Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
California Bioresources Alliance 8th Annual Symposium
A Call to Action
September 18-19, 2013
California Bioresources Alliance
Formerly Pacific S.W. Organics Residual-PORS
Agenda (PDF) (3 pp, 100K)
Pacific Organic Residuals Symposia Presentations:
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The eighth annual California Bioresources Alliance Symposium will be held on September 18-19, 2013 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.at the Cal/EPA Building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento. CPUC Commissioner Carla Peterman will give a keynote on the future of bioenergy, and the opening session will focus on recent California legislation addressing bioresources.
Other sessions include an update on the Bioenergy Action Plan, biogas challenges faced by wastewater treatment plants, the federal/state dairy digester initiative and dairy clustering, forestry products and urban residuals options, facility siting issues, and use of bioresources for mine reclamation. The afternoon of the second day there will be a field trip to the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant to see the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District biogas enhancement project and the Synagro biosolids pelletizer.
The symposium brings together industry professionals, municipalities, regulators, legislators, state and federal agencies, researchers, financers, and others involved in California organic residuals. The two day event is co-hosted by University of California (UC) Davis Extension and the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9.
Contact Lauren Fondahl (fondahl.lauren@epa.gov), (415) 972-3514, for more information on the content of the symposium, or Magy Hoyer (mehoyer@ucdavis.edu), (530) 754-8508, for information on registration or on becoming a sponsor, or other questions about the Symposium.
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