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2008-2010 Agricultural Air Quality Research Task Force

Documents and information presented at the 2008-2010 USDA Air Quality Task Force meetings.

2010 September, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (September 2010) (51.63 KB)
Agenda (September 2010) (78.39 KB)
Meeting Minutes 9/29/2010 (92.11 KB)
Meeting Minutes 9/30/2010 (48.58 KB)

Invited Presentations

Welcome and NRCS Air Quality Issues in North Carolina (2.33 MB)
EPA Update, Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) (115.1 KB)
NAAQS Implementation Issues (565.88 KB)
Source Apportionment (415.53 KB)
NAAQS Review Updates (445.94 KB)
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Update and Retrofitting Agricultural Engines (1.55 MB)
PM Sampling Issues (1.99 MB)
Ambient Air Sampling for Particulate Matter (1.12 MB)
Climate Action Reserve (366.52 KB)
USDA Climate Change Update (881.26 KB)
Technical Working Group on Agricultural Greenhouse Gasses (T-AGG) Update (4.24 MB)

Livestock and Poultry Air Emissions Workshop

Workshop Agenda (48.56 KB)
Livestock & Poultry (L&P) Air Emissions Standardization Workshop (148.59 KB)
L&P Workshop Welcome and Opening Remarks (18.04 KB)
Recommended Units and Supporting Data for Standardized Reporting of Air Emissions from Animal Agriculture (226.89 KB)
Principle #3: Methodologies & Protocols for Analysis of Raw Data to Minimize Uncertainty of Resultant Aerial Emissions Est. (567.47 KB)
Principle #4: Consistency in Reporting AFO Air Emissions Mitigation Practices (440.65 KB)
National Air Emissions Monitoring Study Data Analysis Update (500.01 KB)
Moderating Notes (122.07 KB)

USDA Farm Energy Audit Initiative

USDA On Farm Energy Audits (525.18 KB)
Headquarters Agricultural Energy Management Plan Criteria Practice/Activity Code (122) (38.66 KB)
On Farm Equipment Efficiency Improvements Code 374 (27.36 KB)
USDA Funding Programs for Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy (36.05 KB)
Memorandum of Understanding between Rural Development and Natural Resources Conservation Service (51.43 KB)
Memorandum of Understanding between the USDA and The Center for US Innovation Dairy (110.05 KB)
Agricultural Energy Management Plans: Conception to Implementation (240.56 KB)
NRCS Practices that have the Potential to Reduce Use of Fossil Fuel (93.2 KB)

2010 March, Tallahassee, Florida

  • Federal Register Notice of meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Minutes

Invited Presentations

  • Alternatives to EPA's Proposed W126 Secondary Ozone NAAQS
  • Black Carbon: A Primer
  • Dairy Environmental Strategies
  • John Deere Interim Tier 4 Engines
  • PM Sampler Update
  • Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Poultry Litter
  • Sugarcane Production in South Florida
  • Air Emissions Meeting
  • USDA Climate Change Activities
  • Florida Division of Forestry Smoke Report
  • EPA Ozone NAAQS Reconsideration Proposal and PM NAAQS Review

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • US Forest Service
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Subcommittee Materials

  • AFO Subcommittee Report and Recommendations

2009 September, Des Moines, Iowa

  • Federal Register Notice of meeting
  • Agenda 

Invited Presentations

  • Economic Implications of the EPA Analysis of the CAP and Trade Provisions of
  • H.R. 2454 for U.S. Representative Farms 
  • Iowa Farm Bureau - Air Quality in Iowa
  • COMET-VR and COMET-Farm
  • Quantifying Uncertainty in Air Emissions Measurements
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Understanding Your Carbon Footprint 
  • Carbon Footprint and the Dairy Industry
  • Differences in the Chemical Composition of Particulate Matter (PM) by Their Size and its Importance in Ambient Sampling of PM
  • Overview of AFO Ammonia Emission Mitigation Methods 
  • AFO Ammonia Mitigation Options – Part II: for Poultry via System Management & Dietary Manipulation 
  • Ecology as a Model for Livestock Production Systems that Avert Air Quality Problems
  • Considerations for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soils

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • Economic Research Service
  • US Forest Service

Subcommittee Materials

  • Air Quality Standards Recommendations, Whitepaper
  • Greenhouse Gases and Bioenergy Recommendations
  • Livestock and Poultry Recommendations

2009 May, Fresno, California

  • Agenda
  • Federal Register Notice 
  • AAQTF Group Picture
  • Meeting Minutes

Invited Presentations

  • Process Based Emission Models for Predicting Gaseous Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
  • Defining the Need for Developing Standardization in Mitigation Testing and Reporting
  • Lifecycle GHG Results for EISA Analysis
  • New, Online Agricultural Air Quality Curricula for NRCS and Beyond
  • Toward a Workable Framework for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Offset Standards
  • EPA's Office of Air and Radiation Report Out
  • Prescribed Fire and Exceptional Events - The Evolution of California Ecosystems
  • Estimating PM2.5 Emission Factors
  • California Air Quality Update
  • Ecosystem Services and Markets
  • California Agricultural Equipment and Air Quality 
  • EPA CASAC NOx and SOx Committee Update
  • An Evolving Case Study in Management of Reactive Nitrogen
  • Video - Upslope Transport on the eastside of the Rocky Mountains
  • Nitrogen: From the Atmosphere to the Dairy and Back Again

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

  • NRCS Programs and Air Quality
  • ARS Air Quality and Climate Change Research Update

Subcommittee Materials

  • Air Quality Standards: Recommendations, Whitepaper
  • Greenhouse Gasses and Bioenergy: Recommendations

2008 November, Washington, DC

  • Federal Register Notice of Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Minutes

Invited Presentations

  • Federal Advisory Committee Act and Ethics
  • USDA Draft Climate Change Research Plan
  • California Update on Climate Change and Agriculture 
  • Energy, Air Quality and Agriculture
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Forest Service
  • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
  • Economic Research Service
  • Agricultural Research Service

Subcommittee Materials

  • Agricultural Equipment: Identified Tasks and Issues
  • Air Quality Standards: Identified Tasks and Issues
  • Greenhouse Gasses and Bioenergy: Identified Tasks and Issues
  • Livestock and Poultry: Identified Tasks and Issues
  • Reactive Nitrogen: Identified Tasks and Issues