2025 ECOS Spring Meeting

Uniting States & Partners for Environmental Progress

As ECOS converges on the nation’s capital for introductions to the new leadership of federal agencies and Congress, our diverse members bring their traditional spirit of bipartisanship to achieve environmental progress. The Spring Meeting will leverage our work with federal, NGO, and private sector partners to attain shared goals for the year ahead. ECOS priorities include building state capacity to lead, advancing water and energy infrastructure through permitting efficiencies and other means, accelerating the circular economy, and ensuring federal facility compliance.

Materials

• Final List of Attendees
• Agenda as of 3/21
• Speaker Guidelines
• Sponsor Posters
• Sponsorship Opportunities
• Signed 889 form for U.S. EPA Attendees

March 24

ECOS Oil & Gas Caucus (O&GC) – The Evolving Landscape for Oil & Natural Gas

• Presentation, Jon Goldstein, Environmental Defense Fund
• Presentation, Angel Zivkovich, Oxy
• Presentation, Matthias Sayer, Bradfute Sayer
• Blog Post, Study Shows Small Sources Account for Large Share of Oil & Gas Methane Emissions, Underscores Importance of Key Federal Initiatives, Environmental Defense Fund
• Blog Post, The Environmental Defense Fund, API Colorado, and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association Respond to Air Quality Control Commission Regulation 7 Pneumatics Rule, Environmental Defense Fund

Roundtable: Permitting Efficiencies to Safeguard the Environment & State Economies

• Presentation, David Urban, Ecological Restoration Business Association

Problem-Solving Session: Innovative Strategies in Workforce Development

• Presentation, Jess Byrne, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
• Handout, Building Better Government Institutions, Partnership for Public Service

Roundtable: AI as a Tool to Augment Agency Decision-Making

• Slide on AI for Public Agencies, Kim Nelson, True Elements
• Research Brief, Leveraging Analytics in Environmental Compliance, International Institute for Analytics with SAS

March 25

Breakout: ECOS Climate & Energy Workgroup Roundtable on Building Resilient Environmental Programs

• Council Fire’s Building Resilience: Sustainable Strategies for Local Governments

Breakout: ECOS Digital Business Workgroup on Public Records Requests, Public Comments, & the Art of the Possible

• Presentation, Miriam Patrocinio, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Roundtable: Lessons Learned in Disaster Preparedness & Response

• Presentation, Ed Tormey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
• Presentation, Scott Lichtig, California Environmental Protection Agency
• Presentation, Sunny Fleming, Esri
• Presentation, Anne Baker, American Flood Coalition
• Presentation, John Magee, VLS Environmental Solutions

Roundtable: Sustainable Management & Critical Mineral Recovery of Renewables

• Presentation, Rob Singletary, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
• Presentation, Ronné Adkins, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
• Presentation, Melissa Flaherty, General Motors

Roundtable: Innovations in Drinking Water Safety & Data Transparency

• Slide on Calculating Bacteria Entering Facilities, Steve Spiwak, Ecolab

Problem-Solving Discussion: Unexpected Outcomes & Teachable Moments

• Video on the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Efforts to Remove a Sunken Barge form the Providence River, Repurpose Steel via a grant from the NOAA Marine Debris Program

Roundtable: Strategies for Reducing PFAS in Products

• Presentation, Bob Scott, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services