
MEMORANDUM

DATE:10/06/2014
FROM: 		Laura Farris/EPA Region 8
TO:CLEAN Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602
SUBJECT:	Region 7 and 8 State Health Officers Meeting held on 10/02/2014

SUMMARY:        
Callie Videtich spoke about the Clean Power Plan at a meeting of regional public health officials held on October 2, 2014, at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It included State Health Officers from Regions 7 and 8 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). The Clean Power Plan was proposed on June 2, 2014. 

ATTENDEES:

EPA Region 8
Callie Videtich

External Stakeholders
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH, Executive Director/Chief Medical Officer

Iowa Department of Public Health
Gerd W. Clabaugh, MPA, Director

Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Robert P. Moser, MD, Secretary, Director of Health/State Health Officer

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Gail Vasterling, MA, MS, JD, Director

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 
Joseph M. Acierno, MD, JD, Chief Medical Officer, Director, Division of Public Health 

North Dakota Department of Health
Terry L. Dwelle, MD, MPH, State Health Officer

Wyoming Department of Health
Wendy Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM, State Health Officer

PHS - Region VII: IA, KS, MO, NE
CAPT Jose Belardo, JD, MSW, Regional Health Administrator

Shary M. Jones, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
Deputy Regional Health Administrator, CDR, U.S. Public Health Service

PHS - Region VIII: CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
RADM Zachary Taylor, MD, MS, Regional Health Administrator

Laurie Konsella, MPA, Deputy Regional Health Administrator

Attachment
Powerpoint presentation on the Clean Power Plan.
