Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Agenda Set For 2nd Annual PA Environmental Council Policy Conference Oct. 13

A comprehensive list of environmental issues will be the focus of the second annual PA Environmental Council Policy Conference, set for October 13 in Harrisburg.
A complete list of speakers and panelists was announced that includes a keynote address by Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley.
The all-day forum will focus on the biggest environmental opportunities and challenges facing Pennsylvania, including state implementation of the Federal Clean Power Plan, achieving 2017 pollution reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and the implementation of community stormwater management programs.
“We are excited to be able to bring such a wide range of environmental leaders together to promote discussion on how Pennsylvania can best approach the important environmental issues of today,” said PEC President and CEO Davitt Woodwell.
David Hess, former DEP Secretary and current Director of Policy and Communications at Crisci Associates, will moderate a legislative panel featuring Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) Majority and Minority Chairs of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Minority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.
That will be followed by a panel on the Clean Power Plan, moderated by Robert McKinstry, a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP. McKinstry will be joined on the panel by Patrick McDonnell (Policy Director, Pennsylvania DEP), Reid Harvey (Director, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), and Kathleen Robertson (Environmental Fuels and Policy Manager, Exelon Corporation).
“The state has begun 14 listening sessions on how Pennsylvania can achieve compliance with the Clean Power Plan,” said John Walliser, PEC Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs. “The conference panel will provide a lot of insight on where the state is headed and how Pennsylvania’s energy future may shape out in the years and decades to come.”
After a lunch break, the conference will feature a panel discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the Chesapeake Bay. The panel will be moderated by Lee Ann Murray, Assistant Director and Staff Attorney for the Pennsylvania Office of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Joining her on the panel will be John Brosious (Deputy Director, Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association), Kelly Heffner (Deputy Secretary, Water Management, Pennsylvania DEP), Jennifer Reed-Harry (Assistant Vice President, PennAg Industries Association), and Kelly Shenk (Agriculture Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).
The final panel of the day will examine stormwater management and municipal separate storm sewer systems. Moderated by Jack Ubinger, the panel will feature Representative Kate Harper (Pennsylvania House of Representatives), Patrick Starr (Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania Environmental Council), John Schombert (Executive Director, 3 Rivers Wet Weather), and Felicia Dell (Director, York County Planning Commission).
For more information about the conference, including an agenda and registration, visit the PA Environmental Council Policy Conference webpage.

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