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2013-2015 Agricultural Air Quality Research Task Force

Documents and information presented at the 2013-2015 USDA Air Quality Task Force meetings.

2013-2105 Task Force Accomplishments and Recommendations

2013-2015 Task Force Accomplishments and Recommendations

2015 April, Knoxville, Tennessee

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (170.7 KB)
Agenda (37.64 KB)
Meeting Notes (257.76 KB)
Presentation: Tennessee and NRCS - Soil Health Presentation (10.09 MB)
Presentation: NRCS Update (229.5 KB)
Presentation: Forest Service Update (4.94 MB)
Presentation: EPA Update (773.68 KB)
Presentation: Tennessee Ag and Forestry Update (2.35 MB)
Presentation: Tennessee Air Quality Update (863.86 KB)
Presentation: Biogenic GHGs (2.5 MB)
Presentation: EPA Biogenics Framework (449.99 KB)
Presentation: NPS Air Quality in the Smokies (12.3 MB)
Presentation: Air Quality Modeling with Transport and Transboundary (6.8 MB)
Presentation: ARS Update (2.5 MB)
Presentation: Cotton Gin PM Study Update (1.39 MB)

2014 Annual Report

Agricultural Air Quality Task Force FY2014 Annual Report (17.38 KB)

2014 December, Ft. Collins, Colorado

Federal Register Notice of December 2014 Meeting

2014 December, Ft. Collins, Colorado

2014 December Agenda (37.94 KB)
2014 December Meeting Notes (208.83 KB)
Presentation: Colorado Agriculture (4.01 MB)
Presentation: EPA Ozone NAAQS (2.69 MB)
Presentation: Air Quality Regulatory Update from EPA (350.45 KB)
Presentation: ARS Update (3.79 MB)
Presentation: NIFA Update (513.2 KB)
Presentation: Air Emissions and Biomass Production (1.36 MB)
Presentation: Field to Market - An Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (3.46 MB)
Presentation: Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Update (2.27 MB)
Presentation: Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment (3.67 MB)
Presentation: Rocky Mountain National Park - Partnership to Reduce Nitrogen Impacts (2.47 MB)
Presentation: Rocky Mountain National Park - The Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur Study (RoMANS) (1.68 MB)
Presentation: Rocky Mountain National Park - Nitrogen Deposition Early Warning System for Rocky Mountain National Park (3.97 MB)
Presentation: NRCS Update (December 2014) (428.17 KB)
Presentation: Forest Service Update (December 2014) (2.7 MB)
Presentation: COMET-Farm Tool and Other CSU NREL work (1.3 MB)

2014 August, College Station, Texas

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (August 2014) (176.41 KB)
Agenda (August 2014) (32.23 KB)
Meeting Notes (August 2014) (190.92 KB)
Presentation: Welcome to Texas by Salvador Salinas, State Conservationist, NRCS (2.85 MB)
Presentation: Environmental Protection Agency Update (114.82 KB)
Presentation: US Forest Service Update (2.85 MB)
Presentation: Wildfire Risk Assessment, Prescribed Burning, and Air Quality (5.06 MB)
Presentation: Planned Grazing to Improve Ecosystem Function and Ranch Livelihoods (7.22 MB)
Presentation: Soil Security and Clean Air (1.46 MB)
Presentation: Uniform Sustainability Assessment (268.33 KB)
Presentation: Assessment of the Supreme Court Ruling on the GHG Tailoring Rule (130.22 KB)
Presentation: Cattle Feeding and Environmental Air Quality (5.21 MB)
Presentation: Characterization of Cotton Gin PM Emissions Study (4.47 MB)
Presentation: NRCS Air Quality Activities Update (1.51 MB)
Presentation: Long-term Agro-Ecosystem Research Network (ARS Update) (5.44 MB)

2014 May, Boise, Idaho

Federal Register Notice (May 2014) (173.38 KB)
Agenda (May 2014) (86.21 KB)
Draft Meeting Notes (May 2014) (224.2 KB)
Meeting Summary (May 2014) (121.21 KB)
Presentation: Welcome to Idaho by Jeff Burwell, State Conservationist, NRCS (6.12 MB)
Presentation: Idaho Agriculture and Air Quality (953.31 KB)
Presentation: Idaho Dairy Industry Overview (674.98 KB)
Presentation: Emissions of Ammonia, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide from Dairy Production Systems in a Semi-Arid Climate (1.68 MB)
Presentation: US Forest Service Update (3.57 MB)
Presentation: Agricultural Research Service Update (1.69 MB)
Presentation: Environmental Protection Agency Update (137.03 KB)
Presentation: USDA Climate Change Program Office Update (1.58 MB)
Presentation: NRCS Air Quality Activities Update (179.4 KB)
Presentation: Agricultural Air Quality in Alberta, Canada (1.32 MB)
Presentation: Ammonia and Its Influence on Nitrogen Deposition and Fine Particle Formation (6.02 MB)

2013 December, Beltsville, Maryland

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (December 2013) (197.36 KB)
Agenda (December 2013) (32.42 KB)
Final Meeting Notes (December 2013) (179.54 KB)
Presentation: Emissions Quantification, Mitigation and Validation Subcommittee Review (415.37 KB)
Presentation: Climate Variability and Bioenergy Subcommittee Review (19.57 KB)
Presentation: Emerging Issues Subcommittee Review (556.71 KB)
Presentation: Air Quality Standards Subcommittee Review (662.19 KB)
Presentation: USDA Climate Change Program Office Update (1.93 MB)
Presentation: Regulatory-Industry Partnership to Address Air Emissions from Dairy Operations in Yakima, WA (4.01 MB)
Presentation: Environmental Protection Agency Update (122.95 KB)
Presentation: SIP Creditability for Voluntary Incentive-based Emission Reductions in California San Joaquin Valley (2.11 MB)
Presentation: EPA’s Review of PM FRM Oversampling Claims by the Agricultural Industry (1.28 MB)
Presentation: Update on PM Sampler Research - Sampling Historical Background (14.35 KB)
Presentation: Causes and Implications of Large Particle Penetration during PM10 Sampling (2.95 MB)
Presentation: US Forest Service Update (December 2013) (4.58 MB)
Presentation: Agricultural Research Service Update (December 2013) (3.19 MB)
Presentation: National Institute of Food and Agriculture Update (575.4 KB)
Presentation: NRCS Air Quality Activities Update (December 2013) (1.5 MB)