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# Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities **Federal Advisory Committee Inaugural Meeting**  **March 13 -**  **14, 2008 Montpelier Room**  The Madison Hotel 1177 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 862

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### AGENDA **Thursday , March 13**  **, 2008 8:0**  **0 am REGISTRATION**  **8:3 0**  **Call to Order and Introductions** 

 **Alicia Kaiser**, Designated Federal Officer, FRRCC **8:4 5**  **Welcome and Overview of Charge to the Committee** 

 **Jim Moseley**, Chair, FRRCC **8:5 5**  **Opening Remark s** 

 **Rafael DeLeon** , Director, O ffice of C ooperative E nvironmental M anagement **9:0 0**  **Introductory Remarks and Discussion** 

 **Marcus Peacock**, Deputy Administrator, EPA **9:45 MORNING BREAK**  **10:00 Plenary Remarks by**  **EPA Program Offices**  **–** E ach Office will give a brief

overview of its program area, as it relates to the charges of the Committee
.  **Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances** 2 o **Jim Gulliford** , Assistant Administrator (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **Office of Water**  o **Mike Shapiro**, Deputy Assistant Administrator (1 0 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **Office of Air and Radiation**  o **Sally Shaver**, Associate Counse lor for Agricultural Policy (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **O ffice of**  **S olid Waste and Emergency Response**  o **Debbie Dietrich** , Director, Office of Emergency Management (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **Office of Enforcement**  **and Compliance Assurance** o **Granta Nakayama** , Assistant Administrator (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **General Discussion** (15 min) **11:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH**  **1 :00**  **pm Welcoming**  **Remarks and Discussion** 

 **Stephen L.**  **Johnson** , Administrator, EPA **1:30 Clima**  **te Change and Renewable Energy** 

 **EPA Staff Presentations** 

– Frame the topic, provide relevant updates, and contextualize subsequent discussion o **Sally Shaver**, Associate Counse lor for Agricultural Policy, Office of Air and Radiation (5 min) o **Reid Harvey**, Directo r, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs : Mandatory GHG Reporting Rulemaking (10 min) + Q/A (5 min) o **Robert Larson** , Associate Director, Transportation and Climate Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality: USEPA’s Regulatory Action Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **Committee Member P**  **resentation s**  o **Garth Boyd** , Senior Vice President of Agriculture, Camco : Opportunities for American Agriculture in the Voluntary Carbon Credit Market (10 min) + Q/A ( 5 min) o **Otto Doerin g**  , Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University: Biofuel Implications for Agriculture and the Environment (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)3  **Question and Answer Session , moderated by**  **Committee Chair Jim**  **Moseley –**  W hat issues should the Co mmittee focus on? Volunteers for a subgroup addressing this charge? (40 min ) **3:1 5**  **AFTERNOON BREAK 3:3**  **0 Comprehensive Livestock Management Strategy** 

 **EPA Staff Presentations** 

– Frame the topic, provide relevant updates, and contextualize subsequent disc ussion o **Jon Scholl** , Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy (5 min) o **Bill Schrock**, Environmental Engineer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards : Animal Feeding Operations, Air Program Update (10 min) + Q/A (5 min) o **Allison Wiedeman** , Ru ral Branc h Chief, Water Permits Division, Office of Water: Update on the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) NPDES Permit Regulation Development Program (10 min) + Q/A (5 min)
 **Committee Member Presentation**  **s** o **Christine Chinn** , Manager, Chinn Hog F arm : A Family Farm of Today with an Eye to the Future (10 min) + Q/A (5 min) o **Suzy Friedman** , Project Manager of Agricultural Projects Center for Conservation Incentive s, Environmental Defense Fund : Comprehensive Livestock Management Strategy

– Some Key Opp ortunities to Make a Multi

- Media Approach Workable (10 min) + Q/A ( 5 min)
 **Question and Answer Session, moderated by Committee Chair Jim Moseley**  **–** W hat issues should the Committee focus on? Volunteers for a subgroup addressing this charge? (40 min) **5: 1**  **5 Public Comment**  **Session 5:4**  **5 ADJOURN**  **Friday, March 14, 2008 8:00 am**  **REGISTRATION 8:3**  **0 Call to Order** 4  **Alicia Kaiser**, Designated Federal Official , FRRCC **8 :40**  **Communications and Partnerships Workshop , moderated by**  **Committee Chair**  **Jim Moseley**

 **Pane l**  **Discussion:** S enior EPA leaders will ask about the needs of the agricultural community, address obsta cles to effective communication/ collaboration , discuss efforts currently underway to improve this situation, and brainstorm about creative solutions for improving our partnership capacity in the future. Committee members will respond to the panel’s comments, ask questions, and offer insights. o **Lisa Lybbert**, Associate A dministrator, EPA O ffice of P ublic Affairs o **Molly O’Neill** , A ssistant A dministrator, EPA O ffice of E nvironmental Information **10:00 MORNING BREAK**  **10:15 Communications and Partnerships Workshop, moderated by**  **Committee Chair Jim Moseley** 

 **Panel Discussion:** Senior EPA and USDA leaders will ask about the needs of the agricultural community, add ress obstacles to effective communication/ collaboration, discuss efforts currently underway to improve this situation, and brainstorm about creative solutions for improving our partnership capacity in the future. Committee members will respond to the pan el’s comments, ask questions, and offer insights. o **John Askew**, Regional Administrator, EPA Reg ion Seven o **Gary Mast**, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA **11:3 0**  **Public Comment Session 12:00 pm**  **BREAK FOR LUNCH 1:**  **00 FRRCC**  **Nex t Steps** **, moderated by Committee Chair Jim Moseley** 

 Next Committee Meeting (when, where, topics for discussion)
 Workgroup Assignments5  Workgroup Meeting Schedule
 Other Business, as Needed **2:0 0**  **ADJOURN**