The 2025 Annual Seminar was jointly sponsored by A&WMA-NFS and BAPG and was held on Thursday, January 16, 2025 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 99 attendees and 6 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 Thomas Morahan, P.G. - nygeology/egroup and he provided a presentation on a Community Air Monitoring Project in WNY.  We hope to hold the next seminar on February 12, 2026.

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

Session I - NYSDEC Remedial Program Updates

      Matthew Liponis, Esq. - Hodgson Russ LLP

Session II - A Status Update on NYS Policies and Environmental and Economic Sustainability Disrupting the Regulatory Cost Based Model (click on name for presentation)

      Dennis Elsenbeck - Phillips Lytle, LLP

      Donna DeCarolis - National Fuel

Session III - Surface Water Sheen Solution: A Collaborative Effort to Implement DNAPL IRM of Lower Scajaquada Creek

      Frank Clougherty, GIT - GEI

     Richard Frappe, P.G. - GEI

     Stan Radon - NYSDEC                                                           

Session IV - Update on Part 360 Regulations - New Scrap Handling Requirements and Oily Stormwater & Wastewater Management

     Will Welisevich, CADEX 

Session V - Safety in the Environment    

      Peg Simons - Retired