Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality will meet for the

second time in FY 1999 to discuss the relationship between agricultural

production and air quality. Special emphasis will be placed on

promoting a greater understanding of agriculture's impact on air

quality and the role it plays in the local and national economy. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATE: The meeting will convene Tuesday, June 22, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. and

[[Page 28971]]

continue until 4:00 p.m. The meeting will resume Thursday, June 24,

1999 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. Written material and requests to make

oral presentations should reach the Natural Resources Conservation

Service on or before June 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree Hotel, Spokane

City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Ct., Spokane, Washington 99201,

telephone (509) 455-9600. Written material and requests to make oral

presentations should be sent to George Bluhm, University of California,

Land, Air, and Water Resources, 151 Hoagland Hall, Davis, CA 95616-

6827.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions or comments should be directed to

George Bluhm, Designated Federal Official, telephone (530) 752-1018,

fax (530) 752-1552, email [email protected].

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 June 22 and 24, 1999 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/faca/aaqtf.html.

Draft Agenda of the June 22 and 24, 1999 Meeting

A. Welcome to Washington State and the Pacific Northwest

1. Leonard Jordan, State Conservationist, NRCS

2. Dr. Jim Zuiches, Dean, WSU College of Agriculture

3. Grant Pfieffer, Director, WA Dept. Ecology

4. Lynn McKee, USEPA, Region X

5. Terry Jacquilin, Northern ID Farmers Assoc.

6. Gretchen Borck, WA Wheat Growers Assoc.

7. Dr. Jane Koenig, U of Washington Medical Center

8. Rich Fisher, Forest Service, Air Quality Specialist

B. Old business

1. Approve minutes of the March 3-4, 1999 AAQTF meeting

2. Monitoring and health effects subcommittee report

3. Voluntary program subcommittee report

4. Research priorities and oversight subcommittee report

5. Agricultural burning subcommittee report

6. Confined animals and emission factors subcommittee report

C. New business

1. EPA's new regional haze rule

2. Implication of the federal appeals court decision on the 1997

NAAQS implementation

3. EPA's new Nonroad Diesel Standards (Tier 2 and 3) and

proposed standards for Light-Duty Vehicles/Trucks (Tier 2) and for

low sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel

D. Set date and location for next meeting

Procedural

This meeting is open to the public. At the discretion of the Chair,

members of the public may present oral presentations during the June 22

and 24, 1999 meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should

notify George Bluhm no later than June 18, 1999. 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 June 18, 1999.

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.

Dated: May 20, 1999.

Richard Van Klaveren,

Acting Deputy Chief for Science and Technology, Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

[FR Doc. 99-13589 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410-16-P