|Federal agencies that contribute to EPA's environmental goals, and how they make a difference.|
|Programs by EPA Strategic Goal
1. Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
2. Protecting America's Waters
3. Cleaning Up and Sustainable Development
4. Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
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Department of Agriculture
EPA Goal 4: Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals
and Preventing Pollution
Established in September 1997, the USDA Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) is responsible for: (a) integrating the Department's programs and strategic planning pertaining to pest management; (b) coordinating the Department's role in the pesticide regulatory process and related interagency affairs, primarily with the Environmental Protection Agency; and (c) strengthening the Department's support for agriculture by helping to develop alternative pest management tools that may be needed as a result of regulatory change. Currently the OPMP is most actively involved with implementation of the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Our role is two-fold: (1) provide the EPA with information to help assure that pesticide tolerance reassessments are based on actual agricultural practices and the most accurate data available; and (2) promote development of risk mitigation plans and transition plans, commodity-by-commodity, to reduce the impact of pesticide regulation.
Source(s) of Information
1. USDA: Office of Pest Management Policy
Related EPA Program(s)
Pesticides: Realizing the Value of Pesticide Availability:
Realizing the value of pesticide availability will be accomplished by implementing our statutes and taking regulatory actions to ensure public health and socio-economic benefits of pesticide availability and use are achieved.
The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship program’s (PESP) efforts to increase adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in schools has led to a substantial reduction in pest control costs and a reduction in both pesticide applications and pest problems in participating schools.
Laboratory activities for the pesticides program support the goal of protecting the environment from pesticide use through three pesticides laboratories: an analytical chemistry laboratory, a microbiology laboratory at the Environmental Science Center at Fort Meade, MD, and an environmental chemistry laboratory at Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS.
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
• Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA 2)
• Endangered Species Act (ESA)