The NGFA/GEAPS Joint Safety, Health and Environmental Quality Committee is shown during its Aug. 12-13 meeting in Washington, during which it met with key officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Major topics discussed with OSHA included its upcoming rulemaking and national inspection emphasis program on combustible dust, the agency’s pending proposed rule on fall protection and its approaches to ergonomics. Discussions with EPA focused on its review of new source performance standards for grain-handling facilities under the Clean Air Act, and its development of proposed regulations that would impose emission standards on most feed manufacturers.
NGFA/GEAPS Joint Safety, Health and Environmental Quality Committee Chairman Kevin Danner (right) visits with Larry Elworth (center), counselor to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on agricultural policy. Danner is environmental, health and safety director for West Central Cooperative, Ralston, Iowa. Also pictured is NGFA Director of Regulatory Affairs Jess McCluer, who provides executive staff support to the committee.