CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, JUNE 24

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One

John J. Fumero, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley, Boca Raton

Nicholas Albergo, PE, DEE, Program Co-Chair, President
HSA Engineers and Scientists, Tampa

9:15 Legal History and Clean Water Act Requirements
Creating the Context
John J. Fumero, Esq., Program Co-Chair

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Existing Florida Water Quality Regulations, Programs and Initiatives
An Overview

Melissa L. Meeker, President
Hesperides Group, Stuart

Thomas Mullin, Esq.
Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley, Boca Raton

11:15 Ethics
Unique Concerns for Environmental Professionals
H. Ray Allen II, Esq.
Carlton Fields, Tallahassee

12:15 Lunch Break

1:30 Proposed EPA Numeric Nutrient Standards
An Overview

Winston Borkowski, Esq.
Hopping, Green & Sams, Tallahassee

Jeffrey Brown, Esq.
Oertel, Fernandez, Cole & Bryant, Tallahassee

Nicholas Albergo, PE, DEE, Program Co-Chair, President

2:30 Developing Numeric Nutrient Criteria
Fertile Ground for Science and Policy

Douglas Durbin, PhD, Technical Director, Vice President
ENTRIX, Tampa

Don Blancher, PhD, Chief Scientist
Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration, Mobile

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 Water and Wastewater Utility Industry
Potential Impacts

Larry Johnson, PE, Assistant Director
Water Utilities Department
Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach

Doug Meurer, PE, Director
Lee County Utilities, Fort Myers

Lisa Wilson-Davis, Utility Services Program Policy Coordinator
City of Boca Raton

4:30 Proposed Standards
Potential Economic Impacts
Dominic Calabro, President and CEO
Florida TaxWatch, Tallahassee

5:15 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty
Moderator: Nicholas Albergo, PE, DEE, Program Co-Chair

5:30 Adjourn


FRIDAY, JUNE 25

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
John J. Fumero, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Nicholas Albergo, PE, DEE, Program Co-Chair, President

9:15 Environmental Group Perspective
Standards are a Major Improvement, but We’re Not There Yet
Jennifer Hecker, Natural Resource Policy Manager
Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Naples

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Regulated Industry Perspectives
We’re Against Dirty Water, but Let’s Set Appropriate Standards

Barney Bishop, President and CEO
Associated Industries of Florida, Tallahassee

Cathleen Vogel, President
The Catalina Group, Miami

11:00 Local Government Perspectives
The Cost of Upgrading Storm Water Systems

Diana Ferguson, Esq., Legislative Staff Attorney
Florida Association of Counties, Tallahassee

Chip Fletcher, Esq., City Attorney
Tampa

12:00 Lunch Break

1:15 Agricultural Perspectives
Best Management Practices

Ray Hodge, Director of Government Affairs
Southeast Milk, Belleview

Staci Braswell, Esq., Director, Government and Community Affairs
Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Gainesville

2:15 Compliance and Implementation
Tools and Challenges

Frederick Aschauer Jr., Esq.
Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley, Tallahassee

Thomas Helgeson, PE
CH2MHILL, Tampa

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 Florida Water Management Districts
Regulators and Regulated

David Still, Executive Director
Suwannee River Water Management District, Live Oak

4:15 Preparing for Proposed Changes in Arsenic Regulations … Again
More Work—More Trouble
Richard Lewis, PhD, PE
HSA Engineers & Scientists, Fort Myers

5:00 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty
Moderator: Thomas Mullin, Esq.

5:15 Evaluations and Adjourn

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