The 2023 Annual Seminar was jointly sponsored by A&WMA-NFS and BAPG and was held on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Templeton Landing.

The Air & Waste Management Association - Niagara Frontier Section Board of Directors and the Seminar Committee members would like to thank all who attended.  We hosted 116 attendees and 7 exhibitors at this event and the money raised will be used to fund scholarships for High School Seniors and College students. 

The Keynote Speaker was Mike J. Finn, P. E. of the Greater Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC).  He gave a presentation on various transportation projects planned in Erie and Niagara Counties.

Also, a big thank you to all of our speakers.  To view their presentations, click on the appropriate link below. 

Session I - EJ, Climate Impacts and Community Engagement: Lessons to a First Year Consultant

      Robert Knoer, Esq. - The Knoer Group, PLLC

     Christopher Whitehead QEP, CESM - ESI 

Session II - Saving the USS Sulivans - The NYSDEC's Role

     Michael Emery, P. E. - NYSDEC Region 9

Session III - The Evolution of Siting and Permitting Utility Scale Renewable Projects in NY

          Mike Morgante - WSP, USA Inc                                                  

Keynote Address - Update on Infrastructure Projects in WNY

         Mike Finn, P.E. - Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GNBRTC)

Session IV - Update on Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) Scoping Document

          Dennis Elsenbeck - Phillips Lytle LLP

          Donna DeCarolis - National Fuel Gas                                                           

Session V - Unraveling Complexity Through Fate and Transport Numerical Simulations in a Tidally-Influenced, Heterogenous, Multi-System, Density Driven Regime     

          James Schuetz - Parsons