Plenary Sessions:

8:00 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast (Exhibition Space Open)

8:30 am-9:15 am
Defining Nonpoint Source Water Pollution, its Extent and Effects
Timothy L. Miller, Chief, National Water Quality Assessment Program
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

9:15 am-10:15 am
Discussion, Examples, Responses and Discussion

10:15 am-10:30 am
Break (Exhibition Space Open)

10:30 am-11:15 am
Panel Presentation: Current Federal and State Approaches to NPS: Legislative, Regulatory and Non-Regulatory
Dov Weitman, Chief, Nonpoint Source Control Branch
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Jim McElfish, Senior Attorney and Director, Sustainable Use of Land Program
Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC

11:15 am-12:15 pm
Discussion/Questions
Specific State Approaches to Control

12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Lunch Speaker:
Margaret A. Davidson, Director, National Ocean Service, and
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD

2:15 pm-2:45 pm
Case Study: Chesapeake Bay, Part I
Donald F. Boesch, President
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD

2:45 pm-3:15 pm
Discussion/Questions

3:15 pm-3:45 pm
Break (Exhibition Space Open)

3:45 pm-4:15 pm
Chesapeake Bay, Part II
Lauren Wenzel, Deputy Director, Education, Bay Policy and Growth Management Services
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD

4:15 pm-4:45 pm
Discussion/Questions

4:45 pm-5:30 pm
Discussion: Exploring the Options & Critical Choices in Controlling Nonpoint Source
Facilitator:
David W. Moody, Former President
American Water Resources Association

5:30 pm-5:50 pm
Review of Working Group Procedures and Practices
John S. Dickey, Jr., Chair
RNRF 2002 Congress Program Committee

6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Dinner Speaker:
Parris Glendening, Governor of Maryland