Day 1, February 26, 2007
David Eaton, Ph.D., Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Address: c/o LBJ School of Public Affairs, P.O. Box Y, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8925
Phone: +1–512–232–4012
Fax: +1–512–471–9686
Email: eaton@mail.utexas.edu
Ms. Sherburne Abbott, The University of Texas at Austin Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability
Address: Prov Ofc Sustain Initiatives, 1 University Station Stop C1900, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: +1–512–471–2457
Email: shereabbott@austin.utexas.edu
Ms. Elva Denisse Varela-Olivas
Attorney, Baker and McKenzie
Address: 6248 Edgemere Blvd., Suite 504, El Paso, TX 79925
or P.O. Box 9338, El Paso, TX 79995
Phone: +52–65–6629–1300
Fax: +52–65–6629–1302
Email: denisse.varelaolivas@bakernet.com
Mr. Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association
“Developing a Comprehensive Scrap Tire Management Program in Mexico”
Address:1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: +1–202–682–4882
Email: Michael@rma.org
This talk will cover required legislative and regulatory programs that can help establish a viable scrap tire industry. The presentation will also focus on defining the basic components of the scrap tire industry.
Presentation (English, Spanish)
This session will provide information that can help the entrepreneur understand and manage the challenges in setting up a scrap tire business.
The outcome will be a better understanding of the markets for scrap tires, processing scrap tires and the business considerations for a start up company.
Mr. Terry Gray, TAG Associates
“Scrap Tire Market Development.”
Address: 18038 Radworthy Dr., Suite 1, Houston, TX 77084
Phone: +1–281–463–7552
Email: tagray@flash.net
PowerPoint (English Only)
Mr. Richard P. Colyar, Sales Manager, Columbus-McKinnon Corporation
“Processing Scrap Tires for Market Applications.”
Address: Sarasota Operations, 1920 Whitfield Ave., Sarasota, FL 34243
Phone: 800–848–1071, ext. 12 or +1–941–755–2621, ext. 12
Fax: +1–941–753–2308
Email: Richard.Colyar@cmworks.com
PowerPoint (English Only)
Mr. Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association
“Concepts of Market Development.”
Phone: +1–202–682–4882
email: Michael@rma.org.
address:1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Presentation (English, Spanish)
This session will discuss options for recycling of scrap tires, including: road paving, embankment and other civil engineering applications; tire-derived fuel applications; gasification; other potential uses, including molded rubber products. The outcome will be to determine the utility and prospects of different end uses for scrap tires.
Mr. Luis Carranza, CEMEX representative
“In Waste Tire Co-Processing Practices”
Address: Av. Independencia 1150 Ote., Col. Cementos, Monterrey, N.L., México 64520
Phone: +52–81–8305–1689 ext. 1689
Email: luis.carranza@cemex.com
Presentation (English, Spanish)
Mr. Gustavo Nunez, Grupo GCC Cementos de Chihuahua
“Tire Derived Fuel in Mexico.”
Address: Km.332, Carretera 14b, Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, C.P. 32730, Mexico
Phone: +52–656–227–1600 ext. 2520
Fax: +52–65–6649–5016
Email: gnunezca@gcc.com
Presentation (Spanish Only )
Mr. Richard S. Williammee, Jr., P.E., District Materials Engineer Fort Worth District, Texas Department of Transportation
“Use of Tire Bales and Crumb Rubber for Engineering Uses,”
Phone: +1–817–370–6675
Fax: +1–817–370–6713
Address: P.O. Box 6868, Ft. Worth, TX 76115-0868
Email: rwillia@dot.state.tx.us
Presentation (English Only)
Martin Bremer, Ph.D., Profesor Investigator, Centro de Calidad Ambiental, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
“Civil Engineering Experience with Scrap Tires”
Address: ITESM, Av. Garza Sade 2501, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Phone: +52–81–8328–4032;
Fax: +52–81–8359–6280
Email: mbremer@itesm.mx
Presentation (English, Spanish)
Introduction by Lawrence Sager, Dean, The University of Texas at Austin
Phone: +1–512–232–1120
Email: lsager@law.utexas.edu
Mr. Daniel Chacon, General Manager, Border Environmental Cooperation Commission
“Scrap Tire Disposal in the US-Mexico Border and Sustainable Recycling Solutions in the context of the BECC Development Process”
Address: Border Environmental Cooperation Commission, P.O. Box 221648, El Paso, TX 79913
Phone: +52–65–6688–4600 or 6688–4621
Email: dchacon@cocef.org.
Presentation (English Only)
Mr. Scott Storment, Senior Officer, North American Development Bank
“NADB Financing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region”
Address: 203 South St. Mary’s St., Suite 300, San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: +1–210–231–8000
Presentation (English Only)
This session will discuss available methods are available to track and locate clandestine scrap tire piles. The outcome is to share ways of finding and managing scrap tires.
Mr. Rick Picardi, Co-Chair of U.S.-Mexico Border Scrap Tire Group, USEPA
“Border 2012: U.S.-Mexico Border Scrap Tire Inventory.”
Address: Senior Policy Advisor, Ariel Rios Building, Mail Code 5304P, 1220 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone: +1–703–308–8879
Email: picardi.rick@epa.gov
Presented by Mr. Terry Gray
Presentation (English Only)
Mr. Marco Campos
“Locating Scrap Tire Piles Using Remote Sensing”
Address: c/o Wendy Willingham, LBJ School of Public Affairs, P.O. Box Y, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8925
Phone: +1–512–232–4012
Fax: +1–512–471–9686
Presentation (English Only)
Ms. Catherine Huybrechts, Endpoint Environmental
“Mapping Tire Piles with Imagery”
Address:678–3rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118-3907
Phone: +1–415–668–4222
Email: Catherine@endpointenvironmental.com
Presentation (English Only)
Ms. Lillian Conroe, California Integrated Waste Management Board
Email: lconroe@ciwmb.ca.gov
Determine what lessons can be drawn from past state programs and what comprises current successful programs. The outcome will be how government actors can provide incentives to encourage the development of scrap tire markets.
Mr. Ramon Sampayo Ortiz, SEMARNAT Delegado in Tamaulipas
“Program of Scrap Tires in Tamaulipas.”
Address: Calle 8 Centre Matamoros y Morelos, Palacio Federal, 2 Piso Zona Centro, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, CP 87000, Mexico.
Phone: +52–83–4315–0346
Fax: +52–83–4318–5251
Email: ramon.sampayo@semarnat.gob.mx
Presentation (English, Spanish)
Ms. Jan Rae Clark, Waste Specialist, Florida, Environmental Management
“The Florida Department of Environmental Protection Waste Tire Management Program”
Address: Environmental Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Solid Waste Section, MS-4565, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32339-2400
Phone: +1–850–245–8744
Fax: +1–850–245–8744
Email: Jan.Rae.Clark@dep.state.fl.us
Presentation (English Only)
Mr. John Forehand, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
“Texas’s Waste Tire Program”
Address: 174, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: +1–512–239–2515
Fax: +1–512–239–0404