University of California, Davis
August 11-15, 2008
[updated 8/5/08]
Day One
Monday, August 11, 2008
Federal Programs: History & Overview
Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration/Refreshments | |||||||||||
| 8:30 | Welcome and Course Overview | |||||||||||
| Course Goal: to enable participants to enhance their capacity to develop and implement pesticide regulatory programs and to undertake new environmental initiatives. | ||||||||||||
| Dea
Zimmerman, PREP coordinator & regional and state liaison, U.S. EPA,
Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; Jim Smith, continuing educator, UC Davis Extension; Sanaa Jarrahian, program assistant & PREP logistical coordinator, UC Davis Extension; & Suzanne Forsyth, academic coordinator & PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension |
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| 9:00 | Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise | |||||||||||
| 10:00 | Break | |||||||||||
| 10:15 | Overview of AAPCO, SFIREG, AAPSE, ASPCRO, CTAG, PREP & PIRT | |||||||||||
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| Cary Giguere, agrichemical manager, Vermont Agency of Agriculture | ||||||||||||
| 10:45 | History and Overview of FIFRA | |||||||||||
| Dea Zimmerman | ||||||||||||
| 11:45 | Lunch on the Moss Patio | |||||||||||
| 12:30 p.m. | Group Photo | |||||||||||
| 12:45 | Industry-Regulatory-Citizen Interface, A Hybrid Perspective | |||||||||||
| W. Wayne Surles, consultant, WS Associates | ||||||||||||
| 2:15 | Break | |||||||||||
| 2:30 | FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Process | |||||||||||
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| Dan Helfgott, chief, U.S. EPA,
Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; Al Havinga, chief, U.S. EPA, Agriculture Branch, Agriculture Division, Office of Compliance and Enforcement Assurance; Allen Demorest, team leader, U.S. EPA, Region 9; & Jack Peterson, associate director, Arizona Department of Agriculture |
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| 4:00 | State of the State/Tribe Addresses | |||||||||||
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| Shelley Lopez, CA & Robert Bruss, NC | ||||||||||||
| 4:45 | Adjourn & bus pick-up |
Day Two
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Measures & Updates
Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
| 8:00 a.m. | Programmatic and Enforcement Performance Measures | |||||||||||
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| Dan Helfgott, U.S. EPA & Al Havinga, U.S. EPA | ||||||||||||
| 9:30 | Break | |||||||||||
| 9:45 | State of the State/Tribe Addresses (5) | |||||||||||
| Lisa Ross, CA; Matthew Lopez, CO; Bruce Nicely, FL; Gary Bahr, ID; & Tyrone Dudley, LA | ||||||||||||
| 11:30 | Lunch on Moss Patio | |||||||||||
| 12:30 p.m. | OPP Updates | |||||||||||
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| Dan Helfgott, U.S. EPA; Anne Lindsay, U.S. EPA; & Kristen Hendricks, environmental protection specialist, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs |
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| 2:00 | Break | |||||||||||
| 2:15 | Label Enforceability Issues Within the Soil Fumigant/Rodenticide Clusters | |||||||||||
| Dirk Helder, manager, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Special Review and Reregistration Division | ||||||||||||
| 3:45 | Adjourn & bus pick-up |
Day Three
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Risk Communication
Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
| 8:00 a.m. | Risk Communication and Public Involvement: Developing a Public Communication Approach for Pesticide Regulators | |||||||||||
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| Captain Alvin Chun, U.S. Public Health Service (Ret.), Trainer and Consultant, The Chun Group | ||||||||||||
| 9:30 | Break | |||||||||||
| 9:45 | Risk Communication and Public Involvement, continued | |||||||||||
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch on Moss Patio |
Field Trip
| 12:45 p.m. | Setting Tolerances for Minor Crops | |
| Rebecca Sisco, field research coordinator, Western Region IR-4 Program, UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology | ||
| 1:15 | Load bus and depart for field and lab visits | |
| Tom Lanini, extension
specialist, UC Davis, Department of Weed Science; Don Stewart, research associate, UC Davis, Department of Weed Science; & Matt Hengel, regional laboratory coordinator, Western Region IR-4 Program,UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology |
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| 4:00 | Load bus and return to Hallmark Inn | |
| 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 Four
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Science & Technology
Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
| 8:00 a.m. | Food Safety: EPA/FDA/States Roles and Responsibilities | |
| Michael Kashtock, consumer
safety officer and senior advisor, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Division of Plant and Dairy Food Safety; Anne Lindsay, U.S. EPA; Janet Fults, pesticide programs manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture; Katie Howard, environmental & laboratory issues director, Kansas Department of Agriculture; & Shawn Hackett, pesticide field staff supervisor, Kansas Department of Agriculture |
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| 9:45 | Break | |
| 10:00 | State of the State/Tribe Addresses (3) | |
| Cathy Villas-Horns, MN; Michael Zeiss, CA; & Raymond Connors, ME | ||
| 11:00 | Colony Collapse Disorder | |
| Eric Mussen, extension apiculturist, UC Davis, Entomology Department | ||
| 12:00 n. | Lunch on Moss Patio | |
| 1:00 p.m. | State of the State/Tribe Addresses (4) | |
| Sheila Woody, NC; Jeffrey MacMullen, NJ; Charles Phelps, NY; & Jason Baker, OK | ||
| 2:15 | Break | |
| 2:30 | Methods Development for the Analysis of Pyrethroid Pesticides in Environmental Samples | |
| Michelle Hladik, research
chemist, US Geological Survey; & Abdou Mekebri, staff chemist, California Department of Fish and Game |
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| 3:30 | State of the State/Tribe Addresses (3) | |
| Dana Henderson, AR; Sharon Hendrickson, OH; Vickie Rengers, VA | ||
| 4:30 | Adjourn & bus pick-up |
Day Five
Friday, August 15, 2008
Leadership for Pesticide Managers
Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
| 8:00 a.m. | Climate Change and the Impacts on Agriculture | |
| David Wolfe, professor, Cornell University, Department of Horticulture | ||
| 9:30 | Break | |
| 9:45 | State of the State/Tribe Addresses (5) | |
| Jack Peterson, AZ; Cecilia Owen, NM; Barry Abbott, Gila River; Cary Giguere, VT; & Cynthia Fulton, WY | ||
| 11:30 | Lunch on Moss Patio | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Ethics and Leadership | |
| Miles O’Brien Riley, consultant | ||
| 2:30 | Break | |
| 2:45 | Ethics and Leadership, continued | |
| 3:45 | Break | |
| 4:00 | Wrap-Up | |
| Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA | ||
| 4:30 | Adjourn & bus pick-up | |
| 6:00 | Bus pick-up at hotel for Graduation Dinner | |
| 6:15 | Graduation Dinner at the International House, Davis | |
| 8:15 | Load bus and return to hotel |
