Papers & Presentations 2013

Papers and Presentations can be found by Topic within the Program Overview below

Conference Silver and Bronze Sponsors

13th Annual TPSA Conference
Mobile, AL – Feb. 5-7, 2013

WELCOME!

Welcome to Mobile and the 13th Annual Conference of The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance. It’s great to have so many enthusiastic people from such diverse backgrounds gathered in one place with the same vision. TPSA is proud to facilitate such a gathering and very appreciative of its sponsors, who make this event possible through their generous financial contributions.

Attendees to the conference representing industry, academia, state and federal government are from all over the United States and several foreign countries.

Do you think Mardi Gras originated in New Orleans? Nay Nay, my friends! The birthplace of Mardi Gras in the new world is Mobile, Alabama – in 1703 at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement of Mobile.

Mardi Gras celebrations are born every year in cities across the nation, but none compare to the
celebration in Mobile. For three weeks every February, Mobile comes alive with pageantry, parades and balls associated with carnival. Mardi Gras in Mobile has been referred to as the largest street party in the country. National Geographic says the coronations of the carnival courts rival coronations of Europe’s heads of state.

We hope you enjoy your time in Mobile. We are pleased with what we feel is a fantastic program put together by some very hard working people within TPSA.

Cary Hamilton
President TPSA

Ed Cranson
Board Chairman TPSA

Many Thanks to TPSA 2015 Gold Sponsors
$5,000 or more

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Wednesday, February 6 – 8:00 a.m. – Bon Secour III

Fred Bedore
Senior Director of Business Strategy and Sustainability
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Sustainability at Wal-Mart
Fred Bedore is the senior director of business strategy and sustainability for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is responsible for the integration of sustainability into Wal-Mart’s business strategies, the collaboration with the company’s sustainable value networks on key sustainability goals and the incorporation of sustainability into the brand and culture of the company.Fred joined Wal-Mart in 2004 as a buyer in general merchandise. In 2006 he was promoted to a senior strategy manager with the Innovation team where he held multiple roles with a special emphasis on merchandising and supply chain. In 2010, Fred was named a senior director on the corporate sustainability team. During his time at Wal-Mart, Fred has been a part of teams who have won buyer of the year honors and been nominated for the Sam M. Walton Entrepreneur of the Year award.Fred has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Michigan State University and an MBA with a concentration in Supply Chain from Pennsylvania State University.

Scott Griffin
Chief Sustainability Officer
Greif Inc.
Global Sustainability Program
As the Chief Sustainability Officer for Greif, Scott Griffin is responsible for leading the sustainability strategy for the world’s leading industrial packaging company. Since joining Greif in 2006, Scott has helped the 135-year-old company expand its definition of sustainability from a focus on reducing its environmental impact to a “sustainability-in-action” program that includes leadership in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and developing business innovations to alleviate humanitarian issues. Under Scott’s direction, Greif is the only company in the U.S. that has convened WBCSD conferences.In close direction with Greif’s board and CEO, Scott and his team work on global water risk issues. Partnering with social entrepreneurial start-up Impact Economics and leading NGOs, such as The Clinton Global Initiative, ProDev and Partners in Health, the company has developed and supports distribution of a low-cost, durable water backpack – PackH2O. This water backpack addresses the “Achilles’ Heel” of the global clean water challenge – the human transport of clean water on the “last mile” from access point to home in some of the world’s least developed regions. In just eight months, more than 3,000 families in Haiti, Guatemala and Kenya have started using the water backpack to transport water to their homes.Greif also was a leader in the recent launch of EarthMinded Life Cycle Services, a network of companies in North America and Europe that collect and recondition used industrial containers and provide users of the remanufactured packaging with detailed environmental impact data.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW13th Annual Pesticide Stewardship Conference – February 5-7, 2013

Tuesday – FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Tues	11a-3p	TPSA Board Meeting (all are welcome) Location: Clipper Suite
Tues	6-8:30p	Opening Reception Location: Bon Secour I & II

Wednesday – FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Wed	7-7:45a	Breakfast (all) and Committee MeetingsTPSA Communications Committee Meeting Facilitated by Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Location: Bon Secour I &II
Wed	8-9:45a	Welcome to Mobile by TPSA President Cary Hamilton Keynote Speakers Location: Bon Secour III Moderator: Ed Cranson, J.R. Simplot Company Keynote: Sustainability at Wal-Mart Fred Bedore, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc Keynote: Global Sustainability Program Scott Griffin, Greif, Inc
Wed	9:45-10:00a	Break – Exhibitor and Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	Concurrent Session 110:00-11:45a	Composite IBCs: Where is the Market Going? What is IBC Reconditioning? Moderator: Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Panel Discussion on Composite IBCs and Pesticides: Where is the Market Going? Scott Birchfield, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC Don Bradley, Olympus Seed Treatment Formulator Chris Lind, Mauser USA LLC An Overview of IBCs and the Reconditioning Industrys C.L. Pettit, Reusable Industrial Packaging Association (RIPA) What is IBC Reconditioning? Compliance in Collection, Triage and Refurbishing Brian Bilyeu, Cropland Containers, and Brian Evoy, FDS Packaging, Inc Bee Health Status Overview Moderator: Liza Fleeson, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Bee Health Status Overview Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech University Is Planting Corn Killing Bees? Indiana Case Study Kevin W. Neal, Office of the Indiana State Chemist State Pesticide Lead Agency Coordination with Other Players Dave Scott, Office of the Indiana State Chemist Indiana’s Bee Mortality Experience: Sampling and Detecting Pesticide Residues in Bees and Pollen Dave Scott, Office of the Indiana State Chemist Beekeeping and Agriculture: A Beekeeper’s Perspective Steven Coy, Coy’s Honey Farm
Wed	11:45a-noon	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	noon-1:15p	Lunch Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	1:15-1:30p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	Concurrent Session 21:30-3:00p	Moderated Panel: Rinsate Management – Problems and Solutions Moderator: Bryan Gran, FarmChem Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture Kevin W. Neal, Office of the Indiana State Chemist Ples Spradley, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture Scott Birchfield, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC Ed Cranson, J.R. Simplot Company Activities to Further Understand Bee Health Concerns Moderator: Liza Fleeson, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Environmental Toxicology of Pesticide Residues to Pollinators Troy Anderson, Virginia Tech University Industry Work to Address Concerns about Bees Iain Kelly, Bayer CropScience Mobile Field App for Investigating Bee Kills Allan Hovis, Ph.D., Bayer CropScience
Wed	3-3:15p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	Concurrent Session3 3:15-4:45p	Moderated Panel: State of Minibulk Recycling Programs We have not had a “state-based” minibulk recycling program this year. Why not? What is the best way to leverage everyone’s resources to recycle as many minibulk containers as possible?Moderator: Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Scott Birchfield, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC Gary Glickman, Container Services Network, LLC Linda Hendrickson, Crop Production Services, Inc. Mike Harding, IBC North America and Clean Tide Container Brian Bilyeu, Cropland Containers Derrick Bell, North Carolina Department of Agriculture Pesticide Stewardship in the Field Moderator: : Ples Spradley, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture Flag the Technology Program in Arkansas Andy Vangilder, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture and Ron Baker, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture The Importance of Sprayer Calibration for Product Stewardship and Cost Savings for Growers George Hamilton, University of New Hampshire and Kerry Richards, Penn State University Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Website: An Online One Stop Shop Wayne Buhler, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Wed	4:45-5p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Wed	5-6:30p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour IIIModerators: Ed Cranson, Chair of TPSA Board of Directors and Cary Hamilton, TPSA President
Wed	7-10p	Grand Reception for Participants and Guests Location: Bon Secour I & II

Thursday – FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Thurs	7-7:45a	Breakfast (all) and Roundtables Location: Secour I & IIFollow Up Discussion: IBCs, Rinsates and Minibulk Recycling Facilitated by Nancy Fitz, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Pesticides and Public Perception. Is it changing? Facilitated by Maria Mirsky, Mirsky Associates, Inc.
Thurs	8-9a	Plenary Location: Bon Secour I &IIInternational and National Stewardship Moderator: Ed Cranson, J.R. Simplot Company The Crop Protection Industry’s Stewardship Initiative, Sarah McLallen, CropLife Foundation Overview of Global Container Management Programs, Russel Hurst, CleanFARMS
Thurs	9-9:15a	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	Concurrent Session 49:15-10:45a	Containers, Containment and Agricultural Plastics: What’s Happening? Location: VillaModerator: Bryan Gran, FarmChem Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF): (1) What DEF Is & What DEF is Not; (2) Equipment Considerations to Avoid Contamination; (3) Why Pesticide Containers Cannot be Used for DEF Boyd Bosaw, Brenntag North America American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance (AASA) Update Don Paulson, Jr., Consultant Grain Bag Recycling in Saskatchewan Tammy Myers, Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards, Inc. EPA’s Pesticide Container Regulations: What are EPA and the States Seeing in the Field? Nancy Fitz, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Worker and Applicator Safety Moderator: Carol Black, Washington State University EEPA Update on Worker Safety Issues Richard Pont, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Fumigant Training Requirements and Implementation Jeanne Kasai, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs Addressing the Funding Crisis: Activities of the National Stakeholder Team for Pesticide Safety Education Program Funding Liza Fleeson, Office of Pesticide Services, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Co-lead, National Stakeholder Team for Pesticide Safety Education Program Funding
Thurs	10:45-11a	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	Concurrent Session 511-12:30p	Interactive Panel: How Do We Increase Small Container Recycling? Moderator: Ron Perkins, Ag Container Recycling Council and Russel Hurst, CleanFARMS Sam Gibson, US Ag Recycling; Tony L. Cofer, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries; Marie Cook, Alabama Farmers’ Cooperative, Inc.; Linda Hendrickson, Crop Production Services, Inc.; Mike Harding, IBC North America and Clean Tide Container Pesticide Disposal Program Updates – Part 1 Moderator: Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Status of Arkansas’ Pesticide Disposal Program Jason Robertson, Arkansas State Plant Board Update on Montana’s Pesticide Disposal Program Carli Lofing, Montana Department of Agriculture Pesticide Disposal Programs: A Contractor’s Perspective Fred Gabriel, Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Thurs	12:30-12:45p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	12:45-1:45p	Awards Lunch Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	1:45-2p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	Concurrent Session 62-3:30p	Pesticide Disposal Program Updates – Part 2 Moderator: Kevin W. Neal, Office of the Indiana State Chemist Pesticide Disposal in Alabama Tony L. Cofer, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries New Mexico’s Pesticide Disposal Program Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Canadian Obsolete Stocks Program and the Inclusion of Animal Health Products Russel Hurst, CleanFARMS Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Garments and Gloves Moderator: Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture Current Research Efforts on Gloves Carol Black, Washington State University Garment Standard Uses in Other Countries Carol Black, Washington State University
Thurs	3:30-3:45p	Break – Exhibitor & Sponsor Displays Location: Bon Secour I & II
Thurs	Concurrent Session 73:45-5:15p	Moderated Panel: State of Clean Sweep Programs Moderator: Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of AgricultureEPA will be collecting updated information on Clean Sweep programs this year to update the 2001 Clean Sweep Report. The panel will address initial data collected, including their observations about potential trends. The rest of the session will be an interactive discussion about coordinating the data collection to maximize the usefulness of the effort for all stakeholders. Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs; Jeffrey Rogers, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Rodney Neal, Effective Environmental; Sarah McLallen, CropLife FoundationPersonal Protective Equipment (PPE) Label Statements – Clarity, Enforcement and Guidance Moderator: Ples Spradley, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture Dr. Shaw’s Label Statement Analysis Carol Black, Washington State University Enforcement Issues with Gloves and Garment Statements Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture EPA’s Label Review Manual Changes Richard Pont, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
Thurs	7p onwards	Off Site Event at the History Museum of Mobile, 111 South Royal Street, Mobile, AL 36602