The Federation of Environmental Technologists' (FET) annual environmental conference will be held March 6-8, 2006 at the Four Points Sheraton - Airport, 4747 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee.

Environment '06 includes over 100 exhibitors, breakout sessions that discuss environmental regulations and much more.

Conference air pollution topics include:

• Title V Permit Compliance Monitoring and Certification Implications
• Federal Air Regulatory Update
• Ozone and Particulate Air Exceedances: Consequences in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin's Air Toxics (NR 445) Update
• New Source Review Air Update
• Overview of Air Permitting (including federal and state air permit regulations)

There are a number of pre-conference workshops scheduled for Monday March 6th:

• Environmental, health & safety primer
• Train the environmental trainer
• Stormwater permitting
• 8-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) review course

The Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program along with other Wisconsin Pollution Prevention Partners will be hosting an exhibit at the conference.

For more information on the conference visit www.fetinc.org or contact the FET office at 262/644-0070.

-- Thomas J. Coogan

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