1 National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

Teleconference Meeting Summary

July 11, 2011

Participants

NACEPT Members EPA Representatives

Cynthia Jones

- Jackson, AO/OFACMO Randy Brady , ORD Eugene Green , AO/OFACMO Bryn Loeffler

, AO/OFACMO Diane Lynne , NTEU Ismael Martinez , OCR Stephanie McCoy , AO/OFACMO Claire Milam , OHR Jim Morant , ORD Jennifer Margolies , ORD Megan Moreau , AO/OFACMO Antoinette Powell

- Dickson , OARM

Members of the Public

Hannah Pearcy (Intern with D r. Osidele)

Welcome and Openin g Remarks

The call began at 11:00 a .m. Eastern Daylight Time, Monday

, July 11, 2011

. Mark Joyce and Cynthia Jones

- Jackson welcomed the Coun cil m embers and the public. I t was noted that no requests to make public comments had been received

. Mr. Joyce explained the purpose of the
call was to discuss and decide whether to finalize the draft of NACEPT ’s Second Advice Letter Jim Johnson, NACEPT Chair
Karl Benedict Christine Costopoulos Ben Dysart

Kurt Erichsen Effenus Henderson , Workgroup Member
DeWitt John Mark Joyce

Dan Kammen Sara Kendall , Workforce Co

Chair
Leah Ann Lamb Howard Learner , Workforce Co

- Chair Clayton Matt
Mark Mitchell
Arle e n O'Donnell
Bob Olson
Oluf emi Osidele
John Preston2

on EPA Workforce Planning

. He also thanked the Office of Research and Development ( ORD )
for the ir proposed workforce questions and noted that these would be addressed at a follow

- up teleconference next week

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Dr. Johnson noted that the edits received in the last seventy

- two hours had been incorporated
into the draft. Mr. Joyce then invited Ms. Kendall and Mr. Learner to give an overview of the
Second Advice Letter.

Overview of NACEPT Draft Second Advice Letter on EPA Workforce Planning

Mr. Learner stated that everyone should have received a copy of the most recent draft

. Considering the deadline for the release of the letter

, only editorial comments will be considered,
which should be emailed to Mr. Learner as soon as possible. D r. Kammen suggested bullet

point examples be included with the One EPA recommendations ( #5

- 12 ) in the letter. D ue to the
time constraint

, Mr. Joyce advised that these could be incorporated into the final report along
with ORD’s concerns.

Ms. Kendall commented that the letter should remain as it is, with the exception of minor edits,
in order to f

acilitate its release. She suggested that the final r eport include how to incorpora te the separate workforce letters into an action plan for EPA and elaborate on how the One EPA message will be concretely translated. Ms. Kendall noted that the ORD questions should not accompany the existing content in this letter. Agreeing with Ms. Kendall and Mr. Joyce, Dr.
Johnson stated that ORD’s issues should be addressed separately but also that ORD should be

more fully included in the process.

Ms. Kendall noted that Mr. Learner did a fantastic job of incorporating the C ouncil’s input from
the May meeting, including tying together the first and second workforce letters.

D r. Osidele noted the absence of any specific mentions of the electronic applicant tracking system. It was brou ght to his attention that item #1 on page 16 addresses his issues in a broader

sense . He should send Mr. Learner the more specific wo rding he would like to see incorporated.

Public Comments on NACEPT Draft Second Advice Letter on EPA Workforce Planning

Hannah asked if the two

- year EPA Career Program (ECP) had been compared with private
sector entry

- level programs. Ms. Kendall responded that the ECP program has only been
evaluated in terms of recruiting and has not been compared with other two

- year programs. D r. Osidele elaborated that an explor ation of options concerning public/private sector partnerships should be included in the final report. D r. Kammen noted that this initiat ive could be coupled
with the One EPA action items , and he could draft these ideas for inclusion in the final report.

Ms. Lynne appreciated the inclusion of the expansion of rotational assignments to eliminate stovepipes and to promote One EPA.3

Discussion and Approval of NACEPT Draft Second Advice Letter on EPA Workforce Planning

The NACEPT members approved the advice letter

. Mr. Learner will forward the final version to Mr. Joyce and Ms. Moreau for final formatting. Dr. Johnson will then transmit the lett er to
Administrator Jackson.

The teleconference adjourned at 11:45 a .m. EDT

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Note: This summary and other meeting materials will be posted to the NACEPT website at http://www.epa.gov/ofacmo/nacept

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Chair Certification

I, Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr., Chairman of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) certify the meeting minutes for July 11, 2011 are complete and accurately reflect the discussions and decisions of said meeting

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________________________________ _____ _________________ Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. D a t e NACEPT Chair