Air Quality: Are we making progress?

A vibrant and healthy economic and environmental future for the ports is vital to us all.

We must meet the ports' environmental challenges. But to do this, it is essential that we build needed marine and landside shipping facilities and improve our transportation corridors. Without these improvements, congestion and air quality will only worsen. Inaction or delay is not an option .In order to green the ports, we must grow them.

FuturePorts supports greening and growing our ports.

Date: May 16, 2008
Location: The Coast Long Beach Hotel, 700 Queensway Dr., Long Beach, CA 90802

FuturePorts and Tonia Reyes Uranga, Long Beach Councilmember, District 7 and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) board member, proudly invite you to this important event. Sessions will be held on the following topics:

Port emissions inventories and trends – with an "inside" look at where the data comes from
Port air quality monitoring programs, data, and trends
Perspectives from private companies that have led the way in technology and voluntarily reducing emissions
Perspectives from the environmental and environmental justice community
Regulators' perspectives on MATES III, the AQMD’s most recent study of health risk

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Program - Click on the names to read the bios; click on the links to dowload pdfs of the presentations:

7:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast and Registration Welcome and morning Kick-off: Hon. Tonia Reyes Uranga, Long Beach Council Member and South Coast AQMD Board Member
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.	A Framework for Green Growth - A review of CEQA/Lease Requirements and Clean Air Action Plan measures - two pathways to help industry "green" operations Moderator: Stacey Jones, P.E., President, FuturePorts Board of Directors and Senior VP, Halcrow Inc. Speaker: Dr. Ralph Appy, Port of Los Angeles download the presentation Speaker: Dr. Robert Kanter, Port of Long Beach download the presentation
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Industry Leadership - Hear from companies that have stepped out ahead of others in reducing emissions Moderator: Mike Buckantz, FuturePorts Board Member and President of Justice & Associates Speaker: Jim Flanagan, APM Terminals Pacific download the presentation Speaker: John Hakel, Associated General Contractors Speaker: Joe Sparano, Western States Petroleum Association Speaker: Kevin Hayes, Long Beach Container Terminal download the presentation
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.	Perspectives from the Environmental Community Moderator: Nancy Pfeffer, President, Network Public Affairs LLC Speaker: Martin Schlageter, Coalition for Clean Air Speaker: Joan Greenwood, Long Beach Community Representative Speaker: David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council
12:00 n - 12:45 p.m.	Lunch served
12:45 - 1:45 p.m.	Perspectives from Air Quality Regulators and Industry - Positive trends in MATES III Study, CARB approaches to regulatory development, and technical implications of agency studies Moderator: Frances Keeler, FuturePorts Board Member and Attorney, Keesal Young & Logan Speaker: Peter Greenwald, South Coast Air Quality Management District download the presentation Speaker: Cynthia Marvin, California Air Resources Board download the presentation Speaker: Joseph Ray, Starcrest Consulting Group, LLC download the presentation
1:45 - 2:00 p.m.	Conclusion