Hosted by the Oregon Department of Agriculture
Holiday Inn, Portland, Oregon
September 24-28, 2007
[updated 9/13/07]
Day One
Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
Investigations
Class Location Holiday Inn, Bellmont A Room
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration/Refreshments | |||
| 8:30 | Welcome and Course Overview | |||
| Course Goal: for participants to come away with ways to help improve FIFRA compliance and enforcement nationwide by assuring a level playing field for the regulated industry and through innovative use of technology and enhanced partnerships. | ||||
| John Ward, PREP coordinator,
Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; Dale Mitchell, assistant administrator & compliance monitoring manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture Anna Darbee, program representative, UC Davis Extension; and Suzanne Forsyth, PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension. |
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| 9:00 | Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise | |||
| 10:00 | Break | |||
| 10:15 | Multi-State/Region Investigations or Cases | |||
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| Dale Mitchell, assistant administrator & compliance monitoring manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture | ||||
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| J. Patrick Jones, deputy director of pesticide programs, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services | ||||
| 12:00 n. | Lunch in Bellmont B Room | |||
| 12:45 | Group Photo | |||
| 1:00 | Multi-Region Cases How Are They Different? | |||
| Don Lott, associate director, U.S. EPA, Waste & Chemical Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance | ||||
| 2:00 | Break | |||
| 2:15 | Making the Decision to Take Criminal Action - Working with CID; an Open Discussion | |||
| Scott West, U.S. EPA, special agent in charge, Region 10, Criminal Investigation Division | ||||
| 3:15 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (4) | |||
| Lisa Gautreaux, LA; Cecilia Owen, NM; Gerardo Acosta, Reg 6; & Tony Cofer, AL | ||||
| 4:30 | Adjourn |
Day Two
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007
Enforcement & Technology
Class Location Holiday Inn, Bellmont A Room
| 8:00 a.m. | It's Time to Get Busy! The State of Pesticide Product Compliance | |
| Chad Schulze, pesticide enforcement team lead, U.S. EPA, Region 10 | ||
| 9:15 | Break | |
| 9:30 | Enforcement Case Reviews | |
| Don Lott, associate director,
U.S. EPA, Waste & Chemical Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement
& Compliance Assurance; Yolanda Walker, chief, U.S. EPA, Pesticides and Tanks Enforcement Branch, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance/Office of Civil Enforcement; and Chad Schulze, pesticide enforcement team lead, U.S. EPA, Region 10 |
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| 10:30 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (3) | |
| Brenda Ball, AZ; and Cary Giguere & Wendy Houston-Anderson, VT | ||
| 11:30 | Lunch in Windsor C Room | |
| 12:30 | Compliance Technology | |
| Phyllis Flaherty, chief, U.S.
EPA, National Compliance Monitoring Policy Branch, Compliance Assessment
& Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance; and Tim Creger, manager, Nebraska Department of Agriculture |
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| 1:45 | Break | |
| 2:00 | Roundtable Discussion: Priority Setting Process | |
| Facilitator Liza Fleeson, environmental program planner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | ||
| 2:30 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (2) | |
| James Belt, OH; and Ada Ann Scott, CA | ||
| 3:15 | Adjourn | |
| 3:45 | Optional Field Trip | |
| Load bus & depart for Bonneville Dam, Multnomah Falls & Hood River; Group Dinner | ||
| 9:30 | Return to hotel |
Day Three
Wednesday, Sept. 26,
2007
Compliance & Credentialing
Class Location Holiday Inn, Bellmont A Room
| 8:00 a.m. | Reporting/Measures/Targeting - Does Your Enforcement Program Achieve Compliance & Deter Violations? | |
| Rick Colbert, director, U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, Agriculture Division | ||
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (5) | |
| John Bennett, NY; Steven Blunt, CO; Kathy Booker, TN; Gary Buckner, WA; and Carmenlita Chief, Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch in Bellmont B Room | |
| 1:00 | Credentialing and its Implications | |
| Phyllis Flaherty, chief, U.S. EPA, National Compliance Monitoring Policy Branch, Compliance Assessment & Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance | ||
| 2:15 | Break | |
| 2:30 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (4) | |
| Liza J. Fleeson, VA; Raymond Connors, ME; Heidi Fischer, MN; and Rodney Gabehart, ID | ||
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
Day Four
Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007
Container / Containment
Class Location Holiday Inn, Bellmont A Room
| 8:00 a.m. | Implementation of EPA's Pesticide Container-Containment Rule | |
| Nancy Fitz, chemical engineer,
U.S. EPA, Certification and Worker Protection Branch, Office of Pesticide
Programs; David Stangel, environmental protection specialist, U.S. EPA, Agriculture Division, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; and Mark McCloskey, environmental enforcement specialist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection |
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| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | The American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance: Industry Takes Bulk Pesticide Stewardship to the Next Level | |
| Jean Payne, administrator, American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance | ||
| 11:15 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (2) | |
| Gerald Kirbach, IL; and Shelley Lee Mills, MT | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch in Bellmont B Room | |
| 1:00 | Load bus & depart for Field Trip to Western Farm Service - Container/Containment Focus | |
| 3:15 | Load bus & depart for Seed-Screening Facility | |
| 5:00 - 5:30 | Return to hotel |
Day Five
Friday, Sept. 28, 2007
Building Bridges
Class Location Holiday Inn, Bellmont A Room
| 8:00 a.m. | Roundtable Discussion: Building Non-Traditional Compliance Resources | |
| Facilitator John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA | ||
| 8:45 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (2) | |
| Joe Dictor, VA; and Joseph Krausz, SC | ||
| 9:30 | Break | |
| 9:45 | Working With U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Agents | |
| Jim Stinebaugh, special agent, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement | ||
| 11:00 | Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Program (PIRT) | |
| Tim Creger, pesticide program manager, Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry | ||
| 11:45 | Lunch in Bellmont B Room | |
| 12:45 | Roundtable Discussion: Unmet Compliance Needs for States, Regions and Headquarters | |
| Facilitator John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA | ||
| 1:45 | Break | |
| 2:00 | State/Tribal/Regional Presentations (4) | |
| Gary King, MI; Tim Schultz, WA; Mike Vandeventer OK; and David Star, Region 5 | ||
| 3:30 | Wrap-Up Session | |
| John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA | ||
| 4:00 | Adjourn | |
| 5:30 | Graduation Dinner in Bellmont B Room | |
| 8:00 | Adjourn |
