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Good Neighbor 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 Coordinator, Border 2012, and Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, EPA Office of International Affairs 

10:45 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 Transportation

- Merrylin Zaw-Mon, Director, Transportation Regional Program

 Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 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 Bank
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11:45 – Cultural and Natural Resources

- Elaine Wilson, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona official (invited)

- Daniel G. Carey, Director, 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 Briefings 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 Security

2:45 – Janet Bearden, Associate Director, International Compliance Assurance 

Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency

3:30 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. Briefings Continue

3:45 – Brian Segee, Staff Attorney, Defenders of Wildlife

4:30 - 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

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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 workgroups

- Determine workgroup structure, process, responsibilities

- Identify resource material

- Set up first workgroup teleconference 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

 

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