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Water Quality Policy

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

August 19-23, 2001

[updated 8/06/01]

Programs and Inter-Relationships

Class Location – University Club (bus pick-up 8:30 a.m. at hotel)

8:45 a.m.		Registration/Refreshments
9:00		Welcome and Course Overview
		Jake Mackenzie, western director, Environmental Field Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, O.P.P., U.S. EPA; Arthur-Jean (Arty) Williams, chief, Environmental Field Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, O.P.P. U.S. EPA; Jennifer Krezman, project logistical coordinator, University Extension, U.C. Davis; and Suzanne Forsyth, program manager, University Extension, U.C. Davis
9:30		Introductory Exercise
10:30		Break
10:45		When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It
		TBA
11:15		Where In The World is the PMP Rule?
		Arty Williams & John Hines, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
12:15 p.m.		Lunch at the University Club
1:00		Group Photo
1:15		Question for the States
		State participants (teams and individuals) have a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes to discuss how their state agencies work collaboratively and cooperatively in establishing partnerships for improving ag water quality policies. What efforts have worked and what haven’t?
		State participants (3): Ed Minch & Angela Lucci, Arizona; Phillip Sparks, Arkansas; Donna Rise & Chris Levine, Montana
2:15		Break
2:30		Case Study: Restoring Lake Okechobee
		an example of successful program inter-relationships
		Richard Budell, assistant director, Office of Agricultural Water Policy, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
3:30		Question for the States
		State participants (4): Douglas Henson & Karma Anderson, New Mexico; Leighanne Hahn, Indiana; Don Molnar & Teena Gunter, Oklahoma; and Rob Hofstetter, Maryland
4:30		Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Monday, August 20, 2001

Ag Water Policy

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

8:30 a.m.		Ag Water Policy: Implications for and Involvement in Urban Water Issues
		how ag water policy affects urban concerns, waters, etc. how 2 areas overlap in terms of not only water quality issues but water use issues as well
		Richard Budell
10:00		Break

Data & New Technologies

10:15		Question for the States
		State participants (2): Nicholas Surjan, California; and Ernest Collins & Peter Goodmann, Kentucky
10:55		Data and Decision-Making
		Participants will break into groups and discuss approaches to 2 different scenarios involving water quality data with registration considerations. At the end of the exercise, groups will report back to the class with their findings.
		Facilitated by John Hines
11:40		Data and Decision-Making: Group Reports & Discussion
12:25 p.m.		Lunch at the University Club
1:10		Recent Applications of GIS in Water Quality
		Michael Byrne, project manager, Information Center for the Environment, UC Davis
2:30		Break
2:45		Office of Indiana State Chemist Demo of GIS Model
		Leighanne Hahn, Office of the Indiana State Chemist
3:30		GPS Overview and Field Demonstration: Treasure Hunt
		Sky Harrison, GIS analyst, Information Center for the Environment, UC Davis
5:00		Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Three
Tuesday, August 21, 2001

Statutory Conflicts

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

8:30 a.m.		Question for the States
		State participants (2)
9:10		Clean Water Act, FIFRA, and other Statutory Conflicts
		perspectives from the field perspectives from the states case study: Headwaters vs. Talent Irrigation District
		TBA, representative, Office of Water Michael Mayer, staff attorney, Office of General Counsel, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law Office, U.S. EPA Pat Thalken, supervisor, Aquatic Weed Control Unit, California Department of Boating and Waterways Facilitated by Jim VandenBrook, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
10:15		Break
10:30		Clean Water Act, FIFRA, and other Statutory Conflicts (continued)
12:00 n.		Lunch at the University Club

12:45 p.m.		Update on Issue Team from SFIREG
		Jim VandenBrook
1:15		Post-Registration Monitoring
		Laurence Libelo, environmental engineer, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
2:15		Break
2:30		Other Registration Issues
		TMDLs in Surface Water conditional registrations labeling how do states decide what pesticides to register?
		Facilitated by John Hines, Jim VandenBrook and Arty Williams
4:15		Field Trip Overview
4:30		Adjourn & bus pick-up

Class Location – Aboard the "Serenity" (bus pick-up 7:00 a.m. at hotel)

7:00 a.m.		Depart Hallmark Inn for Bethel Island
8:30		Arrive at Bethel Island and board "Serenity"
8:45		Depart Bethel Island for Antioch
10:15		Arrive at Antioch marina. Board bus for tour of Dow Chemical Wetlands
		marine habitat restoration efforts in Contra Costa County aquatic weed management
		Sheryl Sturges, community outreach coordinator; Krist Jensen, wetlands team member, Dow Chemical Company
11:20		Board boat, depart Antioch and continue tour; time allocated for video teleconference format, presentations on local water quality issues
12:15		Arrive in Benicia and tour Mothball Fleet & Battleship Iowa; lunch on the boat
1:15 p.m.		Depart Benicia and continue tour
2:15		Resume workgroups; time allocated for video teleconference format
5:00		Arrive in Napa
5:15		Load bus & and depart for Dixon
6:00		Dinner at the Cattleman’s, Dixon
7:30		Depart Dixon for Davis
8:00		Arrive in Davis

Class Location – Sac State University Library, Room 65 (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel)

9:00 a.m.		Live Video Teleconference: UC Davis & Washington D.C.
		1. Communication Issues
		States’ reflections on their week in Davis
		Washington, D.C.: Marcia Mulkey, director, Office of Pesticide Programs; U.S. EPA; Elizabeth Leovey, acting director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division; Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; Donald Stubbs, chief, Herbicide Branch, Registration Division; Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA Davis, CA: Arty Williams Facilitated by Jake Mackenzie
10:30		Adjourn video teleconference, break in Memorial Union (on your own)
11:00		Load bus and depart for Davis

Class Location – University Club