Measures and Management Controls Needed to Improve EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemption Process

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

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Date Issued:

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

18-P-0281

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Disaster Recovery Report

Number of Recommendations:

Additional Details Link:

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
18-P-0281_1	Open	No
Develop and implement applicable outcome-based performance measures to demonstrate the human health and environmental effects of the EPA’s emergency exemption decisions.
18-P-0281_5	Open	No
Develop concise emergency exemption application guidance that specifies the minimum requirements of an application submission and is available on the Office of Pesticide Programs Section 18 website.
18-P-0281_6	Open	No
Provide clear guidance to state lead agencies on how and when they can use efficacy data from other state lead agencies to satisfy the emergency exemption application criteria
18-P-0281_7	Open	No
Expand the data presented in the Office of Pesticide Programs Section 18 database by considering additional data points, such as application acreage requested, actual acreage applied, and registration status of each exempted pesticide.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

18-P-0281_1

Open

18-P-0281_5

Open

18-P-0281_6

Open