[APWG] Fw: [ma-eppc] Fw: WSSA: EPA Liaison Position Announcement
Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov
Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov
Mon Aug 4 14:49:29 CDT 2008
Hi,
Please see message below from Lee Van Wychen, Science Policy Director for
National and Regional Weed Science Societies.
Thank you,
Jil
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Jil M Swearingen
Invasive Species Management Specialist
National Capital Region IPM Program
Center for Urban Ecology
4598 Macarthur Blvd NW
Washington DC 20007
202-342-1443, ex 218
202-282-1031 fax
www.nps.gov/plants/alien
www.ma-eppc.org
www.nps.gov/cue
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
----- Forwarded by Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS on 08/04/2008 03:47 PM -----
WSSA Seeking Next Liaison with EPA for 2009
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is seeking a qualified
individual to interact with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and serve as a liaison between WSSA members and EPA employees. Dr. Steve
Dewey from Utah State University has served in this role over the past
18-months and will be making his 12th and final liaison trip to EPA during
the week of December 8, 2008.
Ideally, this individual will travel to Arlington, VA for one week per
month for the first six months and then approximately a week every two
months to work in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). This individual
will interact with EPA employees and provide input on a wide range of
topics such as the utility of label mitigations for herbicide use, spray
drift management, invasive plant management near endangered species, and
the role of weed control in land management.
This individual should be willing to learn the registration and
reregistration processes for herbicides, become familiar with the EPA
scientific committees and how they operate, and develop a basic
understanding of how EPA OPP risk assessments are conducted.
This individual must be a member of the WSSA, and prepare a quarterly
report for the WSSA Newsletter and a semi-annual report to WSSA Board of
Directors.
The WSSA will help reimburse this individual for travel and per diem
expenses while working at EPA up to a predetermined limit, while the
applicant continues to receive a salary through their employer.
The application period will end on September 30, 2008. Ideally, the
individual selected would be able to make their first week-long visit to
EPA in January of 2009, but start time is negotiable.
Please send a letter of intent and resume by email to: Lee Van Wychen at
Lee.VanWychen at wssa.net. If you have questions, please contact me or WSSA
President Jeff Derr at jderr at vt.edu
Thanks,
Lee Van Wychen
Science Policy Director
National and Regional Weed Science Societies
900 2nd St. NE, Suite 205
Washington, DC 20002
Lee.VanWychen at wssa.net
Work: 202-746-4686
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