NAEM Chemical Risk Management Work Group Meeting: Chemical Risk Management Challenges

NAEM Chemical Risk Management Work Group Meeting:
Chemical Risk Management Challenges
March 19, 2008, 12:15pm-4:00pm
Marriott Coronado Island
San Diego, California

The NAEM Chemical Risk Management (CRM) Work Group is hosting a half-day meeting focused on advancing mutually beneficial improvements related to chemical risk management to improve Department of Defense (DoD) and defense industries’ mission sustainability goals. At its inaugural meeting in October 2007, the Work Group began the process of identifying mutually beneficial opportunities for Industry and DoD to institutionalize new processes that advance CRM goals by lowering mutual risks and promoting newer, more sustainable technologies. The Group’s ultimate work product will be a report identifying opportunities for process improvements and new technologies as well as recommendations on how they may be successfully implemented by either or both DoD and Industry. The report will be presented this October at the NAEM Annual Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

The output of the October meeting is captured in the Work Group’s Overview and Framework for Strategic Planning, which highlights many of the key issues the Group is addressing as well as milestones to be achieved between March and the NAEM Annual Forum. At the upcoming meeting, the Group will continue the dialogue started in October with the specific goal of agreeing to a final list of issues to be researched and developed into the final report.

To achieve this goal, this meeting will address four specific objectives:
	Developing a common understanding of current DoD policies, practices, tools and plans relevant to life cycle risk assessment, pursuing material changes, and chemical management.
	Refining the drivers for pursuing improvements in chemical risk management (i.e., needs and issues)
	Identification of additional opportunities for improving chemical risk management
	Finalizing the Work Group Plan and identification of individual work group member roles

Preliminary Agenda
12:00-12:15pm	Box Lunches Available for CSIMP Registrants
12:15-12:30pm	Welcome and Introductions NAEM Overview, Purpose, and Facilitator Rules for the Meeting
12:30-12:50pm	DoD policy, programs, and current practice framework This will include a discussion of DoD Acquisition and ESOH Directives on Life Cycle Risk Assessment and Total Operational Costing, and Implementation of the Chemical Management Plan for E.O. 13423 Shannon Cunniff, Director, Emerging Contaminants Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
12:50-1:10pm	Current Business Tools: Vehicles in contracting acquisition to pursue chemical/material changes This will include a review of DoD’s single process initiative, performance-based contracting, engineering change proposals, value engineering, unsolicited proposals and other existing processes or tools. Samuel Davis, Defense Contract Management Agency Representative
1:10-1:30pm	DoD and Industry efforts to transform business practices and enhance efficient enterprise chemical management This will include an overview of a variety of efforts to improve chemical and material tracking John Coho, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
1:30-1:40 Break
1:40-3:45	Group Discussion on effectuating change in CRM Vision statement---review of possible desired end state and underlying assumptions What are drivers for change and opportunities derived from improving CRM? This will include discussion of new global requirements (REACH and RoHs), Executive Order 13423, and other factors currently impacting CRM How do we get to this envisioned end state (brainstorm specific solutions) Discussion could include single process initiative, new materials testing programs and other potential solutions What current obstacles exist to achieving the envisioned end state? Identifying the favorite/best ideas The group will use a multi-voting process to identify those ideas to be researched further as part of the final report
3:45-4:00	Next Steps Roll up of today’s info/issues into the framework/Issue Paper – timeframe. Individual member roles/products/expectations Next Meeting date Confirmation of proposed timeline for product completion
4:00pm Adjourn

Meeting Information

Location
The meeting will take place March 19 from 12:15pm-4:00pm at the Marriot Coronado Island Executive Conference Center in Coronado, California. The hotel is located just across the bay from San Diego, approximately 15 minutes from the San Diego Airport. There is no complimentary hotel shuttle from the airport though the hotel offers a return trip to the airport for $25.00. Estimated taxi fare is $20.00 (one way).

Meeting Registration
Please register for the CRM Work Group meeting by completing the attached registration form (click here for printable form) and faxing it to Jacob Hegeman at Stateside Associates no later than Friday, March 7.

Reservations
A limited number of rooms are available at a group rate of $219/night. To make reservations, call the Marriott Coronado Island at 1-800-228-9290 and identify yourself as a CSIMP Attendee.

For more information
Please contact Jacob Hegeman at Stateside Associates at (703) 525-7466.

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