		      
                            Official Meeting of the
             National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the 
      U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation
                                       
                             TELECONFERENCE AGENDA
                         Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
                 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
                          1201 Constitution Ave. NW 
                       EPA East WJC Building, Room 1132
                             Washington, DC 20460
                                       

12:30 pm	Call to Order and Introductions
		Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer
		U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

12:35 pm	Opening Remarks
            Cynthia Jones-Jackson, Associate Director
            Office of Diversity, Advisory Committee Management and Outreach (ODACMO) 
		
		Denise Sirmons, Director, ODACMO
			
12:40 pm	Welcome and Overview of Agenda
Octaviana Trujillo, Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
            Brian Houseal, Chair of the National Advisory Committee (NAC)
            
12:50 pm	Update on U.S. Priorities & Guidance: 20[th] Anniversary 
            Jane Nishida, Acting Assistant Administrator, International & Tribal Affairs (OITA), EPA  
            JoAnn Chase, Director American Indian Environmental Office (OITA) 
1:10 pm	Question & Answer Period 
		
1:25 pm 	CEC Operational Plan Overview & NAPECA Grants Update
		Irasema Coronado, Executive Director, CEC Secretariat  
1:35 pm 	Question & Answer Period

1:45 pm 	 JPAC Report-out
		Dave Angus, Chair, Joint Public Advisory Committee
1:55 pm	Question & Answer Period

2:10 pm	Public Comments Period




Continued...
	
2:25 pm	Discussion on the NAAEC's 20[th] Anniversary
Octaviana Trujillo, Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee 
            Brian Houseal, Chair of the National Advisory Committee

3:45 pm	Next Steps
            
4:30 pm	 ADJOURN

