The one-day conference was held on June 5, 2007 and featured participants with varied expertise and backgrounds to discuss the past, present and future of the EQA and ADEQ.
Day 1 Conference Program
7:30–8:10
Registration and light breakfast
8:10-8:15
Welcome: Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center , The University of Arizona
8:15-8:30
Opening Remarks: "Environmental Protection in Arizona: How Far Have We Come?”
Grant Woods, Attorney, Grant Woods PC, former Arizona Attorney General
8:30-9:00
Keynote: "Political Dynamics and the Water Quality Act" Jack Pfister,
former General Manager, Salt River Project and Professor, Arizona State University, retired
9:00-10:00
History of the Environmental Quality Act: Past challenges and the beginning of ADEQ
Nancy Wrona (moderator), Director, Air Quality Division, ADEQ
Jim Derouin, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
Roger Ferland, Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP
Priscilla Robinson, Southwest Environmental Service, retired
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-10:30
Former ADEQ Director Ed Fox (1991-1994)
10:30-11:30
WQARF: Past, present and future
Tamara Huddleston (moderator), Section Chief Counsel, Environmental Enforcement Section Arizona Office of the Attorney General
Karen Gaylord, Attorney, Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, PLC
Rick Lavis, Executive Vice President, Arizona Cotton Growers Association
Jim Vieregg, Director of Government Relations, Abrams Airborne Mfg., Inc.
11:30-11:45
Former ADEQ Director Russell Rhoades(1995-1998)
12:00-1:15
Lunch
Recognition of Legislative Leaders:
The Honorable Senator Jake Flake, Arizona Senate District 5
The Honorable Representative Ray Barnes, Arizona House District 7
Introduction of the Luncheon Keynote:
Samuel Coppersmith, Partner, Coppersmith Gordon Schermer Owens & Nelson, PLC
Luncheon Keynote: “The State of ADEQ,”
Stephen Owens, Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
1:30-2:30
Emerged and Emerging Contaminants: The Past and Future in Water Quality Science
Chuck Graf (moderator), Associate Director, ADEQ Coordinator, Arizona Water Institute
Phil Lagas, Vice President, Brown & Caldwell
Paul Westerhoff, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
David Quanrud, Research Scientist, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona
2:30-3:45
Emerging Policy Challenges
Joan Card (moderator), Director, Water Quality Division, ADEQ
Delia Carlyle, Chairman, Ak Chin Indian Community
Deb Hill, Supervisor, Coconino County Board of Supervisors (D-IV)
Trevor Hill, President and CEO, Global Water
David Modeer, Director, Tucson Water
Sandy Bahr, Conservation Outreach Director, Sierra Club
3:15-4:00
Break
4:00-5:15
The Future of ADEQ: Where do we go from here?
(Moderated discussion)
Patrick Cunningham (moderator), Deputy Director, ADEQ
The Honorable Senator Carolyn Allen, Arizona Senate, District 8
The Honorable Senator Tom O’Halleran, Arizona Senate, District 1
Pat Mariella, Director, American Indian Policy & Leadership Development Center, Arizona State University
Alexis Strauss, Director, Water Division, EPA Region 9
Karen Peters, Intergovernmental Programs Coordinator, City of Phoenix
5:30
Reception