FRRCC Meeting Calendar

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
DFO: Alicia Kaiser (kaiser.alicia@epa.gov) 202-564-7273
Date of Meeting	Description
December 12, 2011	Meeting: December 12, 2011 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) Agenda (PDF) (1 pg, 59K, About PDF) Meeting Summary (PDF) (10 pp, 155k, About PDF) Location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20460 Ariel Rios North Building Federal Register Notice: Text or PDF version (2 pp, 52K, About PDF)
October 26-27, 2011	Meeting Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 66K, About PDF) Location: Sheraton National Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204 Federal Register Notice: Text or PDF version (1 pg, 138K, About PDF)
June 22-23, 2011	Meeting Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 84K, About PDF) Meeting Summary (PDF) (26 pp, 273K, About PDF) Location Sheraton National Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204 Galaxy Ballroom Telephone: (703) 521-1900 Federal Register Notice: Text or PDF version (1 pg, 57K, About PDF) Presentations Agriculture and Environmental Stewardship: Integrating Science and Policy, Andrew Sharpley (PDF) (37 pp, 5.83MB, About PDF) Nutrient Pollution and the 2012 Farm Bill, Patricia Sinicropi (PDF) (12 pp, 289K, About PDF) “Independently Applicable” Numeric Nutrient Criteria, Tom Hebert (PDF) (14 pp, 461K, About PDF) Environmental Stewardship in Virginia’s Poultry Industry, Hobey Bauhan (PDF) (12 pp, 223K, About PDF) Agriculture and Water Quality, Mike Plumer (PDF) (18 pp, 648K, About PDF)
March 29-30, 2011	Meeting Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 83K, About PDF) Meeting Summary (PDF) (63 pp, 511K, About PDF) Location: Sheraton National Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204 Federal Register Notice (PDF) (1 pg, 176K, About PDF) Presentations Tom Christensen - Private Lands Voluntary Conservation in the Great Lakes Basin (PDF) (36 pp, 2.93MB, About PDF) Patty Birkholz - Great Lakes (PDF) (16 pp, 1.08MB, About PDF) Mike Machado - The Delta: the Hub of Water and Conflict (PDF) (40 pp, 2.20MB, About PDF) Ron Shultz - Puget Sound Water Quality and Agriculture (PDF) (30 pp, 3.47MB, About PDF) Rob McAfee - Overview of USDA NRCS Conservation Programs (PDF) (35 pp, 2.67MB, About PDF)
September 30 - October 1, 2010	Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 36K, About PDF) Meeting Summary (PDF) (35 pp, 239K, About PDF) Meeting: September 30, 2010 (8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EDT) and October 1, 2010 (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT) Location: The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202-347-3000 Federal Register Notice Presentations Rich Batiuk - Introduction to TMDLs (PDF) (19 pp, 1.04MB About PDF) Chuck Fox - Chesapeake Bay Draft TMDL (PDF) (20 pp, 937K About PDF) Dave McGuigan - Region III AFOCAFO Initiatives (PDF) (30 pp, 1.27MB About PDF) Drew Bartlett - Florida Water Issues (PDF) (8 pp, 1.02MB About PDF) Ephraim King - Nutrients - A National Overview (PDF) (30 pp, 1.38MB About PDF) Jim Gulliford - Iowa Water Issues (PDF) (23 pp, 723K About PDF) Dean Lemke - Iowa Programs and Initiatives for Reducing Nutrient Transport (PDF) (26 pp, 1.92MB About PDF) Background Materials Iowa-Funded Conservation Programs and Initiatives (PDF) (3 pp, 31K About PDF) Nutrient Innovations Task Group Report (Aug. 2009) (PDF) (170 pp, 6.15MB About PDF) Chesapeake Bay Executive Order Strategy (May 2010) Chesapeake Bay Executive Order Watson Run Summary Paper (PDF) (9 pp, 592k About PDF) Chesapeake Bay TMDL Website Florida Watershed Restoration Act (403.067 Florida Statutes) BMPs Adopted in Florida
August 25 - 27, 2009	Agenda (PDF) (3 pp, 26K, About PDF) Meeting on August 25, 8:00 - 6:00 PM (PDT) and August 27, 8:00 - 1:00 PM (PDT) Location: Sacramento, CA Sheraton Grand Hotel 1230 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916-447-1700 Presentations Renewable Fuels Standard Program and Agriculture (PDF) (24 pp, 152K, About PDF) San Francisco Bay and Delta (PDF) (23 pp, 10.6MB, About PDF) Overview of Cap and Trade and Offsets (PDF) (18 pp, 475K, About PDF) NPDES Permits for the Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States (PDF) (22 pp, 874K, About PDF) How do we fit in the team photo (and othe questions asked by perennial crop farmers...) (PDF) (19 pp, 3.2MB, About PDF) Meeting Minutes (PDF) (23 pp, 151K, About PDF )
July 13, 2009	Teleconference on July 13, 2009, 1:00 - 3:00 PM EDT Location: Washington, DC Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (2 pp, 70K, About PDF) Federal Register Notice of Cancellation of Meeting \| PDF Version (1 pg, 62K, About PDF)
May 19, 2009	Agenda (PDF) (1 pg, 35K, About PDF) Transcription of Conference Call to Approve Land Use Advice Letter (PDF) (29 pp, 103K) Teleconference on May 19, 2009, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Location: Washington, DC U.S. EPA East Building, Room 1132 1201 Constitution Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20004 Contact: Alicia Kaiser, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202-564-7273 Christopher Ashcraft, ashcraft.christopher@epa.gov, 202-564-2432 Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (1 p, 63K, About PDF)
February 23-24, 2009	Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 88K, About PDF) Meeting on February 23, 8:30 - 5:45 PM EST and February 24, 8:30 - 1:00 PM EST Location: Washington, DC Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC Hotel 1330 Maryland Ave, SW Washington, DC 20024 Telephone: 202-554-8588 Presentations Questions or comments about the presentations, contact Alicia Kaiser, (kaiser.alicia@epa.gov) RFS implementation & Lifecycle Analyses (PDF) (17 pp, 280K, About PDF) Integrated Nitrogen Management (PDF) (40 pp, 2.79MB, About PDF) Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution - Agenda for the Future (PDF) (20 pp, 4.33MB, About PDF) Managing Reactive Nitrogen in the Environment (PDF) (41 pp, 6.46MB, About PDF) EPA Updates (PDF) (10 pp, 2.06MB, About PDF) Delaware Farm Bureau Letter to FRRCC 23FEB09 (PDF) (5 pp, 1.02MB, About PDF ) EPA Press Release Meeting Minutes (PDF) (30 pp, 174K, About PDF ) Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (1 p, 63K, About PDF)
January 14, 2009	Agenda (PDF) (1 p, 42K, About PDF) Teleconference on January 14, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Washington, DC U.S. EPA East Building, Room 1132 1201 Constitution Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20004 Contact: Alicia Kaiser, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202-564-7273 Meeting Minutes (PDF) (7 pp, 61K, About PDF ) Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (1 pp, 59K, About PDF)
September 8 - 10, 2008	Agenda (PDF) (3pp, 27K, About PDF) Meeting on September 8-10, 2008, 8:30 - 1:00 PM Location: Kansas City, MO InterContinental Kansas City at The Plaza 401 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: 816-756-1500 Press Release Meeting Minutes (PDF) (13 pp, 107K, About PDF ) Presentations Implementation of BMPs in the Little Arkansas River Watershed (PDF) (16pp, 163K, About PDF) Environmental and Economic Issues Facing Today's Ethanol Industry (PDF) (22pp, 827K, About PDF) US Biodiesel Industry Present and Future (PDF) (23pp, 2.26MB, About PDF) BMP Auctions, a Market Based Approach to Improving Water Quality (PDF) (15pp, 357K, About PDF) Public Comments, Delaware Farm Bureau Letter to the FRRCC Delaware Farm Bureau Letter to the FRRCC (PDF) (2 pp, 20K, About PDF) FRRCC Response to Delaware Farm Bureau (PDF) (1 p, 190K, About PDF) EPA Response to Delaware Farm Bureau (PDF) (5 pp, 2.5 MB, About PDF) Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (2 pp, 83K, About PDF)
March 13 - 14, 2008	Agenda (PDF) (4 pp, 42K, About PDF) Meeting on March 13-14, 2008, 8:00 - 2:00 PM Location: Washington, DC The Madison Hotel 1177 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 862-1600 Minutes (PDF) (29 pp, 275K, About PDF ) Presentations Update on the CAFO NPDES Permit Regulation Development Program (PDF) (7 pp, 140K, About PDF) Animal Feeding Operations Air Program Update (PDF) (11 pp, 548K, About PDF) USEPA's Regulatory Action Under the Engergy Independence and Security Act (PDF) (14 pp, 248K, About PDF) Opportunities for American Agriculture in the Voluntary Carbon Credit Market (PDF) (31 pp, 1.7MB, About PDF) EPA Office of Water and Agriculture (PDF) (15 pp, 200K, About PDF) Biofuel Implications for Agriculture and the Environment (PDF) (15 pp, 552K, About PDF) Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (6 pp, 244K, About PDF) Office of Air and Radation (PDF) (11 pp, 128K, About PDF) Federal Register Notice \| PDF Version (1 pp, 47K, About PDF)
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