2010-2012 Task Force

2012 August, Syracuse, New York

Upstate NY in the Fall

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (191 KB)
Agenda (56 KB)
Final Meeting Minutes (124 KB)

Invited Presentations

NRCS in New York (2,081 KB)
Federal Advisory Committees and the Ethics Rules (56 KB)
Soil Health Campaign/Demonstration (32 MB)
Overview of the Agricultural Health Study (499 KB)
A Public Health Perspective on Industrial Animal Operations (2,618 KB)
Panel - USDA Biomass Crop Assistance (11  MB)
NY Biomass Crop Assistance (BCAP) (1,270 KB)
Performance of FRM PM Samplers in Rural Environments (1,514 KB)
EQIP Update - NRCS Program Assistance To Address Air Quality (408 KB) 

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

NRCS Air Quality Activities Update (2,121 KB)
EPA Update (564 KB)
US Forest Service Update (564 KB)
Agricultural Research Service Update (2,303 KB)

Subcommittee Materials

Emissions Quantification, Measurement and Verification (EQMV) Subcommittee: No Materials
Air Quality Standards: Smoke Issues (5,196 KB)
Climate Variability and Bioenergy Subcommittee:  USDA Climate Change Activities (1,079 KB)
Emerging Issues Subcommittee: Overview of the Agricultural Health Study (499 KB)

2012 February, Phoenix, Arizona

Dust storm over Phoenix

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (149 KB)
Agenda (46 KB)

Invited Presentations

Welcome and NRCS Air Quality Issues in Arizona (805 KB)
Reactive Nitrogen, A Report of the EPA Science Advisory Board (582 KB)
EPA Updates (146 KB)
Panel - AZ Ag Air Quality Efforts, AZ Cotton Growers Association (716 KB)
Panel - AZ Ag Air Quality Efforts, AZ Department of Agriculture (6,002 KB)
Exceptional Events Rule, EPA (470 KB)
PM Sampling Issue Update (808 KB)
A Risk-Based Approach to Air Quality Planning for New PM and O3 Standards (684 KB)
NRCS Technology Update (792 KB)

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

US Forest Service Update (1,539 KB)
Agricultural Research Service Update (490 KB)

Subcommittee Materials

Emissions Quantification Subcommittee:  No Materials
Air Quality Standards:
      EER Whitepaper and Recommendations (43 KB)
      EER Letter and Recommendations (37 KB)
      NRCS/Forest Service Basic Smoke Management Practices Technical Note(607 KB)
GHG and Biofuels Subcommittee:  No Materials
Emerging Issues Subcommittee:  Risk-Based Approach to AQ Planning for PM and O3 - Recommendations (21 KB)

2011 September, Manhattan, Kansas

NRCS Prescribed Burn Class

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (50 KB)
Agenda (46 KB)

Invited Presentations

Welcome and NRCS Air Quality Issues in Kansas (1,068 KB)
NRCS Technology Update (257 KB)
EPA Updates (65 KB)
PM Sampler Update - Faulkner (1,064 KB)
PM Sampler Update - Vanderpool (2,163 KB)
Reactive Nitrogen in the Environment (241 KB)
Retaining the Existing Coarse PM NAAQS (2,006 KB)
Biogenic Carbon and Renewable Fuels (2,245 KB)
Field to Market (316 KB)
Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Owensby (1,922 KB)
Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Watson (3,234 KB)
Flint Hills Burning Panel Discussion - Blocksome (785 KB)
EQIP Air Quality Update (158 KB)

Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities

Forest Service (1,841 KB)
Agricultural Research Service (587 KB)

Subcommittee Materials

Emissions Quantification Subcommittee: Recommendations (84 KB)
Air Quality Standards:  Whitepaper and Recommendations (1,432 KB)
GHG and Biofuels Subcommittee:  No Materials
Emerging Issues Subcommittee:  Recommendation (84 KB)

2011 June, Washington, DC

Creating Conservation Districts

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (51 KB)
Agenda (48 KB)

Invited Presentations

FACA Rules and Regulations (2,672 KB)
Travel Regulations/Reimbursements (401 KB)
Global Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Implications for American Agriculture (568 KB)
EPA Updates (171 KB)
EQIP Air Quality Update (407 KB)
Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay (2,563 KB)
PM Sampler Update (2,213 KB)

Agency Overview, Issues and Priorities

NRCS Technology Overview (310 KB)
Agricultural Research Service (641 KB)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2,127 KB)
Forest Service (760 KB)
Economic Research Service (210 KB)

Prior Task Force Accomplishments and Subcommittees

Task Force Accomplishments (2,152 KB)
Livestock and Poultry Subcommittee (38 KB)
Reactive Nitrogen Subcommittee (169 KB)
Air Quality Standards Subcommittee (88 KB)
Agricultural Equipment Subcommittee (46 KB)
Greenhouse Gasses and Biofuels Subcommittee (53 KB)