TVA: Regional Resource Stewardship Council Meeting

Regional Resource Stewardship Council Meeting
November 1, 2000
Location: TVA Headquarters, 400 W. Summit Hill Dr., Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Meeting room: West Tower Auditorium

Agenda

All times are Eastern Standard
8:30 a.m.	Convene Full Council Chairman’s welcome: Mayor Eddie Smith Review of agenda: Jim Creighton

8:45 - 9:40 a.m.	TVA: Future Study of Lake Levels Should Involve Public and Consider Costs and Benefits (GAO/RCED-99-154) John Hunt, Assistant Director for Natural Resources and Environment, U. S. General Accounting Office Mehrzad Nadji, Assistant Director for Economic Analysis, Applied Research and Methodology, GAO Philip Farah, Senior Economist, Applied Research and Methodology, GAO Questions and Answers

9:40 - 10:40 a.m.	How TVA’s Environmental Stewardship Decisions Impact its Distributor Customers Mike McDowell, Executive Director, Tennessee Valley Public Power Association

10:40 - 11 a.m.	Break

11 a.m. - noon	Public comments Adjourn for lunch

Noon - 1:00 p.m.	Council lunch Council reconvene

1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	The Impact of Instream Flows on Navigation Tom Vorholt, Vice President of Dry Cargo Sales and Customer Service, Ingram Barge Company, and Member of RRSC's Integrated River Management Subcommittee Questions and Answers

2:15 - 2:45 p.m.	Break

2:45 - 4:15 p.m.	Impact of Land Management Practices on Water Quality
2:45 - 3:00	Water Quality Impacts of Nonpoint Source in the Southeast Tom Welborn, Chief of Wetlands, Coastal and Water Quality Branch, EPA Region 4
3:00 - 3:40	National Buffer Program Gerry Talbert, Director of Southeast Conservation Buffer Campaign
3:40 - 4:15	TVA’s Experience with the Water Quality Buffer Program

4:15 - 5:00 p.m.	Reports from Subcommittees/Planning for November 29 Meeting

5:00 p.m.	Council Adjourns