Meeting
minutes
for
Metam
Sodium
Alliance
FEMS
model
presentation
to
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
staff
Date:
February
2,
2006
Agenda:

 
Adoption
of
DPR
recommended
changes
to
FEMS
 
Limitations
of
buffer
zone
assessments
during
stagnation
&
near­
calm
conditions
 
Current
Activities
on
CALPUFF
6.0
Testing
Participants:

Metam
Sodium
Alliance:
David
Sullivan
(
consultant
for
the
Metam
Sodium
Alliance),
Ted
Sears
(
Bergeson
and
Campbell,
legal
counsel
and
technical
support
for
the
Metam
Sodium
Alliance)

OPP:
Jeff
Dawson
(
HED),
Billy
Smith
(
HED),
Mike
Metzger
(
HED),
John
Leahy
(
SRRD),
Steve
Weiss
(
SRRD),
Veronique
LaCapra
(
SRRD)

Summary
of
presentation:

See
attached
powerpoint
slides.

Additional
comments:

 
In
addition
to
describing
these
updates,
David
Sullivan
discussed
his
responses
to
PANNA's
comments
on
the
metam
sodium
risk
assessment;
he
proposed
to
provide
these
responses
to
OPP
staff
in
the
near
future.

 
HED
requested
that
David
Sullivan
(
1)
modify
the
FEMS
user
guide
to
better
explain
in
simple
language
what
the
FEMS
output
represents,
and
(
2)
explain
how
and
why
the
outputs
of
FEMS
and
PERFUM
differ
(
assuming
equivalent
inputs).
