Mobile Sources/clean Air Conference Highlights Urban Programs And Emissions Concerns Sept. 16-19
Friday, September 12, 1997
NOTE TO EDITORS: Media representatives are invited to attend
the 13th Annual Mobile Sources/Clean Air Conference Sept.
16-19 at the Sheraton Convention Center in Steamboat
Springs, Colo. Interviews with speakers can be arranged
through Birgit Wolf at (970) 491-7240.
FORT COLLINS--Top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
officials, university researchers and auto-industry
representatives will discuss methods and programs for emissions
control and more at the 13th Annual Mobile Sources/Clean Air
Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colo., Sept. 16-19.
Over 300 air-quality experts, researchers, government
analysts and environmentalists will attend the conference at the
Steamboat Springs Convention Center. The three-day conference is
sponsored by the National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control
and Safety, part of the College of Applied Human Sciences at
Colorado State University.
The event is regarded as the premier conference in the
nation which addresses air pollution. Featured sessions include
panel presentations, round-table discussions, case studies and
thought-provoking debates. In the past, the conference has
attracted participants and speakers from the 50 states and from
countries around the world, including Canada, Mexico, England,
Germany, and others.
"This conference serves as a forum for national and
international experts to share varying perspectives and discuss
innovative solutions to common problems," said Birgit Wolff,
director of the National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and
Safety.
Effective urban planning for cleaner cities and
implementation of local and regional clean air programs will be
discussed at length. Other highlighted sessions include the
following:
* Gay MacGregor, on behalf of Margo Oge, head of the mobile
sources program at the U.S. EPA, will discuss EPA perspectives on
emissions control issues and EPA goals reaching into the year
2000 and beyond;
* Tom Auston of Sierra Research in California will evaluate
the effectiveness of alternate inspection and maintenance
programs;
* Bill Parton, professor at Colorado State, will discuss
recent evidence of global warming and the effects of emissions
from mobile sources;
* Sonia and Robert Vogl, professors at Northern Illinois
University, will discuss the concept of ecowars, which includes
the possibility of conflict over shortage of natural resources
and clean environments;
* Lenora Bohren, professor at Colorado State, will discuss
international issues involving emissions control; and
* Marty Keller of the Bureau of Automotive Repair will
discuss the implementation of enhanced inspection and maintenance
programs in California.
Presentations also are scheduled on new technology
supporting clean air, including air legislation, developments in
remote sensing research and models for inspection and
maintenance.
The National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety
opened in 1976 and is the nation's only university-based center
devoted exclusively to the study of light-duty vehicle emissions
control.
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