Mark your calendar
Monday, November 16, 2026
Annual Air Conference
being held at Jenner & Block in Chicago
The A&WMA Lake Michigan States Section is pleased to offer the Midwest’s most comprehensive annual conference on air quality, legal, regulatory and management issues. As in past years, conference attendees will hear both from senior representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WNDR) as they discuss key regulatory updates in their respective jurisdictions, and from a diverse panel discussing key updates on air enforcement matters. This year’s conference also highlights an speakers addressing air monitoring and data centers.
Conference Topics:
- New Source Review Updates
- Derisking Data Center Development
- Compliance & Enforcement
- Federal & State Regulatory Update
- Air Monitoring
Featured Speakers:
- Eric Heiser, Attorney, Hiser Burggraff Curtis
- ELPC; Conservation Law Center
- Sharon Sadler, ALL4
- Andrew Armstrong, Chief Legal Counsel, Illinois EPA
- Carolyn Persoon, Director Chicago Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, US EPA, Region 5
- John Mooney, Director, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
- Julie Armitage, Chief, Bureau of Air, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Annette Switzer, Air Quality Division Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- Gail Good, Director, Air Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Brenda Scott-Henry, Director of Environment & Sustainability for City of Gary
- Maribel Chavez-Torres, Chicago Department of Public Health’s Managing Deputy Commissioner
A detailed agenda with presentation titles and times will be released prior to the conference.
Congratulations to Cara Scalpone
STEPHEN ROTHBLATT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
In 2010 the Air & Waste Management Association-Lake Michigan States Section established a scholarship for graduate students studying in the environmental field in memory of a long-time member and supporter, Stephen H. Rothblatt.
Donations to the Stephen H. Rothblatt Memorial Scholarship can be made at any time and are greatly appreciated.
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