DICKINSON, N.D. — The fifth annual ND Reclamation Conference will be held Feb. 20-21 at Astoria Hotel & Convention Center, Dickinson, N.D. The event is sponsored by BKS Environmental Associates, Inc., Dickinson State University, NDSU Extension Service, Society for Range Management, DLN Consulting, Inc., Astoria, and USDA Agricultural Research Service. Visit http://ndreclamation.com/ to register.
SCHEDULE
Monday, February 20, 2017
3:00 – 5:00 Vendor Setup / Registration
5:00 – 8:30 Trade Show Open
5:00 Attendee Registration Open
5:30 – 6:30 Hors d’oeuvres Served
6:30 – 8:00 Welcome Reception with Dr. Mitzel, President of Dickinson State University
Keynote Speaker Darryl Nelson, Nelson Environmental Remediation
Thermal Desorption Technology and Application for Soil Remediation
8:00 – 9:00 Trade Show Open
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
7:30 – 8:00 Registration / Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 Welcome & Introduction
Policy/Programs Session
8:10 – 8:40 Joel Galloway, Dakota Water Science Center, The BEST report – Bakken Environmental Status and Trends
8:40 – 9:10 Commissioner Doug Goehring, ND Department of Agriculture
9:10 – 9:40 Beth Kurz, EERC, Innovation and Adaptation of the Oil & Gas Industry Throughout Bakken Development
9:40 – 10:10 Break / Trade Show
10:10 – 10:40 Ryan Limb, NDSU, Pipeline vs. Coal Mine Regulation Comparison
10:40 – 11:10 Cody VanderBusch, NDOGC, North Dakota’s AWPSRF Program
Spill Remediation Session
11:10 – 11:40 Aaron Daigh, NDSU, Approaching brine spills from the surface: A research update on using crystallization inhibitors
11:40 – 12:40 Lunch / Trade Show Open
12:40 – 1:10 Kevin Sedivec, NDSU, Effects of remediation techniques on selected grass species seeding’s associated with legacy brine waste pits in north central North Dakota
1:10 – 1:40 Dave Glatt, ND Department of Health, Oilfield Waste and Spill Remediation
1:40 – 2:10 Jacqueline Finck & Jon Ellingson, Terracon, Site Investigation, Remediation, and Reclamation of Oil & Gas and Brine Spills in North Dakota
2:10 – 2:40 Kirk Hartel, HRI, Advancing Land Reclamation through Tailored, Full-Cycle Service
Ecology Session
2:40 – 3:00 David Toledo, USDA – ARS, Use of Cover Crops for Revegetation after Energy Development in Northern Mixed Grass Prairie
3:00 – 3:30 Break / Trade Show
3:30 – 4:00 Austin Link, NDSU, Effects of Cropping Sequence on Pipeline Reclamation in Western North Dakota
4:00 Wrap Up
— ND Reclamation Conference
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