2012 PRESS RELEASES
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November 20, 2012
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES TO MEET DECEMBER 6
Contact: Elaine J. Lidholm, 804.786.7686
The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (BACS) will meet on Thursday, December 6, 2012, in Senate Room 3 of the State Capitol in Richmond. Please note that this is a new location for BACS meetings instead of the Oliver W. Hill Building. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and is open to the public.
Tentative Agenda:
- Call to order/approval of minutes for August 7, 2012, meeting
- Board member reports
- VDACS Commissioner’s report
- Proposed repeal of 2 VAC 5-335, Virginia Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law
- Proposed draft of 2 VAC 5-440, Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law – Cotton Boll Weevil Quarantine
- Response to Petitions for Rulemaking: 2 VAC 5-670, Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pesticide Law and 2 VAC 5-680, Regulations Governing Licensing of Pesticide Businesses Operating under authority of the Virginia Pesticide Control Act
- Report on Gypsy Moth Program and report on expansion of 2 VAC 5-330, Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law – Virginia Gypsy Moth Quarantine
- Report of Expansion of 2 VAC 5-318, Rules of Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law – Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantine
- Proposed adoption of Record of Regulation Development for 2 VAC 5-405, Regulations for the Application of Fertilizer to Nonagricultural Lands
- Proposed reappointment of Virginia Winery Distribution Company Board Members
- Budget update
- Update from the Virginia Field Office of the National Agriculture Statistics Service
- New business
- Future Board Meetings
- Public Comment Period
- Adjournment
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