Thursday, April 4th - 8:30 am
Register today for our Emergency Planning Workshop for the Farm hosted on April 4th, 2024 from 8:30 to 11:30 am at the Olive Township Hall, 6480 136th Avenue Holland MI 49424. This is a MAEAP Phase 1 educational event which fulfills the Emergency Plan requirement of the MAEAP standards.This free event is focused on the importance and contents of a farm emergency plan with noted Michigan industry experts sharing their knowledge with local landowners, farmers and conservation professionals. Topics to be discussed include aerial maps, Chemical/Fertilizer/Fuel/EHS storage, important agrichemical information, land features, Sara Title lll (Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act), farm response resources, and developing your own emergency planning resources and emergency plan. This event is hosted by the following partners: Ottawa Conservation District, Ottawa County Sheriffs Office Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), MAEAP and Olive Township.
Each attendee will recieve one MAEAP Phase 1 Educational Credit and two Resitricted Use Pesticide (RUP) credits.
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Register Here: https://forms.gle/YWHXcUR2hmWdEacc9
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Agenda
8:30 – Welcome, Sign In, Refreshments
9:00 – Emergency Planning on the Farm; Why is it important with Dan Busby, Regional MAEAP Verifier, MDARD
10:00 – Ottawa County LEPC and Sara Title lll with Derek Schroeder, LEPC & HazMat/Tech Rescue
Team Coordinator
10:30 – Preventing Manure Discharges on the Farm and in the Field with Dan Vannette, Schaendorf Farms
For questions, please email caryn.dawson@macd.org or call 616-414-2638
