Registration is still available for the 2nd Annual PA Environmental Council Policy Conference set for October 13 at the Hilton in Harrisburg, but registration closes Friday, October 9 at 6:00 p.m.
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.
Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley will provide the keynote address for the event starting at 9:00 a.m.
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 will discuss priority issues facing the General Assembly.
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).
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 Rep. Kate Harper (R-Montgomery), Patrick Starr (Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania Environmental Council), John Schombert (Executive Director, 3 Rivers Wet Weather), and Felicia Dell (Director, York County Planning Commission).
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