Structural Pest Control Issues

Agenda

Hosted by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture

Las Cruces, New Mexico

May 19-23, 2008

[updated 5/13/08]

Day One
Monday, May 19, 2008

Emerging Structural Issues

Class Location – Senate Chambers, Corbett Center (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:15 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:30 Welcome and Course Overview
Course Goal: for participants to come away with a fuller understanding of the processes involved in handling structural pesticide incidences in the context of the state/federal relationship.
Dea Zimmerman, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA;
Bonnie Rabe, director, New Mexico Department of Agriculture;
Cary Hamilton, program manager, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Sanaa Jarrahian, program assistant, UC Davis Extension; and
Suzanne Forsyth, PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension.
9:00 Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise
 
10:00 Break
10:15 Overview of ASPCRO
Bonnie Rabe, division director, New Mexico Department of Agriculture & Steve Dwinell, assistant director, Florida Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services
11:15 Hot Topics: Borates
bulletWho’s using them?
bulletHow are they being used?
bulletAre they efficacious?
Michael Page, chief, Entomology and Pest Control, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
12:15 p.m. Lunch in Dona Ana Room
1:00 Group Photo
1:15 Overview of 25(b) Products
Brian Steinwand, ombudsman, Biopesticide and Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. EPA (via teleconference); or Dea Zimmerman, PREP coordinator & OPP field liaison, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
1:45 Break
2:00 Panel discussion on 25(b) products (orange oil, others)
bulletEfficacy
bulletRegistration
Cary Hamilton, pesticide registration/endangered species specialist, New Mexico Department of Agriculture; and Kathleen Boyle, program specialist, California Environmental Protection Agency
3:00 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (3)
Lisa Leondis, CA; Laura Pottorff, CO; Christina Berger, CT
4:15 Adjourn, bus pick-up & return to hotel

Day Two
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Fumigation Issues

Class Location – Senate Chambers, Corbett Center (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Regulating Fumigators: Industry Perspective on Fumigant Use
Bryan Springer, Bevis Pest Control
9:00 New Fumigant Products
Steve Dwinell, Florida Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services; and
Kathleen Boyle, California Environmental Protection Agency
9:45 Break
10:30 Fumigant Management Plans
bulletIntroduction, Large Structure (mills and warehouse) and Commodity Fumigation Management Plans
Robert Hays, program manager, Urban Pesticide / IPM Programs, Idaho State Department of Agriculture
bulletBurrowing Pests - Fumigation Management Plans
Cecilia Owen, enforcement program manager, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
bulletResidential and Urban Fumigation Management Plans
Bryan Springer, Bevis Pest Control
Q&A (10 mins)
bulletFumigation Management Plan Development Exercise
Robert Hays, Cecilia Own & Bryan Springer
11:30 Lunch in Dona Ana Room
12:30 p.m. Fumigant Investigations Involving a Fatality
Michael Page, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; and
Lisa Leondis, deputy agricultural commissioner/sealer, San Diego County Department of Agriculture, Weights & Measures
1:30 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (3)
Joshua Wiley, GA; Betwin Alokoa, GU; Charles Hawley, ID
2:30 Break
2:45 Devices in Structural Pest Control
Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture; & Kathleen Boyle, California Environmental Protection Agency
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up
5:00 Load vans at hotel and depart on group trip to White Sands National Monument followed by group dinner
8:30 Return to Hotel Encanto

Day Three
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

IPM Programs

Class Location – Senate Chambers, Corbett Center (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. PMPs and the Treatment of Schools
Jim Harron, director, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Division
9:00 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (2)
Michael Page, FL; Trevor Battle, MA
9:45 Break
10:00 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (5)
Damron Derrick, AR; Hector Duran, Colorado River Indian Tribes; Marcedius Jameson, NJ; Robert Jablonski, NY; Wilhelmina Keenan, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
11:45 Lunch in Dona Ana Room

Field Trip
12:30 p.m.   Load bus and depart for field trip to Demming
   
1:45 Arrive in Demming
Fumigation Protocols at a Chile Pepper Canning Facility
3:45 Load bus and return to hotel
4:45 Arrive at Hotel Encanto

 

Day Four
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Wildlife / Mold / Urban Entomology

Class Location – Senate Chambers, Corbett Center (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Nuisance Wildlife Management
   
bullet60 min overview
bullet30 min Q/A
  John Calentine, biological wildlife technician, USDA-APHIS, Wildlife Services
9:30 Break
9:45 Lessons Learned in Mold Remediation
bulletEPA’s policy
Laura Bailey, senior environmental scientist, U.S. EPA,  Antimicrobial Division, Office of Pesticide Programs
bulletState perspective
Kathleen Boyle, California Environmental Protection Agency; & Michael Page, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
11:00 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (2)
Edward Crow, MD; Kathy Murray, ME
11:45 Lunch in Dona Ana Room
12:45 Bed Bugs: Why Conventional Products are Not Working
Dini Miller, associate professor, Virginia Tech University, Department of Entomology
2:15 Break
2:30 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (3)
Henry Ghiotto, Quechan Tribe; Jerry Seabolt, TN; Jayme Mestes, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
3:30 Adjourn, bus pick-up & return to hotel
4:30 Special Event at Hotel Encanto: Chile Boot Camp, details TBA
James Dittmore, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

 

Day Five
Friday, May 23, 2008

Enforcement Issues

Class Location – Senate Chambers, Corbett Center (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Roundtable Discussion: Enforceability of Label Language
Facilitators, Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture & Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA
9:30 Break
9:45 State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (5)
Joseph Spitzmueller, MN; Timm Dazey, NC; Cecilia Owen, NM; Mike Vandeventer, OK; Darryl Slade, MO
11:45 Lunch in Dona Ana Room
12:45 p.m. State/Tribe/Territory Presentations (3)
James McKee, CA; Douglas Edwards, VA; Michael Kelly, TX
1:45 Break
2:00 Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Enforcement Cases
Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture;
Michael Page, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
Mike Vandeventer, agricultural program administrator, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry; &
Lisa Leondis, San Diego County Department of Agriculture, Weights & Measures
3:15 Wrap-Up
Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA
3:45 Adjourn, bus pick-up & return to hotel
4:45 Bus pick up at hotel for Graduation Dinner at Double Eagle Restaurant in Old Town Mesilla
5:00 Arrive in Old Mesilla, time on your own
6:00 Graduation Dinner at Double Eagle Restaurant
8:00 Load bus and return to hotel