C&T Partners and Their Roles Henry Ghiotto Quechan Indian Tribe

Partners  Federal Administration: EPA and USDA  C&T Programs State/Territory Partners: SLAs and CES Tribal Partners: Indian Nation Programs Federal Program Partners: United States Departments of  Agriculture: Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Forest Service  Interior: Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service  Energy: Bonneville Power Admin.

Federal Administration: EPA and USDA  EPA –presented by Jeaneanne Gettle  USDA – Pesticide Safety Program funds pesticide safety at $1M funds one Pesticide Coordinator in each state Pesticide regulatory responsibility shifts to EPA

Federal Administration: USDA  USDA – Pesticide Safety Program Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act  Classification of RUPs  Congress expected EPA to utilize USDA/Extension Service for outreach & education  $2M Project Safeguard – joint USDA/EPA education program for farmers on the safe use of pesticides

Federal Administration: USDA  USDA – Pesticide Applicator Training Program (PAT) EPA finalized 40 CFR Part 171  Certification of applicators FIFRA reauthorized  Training awarded to State Extension Service  Formula developed for states FIFRA reauthorized  50% cost sharing required by states

Federal Administration: EPA and USDA  USDA – Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) 2002 – name changed, and Formula revised, but not implemented Performance Planning and Reporting System implemented (web-based)  Funding, people, resources, pesticide safety and risk management practice objectives, public policy and decision making on pesticide training EPA-USDA Interagency Agreement through FY06 provides mechanism to fund state PSEP with no overhead charged – still requires 50/50 match

State and Territory Partners  State/Territory Lead Agencies – presented already Cooperating Agencies  Health  Structural  Cooperative Extension Service – presented already Primarily Land Grant Institutions

Tribal Partners: Indian Nation Programs  For RUP applicators trained and certified  May develop & implement an EPA approved C&T plan Plan goes through Department of Interior for approval EPA Regions provide assistance with plan development and approval Navajo Nation nearing completion of drafting C&T plan for approval  Tribal lands within CO, AZ, UT, NM

Tribal Partners: Cooperative Agreements with SLA  Tribes may cooperate with the state Use state certification as the basic demonstration of competency needed to qualify for tribal certification Four Cooperative Agreements with SLA  Shoshonne-Bannock, Cheyenne River Sioux, Rosebud Sioux, Three-Affiliated Tribes  Shoshonne-Bannock adds exam on tribal code Tribe and State must agree on how to accomplish C&T and enforcement Cooperative agreement must be incorporated in the state's EPA-approved plan

Indian Nations Represented on Tribal Pesticide Program Council Aroostook Band of MicmacsPauma /Yuima Band of Mission Indians Blackfeet Tribe Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Coeur d'Alene Indian TribePyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Colorado River Indian Tribes Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Colville Confederated Tribes Quechan Indian Tribe Fort Mojave Indian Tribe Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Gila River Indian Community Community Jicarilla Apache Nation Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Sherwood Valley Rancheria Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of TexasShoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Lac Vieux Desert Band of LakeShoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Superior Chippewa Valley Reservation Leech Lake Tribe of Minnesota Chippewa Southern Ute Indian Tribe Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Tohono O'Odham Nation Navajo Nation White Earth Band of Minnesota Oglala Sioux Tribe Chippewa Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Yakama Nation

Federal C&T Program Partners  Federal Programs US Dept. of Agriculture: Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Forest Service US Dept. of Interior: Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service US Dept. of Energy: Bonneville Power Administration  Valid while applying on Federal lands  RUP applicators trained and certified

Federal C&T Program Partners  Federal agencies may develop and implement an EPA approved C&T plan Through EPA Headquarters States may decline federal partners States may have additional requirements for applicators  Must be consistent with standards for applicators in the state