Pesticides & Water Quality

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

September 8-12, 2008

[updated 9/1/08]

Day One
Monday, September 8, 2008

OW/OPP Overviews & Evaluations

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: for new and experienced state/tribal managers or senior program staff responsible for the implementation of water resource programs under the FIFRA Cooperative Agreements to come away with a fuller understanding of the water resource program, thereby creating a stronger program at the state/tribal level.
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
9:00 Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise
 
10:00 Break
10:15 Water Quality Regulation and OW/OPP Harmonization
bulletOffice of Water
bulletOffice of Pesticide Programs
Joseph Beaman, chief, U.S. EPA, Ecological Risk Assessment Branch, Health and Ecological Criteria Division, Office of Water
Thomas Steeger, senior advisor, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
11:30 National Pesticide Program Water Quality Framework
bulletGrant Guidance
bulletMeasures
Dan Helfgott, chief, U.S. EPA, Government and International Services Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs
12:30 p.m. Lunch on the Moss Patio
1:15 Group Photo
1:30 POINTS Database Demonstration
Bruce Wilkinson, environmental scientist, U.S. EPA Region 5;
Chuck Evans, staff lead, U.S. EPA, Government and International Services Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs
2:00 Roundtable Discussion: Pesticides of Interest - 57 Core vs. Additional
bulletReview of both POI lists
bulletState decision-making for additional POIs
bulletEvaluation and review of POIs
Facilitated by Jeff Comstock, soil scientist, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
3:00 Break
3:15 Evaluations
bulletAnalytical Methods for Evaluating POIs/Pesticides of Concern
Patti TenBrook, life scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 9; &
Kelly Moran, president, TDC Environmental
bulletEvaluating Urban-use Pesticides
Kelly Moran, TDC Environmental
4:00 State of the State Addresses (7)
Jason Robertson, AR; Jack Peterson, AZ; Nan Singhasemanon, CA; Laura Mensch, DE; Leighanne Hahn, IN; Lindsey Douglas, KS; & Donald Gilbert, PA
5:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008

Pesticides of Interest & Pesticides of Concern, continued

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Review of POC Definition/Criteria
Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA
8:15 Tools/Resources Needed for Evaluation of POIs and POCs
bulletGround/surface water monitoring
Roy Meyer, research scientist, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; &
Steven Riley, water issues & registration specialist, Oregon Department of Agriculture
9:00 State of the State Addresses (5)
Davis Daiker, FL; Rob Hofstetter, MD; Jessica Orr, ND; Cary Hamilton, NM; & James Cowles, WA
9:45 Break
10:00 Use of Aquatic-Life Benchmarks and Reference Points for Pesticides
Lisa Nowell, chemist, U.S. Geological Survey; &
Thomas Steeger, U.S. EPA
11:00 Deriving State-Specific Water Quality Reference Values
Joseph Zachmann, research scientist, Minnesota Department of Agriculture: &
Paul Hann, environmental scientist, Central Valley Regional Quality Control Board
1:00 Pesticide Chemistry in Water
Ron Tjeerdema, professor, UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology
2:00 Break
2:15 Sharing of Monitoring Data
bulletUse of State Lead Agency Water Quality Monitoring Data by OPP and OW
Joseph Beaman, U.S. EPA; &
Nelson Thurman, senior environmental scientist, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Fate and Effects Division
bulletWater Quality Exchange: A Method for Moving Water Quality Monitoring Data to STORET
Kristen Gunthardt, information technology specialist, U.S. EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds;
Deb Soule, business systems analyst, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (via telephone); &
Leighanne Hahn, water quality/endangered species program specialist, Office of Indiana State Chemist
4:15 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Three
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008

Management of Pesticides of Concern

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Roundtable Discussion: What Constitutes Management?
Facilitated by Patti TenBrook, U.S. EPA, Region 9; &
Davis Daiker, environmental administrator, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
9:00 Mitigation Measures - New Technologies
bulletBenefits of Vegetated Agricultural Drainage Ditches (VADD) as a Best Management Practice in California
Debra Denton, environmental scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 9
9:45 Break
10:00 Mitigation Measures - New Technologies
bulletDrainage tile management
Jeff Comstock, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
10:15 Mitigation Measures - New Technologies
bulletResidential / landscape runoff
Lorence Oki, associate specialist, University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Sciences
11:00 Use of Spatial Models to Manage POCs Part I - Basics
i. Conceptual models
ii. Overview and discussion of uses, differences, limitations
Bernie Engel, professor, Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
11:45 Lunch on Moss Patio

Field Trip
12:45 p.m. Load bus and depart for south Sacramento
1:15 Arrive in south Sacramento, Stop #1
bulletView residential runoff landscape concepts and installed landscape practices by Dave Roberts
1:45 Load bus and depart for North Natomas area
2:00 Arrive in North Natomas, Stop #2
bulletView practices that contribute to runoff and contamination of the surface water in that neighborhood
2:30 Refreshment break, load bus and depart for drinking water plant, West Sacramento
2:45 Arrive at Bryte Bend drinking water treatment plant
3:00 Pesticides in Sacramento River Drinking Water
Rudy Schnagl, chief, Senior Ag Regulatory Unit, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
3:45 Facility tour
4:15 Load bus and depart for Davis
4:45  Return to Hallmark Inn
5:00 Return to Alumni Center
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, Sept. 11, 2008

Management of Pesticides of Concern, continued

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Trends in Concentration of Pesticides in Corn Belt Streams 1996 – 2006
Robert J. Gilliom, chief, U.S. Geological Survey, Pesticide National Synthesis, National Water Quality Assessment Program
9:00 State of the State Addresses (2)
Robert Pigg, MI & Judith Singer, CT
9:20 Break
9:35 Walk to computer lab, 2020 Sciences Laboratory Building
9:50 Computer Lab Exercise: Use of Spatial Models to Manage POCs Part II – Case studies using WHAT, LTHIA, NAPRA (urban vs. row crop applications; deterministic vs. probabilistic outcomes)
Bernie Engel, Purdue University
11:30 Use of Spatial Models to Manage POCs Part III - Quantification and Optimization of BMPs Using SWAT and Flowable Data Methods
Bernie Engel, Purdue University
12:00 n. Walk back to Alumni Center
12:15 p.m. Lunch on Moss Patio
1:15 State of the State Addresses (6)
Hotze Wijnja, MA; Ron Struss & Joseph Zachmann, MN; Rick Mulder, MT; Henry Wade, NC; & Paula McBath, NY
2:15 Break

Demonstrating Progress
2:30 What Do We Mean by Demonstrating Progress?
Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA
2:45 Using Social Indicators to Build Effective Pesticide Reduction Programs
Linda Prokopy, assistant professor, Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
4:45 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Five
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008

Demonstrating Progress, continued

Class Location – Buehler Alumni Center Alpha Gamma Rho Room (AGR) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Small Group Exercise: Demonstrated Progress Matrix of Real World State Activities
Facilitated by Ray Putnam, U.S. EPA, Region 1;
Donald Gilbert, environmental specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; &
Nan Singhasemanon, staff environmental scientist, California Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 Report out from Small Groups
9:30 Break
9:45 State of the State Addresses (3)
Donald Molnar, OK; Liza Fleeson, VA; & Douglas Hudson, WV
10:15 Small Group Exercise: Putting It All Together – Strategies for Managing Specific Chemicals
Facilitated by Patti TenBrook, U.S. EPA, Region 9;
Leighanne Hahn, Office of Indiana State Chemist; &
Henry Wade, pesticide environmental programs manager, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
11:30 Lunch on Moss Patio
12:30 p.m. Report out from Small Groups
1:00 POINTS Q &A: Discussion of Possible Revisions
Facilitators, Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA; &
Bruce Wilkinson, U.S. EPA, Region 5
2:00 Break
2:15 Roundtable Discussion: Ideas for the Next Cooperative Agreement Guidance Period
Facilitated by Chuck Evans, U.S. EPA
3:45 Wrap-Up
Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA
4:15 Adjourn & bus pick-up
6:00 Bus pick-up at hotel for Graduation Dinner
6:15 Graduation Dinner at the University Club, Davis
8:15 Load bus and return to hotel