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**[Biobased Products and Bioenergy Coordination Council]{.smallcaps}**

*The Biobased Products and Bioenergy Coordin-ation Council (BBCC) was
established to provide a forum through which USDA agencies coordinate,
facilitate and promote research, development, technology transfer,
commercialization, and marketing of biobased products and bioenergy.
Bryce Stokes, Forest Service, serves as the current operating chair of
the BBCC.*

[**Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and
Economics**]{.smallcaps}

The Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics serves as the
chair of the BBCC.

*Contact: Rodney J. Brown 202-720-8885*

**[Agricultural Marketing Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides standardization,
grading and market news services for various commodity groups. AMS
Transportation and Marketing Program staff identify and analyze current
and future energy markets due to its significant impact on agricultural
transportation and marketing.

*Contact: Janise Zygmont 202-720-8043; Debra Tropp, 202-720-8326*

**[Agricultural Research Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the in-house research agency of
USDA, conducts research to solve agricultural problems of high national
priority, including fundamental, long-term, high-risk research that the
private sector does not undertake. Research related to biobased products
and bioenergy focuses on developing feedstocks and products from
renewable agricultural resources that expand markets for agricultural
materials, replace imports and petroleum-based products, and offer
opportunity to meet environmental needs.

*Contacts: Donald Erbach 301-504-4610 (bioenergy); Frank Flora
301-504-6245 or Robert Fireovid 301-504-4774 (products); Ron Buckhalt
301-504-4881(tech transfer)*

**[Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension
Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
mission emphasizes

partnerships with the public and private sectors. CSREES programs
increase and provide access to

scientific knowledge; strengthen the capabilities of

land-grant and other institutions in research, extension and higher
education; increase access to and use of improved communication and
network systems; and promote informed decision making by producers,
families, communities, and other customers. CSREES advances research and
development in new uses for industrial crops and products through its
Agricultural Materials Program, National Research Initiative, Small
Business Innovation Research Program, and other activities.

*Contacts: Carmela A. Bailey 202-401-6443; Hongda Chen 202-401-6497*

**[Farm Service Agency]{.smallcaps}**

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) mission is to stabilize farm income, to
help farmers conserve land and water resources, to provide credit to new
or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and to help farm operations
recover from the effects of disaster. The agency has six programs
including farm commodity programs; farm ownership, operating and
emergency loans; conservation and envi-ronmental programs; emergency and
disaster assistance; domestic and international food assistance; and
international export credit programs. FSA administers two programs
related to bioenergy: the Bioenergy Program and the Conservation Reserve
Research Pilots.

*Contacts: James Goff 202-720-5396; Edward Rall 202-720-7795*

**[Foreign Agricultural Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) maintains 80 overseas posts to
support expanded U.S. exports of agricultural, forest, and fish
products. This includes reducing trade barriers; collecting and
disseminating global trade and market information; and developing
markets through the use of promotion, loan guarantees, food aid, and
economic development activities. For biobased industrial products, FAS
works through private industries to identify overseas market
opportunities for new products. FAS supports these activities through
the

Market Access Program, the Foreign Market Development Program and the
scientific exchanges sponsored by the International Cooperation and
Development Programs.

*Contact: Carol Kramer-LeBlanc 202-690-4872*

**[Forest Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Forest Service (FS) manages 192 million acres of National Forests
and Grasslands, provides resource science and technology development,
and assists states and private landowners in forestry activities. Forest
Service Research and Development has a broad research program in the
management and use of these resources for biobased products and
bioenergy. Specific research focuses include developing economically and
environmentally sound strategies for management, harvest, use, and
value-added processing of timber resources; improving transportation
systems; and expanding uses for waste wood and small diameter trees from
overcrowded woodlands.

*Contacts: Bryce Stokes 703-605-5263; Howard Rosen 703-605-4196*

**[global change program office]{.smallcaps}**

The Global Change Program Office operates within the Office of the Chief
Economist and functions as the Department-wide coordinator of
agriculture, rural and forestry-related global change program and policy
issues facing USDA.  The Office ensures that USDA is a source of
objective, analytical assessments of the effects of climate change and
proposed mitigation strategies including biomass energy and bio-based
products use.

# Contact: William Hohenstein 202 720-6698

**[Natural Resources Conservation Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides national
leadership to help conserve and protect the nation\'s natural resources
and environment, helping land managers take a comprehensive approach to
resource use and conservation. NRCS has two priorities for biobased
products and bioenergy: 1) expanded production of feedstocks for
biomass/bioenergy with due protection of natural resources, and 2) local
communities should be instrumental in organizing biobased product and
bioenergy enterprises that are environmentally, economically, and
socially sustainable.

*Contact: Merlin Bartz 202-690-2192*

Office of Budget and Program Analysis

The Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA) coordinates the
preparation of USDA's budget, legislative reports and regulations. OBPA
also reviews program and legislative proposals for program and budget
related implications and analyzes program and resource issues and
alternatives.

*Contacts: Donald Bice 202-690-6065; Paula Geiger 202-720-2385; Will
Woodfield 202-720-7742*

[**Office of Energy Policy and New Uses**]{.smallcaps}

The Office of Energy Policy and New Uses (OPENU) provides leadership,
oversight, coordination, and evaluation for all USDA energy and
energy-related activities except for those delegated to the USDA
Assistant Secretary for

Administration. OEPNU analyzes existing and proposed energy policies,
strategies, and regulations concerning or potentially affecting
agriculture. It also evaluates the feasibility of new uses for
agricultural products. The OPENU director serves as BBCC vice chair.

*Contacts: Roger Conway 202-401-0461; Marvin Duncan 202-401-0532.*

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA) provides
leadership and oversight in acquisition, asset management, hazardous
materials management, internal energy conservation, recycling,
alternative fuels, and real property. The ASA serves as the Department's
principal Energy Executive Conservation Officer and as one of USDA's
Environmental Executives. The ASA has responsibility for coordinating
environmentally preferable and energy-efficient initiatives and serves
as an advocate for coordination of these initiatives in USDA facilities
and programs across the country. The Office of Procurement and Property
Management is the ASA office most closely linked to biobased products
and bioenergy.

*Contacts: Mike Green 202-720-7920; Sharon Holcombe 202-720-3820*

[**Rural Business-Cooperative Service**]{.smallcaps}

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) promotes economic
development in rural communities by financing facilities, assisting
business development and rural cooperatives, and planning national
strategies for economic development. The Business Programs helps fund
projects that create or preserve jobs and/or promote a clean rural
environment. Their financial resources are often leveraged with those of
other public and private sources to meet business and credit needs in
under-served areas.

*Contact: Georg Shultz 202-720-2976*

**[Rural Utilities Service]{.smallcaps}**

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) provides rural infrastructure
assistance in electricity, water and telecommunications. RUS makes low
costs loans and grants to help provide these services to rural
communities.

*Contacts: Sharon Ashurst 202-720-1925;*

*Mike Kossey 202-720-0025*

***Last updated January 2005***

***USDA is an equal opportunity employer and provider.***