Ohio Responses to Federal Environmental Regulation

September 26-27, 2006
Pfahl Hall, Ohio State University Campus
Columbus, Ohio

Conference Schedule

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September 26

8:15 - 8:45 am Registration and Coffee

8:45 - 9:00 Welcome - Larry Libby (Interim Director, John Glenn School of Public Affairs)

9:00 – 9:25 Joseph Koncelik (Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency), "Environmental Regulation in Ohio"

Water Quality

9:25 - 10:00 Leonard Shabman (Fellow, Resources for the Future)

"How Can We Make Progress Meeting Water Quality Goals in the Face of Uncertainty?"

Len Shabman became a Resident Scholar in the Energy and Natural Resources division of Resources for the Future beginning July 2002. He also is currently serving as the Arthur Maass-Gilbert White visiting scholar at the Institute for Water Resources at Fort Belvoir. Prior to 2002 he was on the faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech for 30 years and served as the Director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center from 1995 until 2002. He has served as staff economist at the United States Water Resources Council (October 1977-October 1978), Scientific Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Army, Civil Works August (1984- 1985) and Visiting Scholar at the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council (2001). He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University

10:00 - 10:35 David Baker (Director Emeritus, Water Quality Lab, Heidelberg College)

"Meeting Ohio's Water Resource Goals Through Effectively Addressing Habitat, Hydrology and Nutrient Enrichment Problems."

Dr. Baker's research interests focus on assessment of the impacts of agriculture on water resources in streams, rivers, and lakes, as well as on evaluation of the effectiveness of agricultural pollution abatement programs. He has broad experience in the design of sampling programs, the interpretation of water quality data, and the use of adaptive management as a research tool for the study of large agroecosystems. Dr. Baker provides numerous talks on water quality issues to diverse groups. He played an important role in the formation of the Sandusky River Watershed Coalition (www.riverwatershed.org) and continues to be active in that organization. Although Dr. Baker retired as the Director of the National Center for Water Quality Research in 1999, he continues publication and speaking activities associated with the laboratory and serves as a resource person to students in the Water Resources Program.

10:35 - 10:50 break

10:50 - 11:30 Panel: "Paths to Progress on Water Quality"

Brent Sohngen, moderator (The Ohio State University)
Gail Hesse (Ohio Environmental Protection Agency)
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells (Chagrin River Watershed Partners)
Constance Jackson (Ohio Farm Bureau)
Dusty Hall (Miami Conservancy District)

11:30 - 12:15 Moderated discussion - speakers and audience

12:15 - 1:45 Lunch / Remarks from Ohio's Gubernatorial Campaigns

Representatives of Ohio's two gubernatorial campaigns will discuss their candidates vision for Ohio's environmental strategy.

Air Quality: Ohio and the NAAQS

1:45 - 2:20 Robert Hodanbosi (Chief, Air Pollution Control Division of Ohio EPA)

"Ohio's Challenges in Meeting the Ozone and PM NAAQS."

2:20 - 2:55 John Paul (Former Vice-President of The State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Office,and Supe rvisor of the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency)

"New / Innovative Air Pollution Control Strategies from around the US"

2:55 -3:10 break

3:10 - 3:55 Panel: "Paths to Progress on Air Quality"

Kevin Crist, moderator (Director, Center for Air Quality, Ohio University)
Brian Coughlin (Economic Development Director, Butler County, Ohio)
Kimberly Gibson (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission)
Jeremy Ellison (ISP Chemicals, Inc.)
Robert Brubaker, Esq. (Porter, Wright, Morris, and Arthur Law Firm)

3:55 - 4:45 Moderated discussion - speakers and audience

5:15 - 6:30 Reception, Page Hall, OSU Campus

September 27

8:50 - 9:00 Welcome - Alan Randall (Chair, Environmental Policy Initiative)

Climate Change and Energy Policy

9:00 - 9:30 David Conover (National Commission on Energy Policy)

"Federal Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Technologies"

David Conover is council to the National Commission on Energy Policy, and the founding partner of Conover and Associates, a law firm specializing in alternative energy projects, climate change policy, and environment and infrastructure. Until April 4, 2006 Dave served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the Department of Energy. In this capacity, Mr. Conover represented the Administration in international energy and climate change negotiations and advised the Secretary of Energy on domestic policy issues, particularly related to energy security and climate change.

9:30 - 10:00 Leon Clarke (Pacific Northwest Labs)

"Energy Options Relevant to Ohio"

Leon Clarke is a Senior Research Economist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Dr. Clarke's main research areas are the economics of technological change, environmental economics, and R&D strategy. Prior to joining the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Dr. Clarke worked for a number of private and public institutions assessing the technology of utilities and energy efficiency programs.

10:00 - 10:15 break

10:15 - 10:45 Judi Greenwald (Pew Center on Climate Change)

"State Greenhouse Gas Policy Options for Ohio."

Judi Greenwald is the Director of Innovative Solutions at Pew Center on Climate Change, focusing on business solutions, state and regional solutions, and technological innovation. She has served as a senior advisor on the White House Climate Change Task Force. As a member of the professional staff of the U.S. Congress Energy and Commerce Committee, she worked on the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the 1992 Energy Policy Act, and a number of other energy and environmental statutes.

10:45- 11:30 Panel: "State / Regional Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation"

Andy Keeler, moderator (The Ohio State University)
Kurt Waltzer (Ohio Environmental Council)
Bruce Braine (American Electric Power)
Sam Spofforth (Clean Fuels Ohio)

11:30 - 12:00 Moderated Discussion - Speakers and Audience

12:00 - 1:45 Lunch

Luncheon Keynote Address: Robert Stavins (Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

"Innovative Economic Instruments & Policies for Improving the Environment"

Robert N. Stavins is Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, and Director of the Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University. He is a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, former Chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Economics Advisory Board, and a member of the editorial councils of scholarly periodicals. His research has examined diverse areas of environmental economics and policy and has appeared in a variety of economics, law, and policy journals, plus several books. Stavins directed Project 88, a bipartisan effort co-chaired by former Senator Timothy Wirth and the late Senator John Heinz, to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. He has been a consultant to government agencies, international organizations, corporations, and advocacy groups. He holds a BA in philosophy from Northwestern University, an MS in agricultural economics from Cornell, and a PhD in economics from Harvard.

Regulation and Business Strategy

2:00 - 2:30: Derry Allen (United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation) "Business-Government Relationships: Fostering Innovation and Stewardship with Accountability"

Mr. Allen has served at EPA since 1978, where he has held a variety of positions, principally in the Policy Office. He was Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Environmental Data from 1992 to 1998. He has also been Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Deputy Director of the Science, Economics and Statistics Division and the Regulatory Integration Division, Associate Director of the Office of Policy Analysis, Acting Director of the Energy Policy Division, Chief of the Energy Development Branch, and Staff Director of the Interagency Resource Conservation Committee. In the course of these assignments he has been involved in a wide range of environmental, management and communications issues for the agency. Before coming to EPA, Mr. Allen worked on the staff of the Secretary of Labor, at the Federal Energy Administration, at the Cost of Living Council and as a VISTA Volunteer with the City of New York Department of Correction. He earned his B.A. with Honors at Yale University in 1969 and his M.B.A. at the Harvard Business School in 1973. In the summer of 1998 he participated in the Program for Senior Managers in Government at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

2:30 - 3:45 Panel "Innovative Strategies for the Ohio Business Community."

· Joseph Fiksel, moderator (The Ohio State Univerisity)

· Mark Shanahan (Ohio Air Quality Development Authority)

· Kevin Leahy (Duke Energy)

· Bill Lechner (The Scotts Company)

· Mike Long (Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio)

3:45 - 4:45 Moderated Discussion and Wrap-up