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
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Massachusetts Program

2014 New England Storage Tank Conference
in Worcester, MA
on December 4, 2014

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- Conference Agenda

Florida Program

25th Annual Florida State Storage Tank Conference
in Tampa, FL
on February 19, 2015

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20th Annual North Florida Storage Tank Conference
in Jacksonville, FL
on March 5, 2015

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23rd Annual South Florida Storage Tank Conference
in West Palm Beach, FL
on May 14, 2015

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Pennsylvania Program

6th Annual Pennsylvania Storage Tank Conference
in Harrisburg, PA
on April 9, 2015

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- Conference information coming soon!

Eleventh Annual International Conference on
Aboveground Storage Tanks

September 10-12, 2008, Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Orlando, Florida

8:30pm: Welcome Reception Sponsored by: ECMC Services and Vista Leak Detection

Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
8:00am	Introduction	Marshall Mott-Smith	NISTM
8:15am	EPA SPCC Update	Mark Howard	EPA Oil Center
9:00am	API Standards Update	Phil Myers	For API
9:30am	Outlook for Energy – A View to 2030	Todd Onderdonk	Exxon Mobil Corporation
10:00am	Break Sponsored by: HMT
10:45am	The Future of Alternative Fuels – Beyond Ethanol & Bio-Diesel	Ed English	Fuel Quality Services
11:15am	Tank Gauging & Inventory Management (Buncefield Recommendations)	Malcolm T Tennant CEng, BSc, MEI, MIET	Managing Director, MHT Technology Ltd
12:00pm	Lunch
1:15pm	How to Prepare Your Tanks for Hurricanes	Ray Penny	Tank Industry Consultants
2:00pm	Methods of Ground Improvement for Aboveground Storage Tanks	Mansour Tabatabaie PHD, G.E.	SC Solutions
2:30pm	New Generation of Emission Reduction for Cone-Roof Tanks	Mike Doxey	HMT, Inc.
3:15pm	Break
4:00pm	Revisions to API 235	Phil Myers	Chevron
4:30pm	API-650 11th Edition Update	Ken Erdmann	Matrix Services Inc.
5:15pm	Panel – SPCC – What can Owners Really Expect?
5:45pm	Adjourn / Cocktail Mixer Sponsored by: Matrix Service Company

Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
8:00am	Introduction	Marshall Mott-Smith	NISTM
8:10am	NASAP Report	Chris Bashor	Minnesota DEP
8:45am	Leaks, Spills, and Overfills – the Year in Review	Marshall Mott-Smith	NISTM
9:15am	Piping Leak Detection - An Unofficial Revision API 1110	Arthur Bosshart	Tampa Electric Company
9:45am	Break Sponsored by: TEMCOR
10:30am	Terminal Piping Inspection, Applying the New API-2611 Code	Randy Carroll Craig Meier	Motiva Enterprises Corrosion Control Incorporated
11:00am	Update on Ethanol Stress Corrosion Cracking	Chuck Corr	Archer Daniels Midland Inc.
11:30am	Large Diameter Non-Metallic Piping – a Ten Year Report Card	Georges Boyazis	IPP
12:00pm	Lunch
1:15pm	Tank Foundations Around the World	Alan Watson	AR Watson Inc.
1:45pm	AST Corrosion Control – Liabilities to Assets	Eric Bonner	Corrpro
2:15pm	Break Sponsored by: DJA Inspection Services, Inc.
3:00pm	Pipeline Pressure Testing	Karl Overman	Hansa Consult of N.A. (HCNA)
3:30pm	Internal Secondary Containment Release Detection Systems	Eduardo Lugo	Envirosteel Services Inc.
4:15pm	Advancements in Soil Improvement for Tank Support	Joseph Mann	Haywood Baker Inc
4:45pm	Panel - Fuel Supply and Responding to Climate Change Legislation
5:15pm	Adjourn / Cocktail Mixer Sponsored by: Consolidated Fabrication & Constructors, Inc.

Time	Topic	Speaker
Pre-Session Roundtable 8:00am	Introducing Ethanol to Terminals: Fire Protection Considerations	Bryan Webb, PE, Prime Engineering, Inc. of Atlanta, GA
Time	Topic	Speaker	Time	Topic	Speaker
8:45am	Update on Internal Floating Roof Seal Inspection	John Lieb Tank Industry Consultants	8:45am	STI Shop-Fabricated AST Repair Standard	Wayne Geyer, Steel Tank Institute
9:20am	Surface preparation	Tony Anni, Sponge-Jet Marketing	9:20am	The Importance of Quality Control for Corrosion Prevention	Dean Flessas, Pond, Inc.
9:55am	Break		9:55am	Break
10:15am	Successful Onsite Fueling from Concept to Completion	Mike Stimler, EZ Fuel & Tank Solutions	10:15am	Alternative Dike Field Areas – Perspectives from Tank Owners	Pete Van Fossen
10:50am	Optimized Battery-Powered Wireless Tank Monitoring	Larry Taylor, Omntec Manufacturing, LTD	10:50am	Above Ground Tank Remediation Challenges	Irvin R. Heath, HCR
11:25pm	UL Certifications 101	Roland Riegel, Underwriters Laboratories	11:25pm
12:00pm	Adjourn		12:00pm	Adjourn
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