Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Employee Training

The objective of this program, required by TITLE VI-PESTICIDES, Subtitle A-Pesticide Registration, Improvement Act (PRIA) of 2022, SEC. 704. REREGISTRATION AND EXPEDITED PROCESSING FUND Section 4(k) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentic

The purpose of the program is to adhere to the statutory timeframes in PRIA. Improved processes and clear communications should result in the EPA receiving complete applications at the front end and shorter processing times. This program is unique in that it aims to improve EPA processes to improve customer service.

Federal, Interstate, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories, Small business, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization, Anyone/general public, Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer, Industrialist/ Business person

Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct costs incident to approved cooperative agreements plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Geospatial information is information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features or boundaries on the earth, or applications, tools, and hardware associated with the generation, maintenance, or distribution of such information. This information may be derived from, among other things, GPS, remote sensing, mapping, charting, and surveying technologies, or statistical data. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA (https://www.epa.gov/geospatial). This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgment ("discretion"), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on the merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters contact listed in this assistance listing.

EPA normally funds grants and cooperative agreements on a 12-month basis. However, EPA can negotiate the project period with each applicant based on project requirements. EPA limits project periods to 5 years.

Regarding pre-application assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the NOFO. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed in the NOFO.

The evaluation and selection criteria for competitive awards under this assistance listing will be described in the NOFO.

For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate application submissions in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the competitive announcement. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements. For non-competitive awards made under this assistance listing, EPA will conduct an administrative evaluation to determine the adequacy of the application in relation to grant regulations and to technical and program evaluation to determine the merit and relevance of the project. The Agency will then advise the applicant if funding is being considered. A final work plan will then be negotiated with the applicant.

For competitive awards, deadlines will be listed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Approximately 180+ days from the receipt of applications, through selection and notification, development and approval of work plans, to the awarding of funds.

Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005). Copies of these procedures may also be found at https:/www.epa.gov/grants/grant- competition-dispute-resolution-procedures. Disputes relating to matters other than the competitive selection of recipients will be resolved under 2 CFR 1500 Subpart E, as applicable.