### School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart Office of Chemical Safety and Polluniton Prevention (OCSPP)

2015 Attachment G ICR Supporting Statement Prerequisite Getting started Leadership Excellence Sustained excellence Connector Recipient School District School District School District School District Organization or Individual

Criteria Must meet all applicable state or tribal laws.
• IPM Coordinator identified. • Written IPM Policy • IPM Education
Coordinator • Complete Self

Assessment using checklist • Certified Applicator Must meet all applicable state or tribal laws • Environmental Health/IPM

Committee • Written IPM Plan • IPM education for custodial, maintenance, groundskeeper, kitchen, and nurse staff • Monthly inspections of pest
vulnerable areas • Pesticide use and monitoring records • Warning signs/notification and correct storage • Trash areas well maintained and dumpster distance • Door sweeps • Visibility between landscaping and facility Must meet all applicable state or tribal laws
• Communication between IPM Committee and school
administration • IPM plan updated annually • IPM education for
staff with certificates awarded • Full inspection (annually) • Exterior free of clutter and harborage
• Maintenance records, pest sighting/complaint
records • Follow guidelines for pesticide selection and application • Appropriate food storage, kitchen sanitation, rooms free of clutter · Demonstrate that it continues to meet all Level 3 criteria for at least two years after receiving Level 3 recognition • Provide documentation of its strategy and efforts to make its IPM program sustainable
• Re peated recognition can be provided if
district continues to meet all Level 3 criteria • Provide documentation of program results in terms of pest reduction, health improvements, and financial benefits.
Demonstrate how it has been communicating about
its IP M program, both to its internal • An award for individuals and organizations that have contributed to the adoption and use of IPM policies in school districts at the community, state, region, or national level • Demonstrate actions and initiatives that support school IPM • Provide a detailed account of their actions contributing to school IPM, including documentation of the results of their actions • Describe how they
communicated with school districts to facilitate their IPM efforts • Demonstrate how the achievements made by their actions will be sustained in the future • Have at least one endorsement from a relevant entity (school,
school district, state board,

### School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart Office of Chemical Safety and Polluniton Prevention (OCSPP)

2015 Attachment G ICR Supporting Statement • Struc ture free of gaps, holes, and entry points community (students, parents, employees)
and to the external community (other districts, educational
Institutions. etc.) in order to verify the significance of their
contribution

Award Components Certificate signed by an EPA official, recognition on the EPA's website, access to topical webinars, trainings, and events, and regular email updates to further
School IPM. Certificate signed by an EPA official, recognition on the EPA's website, access to topical webinars, trainings, and events, and regular email updates to further School

IPM. Certificate signed by an EPA official, recognition on the

EP A's website, access to topical webinars, trainings, and events, and regular email updates to further
School IPM. Certificate signed by an EPA official, recognition on the EPA's website, access to topical webinars, trainings, and events, and regular email

u pdates to further
School IPM. Certificate signed by an EPA official, recognition on the EPA's website, access to topical webinars, trainings, and events, and regular email updates to further
School IPM.

Issued /
Notification
Awards Continuously, upon successful evaluation of application

60 days from application Continuously, upon successful evaluation of application

60 days from application Continuously, upon successful evaluation of application

60 days from application Continuously, upon successfu l evaluation of application

60 days from application Continuously, upon successful evaluation of application

60 days from application

Reporting Initial application required Application with requirements meet Documentation for:

1. Education of staff on

IPM Application with requirements meet

Documentation for:
2. Education of staff on IPM Summary documentation of
maintenance records and pest sighting
records Application with requirements meet

Documentation for:

1. Education of staff on IPM
2. Summary documentation of
maintenance records and Application with requirements meet Documentation for:

1. actions and initiatives that support school IPM
2. Detailed account of
their actions contributing to school IPM, including documentation of

### School Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards Program Operations Chart Office of Chemical Safety and Polluniton Prevention (OCSPP)

2015 Attachment G ICR Supporting Statement pest sighting records
3. Provide
documentation of pest
reduction

4. Demonstrate
communication with (students, parents and employees on IPM)
Provide documentation of pest prevention by design or pest proofing repairs the results of their
actions
3. How they
communi cated with school districts to facilitate their IPM efforts

4. Demonstrate how the achievements made by their actions will be sustained in the future
Provide at least one endorsement from a relevant entity (school, school district, state board, etc.) in ord er to verify the significance of their
contribution Time limit (how long a applicant can stay at a level) No time limit No time limit No time limit No time limit No time limit

Compliance Screening Required Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes