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FU.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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) 862-1600 • Fax: (202) 785-1255

AGENDA

Thursday, March 13, 2008

8:00 am REGISTRATION

8:30 Call to Order and Introductions 

 Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal Officer, FRRCC

8:45 Welcome and Overview of Charge to the Committee

 Jim Moseley, Chair, FRRCC

8:55 Opening Remarks

 Rafael DeLeon, Director, Office of Cooperative Environmental 

Management

9:00 Introductory Remarks and Discussion

 Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator, EPA

9:45 MORNING BREAK

10:00 Plenary Remarks by EPA Program Offices – Each 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
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o Jim Gulliford, Assistant Administrator (10 min) + Q/A (5 

min)

 Office of Water

o Mike Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator (10 min) + 

Q/A (5 min)

 Office of Air and Radiation

o Sally Shaver, Associate Counselor for Agricultural Policy (10 

min) + Q/A (5 min)

 Office of Solid 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 Climate Change and Renewable Energy

 EPA Staff Presentations – Frame the topic, provide relevant 

updates, and contextualize subsequent discussion

o Sally Shaver, Associate Counselor for Agricultural Policy, 

Office of Air and Radiation (5 min)

o Reid Harvey, Director, 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 Presentations

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 Doering, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue 

University: Biofuel Implications for Agriculture and the 

Environment (10 min) + Q/A (5 min) 
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 Question and Answer Session, moderated by Committee Chair 

Jim Moseley – What issues should the Committee focus on? 

Volunteers for a subgroup addressing this charge? (40 min) 

3:15 AFTERNOON BREAK

3:30 Comprehensive Livestock Management Strategy

 EPA Staff Presentations – Frame the topic, provide relevant 

updates, and contextualize subsequent discussion

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, Rural Branch 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 Presentations

o Christine Chinn, Manager, Chinn Hog Farm: 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 Incentives, Environmental Defense

Fund: Comprehensive Livestock Management Strategy – Some 

Key Opportunities to Make a Multi-Media Approach Workable

(10 min) + Q/A (5 min)

 Question and Answer Session, moderated by Committee Chair 

Jim Moseley – What issues should the Committee focus on? 

Volunteers for a subgroup addressing this charge? (40 min) 

5:15 Public Comment Session

5:45 ADJOURN

Friday, March 14, 2008

8:00 am REGISTRATION

8:30 Call to Order
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 Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal Official, FRRCC

8:40 Communications and Partnerships Workshop, moderated by 

Committee

Chair Jim Moseley

 Panel Discussion: Senior EPA leaders will ask about the needs of 

the agricultural community, address 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 panel’s comments, ask questions, and 

offer insights. 

o Lisa Lybbert, Associate Administrator, EPA Office of Public 

Affairs

o Molly O’Neill, Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of 

Environmental 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, address 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 panel’s comments, ask questions, and 

offer insights. 

o John Askew, Regional Administrator, EPA Region Seven

o Gary Mast, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources 

and Environment, USDA

11:30 Public Comment Session

12:00 pm BREAK FOR LUNCH

1:00 FRRCC Next Steps, moderated by Committee Chair Jim Moseley

 Next Committee Meeting (when, where, topics for discussion)

 Workgroup Assignments
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 Workgroup Meeting Schedule

 Other Business, as Needed

2:00 ADJOURN