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Joining
Membership Categories
- Partners: Organizations that use pesticides or represent pesticide users.
- Supporters: Organizations that do not use pesticides, but have significant influence over the pest management practices of pesticide users. (For example, food processors influence the use of pesticides on the produce they buy but they do not apply the pesticides themselves.) Supporters may also include public interest groups whose constituencies have a strong interest in pesticide risk reduction.
Why Join PESP?
- Joining PESP gives your organization the opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to environmental stewardship and take steps to put this commitment into practice.
- Membership may enhance public perception of your organization, constituent support, and employee morale.
- EPA provides each PESP member with a liaison.
Liaisons:
- help members develop their strategy,
- provide information on EPA activities, and
- provide information on funding opportunities to support strategy implementation.
- PESP publicly recognizes members who have demonstrated a commitment to environmental stewardship and made progress in reducing pesticide risk. Recognition is in the form of articles in PESP Update, PESP Progress Reports, and press releases.
How to Join
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To join PESP, complete a Member Participation Form (2 pp, 270 K, about PDF) and return it to EPA at:Electronic submissions cannot be accepted because the signature of your organization's representative is required. If you have trouble accessing this form, please contact us. Once EPA receives an application:PESP (7511P)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001
703-308-7026 (fax)
- Your application will be reviewed and you will be contacted by a PESP sector leader.
- EPA will make a decision on your application.
- You will be mailed a letter either welcoming you into the program or informing you that your application was not accepted.