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Water Quality Policy

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

August 20-24, 2002

[updated 8/07/02]

Programs and Inter-Relationships

Class Location – Memorial Union II (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel)

8:15 a.m.		Registration/Refreshments
8:30		Welcome and Course Overview
		Arthur-Jean (Arty) Williams, chief, Environmental Field Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, O.P.P. U.S. EPA; John Hines, Environmental Field Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, O.P.P. U.S. EPA; Linda Vance, director, Biological Sciences, UC Davis Extension; Jennifer Krezman, project logistical coordinator, UC Davis Extension; and Suzanne Forsyth, program manager, UC Davis Extension.
9:00		Introductory Exercise
10:00		Break
10:15		Pesticide Statutes 101
		FIFRA FQPA
		Lindsay Moose, communications officer, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
11:15		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 (2)
12:00 n.		Lunch
12:45 p.m.		Group Photo
1:00		Water Statutes 101
		SDWA CWA
		Tom Laverty, team leader, Legal and Policy Staff, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water, U.S. EPA
2:45		Break
3:00		NRCS's Approach to Non-Point Source Pollution
		Tom Christensen, director, Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Programs Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service
3:45		Facilitated discussion:
		how states integrate their programs with what they’ve heard, how much is new to them?
		Facilitated by Jim VandenBrook
4:15		Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Know Your Current Events

Class Location – Memorial Union II (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

8:30 a.m.		Question for the States
		State participants (2)
9:15		Update on the PMP Rule
		Arty Williams and John Hines
9:45		Break
10:00		Update from the Issue Team on SFIREG
		Jim VandenBrook
10:15		Farm Bill Conservation Programs
		Tom Christensen, USDA-NRCS
11:00		Question for the States
		State participants (3)
12:00 n.		Lunch
12:45 p.m.		Drinking Water Exposure Assessment for the Organophosphate Cumulative Risk Assessment
		Nelson Thurman, environmental scientist, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, U.S. EPA
1:45		Break

Data & Decision-Making

2:00		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
3:00		Data and Decision-Making: Group Reports & Discussion
3:45		Adjourn & bus pick-up
4:30-8:30 p.m.		On Your Own: Davis Farmers’ Market & Picnic in the Park Street Fair (located between 3rd & 5th Streets, and B & C Streets)

 

Day Three
Thursday, August 22, 2002

Field Day

Bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel

Class Location – California State University, Sacramento 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;   TBA Rick Colbert, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; TBA, directors, Office of Water, U.S. EPA Facilitated by Arty Williams
10:00		Break
10:10		Resume video teleconference
11:00		Load bus and depart for Davis

Class Location – UC Davis, Memorial Union II

11:45		Question for the States
		State participants (2)
12:30 p.m.		Lunch
1:15		Florida’s Program Coordination and Collaboration Efforts
		Part 1: Forging Partnerships with NRCS and Other State & Local  Partners
		Richard Budell, assistant director, Office of Agricultural Water Policy, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2:15		Break
2:30		Question for the States
		State participants (2)
3:15		Florida’s Program Coordination and Collaboration Efforts, Continued
		Part 2: The Importance of Agricultural Land Use
		water quality benefits  water quantity benefits  opportunities for urban/ag conflict resolution
		Richard Budell
4:15		Group discussion
		Facilitated by Richard Budell
4:45		Adjourn & bus pick-up

Class Location – Cabernet Room, Silo (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel)