Enhancing Pesticide Product Life Cycle Stewardship

7^th Annual Working Conference on Pesticide Stewardship – February 25-28, 2007

The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance promotes stewardship at all stages of the pesticide life cycle—from manufacture, through distribution and use, to disposal. This conference will examine pesticide stewardship from numerous angles and perspectives, with the objective of creating an action framework for the future.

2007 CONFERENCE LOCATION

Reno, Nevada s Silver Legacy Resort & Casino

2007 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Board Meeting (5:30pm) & Welcome Reception (7:00-8:30pm): Sunday, February 25

TPSA Conference Sessions: Monday-Tuesday, February 26-27

Silent Auction: Sunday-Tuesday noon, February 25-27

Environmental Stewardship Tour of Lake Tahoe (8:30-3:30pm): Wednesday, February 28

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://tpsalliance.org (Click on Conference)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Presentation PDFs

Registration/sign-in: Sunday 4-7p, Monday 7:30a-6p, Tuesday 7:30a-noon for one-day attendees

DAY	TIME	AGENDA [pdf- agenda pdf-detailed program]
Sun	5:30-7p	TPSA Board Meeting - Open to Members & Guests
Sun	7-8:30p	Opening Reception - Poster & Vendor Displays
Sun		Dinner on your own
Mon	6:45-7:45a	Full Breakfast
Mon	7-7:45a	Breakfast Roundtable: Making TPSA a Pesticide Disposal Information Clearinghouse: Action Steps
Mon	8-8:30a	Opening Session: Welcomes from Carol A. Ramsay, TPSA President & Ed Foster, Nevada Dept Agric
Mon	8:30-10a	Plenary: John Vijgen, IHPA, International HCH and Pesticides Association How Europe Is Dealing with its Stocks of Obsolete Pesticides
Mon	10-10:15a	Break
Mon	10:15-11:45a	Concurrent Session I-A Responses by Regulators, Communities and Lawmakers to Pesticide Poisoning	Concurrent Session I-B Re-Organizing the Regulatory Agenda for Pesticides and Water Quality
Mon	12-12:45p	Lunch Lunchtime Roundtable: “Cause Marketing": Discussion of EPA Decision to Allow Registrant's Promotional Campaign Plug on Pesticide Labels
Mon	1-2:30p	Concurrent Session II-A Stewardship Directions for Reducing Pesticide Spray Drift	Concurrent Session II-B Getting Stewardship Information to End-Users: What Path Should We Take?
Mon	2:30-2:45p	Break
Mon	2:45-4:15p	Concurrent Session III-A Recycling & Other Markets for Waste Ag Films and Others Plastics	Concurrent Session III-B Pesticide Stewardship in Central/Eastern Europe
Mon	4:15-4:30p	Break
Mon	4:30-6p	TPSA Member Meeting – Everyone, please come!
Mon	6-9p	Grand Reception - Poster/Vendor Display: Open to Members & Guests (over)

Tues	7-8:15a	Full Breakfast
Tues	7:15-8:15a	Breakfast Roundtable TPSA’s Future: Building Bridges Internationally, Becoming a Global Stewardship Organization
Tues	8:30-10a	Concurrent Session IV-A Recycling Ag Plastics (Films & Rigid Plastics): Programs & Strategies	Concurrent Session IV-B Mexican Border Case Study of Obsolete Pesticide Disposal: What Worked, What Didn’t
Tues	10-10:15	Break
Tues	10:15-11:45a	Concurrent Session V-A Trends in Pesticide Packaging: A Safety & Waste Minimization Issue	Concurrent Session V-B Communicating Stewardship
Tues	12-1:30p	Awards Luncheon
Tues	1:45-3:15p	Concurrent Session VI-A Stabilizing Pesticide Container Recycling in the United States	Concurrent Session VI-B Pesticide Transportation & Storage
Tues	3:15p	Break
Tues	3:30-5:30p	Concurrent Session VII-A Implementing EPA’s Pesticide Container-Containment Rule	Concurrent Session VII-B Assessing and Reducing Agrochemical Movement to Air and Water
Tues	6-9p	Off-site Event Sponsored by USAg Recycling and Clean Harbors Join us for a buffet dinner and drinks at the award winning National Automobile Museum, which has on display over 200 cars from 1892 to present.  This Internationally recognized museum is known for its many rare, experimental and one of a kind automobiles.  An easy walk form the hotel  at 10 South Lake Street (corner of Lake and Mill).

Wed	7-8:15a	Continental Breakfast
Wed	7:15-8:15a	Breakfast Roundtables A. EPA’s Container-Containment Rule: Implementation, Concerns & Issues	B. TPSA’s Future: Help TPSA Select Key Projects for 2007!
Wed	8:30a-3:30p	Tour (registration open to guests; includes lunch) Environmental Stewardship Tour of the Lake Tahoe Area This will not be your run-of-the-mill tour! Our tour leader is TPSA member Dr. Glenn Miller, Environmental Sciences, University of Nevada at Reno, who has been working on Lake Tahoe environmental stewardship issues for over 25 years. Glenn will guide us to some of the most scenic parts of the Lake, including a couple of short shoreline hikes, a visit to Emerald Bay, and a South Lake Tahoe gondola ride for spectacular views. Lake Tahoe has been under substantial development pressure, both real estate and recreational, that has led to degradation of water quality. For example, though the Lake has an international reputation for clarity, clarity decreased by about 30% over the past 40 years. We will be talking about how the surrounding communities, the states of Nevada and California, and visitors to the Lake have worked together to protect this scenic and recreational resource because of the broad consensus that the Lake is worth protecting. Restrictions on development have been put in place, as has a large research effort to understand the processes controlling lake clarity. So the future of the Lake ecosystem is still reasonably bright! Glenn Miller's laboratory led research efforts on watercraft emissions, particularly from personal watercraft, resulting in a ban on certain types of engines at the Lake.   Glenn is an expert in soil and gas phase pesticide contaminants and degradation pathways (he has worked on pesticide photochemistry since graduate school). He has conducted research on environmental chemistry issues related to agriculture, mining and high alpine lakes, working from the tops of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the bottoms of their lakes and waterways.

Program & Speaker Details

Plenary:

How Europe Is Dealing with its Stocks of Obsolete Pesticides (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF 3)

JohnVijgen
IHPA, International HCH and Pesticides Association

Abstract of Presentation: How is Europe dealing with the huge stocks of obsolete pesticides in the new European Union (EU) member countries and in the neighboring Caucasus and Central Asia? How big is the problem? Is there enough political momentum to eradicate the problem from the continent? What are the political dynamics? What is the role of the European Union (EU)? What infrastructure exists for pesticide collection and disposal? How does the European situation compare with what is going on in the United States and elsewhere?  How are collection and disposal programs supported? What role could TPSA play in building a critical momentum of support for collection programs internationally, in the Central and Eastern Europe region,  and in the United States?

The presentation will feature the US premier of short videos and photos from Eastern Europe and the EU.

Biographical summary: John Vijgen was born in Heerlen, The Netherlands, and educated as a Civil Engineer at the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. He has been working on pesticide clean-up since 1988 when his efforts to clean-up HCH and Lindane in the Netherlands resulted in decontamination of 200,000 tons of HCH-contaminated soils.

In 1998 Vijgen founded the International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA) with the objective of eliminating obsolete pesticides in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Central Asia Republics, and providing an international forum for solving the problem of obsolete pesticides. Currently he is leading the EU Phare project, supervising the disposal of pesticide wastes and providing technical assistance to prevent further accumulation of obsolete pesticides in Romania.

Enhancing Pesticide Product Life Cycle Stewardship

7^th Annual Working Conference on Pesticide Stewardship – February 25-28, 2007

Concurrent Sessions & Roundtable Discussions
(Sessions listed in alphabetical order; presentations noted by PDF)

SESSION TOPIC	SPEAKERS
Assessing and Reducing Agrochemical Movement to Air and Water Session VII-B. Tuesday 3:30-5:30p Moderator: Vince Hebert, Director, Washington State University’s Food and Environmental Quality Laboratory	Overview of the Symposium (PDF) Vince Hebert, Washington State University (5 minutes) MITC Release from Cantara Loop Metam Sodium Spill: Environmental and Atmospheric Implications Glenn Miller, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno (20 minutes) Determination of Ambient Methyl isothiocyanate Residues in Indoor and Outdoor Air: Implications for Human Exposure Near Fields Treated for Metam Sodium (PDF) James Woodrow, Research Scientist, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno (20 minutes) What Can Be Done to Increase Efficacy While Reducing Off-Target Movement: An Examination of Two Pacific Northwest Pesticide Application Case Studies (PDF) Vince Hebert, Washington State University (20 minutes) Long Distance Herbicide Transport in the Pacific Northwest (PDF) Gail Amos, Pesticide Management Division, Washington State Department of Agriculture (20 minutes) DPR's Fumigation Regulation Initiative Dealing with VOC Reduction, Fumigant Mitigation, Public Notification (PDF) Jerry Campbell, Assistant Director, Division of Pest Management, Environmental Monitoring, Enforcement, and Licensing, California Department of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR) (20 minutes) Panel Discussion (15 minutes)
Communicating Stewardship Session V-B. Tuesday 10:15-11:45a Moderator: Lois Levitan Cornell University	The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship (PES) Website (PDF) Wayne Buhler, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, and Carol Ramsay, Pesticide Education Specialist, Washington State University (30 minutes) The PAN Pesticides Database (www.pesticideinfo.org/) (PDF) Susan Kegley, Senior Scientist, Pesticide Action Network, North America (PANNA) (30 minutes) Challenges and Successes of EPA’s Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) in Communicating Stewardship (PDF) Tom Brennan, US EPA OPP, Chief, Environmental Stewardship Branch, Biopesticides & Pollution Prevention Division, (15 min) Discussion: Gaps to Fill in Communicating Stewardship
“Cause Marketing": Discussion of EPA Decision to Allow Registrant's Promotional Campaign Plug on Pesticide Labels Monday, Lunchtime Roundtable	Update and discussion of a currently emerging issue.
Environmental Stewardship Tour of the Lake Tahoe Area Wednesday, 8:30a-3:30p Registration required $50 registration Fee includes lunch	Tour leader: Dr. Glenn Miller, Environmental Sciences, University of Nevada at Reno (See full Tour description on page 2 of this Program)
EPA’s Container-Containment Rule: Implementation, Concerns & Issues Breakfast Roundtable Wednesday 7:15-8:15a	Discussion of questions and concerns from the States and industry about implementation of US EPA’s container rule (continuing from Concurrent Session VII, Tuesday Moderator: Nancy Fitz, CHEMICAL ENGINEER, US EPA OPP
Getting Stewardship Information to End-Users: What Path Should We Take? Session II-B. Monday 1-2:30p Moderator: Joe Hoffman, Waste Pesticide Program Coordinator, Washington State Department of Agriculture	A moderated discussion of alternative approaches to communicating end-of-pesticide-life stewardship options for end-users, with brief presentations: Historical Context for TPSA’s Involvement with Earth 911 & Pesticide Disposal Outreach Joe Hoffman, Washington State Department of Agriculture Costs Realities of the Earth 911 System Paul Hughes, Director of Corporate Development for Global Alerts, parent company of Earth 911 Putting Disposal Information on the Pesticide Label (PDF) Nancy Fitz, Chemical Engineer, US EPA OPP An Alternative Approach to Reaching the Public with Information about Disposal – the PES Website (PDF) Wayne Buhler, North Carolina State University
Implementing EPA's Pesticide Container-Containment Rule Session VII-A. Tuesday 3:30-5:30p Moderator: Jack Peterson, Environmental Services Division, Arizona Dept. of Agriculture, and President, Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)	EPA's Pesticide Container Recycling Rule: Objectives, Status and Issues (PDF) Nancy Fitz, Chemical Engineer, US EPA OPP (40 minutes) Viewpoint from the States: Issues and Concerns Liza Fleeson, Environmental Program Planner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (15 minutes) Viewpoint from Industry: Issues and Concerns (PDF) Laurine Speltz, Manager, Regulatory Compliance, BASF Corporation (15 min) Panel and Open Discussion: Implementation Issues & Concerns (discussion will continue Wed. at 7:15a Breakfast Roundtable)
Making TPSA a Pesticide Disposal Information Clearinghouse: Action Steps Breakfast Roundtable MonDAY 7-7:45a	We will examine technical/promotional assistance options for a national clearinghouse on pesticide disposal and make action recommendations for 2007. Moderator: Roger Springman, Manager, Wisconsin Clean Sweep and Worker Protection Programs, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Mexican Border Case Study of Obsolete Pesticide Disposal: What Worked & What Did Not? Session IV-B. Tuesday 8:30-10a Moderator: Dan Schweitzer, Sales Manager, Care Environmental Corp.	Overview of the Collaborative Pilot to Remove Obsolete Pesticides from the Arizona-Mexico Border Region (PDF) Mary Grisier, Pesticides Program, Communities & Ecosystems Division, US EPA Region 9, and James Polek, Enforcement Officer in the Waste Management Division of US EPA Region 9 Mexican Government Perspective (PDF) Jose Camalich, Sonora State Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Recursos Hidráulicos, Pesca y Acuacultura (SAGARHPA) [Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Water Resources, Fishing and Aquaculture] Arizona Government Perspective (PDF) Jack Peterson, Environmental Services Division, AZ Dept. Agric. Contractor Perspective
Pesticide Stewardship in Central/Eastern Europe Session III-B. Monday 2:45-4:15p Moderator: Margaret Jones, US EPA Region 5, Pesticide Programs	Pesticide Stewardship in the Baltics (PDF) Rob Denny, Arrowchase, Inc. (30 minutes) Strategy for Preventing Recurrence of Obsolete Pesticides in Romania (PDF) John Vijgen, International HCA and Pesticides Association (IHPA) (30 minutes) Management and Destruction of Obsolete Pesticides in Ukraine: Project Update (PDF) Margaret Jones, US EPA, and Victoria Lokhanska, Senior Research Assistant, National Agricultural University of Ukraine (NAUU) and Project Manager, Management and Destruction of Obsolete Pesticides in Ukraine (30 minutes)
Pesticide Transportation & Storage Session VI-B. Tuesday 1:45-3:15p Moderator: Roger Springman Manager, Wisconsin Clean Sweep and Worker Protection Programs, Wisconsin Dept Agriculture	Pesticide Storage Module of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship (PES) Website Wayne Buhler, North Carolina State University Transport of Pesticide Hazardous Wastes (PDF) Pat Romero, Transportation Specialist, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Western Region, US DOT Storage and Display of Retail Pesticides—The Armed Forces Pest Management Board's Technical Guide (PDF) Tom Brennan, US EPA OPP, Chief, Environmental Stewardship Branch, Biopesticides & Pollution Prevention Division
Recycling Ag Plastics (Films & Rigid Plastics): Programs & Strategies Session IV-A. Tuesday 8:30-10a Moderator: Rob Denny, Arrowchase, Inc.	Vision for a Total Ag Plastics Management Strategy (PDF) Gail Amos, Washington State Department of Agriculture (15 min) Carrying out a Total Ag Plastics Management Program (PDF) Lisa Friend, RE Sources for Sustainable Communities (15 minutes) Nuts and Bolts of Operating a Total Ag Plastics Management Program Dari and Allen Jongsma, Agri-Plas, Keizer, Oregon (15 minutes) Expanding Pesticide Container Recycling Programs to Include Containers from Other Ag Production Chemicals and Non-Ag Pesticides (PDF) Don Gilbert, Environmental Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (10 minutes) Discussion: Building & Paying for a Sustainable Recycling Infrastructure (30 minutes)
Recycling & Other Markets for Waste Ag Films & Other Plastics Session III-A. Monday 2:45-4:15p Moderator: Lois Levitan Recycling Ag Plastics Project, Department of Communication, Cornell University	Overview of Marketing Options and Constraints Lois Levitan, Recycling Ag Plastics Project, Cornell (20 minutes) Agri-Plas Facilities and Markets (PDF) Dari and Allen Jongsma, Agri-Plas, Keizer, Oregon (20 minutes) Re-Manufacturing of Waste Ag Films and Rigid Plastics (PDF) Chris Brough, IntegriCo Composites (20 minutes) Converting Plastic Waste-to-Fuel (PDF) John Campbell, Safety and Environmental Systems Inc., distributor for Waste Technologies for Asia (20 minutes) Discussion: Developing Markets (10 minutes + Poster Sessions)
ReOrganizing the Regulatory Agenda for Pesticides & Water Quality: Where are the States & EPA Headed? Session I-B. Monday 10:15-11:45a Moderator: Jack Peterson, Environmental Services Division, Arizona Department of Agriculture and President, Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)	New Policy Context and the Resulting Relationships between States and Federal Agencies, from SFIREG and State (MN) Perspectives (PDF) Joe Zachmann, Minnesota Dept Agriculture and Chair, SFIREG Water Quality/Pesticide Disposal Working Committee (30 minutes) Idaho Groundwater Protection Program and Planned Surface Water Protection Program (PDF) Gary Bahr, Water Quality Section Manager, Idaho State Department of Agriculture (20 minutes) Industry Perspective on Pesticide and Water Quality Issues (PDF) Brian Christensen, BCC, Inc. (20 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes)
Responses by Regulators, Communities and Lawmakers to Pesticide Poisoning Session I-A. Monday 10:15-11:45a Moderator: Lois Levitan, Environmental Risk Analysis Program, Cornell University	Exposure to Agricultural Pesticide Drift in California: Putting the Numbers into a Social Context (PDF) Jill Harrison, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (25 minutes) New California Law Requiring Violators to Pay Uncompensated Medical Costs for Victims of Nonoccupational Pesticide Drift (PDF) Regina Sarracino, California Dept of Pesticide Regulation (25 min) Community Air Monitoring for Airborne Pesticide Drift (PDF) Susan E. Kegley, Senior Scientist, Pesticide Action Network, North America (PANNA); Katherine T. Mills, and Karl Tupper, PANNA (25 minutes) Discussion
Stabilizing Pesticide Container Recycling in the United States Session VI-A. Tuesday 1:45-3:15p Moderator: Don Bradley, Murray Equipment, Inc.	EPA's Proposed Container Recycling Rule: Objectives, Status, Issues at Stake (PDF) Jeanne Kasai and Nancy Fitz, US EPA OPP (30 minutes) ACRC: Improving Sustainability of Container Recovery (PDF) Ron Perkins, Executive Director, Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) (15 minutes) Implications of the Proposed EPA Rule from Vantage of a non-ACRC Pesticide Container Recycling Program Scott McKinnie, President, Far West Agribusiness Assoc. (10 min) Montana Leonard J. Berry, Pesticide Program Manager, Montana Dept Agriculture (10 minutes) Idaho (PDF) Gary Bahr and Vic Mason, Idaho Dept Agriculture (10 minutes) Discussion: Stabilizing Container Recycling (15 minutes)
Stewardship Directions for Reducing Pesticide Spray Drift Session II-A. Monday 1-2:30p Moderator: Carol Ramsay, Pesticide Education Specialist, Washington State University	EPA's Plans for Testing Drift Reduction Technologies in 2007 (PDF) Jay Ellenberger, US EPA FEAD (15 minutes) JABR and Farmscan—How Industry Moves to Meet the Needs of the Times (Online Presentation) Rhett Heffernan, Combined Airwork, Australia (15 minutes) Are Label Restrictions and State Regulations Deterring Ingenuity? (PDF) Will Smart, Greenleaf Technologies, Covington, Louisiana (15 min) AAPCO Pesticide Drift Enforcement Survey & Related State Regulatory Issues (PDF) <http://aapco.ceris.purdue.edu/htm/survey.htm> Dave Scott, AAPCO Repres., Indiana State Chemist Office (15 min) Label Language and Product Stewardship (PDF) Brian Bret, State Regulatory Manager, Dow AgroSciences (10 min)
Trends in Pesticide Packaging: a safety & waste minimization issue Session V-A. Tuesday 10:15-11:45a Moderator: Don Mullins, Dept of Entomology, Virginia Tech	Economics of Pesticide Packaging and Implications for Recycling (PDF) Don Bradley, Murray Equipment, Inc. (25 minutes) Novel Ideas in Pesticide Packaging (PDF) Darryl Meade, Engineer, Dupont Crop Protection Products (15 min) Custom Mixing/Closed Systems: Bid Prices, Time Study/Worker Exposure; Environmental Risk (PDF) Rick Miller, Dow AgroSciences (15 minutes) Business Decisions Regarding Pesticide Packaging (PDF) Scott Schertz, Schertz Aerial Service Inc., Hudson, IL (15 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes)
TPSA’s Future: Building Bridges Internationally, Becoming a Global Stewardship Organization Breakfast Roundtable Tuesday 7:15-8:15a	Discuss the vision and action steps needed for TPSA to fully become an international pesticide stewardship organization. Moderator: Don Mullins, TPSA Board Member
TPSA’s Future: Help TPSA Select Key Projects for 2007! Breakfast Roundtable Wednesday 7:15-8:15a	TPSA is a young organization and still a small one, but its agenda is potentially infinite. Discuss priorities and strategic objectives. Look at results of the TPSA Projects 2007 survey. Moderators: Carol Ramsay, TPSA President 2006 and Lois Levitan, Board Member
Abbreviations Used in the Program: AAPCO: Association of American Pesticide Control Officials FEAD: Field and External Affairs division of US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act IHPA: PANNA: Pesticide Action Network, North America SFIREG: State-FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, a network of state officials interested in Federal/State "co-regulation" of pesticides under FIFRA TPSA: The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance US DOT: United States Department of Transportation US EPA OPP: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs VOC: Volatile Organic Emissions

Posters

Management and Destruction of Obsolete Pesticides in Pilot Oblasts of Ukraine (Cherkassy and Lviv Oblast). Author: Victoria Lokhanska.
Principal objectives of this project are to (i) develop clear recommendations for owners of small stocks of obsolete pesticides (OP), and to estimate the entire work chain—from entering to the complete cleaning; (ii) search for the safest and most financially reasonable means for disposal of obsolete pesticides; (iii) conduct research on the remediation of soils polluted with pesticides; and (iv) develop proposals to prevent accumulation of obsolete pesticides and improve the post-registration stewardship of pesticides. The project is a three-year collaboration funded by the US Department of State that includes the US EPA (Sponsor and partner), the Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (Coordinator), Institute of Organic Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine (Organization-executor), Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Oil Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine (Organization-executor), and the National Agricultural University (Organization-executor). Project Manager is Dr. Victoria Lokhanska. (Proj. Р-169, Р-169a, Aug 2004-Aug 2007).

Minimizing Off-Target Methyliothiocyanate Emissions Through Application Technology. Authors: Vince Hebert, WSU, and Jim Ossman, Western Farm Service.
A best management practice (BMP) center pivot chemigation was compared to a BMP soil-incorporated shank injection at similar applications rates for potato field fumigation using Sectagon 42 (42% metam sodium).   Air emissions of methylisothiocyanate (MITC) were monitored near-field.  Emission results from shank injection show a ten-fold decrease in MITC during application and a four-fold reduction through four days post-application when compared to center-pivot chemigation.

Obsolete pesticides (OP) identification. OP residue in soil.
Authors: Dr. S. Melnychuk, Dr. V. Lokhanska, Dr. Y. Baranov, Dr. V. Tsvilichovskiy, Mrs. O. Zemtsova, Mrs. O. Skripnik, Mr. E. Zhuk, Mr. V. Pavlinchuk.
Results from the identification of obsolete pesticides, their residues and fate in soil (OP horizontal and vertical mobility) are presented. This work was conducted as part of Project Р-169, Р-169a—Management and Destruction of Obsolete Pesticides in Pilot Oblasts of Ukraine (Cherkassy and Lviv Oblast)—a three-year collaborative effort funded by the US Department of State.

Obsolete Pesticides in Europe and Western Asia.
Map developed by PSE, the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.

US Department of Transportation/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (US DOT/PHMSA). Author: Patricio Romero.
To enhance regulatory compliance, enforcement uniformity, and emergency preparedness through development and dissemination of training, technical assistance, and information initiatives that address the hazardous materials transportation safety concerns of management, technical, and operations personnel.

Using Plant Injury Indices and Air/Deposition to Assess 2,4-D Off-Target Movement in the Pacific Northwest USA. Authors: Vince Hebert, Gail Amos, Jane LePage, and Ken Holshue.
Describes a regional air/plant monitoring program initiated in the spring of 2003 to better understand potential sources of the widely-used cereal-grain herbicide 2,4-D to nearby wine vineyards in the Walla-Walla Valley.

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