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### Good Neig **hbor Environmental Board Meeting**

**Washington, D.C. March 14**  **- 15**  **, 2006**  **Site :**  **Double Tree Hotel Terrace Ballroom, 1515 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. (202) 232 -**  **7000 DAY 1**  **- March**  **14, 2006 8:30 a.m.**  **Registration 9:00 a.m.**  **Public/ Press Event:**  **Launch of Ninth Report to the President and Congress 9:30**  **a.m. Break**  **9:45 a.m. Meeting Begins: Welcome and Introductions** 

- Paul Ganster, Chair, Good Neighbor Environmental Board

- Rafael DeLeon, Director, EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management **10:00 a.m.**  **Opening Remarks**

- Honorable Stephen L. Johnson, EPA Administrator

- Jerry Clifford, U.S. National C oordinator, Border 2012, and Deput y Assistant Administrator, EPA O ffice of International Affair s **10:4 5 a.m.**  **Roundtables on Ninth Report :**  **Feedback on Recommendations**

10:45 - **Air Quality and Transportation**

- Gary A. Ragatz, Branch Chief of Field Operations, Portfolio Management Division, Asset Management, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

- Jill Hochman, Director, Office of Interstate and Border Planning, Federal Highway

Administration, U.S. Department of Tran sportation

- Merrylin Zaw - Mon, Director, Transportation Regional Program Division, Office of Transportation and Air Qualit y, EPA Office of Air and Radiation

- Carlos de la Parra, Minister for the Environment, Embassy of Mexico

- Sergio Sanchez, Executive Secretary , Clean Air Initiative for Latin American Cities, World Bank2 11:4 5 – **Cultural and Natural Resources -**  Elaine Wilson, Inter T ribal Council of Arizona official (invited)
**-** Daniel G. Carey , Dire ctor, Southwest Regional Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation
**-** David Tarler , National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
**-** Melida Tajbakhsh, Chief, Mexico Branch, Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior **1:00 p .m.**  **Lunch 2:00 p**  **.m. Speaker Briefing**  **s for Preparation of Tenth Report**  **:**

**Environmental Protection and Border Security**  **: How to Achieve Both** 2:00 – Kevin Stevens , Director, Secure Border Initiative Program , Customs and Border Protection , U.S. Department of Homeland Securit y 2:45 – Janet Bearden, Associate Director, International Compliance Assurance Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environme ntal Protection Agency **3:30 p.m.**  **Break 3:45**  **p.m. Briefings Continue** 

3:45 – Brian Segee, Staff Attorney , Defenders of Wildlife 4:3 0 - Al Zapanta, President and CEO , U.S. - Mexico Chamber of Commerce **5:15 p.m.**  **Public Comment Session 5:30 p.m.**  **Day One Ends ###**  3/13 /063 

### Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting

**Washington, D.C. March 14**  **- 15, 2006**  **DAY 2 -**  **March 15**  **, 2006**

**Business Meeting and Strategic Planning Session** (also open to the public) **7:30 a.m .**  **Registration 8:00 a.m**  **. Business Meeting** 

- New Member Self Introductions, Goals for Board Membership

- Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting

- Dissemination Plan for Ninth Report

- Discussion of Tenth Report

- Set up w orkgroups **-** Determine w orkgroup s tructure, p rocess , r esponsibilities

- Identify r esource m aterial

- Set up first workgroup t eleconference calls

- Other logistics **9:45 a.m .**  **Break 10:00 a.m**  **. Consejo Presentation**  **10:30 a.m .**  **Board Member Report -**  **Outs: Part 1 11:00 a.m**  **. Two Simultaneous Activities:**  Tenth Report Workgroup Sessions in Conference Room ; and

Chair /DFO /Ninth Rpt. Workgroup Coordinators Depart for U.S. - Mexico Chamber Border Issues Conference **12:30 p.m**  **. Lunch**  **1:30 p. m.**  **Board Member Report -**  **Outs: Part 2 2:00 p.m**  **. Annual Board Strategic Planning Session** 

**-** Review of Good Neighbor Activities During 2005

- Successes

- Areas to Strengthen **3:00 p.m**  **. Break**  **3:15 p.m**  **. Strategic Planning Session Continues** 

- Development of GNEB 2006 Roadmap

- Mission, Vision, Goals and Principles

- Performance Measures Workgroup Report - Out

- Development of GNEB 2006 Work Grid **5 :00 p.m**  **. Business**  **Meeting End s**  **###** 3/13 /06