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ORF - Daily Reading File -North Carolina's Research Triangle region is a thriving hub of
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Apiary Inspectors of America
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Iowa Laboratory Facility 2230 South Ankeny Boulevard, Des Moines, IA
50023
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Apiary Inspectors of America, 2014

Investigation of Environmental Exposures of Honey Bees to Pesticides

Author: AIA Resolutions Committee

The Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA} exists for the purpose of protecting the health and welfare of honey bee
colonies in the United States. There is continued concern among beekeepers, researchers and the general
public regarding potential impacts of pesticides on honey bee health.
Be it resolved that the AIA, at its annual meeting on January 11, 2014 requests that the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) conduct monitoring for the presence and levels of pesticides, including neonicotinoids,
in water sources, vegetation and other identified potential routes of exposure to honey bees.
Be it further resolved that this environmental monitoring should be done through regulatory agencies at the
federal or state level.
Be it further resolved that the EPA consult with State Apiarists or apiculturists in an advisory role in determining
the potential routes of exposure of honey bees to pesticides.

Audience:

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Copy to:

Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists

2014 RESOLUTIONS

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U.S. Department of State

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ONGOING EVENTS
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4th Meeting of the International Contact Group on Central African

Republic, Brazzaville

Feb3

PS Meeting, Geneva

Feb 3-4

PS Meeting on Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) Group of

Government Experts (GGE), Geneva

Feb 3-5*

Visit of President Nishani of Albania to Washington

Feb 3-6

Visit of Attorney General Holder to Sweden and Poland

Feb 3-7

Visit of Secretary of Commerce Pritzker to Mexico

Feb 4-6

G-6 Ministerial Meeting, Krakow

Feb 4-6

Mayors Summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,

Johannesburg

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Visit of President Martelly of Haiti to Washington

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Visit of Foreign Minister Dussey of Togo to Washington

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National Prayer Breakfast, Washington

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G-8 Sherpas Meeting, Moscow

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Visit of Prime Minister Dacie of Serbia to Washington and New York

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Visit of Foreign Minister Kishida of Japan to Washington

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2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi

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Visit of King Abdullah II of Jordan to Washington and California

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UN Convention on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna

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Visit of President Hollande of France to Washington

Feb 11-14

1st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory

Council (ABAC) Meeting, Auckland

Feb 12-13

Preparatory Session and Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade,

London

Feb 15-28

1st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials'

Meeting (SOM 1)and Related Meetings, Ningbo, China

Feb 18*

Visit of Foreign Minister Almagro of Uruguay to Washington

Feb 18

P5 + Iran Talks, Vienna

Feb 19

Visit of President Obama to Mexico

Feb 19

North American Leaders' Summit, Toluca, Mexico

Feb 22-23

G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting,

Sydney

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Visit of Foreign Minister Burkhalter of Switzerland to Washington

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World Ocean Summit, San Francisco

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Visit of Foreign Minister Holguin of Colombia to Washington

Feb 28*

U.S.-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue (HLPD),

Washington

Mar3-4

G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpas Meeting, Moscow

Mar 3-4

High Level Segment of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),

Geneva

Mar 3-7

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors,

Vienna

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UN Human Rights Council 25th Session, Geneva

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Ministerial Conference on International Support to Libya, Rome

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Presidential Elections in El Salvador-2nd Round

Mar9

Legislative Elections in Colombia

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Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), Vienna

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Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Guinea-Bissau

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Visit ofTaoiseach Kenny of Ireland to Washington

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G-8 Sherpas Meeting, Saint Petersburg

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Nuclear Security Summit, The Hague

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Visit of President Obama to the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy

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U.S.-EU Summit, Brussels

Mar 27-28

2nd G-20 Sherpa Meeting, Uluru, Australia

Mar 31-Apr 4

International Conference on the Prevention of Genocides, Brussels

Apr 1-2

NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Brussels

Apr 1-3

World Economic Forum on Latin America, Panama

Apr 5 (T)

Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan

Apr 5-11

World Urban Forum, Medellin

Apr6

Presidential Elections in Costa Rica-2nd Round (if needed)

Apr9

Parliamentary Elections in Indonesia

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G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting,

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G-8 Finance Ministerial Meeting, Washington

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Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

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G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpas Meeting, Moscow

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World Economic Forum on Europe, MENA and Eurasia, Istanbul

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G-8 Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Moscow

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G-8 Sherpas Meeting, Moscow

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Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth,
The Hague

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting,

New York

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2nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory

Council (ABAC) Meeting, Santiago

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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Ministerial (MCM), Paris

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Meeting (SOM 2)and Related Meetings, Qingdao, China

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World Economic Forum on Africa, Abuja

May8

Presidential Inauguration in Costa Rica

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Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),

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6th World Health Assembly, Geneva

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Economy Forum, Beijing

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World Economic Forum on East Asia, Manila

May 22-25

European Union Parliamentary Elections

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May25

Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania

May25

Presidential Elections in Colombia

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13th Annual Shangri-La Dialogue-USS Asia Security Summit,

Singapore

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International Oceans Conference, Washington

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G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpas Meeting, Sochi

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors

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Jun 3-5

Organization of American States (OAS) 44th Regular General

Assembly, Asuncion

Jun3

G-8 Political Directors Meeting, Sochi

Jun 4-5

G-8 Summit, Sochi

Jun 15

Presidential Elections in Colombia-2"d Round

Jun 23-24

3rd G-20 Sherpa Meeting, Melbourne

Jun 25

NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Brussels

Jun29

National Municipal Elections in Senegal

Jul 7-10

3rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory

Council (ABAC) Meeting, United States

Jul 9

Presidential Elections in Indonesia

Aug2-3

ASEAN Regional Forum, U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial and

Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meetings, Naypyitaw, Burma

Aug4-19

3rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials'

Meeting (SOM 3)and Related Meetings, Harbin, China

Aug 5-6*

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Washington

Aug7

Presidential Inauguration in Colombia

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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Ministerial,

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NATO Summit, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Sept 5

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium

Enterprises Ministerial, Nanjing; China

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Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Tianjin, PRC

Sept 12

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministerial,

Hong Kong

Sept 15-19

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors

(BOG) Meeting, Vienna

Sept 18

Referendum on Scottish Independence

Sept 18-19

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security

Ministerial, Beijing

Sept 20-21

G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting,

Cairns

Sept 22-26

International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, Vienna

Sept 25-26

4th G-20 Sherpa Meeting, Canberra

Sept 28-30

World Economic Forum on Europe, MENA and Eurasia, Istanbul

OctTBD

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting,

Beijing

Oct 4-10

World Space Week

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Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Brazil

Oct5

Legislative Elections in Bolivia

Oct5

Legislative Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Oct 5-8

4th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory

Council (ABAC) Meeting, Beijing

Oct 10*

G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting,

Washington

Oct 10-12*

Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the

World Bank Group, Washington

Oct 14

Legislative Elections in Liberia

Oct 15

Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Mozambique

Oct26

Presidential (1st Round) and Parliamentary Elections in Uruguay

NovTBD

Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon

NovTBD

National Elections in Namibia

Nov 13-15

G-20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Brisbane

Nov 15-16

G-20 Australia Summit, Brisbane

Nov 11

Legislative Elections in Tonga

Nov30

Presidential Elections in Uruguay-2d Round

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NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Brussels

Dec 2-5

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Ministerial Council Meeting, Basel

Dec 5-7

10th Manama Dialogue-USS Regional Security Summit, Manama

Feb 14

Presidential and Legislative Elections in Nigeria

Mar29

Presidential Elections in Ukraine

Apr 17-19*

Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International

Monetary Fund, Washington

May 1-0ct 31

Milan Expo 2015, Milan

May7

Parliamentary Elections in the United Kingdom

Sept 13

Presidential and Legislative Elections in Guatemala

Oct 9-11

Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International

Monetary Fund, Lima

Oct 19

Parliamentary Elections in Canada

Nov20

Presidential Elections in Belarus

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Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

116 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2901

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Administrator Gina McCarthy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
5 post Office Square - Suite I 00
Boston, MA 02109-3912
Secretary Tom Vilsack
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
Dear Administrator McCarthy and Secretary Vilsack,
Thank you for continuing to communicate and work collaboratively with Vermont as we
restore the health of one of our State's most valuable natural resources. Vermont land owners,
businesses and municipalities at the local and state level are committed to restoring the health of
Lake Champlain. We appreciate the partnership efforts in developing the Proposal for a Clean
Lake Champlain. Support from the EPA and the USDA remains critical.
As you read in our previously submitted Proposal, Vermont is determined to address
water quality through ongoing partnerships and implementation of creative approaches. In order
to have a strategic, comprehensive and efficient plan of action it is critical to solicit a myriad of
resources including staff, financing and technical assistance from the EPA, USDA, as well as
other federal entities such as the Economic Development Administration, the Army Corp of
Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management
Administration.
As the state of Vermont works to revise the Proposal, we would like the EPA's and
USDA 's support in garnering these commitments from other federal agencies and entities. We
believe it is important to engage all stakeholders in water quality restoration and planning in
order to devise as strong and comprehensive a strategy for Lake Champlain's TMDL as might be
possible.
The state will continue to revise the Proposal, dedicating resources and technical
expertise while communicating the sense of urgency amongst our partners. We recognize the
critical relationship between agriculture and water quality, historically and into the future, and
thus hope you will encourage these partnerships. I look forward to continuing this discussion
about enhanced resources from the EPA and the USDA to help the state of Vermont reach its
water quality goals.
Sincerely,
Chuck Ross
Secretary of Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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