EBC Massachusetts Solid Waste/Energy Program
Anaerobic Digestion - Ensuring Project Approval in 2012
Friday, May 6, 2011
E. L. Harvey & Sons, Inc.
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
Welcome
Daniel K. Moon, President EBC
Introduction Robert Golledge, Program Chair and Moderator
President, Golledge Strategies and Solutions LLC
8:15 a.m.
Policy Considerations for Enhancing Renewables Project Development –
A View from the Trenches
Alan Rozich, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Chairman & Chief Technical Office, PMC BioTec Company
8:45 a.m.
The Commonwealth as the Catalyst
Ken Kimmell, Commissioner, DEP, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
9:15 a.m.
Streamlining Municipal Approvals
Thomas Mackie, Managing Shareholder, Mackie Shea O'Brien P.C.
9:45 a.m.
Networking Break
10:15 a.m.
Task Force & Sub-Committee Updates - Moving Forward
James Colman, Assistant Commissioner, DE, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
10:45 a.m.
Infrastructure & Transportation - Key Components for Success
Wayne Davis, Vice President, Incentives and Governmental Affairs, Harvest Power, Inc.
11:15 a.m.
MSW Anaerobic Digestion in Massachusetts - Panel Discussion
 James Colman, Assistant Commissioner MassDEP
 Alan F. Rozich, Chairman & Chief Technical Officer, PMC BioTec Company
 Wayne Davis, Vice President, Harvest Power, Inc.
 Thomas Mackie, Managing Shareholder, Mackie Shea & O’Brien, P.C.
12:00 a.m.
Adjourn
PROGRAM CHAIR
Bob Golledge, President
Golledge Strategies and Solutions, LLC
20 Morton Street, Canton, MA 02021
781-915-4181
bob@golledgestrategies.com
Robert W. Golledge, Jr. is currently the principal of Golledge Strategies & Solutions LLC, a consulting firm focusing
on environmental and public health matters. Prior to establishing the consulting firm, Bob served in a number of
different capacities, primarily in the public sector, including Country Director for the Peace Corps in Ghana,
Secretary of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commissioner of MassDEP, Regional Director in
Worcester for MassDEP, Chief of Staff for MassDEP, and Director of Environmental Services at VHB. He also
worked for the City of Lowell and the Town of Dartmouth before joining MassDEP’s Wetlands & Waterways Division
in the late 80s. He also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica 1983-1985. Bob received his B.S. in
Natural Resource Management from the University of Maine at Orono.
SPEAKERS
James Colman, Assistant Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108
617-292-5664
james.colman@state.ma.us
Has been assistant commissioner for Waste prevention since 1998, and in that position oversees the solid waste,
air, hazardous waste, and TURA programs. Before that, he was assistant commissioner for waste site cleanup.
Wayne Davis, Vice President - Incentives and Regulatory Affairs
Harvest Power , Inc.
221 Crescent St., Suite 402, Waltham, MA 02453
781- 314-9500 WDavis@harvestpower.com
Wayne David is Harvest’s Co-Founder and head of Incentives and Governmental Affairs. Wayne is a co-founder
and former General Counsel of Backyard Farms, where he directed the environmental permitting processes for
development of over 40 acres of greenhouses and a 17 MW combined heat and power biomass facility. Previously,
Wayne was Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Brokerage Company. Wayne graduated magna cum laude from
both Harvard Law School and Williams College.
Kenneth L. Kimmell, Commissioner
Massachusetts DEP
1 Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108
617-292-5856
ken.kimmell@state.ma.us
Kenneth L. Kimmell was appointed Commissioner of the MassDEP by Secretary of Energy and Environmental
Affairs Richard K. Sullivan Jr. on December 20, 2010. Mr. Kimmell joined the Patrick Administration in January
2007 as general counsel of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. On an interim basis, he also
served as general counsel to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Prior to joining the Patrick-Murray Administration, Mr. Kimmell was in private practice where he focused on
environmental and land use law and litigation, and argued numerous cases dealing with issues such as home rule
powers of municipalities, zoning, and solid waste permitting. Mr. Kimmell graduated from Wesleyan University and
UCLA School of Law. He lives in Newton, where he has served on the Newton Community Preservation Act
Committee. He is also a former Board Member of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions.
Thomas A. Mackie, Managing Shareholder
Mackie Shea O’Brien, PC
420 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
617 266 5700 tam@lawmso.com
Thomas Mackie is the Managing Shareholder and President of Mackie Shea O’Brien, P.C., a Boston environmental
law firm, where his practice focuses on difficult to site facilities. Recently, Mr. Mackie has been focusing his
practice on the siting of energy and solid waste management facilities including biomass, landfill gas and similar
facilities. He has also handled the siting of waste to energy plants, landfills, regional waste processing and recycling
facilities, transfer stations, medical and hazardous waste facilities. Best Lawyers in America, the definitive referral
guide for the legal profession, Chambers USA, publishers of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and the
International Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers have all consistently ranked Mr. Mackie and other attorneys in
his firm among the best environmental lawyers in Massachusetts.
Alan F. Rozich, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Chairman & Chief Technical Officer
PMC BioTec Company
3 School St. Boston, MA 02108
978.505.7570 arozich@pmcbiotec.com
Dr. Rozich has over 26 years of experience in the areas of environmental consulting, project management, and
research and development and he is a registered professional engineer in the states of Delaware and Maryland. Dr.
Rozich developed and applied new methodologies for designing and operating biotreatment systems that treat
toxic, hazardous, and difficult-to-degrade wastes, and has directed overall design and implementation of innovative
waste treatment systems domestically as well as in Asia and Europe. He managed several treatability and concept
design efforts involving biological treatment and bioremediation. Dr. Rozich pioneered the practice of using
respirometrically calibrated models for analyzing biological treatment systems and co-authored a textbook on the
subject. He currently possesses three patents in the waste treatment technology.