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

Customer Service: (800) 223-0425
FAX: (913) 551-7765

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

Royan Teter, Pesticides Section Chief, Phone: (913) 551-7609

Sandy Wilder, Office Manager, Phone: (913) 551-7386

PESTICIDES PROGRAM TEAM

Heather Duncan, Phone: (913) 551-7640
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) and Strategic Ag Initiative (SAI) Grants Coordinator, Integrated Pest Management Coordinator

Todd Phillips, Phone: (913) 551-7438
Kansas Project Officer, Water Quality Coordinator
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
Iowa Project Officer, Tribal Programs Coordinator, Biotechnology Coordinator, Senior FIFRA Program Advisor
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

Barbara Shepard, Phone: (913) 551-7759
Enforcement Advisor, Case Review, Pesticides Enforcement, FIFRA and Regulation Interpretations, Outreach, Pesticides Imports

Jay Hua, Phone: (913) 551-7748
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, Import/Notice of Arrival Contact

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

Mark Lesher, Phone: (913) 551-7054
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, Pesticide Publications

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

Delbert Kelly (NOWCC), Phone: (913) 551-7371
Pesticide Producer Establishment Numbers/Reporting(Section 7)

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.iowaagriculture.gov/pesticides.asp

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.gov/

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/pesticides_fertilizer/

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/pi/bureauintro.htm

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

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/division/bpi/pes/pest1.htm

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/