University of California, Davis
September 21-24, 2010
[updated 8/27/10]
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Tuesday
NPDES Program: |
Wednesday
Policy Aspects of the Pesticides |
Thursday |
Friday |
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8:00 8:15 8:45 9:45
10:00
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how will they be different from EPA’s? |
Kelly McLain,
Pesticide Use and Water Quality Specialist,
Washington State Department of
Agriculture
Debra Denton, U.S. EPA, Region 9
2:15
Break
2:30
Panel Discussion: NPDES Outreach & Implementation
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outreach issues |
Hotze Wijnja, Environmental Chemist, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Division of Crop & Pest Services
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implementation issues |
Jack Peterson, Associate Director, Arizona Department of Agriculture, Environmental Services Division
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enforcement issues |
Curtis Brown, Research Scientist II, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Pesticide Control Program
3:30
*Question for the States/Tribes (6)
5:00
Adjourn & bus pick-up
8:00
FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance 2011-2013
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brief recap of Pesticides in Water Components |
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flexibility/negotiations with the Regions |
Dan Helfgott,
U.S. EPA
Todd Phillips, Life Scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 7
8:30
POINTS Database
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where have we been and where are we going? |
Patti Tenbrook, Life Scientist, U.S. EPA, Region 9
9:00
Break
9:15
POINTS Evaluation Process Panel Discussion
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how are states conducting their evaluations? |
Gary Bahr, ID & Jeff Comstock, VT
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how can EPA use the data in risk assessments? Why it cannot be used or what would need to be done to the data to make it useful in RAs? |
William Eckel, Senior Science Adviser, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Fate and Effects Division
10:15
Drinking Water Level of Concern (DWLOC): Gone But Not Forgotten
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where do we go from here? |
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what have you lost? |
Catherine Eiden, EPA/OPP/ PRD
10:45
Break
11:00
New EPA Drinking Water Strategy
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what is it and what are the impacts to FIFRA programs? |
Rick Keigwin, Director, EPA/OPP/PRD
11:45
Lunch on Moss Patio
12:45
Roundtable Discussion: Approaches to Interpreting Monitoring Data
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access to EPA’s aquatic life benchmark website |
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trend analysis |
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human health context |
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ecological health context |
Gary Bahr, ID & Catherine Eiden, EPA/OPP/ PRD
1:45
Break
2:00
*Question for the States/Tribes (2)
2:30
Environmental Modeling
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the process and models EFED uses to do ecological and human health risk assessments (PRIZM, EXAMS, FIRST, SCI-GROW, Ag-Drift, etc) |
William Eckel, Senior Science Adviser, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Fate and Effects Division
3:30
Break
3:45
Vegetative Buffer Strip Modeling
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what it does or does not accomplish |
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how states might choose to use this in their decision-making for their existing WQ programs and dealing with NPDES permitting going forward |
Tammara Estes, Stone Environmental, Montpelier, VT
4:45
The process for approving models for use in a regulatory program
William Eckel, Senior Science
Adviser, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division
5:00
Adjourn
& bus pick-up
8:00
*Question for the States/Tribes (4)
9:00
Break
9:15
Laboratory Abilities, Capacities and Impacts on Regulatory Programs
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overarching goal: SLAs and laboratories working together to achieve WQ goals |
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SLA and laboratory roles |
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what do labs need from SLAs and vice versa? (method-sharing, etc.) |
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technical tools/choice a WQ manager needs to consider in running a successful program (instrumentation, cost, use of data and its interpretation, impacts to programs, etc.) |
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discussion: what does all this mean to regulatory programs? |
Katie Howard,
Environmental and Laboratory
Issues Director, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Pesticide and
Fertilizer Program
Michelle Hladik, Research
Chemist, U.S. Geological Survey,
California Water Science Center
10:15
Break
10:30
*Question for the States/Tribes (3)
11:15
Field Trip Overview:
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
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general Delta overview |
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contaminant issues/monitoring |
Anke Mueller-Solger, IEP Lead Scientist, Delta Science Program
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contaminant issues/monitoring |
Michael L.Johnson,
Consultant
11:45
Lunch on Moss Patio
12:45
Load bus and depart for field trip
1:30
Arrive at Site: Joe Green Pear Ranch, Randall Island
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reduced risk pesticides |
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mating disruption |
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previously used insecticides and the new insecticides Altacor and Delegate |
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the effects of regulations on the pear industry |
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surface water pesticide monitoring and BMPs requirement under Water Board's Irrigated Land Regulatory Program |
Speakers, TBA
3:00
Load bus and depart for aquatic weed tour via boat
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aquatic weed control/NPDES |
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stops at treatment or weed-infested sites in the Delta |
Paul Ryan, California Department of Boating and Waterways
5:30
Load bus and depart for Clarksburg, group dinner
7:30
Load bus and return to Davis
8:15
Arrive in Davis
8:00
Overview of EPA’s Process and Models for
Aquatic Evaluations
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how does EPA evaluate and mitigate risks from pesticides applied directly to aquatic systems and potable water supplies? |
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contrast to evaluations for animal and terrestrial assessments in that products are meant to be applied to water versus drifting there |
William Eckel, Senior Science Adviser, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Fate and Effects Division
8:30
Invasive Fish Species
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treating for invasive fish species |
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treatment implications to WQ and NPDES permits |
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preventing intentionally planted species versus accidental ones |
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local case study: Northern Pike eradication (twice!) in Lake Davis – what went right/wrong, lessons learned, how it will fall under NPDES |
Stella McMillin, Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish & Game, Pesticide Investigation Unit
9:15
Break
9:30
Invasive Weed Species
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treatment of new and existing invasive weeds and implications to WQ and NPDES permits |
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case study: Arundo |
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case study: treating for Eurasian milfoil in the Midwest and how it will now fall under NPDES |
Joel Trumbo, Staff Environmental Scientist, California Department
of Fish and Game, Pesticide Investigations Unit; &
Robert Pigg, Resource Specialist /
Groundwater Monitoring Coordinator, Michigan Department of Agriculture
10:15
Break
10:30
*Question for the States/Tribes (4)
11:30
Lunch on Moss Patio
12:30
Urban Pesticide Use
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introduction and first discoveries |
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current patterns and research |
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effective strategies for monitoring |
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identifying sources |
Kelly Moran, President, TDC Environmental
2:15
Break
2:30
Collaborations in Urban Pesticide Use Monitoring
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CDPR and UCD collaborations |
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new urban monitoring data, data interpretation, patterns and trends of detects, costs, challenges, analytical methods, effective monitoring strategies |
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collaborations with other groups |
Lorence Oki, CE Specialist, UC Davis, Cooperative Extension, Landscape Horticulture
3:30
Wrap-Up
Dea Zimmerman, EPA/OPP
5:45
Bus pick up at hotel for Graduation Dinner
6:00
Graduation Dinner at the International House, Davis
8:00
Load bus and return to hotel