NOTIONAL ITINERARY FOR EPA ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT August 30-September 8, 2017
Canberra - Sydney - Melbourne
I Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Evening
Depart Washington ERT Sydney
I Friday, September 1, 2017
6:50AM RON
Arrive Sydney (DL 41) TBD
I Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Location: Taronga Zoo, Sydney
Notes:
Program similar to VPOTUS Biden trip
To include visit with koalas
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TBD
..I Sunday, September 3, 2017
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Location: Gladstone - Curtis Island
Notes:
Wendy King, Australian President for ConocoPhillips would like to bring Administrator
Pruitt and members of his delegation to visit the LNG Plant in Gladstone
Visit would showcase the US-Australia relationship in developing gas as an export to the
region/world
This would be a long day trip, and could be accommodated on the weekend.
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TBD
I Monday, September 4, 2017
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Location: TED Notes:
Closed-door roundtable meeting format Focus on federal vs. state relationship and "push-pull" including on environmental issues Suggested participants:
o Minister Gabrielle Upton, NSW Minister for the Environment, Minister for Heritage, and Minister for Local Government
o Minister Don Harwin MLC, Minsiter for Resources, Minister for Energy and Utiltiies and Minister for the Arts.
o Vic McGrath (from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait) has held several positions on ministerial advisory committees to the Australian and Queensland Governments including Indigenous Protected Areas, the Arts and a range of Environmental Management issues. He is highly regarded at the community level as well as within government and scientific circles for his unique ability to effortlessly transverse cultural, scientific and governance domains.
o Christine Covington, solicitor of the Supreme Court ofNSW and on the board of the NSW EPA. She is currently the National Practice Group Leader of the Environment and Planning Group at the law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth. She has served as a NSW Government appointee to the Central Sydney Planning Committee. She has extensive experience in the NSW Land and Environment Court and the Supreme Court in planning appeals and environmental prosecutions.
o Julie Savet Ward, on the board of the NSW EPA and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ms Savet Ward has particular expertise in the regulatory environment for sustainability and a deep understanding of the planning, approval, design, construction and delivery of infrastructure, property and natural resource projects. She has particular skills in brokering and managing relationships between government and the community.
o Dr. Diana Day, non-executive Director of Sydney Water and Adjunct Professor at the University ofNSW Global Water Institute. Dr. Day is a company director of federal and state statutory authorities, businesses, universities and not for-profit boards. As a physical and social scientist and educator, she has held senior academic and public sector roles in water and environmental management. In these roles she worked on addressing water quality and security challenges in power development, mining, rural, riverine and metropolitan contexts.
Ill Location: TED Notes:
Possible location: o Frasers Broadway Precinct: tour led by Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures where he leads a team of researchers who create change towards sustainable futures through independent, project-based research. Professor White's work focuses on achieving sustainability outcomes at least cost for a range of government, industry and community clients across Australia and
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internationally. This includes both the design and evaluation of programs for improving resource use efficiency and an assessment of their impact. Professor White has written and presented widely on sustainable futures and is a regular commentator on sustainability issues in the media. The $2bn redevelopment of the Old Kent Brewery site on Broadway in Sydney is one of Australia's most successful examples of green urban regeneration. The University of Technology Sydney ISF was a key partner of Frasers Property in identifying sustainability opportunities for the site. ISF assisted in developing the Frasers Broadway Precinct Water Cycle Strategy to plan significant reductions in overall energy use, water use and solid waste.
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Location: Sydney Harbour
Notes:
Meeting with NSW government and public/private entities on how Australia keeps
Sydney Harbour clean and "trash-free"
To include tour of harbor
No media but PAS and EPA Press Team will likely take photo spray and engage in social
media
Suggested participants:
o Ian Kiernan, Clean Up: Ian competed in the solo around-the-world yacht race in
1987 and after seeing littered harbors he was inspired to start an NGO and was the
inspiration for "Clean Up Australia Day." Ian gained traction with the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Clean Up the World was launched
in 1993 and has inspired approximately 35 million people from 120 countries
annually.
o Kim McKay AO, Clean Up Sydney Harbour: McKay is the Director and CEO of
the Australian Museum, prior Senior Vice President of Global Marketing &
Communications for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic in the
United States, co-founded the iconic Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World
campaigns, was named one of Australia's 100 Women oflnfluence by the
Australian Financial Review, and co-author of five books.
o Dr. Peter Steinberg, Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS): SIMS is home
to the World Harbour Project, which facilitates research projects across major
urban harbors around the world. There are two U.S. partners, Chesapeake Bay
and New York Harbor. The New York Harbor has a program linking high school
students in the United States and Australia through a "Virtual Environmental
Partnership" investigating the sustainability of each school's local water cycle,
sponsored by the State Department and the Australian Department of Education.
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Location: TED Notes:
Dialogue that the Administrator would hold with the private sector on hydro-fracking, potentially with the AmCham and member energy companies
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No media
.. Suggested participants: o AmCham Energy and Resources Committee and member energy companies
Location: TED Notes:
To discuss judicial environmental regulatory issues The Hon John Griffiths: Justice Griffiths' tertiary qualifications include a BA and LLB
(First Class Hons and University Medal) from the Australian National University, an LLM from Harvard University and a PhD from Cambridge University. Prior to returning to Australia in 1983 he was a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and lectured in law at that University. After working for 3 years as the Director of Research of the Federal Administrative Review Council, he joined Dawson Waldron in 1986, where he became a partner. In 1994 he was admitted to the Bar of New South Wales. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001. Immediately prior to his appointment Justice Griffiths was also a member of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales and Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the New South Wales Bar Association.
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TBD
I Tuesday, September 5, 2017
09:55 AM
Depart Sydney ERT Canberra
10:50 AM
Arrive Canberra
..12:00 PM
Lunch
Location: Embassy Notes:
One-on-one format To discuss issues that EPA Administrator will raise with Australian interlocutors
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Closed-door roundtable meeting format Department of the Environment and Energy suggests they lead the meeting under the
following format:
1. The challenges of the whole of government regulatory reform 2. The challenges of environmental regulatory reform
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a. Federalism - The role of the Commonwealth, state and territories.
i. How Australia gives effect to international treaties/conventions
ii.
Judicial issues associated with environmental and energy laws
b. Streamlining regulatory approaches between the Commonwealth and
state/territory governments
i. Regulatory approaches to streamlining environmental regulation - OSS
reforms ( bilateral agreements, strategic assessments);
ii.
Department's approach to improving regulatory maturity - focus
on becoming a becoming a more engaged, risk-based, and transparent
regulator, leading to improved experiences for industry and reducing
regulatory burden.
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Risk based approach to compliance and monitoring
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Location: Parliament House
Notes:
Likely to take place after Question Time in Parliament (i.e., post 3:30 PM)
Request has been submitted to Minister's Office
Potentially could include signing of MOU
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Location: Parliament House
Notes:
Likely to take place after Question Time in Parliament (i.e., post 3:30 PM)
Request has been submitted to Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Location: CMR Notes:
Charge has agreed to host dinner i.h.o. Administrator Diarists for Minister Frydenberg and Minister Canavan aware of dinner and expecting
invitations Dinner will start late because of Parliament sitting hours (8: 15 PM) and Ministers not
guaranteed because of business of politics Dinner ends at 9:30 PM Current guest list:
1. CDA Carouso 2. A/DCM Heath 3. Minister Frydenberg 4. Minister Canavan 5. Vanessa Guthrie, Chair, Minerals Council of Australia 6. Peter Freyberg. Senior Vice Chair, Minerals Council of Australia and Head of
Coal Assets, Glencore. 7. Mike Henry, Vice Chair, Minerals Council of Australia and President Operations,
Minerals Australia, BHP.
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8. Paul Flynn, Chair, MCA Coal Forum, Chief Executive and Managing Director, Whitehaven Coal.
9. George Schuller. President- Australia, Peabody Energy 10. Brendan Pearson, Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia 11. Administrator Pruitt (EPA) 12. Ryan Jackson (EPA) 13. Jane Nishida (EPA) 14. Sarah Greenwalt (EPA) 15. Samantha Dravis (EPA)
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I Wednesday, September 6, 2017
1111 Location: Weston Creek Park Notes:
.. Provides delegation opportunity to see Australian wildlife Visit should only last 30-45 minutes at most
Location: TED Notes:
Discussion to focus on rnle oflaw and energy/environmental issues, at state/territory level
Participants could include court justices, public sector interlocutors who work on environmental cases
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Location: Parliament House
Notes:
.. Similar to Sen. McCain visit to Parliament House Potential for protests, negative reaction
Location: Parliament House Notes:
Minerals Council of Australia is rnnning "Minerals Week" at Parliament House the week of September 4-8, and has offered the Administrator a speaking role.
Audience would be composed of MPs and resources/commodities industry leaders. Media would be present Speech would take place in public section of Parliament House, thereby raising
possibility of protests
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Location: Hyatt Hotel Notes:
Minerals Council of Australia has offered to host a closed-door, private meeting between the EPA Administrator and the 13-member Board of Directors.
No media No public
6:25 PM
Depart Canberra ERT Melbourne
7:35 PM
Arrive Melbourne
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..I Thursday, September 7, 2017
Location: TED Notes:
Closed-door roundtable meeting format Focus on federal vs. state relationship and "push-pull" including on environmental issues Suggested participants"
o Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio o Minister for Water Lisa Neville o EPA Victoria Chairman Cheryl Batagol o EPA CEO Nial Finegan o Additional participants from the Department of Premier and Cabinet
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Location: Institute ofPublic Affairs Notes:
Closed-door roundtable meeting format Chatham House rules CG MEL will reach out to determine availability
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Location: TED Notes:
No large public functions but staged to allow for some public exposure To discuss "greening of sports" If held, the U.S. Green Sports Alliance would fly to Australia for this meeting to discuss
potential collaboration and the economic advantages to greening sports. CG MEL will reach out to determine availability CG MEL suggests an event with the Sports Environment Alliance Chair and Executive
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Director along with individuals from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, AFL, Netball, or other associations to discuss sustainable sports operations within Australia
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I Friday, September 8, 2017
7:30AM
Depart Melbourne ERT Washington
Late Afternoon
Arrive Washington
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