A C I - NA A g e n d a Environmental affairs Committee CONFERENCE April 14-17 2014 Hilton Baltimore, 401 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD Host airport Sponsors 1
MONDAY, APRIL 14 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Registration Open (Key Ballroom Foyer) 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Canadian Caucus Meeting 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch (Key Ballroom 5 6) 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Key Ballroom 11 Steering Group Meeting All Committee members are welcome to join the steering group meeting! 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Networking Break (Key Ballroom Foyer) 3:30 PM 4:30 PM Key Ballroom 12 Wildlife Hazard Management Challenges with Protected Species and Critical Habitat (U.S. Caucus) While safety is the top priority at airports, airports are also tasked with responsibly managing natural resources. This can include protected wildlife species and protected habitats on and near airports. These habitats can be highly attractive to wildlife and increase the chance of a wildlife hazard strike. Balancing airport safety and meeting the requirements of protected species and habitat regulations can be a complex issue. The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state and local wildlife agencies often conflict with FAA management guidance and requirements for airports to reduce wildlife hazard attractants. During this discussion we ll aim to identify opportunities for all parties to work together and better coordinate actions and balance the unique needs of threatened and endangered species and their habitat and airports overarching mission of safety. s Kevin Gurchak, Manager of Environmental Compliance, Pittsburgh International Airport, Alleghany County Airport Authority Sarah Brammell, SW Florida Regional Director, Environmental Resource Solutions John Weller, National Wildlife Biologist, Federal Aviation Administration Gina Shultz, Chief of Division of Conservation and Classification, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representative Nick Atwell, Wildlife Manager, Aviation, Port of Portland Canadian Caucus meeting separately 4:30 PM 5:30 PM Key Ballroom 12 Industry Voluntary Pollution Reduction Program for Aircraft Deicing Fluids (U.S. Caucus) The Industry Voluntary Pollution Prevention Program for aircraft deicing fluids is nearing the halfway point, and we are beginning the process of developing the industry-wide pollution reduction goal based on data gathered over the past several months. In this session we ll hear from program leaders about progress to date, next steps, and how airports can get more involved! Chad Leqve, Director of Environment, Metropolitan Airport Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Dean Mericas, Senior Aviation Consultant, Environmental Compliance, Mead & Hunt, Inc. Kevin Gurchak, Manager of Environmental Compliance, Pittsburgh International Airport 2
Marianne Csaky, Director, Environmental Affairs, A4A Canadian Caucus meeting separately 5:30 PM 7:00 PM Welcome Reception (Key Ballroom Foyer) TUESDAY, APRIL 15 7:30 AM 5:00 PM Registration Open 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast (Key Ballroom Foyer) 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Key Ballroom 9-10 Conference Opening and Welcome Remarks Kevin Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACI-NA Mark Reis, Chair, ACI-NA Board of Directors, Managing Director, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wayne Pennell, Chief Operating Officer, Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport All Committees 9:00 AM 9:45 AM Key Ballroom 9-10 Keynote Speaker - Richard Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, Good Harbor Security Risk Management Mr. Richard Clarke served for thirty years in the United States Government, including an unprecedented ten continuous years as a White House official, serving three consecutive Presidents. In the White House he was Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace, and National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism. Prior to his White House years, he served as a diplomat, including as Assistant Secretary of State and held other positions in the State Department and the Pentagon for twenty years. Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News, taught at Harvard s Kennedy School of Government, and written six books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the national number one best seller Against All Enemies and Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It. Introduction Dominic Nessi, Chief Information Officer-IT, Los Angeles World Airports Speaker Richard Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Good Harbor Security Risk Management All Committees 9:45 AM 10:45 AM Key Ballroom 9-10 Joint Session 1 Cyber Security and the Power Grid Reliable access to electricity is something we ve all taken for granted flip a switch and the lights come on. But as we ve seen with increased incidents of severe weather, the electric grid isn t always so reliable. As every aspect of our daily lives and businesses become more reliant on technology, we become more vulnerable to disruptions in service through cyber-attacks, severe weather impacts, or just plain old technology failures. In this joint committee session, we ll take a look at the vulnerabilities of the country s electric grid, how that can impact our industry, and most importantly, what we can do about it. 3
Dominic Nessi, Chief Information Officer-IT, Los Angeles World Airports Patrick Himes, Senior Cyber Analyst, Center for Internet Security Randy Murphy, President, Grafton Technologies All Committees 10:45 AM 11:00 AM Networking Break Key Ballroom Foyer 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Aircraft Accident Investigation Processes and Environmental Impacts Despite consistent industry growth, aviation remains the safest form of travel, particularly in the U.S. and Canada. And although thankfully very rare, accidents do sometimes happen. When an does incident occur, the accident investigation process and preservation of the accident scene may have impacts on the environmental clean-up efforts of the airport, for example, for fuel leaks, fire-fighting foam, hazardous materials, etc. In this session we ll focus on the process for closing out an investigation and releasing a site back to airport personnel, how an airport can prepare for clean-up efforts in advance and lessons learned. Roy Furhmann, Vice President, Operations, Metropolitan Airport Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Erik Grosof, Assistant to the Director-Operations, National Transportation Safety Board Charlie Fitzsimmons, Environmental Protection Agency On-Scene Coordinator, National Capitol Region Jennifer Acton, Bay Pollution Prevention Program (BPPP) Manager, San Francisco International Airport (Webinar Presenter) Emily Sing, Environmental Engineer, San Francisco International Airport 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Key Ballroom 5-6 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Murky Waters? Aircraft Drinking Water: Roles, Responsibilities and Regulations (U.S. Caucus) Airports, airlines, municipalities, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration all play a part in ensuring the quality of water on aircraft, but who is responsible for what and when? In this session we will hear from experts with experience from a regulator s, airports and airlines point of view on their experiences navigating this issue in the hopes of fostering better communication amongst the various stakeholders going forward. Sharon Douglas, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Allison Watanabe, Environmental Protection Agency Marianne Csaky, Director, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America Steve Clark, Environmental Scientist, The Vannet Group LLC Robert Freeman, Airport Environmental Manager II, Los Angeles World Airports Brenda Enos, Assistant Director, Capital Programs & Environmental Management, Massport 4
Canadian Caucus meeting separately 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Networking Break Key Ballroom Foyer 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Information Sharing Session Join the Environmental Affairs Committee as we discuss the latest issues and challenges airports are facing, hear about innovative projects, best management practices and other updates from your industry colleagues. Bring your problems, questions, amusing anecdotes and solutions to share with the group! Facilitator Bryan Wagoner, U.S. Caucus Chairman, ACI-NA Environmental Affairs Committee, Wayne County Airport Authority 3:15 PM 5:30 PM Canadian Caucus meeting separately WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 7:30 AM 2:45 PM Registration Open 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Key Ballroom Foyer 8:30 AM 10:00 AM Working Group Roundtable Discussions The Committee is excited to organize the first Working Group Roundtable session this year in order to provide a forum for members to meet in person to discuss hot topics and upcoming priorities for 2014, identify emerging issues and research needs, discuss transnational issues and hear from potential new working group members on their interest areas. This roundtable session will be divided into two 35 minute mini-sessions. During each 35-minute session four working groups will meet concurrently. At the conclusion of the first 35 minute session the second group of four working groups will convene. This will allow members to participate in more than one working group. There will be a short wrap-up at the end for each working group to report out the key items. The first session will consist of the Noise, Land use, Air Quality and NEPA working groups. The following working groups will meet during the second session: Waste Management, Natural Resources, Water Quality and Sustainability. Kevin Gurchak, Manager of Environmental Compliance, Pittsburgh International Airport, Alleghany County Airport Authority 10:00 AM 10:15 AM Networking Break Key Ballroom Foyer 10:15 AM 11:00 AM A Global Perspective - ACI World Updates ACI World is the voice of airports within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and is a recognized global leader on a number of airport environmental issues including climate change, sustainability, deicing and international regulatory requirements. The ACI World Environment Standing Committee meets yearly to discuss transnational environmental issues and emerging trends, and the committee will have just completed the 2014 meeting and Environmental Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ACI World staff will update the committee on a number of initiatives Xavier Oh, Senior Manager, Environmental Affairs, ACI World 5
11:00 AM 12:15 PM Airport Carbon Accreditation Program Discussion Launched by ACI-Europe in 2009 and since adopted by ACI-Asia Pacific and ACI-Africa, the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program is a carbon management program designed for and by the airport industry. As the ACI-NA Environmental Affairs Committee considers the merits of bringing the program to our region, we ll hear about the experiences of a participating airport as well as an assessment of how the program could work for a U.S. airport already undertaking its own carbon management initiatives. Lyne Michaud, Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Speaker Elizabeth Leavitt, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Martin Doherty, Environmental Manager, Dublin Airport 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch Key Ballroom 5-6 1:15 PM 2:45 PM A Regulatory Patchwork: Stormwater Permitting Requirements at the Federal, State and Local Levels The Clean Water Act regulates many different types of discharges from airports under different regulatory or permitting schemes. Even with regard to stormwater running off the airport property, permitting authorities may mandate different permits for industrial activity, construction projects, or designate the airport itself for its own municipal permit. But there is often significant overlap relating to requirements under the different permit programs, including overlap with adjacent municipal stormwater systems operated by others. This session will attempt to put these issues into perspective and outline strategies for effectively and efficiently addressing an airport s Clean Water Act permitting needs. Finally, the session will look at federal, state, and local mandates that require airports to develop their own fee program or may require airports to pay fees to neighboring municipalities to help cover the costs of neighboring stormwater programs and whether paying such fees raises other concerns such as revenue diversion, etc. Jeff Longsworth, Partner, Barnes and Thornburg LLP Lee Kaminetz, Counsel, San Diego International Airport Sharon Douglas, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 2:45 PM 3:00 PM Networking Break Key Ballroom Foyer 3:00 PM 4:15 PM TRB and ACRP Research Updates Practical Application Over the years ACRP has produced a significant volume of research on all manner of aviation environmental issues. Rather than hear about individual projects however, in this session we will 6
take a look back at how the research results have actually been applied at the individual airport, industry and FAA levels. We will examine some key lessons learned and identify characteristics of particularly useful projects to inform the committee s research proposals and activities going forward. Laurie Cullen, Northeast Aviation Regional Manager, Atkins Global Mary Ellen Eagan, President, HMMH Danielle Rinsler, Assistant Manager, Planning and Environmental Division, Federal Aviation Administration Mike Kenney, Vice President, KB Environmental Sciences 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Alternative Aviation Biofuels Despite significant challenges, industry stakeholders including airlines, the FAA and other federal agencies, feedstock and fuel producers, and airports have made impressive strides in advancing the state of the alternative aviation fuels. The past several years have seen several fuel production pathways approved, feedstocks tested, state and regional initiatives launched and public-private partnerships between industry and government. In this session speakers will address recent updates at the state and regional level applicable to airports, discuss how airports can work with other stakeholders to help facilitate the introduction of biofuels, sustainability considerations, and more. David Robbins, Projects Administrator, Environment & Sustainability, City of Chicago Department of Aviation Nancy Young, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America representative James Hileman, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Environment, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration Richard Altman, Chairman Emeritus, Commercial Alternative Aviation Fuels Initiative 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration Open THURSDAY, APRIL 17 7:30 AM 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast Key Ballroom Foyer 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Grab-N-Go Lunch 1:30 PM 3:30 PM BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Tour Click here to sign up! Tour Schedule: 1:30 pm: Buses depart hotel (one bus for Stream Relocation; one bus for CDC) 2:00-3:00 pm: Tour 7
3:05 pm: Buses depart BWI to return anyone to the hotel who is staying in Baltimore 3:30 pm: Arrive back at hotel Tour A: Stream Relocation for Runway Safety Area Improvements The BWI Marshal Runway Safety Area (RSA) Program requires approximately 2000 of stream relocations into drainage structures in order to configure the grading and airfield improvements necessary to meet RSA and related FAA Standards. In order to mitigate for these impacts MAA has committed to rehabilitate approximately 4000 of Kitten Branch downstream of the construction and place the reach into an environmental conservation easement. The improvements include re-grading of the entire floodplain to re-establish a healthy stream bed while simultaneously allowing for periodic over-bank flow during periods of increased runoff. The comprehensive improvements to the meandering stream include in-stream structures mimicking natural features that serve to reduce velocities and prevent erosion of the stream banks and comprehensive landscaping to firmly protect the floodplain from erosion while emulating native species and preventing wildlife attraction. Tour B: Upgraded Consolidated Dispatch Center (CDC) BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport operates a Consolidated Dispatch Center (CDC) whose primary mission is to provide emergency calls for service processing and dispatching for all on- airport Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In this regard the CDC also functions as a Secondary Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to the Anne Arundel County PSAP via one of the airport s numerous Mutual Aid Agreements with other jurisdictions. One of the other unique functions of the CDC is monitoring several thousand alarm points and responding to alarms generated from a myriad of campus wide life safety and security systems including; a Fire Alarm system, A Check Point Breech Alarms System, and a Controlled Access Security System (CASS). The CDC also monitors a CCTV system in order to augment dispatching recommendations. The CDC was upgraded May 2013 to improve and expand the public safety communications for BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. The systems provided in the upgrade was an enhanced 9-1-1 emergency call processing system with instant recall/ recorder functionality, a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system configured with Mobile Data Computers for police patrol cars, state of the art Fire Station Alerting system for the BWI Fire Rescue Department, and Dispatch consoles and associated dispatch furniture for the CDC. In order to attend the CDC tour we will require the following information: Full name, date of birth, Driver s license number, including State, and/or Passport Number with expiration date. Cameras will be allowed, with some restrictions, which will be identified during the tour. 8