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Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference 2024

September 24, 2024

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Welcome to Kansas City and MECC 2024!

Meet Our Team at booth 19

September 24-25, 2024 Overland Park, Kansas

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With a staff of professional chemical and environmental engineers, Certified Industrial Hygienists, and environmental scientists, Terracon is your best choice your valued partner in the increasingly complex regulatory landscape. From operational compliance to new projects and acquisitions, Terracon’s national resources ca

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2024 MECC: Terracon has three speakers this year!

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Dan Nedvidek, P.G., is the environmental department manager in Terracon’s Tampa, Florida office. He has 15 years of environmental consulting/compliance and Brownfield experience in both the public and private sectors.  His experience includes design and implementation of High Resolution Site characterization studies utilizing MiHTP and similar HRSC equipment on large and small chlorinated solvent assessment and remediation sites.  He currently focuses on helping clients secure federal and state brownfield funding and incentives and is the president of the Florida Brownfield Association.  Prior to joining Terracon, Mr. Nedvidek spent several years managing and implementing various environmental compliance projects for clients in the logistics, metals, and automotive manufacturing industries. Connect on LinkedIn
Christopher Hurst, P.E., CSP,  is a senior consultant, regional regulatory compliance lead for Terracon. He has over 28 years of EHS experience and has worked as an environmental consultant, within private manufacturing, and as a state regulator. Chris focuses on EHS auditing and assessment services and broad based environmental permitting. Chris has worked in the areas of air protection, wastewater engineering, hazardous waste compliance, and federal (RCRA/CERCLA) site cleanup.  Chris has served as the corporate EHS manager for a private specialty chemical manufacturer. Chris has been an active member of the A&WMA for multiple decades and currently serves as Treasurer of the Southern Section. Chris received both a B.S. and M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville, KY. Connect on LinkedIn
 
Jared Geissler, P.E., MBA, PMP, CHMM, is the environmental services manager at the Colorado Springs, Colorado office. He has over 17 years of experience in environmental engineering and remedial design. Mr. Geissler is a registered Professional Engineer, certified Project Management Professional, and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager with 17 years of experience. His primary experience lies in remediation through vapor mitigation and strategies for soil and groundwater. He is responsible for designing passive and active vapor mitigation systems and other remedial systems.  Mr. Geissler has extensive experience with the State Brownfields Voluntary Clean Up program. Connect on LinkedIn

Meet our 2024 MECC team

David Reynolds, P.E., is Terracon’s national director for regulatory compliance. He has guided clients, nationwide, through complicated regulatory requirements in a wide variety of industries. Dave specializes in air quality projects, including Title V and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting, atmospheric dispersion modeling, Best Available Control Technology (BACT) evaluations, greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting, NESHAP and NSPS compliance assistance, Risk Management Plan (RMP) preparation, Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) evaluations, potential to emit (PTE) calculations, compliance assurance monitoring (CAM) plans, and annual emission reports. In addition to air quality projects, he has completed single and multi-site projects that include regulatory compliance assessments, EPCRA (Tier II and TRI), SPCC plans, stormwater permitting, and hazardous waste evaluations. Connect on LinkedIn
Christian New, P.E., is a senior environmental engineer in Omaha, Nebraska. He has more than 30 years of experience in engineering, sales, and business management. His primary practice is assisting industrial clients with air permitting (Title V, minor sources), NPDES permitting for stormwater and point sources, EPCRA (Tier II and TRI) reporting, SPCC Plan development, and optimizing environmental compliance. Christian has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. Connect on LinkedIn
Travis Knisley, P.E., is a senior chemical engineer and Environmental Group manager in Minneapolis. He assists industrial facilities with the complex tasks of maintaining compliance with environmental regulations. Travis has 16 years of experience including air permitting strategy development, air pollution control equipment design, wastewater permit evaluation, wastewater pretreatment system design and troubleshooting, RCRA waste evaluations, EPCRA reporting, SPCC Plan development, and overall compliance assessments. Travis has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Connect on LinkedIn
 
Nate Yencer, E.I.T. is a staff engineer in Des Moines, Iowa where he specializes in regulatory compliance. Nate graduated from the University of Wisconsin Platteville with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering where he was involved in several engineering organizations. He returned to Terracon after graduation to serve client needs in the greater Des Moines area. Nate is developing expertise in complex SPCC Plan development, air permitting and emissions inventories, and EPCRA reporting (Tier II and TRI) reporting. He is working to obtain his P.E. License. Connect on LinkedIn
 
Brian Porter, P.E. is an office manager in St. Louis, Missouri, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, with an emphasis on environmental and hydrosystems engineering. He has been practicing environmental consulting since 1997 and currently leads our environmental practice in the Kansas-Missouri-Illinois (downstate) region. His areas of expertise include environmental site investigations and risk-based corrective action. He has managed several successful brownfield redevelopment projects using state and federal funding, including several Phoenix Award winning projects, and assists communities with brownfield grant-writing. Connect on LinkedIn
 
Jessica Harbuck is a senior staff engineer in Lenexa, Kansas. Jessica got her start in regulatory compliance in 2015 as a staff engineer at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. She then transitioned to consulting as a senior compliance project manager/branch manager at a regional consulting firm in Ridgeland, Mississippi, where she developed and managed projects in a variety of compliance areas, health and safety, and industrial hygiene. Jessica has a B.S. in Geosciences and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. We welcome Jessica as she just joined Terracon earlier this month! Connect on LinkedIn
James Beilman, P.G., CPG is a senior project manager in Wichita Kansas. He specializes in regulatory compliance as it relates to the petroleum industry in Upstream & Midstream applications. His usual focus areas include air permitting, greenhouse gas reporting, potential to emit calculations, annual air emissions reporting, SPCC plans, stormwater permitting, hazardous waste evaluations, overall compliance estimates, reclamation plans, and health and safety plans. James may be recently new to Terracon but comes with a varied work background with noted experience in the petroleum sector where he directed a fully faceted Compliance/Environmental/Safety program. In his career, he has worked with complicated “problem” sites, superfund sites and large industrial facilities included, in environmental assessment, remediation, and reclamation.  James has a degree in Geology but continues to go to school in the interest of being a life-long learner. Connect on LinkedIn
Eric Bradley is a client development specialist and new to Terracon. He is a results-driven sales professional with over 14 years of experience developing innovative sales strategies, and leading successful teams. His track record includes consistently surpassing sales targets, driving significant growth, and providing exceptional customer service. He is passionate about leveraging his expertise to achieve outstanding results and make a lasting impact. Connect on LinkedIn