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Climate Change – State Policies and Programs |
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Transportation, energy and environment: Integrating state policies and programs to reach greenhouse gas reduction goals |
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Governor Kitzhaber's ten year energy action plan |
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Margi Hoffman,
Energy Policy Advisor
Governor John Kitzhaber's Office |
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Air Quality |
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Big Picture Issues regarding air quality in Oregon |
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Legislative proposals for the 2013 Oregon Legislature |
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Hot Topics: air toxics, clean fuels, criteria pollutants, wild fires, coal trains and others |
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Andy Ginsburg, Administrator Air Quality Division
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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Air and Climate Change - Legal and Regulatory Issues |
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Latest Legal Developments on Air Quality & Climate Change - What You Need to Know |
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Laws, Rules, Benchmarks, Permits, Litigation and Judicial Opinions |
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Tom Wood, Stoel Rives LLP |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Oregon Global Warming Commission |
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On the Road: Progress and potholes on the road to Oregon's 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goals (with reference to the Oregon Global Warming Commission's Roadmap to 2020 for directions and intermediate destinations). |
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Angus Duncan
President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Chairman, Oregon Global Warming Commission
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Reducing Greenhouse Gases through Transportation Planning |
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Comprehensive Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative |
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Statewide Transportation Strategy (STS) – A state plan for reducing transportation greenhouse gas emissions |
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Next steps to implement the STS |
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Amanda Pietz, Planning Unit Manager
Oregon Department of Transportation |
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LUNCH (Provided) |
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| 1:00-1:30 |
Oregon Clean Fuels Program |
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Proposed rules for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, now called the Oregon Clean Fuels Program, will be presented to the Environmental Quality Commission in December 2012 |
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How were the rules developed? What would the program require? How would the program be implemented? Why are there two phases in the rules? |
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Cory-Ann Wind, Air Quality Division
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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Panel Discussion on the Proposed Oregon Clean Fuels Program |
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What does the Oregon Clean Fuels Program mean for businesses, industry, individuals and the environment? |
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PANELISTS:
Cory-Ann Wind, Oregon DEQ
Frank Holmes, Western States Petroleum Association
Gavin Carpenter, SeQuential- Pacific Biodiesel
Jana Gastellum, Oregon Environmental Council |
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BREAK |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Air Toxics |
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Portland Air Toxics Solutions Report and Recommendations |
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Scientific and Policy Roadmap to Reduce Air Toxics (Approved by the EQC in August 2012) |
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Next steps to implement the recommendations |
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Sarah Armitage, Sr. Air Toxics Specialist
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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Case Study and Panel Discussion |
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In response to neighbors' air quality and health concerns, ESCO Corporation and the neighbors sat down and negotiated a "Good Neighbor Agreement" requiring ESCO to go beyond what is required by the law and the facility's permit. By doing so, the parties avoided litigation and reduced emissions. |
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What's the story behind the good neighbor agreement: process, regulatory and permit requirements, elements of the agreement, implementation, monitoring, participants' roles. |
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PANELISTS:
Mark Morford, Stoel Rives LLP, representing ESCO
Mary Peveto, Neighbors for Clean Air
Nina DeConcini, Northwest Region Division Administrator
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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