Project Grant 00051125

DESCRIPTION:THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONTINUES THE RECIPIENT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PESTICIDE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COMPLIANCE MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT, CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATORS, WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, WORKER PROTECTION, ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION, AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. THIS AGREEMENT WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; E.G., REDUCED PESTICIDE EXPOSURE, PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES FROM PESTICIDES, AND PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. ACTIVITIES:THIS AGREEMENT FUNDS PESTICIDE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRAINING AND CERTIFYING PESTICIDE APPLICATORS, CONDUCTING WORKER PROTECTION ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT FARMWORKERS AND COMMUNITIES, PROTECTING WATER QUALITY BY IDENTIFYING PESTICIDES OF INTEREST, IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS THAT NEED PROTECTION DUE TO THE LOCATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THEIR HABITAT, PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH FROM UNREGISTERED PESTICIDE PRODUCTS AND MISUSE, MONITORING FOR COMPLIANCE IN THE FIELD AND ENFORCING EPA PESTICIDE LABEL RESTRICTIONS WHEN NEEDED, AND CONDUCING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO THE REGULATED COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT INCLUDE BETTER PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH 1) INCREASED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ON PROPER PESTICIDE USE TO THE REGULATED COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC TO REDUCE RISK; 2) PROPER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS; 3) MONITORING FOR COMPLIANCE BY PERFORMING INSPECTIONS; 4) RESPONDING TO TIPS AND COMPLAINTS; AND 6) TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WHEN NEEDED. THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES ARE THE REGULATED COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.