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The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance Annual Meeting February 5-7, 2013

Worker and Applicator Safety __________ Addressing the Funding Crisis: Activities of the National Stakeholder Team for Pesticide Safety Education Program Funding. The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance Annual Meeting February 5-7, 2013. Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).

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The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance Annual Meeting February 5-7, 2013

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  1. Worker and Applicator Safety__________Addressing the Funding Crisis:Activities of the National Stakeholder Team for Pesticide Safety Education Program Funding The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance Annual Meeting February 5-7, 2013

  2. Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) • History of pesticide safety education • Purpose • Funding • State of pesticide safety education programs • Effort to secure and sustain funding for pesticide safety education

  3. In the Beginning…. • 1970s • EPA is established • Mandatory certification and training requirements for RUPS • Pesticide safety education programs became more robust • EPA provides funding to support efforts • USDA maintained role in managing and directing funds • 1960s • Extension agents and specialists in Land Grant Universities and Colleges began teaching farmers and professional pesticide applicators about pesticide safety • Congress, through USDA, partnered with these institutions to create Pesticide Coordinator Positions

  4. By the Numbers… *2011 CPARD Data and USDA Reports

  5. A Precarious State • Federal support has declined • Program impact (2011 AAPSE Survey) • >50%  experienced significant impacts to program • Reduced number of trainings • Delayed development/revision of materials • Shift in program focus • 29%  experienced dramatic impacts to program • Reduction in % FTE dedicated to program • Loss of Staff • Vacant positions are not being filled

  6. Federal Funding for PSEP… Note: Pesticide Registration Improvement Act funds (2007)

  7. A Precarious State • Other sources of program support varies and in some cases has also declined • State general appropriations • State Lead Agencies • Training fees • Sale of educational materials • Third party sponsorship • Project Grants

  8. National Stakeholder Team:Pesticide Safety Education Program Funding • Elevate Pesticide Safety Education Program funding • Federal support can be enhanced • State support can be enhanced, and • Industry and other support can be developed • Membership open to all Stakeholders • EPA & USDA • State Lead Agencies • University Extension • Industry (registrants; professional associations) • State Lead Agency & Industry - Co Leads

  9. National Stakeholder Team • Conference Calls • Email • www.psep.us • Membership List • Fact Sheets • Meeting Notes • Press Releases • Pesticide safety education is important • Each stakeholder group has a role • Forward facing with an acknowledgment of history

  10. Team Objectives • Explore various processes for stakeholders to provide unrestricted gifts, grants, and endowments to support all or designated PSEP programs. • Explore ways in which industry, commodity, and regulatory leadership can better understand the scope and importance of PSEP programs. • Publicize the continuing PSEP funding crisis and the formation of this stakeholder team, and increase the visibility of the problem with all stakeholders. • Clarify the scope of PSEP activities on which this stakeholder team will focus.  • Establish a permanent source of federal funding for the PSEP program in every state and territory. • Determine the status of, and potential for, additional state and territory support of PSEP through pesticide product registration fees, enforcement fines and other means. 

  11. Scope Of Efforts • Primary focus is pesticide users and dealers who must be certified • Secondary focus – all other pesticides users • Developing strategies to communicate the importance of pesticide safety education • Determining how much is needed for a base program & options for distribution

  12. Team Workgroups

  13. Publicizing PSEP • Press Releases • Weed Science Society Of America • Presentations • The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) • Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) • Team Members • www.psep.us

  14. In the End…. • Written framework • Identify potential funding sources for each stakeholder group • Processes for securing potential funds • Short Term • Long Term • Enabling legislation • Interested parties, working independently or together, use the framework to attain sustainable funding

  15. Comments…Concerns… liza.fleeson@vdacs.virginia.gov 804-371-6559

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