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9th Annual Pesticide Stewardship Conference Stewardship Strategies and Tools
FEBRUARY 22-24, 2009 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance promotes networking and cooperation among parties from around the world who work to improve stewardship efforts – increasing effectiveness and efficiency through proper labeling, judicious application, proper handling of empty containers and waste minimization.
Event and Session Overview
Sunday, February 22, 2009 | ||||
Sun | 3p-8p | Registration Open - Lobby/Franciscan Ballroom | ||
Sun | 2p-6p | TPSA Board Meeting - Open to Members & Guests - Potters Ballroom | ||
Sun | Dinner on your own | |||
Sun | 7-8:30p | TPSA Sponsors' Welcome Reception - Franciscan Ballroom | ||
Monday, February 23, 2009 | ||||
Mon | 6:45-8a | Breakfast - Franciscan Ballroom 1) TPSA Future and PESP Strategy 2) Reconciling the Diversity of Drift Language on Labels 3) Engaging Ag Film Product Manufacturers in Life Cycle Stewardship – continued Tuesday at breakfast |
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Mon | 7-noon | Registration Open - Lobby/Franciscan Ballroom | ||
Mon | 8-8:30a | Opening Session and Welcome - Franciscan Ballroom Opening Session and Welcome - Franciscan Ballroom Liza Fleeson, TPSA President, Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture |
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Mon | 8:30-10a | Plenary: Why Pesticide Stewardship Includes Pesticide Use Reduction, A European View - Franciscan Ballroom Gretta Goldenman, Director, Milieu Ltd., Environmental Law & Policy, Brussels, Belgium |
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Mon | 10-10:15a | Break - Alvarado Ballroom Lobby | ||
Mon | 10:15-11:45a | Session I-A - Alvarado D Ag Film Product Stewardship: Learnings from Other Industries | Session I-B - Alvarado B Web-Distributed Labeling: Database Characteristics and Content Delivery | Session I-C - Alvarado C Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: EPA's Perspective |
Mon | 11:50-12:40p | Luncheon - Franciscan Ballroom | ||
Mon | 12:45-2:15p | Session II-A - Alvarado D Ag Film Product Stewardship: Manufacturers' Perspectives | Session II-B - Alvarado B Web-Distributed Labeling: Quality Assurance and Enforcement Issues | Session II-C - Alvarado C Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: Retailers' Perspectives |
Mon | 2:15-2:45p | Invited International Address - Alvarado D Dr. Gero Vaagt, FAO representative in Nicaragua |
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Mon | 2:45-3:15p | International Papers - Alvarado D | ||
Mon | 3:15-3:30p | Break - Alvarado Ballroom Lobby | ||
Mon | 3:30-5:00p | Session III-A - Alvarado D Ag Film Product Stewardship: Role of Standards in Facilitating Stewardship | Session III-B - Alvarado B Label Compliance and Stewardship Issues | Session III-C - Alvarado C Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: Registrants' Perspectives |
Mon | 5-6p | TPSA Member Meeting - Alvarado D - All conference attendees welcome! Open to Members & Guests Also: Demonstration of Big Foot Baling Equipment |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | ||||
Tues | 7-8:15a | Breakfast - Franciscan Ballroom Round Table - Combining Ag and HHW Services: Getting It Done in the New Economy |
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Tues | 8:30-10a | Session IV-A - Alvarado D Stewardship of Container Collections | Session IV-B - Alvarado B Current Trends In Stewardship Outreach | Session IV-C - Alvarado C Collecting Pesticides in the Southwest: What's Happening and What's Coming? |
Tues | 10-10:15a | Break Break - Alvarado Ballroom Lobby |
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Tues | 10:15-11:45a | Session V-A - Alvarado D Current Issues with Pesticide Container Recycling | Session V-B - Alvarado B Monitoring Soil Fumigations as a Stewardship Strategy | Session V-C - Alvarado C Mexico-US Border Pesticide Disposal Update |
Tues | 12-1:30p | TPSA Sponsors' Luncheon and Awards Ceremony - Franciscan Ballroom Silent Auction |
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Tues | 1:45-3:15p | Session VI-A - Alvarado D Emerging Markets for Used Ag Plastics | Session VI-B - Alvarado B Implementation Challenges for Soil Fumigation Management Plans | Session VI-C - Alvarado C Developing and Implementing a National Pesticide Disposal Database |
Tues | 3:15-3:30p | Break - Alvarado Ballroom Lobby | ||
Tues | 3:30-5:00p | Session VII-A - Alvarado D Moving Ag Film Stewardship to the Next Level | Session VII-B - Alvarado B Soil Fumigation Stewardship: Notifying First Responders and the Public | Session VII-C - Alvarado C Developing and Implementing a TPSA-supported International Project |
Tues | 6-9p | TPSA Sponsors' Off-Site Event Dinner at the Church Street Cafe Open to Members & Guests |
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Plenary Address:
Why Pesticide Stewardship Includes Pesticide Use Reduction,
A European View
Gretta Goldenman, Director
Milieu Ltd., Environmental Law & Policy, Brussels, Belgium
Session Details and Presentations
Sessions Listed in Sequence
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 Pesticide Spray Drift Mitigation Programs and Perspectives Moderator: Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture | • 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 Alvarado D Ag Film Product Stewardship: Role of Standards in Facilitating Stewardship 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. - Scott Cedarquist, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |
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 |
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 | • 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 |