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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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