THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER AND A SUSTAINABLE 2030

Border Institute X

Rio Rico, Arizona   -   March 8–10, 2010

AGENDA

Monday, March 8

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1:00        Welcome and Introductions

                    Paul Ganster, Chair, Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy

1:30        SCERP Review of Sustainability and the Border Region:  Border Institute I to X

Paul Rasmussen, Director of Planning, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

2:30        State of the Border Environment

Moderator:  Rick Van Schoik, Arizona State University

¨ Water Perspective in the Western U.S.-Mexican Border:  Future Conflict?

-  Alberto Pombo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Richard Wright, San Diego State University

¨    Transboundary Water Management at Paso del Norte:  Thirty Years of Groundwater
Evolution with Challenges and Opportunities towards a Binational Planning
for a Holistic Sustainable Development

-  Alfredo Granados-Olivas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Bobby Creel, New Mexico State University; Erick Sánchez-Flores, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Javier Chávez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; John Hawley, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

¨    Air Quality at the U.S.-Mexican Border: Current State and Future Considerations
towards Sustainability

-  Gabriela Muñoz, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Margarito Quintero, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California; Ross Pumfrey, University of Texas at Austin

¨    Energy for a Sustainable Border Region in 2030

-  Gabriela Muñoz, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Margarito Quintero, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California; Al Sweedler, San Diego State University

¨    The Response of U.S.-Mexico Border Cities to Climate Change:  Current Practices and Urgent Needs

-  Francisco Lara, Arizona State University; Tony Brazel, Arizona State University; Erika Mahoney,
Arizona State University; Rupam Raja, Arizona State University; Margarito Quintero, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Discussion:  Bob Currey, University of Texas at El Paso

5:30        Summary of Day’s Discussions and Policy Questions  –  SCERP Management Committee

6:30        Reception and Dinner – BBQ at the Mesquite Gulch

Keynote Remarks:  John Maynard, Chair, Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Tuesday, March 9

am

9:00        Measuring and Identifying Challenges to Sustainability

                    Moderator:  Bob Currey, University of Texas at El Paso

¨    Social Indicators and Measuring Sustainability

-    Kimberly Collins, California State University at San Bernardino; Judith Ley, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California

¨    The Aging of the Border Population

-    Jim Peach, New Mexico State University

¨    Border Population Projections to 2030

-    Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Raúl S. González-Ramírez, El Colegio de la
Frontera Norte

¨  Natural Disasters in the Border Region

-    Juan Manuel Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

¨  The Intersection of Border Environment and Border Security

-    Erik Lee, Arizona State University; Carlos de la Parra, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Rick Van Schoik, Arizona State University; Sara Sonnenberg, Arizona State University

Discussion:  Elaine Koerner, Washington, D.C.

11:30     Toward a Sustainable Border

Moderator:  Al Sweedler, San Diego State University

¨    Environmental Services at the U.S.-Mexico Border

-    Lina Ojeda, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University

¨  A Critical Review of Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making along the U.S.-Mexico Border:  Lessons from Border 2012 and Suggestions for Future Programs

-    Allyson Siwik, Border 2012 New Mexico-Chihuahua Rural Task Force; Elaine Hebard, Border 2012 New Mexico-Chihuahua Rural Task Force; Celso Jáquez, Border 2012 New Mexico-Chihuahua Rural Task Force

¨    Financing Border Environmental Infrastructure:  Where Are We?  Where to Go from Here?

-    Salvador Espinosa, San Diego State University

¨  The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Mexico´s General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA):  Barriers or Facilitators of Border Sustainability?

-    Denisse Varela-Olivas, Baker & McKenzie

Discussion:  Paul Ganster, San Diego State University

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1:30        Working Lunch

Keynote Remarks:  Héctor Vanegas, Border Projects Manager, San Diego Association of Governments

3:00        Needs, Priorities, and Options for a Sustainable Border

Moderator:  Paul Ganster, San Diego State University

¨    Analysis of Border Environmental Infrastructure Priorities, Now and to 2030, Border Environment Cooperation Commission, Daniel Chacón Anaya, General Manager, Border Environment Cooperation Commission

Comment:

¨    Border Governors Conference Strategic Plan, Ross Pumfrey, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

¨    The State of Arizona, Paul Rasmussen, Director of Planning, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

¨    International Boundary and Water Commission, Sally Spener, Public Affairs Officer

¨    Border 2012, Lisa Almodovar, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

¨    Good Neighbor Environmental Board, 13^th Report on Border Environmental Priorities, Paul Ganster, Chair, Good Neighbor Environmental Board

5:00        Summary of Day’s Discussions  –  SCERP Management Committee

6:30        Working Dinner

Keynote Remarks:  John W. Dinkelman, Principal Officer, U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Sonora

Wednesday, March 10

am

8:30        Summary of Discussions

9:00        Breakout Discussions:  Policy Options and Needed Programs for a Sustainable Border in 2030

11:00     Report Out by Rapporteurs

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12:00     Sandwiches, Discussion, Conclusions, and Departure  –  SCERP Management Committee