Project Grant 00635125

DESCRIPTION:THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONTINUES THE RECIPIENT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PESTICIDE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACTIVITIES SUCH AS: COMPLIANCE MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT, CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATORS, AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORT THE RECIPIENT'S PESTICIDE PROGRAM PROMOTING ENHANCED PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH REDUCED PESTICIDE EXPOSURE TO THE PUBLIC, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND HANDLERS, 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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) PESTICIDE LABELS WHEN NEEDED, AND CONDUCTING 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 5) TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHEN NEEDED. THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES ARE THE REGULATED COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.