WESTCARB Annual Meeting; Phoenix, AZ
November 8-9, 2006

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WESTCARB 2006 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
SESSION I: Overview
Session I Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw Manager, Energy-Related Environmental Research, PIER Program, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Deputy Executive Director
SRP's Commitment to WESTCARB and Carbon Sequestration in the West Kevin Wanttaja, Manager, Environmental Services Department, Salt River Project
Getting Down to Business: WESTCARB Executive Director’s Overview Martha Krebs, Deputy Director for Research & Development, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Executive Director
Summary of DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Dawn Deel, Project Manager, Environmental Projects Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
WESTCARB Phase I Results and Phase II Accomplishments to Date Larry Myer, California Energy Commission and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; WESTCARB Technical Director
SESSION II: Geologic Characterization Updates
Session II Chair: Larry Myer California Energy Commission / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, WESTCARB Technical Director and Task Lead for Geologic Characterization
Geologic Characterization of the Starkey and Winters Formations (Sacramento Basin, CA) Cameron Downey, Engineering Geologist, California Geological Survey
Preliminary Static Geo-Model of a 10-km Radius Surrounding Kimberlina, CA (San Joaquin Valley) Julio Friedmann, Carbon Management Program, Energy & Environmental Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, et al.
Centralia (Washington) Deep Coal Seam CO2 Sequestration Evaluation Scott Stevens, Vice President, Advanced Resources International, et al.
Alaska Scoping CO2 Sequestration Evaluation Scott Stevens, Vice President, Advanced Resources International, et al.
Communication of WESTCARB Research Using GIS-Based Web Tools Barry Biediger, Internet Mapping—Custom Application Development, Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center; Mary Jane Coombs, Research Coordinator, California Institute for Energy & Environment
SESSION III: Geologic Pilot Projects
Session III Chair: Sally Benson Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, WESTCARB Task Lead for Geologic Pilot Projects
Panel 1: Rosetta Resources (California) Saline Formation and Gas Reservoir CO2 Injection Pilots

Rob Trautz and Curt Oldenburg, Staff Scientists, and Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Rosetta Resources CO2 Storage Project Rob Trautz, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, et al.
CO2 Storage in Natural Gas Reservoirs: Significance of the Rosetta Resources Pilot Curt Oldenburg, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Panel 2: Northern Arizona Saline Formation CO2 Injection Pilot

John Keane, Executive Environmental Policy Analyst, Salt River Project; Dick Rhudy, Manager, Environmental Projects, Electric Power Research Institute; Dennis Shirley, Operations Manager—Scottsdale, Errol Montgomery & Associates; Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Regional Geological and Hydrological Characterization for Northern Arizona Dennis Shirley, Operations Manager — Scottsdale, Errol Montgomery & Associates
Phase II Northern Arizona Saline Formation CO2 Storage Pilot Test Overview Sally Benson, Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SESSION IV: State and Regional Policy Initiatives for CO2 Emissions Reduction
Session IV Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw Manager, Energy-Related Environmental Research, PIER Program, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Deputy Executive Director
Arizona Climate Change Action Plan Ira Domsky, Deputy Director of Air Quality Division, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
California Policy and Research Initiatives Martha Krebs, Deputy Director for Research & Development, California Energy Commission; WESTCARB Executive Director
The Western Governors’ Association: Clean Energy and Climate Change Initiatives Karen Deike, Director of Communications, Western Governors’ Association
SESSION V: Matching CO2 Sources and Sinks for Regional Planning Support
Session V Chair: Dick Rhudy Manager, Environmental Projects, Electric Power Research Institute; WESTCARB Task Lead for CO2 Capture Characterization
A GIS-Based Model for CO2 Pipeline Transport and Source-Sink Matching Optimization Howard Herzog, Principal Research Engineer, MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (presented by Dick Rhudy, EPRI)
Thursday, November 9, 2006
SESSION VI: Terrestrial Pilot Project Panel Discussions
Session VI Chair: John Kadyszewski Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; WESTCARB Task Lead for Terrestrial Pilots and Characterization
Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Characterization and Pilot Projects Overview John Kadyszewski, Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International
Panel 1: Forest Fuel Reduction for Improved Fire Management and Biomass Energy Production

Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Jim Walls, Executive Director, Lake County Resources Initiative; Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Developing a Methodology for Quantifying GHG Benefits from Improved Fuel Management Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International
Hazardous Fuel Reduction on Federal and Private Lands and Prospects for a Biomass Power Plant Jim Walls, Executive Director, Lake County Resources Initiative
Hazardous Fuel Reduction and Biomass Energy Pilot Activities in Shasta County, CA Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International
WSRCD Forest Fuels Reduction Pilot Activities Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
LaTour Carbon Sequestration Demonstration: Fuels Reduction Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection; Doug Wickizer, Staff Chief, Forest Management
Panel 2: Afforestation and Forest Management (Shasta County)

Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International; Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, John Nickerson, Conservation Forester, Pacific Forest Trust
Afforestation Pilot Activities in Shasta County, CA Nick Martin, Senior Program Associate, Forestry, Energy and Ecosystem Services, Winrock International
WSRCD Afforestation Pilot Activities Leslie Bryan, Watershed Coordinator, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
LaTour Carbon Sequestration Demonstration: Afforestation Tim Robards, Division Chief, State Forests Research, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection; Doug Wickizer, Staff Chief, Forest Management
Emission Reductions Through Conservation-Based Forest Management John Nickerson, Conservation Forester, Pacific Forest Trust
SESSION VII: Next Steps to Carbon Sequestration Commercialization
Session VII Chair: Terry Surles
Introductory Remarks
 		Researcher, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii; California Institute for Energy & Environment
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Phase III Dawn Deel, Project Manager, Environmental Projects Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Carson (California) Hydrogen Power (including CO2 capture for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration) Michael Cox, CO2 Transportation and Sequestration Manager, BP Alternative Energy
Are There Opportunities for a Combined Terrestrial (Biomass Power) and Geologic Sequestration Project? John Kadyszewski, Coordinator, Ecosystem Services, Winrock International
SESSION VIII: Connecting with CO2 Emission Credit Markets
Session VIII Chair: Jim Cathcart Forest Resource Trust Manager, Oregon Department of Forestry; WESTCARB Manager for Carbon Credit Market Validation
Perspectives of a Terrestrial Sequestration “Offset Project” Funder Mike Burnett, Executive Director, The Climate Trust (Oregon)
Climate Projects and Protocols Robyn Camp, Program Director, California Climate Action Registry
SESSION IX: Public Outreach
Session IX Chair: Sally Benson Carbon Sequestration Program Leader, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; WESTCARB Chair of Public Outreach Committee
WESTCARB Public Outreach Lessons to Date Rich Myhre, Vice President, Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc. (with remarks by Sally Benson and Rob Trautz, LBNL, on the Rosetta pilot public meetings)