Environmental News
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY
(Lenexa, Kan., Nov. 7, 2014) - E.P.A. officials will be accessible for interviews at the yearly National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Trade Talk event at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 13.
Interview topics include the Waters of the U.S. proposal; outreach to the agricultural community; nutrient management; and regulatory updates related to chemical safety, pesticides and grain storage.
WHAT: National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention and Trade Talk
WHEN: 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014
WHO: Karl Brooks, Regional Administrator, and Kris Lancaster, Agricultural Public Affairs Specialist
WHERE: Booth 74, Westin Crown Center, one Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo.
Biographies of E.P.A. Booth 74 Staff
Karl Brooks is Regional Administrator for E.P.A. Region 7. He was appointed in February 2010 by President Barack Obama and reports directly to E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy. His E.P.A. responsibilities include supervising environmental programs in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and 9 tribal nations. Previous to this appointment, Brooks taught American environmental, political, and legal history as well as environmental law and policy at the University of Kansas. Brooks practiced trial and appellate law for a decade. He was elected in 1986 to the 1st of 3 terms in the Idaho Senate. Retiring from elective politics, from 1993 to 1996 he served the Idaho Conservation League as executive director and legislative liaison.
Kris Lancaster is an E.P.A. spokesperson responsible for agriculture, pesticides, renewable fuels, water and regulatory issues impacting agribusiness. His past agricultural employment includes serving as a licensed grain inspector, agricultural advisor to the chairman of the Missouri House Agriculture Committee and to 2 members of Congress, a farm real estate broker, a federal crop insurance broker and a negotiator of agricultural leases for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His family owns a corn and soybean farm in Scotland County, Mo. Lancaster has 3 decades of media relations experience and serves on Region 7's Agriculture and Renewable Fuels Team. He graduated from Central Missouri State University and completed an advanced sciences plan at Park University.
