Performance Measure Implementation for the National Pesticide Program

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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

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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
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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), Agencys 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
• allow EPA verify that States are meeting the core
  requirements of the grant guidance
• ensure EPA is receiving the data necessary to
  support the performance measures of the national
  pesticide program.
• 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/OPPs 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

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GOALS PROTECT HUMAN HEALTHChampion Debbie
Edwards
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GOALS PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
HH2 Measure conc. in drinking water over time as
a result of mitigation
HH5 Reduce the number of acute poisoning
incidents from pesticides In and around the home
HH1 Reduce the level of currently registered
pesticides in the general population (NHANES)
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GOALS PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
HH3 Reduce pesticide residues in the 20 foods
most commonly eaten by children using the PDP
residue data
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GOALS PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
WS1 Survey of ag workers awareness of WPS
provisions
WS4,6 Support a low rate of poisoning
incidents. Cumulative reduction in moderate
severe incidents for 6 pesticides with highest
incident rate.
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GOALS PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
HH4 Ensure efficacious public health
antimicrobial products in the marketplace
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Goals Protect the EnvironmentChampion Steve
Bradbury
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Protect the Environment
WQ2 Efficiency measure for evaluating and
managing pesticides water quality
WQ3 Tiered approach to managing 303(d) list
concerning pesticides
WQ1 Tiered approach to evaluating and managing
pesticides to protect water quality step 3
demo progress
EN4 Increase of acreage by crop moving to
reduced risk chemicals
EN1 Using EMAP and pesticide usage data, select
and track priority aquatic environments
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Protect the Environment
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
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Protect the Environment
NEW For key pesticides, reduce the under of
urban and ag watersheds exceeding aquatic life
benchmarks using USGSs National Ambient Water
Quality Assessment (NAWQA) data.
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
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Goals Realizing Other BenefitsChampion
Lois Rossi
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Goals Other Benefits
OB6 Resistance management
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
OB8 Incidents and costs associated with vector
borne diseases
OB1 Avoided crop loss due to pests measured
thru the Section 18/Section 3 program
NEW 12 lower risk pesticide alternatives with
coordinated approval among international partners
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Goals Other Benefits
OB7 Reduce expenditures resulting from insect
structural damage
OB2 Decreased costs associated with pesticide
exposure (benefits from me-too registrations)
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Existing Strategic Plan Structure

• Goal 4 Healthy communities and ecosystems
• 4.1 Chemical, organism and pesticide risks
• 4.1.1 Reduce exposure to toxic pesticides
• 4.1.2 License pesticides meeting safety standards

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Proposed Strategic Plan Structure

• Goal 4 Healthy communities and ecosystems
• 4.1.1 Protect human health from pesticide risk
• 4.1.2 Protect the environment from pesticide
  risk
• 4.1.3 Realize the benefits from pesticide use

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EPAs draft Strategic Plan for2006 - 2011

• An draft was posted on the web.
• The website is
• www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/plan.htm
• Look 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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