 2001 National Environmental
Policy Forum & 31st Annual Meeting
The New Political Landscape...Moving the POTW Agenda
Forward
May 19 - 23, 2001
Marriott at Metro Center
Washington, DC
Agenda
Preliminary Program As of May 16, 2001
All speakers are from Washington, DC unless otherwise indicated.
* Denotes confirmed speakers.
Saturday, May 19
Afternoon
1:00 - 4:00 Registration
1:30 - 2:30 Pretreatment
& Hazardous Waste Committee
1:45 - 2:15 Asset
Management Workgroup
2:15 - 3:15 Management
& Operations Committee
2:30 - 3:30 Biosolids
Management Committee
3:30 - 4:30 Membership
Committee
3:45 - 5:00 Water
Quality Committee
6:30 - 9:30 Leadership, Members & Friends Social Event
The Kirk Residence
Sunday, May 20
Morning
8:30 - 12:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Strategic Planning Committee
9:30 - 10:30 Budget &
Audit Committee
Afternoon
12:00 - 4:00 Registration
1:00 - 3:00 Wet Weather
Issues Committee
3:15 - 4:45 AMSA Priority Issues Briefing
Evening
6:00 - 7:30 WELCOMING RECEPTION
Featuring AMSA's 2001 National Environmental
Achievement Award Honorees
Monday, May 21
Morning
7:45 - 8:45
Regulatory Policy
Committee
8:00 - 12:00 Registration
9:00 - 11:45 GENERAL
SESSION I
Opening Remarks
William L. Pugh*, Outgoing AMSA President
Public Works Director
City of Tacoma, WA
9:15 - 9:30
Welcoming Address
Jerry Johnson*, General Manager
District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority
Washington, DC
9:30 - 10:00
Opening Address-Overview of the 107th
Congress
Claudia Copeland*, Specialist in Resource &
Environmental Policy Resources, Science &
Industry Division
Congressional Research Service
10:00 - 10:45
Annual Association Business Meeting
Report of the President
Report of the Treasurer
Election of Directors
Report of the Executive Director
The 'New' Clean Water on the Web
10:45 - 11:00 BREAK
11:00 -
11:45
Congressional Address
The Honorable John J. Duncan*, Jr. (R-TN),
Chair, Water Resources & Environment
Subcommittee
Co-Chair, House Water Infrastructure Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
Address-Infrastructure Reform in the Outback
Steve Allbee*, Project Director, Gap Analysis
Office of Wastewater Management
12:00 - 2:00 AMSA
2000 National
Environmental Achievement
Awards
Luncheon
2:15 - 4:00 Board of Directors Meeting
Evening
6:00 - 9:00 President's
Reception Buffet
Featuring
a special performance by
The
Capitol Steps
Tuesday, May 22
Morning
7:30 - 8:45 Legislative Breakfast
Exploring Legislative Policy Initiatives
Moderator:
Thomas "Buddy" Morgan*, General Manager
Montgomery Water Works &
Sanitary Sewer Board
Montgomery, Alabama
Panelists:
Susan Bodine*, Senior Majority
Counsel
Transportation & Infrastructure
Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Ken Kopocis*, Senior Minority Counsel,
Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee
U.S. House of Representatives
John Pemberton*, Majority Counsel
Environment & Public Works
U.S. Senate
Eric Washburn, Democratic Staff Director
Environment & Public Works
U.S. Senate
8:00 - 3:00
Registration
9:00 - 12:00 GENERAL
SESSION II
Opening Remarks
Gurnie Gunter*, Incoming AMSA President
Director
Kansas City Water Services Department
Kansas City, MO
Keynote Address
Steven A. Herman*
Former Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
9:45 - 10:00 BREAK
10:00 - 11:30
Exploring Regulatory Policy Initiatives
Speaker/Moderator:
Diane Regas*, Acting Assistant Administrator
for Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Panelists:
Geoffrey H. Grubbs*, Director, Office of Science &
Technology
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert H. Wayland*, Director, Office of Wetlands,
Oceans & Watersheds
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michael B. Cook*, Director, Office of Wastewater
Management
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eric
Schaeffer, Director, Office of Regulatory
Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11:30 - 12:00 Congressional
Keynote
Senator Robert C. Smith* (R-NH)
Chair, Environment & Public Works Committee
U.S. Senate
Afternoon
12:00 - 4:00
CAPITOL HILL VISITS/EPA MEETINGS
1:30 - 4:00
Legal Affairs Committee
Evening
5:15 - 6:00
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NOW RALLY
2318 Rayburn House Office Building (the Science
Committee Room)
Featured Guests:
AMSA Federal Public Service Award Honorees
"The Killer B"
The Honorable Sherwood Boehlert* (R-NY)
Chair, Science Committee
Co-Chair, Water Infrastructure Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Robert Borski* (D-PA)
Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Co-Chair, Water Infrastructure Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Chair, Health Subcommittee
Energy & Commerce Committee
Co-Chair, Water Infrastructure Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Sherrod Brown* (D-OH)
Co-Chair, Water Infrastructure Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
6:00 - 7:30 CAPITOL
HILL RECEPTION
The Gold Room, Rayburn House Office
Building
2169 Rayburn House Office Building
Featured Guests:
AMSA Federal Public Service Award Honoree
The Honorable Jim Saxton* (R-NJ)
U.S. House of Representatives
Wednesday, May 23
Morning
8:00 - 10:00 GENERAL
SESSION III
8:00 - 8:15
Opening
Remarks
Ken Kirk*
Executive Director
AMSA
Michael B. Cook*
Director
Office of Wastewater Management
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8:15 - 10:00 FAREWELL
BREAKFAST & TECHNICAL
ROUNDTABLES
National Nutrient Strategy & Criteria Development
Robert Cantilli*
Health and Ecological Criteria Division
Office of Science and Technology
Total Maximum Daily Loads
Francoise Brasier*
Team Leader
Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds
Jeff Lape
Acting Permits Division Director
Office of Wastewater Management
Combined Sewer Overflow Report to Congress / Wet Weather Water
Quality Standards
Tim Dwyer*
Permits Division
Office of Wastewater Management
Pat Bradley*
Permits Division
Office of Wastewater Management
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Policy Development and Enforcement (Table 1)
Michael B. Cook*
Director
Office of Wastewater Management
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Policy Development and Enforcement (Table 2)
Brian Frazer*
Environmental Protection Specialist
Office of Wastewater Management
Kevin M. DeBell*
Environment Protection Specialist
Office of Wastewater Management
Biosolids Management Issues
Jim Horne*
Special Assistant
Office of Wastewater Management
Alan B. Rubin*
Environment Protection Specialist
Health & Ecological Criteria Division
Office of Science and Technology
Alan Hais*
Associate Director
Health & Ecological Criteria Division
Office of Science and Technology
Effluent Guidelines/Metal Products & Machinery Rule
Sheila Frace*
Director
Engineering & Analysis Division
Office of Science and Technology
10:00
Adjourn |
