2022 ECOS Fall Meeting

Taking Innovation to New Heights

At 7,000 feet above sea level, this Fall Meeting provided an unparalleled opportunity for states and partners to take innovation to new heights. Thought leaders explored forward-looking approaches in PFAS risk communication, water cybersecurity, resiliency, infrastructure, air, climate, energy, environmental justice, land revitalization, and agency management. In the ECOS tradition of “rip-off and deploy” (R&D), participants returned to their home organizations with a new repertoire of bipartisan, common-sense approaches to safeguarding human health and the environment.

Materials

• Agenda
• Attendees
• Sponsors

ECOS Innovation Awards

Environmental Programs & Agency Management Category

• Video Presentation
• Winners:
  • Texas Diversity Mentoring Program
  • Kentucky Drone Program
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Wyoming Innovation and Collaboration on Air Quality
  • Arkansas Natural State Environmental Program
  • Louisiana Air Monitoring and Outreach
  • Maryland Fish Collection and Tissue Sampling for PCBs
  • Virginia Expert Panel on Bristol Landfill
  • South Carolina Dam Safety Program

Water & Equity Category

• Video Presentation
• Winners:
  • Washington Partnership with the Nisqually Tribe to Restore the Mashel River
  • New Jersey Youth Inclusion Initiative
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Missouri ARPA Scoring Matrix
  • Arizona Small Water System Fund
  • Colorado Water Quality and Equity at the Suncor Refinery
  • North Carolina Water and Wastewater Funding
  • Wisconsin Use of BIL Funding to Enhance Water Infrastructure and Promote Equity
  • Oklahoma Lead Testing in Schools and Child-Care Facilities

September 19

Breakout #1: ECOS Oil & Gas Caucus: Innovative Moves on Methane & Air Emissions Reduction

• Presentation: Jim Kenney, New Mexico
• Presentation: Jon Goldstein, EDF
• Presentation: Angela Zivkovich, Oxy
• Presentation: Isabel Mogstad, BP
• Presentation: Ashley Campsie, Evergreen Environmental Engineering
• Presentation: Howard Dieter, Jonah Energy
• Poll 1: Alternative monitoring technologies approved in states for measuring air emissions
• Poll 2: Technologies states use to ensure compliance

Remarks by Jim Kenney on New Mexico’s Groundbreaking Solutions on Wildfire & Drought

• Presentation

Roundtable: Resiliency Approaches to Storms, Sea-Level Rise, & Wildfires

• Presentation and Case Study on Hurricane Maria: Enio Russe-Garcia, On Point Strategy
• Fact Sheet on Funding Drought Resiliency Projects with CWSRF: U.S. EPA
• Florida Resiliency Bills
  • Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience (2021)
  • Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience (2022)
  • Public Financing of Construction Projects (2020)

Remarks by Colby Manwaring, Autodesk on Digital Solutions to Drive Decarbonization & Resiliency

• Presentation

State-Federal Leadership Dialogue with Janet McCabe (U.S. EPA) and Myra Reece (South Carolina)

• Video: U.S. EPA Research Partnership with States

September 20

Breakout #1: ECOS Infrastructure Workgroup

• Resource: Links to New SRF, BIL, Community Grant, and Justice 40 Resources, U.S. EPA

Roundtable: Fresh Ideas for Revitalizing the Recycling System

• Presentation: Nena Shaw, U.S. EPA
• Presentation: Maranda Demuth, Eastman

Roundtable: New Ways to Think & Act Locally to Promote Equity in Air & Energy Decisions

• Presentation: Bryce Bird, Utah
• Presentation: Aileen Nowlan, EDF