2004 Annual Meeting Agenda - Natural Resources and Pesticide Management Committee

Natural Resources & Pesticide Management Committee
Chairman Don Ament, Colorado
2004 Annual Meeting - St. Paul, Minnesota
Saturday, September 25, 2004
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

DRAFT AGENDA

I. Welcome, Introductions & Roll Call

II. Environment & Natural Resource Issues

• Department of Interior Conservation Activities and Initiatives

Gale Norton, Secretary of Interior (to be invited)

• USDA Conservation Activities and Initiatives

- Animal and Poultry Environmental Issues/EQIP

- Emerging Agricultural Air Quality Issues

Tom Christensen, NRCS (confirmed)

• Dialogue with EPA on Environmental Issues Affecting Agriculture

Possible Speakers: Jon Scholl, Counselor to the EPA Administrator; and/or Beth Sauerhaft, Deputy Agricultural Counselor to the EPA Administrator

• NASDA Project on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CMNPs)

NASDA staff

III. Pesticide Management Issues

• Report from Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)

Paul Liemandt, AAPCO President, MN Dept of Ag,

• Update on Legislative and Regulatory Issues

Section 18 Reform, Pesticide Spray Drift Regulation, Endangered Species Act program, etc.

Possible Speakers: Anne Lindsay, Deputy Director, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA

Beth Sauerhaft, Deputy Agricultural Counselor to the EPA Administrator

IV. Consideration of Policy Amendments

V. Develop & Approve 6-Month Work Plan/Priority Issues


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