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Tentative Monthly Meeting Topics for 2010/2011 » September 2010 – Mike McMenus: Copyright Laws for Intellectual Property. Speaker is Bob Lambrechts. » October 2010 – Steve Fishman: EPA Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule. Possible Speaker is Ward Burns or other Region VII EPA representative. » November 2010 – Sal Falcone: Air Pollution Control Technology Discussion. Speaker from Black & Veatch. » December 2010 – Tia Jeter: EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Update. Speaker from Region VII EPA. » January 2011 – Tech Conference – no monthly meeting. » February 2011 – Mike McMenus: Coal Combustion By-Products Rule. » March 2011 – Brian Symons: UST Update. » April 2011 – Drew Brought: EPCRA – Chemical Risk Management. » May 2011 – Deb English: Chromium Issue in Cameron, MO. Speaker from MDNR.


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Good morning, and welcome to the Midwest Section of the Air & Waste Management Association's website brought to you from Kansas City. The International Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) is a non-profit technical, scientific and educational organization with more than 17,000 members in over 65 countries. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Association provides a forum where all viewpoints on environmental issues receive consideration. The Midwest Section of the Air & Waste Management Association is based in Kansas City, Missouri and serves the States of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska with the exception of the metropolitan St. Louis area which is served by the Greater St. Louis Section. The Midwest Section is currently comprised of approximately 400 members and two Chapters: the Iowa Chapter and the new Nebraska Chapter. If this is your first visit to our site, welcome. Our goal is to make this site as useful as possible to our members and prospective members, and to provide a tool by which to keep abreast of pertinent environmental issues in the midwest. If you have any suggestions or comments regarding this site, or would like to see something added to this site, please email our webmaster. Thanks for visiting midwestawma.org!


Monthly Meetings


Make plans now for our next meeting:

When:	Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Time:	7:30 am registration, 8:00 - 9:00 speaker
Where:	Matt Ross Community Center, 8101 Marty, Overland Park
Speaker:	Bob Lambrechts, partner , Lathrop & Gage LLP
Topic:	Protecting Green Revolution Intellectual Property: A discussion of what the U.S. Patent office is doing to encourage protection of advancements in green technology, an overview of the patenting process and the latest information on U.S. patent office statistics regarding intellectual property protection. Bob Lambrechts is a partner in the law firm of Lathrop & Gage LLP where he has practiced for 15 years in the areas of environmental and intellectual property law. Bob previously served with the U.S. EPA Region 7 where he was the Title V program coordinator for the Regional Office wi...
Cost:	$10 members, $15 guests
Addl. Info:	Before the speaker begins, members and guests will introduce themselves and have an optional 30 second infomercial opportunity to share company news or product information. This is our monthly networking opportunity for environmental professionals in the Kansas City area. Dennis Wike, 2011 Conference Chairman, Would like your input on topics and speakers for the January Conference. Please email your suggestion to him at dennis.wike@ce3solutions.com

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