Fifth Annual Partners Meeting
"Focus on the Future"
June 21-23 2010

Day 1

Monday, June 21, 2010

Registration Opens

1:00 pm

3:15 pm

4:45 pm

Conclusion and Wrap-up – Scott Davis, EPA Region 4

Day 2

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

8:00 am

Registration Opens

8:30 am

Welcome/Opening Remarks
Carol Kemker, EPA Region 4, Deputy Director, Air, Pesticides & Toxics Management Div.; David Rossman, General Manager, Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
• EPA – Our Top Priorities, Carol Kemker, EPA Region 4
• State of the SEDC and the new SEDC Structure – Dick Schutt, EPA Region 4
• View from Capitol Hill: DERA Reauthorization –Meghan Higgins, AJW Inc.
• Advancing Environmental Justice through Clean Diesel: Miami-Dade County Agriculture Pump Project, Charles Lapradd, Miami-Dade County, FL
• Recognition of SEDC Sponsors

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Focus on the Future for the SEDC
Moderator: Brian Barnes, South Carolina Dept of Health and Environmental Control
• Current Focus for EPA , Stan Meiburg, EPA Region 4 Acting Regional Administrator
• Focus Area of Public Fleets - Clean Fleets in Orlando, John Parker, Orange County Environmental Protection Division
• Focus Area of Non-road - Clean Construction, Barry Liebowitz, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
• Focus Area of Freight – Expanding Green Operations in Freight Movement and Delivery, Steve Leffin, United Parcel Service

11:30 am

SEDC Leadership Awards

Emcees: Brian Barnes, SEDC Leadership Council
• Private Industry Award, United Parcel Service
• Community Award, North Carolina Solar Center

Lunch on Your Own

Focus on Non-road

• Moderator: Brett Alkins, Caterpillar - “State of the Union in Non-road”
Case Studies on key elements of successful businesses using clean diesel strategies
• Learn from the Past:
• Case Studies from Non-road Projects: Eric Moore, Mecklenburg County, NC; and Danny Lawrence, Hanson Aggregates;
• On the Horizon:
• Department of Defense Inroads in Clean Construction and Green Remediation, Susan Gibson, US Army

2:45 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Focus on Non-road (continued)

Moderator: Dana Perkins, Federal Aviation Administration
On Track and on the Horizon:
• Clean Diesel Operations at Worldport in KY, Bill Jacob, United Parcel Service
• Opportunities in Airport Ground Equipment, Charles Gibson, Airtran Airways
• Propane is fueling the future now, Greg Zilberfarb, Propane Education and Research Council
Financing the Future:
• Funding Your Projects, Phil Rossi, Carolinas Clean Air Coalition

5:00 pm

Adjourn

5:30 pm

Sponsored Reception – Entertainment by “The Nonessentials”

8:00 am

Registration

8:30 a.m.

Focus on Freight

Moderator: Dave Huneryager, Tennessee Trucking Association - “State of the Union in Freight Movement along Ports, Rail, and Trucking Fleets”
• Learn from the Past and Look towards the Horizon:
• Clean Options at Florida’s Port Everglades, Natacha Yacinthe, Port Everglades
• Rail Air Quality Impacts and Opportunities, Dr. Michelle Bergin, Georgia EPD
• Intermodal Rail, Darrell Wilson, Norfolk Southern
• Line Haul Rail, Rick Bass, CSX

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Focus on Freight [Continued]

Moderator: Robert Wong, Florida Dept of Environmental Protection – “Truck Stop Electrification along Florida State Turnpikes”
• Trucking and Green Corridors, Alan Jones, Tennessee Dept of Transportation
• Independent Owner/Operator Perspective, Lynne and Paul Fouts, Virgie, KY
• Financing the Future:
• Funding Opportunities within Today’s Economy, Jennifer Mayer, Federal Highway Administration

12:00 pm

Luncheon

Emcee: Dick Schutt, EPA Region 4, Air Planning Branch Chief
• Speaker: Dr. Josef Dufek, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Impacts of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano”

1:30 pm

Focus on Public Fleets

Moderators: Rebecca Watts Hull, Mothers & Others for Clean Air, - “State of the Union in Public Fleets”
Learn from the Past: • Blueprint for Success: Municipal Production of Biodiesel in Hoover, AL, Dave Lindon, City of Hoover, AL • Implementing a Compressed Natural Gas-Alternative Fueled Fleet, Jim Smith, City of College Park, GA and Jamie Farnham, Clean Energy

2:45 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Focus on Public Fleets (continued)

Moderator: Rebecca Watts-Hull, Georgia Conservancy/Mothers & Others for Clean Air
• On the Horizon:
• Decision making Considerations, Mayor Brian Roth, Plymouth, NC
• Diesel Today: Technology Update, Dawn Fenton, Diesel Technology Forum
• Building on Retrofit Success with Municipal Biodiesel, Stan Williams, Clarksville, TN Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Financing the Future:
Creative and Successful Program Financing, Anne Tazewell, North Carolina Solar Center

4:45 pm

Conclusion and Wrap-up – Scott Davis, EPA Region 4