- 2014 AST Program:
7th Annual Aboveground Storage Tank Conference & Trade Show
in Houston, TX on September 23, 2014
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Houston Hobby Airport
Hotel Information:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Houston Hobby Airport
8181 Airport Blvd, Houston, TX 77061 | 800.222.TREE
Single/Double Rooms: $132.00
Room Code: NIS
6th Annual Minnesota Storage Tank Conference
in Bloomington, MN on March 13, 2017
HOTEL INFORMATION:
- Hotel Reservations
Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington
3900 American Blvd West
Bloomington, MN 55437
Phone: 952-893-9500
Room Rate: $159.00
Room Code: NISTM
10th Annual National Aboveground Storage Tank Conference & Trade Show
in Galveston, TX on September 13-14, 2017
Moody Gardens Hotel
Conference information coming soon!
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Ninth Annual International Conference on Aboveground Storage Tanks
HOTEL ROOMS $128.00/night • GOVERNMENTAL RATE $98.00/night
Agenda
Tuesday, May 23
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Organization |
8:00am |
Introduction |
Marshall Mott-Smith |
NISTM |
8:15am |
SPCC Update |
Mark Howard |
USEPA OPC |
9:05am |
API Standards Revisions Update |
Gordon Robertson |
American Petroleum Institute |
9:30am |
Problems and Failures with Shop-Fabricated ASTs |
John Cignatta, PE, Ph.d. |
Datanet Engineering, Inc |
10:00am |
Break |
10:45am |
Secondary Containment – Field Results and Analysis |
Ben Sloan |
Chevron Texaco |
11:15am |
The UK Buncefield Fire"
11 December 2005 |
Brian Baker |
Association for Petroleum
& Explosives Administration |
12:00am |
Stormwater Management Issues at Bulk Terminal Loading Racks |
Dennis Eryou |
Eryou Engineering, Inc. |
12:30pm |
Lunch |
1:45pm |
Hurricane Ivan Tank Damage |
Tommy Jordan |
Transmontaigne |
2:15pm |
AST Secondary Containment Design Considerations and Solutions |
John Oleyar |
HMT |
2:45pm |
Overfills – An Inspector’s Viewpoint |
John Albert |
Missouri DEQ |
3:15pm |
Break |
4:00pm |
Ultra Low-Sulfur Diesel Rule – Industry Effects |
Alice Hammer |
Motiva |
4:30pm |
SPCC Inspector Guidance Document |
Mark Howard |
USEPA OPC |
5:00pm |
Hydrotest Exemptions for Tanks Repaired
to API-653 |
Kenneth L. Erdmann, P.E. |
Matrix Service, Inc. |
5:30pm |
Panel Discussion – SPCC Issues |
TBA |
TBA |
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6:15pm |
Adjourn/ Cocktail Mixer |
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Wednesday, May 24
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Organization |
8:00am |
Introduction |
Marshall Mott-Smith |
NISTM |
8:15am |
Office of Pipeline Safety - Update |
Mike Khayata |
US DOT Office of Pipeline Safety |
8:45am |
Hydrant Piping Leak Detection |
Skip Phelps |
Hansa |
9:15am |
National Association of State AST Programs (NASAP) Report – How State AST programs will affect you… |
Sam Lillard |
Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality |
9:45am |
Break |
10:30am |
Ethanol Stress Corrosion Tracking of Piping and Tanks |
Phil Myers |
Chevron Texaco |
11:00am |
Ultra Low-Sulfur Diesel & Bio-diesel Handling & Additives Options |
Jack Burgazil |
Innospec inc |
11:30am
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Update on the STI Sp001 AST Inspection Standard |
Wayne Geyer
Chuck Travelstead |
Steel Tank Institute
Brown-Minneapolis Tank & Innovative Tank Solutions |
12:00pm |
Cathodic Protection methods for new and exhisting storage tanks |
Craig Meier |
Corrosion Control |
12:30pm |
Lunch |
1:45pm |
Tracer AST and Pipeline Leak Detection, Third Party Evaluations and NWGLDE Listings |
Randy Golding |
Praxair Services, Inc. |
2:15pm |
Precision Leak Testing |
Larry D. Speaks |
Mass Technology Corporation |
2:45pm |
Break |
3:30pm |
Tank Lining Failures: How to prevent application related failures by formulating the right products for the project conditions |
Michael Schnurman &
Lucas Clark |
Carboline |
4:00pm |
Wireless Overfill Protection |
Larry Taylor |
Omntec-Innovative |
4:30pm |
Storage Tank Calibration and Strapping Techniques |
Kevin Schoppe |
HMT |
5:00pm |
Panel Discussion - Ask the Tank Experts! |
TBA |
TBA |
5:30pm |
Adjourn/Cocktail Mixer |
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Thursday, May 25
Split Session
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
8:00am |
Panel – State Regulatory Issues |
Chris Bashor, Minnesota Pollution Control |
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8:30am |
Wireless Instrumentation Enables NEW Best Practices in Tank Level Inventory Management and Environmental Compliance Monitoring |
Wallace Lueders , Accutech |
8:30am |
Leak Autopsy Results Shop-fabricated Tanks |
Richard Bradley
Perpora Engineering, LLC |
9:00am |
Air Pollution Control Measures for German ASTs |
Peter Szalata, TUV |
9:00am |
The Pathology and Autopsy of Tank System Failures . |
Alan Bakeberg South
Dakota Petroleum Release Compensation Fund |
9:30am |
Tank Degassing-Get what your paying for. |
Kevin Fritz
Remediation Service Int’l. |
9:30am |
RefiningUpdate |
Mickey Carter
Conoco-Philips |
10:00am |
API 653 Similar Service Assessment Appendix Update |
John M. Lieb, P.E. - Chief Engineer – Industrial
Tank Industry Consultants |
10:00am |
UL Standards Update for ASTs |
Roland Riegel, Underwriter’s Laboratories |
10:30am |
Break |
10:30am |
Break |
10:45am |
Cathodic protection for Corrosion Control. “What you need to know, but were afraid to ask”. |
Jim Lary |
10:45am |
AST Foundations |
Alan Watson
A.R. Watson, USA |
11:15am |
Material Compatibility with Today’s Changing Fuels Market |
Edward English,
Fuel Quality Services, Inc. |
11:15am |
AST’s from a Fleet Manager’s Perspective |
Gerald Thompson
Fleet Operations
Specialist Sumter Electric Co-op |
11:45pm |
Preparing your Storage Tanks for Hurricanes |
Ray penny
Tank Industry Consultants |
11:45pm |
TPA
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12:15pm |
Adjourn |
12:15 |
Adjourn |
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