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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