[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11867]
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[FR Doc No: 98-6227]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

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, April 8, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. 
and continue until 5:00 p.m. The meeting will resume Thursday, April 9, 
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 April 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held April 8 at the Texas A&M University 
Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 6500 Amarillo Boulevard 
West, Amarillo, Texas 79106, telephone (806) 359-5401. On April 9 the 
meeting will be held at the Ambassador Hotel, 3100 I-40 West, Amarillo, 
TX, 79102, telephone (806) 358-6161. 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 April 8-9, 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/BCS/air/farmbill.html.

Draft Agenda of the April 8-9, 1998, Meeting

I. Wednesday, April 8

A. Opening Remarks
1. Call meeting to order--George Bluhm, DFO
2. Introduce new chair person and Chief of NRCS--Pearlie Reed
3. Welcome to Texas research--John Sweeten and Calvin Parnell, Jr.
4. Welcome to Texas operations--John Burt, NRCS State Conservationist, 
Texas
5. Agricultural Air Quality Management in Texas--Dr. John Baker, Texas 
Natural Resource Conservation Commissioner
B. Past Actions
1. Past agricultural air quality research efforts--Bill Hambleton
2. ARS agricultural air quality research--Dick Amerman
3. CSREES agricultural air quality research--Berlie Schmidt
4. EPA air research relative to agriculture--Sally Shaver
5. Air quality research needs subcommittee--Jim Trotter
C. Status Reports
1. Agricultural burning subcommittee--Robert Quinn
2. MOU between USDA and EPA--Sally Shaver
3. Local leadership--Dennis Tristao
4. Health effects--Victor Chavez and Sally Shaver
D. Public Input

II. Thursday, April 9

A. Call Meeting to Order--George Bluhm
B. Opening Remarks--Pearlie Reed
C. Status Reports, continued
1. Odorants--John Sweeten
2. PM research issues--Manuel Cunha, Robert Flocchini, Keith Saxton
3. Ozone research issues--Joe Miller
4. Monitoring issues--Calvin Parnell, Jr.
5. Haze Criteria
D. Public Input
E. New Issues
1. Conservation application and carbon sequestration in the CRP--Dr. 
Ted Elliot, Colorado State University
2. Emerging issues--George Bluhm
F. Set Date and Location for Next Meeting
G. 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 April 
8-9 meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify 
George Bluhm no later than April 3, 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 April 3, 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.
Lee P. Herndon,
Director, Institutes Division.
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