National Forum on Synergies Between
Water Quality Trading and
Wetland Mitigation Banking
Sponsored by:
US Environmental Protection Agency
Facilitated by:
the Environmental Law Institute
July 11-12, 2005
Washington, DC
Day One, Monday, July 11
- Welcome and Introductions
- Benjamin Grumbles, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Jessica Wilkinson, Environmental Law Institute (Facilitator)
- Background: The History and Status of Wetland Mitigation Banking and Water Quality Trading
- Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Lynda Hall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Questions & Answers
- The Challenges of Point/Non-Point Source Trading
- Dennis King, University of Maryland
- Questions & Facilitated Discussion
- The Use of Water Quality Trading and Wetland Restoration to Address Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
- G. Tracy Mehan, III, Cadmus Group
- Paul Faeth, World Resources Institute
- Questions & Answers
- Lessons Learned from Point-Nonpoint Source Trading Case Studies
- Dennis O’Grady, South Nation Conservation
- Alley Ringhausen, Great Rivers Land Trust
- Questions & Answers
- Legal and Financial Liability – Issues in Mitigation Banking and Water Quality Trading
- A Wetland Mitigation Banking Perspective
George I. Platt, Wetlandsbank, Inc.
- A Water Quality Trading Perspective
Cyrus Jones, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Day Two, Tuesday, July 12
- The Banking Experience: Environmental Performance Standards & Credit Release
- Craig Denisoff, Wildlands, Inc.
- Questions & Facilitated Discussion
- Bank Review and Certification Requirements
- A Third Party Auditor Perspective
Hank Habicht, Global Environment & Technology Foundation
- A Wetland Mitigation Banking Perspective
David Urban, Land and Water Resources, Inc.
- Questions & Facilitated Discussion
- Multiple Credit Types for A Single Project Site
- Andrew McElwaine, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
- Questions & Facilitated Discussion
- Stimulating Creation of a Point/Non-Point Source Trading System on a Watershed Scale
- Donald Hey, The Wetlands Initiative
- Questions & Facilitated Discussion
- Wrap-Up and Closing Statements
- Diane Regas, US Environmental Protection Agency
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