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FIFRA STAG Compliance Monitoring Program
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State, territorial, and tribal agencies participating in this cooperative agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen their pesticide compliance programs, including pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection and enforcement activities. To: (a) assist states, territories and possessions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia and Indian tribes, in developing and maintaining comprehensive pesticide programs that address all aspects of pesticide enforcement, and special pesticide initiatives; (b) sponsor cooperative monitoring and analytical procedures; and (c) encourage regulatory activities within the states, territories, and tribes. In Fiscal Year 2025 Grantees must conduct activities related to: (1) Basic Pesticide Program; (2) Pesticide Worker Safety: Worker Protection Standard; (3) Worker Safety: Pesticide Applicator Certification; (4) Pesticides in Water; (5) Product Integrity; (6) Border Compliance. Grantees also must choose two additional programmatic areas, one from OPP and one from OECA, from the following: (1) Fumigation and Fumigants; (2) Endangered Species Protection; (3) Bed Bugs; Pollinator Protection; (4) Integrated Pest Management; (5) Spray Drift; (6) State and Tribal Coordination and Communication; (7) Emerging Public Health Pesticide Issues. These activities include inspections at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at producing facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls and warning notices.
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The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. It is anticipated that 72 applications for pesticide enforcement grants will be received and 72 grants awarded in fiscal year 2016. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities include inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States will be responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program are expected to conduct approximately 82,000 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2016. These inspections will be conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used. The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. It is anticipated that 72 applications for pesticide enforcement grants will be received and 72 grants awarded in fiscal year 2016. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities include inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States will be responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program are expected to conduct approximately 82,000 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2016. These inspections will be conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used.
The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. It is anticipated that 70 applications for pesticide enforcement grants will be received and 70 grants awarded in fiscal year 2017. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities include inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States will be responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program are expected to conduct approximately 78,000 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2017. These inspections will be conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used. These grants fund state and tribal pesticide programs that are part of a consolidated agreement. As EPA’s co-regulators, these pesticide programs work extensively with pesticide applicators, growers, commodity groups, as well as other government agencies to promote the proper use of pesticides and address pesticide issues. These programs conduct extensive technical assistance for all stakeholders as well as the general public, and provide outreach and education on EPA’s national pesticide priorities such as worker protection, pollinator protection and emerging public health pesticide issues. If enforcement funds are included, these funds are used to enforce FIFRA. -
For a discussion of 2017 accomplishments and highlights visit: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/enforcement-annual-results-fiscal-year-2017
The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. Seventy applications for pesticide enforcement grants were received and 70 grants awarded in fiscal year 2018. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program received funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities included inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States were responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program conduct 75,375 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2018. These inspections were conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program took 19,418 enforcement actions in FY 2018. These grants fund state and tribal pesticide programs that are part of a consolidated agreement. As EPA’s co-regulators, these pesticide programs work extensively with pesticide applicators, growers, commodity groups, as well as other government agencies to promote the proper use of pesticides and address pesticide issues. These programs conduct extensive technical assistance for all stakeholders as well as the general public, and provide outreach and education on EPA’s national pesticide priorities such as worker protection, pollinator protection and emerging public health pesticide issues. If enforcement funds are included, these funds are used to enforce FIFRA.
The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. It is anticipated that 70 applications for pesticide enforcement grants will be received and 70 grants awarded in fiscal year 2021. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program receive funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities include inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States will be responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program are expected to conduct approximately 75,000 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2020. These inspections will be conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used. These grants fund state and tribal pesticide programs that are part of a consolidated agreement. As EPA’s co-regulators, these pesticide programs work extensively with pesticide applicators, growers, commodity groups, as well as other government agencies to promote the proper use of pesticides and address pesticide issues. These programs conduct extensive technical assistance for all stakeholders as well as the general public, and provide outreach and education on EPA’s national pesticide priorities such as worker protection, pollinator protection and emerging public health pesticide issues. If enforcement funds are included, these funds are used to enforce FIFRA.
The Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements are continuing environmental program grants. Seventy-four applications for pesticide enforcement grants were received, and 74 grants awarded in fiscal year 2022. Agencies participating in the federal cooperative agreement program received funds to support and strengthen pesticide compliance monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities. Typical program activities included inspections and observations at pesticide application sites to ensure user compliance with label directions and acceptable use practices; inspections of pesticide products at production facilities and in the retail marketplace to ensure industry compliance with registration, classification, and labeling requirements; and initiation of appropriate enforcement action when violations are detected including civil and criminal prosecution, stop sale orders, seizures, recalls, and warning notices. The states will also develop implementation plans for special pesticide initiatives. States were responsible for dissemination of information and materials related to these pesticide initiatives. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program conducted Inspections by STATE and TERRITORY grantees was 72,081 compliance monitoring inspections in FY 2022. These inspections were conducted at agricultural establishments, pesticide producers and retailers, ports of entry, at pesticide applicators, as well as at other site where pesticides were distributed, sold, or used. States, territories, and tribes that are participating in the pesticide enforcement cooperative agreements program took 14,292 enforcement actions in FY 2022. These grants fund state and tribal pesticide programs that are part of a consolidated agreement. As EPAs co-regulators, these pesticide programs work extensively with pesticide applicators, growers, commodity groups, as well other government agencies to promote the proper use of pesticides and address pesticide issues. These programs conduct extensive technical assistance for all stakeholders as well as the public and provide outreach and education on EPAs national pesticide priorities such as worker protection, pollinator protection and emerging public health pesticide issues. If enforcement funds are included, these funds are used to enforce FIFRA.
The FIFRA STAG compliance monitoring program awards approximately 24 million dollars annually through negotiated cooperative agreements between EPA and state and tribes. The agreements establish and operate compliance monitoring programs in 49 authorized states, 6 territories and 23 tribes under FIFRA to conduct pesticide compliance and enforcement programs. For more information about this program, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/compliance/federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act-state-and-tribal-assistance-grant.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
