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7th Annual EPA Region 7/8 and State Departments of Agriculture Meeting -Agenda EPA Region 8 Office - 1595 Wynkoop St. Denver, CO December 11, 2017: - Rocky Mountain/Sagebrush Rooms (2ndfloor) 1:00 pm 1:30 pm 1:40 pm 1:50 pm Check in: Coffee Introductions and Logistics Doug Benevento, EPA Region 8 Regional Adm inistrator EPA Welcome Doug Benevento and Jim Gulliford, EPA Regional Administrators, Regions 7 & 8 National EPA Agriculture Update Jeffery Sands, EPA Senior Advisor to the Adm inistrator fo r Agriculture Policy 2:20 pm 3:20 pm Office of Pesticide Program (OPP) Update Rick Keigwin, EPA OPP Director Worker Protection Standards Certification & Training of Pesticide Applicators Rule Endangered Species Act Weed Resistance Break 3:30 pm 4:15 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm Dicamba Roundtable EPA Update - Rick Keigwin, EPA OPP State Roundtable - Discussion Questions: o Does your state anticipate issues associated with dicamba use in 2018? o What is your State's plan to address those potential concerns? o What support do you need from EPA Regionally and nationally on this issue? Marijuana/lndustrial Hemp and Pesticides Roundtable EPA Update - Rick Keigwin, EPA OPP State Roundtable - Discussion Questions: o What pest pressures are you seeing in cannabis production (indoors/outdoors)? o How is your state addressing pesticide concerns related to cannabis? o Any other concerns state wish to raise. Closing Doug Benevento, EPA Regions 8 Meeting Adjourns 6:30pm (Optional) Dinner at Rialto Cafe [PA G E \* MERGEFORMAT ] Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 10 ED 002061 00176993-00001 7th Annual EPA Region 7/8 and State Departments of Agriculture Meeting -Agenda EPA Region 8 Office - 1595 Wynkoop St. Denver, CO Dec. 12, 2017: RA's Conference Room (9th Floor) 7:45 am Check in: Coffee and breakfast cookies 8:00 am 8:05 am Opening/Logistics Doug Benevento, EPA Region 8 Regional Adm inistrator Cooperative Federalism and EPA Status update on EPA's regulatory reform efforts/Cooperative Federalism o National Perspective - Ken Wagner, EPA Senior Advisor fo r Regional and State Affairs o Regional Perspective - Jim Gulliford and Doug Benevento, EPA Regions 7 & 8 State Roundtable Discussion Questions: o What are the top 1-2 issues of concern in your state that involve EPA? o What role can Regions play to help overcome these issues of concern? o Flow can EPA/states more effectively share data and other info between each other? o What issues should EPA (FIQ/Regions) be engaging with agriculture on in your State? o Flow can EPA (FIQ/Regions) better partner with States on topics important to Ag? 11:00 am Lunch - Jason's Deli 12:00 pm Water Quality and Agriculture Roundtable Susan Metzger, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Departm ent o f Agriculture Update on Kansas WRAPS Program and water quality activities in Kansas State Roundtable on water quality activities in their states 1:00 pm EPA Budget Update Rick Buhl, EPA Region 8 Assistant Regional Adm inistrator fo r the Office o f Technical and M anagement Services (tentative) 1:30 pm Break 1:45 pm Air Quality and Agriculture Update Robin Dunkins, EPA Office of A ir and Radiation (via phone) Discussion Questions: o Flow can the Regions help support the states? o What tools/resources are needed to help producers be in compliance? 2:45 pm Closing & Action Item Review Jim Gulliford, EPA Region 7 Discussion Questions: Should Region 7&8 continue to partner for this meeting? Should this meeting be held in the winter or summer months in future years? 3:00 pm Meeting Adjourns [PA G E \* MERGEFORMAT ] Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 10 ED 002061 00176993-00002