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Meeting with WA State Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Wednesday March 1 2017 Al Alm Conference Room EPA Headquarters
EPA Staff from the Office of the Administrator:
Don Benton
Layne Bangerter
Patrick Davis
Lena Ferris
WA State Farm Bureau Participants:
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Bradley
HAbennas
Seren
Janie
Mckay
reinder
Dale
Cordes
WX
Sam
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Don Benton began the meeting with a series of opening remarks focused on the below themes:
The new Administration is committed to a transparent and inclusive way of moving forward.
The new Administration recognizes that farmers are stewards and conservationists as their
livelihood is based on a healthy environment and therefore farmers and ranchers already come
with an understanding and an inherit desire to protect the environment.
The new Administration is committed to developing new relationships between EPA and the
agricultural community; a relationship based on partnerships not on regulations and enforcement.
The new Administration will be appointing many new political appointees to help implement this
new relationship between EPA and the agricultural community. 10 new RA's will be appointed
and thousands of other positions across the Administration.
Our goal is to help farmers comply with the law in a way that make sense.
Discussed the role of EPA's Farm Ranch and Rural Communities FACA Committee and
opportunities for new membership in the next few months.
Don also indicated that he has already talked to the Dairy Federation regarding issues related to
the Yakima Valley nitrates and understands this is a real concern for the WA State Dairies.
Source: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/pybn0226

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