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FRRCC January 2024, Meeting Agenda

U.S. EPA Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee

Meeting Agenda | January 30-31, 2024

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Time	Topic
1:30 – 1:40 pm	Meeting Opening and Welcome Remarks Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC Rod Snyder, Agriculture Advisor to the Administrator, EPA Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA
1:40 – 1:45 pm	Roll Call Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC
1:45 – 2:00 pm	New Mexico Tour Highlights and Discussion Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC
2:00 – 2:15 pm	Update on FRRCC Animal Agriculture Water Quality (AAWQ) Subcommittee Rod Snyder, Agriculture Advisor to the Administrator, EPA Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA Mae Wu, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, EPA
2:15 – 3:15 pm	Climate and Water Quality Co-benefits EPA 319 nonpoint source grant program Katie Flahive, EPA Office of Water USDA-NRCS climate-smart agriculture funding through IRA Martin Lowenfish, NRCS Branch Chief for Areawide Planning
3:15 – 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm	FRRCC Ad Hoc Workgroup Status Reports Water, Energy & Climate Nexus – Michael Crowder Climate Mitigation, Resilience & Adaptation – James Pritchett Climate Finance, Social Inclusion & Technical Assistance – Chantel Simpson
4:45 – 5:15 pm	Committee Discussion Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC
5:15 – 5:30 pm	Wrap up and Day One Adjourns Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Time	Topic
8:00 – 8:15 am	Call to Order, Roll Call of Committee Members Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA
8:15 – 9:30 am	Role of Innovation in Technology in Climate-Smart Agriculture Drones / UAVs Amy Blankinship and Katrina White, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFED) Gene Editing, Biopesticides & emerging technologies Rubella Goswami, USDA NIFA, Director for the Plant Protection Division Mike Mendelsohn, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) Emerging Technologies Branch
9:30 – 10:15 am	Solar Siting Considerations Ethan Winter, American Farmland Trust, National Smart Solar Director Samantha Levy, American Farmland Trust, Conservation and Climate Policy Manager Rusty Rumley, National Agricultural Law Center, Senior Staff Attorney Aliza Drewes, USDA Rural Utilities Service, Senior Advisor
10:15 – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 – 10:45 am	Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Report Sara Ohrel, EPA Climate Change Division
10:45 – 11:15 am	Status of Biofuels Tax Credits in the Inflation Reduction Act Benjamin Hengst, EPA Deputy Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality
11:15 – 12:00 pm	Rural Equity and Technical Assistance Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Patricia Sullivan, NMSU Associate Dean for Outreach & Recruitment Rural Partners Network updates Michael Rivera, New Mexico USDA Rural Development
12:00 – 12:15 pm	Break
12:15 - 2:15 pm	Working Lunch: Discussion and Consideration of Workgroup Recommendations Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA
2:15 – 2:45 pm	Public Comment Session
2:45 – 3:00 pm	Wrap Up, Closing Remarks and Meeting Adjourns Beth Sauerhaft, Chair, FRRCC Rod Snyder, Agriculture Advisor to the Administrator, EPA Venus Welch-White, FRRCC DFO, EPA

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