Pesticides & Water Quality

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

August 15-19, 2006

[updated 8/1/06]

Day One
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Day 1

p      Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)

8:00 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:15 Welcome and Course Overview

Course Goal: to strengthen the relationships between State and Tribal pesticide regulators and their water quality counterparts

John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, OPP, U.S. EPA;
Jim Smith, continuing education specialist, UC Davis Extension;
Melissa Marbach, program assistant, UC Davis Extension; and
Suzanne Forsyth, PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension.
8:30 Introductory Exercise – Icebreaker
 
9:30 Break
9:45 Keynote Address: Pesticides in the Nation’s Streams and Ground Water, 1992-2001
Robert Gilliom, chief, Pesticide National Synthesis, National Water Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Geological Survey & Lisa Nowell, chemist, U.S. Geological Survey
11:15 Grant Guidance
Dan Helfgott, chief, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
12:00 noon Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
12:45 p.m. Group Photo
1:00 State/Tribal Presentations

TBA, 3 State/Tribal Teams
2:15 Break
2:30 Measures & Reporting
Dan Helfgott, U.S. EPA
5:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Day 2

 p      Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)

8:00 a.m.   Water Quality Data: Sources & Use
    Kirk Cook, water quality manager, Washington Department of Agriculture & Heather Jackson, water quality specialist, Maine Department of Agriculture
Facilitated by Chuck Evans, staff lead, Water Quality Field Program, Government and International Services Branch Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; & Judith Singer, hydrogeologist-environmental analyst, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
     
9:00   Break
     
9:15   Water Quality Data: Sources & Use - Group Discussion
    Facilitated by Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA & Judith Singer, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
     
9:45 Chemical Usage/Use and Water Quality
Jihad Alsadek, economist, Usage and Label Use Team, Science Information and Analysis Branch, Biological and Economic Analysis Division, Office of Pesticides Programs, U.S. EPA
10:15 Water Quality Data: Sources & Use, Continued
Keith Starner, associate environmental research scientist & Larry Wilhoit, senior environmental research scientist, California Department of Pesticide Regulation; & Al Cherepon, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Facilitated by Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA & Judith Singer, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
11:20 State/Tribal Presentations
TBA, 1 State/Tribal Team
11:45   Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
     
12:45 p.m.   Water Quality Decision Making: Overview & Monitoring
   
bulletMonitoring Program Design Considerations to Identify or Respond to Priority Pesticide Pollutants: Office of Water, State/Tribe Perspectives
    Panelists: Debra Denton, environmental scientist, U.S. EPA Region 9; Mike Johnson, associate researcher & director, Aquatic Ecosystems Analysis Laboratory, University of California at Davis; & Joseph Zachmann, pesticide management plan coordinator, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2:00 Break
2:15 Pesticide Analysis: An Overview of Laboratory Methods and Program Issues Related to Water Monitoring
Steve Sobek, director, Bureau of Laboratory Services, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
3:15 Water Quality Decision Making: Assessing Data
bulletBenchmarks, Part 1
Panelists: Catherine Eiden, chief, Reregistration Branch 3, Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; Helen Goeden, research scientist, Minnesota Department of Health; Angela Preimesberger, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Joseph Zachmann, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; & TBA representative, Office of Water, U.S. EPA
4:00 State/Tribal Presentations
TBA, 3 State/Tribal Individuals
4:45   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 17, 2006

Day 3

 p      Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)

8:00 a.m. Water Quality Decision Making: Assessing Data
bulletBenchmarks, Part 2
Panelists: Catherine Eiden, U.S. EPA; TBA representative, Office of Water, U.S. EPA; Debra Denton, U.S. EPA, Region 9; Helen Goeden, Minnesota Department of Health; Angela Preimesberger, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; & Joseph Zachmann, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
9:00 Risk Assessment - Parents, Degradates and Pesticide Families
Helen Goeden, Minnesota Department of Health; & Catherine Eiden, U.S. EPA
10:00 Break
10:15 Water Quality Decision Making: Group Discussion
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Ways in which EPA provides States/Tribes with access OPP registration information necessary for the development of state drinking water standards and aquatic life criteria

Facilitated by Joseph Zachmann, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
10:45 Water Quality Decision Making: EPA’s New Directions
bulletSFIREG-OPP-OW collaboration and recent joint accomplishments
bulletPesticides of interest & concern
bulletRegistration issues
bulletRoundtable discussion: how do you determine pollutants/pesticides of interest and concern?
Craig Romary, environmental programs specialist, Nebraska Department of Agriculture; TBA representative, Office of Water, U.S. EPA; Joseph Zachmann, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; & Dan Helfgott, U.S. EPA
11:45 Load bus and depart for filed trip; box lunch on the bus

Field Trip

11:45 Depart for Field Trip: Water Quality Considerations in the Lodi-Woodbridge Area
TBA, grower; & Chris Storm, viticulturist, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission
4:30 Load bus & return to Davis
6:00 Arrive at Hallmark Inn        

Day Four
Friday, August 18, 2006

Day 4

 p      Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. The Clean Water Act and TMDLs
   
bulletOverview of 303(d) and TMDL program, including status of pesticide listings and TMDLs nationally, and key water quality-pesticide issues
     Debra Denton, U.S. EPA Region 9
8:45 Regulation of Pesticide Discharges to Surface Water in California's Central Valley
bulletListing: How was impairment determined? What data was collected?
bulletTMDL development, including determination of the target
bulletImplementation
bulletState Coordination
bulletChallenges
  Joe Karkoski, manager, TMDL Unit, California Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
   
9:45 Break
   
10:00   Development of Pesticide TMDLs
 

Jessica Franks, environmental scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 6 (via audio link)
   
10:45 TMDLs: Facilitated Discussion
bulletStates’ status of pesticide TMDLs and listing
bulletKey issues/challenges they are facing
bulletWhere possible, examples of how they've addressed those issues
Facilitated by Gary Bahr, chief, Agricultural Bureau, Idaho Department of Agriculture; or TBA, representative, Office of Water, U.S. EPA
11:45   Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
 
12:45 p.m.   State/Tribal Presentations
  TBA, 3 State/Tribal Teams
   
1:45   Break
     
2:00   BMP Introduction
    Gary Bahr, Idaho Department of Agriculture
     
2:10 BMPs
John Troiano, senior environmental research scientist, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring Branch
2:40 BMPs to Protect Surface Water
Parry Klassen, executive director, Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship
3:10 BMPs: Group Discussion
Facilitated by Gary Bahr, Idaho Department of Agriculture
4:00   State/Tribal Presentations
   

TBA, 1 State/Tribal Team and 3 State/Tribal Individuals
     
5:00   Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Five
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Day 5

 p      Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center, AGR Room (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. State/Tribal Presentations
TBA, 2 State/Tribal Teams and 3 State/Tribal Individuals
9:45 Break
10:00 Urban Pesticide Use and Surface Water Quality
Kelly Moran, president, TDC Environmental, LLC
11:45 Lunch on the Alumni Center Patio
12:45 p.m. Building Collaborations
Al Cherepon, geologist, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality & David Villarreal, natural resource specialist, Texas Department of Agriculture; TBA Thomas Barron, water quality program specialist supervisor, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or Donald Gilbert, environmental specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; & Mark Rentz, deputy director, Policy Coordination, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
2:15 Break
2:30 Roundtable Discussion: Overcoming Barriers
Facilitated by John Ward
3:30 Wrap-Up Session
John Ward
4:00 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