OPP Performance Measure Implementation for the National Pesticide Program Dan Helfgott, Chief Government and International Services Branch US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Western Regions Meeting May 17, 2006

OPP The Program The National Pesticide Program consists of the combined efforts and results of the Federal, State, and Tribal partners.

OPP The Program Goal Protect public health and the environment by ensuring pesticides and alternatives are safe and available for a healthy America.

OPP The Drivers PART Budget Pressures State Grant Templates EPA Strategic Planning Communication Needs Management Needs Accountability Good Government ….

OPP The Process The performance measures for the National Pesticide Program were developed through a process that included, OPP, OECA, Regional, State and Tribal input (through AAPCO, SFIREG & TPPC), as well as other stakeholders through the PPDC.

OPP The Measures We will be implementing a suite of measures designed to support federal/state/tribal needs, such as, program management, communication, budget, EPA strategic plan, PART, grants… Designed to support each other. Should tell our story.

OPP The Uses

OPP The Source Most of the data that will feed the performance measures can be obtained from national databases or existing information supplied by states/tribes. Some of the measures will require new data that must be acquired by EPA or supplied by states/tribes.

OPP Implementation Data that will be supplied by states will be implemented through FY 07 Cooperative Agreements. Reported to EPA via End-of-year reports. Measures are showing up in EPA Strategic Plan, State Grant Templates, Division Workplans, PARS (employee agreements), Agency’s Annual Commitments System (ACS).

OPP FY 07 Cooperative Agreement Guidance Streamlined Guidance to require as “core program activities” only those activities that are essential to baseline operation of the program, achieving environmental results, and are needed to feed the new performance measures. –At a minimum, for FY 2007 states/tribes must commit to accomplishing the “core activities”.

OPP FY 07 Cooperative Agreement Guidance The guidance also includes "supplemental activities” which States/tribes should strongly consider. –“Supplemental activities” are optional and not considered essential to the baseline operation of programs, however, EPA feels these activities will enhance program implementation. EPA separated these supplemental activities from the core activities in order to give the state/tribes more flexibility in recognition of budget constraints.

OPP End-Of-Year Reporting The FY 07 Grant Guidance also includes streamlined End of Year (EOY) reporting forms to: 1.allow EPA verify that States are meeting the core requirements of the grant guidance; 2.ensure EPA is receiving the data necessary to support the performance measures of the national pesticide program. 3.facilitate uniform reporting and easier compilation of the reported information without creating an additional burden in terms of time and resources.

OPP Priorities EPA/OPP’s Cooperative agreement national priorities identified in the FY 2007 Guidance are Worker Safety, Water Quality Protection, Endangered Species, and Container/Containment Structures.

OPP The Measures

GOALS: PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH Champion – Debbie Edwards Reduce risk to GENERAL PUBLIC Reduce risk to INFANTS AND CHILDREN Reduce risk to WORKERS PUBLIC HEALTH benefits

GOALS: PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH GENERAL PUBLIC INFANTS AND CHILDREN WORKERSPUBLIC HEALTH HH1: Reduce the level of currently registered pesticides in the general population (NHANES) HH5: Reduce the number of acute poisoning incidents from pesticides In and around the home HH2: Measure conc. in drinking water over time as a result of mitigation

GOALS: PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH GENERAL PUBLIC INFANTS AND CHILDREN WORKERSPUBLIC HEALTH HH3: Reduce pesticide residues in the 20 foods most commonly eaten by children using the PDP residue data

GOALS: PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH GENERAL PUBLIC INFANTS AND CHILDREN WORKERSPUBLIC HEALTH WS4,6: Support a low rate of poisoning incidents. Cumulative reduction in moderate – severe incidents for 6 pesticides with highest incident rate. WS1: Survey of ag workers’ awareness of WPS provisions

GOALS: PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH GENERAL PUBLIC INFANTS AND CHILDREN WORKERSPUBLIC HEALTH HH4: Ensure efficacious public health antimicrobial products in the marketplace

Goals: Protect the Environment Champion – Steve Bradbury Protect the physical elements of the environment – air, land, water Protect the organisms in the environment

Protect the Environment PhysicalOrganisms EN1: Using EMAP and pesticide usage data, select and track priority aquatic environments EN4: Increase % of acreage by crop moving to reduced risk chemicals WQ1: Tiered approach to evaluating and managing pesticides to protect water quality – step 3: demo progress WQ2: Efficiency measure for evaluating and managing pesticides’ water quality WQ3: Tiered approach to managing 303(d) list concerning pesticides

Protect the Environment PhysicalOrganisms ES4: Cum. % of OPP actions for which OPP has implemented appropriate ES determinations ES1: % reduction each year in av. cost and av. time to produce ES Bulletin ES3: Cum. % of Sec. 18 requests with a credible effort to consider ESA implications

Protect the Environment PhysicalOrganisms EN3: “Meta-measure” – using performance measures developed by Task Groups and investigation of existing measures and data, develop an index to gauge environmental quality as it relates to pesticides NEW: For key pesticides, reduce the under of urban and ag watersheds exceeding aquatic life benchmarks using USGS’s National Ambient Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) data.

Goals: Realizing “Other Benefits” Champion – Lois Rossi Benefits from having pesticide “tools” available to minimize or prevent pest damage Reductions in costs that resulted from management of pesticide risks

Goals: Other Benefits Benefits from use of pesticide tools Reduced Cost OB1: Avoided crop loss due to pests measured thru the Section 18/Section 3 program OB6: Resistance management OB8: Incidents and costs associated with vector borne diseases SA1: Reports in SAI db show increase in use of whole farm practices on transition gradient SA2: % of crop transitioned grant funds/# of acres transitioned NEW: 12 lower risk pesticide alternatives with coordinated approval among international partners

Goals: Other Benefits Benefits from use of pesticide tools Reduced Cost OB2: Decreased costs associated with pesticide exposure (benefits from “me-too” registrations) OB7: Reduce expenditures resulting from insect structural damage

Existing Strategic Plan Structure Goal 4: Healthy communities and ecosystems 4.1 Chemical, organism and pesticide risks Reduce exposure to toxic pesticides License pesticides meeting safety standards

Proposed Strategic Plan Structure Goal 4: Healthy communities and ecosystems Protect human health from pesticide risk Protect the environment from pesticide risk Realize the benefits from pesticide use

EPA’s draft Strategic Plan for An draft was posted on the web. The website is: Look for OPP under Goal 4.

OPP Additional Measures Cost per occupational incident avoided [Efficiency measure; conditionally approved by OMB]. Number of applicators certified per State Grant $ (cost per certified applicator) [in draft guidance for State Grant Template].

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