States ERP Consortium Second Annual National Meeting

September 7th - 9th, 2008
Eldorado Hotel
Reno, Nevada
775-786-5700

Pre-Meeting Activities - Sunday, September 7th, 2008
7:00 - 9:00	ERP 101: Basics for beginners (Consortium Leadership) OR 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) OR 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: Updates on last year's "new" sectors UST Alternatives study grant - 2005 Energy Act mandate [PDF] (Rich Enander, RI) Underground Storage Tank oversight through ERP (Marc Roy, VT) Area source NESHAP implementation [PDF] (Mary Peyton Wall, SC) Stormwater ERP projects - regional coordination (ME, RI, MA) This year's "new" sectors Integrating energy efficiency into ERPs (Julie Churchill, ME) Fats, oil, and grease - "FOG" (Narragansett Bay Commission, RI) Hospitals and health care - medical/pharmaceutical waste (Kathy Stewart, CO) New administrative approaches 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 - 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