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2017 SWCS Annual Conference July 30-August 2, 2017 Monona Terrace Convention Center
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- 1. Assisting and advising growers and members of the Ag Community with agricultural water quality protection and regulatory compliance. KAYMERCER kay@kaymercer.com Kaymercer.com
- 2. August 1, 2017 Soil and Water Conservation Society
- 3. „ Room for Improvement „ Ground Zero for WQ regulation „ Possible Game Changer „ Assume Grower Resiliency „ Tradition of Innovation „ Solutions? It depends…
- 5. Top 10 (out of 150) Crops 61% 28% ~4% 30% 57% 56% 48% 38% % U.S. SUPPLY
- 6. 2016 – Gross Revenue: $4,256,072,000
- 7. „ AG Waiver 4.0 „ SGMA „ Steelhead habitat in the Salinas River „ Replacement Drinking Water
- 8. „ Does NOT waive regulation „ Waives individual permits „ Categorical Permit „ History: „ Ag Waiver 1.0 – 2004 „ Ag Waiver 2.0 – 2012 „ Ag Wavier 3.0 – 2017 „ Ag Waiver 4.0 – March, 2020? Requires farmers and landowners to implement management practices, and conduct monitoring and reporting, to ensure that farms are not polluting surface water or groundwater
- 11. „ WRITE / IMPLEMENT a Groundwater Sustainability Plan „ Address 6 significant and unreasonable undesirable effects “A central feature of these bills is the recognition that groundwater management in California is best accomplished locally.” Groundwater Basins MUST: Ø FORM a Groundwater Sustainable Agency
- 12. „ Short-term - 2017 Agreement „ Replacement Water „ 2 years „ Long-term - 2017 Proposed Legislation „ Mill taxes/Public Goods? „ Technology restrictions?
- 13. „ Current permit/associated BO, establishing “take” expires in 2020. „ Impacts 13 projects „ Projects w/o federal nexus – Utilize HCP „ Timeline „ Why is this so important?
- 14. „ Intricate/complex Production Systems „ Conflicting Perspectives „ Research Data Gaps „ Research vs. Development „ No silver bullet – lots of little BMPs „ “One more thing” „ Leaders are spread too thin: crisis mgt „ Price takers – cannot pass on expenses „ Risk and liability „ Uncertainty
- 15. SGMA – GW Sustainability Agency? Replacement DW – Ad Hoc or formal Group? Ag Waiver 4.0 – Coalition(s)? Steelhead HCP – Conservation District?
- 16. How Much Will This Cost? Who Pays?
- 20. • Cold storage • Futures contracts • Dairy products • Chilled transport • Transport boxes • Field pack • Retail Packaging • Automation • Drip Irrigation • Genetics/strawberry • Seawater intrusion • Fish Habitat • GW recharge • Year-round production
- 22. „ Room for Improvement „ Ground Zero for WQ regulation „ Possible Game Changer „ Assume Grower Resiliency „ Tradition of Innovation „ Solutions? It depends…
- 23. Assisting and advising growers and members of the Ag Community with agricultural water quality protection and regulatory compliance. KAYMERCER kay@kaymercer.com Kaymercer.com