Document ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2013-0366-0022
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Posted Date: 2015-03-10T04:00Z

National Advisory Council for
                      Environmental Policy and Technology
                                       
                                    Agenda 
                               August 2-3, 2012
                                       
                                   U.S. EPA
                         1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
                     Ariel Rios South Building, Room 2138
                             Washington, DC 20460

Thursday, August 2, 2012

8:00 am	Registration

8:30 am	Welcome, Introductions, and Overview of Agenda

                  Mark Joyce
                 Associate Director and NACEPT Acting Designated Federal Officer
              	EPA Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach
               
                  Cynthia Jones-Jackson
                 Acting Director
                 EPA Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach
                  
              	NACEPT Chair
              
9:00 am	Opening Remarks
                  
                  Bob Perciasepe 
                 EPA Deputy Administrator
              
9:30 am	Overview and Discussion of EPA's Internal Sustainability Initiatives

                     Craig E. Hooks
                                 Assistant Administrator
                        EPA Office of Administration and Resources Management 

10:15 am	Break

10:30 am	Overview and Discussion of EPA's External Sustainability Initiatives: Response to the NAS Green Book "Sustainability and the U.S. EPA"
                      Bicky Corman
                                 Deputy Associate Administrator
                                 EPA Office of Policy

11:15 am	Overview of the Office of Research and Development's 
	Realignment Around Sustainability

                                     Dr. Robert Kavlock
                                  Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science
		          EPA Office of Research and Development

12:00 pm	Public Comments

12:30 pm        Lunch 

1:30 pm	Perspectives on the Development of Sustainability Metrics

               Dr. Ronald Meissen
               Senior Director of Sustainability
                 Baxter International
                 
                                 Sara Kendall 
                                 Vice President 
                                 Corporate Affairs, Sustainability & EHS 
			         Weyerhaeuser Company
                                  
                                 Alison Taylor 
                                 Vice President 
                                 Sustainability-America
                                 Siemens Corporation        
                                 
                                 Bridgett Luther 
                                 President 
                                 Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute            
                                 
                                 Bill Ross
                                    Visiting Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy
                                 Duke University
                 
3:30 pm           Break

3:45 pm	Sustainability Workgroups meet in separate, concurrent sessions.
 
5:45 pm           Adjourn

 
 Friday, August 3, 2012

8:30 am	Discussion of Draft Advice Letter from the
	NACEPT Breakthrough Workgroup

                Dr. Olufemi Osidele 
                Senior Research Engineer
                Southwest Research Institute   
               
9:45 am	Discussion of Draft Advice Letter from the NACEPT Strengths Workgroup
 
                  Dr. Ronald Meissen
	      Senior Director of Sustainability
	       Baxter International

11:00 am	Public Comments

11:30 am	Action Items

12:00 pm	Sustainability Workgroups meet in separate, concurrent sessions.
 		
 2:00 pm		ADJOURN