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Compliance Program Management

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

September 9 -13, 2001

[updated 9/17/01]
Note: this agenda is currently under construction by the Working Group. Watch for future changes.

Day One
Sunday, September 9, 2001

Enforcement Program Highlights

Class Location – University Club (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

8:15 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:30 Welcome and Course Overview
Course Goal: to review the basic requirements of a compliance management program, U.S. EPA policies, program elements and their components, different ways of doing business, and developing an agenda for future changes.
Jake Mackenzie, western director, Environmental Field Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, O.P.P., U.S. EPA
TBA, Dennis Pendleton, associate dean, University Extension, UC Davis;
Rick Colbert, division director, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, U.S. EPA
Jennifer Krezman, project coordinator, University Extension, U.C. Davis 
Suzanne Forsyth, program manager, University Extension, U.C. Davis 
9:00   Introductory Exercise
10:00 Break
10:15 Program Update: WPS Program Element Review
Jack Neylan, chief, Agriculture Branch, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance, U.S. EPA
10:45 Program Update: WPS Label Initiative
Ann Pontius, acting director, Toxics and Pesticides Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA
11:15 WPS Program Challenges & Discussion: Perspectives from the Program and Enforcement Sides
TBA, Don Eckerman, senior worker protection specialist, Certification and Worker Protection Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, U.S. EPA
Ann Pontius, U.S. EPA
All state participants
12:00 n. Lunch at the University Club
12:45 p.m. Group Photo
1:00 p.m. The Federal/State Role: Gaining Consistency
bulletstate primacy and national issues
bulletFury and other national use cases
bulletwhat is a good process for dealing with a national use problem when authority is distributed throughout nation?
bulletis this the way we should be handling these things in the future?
Ann Pontius, U.S. EPA
Jeff Goode, Arkansas
Facilitated by Jeaneanne Gettle, chief, U.S. EPA, Region 4, Pesticides Section
1:45 Grants
bulletwhat is being negotiated?
bulletare we accounting for inspections or something else?
Jack Neylan
Van Kozak, chief, Pesticides Section, U.S. EPA, Region 6
TBA, State perspective
2:30 Break
2:45 Cooperative Agreements
Jack Neylan
3:15 Overview and Discussion on PR Notices
Rick Colbert
Frank Crull, Texas 
Michael Nierenberg, New York
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up


Day Two
Monday, September 10, 2001

Compliance Program Direction

Class Location – Cal State University, Sacramento’s Teleconference Studio (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

9:00 a.m. Live Video Teleconference: UC Davis & Washington D.C.
U.S. EPA Perspectives on the State/Federal Roles and Compliance/Enforcement Directions For the Future
bulletperspectives from senior managers and others
Washington, D.C.: Michael Stahl, director, Office of Compliance, OECA;
Eric Schaeffer, Office of Regulatory Enforcement, OECA;
TBA, Marcia Mulkey, director, Office of Pesticide Programs;
Jean-Mari Peltier, counselor to the administrator for agricultural policy, Office of the Administrator; U.S. EPA
Davis, CA: Rick Colbert
Facilitated by Jake Mackenzie
10:30 Adjourn video teleconference and break
11:00

Compliance Program Directions and State/Federal Roles: 
Follow-up Discussion with Regions and States
Facilitated by Jake Mackenzie
11:30 Load bus and return to Davis
12:00 n. Lunch at the University Club
12:45 p.m. Examples of Problem-Solving: Florida Perspective
Dave Herbster, statewide environmental problem-solving coordinator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Strategic Planning and Projects
1:30 

Enforcement and Compliance Considerations in Law Enforcement
Jeff Miller, director, Department of Public Safety, City of Rohnert Park
2:15 Break
2:30 Discussion: Problem-Solving Efforts for States and Tribes
Facilitated by Rick Colbert
3:00 Enforcement Database Tracking
Jeff Goode, Arkansas
3:45 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Three
Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts

Class Location – University Club (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

8:30 a.m.   Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts - State/Region Presentations
  From pre-assigned homework directions, state/region participants will each have twelve (12) minutes to deliver a presentation.
7 State and Regional Participants
Moderated by Jake Mackenzie
10:15   Break
 
10:30   Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts (continued)
  8 State and Regional Participants
  Moderated by Jake Mackenzie
 
12:30 p.m. Lunch at the University Club

Field Trip

1:15  

Load Bus for Field Trip, TBA
   

Tour guide, TBA
     
5:30   Arrive at Hallmark Inn, Davis

 

Day Four
Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts, continued

Class Location – University Club (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

8:30 a.m.    Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts - State/Region Presentations
    From pre-assigned homework directions, state/region participants will each have twelve (12) minutes to deliver a presentation.
    7 State and Regional Participants
    Moderated by Jake Mackenzie
     
10:15   Break
 
10:30   Managing Enforcement and Compliance Efforts (continued)
  8 State and Regional Participants
  Moderated by Jake Mackenzie
 
12:30 p.m. Lunch at the University Club

 E-Commerce

1:15   Presentation and Discussion on E-Commerce
    Tim Creger, pesticide program manager, Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
Michelle Yaras, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, U.S. EPA
Kate Perry, associate director, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, Agriculture and Ecosystems Division, U.S. EPA
Ann Pontius, U.S. EPA
     
2:30   Break
     
2:45   Presentation and Discussion on E-Commerce, continued
     
4:00   Adjourn & bus pick--up
     
4:40 - 8:30 p.m.   On Your Own: Davis Farmers’ Market & Picnic in the Park Street Fair (located between 3rd & 5th Streets, and B & C Streets)

 

Day Five
Thursday, September 13, 2001

Laboratory Issues

Class Location – University Club (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)
8:30 a.m.   Current Pesticide Program Issues from the Laboratory
    Dianne Bennett, senior analyst, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Center for Analytical Chemistry

Enforceability
9:30 Enforceability Issues
 
bulletconditions of registration
bullettreated articles
bulletorphaned products
bulletothers
  Dennis Edwards, chief, Regulatory Management Branch, Antimicrobial Division, U.S. EPA
Marvin Lawson, program manager, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
10:30   Break
 
10:45 Enforceability Issues, continued
12:00 n.  

Lunch at the University Club
 
1:00 p.m.  

Inspection Strategy Issues: Negotiated Settlements
 
bulletfederal compliance strategy
bulletdiscussion including states
bulletare these adequate approaches to compliance in getting the desired changes?
  Jack Neylan, U.S. EPA
Jeaneanne Gettle, U.S. EPA, Region 4
1:45  

Inspection Strategy Issues: Routine/Planned vs. Complaint-Driven
bulletcompare and contrast 2-3 different states’ approaches to compliance via inspections
  Von McCaskill, South Carolina; Michael Nierenberg, New York; and Terri Dickman, Texas
Facilitated by Jeaneanne Gettle
2:30  

Break
2:45  

Inspection Strategy Issues: 25(b) Registrations
 
bullet

federal and state perspectives
  Jack Neylan, 2 state representatives
3:45 Wrap-up [Follow this link to the notes from the wrap-up discussion]
Facilitated by Jake Mackenzie
 
4:15 

Adjourn & bus pick-up
 
5:45   Bus pick up at hotel for graduation dinner
 
6:00  Graduation dinner at the International House, Davis
 
8:00 Load bus and return to hotel