Hearing of the Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee

Regarding air quality issues relating to the agricultural industry

9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, 1997

Panel #1 - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Mr. Paul Johnson, Chief

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Accompanied by:

Dr. Keith Saxton, Research Engineer

Agricultural Research Service

Mr. George Bluhm, National Meteorologist

Designated Federal Official for the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Dr. John McClelland, Associate Director

Office of Energy and New Uses

Economic Research Service

Panel #2

Dr. Robert Flocchini, Professor of Resource Science

University of California at Davis

Dr. Calvin Parnell, Professor of Agricultural Engineering

Texas A&M University

Dr. Wayne Coates, Professor, Office of Arid Lands Studies

University of Arizona

Mr. Emmett Barker, President and CEO

Equipment Manufacturers Institute

Panel #3

Mr. Roger Isom, Director of Technical Services

California Cotton Ginners and Growers Assn.