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Publications and Presentations by ARI Staff:

Binder, J., February 4-6, 2004, "Adding the "O" to DB – Risks and Rewards. An Expert Panel Addresses the Issues and Provides Lessons Learned", Participated in Panel at 2004 Water/Wastewater Conference, San Diego, California.

Binder, J., November 20-21, 2003, "Procurement Advisors", Presented at Urban Water Institute Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Binder, J., November 20, 2003, "Stockton: A Water and Wastewater Utilities Partnership Case Study", Presented at Urban Water Institute Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Binder, J., September 10-12, 2003, "Stockton: A Water Partnership Case Study", Presented at US Conference of Mayors 2003 Urban Water Summit, Chicago, Illinois.

Binder J., June 18, 2003, "Due Diligence: Maximizing Your Negotiating Position", Presented at Municipal Forum – The Future of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Contracts, Boxborough, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., June 9, 2003, "Overview Procurement Process for Contract Operation and Design and Construction of Improvements to the Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Utilities, Stockton, California", Presented to US Conference of Mayors Urban Water Council, Denver, Colorado.

Doran, P., January 10, 2003, "The Design/Build/Operate Project Delivery Method: A How to Seminar for Industries and Municipalities", Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., September 25-27, 2002, "Demystifying Public-Private Partnerships", 15th Annual Conference Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Houston, Texas.

Binder, J., September 26, 2002, "Getting Through the Procurement Process: Procurement Basics for Public-Private Partnerships", 15th Annual Conference Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Houston, Texas.

Binder, J., June 20, 2002, "City of Stockton Procurement Process for Water, Wastewater, Stormwater and Utility Billing Services", Urban Water Conference, San Francisco, California.

Binder J., January 23, 2002, "Looking for Help – Procuring Outside Services to Build or Operate" Water Asset Management Meeting the Demand of the New Reality, Presented for the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships and USEPA, Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Binder, J., September 26, 2001, "Outsourcing: Procurement of Services to Design, Build, and/or Operate Water and Wastewater Systems", Managing Municipal Water Systems in the 21st Century, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Binder, J., May 30-June 1, 2001, "Putting the Deal Together – Structuring the Contract and Costs". Participant in Panel for National Council for Public-Private Partnerships/Water Institute – Design-Build Odyssey, Water and Wastewater Projects, Portland, Maine.

Doran, P., January 30, 2001, "Implementation of the City of Taunton's Design/Build/Operate Wastewater Project: A Case History of Massachusetts' First D/B/O Wastewater Project", NEWEA Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Minott, D., August 1-6, 2000, "Environmental Issues for Resource Recovery Facilities," Presented at the 8th Conference of Environmental Chemists of the Caribbean, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Doran, P. (ARI), Koutalidis, C. (ARI), and Peter Lau (Roy F. Weston), May 11, 2000, "The Design/Build/Operate Project Delivery Method: A How to Seminar for Industries and Municipalities", Enviro Expo 2000, Boston, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., April 13-14, 2000, "Solid Waste Management in Puerto Rico: The Role of Resource Recovery", Presented at the Convención Ambiente 2000, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Doran, P., March 30, 2000, "Long-Term Contract Operations of Water/Wastewater Treatment Systems", 44th Annual Great Plains Waste Management Conference, Omaha, Nebraska.

Binder, J., March 29, 2000, "Risk Sharing and Shifting: Identification of Risk Elements; Technical Perspective," Presented at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Urban Water Training Seminar, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Doherty, J., Binder J. and M. Kelly, February 1999, "Privatization vs. Municipal Ownership: Which Way Do I Go?", Published in the New Jersey League of Municipalities, New Jersey.

Binder, J, October 1997, Participant in Panel on Contract Issues with Public-Private Partnerships, National Council for Public-Private Partnerships Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.

Minott, D., June 8-13, 1997, "Sustainable Technologies: Experience and Perspective," Presented at 90th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Toronto, Ontario.

Binder, J., April 29, 1997, "Procurement for Public-Private Partnerships for Water and Wastewater Facilities: How to Elicit Top-quality Proposals," New England Environmental EXPO World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Binder, J. and P. Doran, April 1997, Participant in Panel, "Revitalizing Water and Wastewater Infrastructure – Municipal Partnering with the Private Sector," New England Environmental Expo, Boston, Massachusetts.

Doran, P., January 1997, Seminar Speaker at Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Engineering Management Group's Seminar on Privatization, Boston, MA.

Doran, P., January 1997, Participant in Workshop, "Procurement for Public/Private Partnerships, " City of Newport, RI.

Binder, J., December 1996, Participant in Regional Issues Forum, "Procurement for Public/Private Partnerships, Case Study, Taunton, Massachusetts," Presented at Urban Water Institute, US Conference of Mayors, Baltimore, Maryland.

Binder, J., October 1996, Participant in Workshop, "Public/Private Partnerships: Alternative Financing," Presented at ICMA 82nd Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Binder, J. and P. Doran, July, August 1996, Participant in Workshop-Procurement for Public-Private Partnerships for Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Presented at IBC USA's Contract Operations conferences, San Diego and Chicago.

Licata, A. and D. Minott, March 31, 1996, "Comparison of Air Emissions from Solid Waste Management Facilities", Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Waste Processing Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Atlantic City, NJ.

Binder, J., March 1, 1996, "Privatization of Wastewater Facilities," Presented to Massachusetts Clean Water Council, Boston, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., May 11, 1995, "Overview of Options for Residuals Management." Presented at Septage and Sludge Management Conference, Union County, Pennsylvania.

Binder, J., May 10, 1995, "Advantages and Disadvantages of Privatization." Presented to Privatization Panel, Bergen County Utility Authority, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Minott, D., February 19-22, 1995, "Air Pollutant Emissions from MSW Landfills - The 'Sleeper' Issue for Landfill Design and Regulation", Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Solid Waste Management, New York City, NY.

Binder, J., Minott, D., October 1994, "Air Quality Compliance Requirements for Waste-to-Energy and Landfills." Presented at Resource Ohio '94, Akron, Ohio.

Minott, D., June 13-17, 1994, "Landfill Environmental Emissions - Regulatory Progress and Gaps, "Conference Proceedings: Annual Conference, Solid Waste Association of North America - New York State Chapter, Rochester, NY.

Osborn, J., March, 1992, "Proactive Establishment of a Materials Recovery (Recycling) Facility Coupled with a Resource Recovery Facility Based on Policies Established by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Authority," Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Environmental Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Higgins, S., 1990, " Setting up a Laboratory for Radon in Water Measurements," Radon, Radium and Uranium in Drinking Water, Lewis Publishers.

Minott, D., October 1990, "Efficient Combustion with Fluid Bed Furnaces," Solid Waste & Power, Vol. IV, N5.

Binder, J. and P. Calpin, June 1990, "Recycling-Economic Facts and Performance." Presented at the 14th National ASME Solid Waste Processing Conference, Long Beach, California.

Binder, J., June 29, 1990, "Solid Waste Management and Incineration." Presented at the ICMA/EPA Conference, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., April 25, 1990, "Siting a Resource Recovery Facility: Community Decision Making and Multi-Faceted Compensation." Presented at Symposium: Municipal Solid Waste Management Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty, Toronto, Canada.

Binder, J., May, 1989, "Survey of Equity Adjustment Practices for Resource Recovery Facilities." Presented at Waste Expo '89, Chicago, Illinois.

Binder, J., Minott, D.; April 1989, "Siting a Resource Recovery Facility: Community Decision-Making, Risk Education, and Multi-Faceted Compensation" International Conference on Municipal Waste Combustion, Hollywood, Florida.

Osborn, J. and S. Higgins, March 1989, "The Competitive Bid-Economics of Waste-to-Energy versus Combined Cycle," 16th Annual Energy Technology Conference, Washington, D.C.

Osborn, J., June 1988, "Hooking Up to a Materials Recovery Facility: Making the Commitment, Delivering the Goods," 1988 Cape Cod and Islands Conference on Recycling and Composting, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Binder, J., April 1988, "How Communities May Evaluate Waste Management Options." Presented at Conference on Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: Landfilling, Incineration, Resource Recovery.

Minott, D., April 1988, "Comparison of Health Risks for Energy Recovery Facilities Versus Municipal Landfills," Proceedings of Conference on Municipal Solid Waste Disposal, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA Cosponsored by U.S. EPA-Region I and the New England Waste Management Officers Association.

Recycling and Composting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; cosponsored by U.S. EPA-Region I and the New England Waste Management Officers Association.

Binder, J., January 1988, "Review of Air Emissions and Impacts from Municipal Sludge Incinerators." Presented at New York Water Pollution Control Association, Inc. Annual Meeting, New York, New York.

Binder, J., Fantasia, R.; Schlissel, N.; and J. Brown, January 1988, "The EIS Process for Resource Recovery Facilities in New York City." Presented at Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy, New York, New York.

Osborn, J. and C.W. Peterson; November 1987, "Environmental Problems and Solutions in Waste-to-Energy Technologies, " First Resource Recovery Technology Conference.

Binder, J., October 24, 1987, "Health Assessments for Waste-to-Energy Facilities and Municipal Landfills." Presented at the Solid Waste Management Conference for the South Shore Coalition, Norwell, MA.

Minott, D., February, 1987, "Fluidized Bed Combustion Facility, Erie, Pennsylvania," Proceedings of Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy (Sponsored by New York State Legislative Commission on Solid Waste Management, New York City, NY. 

Binder, J., February 11, 1987, "Health Assessments for Waste-to-Energy Facilities and Municipal Landfills." Presented at the Conference on Solid Waste Management and Material Policy, New York, New York.

Binder, J., April 28, 1986, "Resource Recovery: An Overview," Presented at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Binder, J. and R. Larkin, June 1, 1986, "Emerging Technologies and Environmental Issues." Presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 12th Biennial National Waste Processing Conference, Denver, Colorado.

Hanna, S., Burkhart, C. and R. Paine, November 1985, "Mixing Height Uncertainties", 7th AMS Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, Boulder, CO.

Minott, D., November 1985, "An Overview of Alternative Technologies for Control of Air Pollutant Emissions from Waste-to-Energy Facilities," Proceedings of Conference on Acid Gas and Dioxin Control for Waste-to-Energy Facilities, Washington, D.C.

Burkhart, C. (presenter), Hanna, S. and B. Egan (authors); October 1985, "Application of the Bootstrap to Model Evaluation," 9th AMS Conference on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences, Virginia Beach, VA. 

Binder, J., April 22, 1985, "Resource Recovery: An Overview." Presented at the Solid Waste Management Workshop, Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Binder, J., March 27, 1985, "Comments: Workshop - Best Available Control Technology." Presented at 4th Annual Resource Recovery Conference and NRRA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Minott, D., October, 1984, "Evaluation of Six Urban Air Quality Simulation Models," Preprint of the Fourth Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology (American Meteorology Society), Portland, OR.

Binder, J., August 20, 1984, "Resource Recovery: Selecting a Site and Other Key Environmental Issues." GRCDA's 22nd Annual International Seminar, Equipment, Services, and Systems Show, Orlando, Florida.

Binder, J., June 3, 1984, "Consideration Regarding Incineration of Industrial Plastic and Hazardous Waste: A Case Study," Presented at the National Waste Processing Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Binder, J., March 29, 1984, "Developing Waste-to-Energy Plants: Key Environmental Issues and Suggestions for Their Resolution." Presented for the U.S. Conference of Mayors/Natural Resources Recovery Association, 3rd Annual Resource Recovery Conference, Washington D.C.

J. Binder., October 27, 1983, "Implementation of Environmental Permitting for Resource Recovery Facilities." USCM Natural Resource Recovery Association/Mayors Leadership Institute, Nashville, TN.

Osborn, J., December 1982, "Coal Gasification," Synthetic Fuel, Volume 4, pp. 7-30, and 5th International Coal Utilization Exhibition and Conference, Houston, TX.

Minott, D., June 1982, "Comparative Performance Evaluation of MPTER and Alternative Rural Dispersion Models," Technical Paper 82-3.4: 75th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, New Orleans, LA.

Bowne, N., Londergan, R., Minott, D. and D. Murray, April 1981, "Preliminary Results from the EPRI Plume Model Validation Project - Plains Site," Interim Report EA-1788, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.

Minot, D., et. al., March 1981, "EPRI Plume Model Validation Project: Intensive Measurements Program," Fifth Symposium on Turbulence, Diffusion and Air Pollution, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. 

Binder, J.; Katz, P.; and Ripp, J., July 23, 1979, "Simplified Methods to Quantify Urban Runoff." International Symposium on Urban Storm Runoff, Lexington, Kentucky.

Minott, D., Shearer, D. and Y. Gotas, January 1979, "Measurements of the Vertical Dispersion Rate in Deep Valley Terrain, " Preprints of the Fourth Symposium on Turbulence, Diffusion, and Air Pollution, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.

Binder, J.,  Brookman, G.; and W. Wade, October 20, 1977, "Measurement and Modeling of Storm Water Runoff from Coal Storage Piles and the Impact on Receiving Waters." 7th Symposium on Coal Mine Drainage Research, Louisville, Kentucky.

Binder, J. and Brookman, G., May 24, 1977, "The Development of a Mathematical Model to Simulate Industrial Non-Point Source Pollution." Presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on Fugitive Emissions.

Binder, J. and Laird, W., October 26, 1976, "Complying with NPDES Monitoring Requirements for Cooling Water; A Case History." Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting, International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

J. Binder; Brookman, G., and R. Statnick, October 5, 1976, "Evaluation of Methods to Determine the Nature and Extent of Industrial Stormwater Runoff Sources." 49th Annual Conference, Water Pollution Control Federation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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