Policy Amendments & Action Items for Member Consideration 2016 NASDA Winter Policy Conference
Policy Amendments #
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Submitted By
Section to be Amended
Secretary Lucas Lentsch, South Dakota; Commissioner Lorraine Merrill, New Hampshire; Secretary Jeff Witte, New 10.3 Agricultural Mexico; Commissioner Workforce Mike Strain, Louisiana; Commissioner Hugh Weathers, South Carolina Commissioner Mike 10. Agriculture Strain, Louisiana Infrastructure Director Jim Barbee, 7.1 and 7.2 Conservation Nevada Commissioner Lorraine 12. Financial Security Merrill, New Hampshire Director Jamie Clover Adams, Michigan; 17. Key Principles of a Director Greg Ibach, Cooperative Relationship Nebraska Commissioner Sandy 7.5 Water Quality Adams, Virginia
Rural Development & Financial Security Natural Resources & Environment Rural Development & Financial Security
Updating text to remove non-policy language
Amanda Culp
Member Policy Dialogue
Water Quality policy rewrite and update
Nathan Bowen
Natural Resources & Environment
Agriculture Infrastructure chapter rewrite and update Conservation policy rewrite and update Financial Security policy rewrite and update
Update and rewrite grazing and rangeland policy, Britt add fire management and western agriculture Aasmundstad language. Dudley Biotechnology policy update and rewrite Hoskins/ Amanda Culp
Policy Amendments & Action Items for Member Consideration 2016 NASDA Winter Policy Conference
Action Items #
Submitted By
Title
Description
Staff Lead
Committee Referral
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Secretary Jeff Witte, New Mexico
Expansion of EPA WaterSense
Encourages Congressional action to authorize EPA’s WaterSense Program
Nathan Bowen
Natural Resources & Environment
B
Director Richard Fordyce, Missouri
FSMA Training for Nongrade “A” Dairy
Bob Ehart
Food Regulation
C
Commissioner Gary Black, Georgia
Quail as an Amenable Species
Bob Ehart
Food Regulation
D
Secretary Douglas Fisher, New Jersey
APHIS Approval of Biological Controls
Dudley Hoskins
Plant Agriculture & Pesticide Regulation
E
Director Greg Ibach, Nebraska; Director Richard Fordyce, Missouri
Support of the TransPacific Partnership
Urges Congress to swiftly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
Nathan Bowen
Marketing & International Trade
F
Director Katy Coba, Oregon
NASDA’s Enhanced Role Vis-à-vis FSMA Implementation
Additional collaboration between state and federal partners to implement FSMA
Bob Ehart
Food Regulation
G
PENDING
FDA’s Use of Private Laboratories
FDA’s Use of Private Laboratories
Bob Ehart
Food Regulation
Requests FDA to expedite training for dairy regulators if FSMA inspection of non-grade “A” products is delegated to state departments of agriculture Urges USDA to add quail to the list of amenable species under the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act NASDA urges USDA APHIS to expedite the permitting process for biological control agents of weeds