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Performance Measure Implementation for the

National Pesticide Program

Dan Helfgott, ChiefGovernment and International Services Branch

US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs

Western Regions MeetingMay 17, 2006

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The Program

The National Pesticide Program consists of the combined efforts and

results of the Federal, State, and Tribal partners.

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The Program Goal

Protect public health and the environment by ensuring pesticides and alternatives

are safe and available for a healthy America.

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The Drivers

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

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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.

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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.

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The Uses

Performance Measures

StrategicPlan OMB

Part

Budget

Operating Plan

Office-wideWork Plans

Guidance toRegions –ACS*

Guidanceto StatesandTribes

EmployeeStandards– PARS

ReportstoCongress

PerformanceAccountabilityReports

ACCOUNTABILITY

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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.

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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).

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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”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

WORKERS PUBLIC 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

WORKERS PUBLIC 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

WORKERS PUBLIC 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

WORKERS PUBLIC HEALTH

HH4: Ensure efficacious public health antimicrobial products in the marketplace

Goals: Protect the EnvironmentChampion – Steve Bradbury

Protect the physical elements of the environment – air, land, water

Protect the organisms in the environment

Protect the Environment

Physical Organisms

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

Physical Organisms

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

Physical Organisms

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 transitionedgrant 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 ecosystems4.1 Chemical, organism and pesticide risks

4.1.1 Reduce exposure to toxic pesticides

4.1.2 License pesticides meeting safety standards

Proposed Strategic Plan Structure

Goal 4: Healthy communities and ecosystems4.1.1 Protect human health from pesticide risk

4.1.2 Protect the environment from pesticide risk

4.1.3 Realize the benefits from pesticide use

EPA’s draft Strategic Plan for2006 - 2011

An draft was posted on the web.

The website is:

www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/plan.htmLook for OPP under Goal 4.

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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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