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New
England
Pest Management Issues Conference
Thursday,
December 9, 2004
Sheraton
Harborside Portsmouth Hotel
Portsmouth, NH
This page gives an overview of the
meeting. The full meeting report with presentation and discussion notes is
available as in PDF and Word file formats.
PDF version of 2004 Conference Report
(115K)
Word version of 2004 Conference Report
(319K)
Introduction
This conference brought EPA national headquarters and regional officials together with the
New England Pest Management Network Advisory Council (AC) to discuss pesticide
related issues important in New England. The AC is
composed of New Englanders with a variety of perspectives on pest management.
The mission of the AC is to provide
guidance and feedback to Federal, state, and University pest management and
pesticide programs in the six New England states.
EPA and state pesticide regulatory agency representatives described
the federal and state responsibilities for the core pesticide programs,
including pesticide certification and training and enforcement. This was
followed by New England stakeholder presentations on issues
of concern in New England. All presentations were followed by a question and answer discussion period.
The day culminated
in a group discussion to identify major issues and how to make progress on them.
Agenda
9:00am 9:20am
Introductions & Project overview
Ann Hazelrigg, University of Vermont
Glen Koehler, University of Maine
Regulatory Overview
9:20 10:20 Pesticide Regulations Enforcement
Andrea Szylvian, Pesticides/Agriculture Manager, EPA
New England, Boston MA.
JIm Leeland, Agrichemical Program Supervisor, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, Burlington VT.
10:20 11:20 Pesticide Applicator
Certification and Education
Kevin
Keaney, Chief - Certification and Worker Protection Branch, Office of Pesticide
Programs, USEPA Headquarters, Washington D.C.
Rob Koethe,
Pesticide Expert, EPA New England, Boston MA.
Gary Fish, Certification Specialist, Maine Board of Pesticides Control, Maine
Dept. of Agriculture, Augusta, ME.
New England
Stakeholder Concerns
11:20 11:40 Structural and Indoor
Kevin Moran, Board Certified
Entomologist, Residex Inc., Norwood MA
11:40 12:00
Lawn & Ornamental
Dick Tice, Executive Director -
Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association;
Director - Environmental Industry
Council; Prospect CT
12:00 12:20
Pesticide Environmental and Toxicology Issues
TBA, Toxics Action Center staff, Boston MA.
12:20 - 1:20 Lunch
1:20 1:40 EPA & Agriculture
Kevin
Keaney, Chief - Certification and Worker Protection Branch, Office of Pesticide
Programs, USEPA Headquarters, Washington D.C.
New England
Stakeholder Concerns cont.
1:40 2:00 Agriculture
James Bushey,
Bourdeau's and Bushey Inc. (agricultural products and services), Middlebury, VT.
2:00 2:20
Invasive species
Donna Ellis, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey, University
of Connecticut Cooperative Extension, Storrs, CT.
2:20 2:40 Public health pests
Kevin Sweeney, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs, USEPA Headquarters, Washington D.C.
2:40 3:00 Break and sign
3:00 - 4:20
Group discussion
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