Daniel Simon, partner in Ballard Spahr's Washington, D.C., office will speak at the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis May 2-5 about where the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) stands in terms of how biomass suppliers and their customers can capitalize on the prescribed benefits.
"Details still need to be hammered out regarding what the guidelines are going to be on forest stewardship plans that need to be followed," Mr. Simon said. "For matching payments or established matching payments for forest land, it has to satisfy forest stewardship guidelines. The USDA is still creating their internal guidelines about what underscores the true definition of forest stewardship."