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FINAL AGENDA

Day 1

*PART 1: OVERVIEW OF TRADING*
7.30-8.30	Registration and check-in/Continental breakfast
8:30-8:40	Opening introduction: Mark Kiezer, Environmental Trading Network (ETN) Welcome: His Honor, Mr. Butch Callery, Mayor of Covington, KY
8:40-9:00	Workshop Goals and Objectives: Mark Kieser, ETN Region V Welcome and Comments: George Azevedo, Region 5 US EPA
9:00 - 9:15	KEYNOTE: Brent Fewell, US EPA Deputy Administrator, Office of Water
9:15-9:45	Foundations of Environmental Markets: Hale Thurston, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, ORD, US EPA
9:45-10:15	US EPA Water Quality Trading Policy Overview: Marcus Zobrist, US EPA
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	Policy and Regulatory Framework: Challenges and Opportunities: Marcus Zobrist, US EPA
11:00-11:30	Drivers for Water Quality Trading: Shane Cherry, Shaw Environmental, Inc.
11:30-12:00	Current Water Quality Trading Program Applications in the United States: Mark Kieser, ETN
12:00-1:00	Lunch (on your own)
*PART II: FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION*
1:00-1:30	EPA's Watershed-based NPDES Permitting Implementation Guidance: Marcus Zobrist, US EPA
1:30-2:00	Watershed Permit Case Studies: Kellie DuBay, TetraTech
2:00-2:30	Minnesota WQ Trading: James Klang, MPCA
2:30-3:00	Break
3:00-3:45	Minnesota WQ Trading/TMDL Applications: James Klang, MPCA
3:45-4:30	Nonpoint Source Credit Quantification: Jeff Thomas, ODNR
4:30-5:00	Moderated discussion, Day 1 wrap-up
5:30-7:00	Reception (Sponsored by Kieser & Associates, LLC)

Day 2

*PART II: FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION (CONT.)*
8:00-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:40	Welcome and plans for the day. Day 2 will focus on trading programs and implementation, nationally and in the Ohio River Basin: Mark Kieser, ETN
8:40-9:30	Stakeholder Perspectives and Instruments for Action: Dennis O'Grady, South Nation Conservation, Ontario
9:30-10:45	Facilitated Discussion of Market-based Trading Programs: Examples/Illustrations: Mark Kieser, ETN (Moderator) George Kelly, Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC Shane Cherry, Shaw Environmental, Inc.
10:45-11:00	Break
11:00-11:45	Ohio's Draft Nutrient Standards and Trading Policy: Gary Stuhlfauth, OEPA
11.45-12.45	Lunch (on your own)
*PART III: APPLICATIONS*
12:45-1:15	Sugar Creek Alpine Cheese Water Quality Trading Program: Dr Richard Moore, Ohio State University
1:15-2:30	Great Miami River Trading Program - Assembling Stakeholders: Sarah Hippensteel, Miami Conservancy District - Program Features and Current Status: Douglas "Dusty" Hall, Miami Conservancy District
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:15	Storm Water Trading Approaches for Portland, OR: Gordon Feighner, City of Portland, OR
3:15-4:15	Is the Ohio River Basin Ready for Trading? Options for Consideration (featured speakers on relevant topics with potential trading application) - George Zukovs, XCG Consultants, Ltd. - Peter Tennant, ORSANCO
4:15-5:00	Moderated discussion: George Zukovs, Moderator Participants: Gordon Feighner, Peter Tennant, Martin Umberg (City of Cincinnati) Day 2 wrap-up: Mark Kieser, ETN
5:00-5:10	Day 2 Wrap up

Day 3

PART III: APPLICATIONS (CONT.)
7:30-8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15	Welcome and plans for the day: Developing elements of a framework: Mark Kieser, ETN
8:15-9:45	Breakout Groups - Trading Framework Design (facilitated)
9:45-10:00	Break
10:00-11:30	Framework Breakout Group Reports (facilitated)
11:30-11:45	Workshop Wrap up: Mark Kieser, ETN