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Minnesota Environmental Initiative 2004 Environmental Policy Forum Series Air Condition A dialogue about the present and future challenges to Minnesota's air quality Thursday, April 8 7:30 am - 12:15 pm Science Museum of Minnesota St. Paul Over the past several years, the Minnesota Environmental Initiative has brought public and private leaders together to recognize ground-level ozone as a growing problem for Minnesota, and to organize a plan for voluntary, collaborative action to address it. Air Condition will build upon this work by initiating a new dialogue on a broad spectrum of emerging issues related to new EPA rulemaking, New Source Review, regional haze, Minnesota�s modeling capabilities and more. The forum will also provide in depth discussion on particulate matter and the health impacts of air pollution. EPA Region 5 Administrator Tom Skinner and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Sheryl Corrigan have been important participants in our discussions on ground-level ozone, and they will return as key speakers at this forum. Specifically, they will focus on the increasingly regional nature of air-quality problems. Other representatives from EPA Region 5 and the MPCA will discuss new and existing efforts for combating air pollutants. And finally, a panel of representatives from the environmental, business and health care communities will present the impacts of air pollution on Minnesota�s health, environment and economy. Sponsors The 2004 Environmental Policy Forum Series is sponsored by Flint Hills Resources. The lead event sponsor of Air Condition is Wenck Associates. Additional support is provided by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Draft Agenda 7:30 am Registration and Breakfast 8:00 Introduction Peter Frosch, Minnesota Environmental Initiative 8:15 State and Regional Air Panel Tom Skinner, EPA Region 5 Administrator Sheryl Corrigan, MPCA Commissioner Cheryl Newton, EPA Region 5 Associate Director, Air and Radiation Division Ann Seha, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Assistant Commissioner Administrator Skinner and Commissioner Corrigan will lead a strategic discussion about air quality as a regional and national issue and what that means for Minnesota. Associate Director Newton will provide updates on New Source Review reform,EPA�s direction on mercury, the interstate transport rule/regional haze, the Clear Skies Initiative and action on mobile sources. Assistant Commissioner Seha will address the state�s modeling capabilities, monitoring activity, recent air alerts, the Metropolitan Emissions Reduction Project and the threat of ozone non-attainment. 9:30 Panel Question and Answer 10:00 Break 10:15 Particulate Matter - The Next Big Thing in Air Quality? Representatives from MPCA and the business and environmental communities will demonstrate why this category of air pollutants may be the next big challenge to Minnesota�s air quality. Panelists will provide background on the science of particle matter, explain the threat it poses to Minnesota and examine trends to gauge how close the state is to federal non-attainment. 11: 15 Health and Air Quality Panelists from health-related organizations in government, industry and the nonprofit community will discuss the airborne threats to human health, the economic cost of air pollution to the health care system and environmental issues in the health care industry. 12:15 Adjourn Registration MEI Members: $40 Nonmembers: $60 Register online at http://www.mn-ei.org/policy/events.html or contact Suzy Knutson at 612-334-3388 ext.100, or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration includes breakfast. Prepayment is not required; registrants will be invoiced after the event. No one will be denied admission to the forum because of inability to pay the registration fee; inquiries about scholarship opportunities should be directed to Peter Frosch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on Air Condition please contact Peter Frosch, Environmental Policy program manager, at 612-334-3388 ext.108, or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Minnesota Environmental Initiative is a 13-year-old nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis. MEI builds innovative partnerships to develop solutions to Minnesota�s environmental problems. If you would like to be removed from MEI's email list, please respond to this message with REMOVE in the subject line. Elizabeth Dickinson West Side _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
