States ERP Consortium Second Annual National Meeting

Pre-Meeting Activities – Sunday, September 7th, 2008

7:00 – 9:00 ERP 101: Basics for beginners (Consortium Leadership)
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ERP Office Hours: Any and all questions answered and discussed including a conversation with Dr. R. Choudary Hanumara, University of Rhode Island Statistics professor and key partner in the RI UST Alternative Inspection Program. (Consortium Leadership)
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Tutorial: Upgraded ERP Automation Tools (Caitlin Rood & Marna Parslow, Tetra Tech)

Day 1 – Monday, September 8th, 2008
7:00 – 8:15 Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 8:45 Opening – Welcoming Remarks (Al Innes, Consortium Chair)

• Kevin Dick, Manager, Business Environmental Program, Nevada Small Business Development Center
• Leo Drozdoff, Administrator, Nevada Division Of Environmental Protection
• Betsy Shaw (invited), Director, US EPA National Center for Environmental Innovation

8:45 – 10:00 State Roundtable Discussion [PDF] (Renee Bashel, Consortium Vice Chair) – 5 minute synopses of attendees’ activities, status, issues (captured by note-takers), plus your plans for broadening or sustaining your ERPs.

• What’s the status of your ERP work?
• What are some of the challenges you’re facing?
• Discussion

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:30 Work Group Session 1 – Reporting ERP Results [PDF] (Steve DeGabriele)

• Review updates to the draft ERP Core Measures
• Clarifying questions and discussion
• Common Measures Project results, and how ERP automation tools link these results to the recommended Core Measures

11:30 – 12:30 On-Site Lunch provided (Bill Cass) – networking

12:30 – 2:00 Work Group Session 2 – Building ERP Support [PDF] (Renee Bashel, Beth Termini)

• Multi-State approaches (and which sectors)
• Connecting with industry

2:00 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 5:00 Hot Topics and Discussion (Beth Termini, Scott Bowles) – possible topics:

1. 1. Updates on last year’s “new” sectors
      1. UST Alternatives study grant – 2005 Energy Act mandate [PDF] (Rich Enander, RI)
      2. Underground Storage Tank oversight through ERP (Marc Roy, VT)
      3. Area source NESHAP implementation [PDF] (Mary Peyton Wall, SC)
      4. Stormwater ERP projects – regional coordination (ME, RI, MA)
   2. This year’s “new” sectors
      1. Integrating energy efficiency into ERPs (Julie Churchill, ME)
      2. Fats, oil, and grease – “FOG” (Narragansett Bay Commission, RI)
      3. Hospitals and health care – medical/pharmaceutical waste (Kathy Stewart, CO)
   3. New administrative approaches
      1. Multi-agency ERPs – implementing ERP with and through local governments, e.g. POTWs, county or city health & environment departments, regional air districts (Kevin Dick, NV)

5:00 – 7:00 Return to hotel/dinner on your own
(Happy hour and dinner gatherings TBA)

7:00 – 9:00 Optional Evening Sessions / Including Multi-State Area Source ERP Discussion

Day 2 – Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

7:00 – 8:15 Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 9:30 Work Group Session 3 – Reporting ERP Results [PDF] (Steve DeGabriele)

• Further clarification on Core Measures
• Provide your feedback to the Work Group
• Timeline to completion
• Possible National Environmental Information Exchange Network grant application

9:30 – 11:00 Work Group Session 4 – Sharing Information (Caitlin Rood, Tetra Tech)

• ERP Automation Tools Demonstration [PDF] – presentation on data tools: how adapted by successive states; opportunities for and barriers to wider use

11:00 – 12:00 The Consortium’s Next Steps [PDF] (Steve DeGabriele)

• Discuss goals, organizational structure, resources, long-term possibilities and feasibility
• Workgroup Focus: present & discuss vision for different resource scenarios
• React to the Meeting