U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities

Federal Advisory Committee

February 23-24, 2009

Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC Hotel

1330 Maryland Ave SW

Washington, DC 20024

Telephone:  202-554-8588

AGENDA

Monday, February 23, 2009

8:00 am	REGISTRATION (Hotel)

8:30	Call to Order and Opening Remarks

Jim Moseley, Chair, FRRCC

Sally Shaver, Acting Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural
Policy, US EPA

Rafael DeLeon, Director, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management,
US EPA

8:45	Discussion: US EPA’s Lifecycle Analysis

Paul Argyropoulos, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation & Air
Quality, US EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation

Vincent Camobreco, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of
Transportation & Air Quality, US EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation

10:00		MORNING BREAK

10:15	Panel Discussion: Reactive Nitrogen 

Thomas Theis, Co-Chair, US EPA Science Advisory Board’s Integrated
Nitrogen Committee (45 minutes)

Joseph Piotrowski, Special Assistant to the Director, US EPA’s Office
of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (30 minutes)

Cliff Snyder, Nitrogen Program Director, International Plant Nutrition
Institute (30 minutes)

12:00 pm	BREAK FOR LUNCH

1:15	Administrative Matters: Christopher Ashcraft, Assistant DFO, FRRCC

1:20 	Public Comment

1:50 	Full Committee Discussion Session: moderated by Jim Moseley,
Chair, FRRCC

2:20 	EPA Updates: Sally Shaver, Acting Counselor to the Administrator
for Agricultural Policy, US EPA

3:00		AFTERNOON BREAK

3:15	Workgroup Breakout Sessions (EPA programmatic contacts meet with
respective workgroups)

5:45		ADJOURN

	

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

8:30	Workgroup Breakout Sessions (EPA programmatic contacts meet with
respective workgroups)

10:00		MORNING BREAK

10:15	Call to Order, Plenary Workgroup Presentation Session: moderated
by Jim Moseley, Chair, FRRCC

Climate Change Workgroup 

Livestock Workgroup

Emerging Issues Workgroup

12:00	pm	FRRCC Next Steps: moderated by Jim Moseley, Chair, FRRCC

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

Workgroup Assignments and Meeting Schedule

Other Business as Needed

12:30		Public Comment Session 

1:00		ADJOURN

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