U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Good Neighbor Environmental Board

Meeting Day 1

June 18-19, 2008

San Diego State University

Imperial Valley Campus Library

Calexico, California

AGENDA

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

8:00 A.M.	Registration

8:30		Welcome and Introductions		

		Welcome:	Paul Ganster, Chair, GNEB

			     	Rafael DeLeón, Director, OCEM

			      	Lorena Cedeño-Zambrano, Acting Designated Federal Officer

				Board Members, Attendee Self Introductions

9:00	Regional Welcome

Steven Roeder, Dean, SDSU Imperial Valley Campus 

Victor Carrillo, Supervisor, Imperial County 

9:30	Imperial-Mexicali Region Air Quality:  New Approaches to Pollution
Reduction

		Brad Poiriez, Air Quality Officer

Imperial County

10:15		California-Baja California Border Region Energy and Renewable

Alternatives

		Alan Sweedler, Chair, Center for Energy Studies

San Diego State University

11:00		Public Comments

11:20		Endangered Species Habitat

		Christopher Brown, Associate Professor of Geography

		New Mexico State Universitry

12:00		Working Lunch

12:45		Colorado River Joint Cooperative Project, U.S. Mexico

Carlos Marin, U.S. Commissioner

International Boundary and Water Commission

1:30		Dumping on Tribal Lands:  Pala Reservation New Transfer Station 

		Lenore Volturno, Director of Environmental Services

Pala Band of Mission Indians

2:15		Break

2:30		New River & Artificial Wetlands:  Using Nature to Clean Water

		Marie Barrett, Outreach Coordinator, Citizen’s Congressional Task
Force

		New River Wetland Project  		 

3:15		Board Members Report Out Presentations

4:00		 Adjourn

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Good Neighbor Environmental Board

Meeting Day 2

June 18-19, 2008

San Diego State University

Imperial Valley Campus Library

Calexico, California

AGENDA

Thursday, June 19, 2008

7:40 A.M .	Registration

8:00		Business Meeting Call to Order

8:10		Approval of Minutes of Washington, DC March 2008 Meeting

		Paul Ganster, Chair

		

FACA Developments

		Rafael De León, Director, OCEM 

8:40	Approval & Discussion of GNEB Advice Letter to President George W.
Bush

Luis Ramirez, Lead, Advice Letter Team

9:00		GNEB Twelfth Report 

	“Innovation, Including Incentives, to Prevent/Reduce Pollution at the
U.S.-Mexico Border”

Paul Ganster, Chair, GNEB

9:15		Approach to Case Studies

Diane Austin & Ann Marie Wolf, Members, GNEB

9:30		Discussion of Potential Case Studies

11:00		Break

11:15		Discussion of Potential Case Studies (Continued)

11:50		Selection of Case Studies and Formation of Drafting Teams

12:20		Public Comments

12:40		El Paso Public Meeting Discussion [Meeting Dates: Sept. 24-25,
2008]

		Next Steps

1:00		Adjourn

