Contacts

Pesticide Topics

Office of Pesticide Programs Contacts

TOXICS AND PESTICIDES BRANCH (TOPE)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7

KANSAS CITY OFFICE
901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101

FAX (913) 551-7165

Jamie Green, Branch Chief, Phone: (913) 551-7139

Julia Cacho, Office Manager, FOIA Contact, Phone: (913) 551-7071

PESTICIDES PROGRAM TEAM

Heather Duncan, Phone: (913) 551-7640
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) and Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Grants Coordinator, Spray Drift Coordinator, First Backup for Technical Assistance for All States, Worker Safety backup, Water Quality backup

Todd Phillips, Phone: (913) 551-7438
Kansas Project Officer, Water Quality Coordinator, Second Backup for Technical Assistance for All States
Kansas Technical Assistance

Walter Roachell, Phone: (573) 636-5223 / Fax: (573) 636-5004
Missouri Project Officer, Endangered Species Coordinator
Missouri Technical Assistance
    EPA Jefferson City Field Office
    1103 Southwest Blvd, Suite B1
    Jefferson City, MO 65109-2535

Craig Thomson, (515) 284-4612 / Fax: (515) 284-7181
Acting Program Team Leader, Iowa Project Officer, Tribal Programs Coordinator, Biotechnology Coordinator
Iowa Technical Assistance
    EPA Des Moines Field Office
    210 Walnut Room 473
    Des Moines, IA 50309

Dick Wiechman, Phone: (402) 437-5080 / Fax: (402) 742-5694
Nebraska Project Officer, Worker Safety Coordinator (WPS, Certification & Training), Federal Credentials Coordinator
Nebraska Technical Assistance
    EPA Lincoln Field Office
    100 Centennial Mall North Rm 289
    Lincoln, NE 68508

PESTICIDES ENFORCEMENT TEAM

Mary Jane Wingett, Phone: (913) 551-7389
Enforcement Senior Team Leader, Case Review, Pesticides Enforcement, Section 7, FIFRA and Regulation Interpretations, Outreach, Pesticides Imports

Emily Detrich, Phone: (913) 551-7295
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, Import/Notice of Arrival Contact, CBI Contact

Joy Haff, Phone: (913) 551-7752
Case Review Officer and Pesticides Enforcement, Section 7 - Establishment Registration and Production Reporting, Second Backup for Imports

Mark Lesher, Phone: (913) 551-7054
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, Contact for Branch Publications, IPM in Schools, Outreach Activities, FOIAs for Nebraska

Elizabeth Murtagh-Yaw, Phone: (913) 551-7440
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, First Backup for Imports/Notices of Arrival, FOIAs for Iowa

Akilah Nicks, Phone: (913) 551-7476
Case Review Officer, Section 7 - First Backup for Establishment Registration and Production Reporting, FOIAs for Kansas

Barbara Shepard, Phone: (913) 551-7759
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, FOIAs for Missouri, Second Backup for Section 7
On detail - Will return to TOPE in March 2008

PESTICIDE STATE LEAD AGENCIES AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH PESTICIDES

IOWA
Chuck Eckermann, Chief
Pesticide Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Wallace Building, First Floor
502 E. 9th St.
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0051
Phone: (515) 281-8590 / Fax: (515) 242-6497
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/pesticidebureau.htm.

Iowa Pesticide Disposal Programs:
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
502 E. 9th Street, Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
Phone: (515) 281-5918
http://www.iowadnr.com/

KANSAS
Gary Meyer, Program Manager
Pesticide & Fertilizer Program
Kansas Department of Agriculture
109 SW 9th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1281
Phone: (785) 296-3786 / Fax: (785) 296-0673
http://www.ksda.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=60

MISSOURI
John Brunnert
Pesticide Program
Plant Industries Division
Missouri Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630, 1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0630
Phone: (573) 751-5504 / Fax: (573) 751-0005
http://www.mda.mo.gov

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176,
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (800) 361-4827 / Fax: (573) 751-3443
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/

University of Missouri Pesticide Applicator Training
Phone: (573) 882-4827
http://ipm.missouri.edu/pat/index.asp

West Nile Virus
Karen Yates
Missouri Dept. of Health
Division of Vector Born Diseases
Phone: (573) 751-4749

NEBRASKA
Tim Creger
Pesticide Program
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 94756
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2394 / Fax: (402) 471-6892
http://www.agr.state.ne.us/

Pesticide Applicator Education:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pesticide Safety Education Programs
http://pested.unl.edu/pat/

University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension
http://pested.unl.edu/

Pesticide Waste Disposal:
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
http://www.deq.state.ne.us/