8:00
Registration
8:15
Welcome, Course Overview
8:45
Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise
9:30
Break
9:45
Federal Updates
 | Federal (how money allocated to the FIFRA cooperative
agreement grantees, status of lab equipment fund) |
Dea Zimmerman,
U.S. EPA
| Regional (QA activities, planned audits, priorities
for guidance to SLAs, process on how regions interact with other
regions, types of discretionary topics with this kind of funding) |
Susan Rittenhouse, U.S. EPA, Region 5
| AAPCO Laboratory Committee
(encourage more state lab directors to attend meeting at AAPCO) |
Patty
Lucas, chief, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Bureau of
Agricultural
10:45
*State of the Lab Addresses (3): attendees will have 15 minutes to discuss
some aspect of their laboratory practices (Application of new lab technology
towards pesticide analyses; What is your lab doing well? Possible areas of
collaboration?; or Emerging challenges your lab faces in the near or distant
future.)
Mark LeBlanc, LA; Susan Chabot, NH; Edward Reilly, NJ
11:45
Lunch
12:45
Group Photo
1:00
*State of the Lab Addresses (4)
Kevin Armbrust, MS; Abul K. Anisuzzaman, OH; Kathleen Wickman, OR; Christine
Sober, SC
2:15
Break
2:30
*State of the Lab Addresses (4)
Steven C. Moser, OK; Douglas Edwards & Robert Glowacky, VA; Nathaniel
Shambaugh, VT; Amy DeBaker, WI
3:45
Adjourn & bus pick-up |
8:00
What is Certification and Accreditation?
| What's required of the FIFRA labs? |
| What are the different
certification/accreditation options? |
| Accreditation status of attending
labs |
Elizabeth (Beth) A. Mishalanie,
senior environmental forensic chemist, U.S. EPA, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and
Training, National Enforcement Investigations Center
8:20
National Academy of Sciences Report
|
What's in the
report and its impact to
labs |
Beth Mishalanie, U.S. EPA, NEIC
8:40
The Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR2749)
|
What’s in the Act and the impacts to
labs & accreditation |
Kevin
Armbrust, state chemist, Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory
9:00
Break
9:15
Forensic Lab Accreditation
Terry Mills, manager, Forensics Quality Services,
Accreditation
10:15
California’s ISO Accreditation Process
Nirmal Saini, branch chief II, California
Department of Food and Agriculture, Center for Analytical Chemistry
10:30
Break
10:45
Roundtable Discussion:
Accreditation for FIFRA Labs
| How does forensic lab accreditation
apply to FIFRA labs? |
| Other examples of accreditation (NELAC,
etc.) & what makes the most sense for FIFRA labs? |
| Networking possibilities (law
enforcement, etc.) |
| Funding issues |
Facilitated by Beth Mishalanie,
U.S. EPA
12:00
Lunch
1:00
*State of the Lab Addresses (5)
Danny LeCompte, AL; Douglas Marsh, AZ; Patricia Lucas, FL; Jeffery Doherty,
MA; Michelle Campbell, MN
2:30
Break
2:45
Estimating Measurement Uncertainty
|
Math, collecting QC data, defining
it |
|
Best practices |
|
Technical requirement of
accreditation ISO-17025 |
Beth Mishalanie, U.S. EPA
3:45
Break
4:00
*State of the Lab Addresses (2)
Jeff Hardy & Ping Wan, IN
4:45
Adjourn & bus pick-up |
8:00
Administrative Hearings
| Evidence collection and integrity |
| Laboratory’s role in administrative
hearings |
| How to ensure your evidence can
withstand courtroom challenges |
Margaret Alkon & David Kim, U.S. EPA,
Region, Office of Regional Counsel
9:15
Break
9:30
Roundtable Discussion:
How do States Handle a New Chemical They Have Never Run Before?
| New AI and chemical ingredients
added to screens, new AI methodology |
| Use of non-standardized methods in
unique cases – tank mixes for example |
| How to develop a method and
validate it for an emergency sample |
Facilitated by Chuck Stafford, team
leader, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Science
Center, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
10:30
Break
10:45
*State of the Lab Addresses (3)
Audra Gile, KS; Raymond Valenzuela, NC; Peter Furdyna, NY
11:45
Lunch
12:45
Load bus and depart for field trip – California Department of Justice Lab, Ripon
| Tour |
| Discussion of chain-of-custody
procedures, logging in samples, storage, etc. |
| Mgmt perspectives on
effort/investment into QA officers and resources |
| Legacy accredited or other? |
John Yoshida, manager, California
Department of Justice, Central Valley Laboratory
2:15
Arrive at lab for tour
4:15
Load bus and depart for Lodi
5:00
Arrive in Lodi at Pietro's for Group Dinner
6:30
Load bus and depart for Davis
7:30
Arrive at Hallmark Inn |
8:00
Panel Discussion:
Industry Trends in Chemistry and Methodology
|
Trends
in chemistry or methodology, and new laboratory instrumentation |
|
Differences, if any, between
analytical methods submitted to EPA in support of pesticide product
registration vs. those submitted to the European Union |
Panelists,
Samy A. Abdel-Baky, group leader, BASF Crop Protection,
Consumer & Environmental Safety;
James J. Stry, research associate, DuPont Crop Protection:
&
Edward Olberding, research leader, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Regulatory
Sciences & Government Affairs, Analytical Sciences
Moderated by Kevin Armbrust, state chemist, Mississippi State Chemical
Laboratory
9:30
Break
9:45
Overview of Technology & Trends
| What can technology do for you and
what it can’t |
| Pros and cons of instrumentation
|
| What are the implications to labs
downstream? |
James Seiber, professor & chair & UC Davis, Department of Food Science and
Technology; professor emeritus, Department of
Environmental Toxicology
10:45
Break
11:00
*State of the Lab Addresses (4)
Keith Wegner, CO; Binh Loo, HI; Warren Fortune, MD; Heidi Hickes, MT
12:15
Lunch
1:15
Effective Communication
| Vital link between the field and
the lab (inspector & the analyst) |
| Within the lab |
| Lab and program staff / attorneys |
| How can we all be on the same page? |
Doug Marsh, director, Arizona
Department of Agriculture, State Agricultural Lab
2:15
Break
2:30
PIRT & Inspector Needs from PREP/Managers
|
Feedback from the March PIRT |
|
PREP/manager needs from inspectors |
Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA
3:00
Roundtable Discussion: Possible Areas of
Collaboration between the FIFRA State Laboratories
|
Project updates
|
Facilitated by Chuck Stafford, team leader, U.S.
EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Science Center, Analytical
Chemistry Laboratory
4:00
Wrap-Up Session
Dea Zimmerman
4:30
Adjourn & bus pick-up
6:00
Bus pick-up at Hallmark In for
Graduation Dinner
6:15
Graduation Dinner at the Alumni Center AGR Room
8:15
Load bus and return to Hallmark Inn |
