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To discuss issues that EPA Administrator will raise with Australian interlocutors 12:00 PM Lunch Location: TBD Notes: Closed-door roundtable meeting format Department of the Environment and Energy to determine participants Department of the Environment and Energy suggests they lead the meeting under the format below: 1. The challenges of the whole of government regulatory reform 2. The challenges of environmental regulatory reform 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. iii. Risk based approach to compliance and monitoring Location: Suite Ml : 17, Parliament House Notes: Confirmed one-hour meeting at Parliament House Potentially could include signing of MOU event Location: Parliament House Notes: Confirmed half-hour meeting at Parliament House Location: CMR Notes: Charg has agreed to host dinner i.h.o. Administrator Diarists for Minister Frydenberg and Minister Canavan aware of dinner and expecting invitations Last updated 7/20/2017 8:38:44 AM 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003415-00005  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 as submitted to Protocol: 1. CDA Carouso 2. A/DCM Heath 3. Minister Frydenberg (on calendar and confirmed) 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. 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 Greenwait (EPA) 15. Samantha Dravis (EPA) HON Hyatt Hotel Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Location: TBD ACT Government has offered one of two options: o Option 1: if interested in the judicial aspect, the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal deals with most environmental issues in the ACT (http://acat.act.gov.au/) and the Environmental Defender's Office has a useful handbook on the environmental law in the ACT (http://www.edoact.org.au/handbook). o Option 2: if interested in regulatory reform, the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate may be most appropriate, and it includes ACT Environment Protection Authority (http://www.environment.act.gov.au/) Once ACT has better idea about which preference EPA has and the preferred topics of discussion it can assist in setting up the meeting. Location: Parliament House Last updated 7/20/2017 8:38:44 AM 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003415-00006