USDA-Agricultural Air Quality Task Force

Select Documents from the Task Force and its Meetings:
 

Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2008

Agenda and Minutes

       Federal Register Notice of meeting (5 KB)

 

Indianapolis, IN, October 2007

Agenda and Minutes

       Federal Register Notice of meeting (5 KB)
Agenda (15 KB)

Presentations

Emission Factor Uncertainty (204 KB)	Biofuels and the Economic Forecast (676 KB)
State Implementation Plans (6.4 MB)	Conservation and Air Quality (1.9 MB)
Proposed Ozone Revisions (210 KB)	Ozone White Paper (118 KB)
Ag and Carbon Markets (738 KB)	Duke University Gold Standard (1.5 MB)
AFO's and Public Health (355 KB)	AFO NAEMS Request (16 KB)
AFO's and Methanol (204 KB)	ARS Update (204 KB)
NRCS Update (204 KB)	Forest Service Update (204 KB)
EPA Update (204 KB)

Sub-Committee Materials

Animal Feeding Operations

AFO Subcommittee Report (21 KB)

Emerging Issues

Emerging Issues Subcommittee Report (11 KB)

Greenhouse Gases and Volatile Organic Compounds

GHG and VOC Subcommittee Report (56 KB)
GHG and VOC Policy Recommendations (19 KB)
GHG and VOC Research Recommendations (21 KB)

Internal Combustion Engines and Alternative Fuels

ICEAF Subcommittee Report (222 KB)
Biofuel Research Recommendation (20 KB)

Particulate Matter and Ozone

PM and Ozone Subcommittee Recommendations (10 KB)

 

San Diego, CA, May 2007

Agenda and Minutes

Federal Register Notice of meeting (54 KB)
Agenda (25 KB)
Minutes (99 KB)

Presentations

Ammonia: A Particulate Matter Precursor (1.6 MB)
Emerging Alternative Fuels Issues (1.9 MB)
Particulate Matter Health Impacts (0.5 MB)
Greenhouse Gas Protocols (0.3 MB)
Bio-Fuels: California Regulatory Activity and Potential Implications for Bio-Fuels (0.5 MB)
National Air Emissions Monitoring Study (4.2 MB)
Air Compliance and Enforcement Priorities for Agriculture (0.2 MB)
Ozone Challenges and Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley (0.3 MB)
California's Climate Change Initiative (0.5 MB)
NRCS Update (0.9 MB)
ARS Update (0.9 MB)
Forest Service Update (0.5 MB)
EPA Update: Clean Air Act Issues (0.4 MB)

Sub-Committee Materials

Animal Feeding Operations

Meeting Materials:	Action Plan (35 KB)	NAEMS Study Questions (15 KB)
Meeting Products:	Action Plan (14 KB)	Report (74 KB)

Emerging Issues

Meeting Materials:	White Paper (25 KB)
Meeting Products:	White Paper (14 KB)	Recommendations (40 KB)

Greenhouse Gases and Volatile Organic Compounds

Meeting Materials:	Report to Task Force (81 KB)
Meeting Products:	Presentation (483 KB)

Internal Combustion Engines and Alternative Fuels

Meeting Materials:	Issues (57 KB)	Strategic Plan (33 KB)
	Work Plan (31 KB)
Meeting Products:	Presentation (32 KB)	Recommendation (13 KB)
	Work Plan (47 KB)

Particulate Matter and Ozone

Meeting Materials:	Issues (14 KB)
Meeting Products:	Recommendation (12 KB)	TSP/PM10 and PSD Permits (22 KB)

Washington, DC, November, 2006

Agenda and Minutes

Federal Register Notice of meeting (48 KB)
Agenda (18 KB)
Minutes (202 KB)

Presentations

New Members Briefing (1.4 MB)
FACA Roles and Responsibilities (36 KB)
NRCS Update (344 KB)
ARS Update (508 KB)
CSREES Program for Air Quality (785 KB)
ERS Update (168 KB)
Ozone Research Review (642 KB)
EPA Ozone Staff Paper (1.5 MB)
AFO CAFO Consent Agreement (534 KB)
EPA Renewable Fuels Standard (521 KB)
State Level Issues and Perspective - NACAA (914 KB)
EPA NAAQS Revisions (1.3 MB)
Hot Air Quality Issues - An Eye on California (696 KB)