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September 21st, 2016

Air & Waste Management Association hosts its annual Air Quality Management Conference

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Join Air & Waste Management Association – Lake Michigan States Section (A&WMA) for its annual Air Quality Management Conference on October 5, 2016.

Topics include:

  • New Direction for Industry in Illinois – Alec Messina, Director, Illinois EPA
  • EPA Region 5 Priorities – Robert Kaplan, Action Regional Director, US EPA, Region 5
  • Ozone SIP Strategies
  • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) changes
  • Air Policy and Program Compliance Priorities for 2016
  • Emissions Testing – Common Pitfalls
  • Meeting the PSD Permit Modeling Requirements
  • Non-Attainment NSR – Offsets: Supply & Demand

Learn more and register on the A&WMA website: www.lmawma.org

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September 15th, 2016

Want to learn about future swimming plans for the Chicago River?

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Real-time water quality information by 2020. Continuous riverfront trails by 2030. Thriving ecosystems by 2040. And yes, swimming.

The first ever unified vision of the Chicago, Des Plaines and Calumet Rivers has recently been released in a publication entitled “Our Great Rivers.”

Learn more about this vision at a roundtable hosted by the Metropolitan Planning Council on Thursday, September 29th, 2016 from 12:00pm – 1:30pm at 140 S. Dearborn St, Suite 1400, Chicago.

 Speakers include:

  • Josh Ellis, Director, Metropolitan Planning Council, and the project lead for Great Rivers Chicago
  • Kim Wasserman Nieto, Executive Director, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
  • John Quail, Director of Watershed Planning, Friends of the Chicago River
  • Arnold Randall (tentative), Superintendent, Forest Preserve of Cook County
  • Commissioner David Reifman, City of Chicago Dept. of Planning and Development

Learn more and register online at www.metroplanning.org/events/roundtable/detail/378

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September 1st, 2016

Gabriel will be closed for Labor Day

In honor of Labor Day, Gabriel will be closed on Monday, September 5th, 2016.

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