[Federal Register: May 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 99)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 
Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality; Meeting

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality will meet to 
discuss the relationship between agricultural production and air 
quality. The meeting is open to the public.

Dates: The meeting will convene Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at 8:30 a.m. 
and continue until 5:00 p.m. The meeting will resume Thursday, June 18, 
1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Written material and requests to make 
oral presentations should reach the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service on or before June 12, 1998.

Addresses: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Spokane City 
Center Hotel, 322 North Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, Washington 99201, 
telephone (509) 455-9600. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should be sent to George Bluhm, University of California, 
Land, Air, Water Resources, 151 Hoagland Hall, Davis, CA 95616-6827.

For Further Information Contact: George Bluhm, Designated Federal 
Official, telephone (916) 752-1018, fax (916) 752-1552.

Supplementary Information: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. Additional information 
about the Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality, including any revised 
agendas for the June 17-18, 1998, meeting that may appear after this 
Federal Register Notice is published, may be found on the World Wide 
Web at http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/faca/aaqtf.html.

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Draft Agenda of the June 17-18, 1998, Meeting

A. Opening Remarks
    1. Call meeting to order--George Bluhm, DFO
    2. Introduce Chairperson and Chief of NRCS--Pearlie Reed
    3. Welcome to Washington research--Keith Saxton
    4. Welcome to Washington NRCS operations--Leonard Jordan, STC
B. Past Actions
    1. Air quality within USDA--Pearlie Reed
    2. Extension of Federal Advisory Committee Act Committee--George 
Bluhm
    3. Revised recommendations on air quality research needs--Jim 
Trotter
    4. USDA Air Quality Research Management Team--Richard Amerman, 
Berlie Schmidt
C. Status Reports
    1. Agricultural Burning Subcommittee--Robert Quinn
    2. Model MOU--volunteer program with bad actor clause--Dennis 
Tristao
    3. EPA emission factors, communication with EMAD--Emmett Barker, 
Sally Shaver
    4. Health effects--Thomas Ferguson
    5. NRCS Air Resource Action Plan--George Bluhm
    6. Particulate matter research issues--Robert Flocchini, Keith 
Saxton
D. New Issues
    1. Conservation application and carbon sequestration in Iowa--
Dr. Keith Paustian, Colorado State University
    2. Air quality initiative, Research Subcommittee--Jim Trotter
    3. Forest research on air quality--Bill Summers
    4. Washington State CRP--Leonard Jordan
    5. A Natural Events Action Plan for Eastern Washington--EPA 
Region X and Washington State Department of Ecology
    6. Agricultural residue burning: needs and impacts on regional 
agriculture--regional grass seed and cereal producers, Washington 
State Department of Ecology
E. Set Date and Location for Next Meeting
F. Public Input

Procedural

    This meeting is open to the public. At the discretion of the Chair, 
members of the public may present oral presentations during the June 
17-18 meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify 
George Bluhm no later than June 12, 1998. If a person submitting 
material would like a copy distributed to each member of the committee 
in advance of the meeting, that person should submit 25 copies to 
George Bluhm no later than June 12, 1998.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
George Bluhm as soon as possible.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Danny D. Sells,
Associate Chief, Natural Resurces Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 98-13670 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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