2009 Annual Meeting

2009 ECOS Annual Meeting - September 21, 2009 - Whitefish, Montana

Air Committee Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction - Amey Marrella, Chair; Acting Commissioner, Connecticut DEP

• Update on Federal Climate Legislation  - Nicholas Bianco, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute

• Discussion of Air and Related Issues in the Reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) - Michele Nellenbach, Director, Natural Resources Committee, National Governors' Association

• Update on Region 4 Lean/State Improvement Plan Project - Bob King, Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Quality Control, South Carolina DHEC

• Region IV Resolution Supporting Revisions to Air Quality Management Approaches under the Federal Clean Air Act

• Air Quality Management in the US - Published by the National Research Council - January 2004

• Phase I Recommendations to the Clean Air Act Advisory Council from the Air Quality Management Work Group - January 2005

• Phase II Recommendations to the Clean Air Act Advisory Council from the Air Quality Management Work Group - June 2007

• Update from US EPA's Office of Air and Radiation followed by Question and Answer Session - Rob Brenner, Director, Office of Policy Analysis and Review, Office of Air and Radiation, US EPA

• Consideration of Resolutions

  • Resolution 06-9: National Training Strategy Implementation and Funding

  • Resolution 00-12: Changes to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's "Once In, Always In" Policy

  • Resolution on Funding for Monitoring under the Clean Air Act Section 103 and Section 105 Authorities