Air
Emissions
Protocols
Meeting
Beltsville,
MD
November
18­
20,
2003
Beltsville
Agricultural
Research
Center,
Building
001A,
Conference
Room
119,
Behind
Building
5.

Tuesday
November
18,
2003
The
goal
for
this
first
day
is
to
come
to
review
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
different
sampling,
monitoring
and
analyses
protocols
for
the
following
air
emissions
 
NH3,
PM10,
PM
2.5,
H2S,
VOC,
NOx
and
CO2
 
from
barns
and
lagoons
for
swine,
dairy
and
poultry
for
the
purpose
of
an
upcoming
monitoring
study.

Opening
Remarks
8:
00
 
8:
15
Beth
Sauerhaft,
Ph.
D.
(
USDA­
NRCS)

Purpose
of
Study
8:
15
 
8:
30
Industry
Representative
Begin
Discussion
of
Methodologies
8:
30
 
8:
45
Michele
Laur
(
as
facilitator),
Environmental
Engineer,
EPA
Barns
­
discussion
of
methodologies
for
sampling,
monitoring,
8:
45
 
1:
00
analysis
protocols
of
air
emissions
from
closed
and
open
housing
EPA
methodologies
 
strengths,
weaknesses
and/
or
9:
00
 
9:
30
rationale
for
choosing
particular
methodologies
Researchers'
methodologies
 
10
minutes
each
presentation
Give
description
of
your
preferred
methodology
and
highlight
Strengths
and
weaknesses
Working
Lunch
12:
00
 
1:
00
Lagoons
 
discussion
of
methodologies
for
sampline,
monitoring,
1:
00
 
4:
00
analysis
protocols
of
air
emissions
from
lagoons
EPA
methodologies
­
strengths,
weaknesses
and/
or
1:
00
 
1:
30
rationale
for
choosing
particular
methodologies
Researchers'
methodologies
 
10
minutes
each
presentation
1:
30
 
4:
00
Give
description
of
your
preferred
methodology
and
highlight
Strengths
and
weaknesses
Reaching
consensus
for
the
upcoming
study
4:
00
 
5:
00
Facilitated
discussion
for
reaching
consensus
on
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
methodologies
Wednesday
November
19,
2003
The
goal
for
this
day
and
a
half
is
to
come
to
consensus
on
a
project
design
recommendation
that
the
livestock
groups
can
use
as
a
basis
for
their
monitoring
program
under
the
consent
agreement
in
negotiation
with
EPA.

Barns
8:
00
 
1:
00
­
Study
criteria
needed
to
be
monitored,
such
as
ventilation,
manure
handling
methods,
geographic
location,
temperature,
etc
­
reach
consensus
on
farm
selection
criteria
and
technologies
to
be
used.
Working
lunch
12:
00
 
1:
00
Lagoons
1:
00
 
5:
00
­
Study
criteria
needing
to
be
monitored,
such
as
different
sizes,
depths,
flow
through
patterns,
aerated
vs
not
aerated.
­
reach
consensus
on
farm
selection
criteria
and
technologies
to
be
used
Thursday
November
20,
2003
Putting
it
all
together.
8:
00
 
11:
30
Consideration
of
factors
in
construction
of
mobile
laboratories
11:
30
 
12:
00
Close
Meeting
 
Departure
12:
00
Hotel
 
Holiday
Inn
 
College
Park
 
301­
345­
6700
 
tell
them
you're
with
the
NRCS
air
quality
group.

Meeting
location
 
directions
from
hotel
 
walk
north
on
Rte
1
and
you'll
see
BARC
on
the
same
side
of
the
road.
Look
for
building
5
and
we'll
be
behind
it
in
building
011A
Room
119.
I'll
try
to
send
a
map
tomorrow.
