Region 1: EPA New England

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Training Workshop - Moving to Biodiesel
A workshop for municipalities and MA state agencies, colleges and universities

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
MassBay Community College - Wellesley Campus


8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Registration - Coffee and Breakfast


9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks and Overview:
	Eric Friedman, EOEEA on ANF Bulletin 13 Ona Ferguson on GB3


9:15 a.m.	Biodiesel 101: What Fleet Managers Should Know
	Paul Pedaris, West Central Soy - overview of biodiesel (PDF) (29 pp, 427K, about PDF)


10:00 a.m.	Breakout Sessions – State and Municipal
	State: Biodiesel & Biolubricants on Statewide Contract Dwayne Breger, Division of Energy Resources on Implementation plan and Compliance package (10:00-10:10) Marcia Deegler and Jim Ferri, Operational Services Division on Statewide Contracts (10:10-10:30) (PDF) (8 pp, 40K, about PDF) Dennis K. Burke on Statewide Contract Vendor Quality Assurance (10:30 – 10:50 am) (PDF) (15 pp, 1MB, about PDF) Municipal: Biodiesel & Municipal Fleets David Higgins, City of Boston (10:00 -10:20) on challenges of making the switch (PDF) (9 pp, 613K, about PDF) Steven Levy, reliability and supply (10:20 – 10:40) (PDF) (51 pp, 2.2MB, about PDF) Ted Burke, local supply (10:40-10:50) (PDF) (15 pp, 1MB, about PDF)


10:50 a.m.	Break


11:00 -11:30 a.m.	Biodiesel Case Study(s):
	Steve Russell, Keene, NH (PDF) (25 pp, 1.8MB, about PDF)


11:30 – 12:10 p.m.	Q & A - With all Speakers available

12:10 p.m.	Closing Remarks and FY08 Transition to Biodiesel
	Ian Finlayson EOEEA on upcoming trainings, next steps Halida Hatic EPA on upcoming year opportunities

12:30 p.m.	Adjournment

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