Our Mission

Promoting better understanding of problems in the fields of air and water pollution and waste management and providing a means for exchanging information towards resolving those problems.
This website is a portal to information for environmental professionals on news, events, regulations, conferences and meetings in West Virginia.

If you would like more information, contact a West Virginia – A&WMA section member today!

Congratulations to the West Virginia Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association for receiving the 2020 Membership Recognition Award! This award was presented to the West Virginia Chapter in recognition as outstanding performance in membership for the 3rd year in a row.

Latest events

10th Annual West Virginia Brownfields Conference

Start date: September 15, 2015

End date: September 16, 2015

Morgantown, WV The 10th Annual West Virginia Brownfields Conference is coming up! The conference will be held on Sept. 15th and 16th at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, WV. For more informat

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Recent Events

2025 WV LRS Training – 9 September 2025 – Morgantown

Date: September 9, 2025

Location: Waterfront Place, Morgantown, WV

Link to download presentations here (copy and paste into your browser):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TmCv0Ek7wVPKX2M0Qdh0DtFWvpKFuq0b?usp=drive_link

Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Registration, Breakfast, AWMA Annual Meeting

8 AM – 8:45 AM A Comprehensive Analysis of Available Methods and Models to Evaluate Trench Air
Concentrations for Excavation Workers
Speaker: Lisa Poppelreiter, Worley Consulting

8:45 AM – 10:15 AM De Minimis or Impactful? Exploring the risks of less common exposure pathways
during CSM development
Speaker: Sarah Leininger, Strategic Risk Services LLC

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM WVDEP Updates
Speaker: Ross Brittain, Ph.D – WVDEP

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Lunch: Q&A

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Introduction to PART
Speaker: Dillon Reese – West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation

LRS Training Professional Development Hours: 5.5

WV LRS Spring Training – Flatwoods, WV

Date: April 10, 2025

Link to download presentations and video located here (copy & paste into your browser):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u2_XIDbvqGjqp5rnmb1Ln-qONTd3Nnlf?usp=drive_link

8 AM – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Introductions and VRP Programmatic Updates

Speakers: Dave Carpenter – LRS/AWMA and Erin Brittain – WVDEP

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Assessing Non-Point Source Stream Impacts (VRPGM App B)

Speaker: Ross Brittain, Ph.D – WVDEP

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Monitored Natural Attenuation (Case Studies)

Speaker: Ross Brittain, Ph.D – WVDEP

12:15 PM -12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM LNAPL Site Closure Policy (VRPGM App E)

Speaker: Ross Brittain, Ph.D – WVDEP

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM Arsenic Toxicity Updates from IRIS

Speaker: Ross Brittain, Ph.D – WVDEP

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Q&A

LRS Training Professional Development Hours: 6

WV LRS Fall Training – September 10, 2024

Date: September 10, 2024

Link to download presentations located here (copy & paste into your browser): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bHFcad4k7g_WdNXOYremJG6Vx0l73ii6?usp=drive_link

The West Virginia Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) is pleased to announce a one day LRS Training Workshop in which LRS’s can obtain their 5.5 PDHs needed towards your LRS renewal requirements. The LRS Training Workshop will be held Tuesday, Sept 10 at Summersville Arena & Conference Center, Summersville, WV. The 2024 West Virginia Brownfields Conference will be held the following two days, on Wednesday & Thursday, September 11th & 12th, at the same venue.

The LRS Training Workshop fee includes a one-year membership to AWMA, breakfast, and lunch.

In order for an LRS attendee to receive educational credit for license renewal, he or she must register and attend the entire day. The training has been approved by the WVDEP for 5.5 PDHs.

WV LRS Spring Training – April 2024

Date: April 11, 2024

Location: Flatwoods Days Inn

Training video here, you made need to copy and paste into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAkFFVO2kQtVrxrFMs5SYtYvNkj204Ln/view?usp=drive_link

The West Virginia Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA), in collaboration with the WVDEP, is sponsoring a Hands-On VRP Deep Dive educational event on April 11, 2024 at the Flatwoods Days Inn Conference Center. Lunch will be provided. The event is FREE.

The agenda will be focused on real world use and hands-on training of ProUCL, BIOSCREEN and BIOCHLOR. Laptops will be required. We will also offer an open forum for an hour of Q&A topics, such as impacts of the new lead rule, PFAS, MNA, etc.

Registration is required. Attendance will be limited, so please register early.

Licensed Remediation Specialists and other environmental professionals are encouraged to attend. Attendance at this event will qualify as 6 Professional Develop Hours (PDHs) for LRS training.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wv-vrp-hands-on-deep-dive-thursday-april-11-2024-tickets-805304676967?aff=oddtdtcreator

For hotel reservations see link here: https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/days-inn/sutton-west-virginia/days-hotel-sutton-flatwoods/overview?CID=LC:iqv0j1dklijly45:05228

WV LRS Training 2023

Date: September 12, 2023

Location: Oglebay Resort

LRS Training Slide Decks

The West Virginia Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) is pleased to announce a one day LRS Training Workshop in which LRS’s can obtain their 5.5 PDHs needed towards your LRS renewal requirements. The LRS Training Workshop will be held Tuesday, Sept 12 at Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV. The 2023 West Virginia Brownfields Conference will be held the following two days, on Wednesday & Thursday, September 13th & 14th, at the same venue.

The LRS Training Workshop fee includes a one-year membership to AWMA, breakfast, and lunch.

Fees: $315 for AWMA members, $375 for non members.

In order for an LRS attendee to receive educational credit for license renewal, he or she must register and attend the entire day. The training has been approved by the WVDEP for 5.5 PDHs.