Call for Papers

Submit Your Paper for the 2020 FET Environment Conference

Abstracts Due by February 7, 2020

Papers are now being accepted on a variety of topics that have a broad interest across many disciplines and do not include sales-oriented materials. A recent survey of FET Members included the following Topics our members are interested in:

New Regulations
Compliance: Best Management Practices
Sustainability
PFAS
Complex EHS issues – how companies worked through them and worked with regulators
Recordkeeping requirements: what’s important to keep, for how long, paper vs electronic
Emerging contaminants (other than PFAS) which are potentially going to come up in the future
Waste determination – in-depth by a Wisconsin DNR speaker
Recycling
Tools for compliance
Industrial wastewater
Stormwater
Wastewater treatment – latest developments
Water – conserving actions including manufacturing
VOCs and HAPs – ideas for reducing these
Management systems
Climate Change
Maximizing relationships with regulators
SPCC
Reducing Phosphorus discharge
Tanks – What to expect during a tank inspection

Acceptance of an abstract by FET is considered a commitment by the author to present the paper at the 2020 Conference to be held on Tuesday, October 20th and Wednesday, October 21st.

Abstract Submittal Information: Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words; include your name, title, professional affiliations (i.e. CHMM, PE, etc.), company name, address, phone, fax and email address. Please submit your abstract by email to info@fetinc.org

All Abstracts are peer-reviewed and you will be notified of the status of your submission.

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Lori Schneider

“All of the sessions were well done. It is always difficult to make this material interesting when you have gone through this over and over. Everyone did a great job and I enjoyed the interactive training.”

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