Public Hearing for

Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and 

Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles in Model Years 2017-2025

January 24, 2012

San Francisco, CA

Speakers limited to no more than 5 minutes of oral testimony. 

Agenda

EPA/NHTSA Panel

Opening Remarks

10:00 – 10:15 am

EPA

Margo Oge, Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality

Chet France, Director, Assessment & Standards Division, OTAQ

Robin Moran, Senior Policy Advisor, ASD/OTAQ

NHTSA

Ron Medford, Deputy Administrator

Jim Tamm, Chief, Fuel Economy Division

Steve Wood, Office of Chief Counsel

Panel Name Affiliation

Tom Cackette California Air Resources Board

1

(10:15 – 11:00 am)

Michael Brune Sierra Club, National President

Michael O'Brien Hyundai, VP Corporate and Product Planning

Reginald Modlin Chrysler, Director Regulatory Affairs

Alan Lloyd ICCT, President

Larry Greene NAACA & Sacramento AQMD

Chris Bush BlueGreen Alliance, Director of Policy

Sean Watson Citizen

Gary Latshaw Citizen

2

(~ 11:00 - 11:45 am)

Tracy Woodard Nissan, Director, Governmental Affairs

John Cabaniss Global Automakers

Forrest McConnel National Association of Automobile Dealers

Jack Gillis Consumer Federation of America, Director, Public Affairs

Barbara Nocera Mazda, Director, Government and Public Affairs

Peyton Fleming Ceres

Kathryn Shearman Citizen

Jessica Zenk Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Director of Transportation Policy

Henry Hogo South Coast Air Quality Mgmt District, Assistant Deputy 

Paul Monroe

Major General (ret), Former Adjutant General for the California 

National Guard, Truman Project

3

(~11:45 am -12:30 pm)

Bob Holycross Ford, Manager, Vehicle Environmental Regulatory Strategy

Tim Goodrich Truman National Security Project, Veteran

Diarmuid O'Connell Tesla, VP of Corporate & Business Development

Lacey Plache Edmunds.com, Chief Economist
Linda Weiner Citizen

Jenny Bard American Lung Association in California, Manager, Advocacy

John Laitner ACEEE, Director of Economic & Social Analysis

Margaret Boyer Citizen

Roger Lake Citizen

Simon Mui NRDC

4

(~12:30 – 1:15 pm)

John Walker Tesla, VP North American Sales

Lance Tunick

Vehicle Services Consulting, Inc, President ( speaking on behalf of 

Aston Martin, LOTUS, McLaren) 

Professor Sudip Chattopadhyay Chair, Dept of Economics, SF State University

Celia Cranfield Small Business Majority, Clean Energy Business

Patrick Mayclin Citizen

Paul Gillespie Citizen

Barry Bignell Citizen

Jim Castelaz Citizen

Brandon Richardson Citizen

1:15 – 1:45 pm LUNCH Break

5

(~ 1:45 – 2:30)

David Patterson Mitsubishi

Galen Swain Truman National Security Project, Veteran

Zachary Davis The Penny Ice Creamery, Owner

Dr. Alissa Kendall Asst Prof of Civil and Environmental

Erica Morehouse, Esq Environmental Defense Fund, Policy & Legal Analyst

Dr. Richard and Kathy Corcoran Citizens

Dakota Smith Citizen

John Holtzclaw Sierra Club

Stephan Kuttner Citizen

Daniel Rosenthal Citizen

6 

(~2:30 – 3:15 pm)

Tom Wenzel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Research Scientist

Bruce Klafter The Better World Group/California Clean Cars Campaign

Don Anair Union of Concerned Scientists, Senior Engineer

Kathryn Clay Drive Natural Gas Initiative, Executive Director

Professor David Dempsey San Francisco State University, Department of Geosciences

Don Siefkes E100 Ethanol Group

Mark Sulzman Citizen

Salvador Duarte Citizen

Jonina Cross Citizen
7

(~3:15 – 4:00)

Dr. David Pepper American Lung Association

David Larson Citizen

Colleen Quinn Coulomb Technologies, Vice President

John Boesel CALSTART, President and CEO

Rev. Sally Bingham The Regeneration Project

Susan Stephenson Interfaith Power & Light

Jorge Callado Citizen

Terry Rolleri Citizen

Jennifer Beauregard Citizen

David Zebker Citizen

8

(~4:00 – 4:45)

Theodore Hadzi-Antich Pacific Legal Foundation, Senior Staff Attorney

Norman (Skip) Brown Delta Construction Company

Gene Herman Citizen

Adam Carlton Citizen

Peter Lee Citizen

Matthew Vipan Citizen

Devorah Citizen

Linda Weiner Citizen

John Montgomery Citizen

Eric Parks Citizen

Carol Fusco Citizen

Carl Connell Citizen

9

 (~4:45 – 5:30 pm)

Shannon Tilston Citizen

Jack Lucero Fleck Citizen

Pieter Roell Citizen

Jean Monteton Citizen

Bill McLaughlin Citizen

Terri Edeli Citizen

Sue Vaughn Citizen

Barbara Beth Citizen

Ariel Brooks Citizen

Faye Guarienti Citizen

Matt Williams Citizen

10

(~5:30 – 6:15 pm)

Gwen Allen Citizen

Mark Beckwith Citizen

Waidy Lee Citizen

Michael Hernandez Citizen

Susan Green Citizen

Angelo Festa Citizen

Ms. Jewell Hargleroad Citizen

Samantha Dolgoff Citizen
D’Anne Denise Citizen

11

(~6:15 – 7:00 pm)

Terry Edeli Citizen

Peter Barker Citizen

Jason Jungreis Citizen

Matt Switzer Citizen

Gary Bailey Citizen

Dan Alrich Citizen

John Chere Citizen

Fred Merrick Citizen

Testimony will continue until all registered speakers have been heard.