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Pesticide News Story: EPA Solicits Proposals to Implement the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP) for Fiscal Years 2010 through 2014
For Release: March 6, 2009
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), in coordination with the Office of Compliance (OC), is soliciting proposals from eligible states, tribes, and state and tribal institutions to implement the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP) for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
PREP is an educational curriculum for senior managers, senior scientists, and supervisors and managers of pesticide regulatory enforcement and compliance assurance programs.
The course content generally focuses on pesticide programmatic issues (such as water quality, worker safety, endangered species, and applicator certification and training) and pesticide compliance and enforcement issues. It may also include managerial and leadership training, risk communication training, issues related to homeland security, laboratory issues, new regulatory programs, and emerging issues.
To implement this program, OPP and OC expect to provide approximately $515,000 annually, depending on the Agency’s budget, for a total of five years.
Proposals must be received by EPA through Grants.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 20, 2009. For more information on this request for proposals, visit Grants.gov. The announcement is also available on the Agency's Web site.