                                       
                         National Advisory Council for
                      Environmental Policy and Technology
                                       
                                    Agenda 
                               March 26-27, 2012
                                       
                           1201 Constitution Ave, NW
                         EPA East Building, Room 1153
                             Washington, DC 20004

Purpose:  For the Council to present final advice letters addressing two topics: 1) leadership development and organizational transformation at EPA, and 2) the need for technologies that can help address environmental problems experienced by environmental justice communities and other vulnerable populations.  In addition, the Council will discuss the charge on Sustainability and the U.S. EPA and approve the first draft advice letter on sustainability.

Monday, March 26, 2012

8:45 am	Registration

9:15 am	Welcome, Introductions, and Overview of Agenda
               *                  Mark Joyce
                 Associate Director and NACEPT Acting Designated Federal Officer
              	Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach
                 EPA Office of the Administrator 
               *                  Cynthia Jones-Jackson
                 Acting Director
                 Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach
                 EPA Office of the Administrator
               *                  Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr.
              	NACEPT Chair
              
9:30 am	Overview and Discussion of NACEPT's Fourth and Final Advice Letter on EPA Workforce Planning: Strategies to Attract and Retain Superior Executive Leadership Talent 
            *                Dr. Olufemi Osidele and Sara Kendall
           		NACEPT Leadership Workgroup Members
               * Craig E. Hooks
                   	Assistant Administrator
                      	EPA Office of Administration and Resources Management 
10:15 am	Break

10:30 am	Overview and Discussion of NACEPT's Final Advice Letter: Technologies for Environmental Justice Communities and Other Vulnerable Populations 
            *                  Dr. DeWitt John and Dr. Mark A. Mitchell 
                 NACEPT Vulnerable Populations Workgroup Co-Chairs 
               *                  Lek Kadeli
                 Acting Assistant Administrator
                 EPA Office of Research and Development
               *                  Fred Hauchman 
           Director, Office of Science Policy
           EPA Office of Research and Development

11:15 am	Public Comments

11:45 am	Lunch 

1:00 pm	Overview and Discussion of NACEPT's Charge and First Draft Advice Letter on Sustainability and the U.S. EPA
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               *                  Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr.
                 NACEPT Chair
                  *                  Robert Olson
                 NACEPT Sustainability Workgroup Member
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               *       Bicky Corman
      Deputy Associate Administrator
      EPA Office of Policy
               *       Ramona Trovato
      Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management
      EPA Office of Research and Development
               *       Matt Bogoshian
      Senior Policy Counsel
      EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
 
 2:15 pm	Council Discussion and Approval of NACEPT's First Draft Advice Letter on Sustainability and the U.S. EPA

2:45 pm	Break
   
3:00 pm	Sustainability Workgroups meet in separate, concurrent sessions.

5:00 pm	ADJOURN


 Tuesday, March 27, 2012

9:00 am	Overview of EPA's Innovation Program
               * Peter W. Preuss, PhD
                  Chief Innovation Officer 
                  EPA Office of Research and Development 

10:00 am	Sustainability Workgroups meet in separate, concurrent sessions.

11:15 am	Break

11:30 am	Workgroup Report-Outs

12:30 pm 	Public Comments 
             
 12:45 pm	Chair's Meeting Summary, Action Items, and 2012 Meeting Dates
 		
 2:00 pm		ADJOURN
