Residuals Symposium (PORS)

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September 13–14, 2011

CalEPA Coastal Hearing Room
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California

Symposium Agenda (PDF) (3 pp, 66K)

For more information, contact:
Lauren Fondahl (fondahl.lauren@epa.gov),
US EPA Region 9,
415 972-3514

Downtown Sacramento was once again the venue for our sixth annual symposium, which brought together organic residuals industry professionals, municipalities, regulators, legislators, researchers, financers, and other stakeholders to find the best management options for bioresources, including manures, biosolids, food wastes, green wastes, animal wastes, and other organic residuals.

This year we focused on such issues as pricing/financial, regulatory, and interconnectivity in implementing digester and other bioresources projects. We also heard about utilities' viewpoints and new technology developments.

Presentations From the Symposium

Session 1: Paul Martin, Western United Dairymen: Permitting Digesters and Co-digesters in California (PDF) (9 pp, 200K)
Session 1: Ted Ko, Associate Executive Director, Clean Coalition: CLEAN efforts in California - Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) (PDF) (16 pp, 1.0M)
Session 1: Jaclyn Marks, California Public Utilities Commission: California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard: Overview of RPS Distributed Generation Programs (PDF) (10 pp, 200K)
Session 1: Jody S. London, Jody London Consulting: Opportunities for Biogas Digesters (PDF) (16 pp, 200K)
Session 2: Dale Hinkens, Advanced Algae: New Technologies (PDF) (14 pp, 3.5M)
Session 2: Peter G. Green, Univ. Calif. Davis: Impacts of Volatile Organic Compounds from Compost on Ozone Formation (PDF) (33 pp, 2.0M)
Session 2: Paul Rydzynski, URS Corp.: Transportation Study (PDF) (21 pp, 1.0M)
Session 2: Kevin Hardy, Encina Joint Powers Authority: The Encina Wastewater Authority's Biosolids Management Program (PDF) (8 pp, 500K)
Session 2: Frank Caponi, Sanitation Districts of LA County: Managing Biosolids MSW Through Long-Haul Transportation to Distant Facilities (PDF) (19 pp, 2.0M)
Session 2: Kevin Mulvihill & Tom Kavookjian, JSHI: Energy Innovation (PDF) (20 pp, 1.7M)
Session 2: Steve Hogg, City of Fresno: Emission Control Technology (PDF) (12 pp, 1.6M)

The Symposium was sponsored by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 9, CalRecycle, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, State Water Resources Control Board, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Water Institute, Western United Dairymen, Sustainable Conservation, University of California Extension, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, and California Energy Commission.

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