These are documents for REGFORM’s Missouri Water Seminar, July 30-31, 2025
Download your certificate of attendance here
The agenda is here.
The attendee list is here.
Sponsor slides with sponsors’ contact information are here.
Attorneys: MoBar has approved this seminar for 12.8 hours of CLE. The course ID for this program is 772897.
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
9:00 a.m. Watch Your Backslide NICK MUENKS, Geosyntec
9:40 a.m. Water Protection Program Update HEATHER PETERS, MDNR, WPP
10:55 a.m. The Reckoning: Facing the Staggering Cost of Operating the Water Protection Program HEATHER PETERS, MDNR, WPP
11:10 a.m. More From Maui. Is a Functional Equivalent Discharge Coming to an Outfall Near You? ALLISON PEARSON, Barr ROB MORRISON, Barr
1:00 p.m. Strengthening Cooperative Federalism and the Impact of the Criminal Enforcement Executive Order JESSIE MERRIGAN, Spencer Fane
1:40 p.m. Land Application of Industrial Wastewater and Wastewater Treatment Residuals OWEN GALLAGHER, MDNR, WPP
2:40 p.m. StORM Warning. A Plan to Reduce the Size of Your Permit and Help You Comply CODY KIMBELL, MDNR, WPP
3:20 p.m. Retention. Detention. Which Offers the Ideal Solution for Your Stormwater KEVIN CASSIL, Environmental Works, Inc., JAY BERGERON, Stormwater Dynamic Solutions
Thursday, July 31
7:45 a.m. Ammonia Criteria. Will You be Affected? How? ALEX BIELEFELDT, MDNR, WPP
8:25 a.m. Taking Steps to Address an MS4’s Biggest Water Quality Challenge JOSHUA HORNE, Geosyntec
9:25 a.m. Gimme Shelter! Stormwater Permit Benchmarks vs. No Exposure MIKE HOGAN, Geosyntec MONICA CRISAFULLI, Geosyntec
10:05 a.m. EPA Region 7 Water Update JEFF ROBICHAUD, US EPA Region 7
10:45 a.m. Perspectives on Inspections and Criminal Investigations BRITTANY BARRIENTOS, Stinson
11:25 a.m. Skip Your Next Inspection for a Desk Audit JOE CLAYTON, MDNR, WPP
Post-Seminar Add-on
12:30 p.m. Permitting Deep Dive: Conversations With Permit Writers LEASUE MEYERS,
PAM HACKLER, CODY KIMBELL, DEVON LINDSTROM, CINDY LEPAGE, BECKY CRIPE,
Speaker Bios
Brittany Barrientos, Stinson
brittany.barrientos@stinson.com
Brittany’s deep understanding of environmental, health and safety laws across the regulatory, transactional and litigation spectrums allows her to find well-rounded and practical solutions to complex issues. She has significant experience assisting clients with environmental, health and safety regulatory requirements arising under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, solid and hazardous waste laws, Superfund, OSHA and PHMSA, as well as state and local environmental laws and regulations. Brittany’s broad experience gives her the ability to issue-spot across media and type of issue, in a way that provides both continuity and efficiency for her clients. She has worked extensively with municipalities and electric-generating utilities, mobile sources, and clients in the chemical, manufacturing and real estate industries. Her journalism background and endless curiosity also serve her well as she navigates FOIA issues, inspections and information requests, and investigations across sectors. Brittany is also a recent graduate of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s esteemed two-year Centurions Leadership Program, and she is excited to continue to “Learn. Serve. Lead.” in the Community.
Jay Bergeron, Stormwater Dynamic Solutions
stormwaterdynamicsolutions@gmail.com
Jay Bergeron is a senior environmental consultant and founder of Stormwater Dynamic Solutions, specializing in stormwater BMP planning, maintenance, inspection, and digital compliance reporting. With over 17 years of experience, Jay has led large-scale environmental projects for clients including BNSF Railway, Honeywell, USACE, and the Department of Defense. He has consulted for FEMA across Region 7, supporting disaster recovery and resiliency mitigation projects ranging from wastewater treatment plant relocations to mega-energy infrastructure and performed everything from NEPA compliance, written municipal Stormwater Management Plans and more. Jay’s firm is known for delivering the only BMP service that provides a sustainability scorecard quantifying site-level performance in carbon reduction, pollutant removal, and system health focused on delivering additional credit to clients that were unrealized.
Jay is the author of the book: An Introduction to Successful Green Infrastructure Transition for Planners, Officials, and Program Managers, a practical guide for implementing GI in communities. He also serves as President of the St. Charles Watersheds Alliance, where he leads green infrastructure policy forums, and he also sits on the Steering Committee of the Design-Build Institute of America’s St. Louis chapter. His work blends technical expertise, regulatory insight, and a systems-based approach to infrastructure planning and sustainability.
Alex Bielefeldt, MDNR WPP
alex.bielefeldt@dnr.mo.gov
Alex is an associate environmental engineer with the antidegradation unit of wastewater construction permitting section. He reviews antidegradation reports submitted by both domestic and industrial permittees to determine discharge impacts and benefits, and to ensure that proposed site-specific effluent requirements are met. He also review engineering plans, construction specifications, and project summaries for compliance with state and federal design standards. Recently he has also been working on technology factsheets and performance guidance for lagoon systems, as well as implementing permitting flexibility with regards to the 2013 EPA Mussel ammonia criteria looking to be implemented at the state level. He has several years of permitting experience spanning the whole scope of the process from planning a new discharge to constructing to operating the facility.
April Brennan, Environmental Works, Inc.
abrennan@environmentalworks.com
April is a Senior Project Manager with 18 years’ experience in consulting and environmental, health, and safety, with a passion to help clients overcome their challenges. At EWI, April leads a team in strategic services, providing compliance, remediation, EHS, and auditing support for clients. April also conducts training services (e.g., HAZWOPER, SWPPP/SPCC, hazardous waste) and is responsible for continuous improvement and business development. April received a B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Biology from Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University).
Kevin Cassill, Environmental Works, Inc
kcassil@environmentalworks.com
Kevin has been creating environmental solutions to the benefit of his clients for over four decades. His experience in industry and consulting has cultivated expertise in negotiating remedies, resolving serious enforcement, empowering impaired property redevelopment, supporting high stakes litigation, enhancing environmental compliance and management systems, and counseling for risk management and positive impact to your bottom line. A farm boy turned chemist; Kevin started his career in the laboratory of a pharmaceutical manufacturer who inherited massive environmental liability. That launched his journey navigating myriad aspects of environmental compliance and sustainability, with an intentional focus on the systems and strategies that guide the science and influence business objectives. Today, Kevin is one of EWI’s most experienced Principals, managing Strategic Services for EWI, where he works extensively with corporate leaders and legal counsel on complex issues across the spectrum of your needs.
Joe Clayton, MDNR WPP
joe.clayton@dnr.mo.gov
Joe graduated from the MU-School of Natural Resources in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries & Wildlife Management. From there, he joined MDC as a resource assistant working on a fish community study investigating the impact of hydroelectric generation at Bagnell Dam on aquatic habitat, species abundance, and distribution throughout the Lower Osage River. In 2013, he relocated to Lakeland, FL and joined the FL Department of Agriculture, Division of Aquaculture inspecting commercial fish farms for compliance with FL statutes and regulations. He returned home to Missouri in 2017 to work for the MO Dept. of Agriculture and joined the Department of Natural Resources, Water Protection Program, Compliance & Enforcement Section in 2019. In 2022, Joe was prompted to Section Chief and has been working diligently to make the section more agile and responsive to the compliance assistance and enforcement challenges we face.
Monica Crisafulli, Geosyntec
monica.crisafulli@geosyntec.com
Monica has been a part of the Geosyntec Clean Water Act Compliance Department as a Project Scientist since March 2025. Prior to coming to Geosyntec, Monica worked on The Boeing Company Environment, Health and Safety team in St. Louis, Missouri. During that time, she managed enterprise-wide and regional projects to ensure regulatory compliance. Currently, she leverages this experience to provide an industrial perspective for her team and clients. Monica has been working with municipalities, energy providers, and various other industries to support NPDES permitting and compliance, and industrial pretreatment programs.
Aimee D. Guzman Davenport, Stinson
aimee.davenport@stinson.com
Aimee assists public and private clients in energy, environmental and administrative law matters to help them manage new requirements and to resolve issues with governmental agencies and third-parties. Aimee’s practice involves an in-depth knowledge of administrative agencies and the legal authority under which they operate.
Prior to entering private practice, she served as deputy general counsel to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources where she advised the department in governance, contract, environmental, employment and other matters as assigned. Prior to her time with the department, Aimee served as an attorney for the Missouri Public Service Commission where she advised the commissioners and chief law judge in tariff and rate cases. Her experience representing public bodies and serving as in-house counsel for governmental agencies gives her an intricate understanding of how agencies function in areas of rulemaking, permitting/licensing and enforcement.
Ed Galbraith, Barr
egalbraith@barr.com
Ed Galbraith has over 30 years’ experience in environmental regulatory matters, including two decades with the Missouri DNR, most recently as Director of the Division of Environmental Qualtity. He now helps manufacturing, mining, power, and municipal clients achieve successful outcomes with their water and hazardous waste compliance challenges, including permitting, compliance assistance, planning, evaluations, and studies.
Owen Gallagher, MDNR WPP
owen.gallagher@dnr.mo.gov
Owen is the Special Projects Coordinator for the department’s Water Pollution Control Branch. In this role Owen, among other duties, assists with rulemaking efforts, integrated management plans, emerging contaminates, and nutrients. Owen started his career at the department as a domestic permit writer in the department’s Operating Permits Section. As a permit writer, Owen learned the importance of understanding and working with a wide range of permittees. Most recently, Owen worked in the Water Quality Standards unit, focusing on researching and developing human health criteria for the state. Owen brings with him knowledge and experience on permitting, water quality criteria, nutrient regulations, and various department rulemaking efforts.
Art Goodin, MDNR
arthur.goodin@dnr.mo.gov,
Art Goodin was named as a Deputy Director for the department’s Division of Environmental Quality, in January of 2022. He oversees the Waste Management Program, Environmental Remediation Program, Water Protection Program, Central Field Operations Office, St. Louis Regional Office, and the Southeast Regional Office.
Art began his career with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in 2002, as an environmental specialist in the Southeast Regional Office. He worked in water pollution control, spending most of his time on stormwater and land disturbance permitting and inspections. In July 2007, Art joined the department’s Environmental Emergency Response section as an on-scene coordinator in southeast Missouri, working on hazardous materials emergencies, homeland security and emergency management issues. Art left the department in 2011, to work as an environmental manager in the private sector. Art rejoined the department in 2012, and resumed his emergency response duties. In 2014, Art became Chief of the regional office’s Water Pollution unit, where he led the unit’s efforts to improve operational efficiency and increase the impact of its compliance assistance activities. Most recently, Art served as Director of the department’s Southeast Regional Office, located in Poplar Bluff, since March 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Southeast Missouri State University.
Mike Hogan, Geosyntec
MHogan@geosyntec.com
Mike is a Project Scientist with ten years of experience as an environmental consultant and scientist with Geosyntec’s St. Louis, Missouri office. Areas of expertise include surface water quality sampling and data management/interpretation, environmental permitting, natural resource investigations, hydrologic monitoring and data collection, and aquatic ecology. Mike supports projects in these subject matters throughout the Midwest.
Mike’s regulatory experience includes: NPDES permitting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sections 401, 404, and 408 permitting for impacts to waters of the U.S. and levees, and protected species consultations with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and state agencies.
Joshua Horne, Geosyntec
j
Cody Kimbell, MDNR WPP
cody.kimbell@dnr.mo.gov
Cody is an Environmental Program Specialist at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources focusing on industrial wastewater/stormwater permitting and similar subject areas. He has a passion for working with the public to better understand, appreciate, and advocate for water resources as he believes the most effective way to protect our water is through cooperation and engagement. He has made stakeholder engagement the foundation of his career, creating a better understanding of water protection and its value to our varied stakeholder groups. His personal goal when working with industry is not only to improve understanding of the public but also improve his own knowledge about industry. This helps him produce permits and other documents that better align with real world practices and consider not just the regulations, but the permit holders themselves.
Jessie Merrigan, Spencer Fane
jmerrigan@spencerfane.com
Jessie Merrigan is a partner with Spencer Fane and currently serves as the Co-Chair for the Environment and Energy Practice Group. She works with clients on a wide range of regulatory matters including enforcement response, compliance advice and managing emerging contaminants and issues.
Rob Morrison, Barr
RMorrison@barr.com
Rob has over 30 years of experience in water resources & environmental engineering. His background includes water permitting, water quality science, total maximum daily load studies, anti-degradation procedures, and compliance assistance. He has assisted clients with NPDES permit renewals ranging from coal combustion power plants to municipal wastewater treatment facilities. He has led & participated in the design of domestic wastewater & industrial water treatment projects. Rob worked for 24 years at MDNR, where he led RCRA Permits & Corrective Action Section & the Water Pollution Control Branch.
Nick Muenks, Geosyntec
n
Allison Pearson, Barr
apearson@barr.com
Kevin Perry, REGFORM
kperry@regform.org
Kevin is Assistant Director at REGFORM, a Missouri association focused entirely on State and Federal environmental regulations & policies. He is a registered lobbyist & holds a BS degree in biology. He has over 25 years of experience, including work as a biologist at US EPA Office of Water. He sings in the choir at church.
Heather Peters, MDNR WPP
h
Jeff Robichaud, EPA Region 7
j
Roger Walker, REGFORM
rwalker@regform.org
Roger has a private legal practice focusing on permitting, compliance, and enforcement, but spends most of his time managing REGFORM, a business association in MO that works on numerous regulatory matters. He has a JD from UMKC and LLM from Lewis & Clark School of Law.