National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology

Meeting Agenda

March 25-26, 2009

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

201 Waterfront Street

National Harbor, MD 20745 

(301) 567-2118

Meeting Room:  Chesapeake H&I

					

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

8:30		Registration

9:00		Welcoming Remarks and Introductions 

Erik Myers

NACEPT Chair 

Rafael DeLeon

Director, EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management

9:15		Opening Remarks from EPA’s Senior Policy Counsel to the
Administrator

Robert M. Sussman

10:00		Environmental Priorities for the District of Columbia 

George Hawkins

Director 

				DC Department of the Environment

10:30 		BREAK

10:45		EPA’s Biofuels Effort

Donna Perla

Senior Advisor

EPA Office of Research and Development

11:00		Chesapeake Bay Commission’s Cellulosic Biofuel Initiative

Ann Swanson

Executive Director 

Chesapeake Bay Commission

11:30		EPA’s Strategic Plan Effort 

Joseph Greenblott

Associate Director, Analysis Staff

Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability

EPA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer

11:45 		Public Comments

12:15		LUNCH

1:00 		Priorities for the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

Steve Brown

Executive Director 

				Environmental Council of the States

1:45		EPA’s Venture Capital and Environmental Technology Efforts 

Norman Birchfield 

Acting Senior Environmental Technology Officer

			      EPA Office of the Science Advisor

2:15		Draft Report “Sustainable Materials Management: The Road
Ahead”   

Derry Allen

Counselor 

EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation

2:45		Proposed NACEPT Subcommittee

Chuck Kent

Director, Office of Cross-Media Programs

EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation

3:15		BREAK

3:30		EPA’s Green Building Effort & the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP) Green Building Federal R&D Agenda and
Implementation Plan

Ken Sandler 

Co-Chair, EPA Green Building Workgroup 

EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation

Audrey Levine

National Program Director for Drinking Water Research

EPA Office of Research and Development

4:15		Charting the Next 10 Years for NACEPT:  Strategic Framework
Discussion 

Erik Meyers

NACEPT Chair 

	* Council members will split up into workgroups to discuss the below
question.  

Key Question:

Reviewing both the NACEPT Prospective (Outlook for EPA) and
Retrospective reports, what issues is NACEPT best equipped to address
and how can NACEPT best assist the EPA in the future?  

6:00		ADJOURN

March 26, 2009

9:00		Working Session:  The Development of a Strategic Framework for
NACEPT 

		* The Council will develop an advice letter in real time. 

Erik Meyers

NACEPT Chair 

10:00		Discussion of NACEPT Internal Operations

Erik Meyers

NACEPT Chair 

11:00		BREAK 

11:15 		Discussion and Approval of a Strategic Framework for NACEPT 

		* The Council will develop an advice letter in real time. 

Erik Meyers

NACEPT Chair 

12:15 		Discussion of Outreach Strategy for the NACEPT Outlook for EPA
Report 

Erik Meyers

NACEPT Chair 

1:00 		Wrap Up and Next Steps 

1:30		Public Comments

		

2:00 		ADJOURN

