1. Pesticide Regulatory Education Program
A 5-Year Cooperative Agreement with EPA
November 2014 – October 2019
Carol Black, Project Manager
Washington State University

2. PREP Steering Committee
Tim Drake, Committee Chair, South Carolina Department of Pesticide Regulation
Steve Dwinell, Florida Department of Agriculture &Consumer Services
Dennis Howard, Maryland Department of Agriculture
Charles Moses, Nevada Department of Agriculture
Bonnie Rabe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Royan Teter, U.S. EPA, Region 7
Dan Helfgott, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Office of Pesticide Programs
Liz Vizard, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Office of Compliance
Non-voting
Tim Creger, Nebraska Department of Agriculture (Director at Large)
Tony Cofer, Alabama Department of Agriculture (Director at Large)
Cary Giguere, Vermont Department of Agriculture, Food, & Markets (SFIREG liaison)
Shirley Fan, PIRT Liaison
George Saxton, Office of Indiana State Chemist (ASPCRO liaison)
PREP Steering Committee

3. Suggest any planning group members or speakers for FY2016 Courses
Requests for SFIREG
States, Territories, and Tribes, EPA, EPA Regions: Review the mailing list (prep.wsu.edu). Send updates to
Suggest any planning group members or speakers for FY2016 Courses

4. SLA, Apiary, Tribe Speakers
2015 PREP Season Summary
Course Name
State/Territory SLA
Tribe
Participants
EPA Participants
SLA, Apiary, Tribe Speakers
Total
Laboratory Issues, 4-day, Savannah, GA 24
1 Canada 2 28
Pollinator Protection, 4-day, Portland, OR 23 3 4 6 36
Registration & Re-evaluation, 4-day, Arlington, VA 21
Worker Protection, 3-day, San Diego, CA 33 1 41
Total PREP Participants
101 8 11
128
Special 3-Day Tribal Pollinator Protection Course (not PREP) 37 40
State or Territory SLA, Tribe, & EPA Speaker in chart indicates person attended the entire PREP course.
Mean number of state, territory tribe participants: 27 per course

5. Noteworthy for FY15:
Expenses for FY2015 indicate 2+ more attendees for each PREP in FY2016
Worker Protection PREP: Had to reschedule and relocate; EPA PDFs and PPTs posted to archive library.
Canadian PMRA participant at Lab PREP; NASDA participant at Pollinator PREP.
Twenty-three (23) EPA managers & staff were teaching faculty in the Registration & Re- evaluation PREP.

6. Noteworthy for FY15:
Rescission of $3,508 reduced the total $535K allocation for FY2015 funding.
Of PREP funding, $35K is allocated to tribal participation, a slight increase over previous years.
WSU also hosted a Tribal Pollinator Protection Course in Spokane, Washington in October 2015; this was separate funds and a stand-alone Agreement.

7. Pesticide Mgmt and Emerging Issues Indianapolis, IN October 24-27
Compliance and Enforcement Asheville, NC May 2-5
Comprehensive Combo New Mexico September 26-30
Worker Protection Standard Implementation Florida June 6-9
Pesticide Mgmt and Emerging Issues Indianapolis, IN October 24-27
Course Line Up for 2016

8. PREP Contacts
WSU PREP Staff: Carol Black, Wendy Sue Wheeler, Ashley Hayes, Becky Maguire, Carrie Foss
EPA Project Officer: Dea Zimmerman
WSU PREP
PREP Website:

9. Predominant wind ----- Meeting Notes (12/8/15 11:41) -----
joint pirt prep will have a strong wps component, but other aspects will be addressed as well.
Predominant wind