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Development of a Comprehensive Agricultural - Air Pollution Issues Research Program

Development of a Comprehensive Agricultural - Air Pollution Issues Research Program. A discussion item for the Policy Committee Recommended by the San Joaquin Valley APCD. Current Status. Agricultural air pollution research is being conducted by a variety of agencies and groups

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Development of a Comprehensive Agricultural - Air Pollution Issues Research Program

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  1. Development of a Comprehensive Agricultural - Air Pollution Issues Research Program A discussion item for the Policy Committee Recommended by the San Joaquin Valley APCD

  2. Current Status • Agricultural air pollution research is being conducted by a variety of agencies and groups • There is no master plan for research, with projects conducted as topics are identified • Without development of a master plan, projects are approved only by their individual merit and may leave unanswered questions that could have been included in project design

  3. Policy Committee Approach • The Policy Committee has previously developed master programs for ozone and particulate studies (SJVAQS, CCOS and CRPAQS – including agricultural projects) • The designs for these studies provided sound scientific basis for decision making with research that supports regulatory processes • A similar program design process should be commissioned for future research for agricultural - air pollution issues

  4. Project Scope • Established by the Policy Committee • Include goals for future dairy, poultry, and conservation management practice research • Provide a framework for identification and prioritization of new projects (subject to amendment for legal issues or improved knowledge)

  5. Collaborative Prioritization Steps • Identify items (VOCs or processes) that various stakeholders believe are missing, or can be validated, updated, or improved. • Jointly prioritize those items for further study. • Identify from our list of priorities those projects that are, or can be, addressed by research already being considered or performed. • In order of jointly established priority, design and schedule research and testing for the balance of issues.

  6. Further Details for Dairy Research

  7. Common Goal • Start with acknowledgement of common goal: all parties want improvements to the dairy emission factor in a way that has the greatest possible chance of universal acceptance (and sooner is better than later). • To do that, we should collaboratively develop and finance a universally accepted approach to improving and validating the current dairy emission factor through a comprehensive research and testing program.

  8. Follow Steps for Collaborative Prioritization • Identify items (VOCs or processes) that various stakeholders believe are missing, or can be validated, updated, or improved. • Jointly prioritize those items for further study. • Identify from our list of priorities those projects that are, or can be, addressed by research already being considered or performed. • In order of jointly established priority, design and schedule research and testing for the balance of issues.

  9. Issues and Concerns • Test methods must be validated to avoid disagreements over results as experienced from previous tests. (lab and field spikes and blanks, etc.) • Should be a negotiated package of testing (jointly prioritize desired tests) • Test locations must be validated to meet goals of the testing plan (facilities and footprints, selection of testing for maximum , minimum, or normal condition)

  10. Issues and Concerns (continued) • Must address absence of data in several areas (several key chemicals and dairy processes), as detailed in District emission factor report. • All future research testing needs to be performed with a high level of oversight, as occurs with regulatory source tests, to maximize collective confidence in results. • Must avoid atypical practices (e.g. scraping of manure, lowering of lagoon levels) to assure that tests document normal conditions and do not raise questions for data use or validity.

  11. Process Addressing preceding concerns before we proceed further with designing and analyzing specific plans for testing will help ensure that the eventual data is acceptable to everyone involved. A comprehensive plan is the proper path to reach our common goal.

  12. Recommendation: Request Policy Committee authorize development of a master plan for agricultural – air pollution research Questions?

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