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AG ISSUES

AG ISSUES. DISCUSSION WITH WESTAR SEPTEMBER 26, 2006. NATIONAL AG STRATEGY. Sets an Agency vision for Agriculture Ag industry as a producer of solutions Engage in collaborative efforts Establish better communication Develop innovative and voluntary programs

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AG ISSUES

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  1. AG ISSUES DISCUSSION WITH WESTAR SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

  2. NATIONAL AG STRATEGY • Sets an Agency vision for Agriculture • Ag industry as a producer of solutions • Engage in collaborative efforts • Establish better communication • Develop innovative and voluntary programs in addition to traditional regulatory tools

  3. CROSS MEDIA APPROACH • Ag Counselor established a cross-media team • Finalizing a matrix of environmental regulations which could potentially affect Ag sources • Composed of senior staff from all media offices • Interested in applying concept to CAFOs • Spray Drift dialogue an ongoing example

  4. Ag Air Quality Task Force • Issues of Concern • PM NAAQS • TSP as a regulated pollutant • Use of model results at the fence line • Sampling results in areas with large amounts of PM>10 • Regulation through consent decrees • CERCLA/EPCRA reporting • Application of CAA definitions to ag sources: crop and animal production

  5. AG AIR QUALITY TASK FORCE • Ozone NAAQS • Concern with lowering the standard • Concern regarding a secondary standard • Concern re: interpretation of the science regarding ozone impacts on crop yields • Determination of BMPs, RACM, and BACM

  6. OPPORTUNITIES FOR AG • Renewable energy sources • Environmental Credit Trading Program • Recommend that USDA encourage and foster the continued emergence of market opportunities for trading and reducing GHG emissions.

  7. AG BURNING • Four recommendations to Secretary • Give immediate “Interim” status to 1999 Ag policy • Add language to exceptional events rule that EPA will address ag burning within 12 months of the Exceptional Events Rule • Convene meeting to begin language development on rule by 9/30/06 • Blue Ribbon Panel to work on rule. Complete by 9/2007

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