Mr. Springsteen serves as the permitting and compliance manager for the Placer County Air Pollution Control District.  He has over 30 years of experience in air pollution formation, control, monitoring, and sampling.  He has led projects evaluating the air quality impacts of the use of forest, agricultural, and urban biomass wastes for energy, biochar, wood products, and compost as an alternative to landfilling and open pile burning.  He is studying the greenhouse gas benefits of forest fuel-reduction treatment projects that reduce the size and intensity of wildfire.  Mr. Springsteen has a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.