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EPA To Participate in White House
Conference on Cooperative Conservation
April 15, 2005
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From: EPANEWS loving.wanda@epamail.epa.gov
To: EPA news releases epanews@lists.epa.gov
Date: 4/15/2005 5:52:39 PM
Subject: [epanews] News Release: EPA To Participate in White House
Conference on Cooperative Conservation
News for Release: Friday, April 15, 2005
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA To Participate in White House Conference on Cooperative
Conservation
Contact: Megan Barnett, 202-564-9828/ barnett.megan@epa.gov
Washington, D.C. - EPA Acting Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, will participate as a keynote speaker at the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation. This conference will convene in St. Louis, MO, from August 29-31, 2005 to advance President Bush's vision for cooperative conservation defined in his Executive Order issued on Aug. 26, 2004. Mr. Johnson will highlight EPA's goal of continuing to build on the four cornerstones of new technologies, market incentives, collaborative networks, and results to achieve greater gains in environmental protection.
The White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation (WHCCC) seeks
to broaden cooperative conservation with state, tribal and local
governments, communities, private for profit and non-profit
organizations, and private citizens and to enhance and integrate
public and private land stewardship. The conference will bring
together interested participants and decision makers who can advance
cooperative conservation and identify ideas for future conservation
and environmental policies and initiatives. Participants will be
encouraged to exchange information that will build successful
partnerships and institutionalize cooperative conservation to enhance
on-the-ground conservation results and progress.
The Bush Administration announced that invitations to the 2005 WHCCC
have been distributed to a broad cross-section of private individuals;
agricultural and forestry organizations; local community
groups;businesses; outdoor organizations, conservation groups; local,
state and tribal governments; heritage groups; philanthropic
foundations; members of Congress and state governors. Federal
participants include the Environmental Protection Agency, Departments
of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, and the Interior, as well as the
White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Current EPA programs such as watershed protection, Brownfields
redevelopment, and the Great Lakes Legacy Program are built upon
effective community involvement and partnerships to promote the
conservation of our nation's resources. EPA looks forward to
furthering our mission to protect human health and the environment by
exchanging ideas and best practices on cooperative conservation.
The text of President Bush's Executive Order can be viewed at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040826-11.html
(see below for full text)
For more information about the Cooperative Conservation Conference, go
to: http://www.conservation.ceq.gov
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Additional related, researched information: The registration fee will be approximately $250.00. The program will be finalized and registration will open in May. You will receive an email message announcing the opening of Conference Registration. http://www.attendeeinteractive.com/shows/whc0501/index.cfm?fuseaction=Custom.EditRSVP
Conference Fee The registration fee will be approximately $250.00. The
program will be finalized and registration will open in May. You will
receive an email message announcing the opening of Conference
Registration.
Conference Location St. Louis Convention Center (America’s Center)
701 Convention Plaza St. Louis, MO 63101 General Phone: (314) 342-5036
America's Center is located in the heart of downtown St. Louis. The
main entrance to the convention complex is on Washington Avenue at
Eighth Street. Registration will be set up at this entrance and begin
at Noon on Sunday, August 28.
Parking is available in the garage and surface lots throughout
downtown St. Louis. The closest facilities to America's Center are the
garage and lot located on Seventh Street between Washington Avenue and
Convention Plaza. The Cost of parking ranges from $5.00-$12.00 per
day.
Hotel Accommodations Renaissance Grand Hotel (Across the street from
the Convention Center)
800 Washington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63101 Phone: (314) 621-9600 Visit hotel website
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Renaissance Grand at the
room rate of $89 per night ($9 below government per diem).
Reservations may be made by calling the Renaissance Grand at (800)
397-1282 or (314) 621-9600. The cut off for making reservations at the
conference rate is August 1, 2005, so please act promptly. You may
also make your reservation online by clicking here
Hotel Parking Valet Parking is available at $20.00 per day (no
additional charge for in/out); Self-Parking is available at $14.00 per
day (additional charge for in/out). Garage clearance is 6 feet and
cannot accommodate vans or recreational vehicles. There are also
several self-park garages in close proximity to the hotel. Driving
Directions
Area Airport The Main Airport serving St. Louis is the Lambert - St.
Louis International Airport (STL) visit airport website
Public Transportation Options to and from the Airport
MetroLink St. Louis' light rail system, with a stop conveniently
located 2 blocks from the hotel, has an affordable Round Trip fee to
and from the Airport of $4.75. Visit MetroLink website
Shuttle Service A variety of shuttle service options are available
from the airport to the hotel. Visit airport website for shuttle
information
Taxi service Taxi’s are available to and from the airport at an
estimated fare of $35 each way.
http://www.conservation.ceq.gov/travel.html
For More Information
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Executive Order Facilitation
of Cooperative Conservation
August 26, 2004
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this order is to ensure that the
Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense and
the Environmental Protection Agency implement laws relating to the
environment and natural resources in a manner that promotes
cooperative conservation, with an emphasis on appropriate inclusion of
local participation in Federal decisionmaking, in accordance with
their respective agency missions, policies, and regulations.
Sec. 2. Definition. As used in this order, the term "cooperative
conservation" means actions that relate to use, enhancement, and
enjoyment of natural resources, protection of the environment, or
both, and that involve collaborative activity among Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments, private for-profit and nonprofit
institutions, other nongovernmental entities and individuals.
Sec. 3. Federal Activities. To carry out the purpose of this order,
the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, to
the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of
appropriations and in coordination with each other as appropriate:
(a) carry out the programs, projects, and activities of the agency
that they respectively head that implement laws relating to the
environment and natural resources in a manner that:
(i) facilitates cooperative conservation;
(ii) takes appropriate account of and respects the interests of
persons with ownership or other legally recognized interests in land
and other natural resources;
(iii) properly accommodates local participation in Federal
decisionmaking; and
(iv) provides that the programs, projects, and activities are
consistent with protecting public health and safety;
(b) report annually to the Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality on actions taken to implement this order; and
(c) provide funding to the Office of Environmental Quality Management
Fund (42 U.S.C. 4375) for the Conference for which section 4 of this
order provides.
Sec. 4. White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation. The
Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality shall, to the extent
permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations:
(a) convene not later than 1 year after the date of this order, and
thereafter at such times as the Chairman deems appropriate, a White
House Conference on Cooperative Conservation (Conference) to
facilitate the exchange of information and advice relating to (i)
cooperative conservation and (ii) means for achievement of the purpose
of this order; and
(b) ensure that the Conference obtains information in a manner that
seeks from Conference participants their individual advice and does
not involve collective judgment or consensus advice or deliberation.
Sec. 5. General Provision. This order is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United
States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities or entities, its
officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 26, 2004.
Cooperative conservation
- The term "cooperative conservation" means actions that
relate to use, enhancement, and enjoyment of natural resources,
protection of the environment, or both, and that involve collaborative
activity among Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, private
for-profit and nonprofit institutions, other nongovernmental entities
and individuals. G.W. Bush’s Executive Order dated August 24, 2004:
Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040826-11.html
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