Papers - 2009

Session I A - 10:15-11:45a

Alvarado A
Ag Film Product
Stewardship: Learning
from Other Industries

Moderator: Wayne Gjerde
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency

• What Lessons Can We Learn From Other Stewardship Programs
From Other Industries, e.g., Paint, Electronics, Carpet, and Pesticide Containers?
- Heidi Sanborn, California Product Stewardship Council
- Ron Perkins, ACRC

Session I B - 10:15-11:45a

Alvarado B
Web-Distributed Labeling:
Database Characteristics
and Content Delivery

Moderator: Wayne Buhler North Carolina State University

• Database Design Structure for Approving Master Labeling and Generating Market Labels- Bob Schultz, US EPA OPP
• Snapshot of a Web-distributed Label- Carol Ramsay, Washington State University
• Work Teams to Assess Label Element Types and Relatedness
- Doug Soper, PBI Gordon Corporation
- Cindy Baker, Gowan Company
- Karen Cain, Bayer CropScience
• Open Discussion

Session I C - 10:15-11:45a 

Alvarado C
Pesticide Container &
Containment Rule:
EPA's Perspective

Moderator: Kevin Neal Office of Indiana State Chemist

• EPA's Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: A Primer
- Nancy Fitz,US EPA OPP

Session II-A - 12:45-2:15p

Alvarado D
Ag Film Product
Stewardship:
Manufacturers' Perspectives

Moderator: Roger Springman
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture

• Manufacturers of Ag Film Products-Bunker Silo Covers, Mulch and
Fumigation Films, Bale Wrap, Etc. - Are the Anchors of Any Stewardship Strategy.
What Constraints Do They Face? What Opportunities Do They See?

- Panel discussion with ag plastic product manufacturers.

Session II-B - 12:45-2:15p

Alvarado B
Web-Distributed Labeling:
Quality Assurance and
Enforcement Issues

Moderator: Carol Ramsay
Washington State
University

• Marketplace Label Enforcement Perspectives
- Jack Peterson, Arizona Dept. of Agriculture;
- Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture
- Liza Fleeson, Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Gail Amos, Washington Department of Agriculture
• Quality Assurance for Labeling Today - What Measures Are Needed for
Web-Distributed Labeling
- Doug Soper, PBI Gordon Corporation

Session II-C - 12:45-2:15p

Alvarado C
Pesticide Container
& Containment Rule:
Retailers' Perspectives

Moderator: Martin Fitzpatrick
BASF

• Results of the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance Inspections and
Retailers' Experience with Containment and Managing Containers
- Kevin Runkle, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association and American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance  
• Pressure Testing Mini Bulk Containers
- Clifford Schoettmer, Schoettmer Enterprises
• Moderated Discussion

Invited International Address

2:45-3:15p - Alvarado D

Moderator: Liza Fleeson
TPSA President

• New FAO-WHO Guidelines on Empty Pesticide Container Management
- Dr. Gero Vaagt, FAO representative in Nicaragua

International Papers

2:45-3:15p - Alvarado D

Moderator: Liza Fleeson
TPSA President

• Dietary Intake of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues through Vegetables
from Kumasi, Ghana
- Godfred Darko, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
• Republic of Armenia: Challenges for Managing Hazardous Wastes
- Anahit Aleksandryan, Ministry of Nature Protection, Republic of Armenia

Session III-A - 3:30-5:00p

Moderator: Wayne Gjerde
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency

• Product Standards Affect Recycle-ability, Usability, Environment, and
Environmental Health. What Should be the Focus of Ag Film Standards?
What Process Should be Followed?
- Rob Denny, Arrowchase, Inc.

Session III-B - 3:30-5:00p

Alvarado B
Label Compliance and
Stewardship Issues

Moderator: Jack Peterson
Arizona Department of
Agriculture

• Different Types of Stewardship Programs
- Jerry Krebs, Tessenderlo Kerley
• Label-Mandated Training and State Certification and Training Programs
- Carol Ramsay, Washington State University
• Registration and Reregistration: State Lead Agency involvement Prior to
Finalizing Stewardship Label Language
- Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
- Karen Cain, Bayer CropScience

Session III-C - 3:30-5:00p

Alvarado C
Pesticide Container and
Containment Rule:
Registrants' Perspectives

Moderator: Nancy Fitz
US EPA OPP

• C&C Rule: What Registrants Should Know and Do
- Martin Fitzpatrick, BASF and CropLife America Stewardship Committee Chair
• Implementing the Label Changes
- Wendy Bair-Johnson, BASF
• Moderated Discussion

Session IV-A - 8:30-10:00a

Alvarado D
Stewardship of Container Collections

Moderator: Margaret Jones
US EPA Region V

• CropLife International Stewardship for International Container Collection Projects - Cam Davreux, CropLife Canada
• Developing Training Supplements to the FAO Guidance on Empty Pesticide Containers: A Project of TPSA's International Committee - Rob Denny, Arrowchase, Inc.
• New FAO-WHO Guidelines on Management Options for Empty Pesticide
Containers - Dr. Gero Vaagt, FAO representative in Nicaragua

Session IV-B - 8:30-10:00a

Alvarado B
Current Trends In
Stewardship Outreach

Moderator: Jim Gray
2,4-D Task Force

• Building Coalitions to Approach BMPs
- Parry Klassen, CURES-Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship
• An Industry Approach using Web-based Solutions
- Allan Hovis, Bayer CropScience
• Web-support for Ag Retailers
- Allen Summers, Asmark Institute
• The Pesticide Stewardship Web Site
- Wayne Buhler, North Carolina State University

Session IV-C - 8:30-10:00a

Alvarado C
Collecting Pesticides in the Southwest: What's Happening and What's
Coming?

Moderator: Joe Hoffman
Washington State
Department of Agriculture

• Arkansas's Abandoned Pesticide Program
- Jason Robertson, Arkansas State Plant Board
• Arizona Perspectives
- Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture
• New Mexico Perspectives
- Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
• Oklahoma Perspectives
- Charles Luper, Oklahoma State University Extension

Session V-A - 10:15-11:45a

Alvarado D
Current Issues with
Pesticide Container Recycling 

Moderator: Nancy Fitz
US EPA

• California's Pesticide Container Recycling Law: Industry's Perspective
- Renee Pinel, Western Plant Health Association
• California's Pesticide Container Recycling Law: Recycler's Perspective
- Brad Bittleston, Interstate Ag Plastics
• Moderated Discussion

Session V-B - 10:15-11:45a

Alvarado B
Monitoring Soil Fumigations
as a Stewardship Strategy

Moderator: Jerry Krebs
Tessenderlo Kerley

• Overview of Field Monitoring Issues
- Dirk Helder, US EPA OPP
• Are Draeger Monitoring Devices the Right Tool?
- Craig Rogers, Draeger Safety, Inc.
• Four Replicated Metam Sodium Flux Studies on Shank Injection/Compaction with Dual Water Seals
- David Sullivan, Sullivan Environmental
• Monitoring Impacts and Realities
- Vince Hebert, Washington State University

Session V-C - 10:15-11:45a

Alvarado C
Mexico-US Border
Pesticide Disposal Update

Moderator: Fred Gabriel
Clean Harbors

• The US/Mexico Pesticide Information Exchange Program
- Mario Saavedra, Texas Department of Agriculture, El Paso,
assisted by Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
• Pesticide Disposal Projects Under the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program
(Border 2010)
- Mary Grisier, Region IX EPA

Session VI-A - 1:45-3:15p

Alvarado D
Emerging Markets for
Used Ag Plastics

Moderator: Roger Springman
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture

• Learn about Products That Can Be Made From Less-Than-Perfectly Clean Used
Ag Plastics: e.g., Sweet Crude, Roofing Material, Binder for Wood Fuels, Lumber.
• Waste Plastic to Refined Petroleum
- Dari and Allen Jongsma, Agri-Plas, Inc.
- Dan Hauschild, Genesis Poly Recycling
- Mario Davila, Ekoroof
- Wood Residuals Solutions

Session VI-B - 1:45-3:15p

Alvarado B
Implementation Challenges for Soil Fumigation Management Plans

Moderator: Kurt Volker
Tessenderlo Kerley

• EPA Labeling Requirements for Soil Fumigation Management Plans
- Dirk Helder, US EPA OPP
• Compliance Issues with Fumigation Management Plans
- Bob Spencer, Idaho Department of Agriculture
• Industry Perspectives
- Open Panel Discussion

Session VI-C - 1:45-3:15p

Alvarado C
Developing and Implementing a National Pesticide Disposal Database

• Developing and Implementing a National Pesticide Disposal Database,
a Project Overview
- Nancy Fitz, US EPA OPP and Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture
• A Review of Pesticides Collected by Washington Pesticide Disposal Program
- Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture
• Current Pesticide Disposal Database: TPSA's Phase 1 Disposal Project
- Nancy Fitz, US EPA OPP
• Moderated Discussion: What Other pesticide Disposal Information is Needed?
How Should it be Collected?
- Nancy Fitz, US EPA OPP and Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Session VII-A - 3:30-5:00p

Alvarado D
Moving Ag Film Stewardship
to the Next Level

Moderator: Lois Levitan
Cornell University

• Roundtable Wrap-up to Set the Stage for TPSA's Ag Film Product Stewardship
Initiative, Led Off by a Reality Check on the Global Economy and Recycling Markets.
• Plastics Recycling Today: Context of Global Economy
- Wayne Gjerde, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Session VII-B - 3:30-5:00p

Alvarado B
Soil Fumigation Stewardship:
Notifying First Responders and the Public

Moderator: Vince Hebert
Washington State
University

• EPA Labeling Requirements for Notification
- Dirk Helder, US EPA OPP
• Impacts on State Enforcement Programs
- Bob Spencer, Idaho Department of Agriculture
• Geomapping Impacted Residential Areas
- Barb Morrissey, Washington Department of Health
• Industry Perspectives
- Open Discussion

Session VII-C - 3:30-5:00p

Alvarado C
Developing and Implementing a TPSA-supported International Project

Moderator: Don Mullins
Virginia Tech

• Build on "Stewardship of Container Collection"
Session Discussions and Additional Information Collected from
Developing Countries in South America and West Africa.
- The goal would be to identify gaps in outreach/training material or information needs to determine and develop a project or projects that the TPSA International Stewardship Work Group will undertake in the next year.

Abbreviations Used in the Program:
ACRC: Ag Container Recycling Council
TPSA: The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance
US EPA OPP: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
WHO:World Health Organization