Introduction to Foundry Environmental Compliance

AFS Headquarters
March 21 – 22, 2023
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Overview

Learn the essentials of foundry environmental compliance with this seminar for people who are new to the environmental and/or metalcasting fields. This seminar will cover routine issues encountered in a metalcasting facility, with practical instruction on:

  • Regulatory requirements
  • Routine compliance activities
  • Permitting
  • Reporting
  • Recordkeeping
  • Testing
  • Pollution control
  • Environmental management systems

Location

  • AFS Headquarters
  • Schaumburg, IL
  • March 21 – 22, 2023
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Hotel Information

Hyatt House
  • Hyatt House Chicago/Schaumburg
  • Schaumburg, IL
  • $105.00
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Conference Agenda

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
7:30 - 8 a.m.
Registration
8 - 8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
8:15 - 9 a.m.
Session 1: Enviornmental Management: What Is It and Why Should I Care?

Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry Inc.

  • Overview of metalcasting issues for the environmental manager
  • Potential environmental impacts of metalcasting processes
  • Overview of major laws and regulations affecting foundries
  • Overview of environmental management systems
  • Online information reference resources
9 - 10:15 a.m.
Session 2: Waste Management

Bryant Esch, Waupaca Foundry Inc.; Curtis Veit, Waupaca Foundry Inc. 

  • Waste management laws
  • Waste management regulations
  • Identification and classification of foundry wastes
  • Testing/point of generation/baghouse dusts
  • Waste generator requirement
    • Storage, accumulation and labeling
    • Containers, emergency response, planning and training
    • Waste minimization and shipment
  • Management of Other Wastes
    • Oily wastes, empty containers, aerosol cans, contaminated wipes/rags, universal waste
    • Other non-hazardous foundry process wastes
  • Recordkeeping and reporting
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
BREAK
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Session 2: Waste Management (Continued)
Noon - 1 p.m.
LUNCH
1 - 2:15 p.m.
Session 3: Air Quality

Craig Schmeisser, Mad River Strategies; Jeet Radia, McWane Inc.; Kathy Moore, Keramida Inc.

  • The Clean Air Act
  • Review of basic terms and concepts
  • Basic emission estimate techniques
  • Air permitting
    • Construction permits, operating permits
    • Major Source/Minor sources, PSD/NSR avoidance concepts
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
BREAK
2:30 - 4 p.m.
Session 3: Air Quality (Continued)
  • NESHAPs - Applicable MACT and GACT requirements review
  • Stack testing basics - What you need to know
  • Air depression molding basics
  • Air pollution control systems commonly used in foundries
  • Neighborhood issues commonly encountered by foundries
  • Road to Success: Air Professionals Top 10

 
4 - 4:30 p.m.
Day 1 Wrap-Up/Ask the Experts
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
7:30 a.m.
Registration
8 - 10 a.m.
Session 4: Water Quality - Laws and Regulations

Wesley Fleming, Keramida, Inc., Curtis Veit, Waupaca Foundry, Inc. & Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society

  • Regulatory background and the clean water act
    • Water quality standards
    • Technology-based categorical standards
    • Production-based effluent limits
    • Water usage
  • Permit Overview
    • Direct discharge NPDES permitting (individual and general)
    • Indirect discharge POTW permitting
  • TMDL Regulations
    • Basis for development
    • Impact on permits
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Common Compliance Pitfalls
  • Other Issues
10 - 10:15 a.m.
BREAK
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Session 5: Stormwater Management

Greg Kramer, American Foundry Society; & Wesley Fleming, Keramida, Inc.

  • Introduction to the EPA Stormwater Management Program
    • Applicability and relationship to state permits
    • Stormwater Pollution Pretention Plan (SWPPP) development (introduction to AFS template)
    • Non-numeric technology-based effluent limits
    • Benchmark monitoring
    • Visual evaluations
    • Routine and comprehensive inspections
    • Corrective actions and the iterative process
  • State permit variability
  • Metalcasting-specific opportunities and challenges
  • Overview of common administrative management practices
  • Overview of available structural controls (treatment)
  • Common compliance pitfalls

 
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Session 6: Other Environmental Requirements

6A. Major Regulations for Metalcasters

Jeff Hannapel, The Policy Group

  • Laws and regulations affecting foundries: 
    • CERCLA (aka Superfund), SARA, EPCRA, TSCA, FIFRA (all w/EPA) and HTMA (w/DOT)
  • Asbestos
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
  • Pesticides and radiation
  • Testing

6B. Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans

Mack Overton, Keramida, Inc.

  • Who is subject to SPCC rules? What are the requirements?
  • What to do when you are subject to SPCC?
  • Common compliance issues

6C. Beneficial Reuse and Recycling

Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corp.

6D. Management Issues

Mack Overton, Keramida Inc.; Mike Lenahan, Badger Mining Corp.

  • Recordkeeping and reporting
  • Training requirements
  • Regulatory inspections (EPA, state, local) - Do's and Dont's
  • Community relations
3:30 - 4 p.m.
Wrap-Up/Ask the Experts
  • Questions and Answers
4 p.m.
Seminar Ends

Registration

Registration Fees

Non-member: $1,050.00
AFS Member: $700.00

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