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Regional Program Priority
Issue Areas
Regional Initiatives
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Meeting Agenda
& List of Attendees:
Agenda
Meeting
Attendees
Meeting Overview:
Approximately 70 Land Grant University faculty members and
administrators, management and staff from EPA and other federal
and state agencies and faculty from other academic institutions
met at EPA Region 2 in New York City for the annual conference
of the USDA Regional Water Coordination Program. The purpose
of the event was to explore water resource issues and workable
solutions, drawing on the collective capabilities of the program
partners and other involved organization. The USDA program,
established in 2001 and operated in close coordination with
EPA Region 2, provides a forum for faculty from the regional
Land Grant institutions and other universities to share information
on current research, education and extension with other professionals,
and develop collaborative projects aimed at solving water
quality issues affecting our region. The USDA Regional Water
Coordination Program, a partnership between Cornell University,
Rutgers University, the University of Puerto Rico and the
University of the Virgin Islands, is coterminous with EPA
Region 2, covering the geographic area of New Jersey, New
York, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
The event kicked off with presentations by EPA, USDA and
Rutgers University administration on the importance of university
and agency partnership to effectively manage water resources.
This was followed by working sessions convened around three
initiatives of the regional
program: Animal Waste Management for Small Farms; Onsite Wastewater
Management; and Water Quality Trading. Presenters, panelists
and the group at large discussed challenges, work to date
and the next steps needed in each initiative area. The conference
also included a session presented by EPA Region 2 and the
Office of Research and Development staff, profiling research
coordination between the EPA headquarters' Office of Research
and Development, the regional offices and the academic community.
This session included presentations on EPA watershed and related
programs, highlighting the research and educational components
of these initiatives.
In opening the event, Jeffrey Potent, the USDA Regional
Water Coordination Program Coordinator, emphasized that although
the prime focus of the event was to address priority water
quality issues identified by regional program partners, an
important underlying purpose was to profile in each issue
area the role that can be played by the universities. For
example, in the case of water quality trading, the universities
are beginning to help engage and build trust among stakeholders,
assess trading feasibility, and aid in the design, implementation
and evaluation of trading programs.
Over the coming months, the regional program team will use
the knowledge gained and the contacts made during the annual
conference to refine existing endeavors and begin work in
emerging program areas.
Daily
Summaries:
Day
1
Day 2
Action Items:
Water
Quality Trading Regional Initiative
Decentralized
Wastewater Treatment System Management Regional Initiative
Small
Farm Animal Waste Management Regional Initiative
The following presentations
were given at the Annual Meeting:
Opening
Session:
Opening
Remarks
Kevin Bricke, USEPA Region 2
CSREES' "Road
Map" for Water Resources Research, Education, and Extension
Michael P. O'Neill, USDA CSREES Naqtional Program Leader for
Water Quality
Water Quality Trading Regional
Initiative:
Water
Quality Trading - The Opportunities, The Challenges
Ginny Kibler, USEPA Region 2
Development
of a Water Quality Trading Program in the Passaic Basin
Christopher Obropta, Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension,
Water Resources Program
Assume You
Have a Market...
Greg Poe & Richard Boisvert, Cornell University
Emerging Opportunities for
Research, Education and Extension to Support Watershed Management
- An EPA Region 2 Perspective:
Developing Partnerships
to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Frederick Luckey, USEPA Region 2
Puerto
Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Watershed Stewardship Initiative
(PRASA-WSI)
Antony Tseng, USEPA
Stormwater Best
Management Practices
Thomas P. O'Connor, USEPA Office of Research and Development
Opportunities
for Collaboration on Research, Education, and Extension in
the Peconic Estuary System
Richard Balla, USEPA Region 2
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
System Management Regional Initiative:
On-Site
Wastewater Treatment - A Regional Effort
Deborah Grantham, Cornell University
Professional/Practitioner
Educational Needs & Research Opportunities
Kitt Farrell-Poe, University of Arizona
University/USEPA
Partnerships to Support the EPA Decentralized Wastewater Strategy
Joyce Hudson, USEPA Office of Wastewater Management
Small Farm Animal Waste Management
Regional Initiative:
Animal Waste Management
in Small Farms
Rafael Davila, University of Puerto Rico
Environmental
Management Challenges on Small Animal Farms
Monique Purcell, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Farming with the
Environment
Jeff Ten Eyck, New York State Department of Agriculture and
Markets
Issues Small
Animal Farms are Facing with Regard to Nutrient Management
Marie Banasiak, Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension
of Salem County
Balancing
Factors into a CNMP
Daniel Briggs, Dairy Nutrition, Inc.
Rutgers Equine
Model Farm - A BMP Demonstration Center
Christopher Obropta, Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension,
Water Resources Program
Associated Meetings & Tours:
Several meetings and tours were conducted
in coordination with the annual conference, including meetings
on Great Lakes research and next steps for onsite wastewater
management. Tours were conducted of the Onsite Wastewater
Management Training Center and demonstration sites operated
by the University of Rhode Island and, in New York City, of
the Solaire, the first environmentally sustainable residential
high-rise in the United States.
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