SERIV
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY
AND POLLUTION PREVENTION
DRAFT
FY 2017 ADDENDUM
TO THE FY 2016-2017
NATIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
GUIDANCE
Publication Number: 720P16001
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Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION 3
A. Agency Overview 3
B. OCSPP Addendum Overview 3
C. Summary of Exceptions-Based Changes in FY 2017 3
II. EXCEPTIONS-BASED CHANGES FOR FY 2017 5
III. MEASURES APPENDIX 9
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Agency Overview
The National Program Manager (NPM) Guidances set forth the strategies and actions the EPA and its state and
tribal partners will undertake to protect human health and the environment. The NPM Guidances provide the
linkage from the FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan and annual budget by providing implementation direction to
EPA regional offices, states and tribes. Taken together, the NPM Guidances serve as a national framework for
regional offices to use as they tailor their approaches and strategies for engaging with states and tribes. Beginning
with FY 2016-2017, the EPA will implement a new two-year cycle for the NPM Guidance process, which was
developed collaboratively with our state and tribal partners.
To complement the individual NPM Guidances, OCFO has developed an "Overview to the FY 2016-2017 NPM
Guidances." The Overview to the NPM Guidances and the Addendums communicates important agency-wide
information and should be reviewed in conjunction with each of the FY 2016-2017 NPM Guidances, grant
guidances and other applicable requirements. The Overview also includes important background information and
the cross-program areas that are critical to effective implementation of EPA's environmental programs in FY
2016 and 2017. This brief stand-alone document is posted separately on OCFO's NPM Guidance website at:
http://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget/national-program-manager-guidances.
B. OCSPP Addendum Overview
The Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance
provides direction to the EPA regional offices with respect to the Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
programs, incorporating input from states, tribes and other concerned stakeholders. The NPM Guidance identifies
OCSPP's program priorities for regional offices, summarizes the annual performance plans for each of the
national programs managed by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and the Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT), details the specific contributions needed from the regional offices, and identifies the
commitments that will be used to hold regional offices accountable for contributing to those programs' goals and
objectives. More information on OCSPP can be found at http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-chemical-
safety-and-pollution-prevention-ocspp. This document is an addendum to the FY 2016-2017 NPM Guidance,
listing all significant changes for FY 2017 since FY 2016-2017 NPM Guidance was finalized.
The EPA regional offices' annual program commitments and results are reported in the agency's accountability
system, the Annual Commitment System (ACS). OCSPP's suite of ACS commitments is presented in Section III
Measures Appendix. The FY 2017 regional offices commitments in ACS will remain as draft until final
performance agreements are reached in October 2016. Additional information on the EPA performance measures,
planning and budgeting can be found at http://www2.epa.gov/planandbudget.
C. Summary of Exceptions-Based Changes in FY 2017
In the FY 2017 President's Budget, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (CRRR) program included a
request to expand regional offices resources (1 FTE per regional office) to enable EPA to expand work
commenced in FY2016 to stand up a TSCA chemical safety program in the regional offices. This will enhance
the agency's efforts to successfully implement pending major TSCA rule-makings, implement best management
practices for schools to mitigate PCB and formaldehyde contamination, and promote use of safer chemicals.
Regional offices will report out on the number of chemical safety implementation support activities that they
contribute to beginning in FY 2016. As the role of the regional offices expands and develops, additional metrics
may be developed to specifically measure the impact of regional office involvement in the risk management
process.
The expanded resource base in the regional offices, which follows the initial creation of this resource base through
reprogramming of three FTEs from HQ to the regional offices in FY 2016, will start to close a critical gap in the
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agency's program implementation framework: the TSCA new and existing chemical programs are the only major
regulatory programs administered by EPA that are not currently supported by the regional offices (except with
regards to regulatory enforcement).
In February 2016, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program moved from the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in the Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). Therefore, TRI activities listed in the OEI FY 2016-2017 NPM Guidance will be
moved to OCSPP's Guidance.
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II. EXCEPTIONS-BASED CHANGES FOR FY 2017
Exceptions-Based Change: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (CRRR)
Language in the CRRR section of OCSPP's FY 2016-2017 NPM Guidance is updated to reflect resources added in FY 2016 and proposed to
be expanded in FY 2017 to enable the regional offices to conduct specific chemical safety activities. EPA's regional offices will be critical to
successful implementation of TSCA chemical risk management actions - they are uniquely situated to increase stakeholder involvement to
ensure that these actions are effective and efficient, and to leverage states, tribes, localities and others to help reach the most vulnerable
populations that these rules are intended to protect. Regional offices are also at the forefront of EPA's response to the recent public concerns
over studies documenting the presence of PCBs and other "legacy" chemicals in building materials used in the more than 100,000 K-12
schools built before 1980.
Title: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (CRRR)
The program description of the National Area of Focus: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (CRRR) found in the Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) Final FY 2016-2017 National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance beginning on page 17 remains
unchanged. The text under Regional Office Activities is updated to include risk management implementation activities that have been
resourced in FY 2016 and for which expanded resources are being/have been requested in the FY 2017 President's Budget.
The following text will replace all of the current text of Section B. Regional Activities under the National Area of Focus: CRR on page 18:
B. Regional Offices Activities
In the FY 2017 President's Budget, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (CRRR) program included a request to expand regional offices
resources (1 FTE per regional office) to enable EPA to expand work commenced in FY2016 to stand up a TSCA chemical safety program in
the regional offices to successfully implement pending major TSCA rule-makings, implement best management practices for schools to
mitigate PCB and formaldehyde contamination, and promote use of safer chemicals. Regional offices will report out on the number of
chemical safety implementation support activities that they contribute beginning in FY 2016. As the role of the regional offices expands and
develops, additional metrics may be developed to specifically measure the impact of regional office involvement in the risk management
process. The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics will continue to ensure the safety of chemicals already in commerce under the CRRR
program with four program areas of interest: (1) Existing Chemicals: Data Acquisition, Management, Transparency; (2) Existing Chemicals:
Chemical Assessment; (3) Existing Chemicals: Risk Management; and (4) New Chemicals. The bulk of the regional office work will fall
under the Existing Chemicals: Risk Management area. Specific regional offices activities that could be implemented are:
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TSCA Chemical Safety Risk Management Implementation Activities:
• Work with local, state, and tribal chemical safety, environmental and public health officials to educate stakeholders on the
findings of completed risk assessments, communicating the hazards and the effective measures to reduce the risks from undue
exposures. These efforts will be tailored to the audience, targeted at sensitive populations (i.e., the elderly and children), and
environmental justice communities who bear the greatest risk.
• Utilize existing networks to educate and inform states, tribes and regulated entities about risk reduction measures for TSCA
chemicals including formaldehyde, high priority Significant New Use Rules (SNURS) and Section 6 rules.
• Participate in the implementation of risk management activities for formaldehyde, high priority SNURS and Section 6 rules,
including engaging with states and other stakeholders during rule implementation to facilitate compliance.
• Engage in risk management outreach activities that would educate and inform states, tribes and regulated entities about risk
reduction measures for TSCA chemicals (e.g., PCBs, formaldehyde, high priority SNURS and Section 6 rules, etc.).
• Participate in developing options for PCBs in building materials, especially issues related to the PCBs in schools; including assist
school districts and property owners with exposure mitigation options; respond to stakeholder inquiries relating to PCBs and
other future chemicals identified for risk reduction; and conduct outreach and technical support answering questions on how to
address PCBs in building materials.
• Coordinate with Regional Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) programs on TSCA SNUR and worker
protection issues.
• Coordinate risk management activities, including formaldehyde, high priority SNURS and Section 6 rules, with regional staff in
other program areas in the region, states and tribes.
• Coordinate data collection and management activities with EPA Headquarters and other regional offices, states and tribes.
• Perform data quality interventions, facility/site assessments (for example in coordination with TRI inspections), etc. for review of
data submitted to the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) database.
• Coordinate with EPA headquarters on identifying regional and local data that may be useful in problem formulation for chemical
assessments.
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Other TSCA Chemical Safety Support Activities:
• Continue implementation of the Safer Choice communication plan, amplification of the Safer Choice Program and promotion of
accompanying developed materials for the new Safer Choice logo.
• Participate in rulemaking workgroups to inform the rulemaking process to ensure rule-effectiveness.
• Engage local stakeholders in a dialogue, through workshops or other means, about the range of existing uses and alternatives to
workplan and related chemicals when they are in the problem formulation phase, such as for 1-Bromopropane in 2016.
• Work with Regional enforcement staff to help focus core TSCA enforcement work
• Provide practical knowledge to program office based on established external, regional networks and relationships with industry
and other stakeholders that do not exist at EPA Headquarters.
• Conduct outreach on ChemView.
• Coordinate with EPA Headquarters on identifying and assessing safer chemical alternatives for existing chemicals.
NEW Exceptions-Based Change: Toxics Release Inventory
The TRI description and activities that were previously listed in the OEI FY2016-2017 National Program Manager Guidance are now being
listed in OCSPP's FY2017 NPM Guidance Addendum.
Title: Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program is the EPA's Community Right-to-Know program requiring more than 20,000 industrial
facilities across the United States to report their releases and other waste management (e.g., recycling) of more than 600 TRI-listed toxic
chemicals on an annual basis. TRI data are used by the public, industry, EPA, and other government agencies to assess potential hazards to
human health and the environment and to identify pollution prevention (P2) opportunities. As such, it is critical that the Agency ensure the
data are relevant to users, delivered in a timely fashion, and are of the highest possible quality. More information about the TRI Program can
be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri.
Activities: Guideline: 3-5 sentence description of a new/changed activity and expected impact on grant work plans, if any. Revisions to
measures should be captured in the Measures Appendix only.
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In February 2016, portions of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program will be moving from the Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). In FY
2016-2017, the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics will:
• Address the growing demand for sustainability and P2 data through outreach to industry and enhancements to the TRI reporting
software, TRI-MEweb, that increase and enhance reporting of required and optional P2 information;
• Identify new opportunities to encourage the use of TRI data to promote pollution prevention by communities, industry, and academia;
• Collaborate with academic institutions to broaden the understanding and use of TRI data; and
• Continue to work to expand opportunities for Tribal consultation. As part of that effort promote Tribal awareness and attendance at
the next TRI National Conference slated for 2016.
The TRI Headquarter Program and regional offices will work together to implement the TRI Program to:
• Enhance TRI data quality by conducting 600 annual data quality checks;
• Utilize outreach opportunities to focus on expanding use of P2 data by communities, industry, and academia to reduce toxic chemical
releases;
• Support expansion of efforts to develop approaches to engage communities, industry, and academia in using TRI and related
information; and
• Meet with headquarters' staff on a monthly basis and state TRI representatives on a bi-monthly basis to discuss programmatic
activities.
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in. MEASURES APPENDIX
Goal/ ACS
Objective Code
FY 2016-2017 Measure Text
Non- State National
Commitment Performance Planning Target
Indicator Measure Target (FY2017
(Y/N) (Y/N) Pres. Bud)
FY 2016 Measures Continued in FY 2017
4/1
4/1
4/1
4/1
CORE
IPM2
RSP2
13A
Percent of overall required pesticide program cooperative
agreement activities that are included in grantee workplans
and completed consistent with the pesticide program portion
of the FIFRA Grant Guidance.
Number of activities conducted, consistent with the EPA
"Strategic and Implementation Plan for School Integrated
Pest Management," to provide outreach, education and/or
assistance to public schools at the kindergarten through high
school levels to adopt verifiable and sustainable IPM
practices.2
Number of region-specific projects or initiatives
contributing to the implementation and enhancement of the
Region-Specific Pesticide Priority areas.
Annual percentage of viable lead-based paint abatement
certification applications that require less than 20 days of
EPA regional office effort to process (Direct
Implementation).
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
100%!
1 per
Region
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1 Percent of pesticide program core activities completed by grantee as compared to the total required by pesticide program portion of the FIFRA grant guidance.
Where core activities are not completed, they can be removed from the total required provided a reasonable rationale for not completing the core activity is documented
(e.g., unexpected loss of staff or unplanned crises during the project period). Since end-of-year reports for these cooperative agreements are not due to OPP from the
regional offices until February 28, data for this ACS measure will not be available at the end of the fiscal year for reporting into ACS. When regional offices report their
ACS measures at the end of the fiscal year, they may indicate in the comment field for this measure that this data will not be available until February/March and will be
reported at that time.
2 Activities defined as substantial increments of work with one or more internal or external stakeholder(s) or development of program capacity such as databases or educational resources to advance IPM in schools. In order to keep a wide range of activities
somewhat comparable, each reported activity should generally include 1) preparation, 2) substantive participation, and 3) follow-up actions as needed.
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Goal/ ACS
Objective Code
FY 2016-2017 Measure Text
Non- State National
Commitment Performance Planning Target
Indicator Measure Target (FY2017
(Y/N) (Y/N) Pres. Bud)
4/1
4/1
4/1
4/1
4/1
4/2
4/2
4/2
4/2
13B
14
CSA
RRP2
TR-1
262
263
264
297
Annual percentage of viable lead-based paint abatement
certification applications that require less than grantee state-
established timeframes to process.
Number of lead abatements performed by certified
abatement contractors occurring in the region.
Number of chemical safety activities conducted.
Number of active lead-based paint renovation, repair and
painting certification training providers accredited by the
regional office.
Number of tribal partnerships or projects addressing lead-
based paint hazards and exposure reduction in the region.
Gallons of water reduced through pollution prevention.
Business, institutional and government costs reduced
through pollution prevention.
Pounds of hazardous material reduced through pollution
prevention.
Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e)
reduced or offset through pollution prevention.
N
Y
N
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
95
FY 2016 Measure Edited for FY 201 7
4/1
CSA
Number of chemical safety implementation support
activities conducted.
N
N
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