USDA-Agricultural Air Quality Task Force

Meeting Information and Documents from the 2008-2010 Task Force.  Links to Meeting Information and Documents for previous Task Forces are available for:  2006-2008, 2004-2006, pre-2005.
 

Des Moines, Iowa, September 2009

Agenda and Minutes

       Federal Register Notice of meeting (51 KB)
       Agenda (13 KB)

Presentations

Invited Presentations	Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities
Economic Implications of the EPA Analysis of the CAP and Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454 for U.S. Representative Farms (764 KB)	Natural Resources Conservation Service(562 KB)
Iowa Farm Bureau - Air Quality in Iowa (1,759 KB)	Agricultural Research Service (379 KB)
Field and Farm-Level Soil C and Greenhouse Gas Estimation COMET-VR and COMET-Farm (3,037 KB)	Economic Research Service (290 KB)
Quantifying Uncertainty in Air Emissions Measurements (3,331 KB)	Environmental Protection Agency (3,950 KB)
Understanding Your Carbon Footprint (569 KB)	US Forest Service(722 KB)
Carbon Footprint and the Dairy Industry (1,967 KB)
Differences in the Chemical Composition of Particulate Matter (PM) by Their Size and its Importance in Ambient Sampling of PM (432 KB)
Overview of AFO Ammonia Emission Mitigation Methods (2,711 KB)
AFO Ammonia Mitigation Options – Part II: for Poultry via System Management & Dietary Manipulation (1,714 KB)
Ecology as a Model for Livestock Production Systems that Avert Air Quality Problems (19,462 KB)

Sub-Committee Materials

Agricultural Equipment: 

Air Quality Standards:  Recommendations (18 KB), Whitepaper (841 KB)

Greenhouse Gases and Bioenergy:  Recommendations (17 KB)

Livestock and Poultry:  Recommendations (24 KB)

Reactive Nitrogen (none):

Other:  Wildfire Management:

 

Fresno, CA, May 2009

Agenda and Minutes

       Federal Register Notice of meeting (49 KB)
       Agenda (12 KB)
       AAQTF Group Picture (1.5 MB)

Presentations

Invited Presentations	Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities
Process Based Emission Models for Predicting Gaseous Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations (1.4 MB)	NRCS Programs and Air Quality (267 KB)
Defining the Need for Developing Standardization in Mitigation Testing and Reporting (1 MB)	ARS Air Quality and Climate Change Research Update (840 KB)
Lifecycle GHG Results for EISA Analysis (206 KB)	New, Online Agricultural Air Quality Curricula for NRCS and Beyond (1.1 MB)
Toward a Workable Framework for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Offset Standards (560 KB)	EPA's Office of Air and Radiation Report Out (111 KB)
Prescribed Fire and Exceptional Events - The Evolution of California Ecosystems (1.3 MB)
Estimating PM2.5 Emission Factors (4.6 MB)
California Air Quality Update (258 KB)
Ecosystem Services and Markets (997 KB)
California Agricultural Equipment and Air Quality (943 KB)
EPA CASAC NOx and SOx Committee Update (476 KB)
An Evolving Case Study in Management of Reactive Nitrogen (2.8 MB)
Video - Upslope Transport on the eastside of the Rocky Mountains (48 MB)
Nitrogen:  From the Atmosphere to the Dairy and Back Again (2.2 MB)

Sub-Committee Materials

Agricultural Equipment: 

Air Quality Standards:  Recommendations (18 KB), Whitepaper (841 KB)

Greenhouse Gases and Bioenergy:  Recommendations (17 KB)

Livestock and Poultry: 

Reactive Nitrogen (none):

Other:  Wildfire Management:

 

Washington, DC, November 2008

Agenda and Minutes

       Federal Register Notice of meeting (5 KB)
       Agenda (48 KB)
       Meeting Minutes(88 KB)

Presentations

Invited Presentations	Agency Overview, Issues, and Priorities
Federal Advisory Committee Act and Ethics (112 KB)	Natural Resources Conservation Service (730 KB)
USDA Draft Climate Change Research Plan (661 KB)	US Forest Service (3.5 MB)
California Update on Climate Change and Agriculture (1.1 MB)	Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service (5.7 MB)
Energy, Air Quality and Agriculture (3.1 MB)	Economic Research Service (202 KB)
	Agricultural Research Service (398 KB)
	Environmental Protection Agency (2.4 MB)

Sub-Committee Materials

Agricultural Equipment:  Identified Tasks and Issues (13 KB)

Air Quality Standards:  Identified Tasks and Issues (14 KB)

Greenhouse Gases and Bioenergy:  Identified Tasks and Issues (27 KB)

Livestock and Poultry:  Identified Tasks and Issues (30 KB)

Reactive Nitrogen:  Identified Tasks and Issues (18 KB)

 

2006-2008 Task Force Documents

2004-2006 Task Force Documents

Pre 2005 Task Force Documents