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2010 SPRING MEETING

March 1 - 3

Hyatt Regency Crystal City

2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

We may have re-named it, but it's still the informative and insightful meeting you've all come to love!  Below is the Spring 2010 agenda which will be updated regularly over the coming weeks - so keep checking back!  All times are tentative and subject to change. 

Monday, March 1st

9:00 - 11:00 AM  Executive Committee Meeting

12:00 - 3:30 PM  Board of Directors Meeting

4:00 - 6:00 PM   General Session

4:00 - 4:05  Welcome - Sue Ferenc, CPDA President

4:05 - 4:35  Transparency and TSCA Reform - Steve Owens, OPPTS, Assistant Administrator, EPA

4:35 - 5:05  OMB and PRA - Rick Belzer, Ph. D., Regulatory Checkbook

5:05 - 5:15  State of the Association - Jim Wissmiller, CPDA Chairman of the Board

5:15 - 6:00  Reports from CPDA Committees

  Scott Pace, Regulatory Committee

  Carmine Sesa, Legislative Committee

  Joe Gednalski, Adjuvants and Inerts Committee

  Bill Spencer, Membership and Communications

6:00 - 7:30 PM  Welcoming Reception and Trade Show

Tuesday, March 2nd

8:30 - 9:15 AM  Legislative Committee Meeting (Open to all)

9:15 - 11:15 AM  Legislative Issues Program

9:15  - 9:30  Welcome and Introduction - Carmine Sesa

9:30 - 10:15  ESA and the 111th Congress - David Weinberg, Wiley Rein, LLP

10:15 - 11:15  Legislative Issues for the 111th Congress

12:00 - 1:30 PM  PAC Lunch at Sonoma's Restaurant and Wine Bar

Guest Speakers:  Julie Anna Potts, Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Committee

Bart Kemp, Senior Counsel, Senate Ag Committee

2:00 - 5:30 PM  Capitol Hill Visits (CPDA Members Only)

5:30 - 7:00 PM  CPDA Congressional Reception

       Committee on Agriculture Hearing Room

       1300 Longworth House Office Building

       (Travel back to the hotel on your own)

Wednesday, March 3rd

7:30 - 8:30 AM  Regulatory Committee Meeting (Open to all)

8:30 - 12:00 PM  Regulatory Issues Program

8:30 - 8:45  Welcome and Introduction - Scott Pace

8:45 - 9:15  Overview of Office of Pesticide Program Initiatives - Steve Bradbury, Acting Director, OPP, EPA

9:15 - 10:00  Regulatory Initiatives and Policy - Marty Monell, Deputy Director, OPP, EPA

10:00 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 10:45  Updates: Web-Distributed Labeling, NPDES - Bill Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor, OPP, EPA

10:45 - 11:15  EDSP Update - Karen Whitby, EPA

                         Future EDSP Activities - Gary Timm, EPA

11:15 - 11:40  State Issues: Web-Distributed Labeling, NPDES Permits, NAFTA Labels - Jim Gray, Department of Agriculture, North Dakota

11:45 - 12:05  USDA Initiatives of Importance to Agricultural Chemical Registrants - Teung Chin, USDA

12:05 - 1:30 PM  Lunch on your own

2:00 - 4:00 PM  EPA Meetings (CPDA Members Only)