Papers & Presentations 2004

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2004 NPSA Stewardship Award Recipients

5th NATIONAL PESTICIDE STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE CONFERENCE
November 7 – 10, 2004
Orlando Marriott Downtown
Orlando, Florida

Conference Proceedings

Monday, November 8

Plenary Session 1

• Opening Remarks, Gail Amos and Mary Grodner, National Pesticide Stewardship Alliance
• Welcome to Orlando, Dale Dubberly, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Disney’s Pest Management, Jim Warneke, Walt Disney World
• Pesticide Stewardship Programs in Australia, Sam Ponder, Agsafe Limited
• Ag Stewardship Web Site Demonstration, Tim Gormley, Earth 911

Session A-1. Refillable Container Panel – Identify Tanks and What to Do with Them

Panelists: Don Bradley, Murray Equipment; J.D. Fish, Bayer CropScience; Johnny Berry, Syngenta; and Steven George, Northwest Ag Plastics
Moderator: Rob Denny, ACRC

Session A-2. State Pesticide Disposal Program Updates

• Florida’s Pesticide Disposal Program, Dale Dubberly, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Update on the Pesticide Disposal Program in Kentucky, Mark Wilson, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
• INSURANCE: What? Why? and How Much?, Sean DeHan, MSE Environmental, a division of Teris LLC

Moderator: Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Session B-1. Pesticide Container and Containment Standards

• Update on Federal Container and Containment Regulations, Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA
• Inspection and Accreditation Program of the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance, Johnny Berry, Syngenta

Moderator: Don Bradley, Murray Equipment

Session B-2. Urban Pesticide Stewardship: Strategies for Working with Retail Sector

• Environmental Marketing to Improve Pesticide Stewardship, Paula Bodey, The Scotts Company
• Consumers and Labeling – Research Findings and Recommendations for Label Improvements, Julie Spagnoli, Bayer HealthCare, LLC
• EPA’s Efforts to Reach Retailers and Consumers, Jude Andreasen, U.S. EPA

Moderator: Lois Levitan, Cornell University

Session C-1. NPSA Pesticide Disposal Pilot Project: Phase 1 Report

Panelists: Bill McClelland, NPSA Consultant; Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA
Moderator: Dan Schweitzer, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Session C-2. Twists on Training

• Bringing Pesticide Training to Community Audiences, Angela O’Callaghan, Ph D. and M.L. Robinson, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
• Training Techniques in International Settings – Adapting to the Audience, Jude Andreasen, U.S. EPA
• Pesticide Safety Education Center, Mary Grodner, Louisiana State University Ag Center Cooperative Extension and Patricia Hipkins, Virginia Tech

Moderator: Janice Oldemeyer, Consultant

Tuesday, November 9

Breakfast Roundtables: 7:00 am – 8:00 am

• Urban Pesticide Stewardship – Follow Up
• Earth 911 Agricultural Stewardship Web Site – Follow Up
• Pesticide Container Recycling Questions and Answers with Australian, German & Canadian

Plenary Session 2
International Pesticide Container Management Programs

• CropLife Canada’s Pesticide Container Recycling Program, Cam Davreux, CropLife Canada
• PAMIRA – The German Collection Scheme in Accordance with the European Law, Markus Dambeck, RIGK GMBH: Corporation for the Recovery of Industrial and Commercial Plastic Packaging Company
• Pesticide Container Recycling in Australia, Sam Ponder, Agsafe Limited

Moderator: Rob Denny, ACRC

Session D-1. The ACRC in the Next Half Decade: The Challenge of Sustainable Growth and Accessibility, Part 1

• ACRC, Building on the Past for a Sustainable Future, Rob Denny, ACRC
• Container Recycling as a Business Component, Lee Brown Jr., Western Ag Plastics

Moderator: Gail Amos, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Session D-2. International Pesticide Stewardship

• Management and Destruction of Obsolete Pesticides in Ukraine, Margaret L. Jones U.S. EPA Region 5 (Chicago)
• An Overview of Pesticide Quality Assurance in Mali, Patricia A. Hipkins, Donald E. Mullins, and Jean M. Cobb, Virginia Tech
• Integrated Pest Management – Strategies for Sustainability and Self Reliance, P.K. Shetty, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science

Moderator: Don Mullins, Virginia Tech

Session E-1. The ACRC in the Next Half Decade: The Challenge of Sustainable Growth and Accessibility, Part 2

• Container Recycling for Low Volume Producers, Carl Key, Long Island Cauliflower Association
• Handling Compacted/Baled Plastic, Don Grigg, Blue Ridge Plastics

Moderator: Rob Denny, ACRC

Session E-2. NPSA Pesticide Disposal Pilot Project Work Session

Moderator: Dan Schweitzer, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Session F-1. Pesticide Label Language Work Session on SFIREG’s Recommendations to EPA

Moderators: Dan Schweitzer, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA

Wednesday, November 10

Tour: Pest Management at Disney: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tour bus departure time and location will be announced at the conference.