M E E T I N G  N O T E S

Subject: Final Rule on Revised Pesticide Element for Ventura

Meeting Date: July 2, 2008

Location: EPA Region IX, 11:00 a.m.

Participants: Rick Tomlinson, Director, Government Affairs, California
Strawberry Commission; John Dunlap, Dunlap Group; Deborah Jordan,
Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX; Kerry Drake, Associate Director,
Air Division, EPA Region IX; Jeff Wehling, Office of Regional Counsel,
EPA Region IX, Karina Lallande, Office of Regional Counsel, EPA Region
IX.

Summary: Anticipating the principal item of interest to R. Tomlinson and
J. Dunlap, EPA volunteered information on the timing of the final rule.
Specifically, EPA informed R. Tomlinson and J. Dunlap that the final
rule was in the final stages of review and that the general expectation
was that the rule would be signed in the very near future with
publication in the Federal Register roughly a week from signature and
with an effective day 30 days from publication. 

R. Tomlinson asked whether EPA had considered the geographic
implications of EPA’s interpretation of the pesticide VOC reduction
commitment from the 1994 Ozone SIP, and J. Wehling indicated that
geographic implications, outside of those in Ventura County, had not
been considered. 

R. Tomlinson questioned the need for some of the background information
in the proposed rule, specifically, the information related to the court
case on the pesticide VOC commitment and related court order, and asked
whether such information were to be repeated in the final rule. J.
Wehling responded that considerable amount of judgment is exercised in
drafting proposed rules to include sufficient contextual information for
the public to be fully informed as to EPA’s action. Further, J.
Wehling indicated that as a general matter, the final rule summarizes,
but does not repeat, the background information in the proposed rule.

Meeting Notes Prepared by: Jeff Wehling, ORC, July 3, 2008.

