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Upcoming environmental-related events and information for Kansas businesses are listed below.  If your small business has environmental compliance questions, give us a call at 1-800-578-8898 or email us at    sbeap@ksu.edu . 

For pollution prevention technical assistance or P2 intern program information, email KSU-PPI@ksu.edu. 
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Reduce hazardous waste, and energy and water usage

More than 70 Kansas companies have hired a K-State Pollution Prevention Institute, or PPI, pollution prevention, or P2, intern. The P2 intern program is 100% grant funded and continues to be available because of host company partners like you.
 
It is not too late, but the deadline for 2020 host company applications is fast approaching. Apply by Dec. 31 for a summer 2020 intern to help you identify process improvements; opportunities for pollution, water, hazardous waste and energy reductions; and financial savings. Since 2006, interns have identified $14.6 million in cost savings for their host companies.
 
Hiring a P2 intern does more than help your company reduce your environmental footprint; it gives your company a valuable return on its investment while providing a future engineering or environmental science student with real-world environmental work experience in industrial, institutional and municipal settings.
 
To learn more about hiring a P2 intern, watch this 10-minute video on YouTube about the program or visit our P2 Intern Program website . Not sure if you have needs that qualify as P2 projects? Send an email to KSU-PPI@ksu.edu or contact the P2 intern coordinator at 800-578-8898, to request a site visit or assistance.
Industrial Environmental Sustainability course - professional development hours available

The Pollution Prevention Institute, part of Kansas State University Engineering Extension, is offering the intersession class, Industrial Environmental Sustainability (CE-690) , Jan. 15-16. Professional development hours are available for those who complete the course. Students will gain insight into reducing a facility's environmental footprint, primarily through source-reduction strategies. The material will cover general strategies in identifying, developing and implementing possible projects, tools and resources available to evaluate needs and possible outcomes - all with an emphasis on the "triple bottom line" - the idea that being truly sustainable means being socially and financially sustainable as well as environmentally. For more details on this intersession opportunity, contact Lynelle Ladd at lladd@ksu.edu or 800-578-8898.
Celebrating 30 years of service to Kansas Industry

In October, the K-State Pollution Prevention Institute, or PPI, held a celebration in honor of its 30-year anniversary. Representatives from KDHE, EPA, industry and K-State were in attendance to help PPI mark this milestone.
 
The institute has served industry, institutions and communities with environmental compliance and pollution prevention technical assistance since 1989, assisting thousands of Kansas businesses. Check out the  90-second video PPI published in celebration of these 30 years of service.
Coming soon - emission inventory workshops and webinar

KDHE Bureau of Air will no longer accept paper emission inventory reports. All sources will be required to use the online State and Local Emission Inventory System, or  SLEIS , starting this April.
 
To assist sources in successfully meeting this requirement, KDHE will host several live workshops to provide technical assistance to companies who are not fully utilizing the system. For more information on the workshops, go to the KDHE website at https://kdhe.windsorcloud.com/sleis/ or use the following links to register.
  • SLEIS Webinar - Feb. 20, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. - Details
For questions related to the workshops, please call KDHE BOA at 785 -296-6024. For more information about the webinar on Feb. 20, or if you need assistance with emission inventory submissions, please contact Lynelle Ladd at lladd@ksu.edu or 800-578-8898. 
Upcoming events

Dec. 31:  Apply for a P2 Intern  - Deadline
Jan. 8-10: 53rd Annual KAPA-KRMCA Convention, Olathe, Kansas
Jan. 15-16: Industrial Environmental Sustainability Course, Manhattan, Kansas
Jan. 28: SLEIS Workshops, Topeka, Kansas
Feb. 13:  SLEIS Workshops , Wichita, Kansas
Feb. 20: SLEIS Webinar - Online
Feb. 26-28: 2020 KSFA/KEHA Joint Conference and Trade Show, Wichita, Kansas
Mar. 31 - Apr. 2:  KOR WORKS! Conference , Topeka, Kansas
Important dates to remember

Tier II reporting due annually March 1
Class I and II air emission reports and fees due annually April 1
TRI reporting due annually July 1
December 2019

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Established in 1989 within the College o f Engineering at Kansas State University, the Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) has been providing environmental compliance and pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to Kansas and Region 7 industries, communities and institutions for 30 years.
 
Entirely grant-funded, PPI provides a number of services including, 
P2 technical assistance, P2 engineering interns, P2 and environmental-compliance training. 

PPI partners with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to host the Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program known as SBEAP and with U.S. EPA to support the National SBEAP .