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Fw: Joint Evaluation Documents for March 15, 2011

| talked with Dennis Wychocki, who is the R5 Water Division MI Program Manager for all the water programs in MI. He has been forwarding information to Laura Smith for distribution. | just want to make sure your division is getting the applicable information for the Joint Assessment to be held Thursday March 15 at 1pm CST as a video conference. Ground Water and Drinking Water will be discussed first. | have also attached the Joint Evaluation Assessment document | prepared for the Michigan drinking water program. If you have questions, please contact me. Jennifer Kurtz Crooks Michigan Program Manager Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch U.S. EPA, Region 5 77 West Jackson Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 886-0244 (312) 582-5853 (fax) [email protected] Draft Agenda Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment & Region 5 EPA Program Evaluation March 15, 2011 xxxEND_PAGE:deq26_b023_0330_0333_1 Meeting Expectations: The meeting will provide MDNRE and Region 5 management with the opportunity to jointly assess program progress. The desired outcomes of the meeting are to improve teamwork and communications, celebrate the successes that have been achieved to date, identify specific actions where performance may be improved. Meeting Preparation: Prior to the meeting, Region 5 management is expected to contact their MDNRE counterparts and discuss how programmatic issues will be presented. MDNRE and Region 5 management are mutually accountable for developing a coordinated presentation rather than two distinct discussions. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Location for Meeting: TBD 1:00 Large Group Gathers: Introductions and Welcome 1:10 Program Direction, Priorities, Budget Issues [Tinka Hyde / William Creal / Liane Shekter Smith] 1:30 Joint Assessment on Program Commitments and their Status along with Performance Highlights, Areas of Improvement and Budget Issues Ground Water & Drinking Water [Thomas Poy /?] Wetlands & Watersheds [Peter Swenson /?] Monitoring / Water Quality Standards [Linda Holst /?] NPDES Program Permitting and Compliance [Kevin Pierard /?] Enforcement & Compliance [Dean Maraldo/?] Grants [Debbie Baltazar/?] 4:20 Review and Wrap Up 4:30 Adjourn * All times are Central Standard Time. onnee Forwarded by Jennifer Crooks/R5/USEPA/US on 02/22/2011 10:43 AM