Pesticides & Water Quality
August 15-19, 2006
At University of California, Davis
This will be a team course, pairing up pesticide regulators
with their counterparts from state water quality agencies. We will move
regulators beyond the old model of Pesticide Management Plans, toward an
overall program of protecting water quality. Focus will be on Clean Water
Act Sec 319 and impaired waters, Sec 303(d) and other program areas where
FIFRA and state pesticide regulations intersect with WQ programs.
Relationship building, EPA Performance Measures and FIFRA WQ grant guidance
will also be covered.
Invitations will be mailed and emailed to SLA contacts the week of May 15th. All nominations are due by June 12th.
The class will focus on regulatory and field-level areas where pesticide use and pesticide residues intersect with Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) provisions. We will also explore ways to strengthen relationships between State and Tribal FIFRA regulators and their water quality counterparts.
The major themes of this course will include:
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Implementing new OPP grant guidance and measures |
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Building collaboration for water quality protection |
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Developing and implementing pesticide water programs |
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Incorporating other data sources |
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Determining pesticides of interest and concern |
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Water quality monitoring and assessing data |
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Identifying pesticide source(s) |
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Developing and capturing funding sources |
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Development and implementation of pesticide TMDLs |
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Pesticide management strategies, BMPs, and voluntary processes |
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Pesticide and water quality education |
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Data management and sharing |
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Conducting surveys |
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And more! |
Attendance at this course is encouraged as a team (e.g., the State Lead Agency (SLA) or tribal representative attends with its counterpart from the state’s/tribe’s agency responsible for implementing pesticide policy in water quality programs.) However, SLA or tribal nominees may attend alone. We encourage attendance by both experienced practitioners as well as newer water quality specialists, but we do expect that all attendees are positioned to impact policy decisions in their home organizations. All state nominations (team or individual) must be coordinated through and submitted by the state lead or tribal agency responsible for pesticide programs. It will be the responsibility of the FIFRA regulatory agency to contact the counterpart water agency and arrange for team participation. This should be completed as soon as possible! Team nominations must arrive as a single and complete set of nomination information from the SLA. The Working Group will review all nominations and will accept a balance of team and individual participants.
The course will include lectures, discussions, a field trip, and presentations by all state and tribal participants. This assignment is not optional and past participants have found these segments to be the most interesting and educational opportunities in the course. State and tribal teams/individuals will be given further details regarding the presentation requirements with their acceptance materials.