And finally, I want to address the issue of pesticide use on golf courses. EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) is pleased to have several partners from the golf industry. Through these partnerships, there is widespread adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) techniques, including use of reduced-risk pesticides by golf course managers. In fact, many golf superintendents study and apply IPM principles on a daily basis for the courses they manage. One of our most dedicated PESP partners is the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) -- a leader in funding IPM education for superintendents.
The Office of Pesticide Programs has made enormous accomplishments over the past 12 years under the Food Quality Protection Act. We completed the reevaluation of all 9,721 existing food tolerances, and we are on schedule to complete the reregistration of the remaining non-food pesticides this year. We undertook and completed cumulative risk assessments for organophosphates, triazines, n-methyl carbamates, and chloroacetanilide pesticides. More and more reduced risk pesticides are being registered.
We are proud to employ the most highly educated group of scientific and risk management staff in the world. These talented people are responsible for the high quality reviews on which we base our decisions to make sure we protect public health and the environment from pesticide risks.
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