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2010-2012 Agricultural Air Quality Research Task Force

Documents and information presented at the 2010-2012 USDA Air Quality Task Force meetings.

2012 August, Syracuse, New York

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (August 2012) (190.58 KB)
Agenda (August 2012) (55.62 KB)
Final Meeting Minutes (August 2012) (125 KB)

Invited Presentations

NRCS in New York (2.03 MB)
Federal Advisory Committees and the Ethics Rules (55.26 KB)
Overview of the Agricultural Health Study (498.55 KB)
Soil Health Campaign/Demonstration (31.54 MB)
A Public Health Perspective on Industrial Animal Operations (2.56 MB)
Panel - USDA Biomass Crop Assistance (11.18 MB)
NY Biomass Crop Assistance (BCAP) (1.24 MB)
Performance of FRM PM Samplers in Rural Environments (1.48 MB)
EQIP Update - NRCS Program Assistance To Address Air Quality (407.86 KB)

Subcommittee Materials

Emissions Quantification, Measurement and Verification (EQMV) Subcommittee: No Materials

Air Quality Standards: Smoke Issues (5.07 MB)
Climate Variability and Bioenergy Subcommittee: USDA Climate Change Activities (1.05 MB)
Emerging Issues Subcommittee: Overview of the Agricultural Health Study (498.55 KB)

2012 February, Phoenix, Arizona

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (February 2012) (148.84 KB)
Agenda (February 2012) (45.36 KB)
Final Meeting Minutes (February 2012) (186.14 KB)

Invited Presentations

Welcome and NRCS Air Quality Issues in Arizona (804.5 KB)
Reactive Nitrogen, A Report of the EPA Science Advisory Board (581.12 KB)
EPA Updates (145.6 KB)
Panel - AZ Ag Air Quality Efforts, AZ Cotton Growers Association (715.72 KB)
Panel - AZ Ag Air Quality Efforts, AZ Department of Agriculture (5.86 MB)
Exceptional Events Rule, EPA (469.81 KB)
PM Sampling Issue Update (807.8 KB)
A Risk-Based Approach to Air Quality Planning for New PM and O3 Standards (683.11 KB)
NRCS Technology Update (791.39 KB)

Subcommittee Materials

Emissions Quantification Subcommittee: No Materials
GHG and Biofuels Subcommittee: No Materials

Air Quality Standards: EER Whitepaper and Recommendations (42.83 KB)
Air Quality Standards: EER Letter and Recommendations (36.73 KB)
Air Quality Standards: NRCS/Forest Service Basic Smoke Management Practices Technical Note (606.84 KB)
Emerging Issues Subcommittee: Risk-Based Approach to AQ Planning for PM and O3 - Recommendations (20.62 KB)

 

2011 September, Manhattan, Kansas

Federal Register Notice of Meeting
Agenda

Final Meeting Minutes (September 2011) (415.33 KB)

Invited Presentations

  • Welcome and NRCS Air Quality Issues in Kansas
  • NRCS Technology Update
  • EPA Updates
  • PM Sampler Update - Faulkner
  • PM Sampler Update - Vanderpool
  • Reactive Nitrogen in the Environment
  • Retaining the Existing Coarse PM NAAQS
  • Biogenic Carbon and Renewable Fuels
  • Field to Market
  • Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Owensby
  • Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Watson
  • Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Blocksome
  • EQIP Air Quality Update

 Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

  • Forest Service
  • Agricultural Research Service

Subcommittee Materials 

  • Emissions Quantification Subcommittee: Recommendations
  • Air Quality Standards: Whitepaper and Recommendations
  • GHG and Biofuels Subcommittee: No Materials
  • Emerging Issues Subcommittee: Recommendation

2011 June, Washington, D.C.

  • Federal Register Notice of Meeting
  • Agenda

Invited Presentations

  • FACA Rules and Regulations 
  • Travel Regulations/Reimbursements 
  • Global Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Implications for American Agriculture 
  • EPA Updates
  • EQIP Air Quality Update
  • Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay
  • PM Sampler Update 

 Agency Overview, Issues and Priorities

  • NRCS Technology Overview
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
  • Forest Service 
  • Economic Research Service

Prior Task Force Accomplishments and Subcommittees

  • Task Force Accomplishments
  • Livestock and Poultry Subcommittee
  • Reactive Nitrogen Subcommittee
  • Air Quality Standards Subcommittee 
  • Agricultural Equipment Subcommittee
  • Greenhouse Gasses and Biofuels Subcommittee