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Fifteenth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Cincinnati, Ohio October 29, 2007 Task Force Participants Federal George Dunlop, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jack Dunnigan (for Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ben Grumbles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Skip Hyberg, U.S. Department of Agriculture, FSA Dan Jaynes, U.S. Department of Agriculture, REE Gary Mast, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRCS Tim Petty, U.S. Department of the Interior State Wayne Anderson (for Brad Moore), Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Len Bahr, Louisiana Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities Jerry Cain (for Trudy Fisher), Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Charles Hartke, Illinois Department of Agriculture Sean Logan, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Bill Northey, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Russell Rasmussen, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources J. Randy Young, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Task Force Welcome and Presentations Ben Grumbles: Good afternoon. I am Ben Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water of the USEPA and also privileged to carry the Task Force meeting today. I would like to welcome you, all of you, to the 15th meeting of the Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force in Cincinnati, Ohio. I would like to particularly thank all of the Task Force members, and Coordinating Committee members and members of the public who have traveled to be here today—and, of course, all of those who support the Task Force meetings and make them possible. This is a critical point in the efforts of the Task Force to confront the serious challenge of coastal hypoxia and make further progress.
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