EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Enforcement
& Compliance Assurance
Washington, DC 20460
EPA305-F-00-007
August 2000
www.epa.gov
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                                                      Ag  Center
                                                             Helping Agriculture Comply with
                                                             Environmental Requirements
        FOCUS    ON
                Agriculture  Compliance
                Assistance  Project:
                General Agriculture
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The project will
develop materials
and other tools to
help producers use
common-sense,
cost-effective
approaches to
meeting
environmental
requirements.
Materials to be
developed may
include fact sheets,
audiovisual aids,
guides, checklists,
and handbooks.
The nationwide team of project
participants will work closely with the
Ag Center and CSREES to increase
growers' understanding of the principles
of environmental management and to
foster compliance with environmental
requirements that affect U.S.
agriculture.


Project objectives
The objectives of the project are to help
producers
•   understand which environmental
    requirements may affect them
•   assess their potential contributions
    to pollution of air,  groundwater, and
    surface water
•   access resources that will help them
    assess and reduce potential
    violations of environmental and
    health standards, both on  and off
    their farms
•   comply with environmental
    requirements in a cost-effective way.


Resources
Experts in this area will lead the effort to
gather and develop material on various
aspects of environmental requirements,
environmental compliance, pollution
prevention, and pollution mitigation.
The materials will be pilot-tested
nationwide. A nationwide distribution
plan for these materials is also part of
the project.
The specialists will also help build a
national library of existing materials and
technologies for use in helping
producers achieve compliance with
environmental requirements.
A third resource to be developed is an
up-to-date list of experts who can
provide assistance in various
environmental compliance areas.


Training programs
The project includes development of
training programs for the agricultural
community's information providers —
extension personnel, agrichemical
retailers, agricultural consultants, NRCS
district conservationists, and state/tribal
water quality personnel. The model
training packages will be designed for
easy inclusion of state and tribal
regulations and concerns.


Cooperators
•   North Carolina State University
    (project lead)
•   California Polytechnic State
    University
•   Cornell University
•   North Carolina A&T State
    University
•   University of North Carolina,
    Chapel Hill
•   Purdue University
                          Ag Center Fact Sheet Series
                          Compliance Assistance/EPA/USDA National Projects/Agriculture Compliance Assistance
                          Project: General Agriculture
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                        USDA/EPA contacts
                        •   Denis Ebodaghe
                            National Program Leader-Small
                            Farms, USDA, Mail Stop 2220,
                            Washington, DC 20250-2220
                            Telephone: 202-401-4385
                            E-mail: debodaghe(5)reeusda.gov
The Ag Center
welcomes
comments on this
document and its
other services.
 *   National Program Leader-Pesticide
    Applicator Training, USDA Mail
    Stop 2220
    Washington, DC 20250-2220

 •   Ginah Mortensen
    Director, EPA National Agriculture
    Compliance Assistance Center
    Telephone: 1-888-663-2155
    E-mail: mortensen.ginah@epa.gov


For more information
You can get more facts about
compliance by calling the Ag Center's
toll-free number. Materials can be sent
to you by fax or mail, or you can talk to
an Ag Center representative. For a list
of all publications available from the Ag
Center, request document number
10001, "Ag Center Publications."   •
                         National Agriculture Compliance
                         Assistance Center
                         901 N. 5th Street
                         Kansas City, KS 66101

                         Toll-free:   1-888-663-2155
                         Internet:    www.epa.gov/oeca/ag
                         Fax:        913-551-7270

                                 United States Environmental
                                 Protection Agency
                                 Washington, DC 20460
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