Pesticide Measures Project: Status Report

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Pesticide Measures ProjectStatus Report

• Scott Downey
• Western Regions Pesticide Meeting
• May 18, 2006

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Framework for Measures Project
Task Area Groups Develop program specific
measures
Mission Area Groups Develop big-picture
strategic indicators
Coordinating Committee Review and refine work of
task/mission area groups
Senior Level Steering Committee Set direction
Manage process Resolve conflicts/issues
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Task Areas

• Endangered Species Pesticide Program
• Water Quality and Pesticides
• Worker Safety and Certification/Training
• Strategic Agriculture Initiative

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Mission Areas

• Protect the Environment
• Protect Human Health
• Benefits of Pesticides

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Existing EPA 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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The Measures Quilt

• Output measures
• products/services
• Outcome measures
• short, medium, long-term
• Efficiency measures
• cost, productivity

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Implementation

• Strategic Measures (big picture)
• EPA Strategic Plan
• OMB PART
• Program Measures
• Internal
• OPP, ROs, States/Tribes

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Mission AreaProtect Human Health

• Reduce the level of certain pesticides in the
  general population
• Reduce pesticide residues in the 20 foods most
  commonly eaten by children
• Reduce moderate severe incidents for 6
  pesticides with highest incident rate

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Mission AreaProtect the Environment

• For key pesticides, reduce the of watersheds
  exceeding aquatic life benchmarks (USGS NAWQA)
• Cumulative of OPP actions taken to address
  Endangered Species obligations

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Mission AreaProtect the Environment

• Evaluate and manage pesticides to protect Water
  Quality
• Program measure implemented through Cooperative
  Agreements

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Water Quality Tiered Approach

• Identify Pesticides of Concern
• Short-term (change in knowledge)
• Take actions to reduce/prevent pesticide
  contamination
• Intermediate-term (change in behavior)
• Monitor/Demonstrate Progress
• Long-term (change in condition)

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Mission AreaBenefits of Pesticide

• Avoided crop loss due to pests measured thru the
  Section 18/Section 3 program
• Reduce expenditures resulting from insect
  structural damage
• Reports in SAI grants database show increase in
  use of whole farm practices based on transition
  gradient

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What questions do you have?
Contact Information Scott Downey,
Manager Pesticides and Toxics Unit (206)
553-0682 downey.scott_at_epa.gov
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Bonus Question

• What happened on this day in history?
• May 18, 1980

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