A three-part webinar series is designed to provide an overview of relevant Tennessee legislative updates, answer questions about environmental permitting, and highlight the U.S. Department of Energy Better Plants Program and Low Carbon Pilot Project being offered.
1. Legislative Updates
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Time: 1:30 p.m. Central Standard Time
Speakers:
• Blair Beaty – TDEC – Office of General Counsel – Legislative Liaison
• Horace Tipton – TDEC – Office of General Counsel – Legislative Liaison
This webinar will be highlighting legislation that passed during the 2021 legislative session that impacts the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and could potentially affect the manufacturing sector. Our speakers will also be discussing legislation that may be on the horizon for the 2022 session. This information will prepare your facility for regulation changes and hopefully make permitting easier in the long run.
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2. TDEC Air, Land, and Water Permitting Program Updates
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
1:30 p.m. Central Standard Time
Speakers:
• Nick Lytle – TDEC – Division of Solid Waste Management
• April Grippo – TDEC – Division of Water Resources
• Jimmy Johnston – TDEC – Air Pollution Control
This webinar will be featuring TDEC division updates on relevant state or federal-level regulatory changes, programmatic changes that may be of interest, and any other relevant updates that our regulatory divisions may want to share with the industry. This will be a good opportunity to bring questions from the previous webinar on how new legislation might affect the permitting processes.
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3. DOE Low Carbon Pilot Project
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
1:30 p.m. Central Standard Time
Speakers:
• Eli Levine – DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office – Program Manager, Better Plants, and TIR
• Muneer Chowdhury – Bridgestone Americas, Inc. – Energy and Environmental Efficiency Manager
Buildings and manufacturing plants account for roughly two-thirds of U.S. CO2 emissions and therefore present a significant opportunity to meet carbon reduction goals. Through Better Buildings, Better Plants, DOE is working with industry leaders to explore low-carbon pathways. This webinar will be highlighting this pilot program to understand and demonstrate how to achieve real carbon dioxide emission reductions.
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