Pesticide Environmental Modeling Public Meeting - Agendas - 2005

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Agenda of the January 11, 2005 Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

Room 1123 Crystal Mall 2
1801 Bell St.
Arlington, VA 22202

  1. Welcome and Introductions (9:00 - 9:05)

  2. Old Action Items (9:05 - 9:15)

  3. Brief Updates (9:15 - 9:50)

    • PRZM3.12.2 Evaluation (J. Hetrick)

    • EXPRESS (R. Parker)

    • Review of Public Comments on EFED's Modeling Scenarios (R. Parker)

    • Spray Drift Update (N. Birchfield)

    • Release of PGW Guidance Document (B. Behl)

  4. Major Topics


Morning Session

9:50 - 10:50
PRZM Diary -- Silk purse or sow's ear? Comparing the predicted occurrence of atrazine in the vadose zone (PRZM3) with observed detections in shallow ground water across the United States (NAWQA) (J. Barbash, USGS)

10:50 - 11:10
Break

11:10 - 12:00
Comparison of LEACHM and PRZM Modeling to Field Data: Effect of Evaporation Simulation on Water Balance and Pesticide Movement (J.Triano, CDPR)

12:00 - 1:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

1:00 - 1:50
Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM): Brief Overview and Case Study (D. Wauchope, S. Cohen, Q. Ma)

1:50 - 2:05
Groundwater Modeling for Carbamate Cumulative Assessment (N. Thurman, D. Young)

2:05 - 2:20
Break

2:20 - 2:45
User-friendly CXTFIT2 Model to Estimate Setback Distances (T. Estes)

2:45 - 3:00
Wrap-Up: Next Meeting (R. Parker)

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Agenda of the April 11, 2005 Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

Room 1123 Crystal Mall 2
1801 Bell St.
Arlington, VA 22202

  1. Welcome and Introductions (9:00 - 9:05)

  2. Old Action Items (9:05 - 9:15)

  3. Brief Updates (9:15 - 9:45)

    • PRZM3.12.2 Evaluation (J. Hetrick)

    • EXPRESS (R. Parker)

    • Carbamate Cumulative Assessment (N. Thurman)

  4. Major Topics


Morning Session

9:45 - 10:15
Soil Fumigant Critical Input Parameter Selection for Air Dispersion Modeling, Ian van Wesenbeeck, Ph.D. - Dow AgroSciences

10:15 - 10:45
Fumigant Exposure Modeling System (FEMS): David Sullivan - Sullivan Consulting

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 11:30
Probabilistic Exposure and Risk model for FUMigants (PERFUM): Rick Reiss, D.Sc. - Sciences International

11:30 - 12:00
Predicting Soil Fumigant Acute, Sub-chronic, and Chronic Air Concentrations Under Diverse Agronomic Practices: An overview of the SOFEA(c) System, Steve Cryer, Ph.D. - Dow AgroSciences

12:00 - 1:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

1:00 - 1:30
Environmental and Agricultural Factors Controlling Pesticide Volatilization, Transport, and Deposition - Laura McConnell, Ph.D. USDA/ARS Beltsville, MD

1:30 - 1:45
EFED Spray Drift Modeling Activities: Norm Birchfield, Ph.D - OPP/EFED

1:45 - 2:05
Drift Reducing Technology Project: Norm Birchfield

2:05 - 2:20
Break

2:20 - 2:45
AgDrift/AgDisp Modeling Issues: Dave Valcore, Ph.D. - Dow AgroSciences

2:45 - 3:00
Wrap-Up: Next Meeting - R. Parker

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Agenda of the July 21, 2005 Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

Room 1126 Crystal Mall 2
1801 S. Bell St.
Arlington, VA 22202

  1. Welcome and Introductions

  2. Old Action Items (9:00 - 9:15)

  3. Brief Updates (9:15 - 9:45)

    • PRZM3.12.2 Evaluation (J. Hetrick)

    • EXPRESS (R. Parker)

    • EFED's Modeling Scenarios (M. Corbin)

    • Spray Drift Update (N. Birchfield)

    • Carbamate Cumulative (N. Thurman)

  4. Major Topics


Morning Session

9:45 - 10:30
Coupled Watershed - Instream Sediment and Contaminant Transport and Fate Modeling System (Earl Hayter, EPA/ORD-NERL)

10:30 - 11:00
Factors Influencing Erosion in PRZM Modeling (Mark Corbin, EPA/OPP-EFED)

11:00 - 11:15
Break

11:15 - 12:00
Issues Associated with Estimating Slope Length Factor for GIS-based Sediment Erosion Modeling (Scott Jackson, BASF and Paul Hendley, Syngenta)

12:00 - 1:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

1:00 - 1:30
Uncalibrated Modeling of Conservative Tracer and Pesticide Leaching to Ground Water using the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) (Garey Fox, University of Mississippi)

1:30 - 2:00
Modeling Sediment Transport at Field and Watershed Scales (Carrie Graff, ARS-Beltsville)

2:00 - 2:15
Break

2:15 - 2:45
Multivariate Analysis of Paired Watershed Data to Evaluate Agricultural BMP Effects on Stream Water P (W. Dean Hively, USDA-ARS)

2:45 - 3:00
Wrap-Up: Next Meeting (M. Echeverria)

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Agenda of the October 26, 2005 Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

Room 1126 Crystal Mall 2
1801 S. Bell St.
Arlington, VA 22202

  1. Welcome and Introductions

  2. Old Action Items

  3. Brief Updates (9:00 - 9:30)

    • PRZM3.12.2 Evaluation (J. Hetrick)

    • EFED's Modeling Scenarios (M. Corbin)

    • Spray Drift Update (CropLife America/ Spray Drift Task Force)

  4. Major Topics


Morning Session

9:30 - 10:00
Applying Traditional Variance Component Methods For Quantifying and Predicting End-Points Under Spatial Variability (Bruce H. Stanley, Dupont Crop Protection)

10:00 - 10:30
GIS Tool for Associating Estuarine/Marine Habitat with Agricultural Pesticide Uses (Kris Garber and Tim Negley, Syracuse Research Corporation)

10:30 - 10:40
Break

10:40 - 11:10
National Geo-spatial Data Policy (Kevin Kirby, EPA/OEI)

11:10 - 11:40
The MARIA Spatial Water Quality Modeling Framework (James Ascough, USDA-ARS-NPA)

11:40 - 12:00
Utility of USGS Water Use Data on Drinking Water Exposure Assessment (T. S. Ramanarayanan, Bayer CropScience)

12:00 - 1:00
Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

1:00 - 1:30
Framework for Spatially Explicit Risk Assessments (Nelson Thurman and Mark Corbin, EPA/OPP)

1:30 - 1:50
PLUS: Geospatial Leaching Assessment Tool (Mark Cheplick, Waterborne Environmental)

1:50 - 2:00
Break

2:00 - 2:30
National Hydrography Dataset (NHDplus) (Cindy McKay, Horizon Systems Corporation)

2:30 - 3:00
National Pyrethroid Aquatic Exposure Analysis; Estimation of Drift and Erosion Potential at the Watershed Level (Christopher Holmes, Waterborne Environmental)

3:00
Wrap-Up: Next Meeting (M. Echeverria)

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