FFVA
Environmental & Pest Management Committee
Meeting
Materials
June 4,
2009
Committee
Agenda
Committee Roster
PowerPoint Presentation –
June 4, 2009
Agenda Items:
A] 6th Circuit Court Decision –
NPDES Permits for Pesticides
A-1, United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Decision, National Cotton Council of
America, et. al. v United States Environmental Protection Agency,
January 7, 2009, Case Number 06-4630 (and consolidated
cases)
A-2, Response of Environmental
Petitioners to Industry Respondent–Intervenors’ Petition for
Panel Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Case No. 064630, May 8, 2009
A-3, Environmental
Petitioners’ Opposition to United States Environmental Protection
Agency’s Motion for Stay of Mandate, Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals, Case No. 06-4630, May 8, 2009
A-4, Respondent-Intervenors’
Response in Support of Respondent United States Environmental Protection
Agency’s Motion for Stay of Mandate, Sixth Circuit Coiu8rt of
Appeals, Case No. 06-4630, May 8, 2009
A-5, Respondent United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s Response to Petition for
Rehearing En Banc, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 06-4630,
June 3, 2009
B] EPA Endangered Species
Implementation
B-1, Endangered Species Protection
Program Implementation, EPA Presentation to Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee, April 23, 2009
C] Fumigants/Methyl
Bromide
C–1 -- Revised
Fumigant REDs
C-1-1, Chloropicrin Revised RED,
June 2009
C-1-2, Methyl Bromide Revised RED,
June 2009
C-1-3, MITC Generators Revised
RED, June 2009
C-1-4, Dazomet Revised RED, June
2009
C-1-5, Implementation of Risk
Mitigation for Soil Fumigant Pesticides, EPA, May 27, 2009
C-1-6, Buffer Zones Fact Sheet,
EPA, May 27, 2009
C-1-7, Posting Fact Sheet, EPA,
May 27, 2009
C-1-8, Worker Protection Fact
Sheet, EPA, May 27, 2009
C-1-9, Fumigant Management Plans
and Post Application Summary Reports Fact Sheet, EPA, May 27,
2009
C-1-10, Site Specific Emergency
Preparedness and Response Fact Sheet, EPA, May 27, 2009
C-2 -- UNEP –
CUE’s
C-2-1, TEAP Progress Report, May
2009, UNEP Ozone Secretariat
C-2-2, CUE Approved or Recommended
Amounts, 2005 – 2010, Excel Spread Sheet
C-2-3, CUE Sector Allocation UNEP
Recommended Quantities, 2011, Excel Spread Sheet
C-3 -- 2012 Critical Use
Petition
C-3-1, Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: The 2009 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl
Bromide, FR Vol. 75, No. 82, Thursday April 30, 2009, pp. 19878 –
19900.
C-3-2, Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Request for Critical Use Exemption Applications for 2012, FR Vol.
74, No. 96, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, pp. 23705 –
23707.
D] Sustainability
Initiatives
D-1 -- Keystone Major Crops
Initiative
D-1-1, Field to Market: The
Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental Resource
Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On-Farm Agricultural Production in
the United States, First report, January 2009
D-2 -- Leonardo
Institute
D-2-1, Leonardo Funding Appeal,
Spring of 2009
D-3 -- Stewardship Index
for Specialty Crops
D-3-1, Pesticides Metric
Committee, Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, as of June 2,
2009
D-3-2, Draft Notes from May 19,
2009 Conference Call, Pesticide Metrics Working Group
D-4 -- United Fresh
Research & Education Foundation, Center for Global Produce
Sustainability
D-4-1, Press Release Announcing
the Center for Global Produce Sustainability, April 21,
2009
E] MRL
Harmonization
E-1 -- Japan
Situation
E-1-1, US Trade Representative,
Draft Memorandum of Understanding, Japan Enforcement of MRL, May
2009
E-2 -- EU
Situation
E-2-1, Harmonized European Union
MRLs, September, 2008
E-2-2, European Union Default
Tolerance List, September 2008
E-3 -- Canada
E-3-1, TASC Grant Approval Letter,
USDA to FFVA, January 14, 2009 – US Canada Grower Priorities
Database
E-3-2, TASC Agreement Number 9001,
FFVA Contract, January 14, 2009
E-3-3, Richard Aucoin -- Pest
Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada, Presentation To North
American Trade Task Force Meeting, Modernizing the Regulation Of
Pesticide Residues on Food Commodities, May 6, 2009
F] Food Safety
Legislation
F-1, Side By Side Comparison of
Food Safety Legislation – Durbin, Dingell and Costa Bills with
Current Law, March 2009, Hogan & Hartson
F-2, Summary of Discussion Draft
of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, Henry Waxman, Committee on
Energy and Commerce, May 26, 2009
F-3, Text of Discussion Draft,
Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 HH-5, Position Description, FFVA
Director of Water and Natural Resourcesenry Waxman, Committee on Energy
and Commerce
G] Membership Issues and
Priorities
G-1, List of Priority Issues from
January Meeting
G-2, Excel Spreadsheet with
Committee Members Ranking of Priority Issues, As of June 4,
2009
H] Other Business
H-1, EPA Office of General
Counsel, Opinion ON Grower Liability for Third Party Applications of
Pesticides, Robert Perlis, OGC to Bill Diamond, Director, Field and
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, April 21,
2009-06-09
H-2, 2008 FFVA Research Award
Announcement,
H-3, Selection Process, FFVA
Researcher of the year Award
H-4, Position Description, FFVA
Director of Pest Management