Contacting EPA about Regulating Pesticides
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) works with 10 Regional Offices and other EPA program offices on a wide range of pesticide issues and topics. OPP's Registration Division (RD), Antimicrobials Division (AD), Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD), and Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (PRD) are the main divisions responsible for regulating pesticides. Unless otherwise noted, staff listed below are from the Office of Pesticide Programs.
Contact EPA staff about:
- Product Registration
- Registration Resources
- Reporting Pesticide Production
- Reregistration Review
- Reregistration
- Adverse Effects Reporting
- Pesticide Tolerances
- Containers, Storage and Disposal
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) - Registration Fees |
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Peter Caulkins | caulkins.peter@epa.gov | 703-305-6550 | |
Conventional Products |
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Sherada Hobgood | hobgood.sherada@epa.gov | 703-308-8893 | Ombudsman |
Stephen Schaible | schaible.stephen@epa.gov | 703-308-9362 | Ombudsman (PRIA Products Only) |
Antimicrobial Products |
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ShaRon Carlisle | carlisle.sharon@epa.gov | 703-308-6427 | Ombudsman |
Nicole Berckes | berckes.nicole@epa.gov | 703-308-0152 | Communications and Registration Liaison |
State Regulations |
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Contact your pesticide state lead agency |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Pesticide Registration Kit |
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Eleanor Thornton | thornton.eleanor@epa.gov | 703-305-6799 | |
Getting forms faxed or mailed to you |
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Michael Pearlman | pearlman.michael@epa.gov | 703-305-6354 | |
Problems Accessing Online Forms |
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Nicole Williams | williams.nicole@epa.gov | 703-308-5551 | |
Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary |
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Bernie Schneider | schneider.bernard@epa.gov | 703-305-5555 | Coordinator |
Yuen-Shaung Ng | ng.yuen-shaung@epa.gov | 703-308-8120 | |
Pesticide Data Submitters List |
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John Jamula | jamula.john@epa.gov | 703-305-6426 | |
Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices |
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John Jamula | jamula.john@epa.gov | 703-305-6426 | |
Child-Resistant Packaging (CRP) for Pesticides |
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Rosalind Gross | gross.rosalind@epa.gov | 703-308-7368 | |
Questions about Pesticide Product Labels on the Web |
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Rame Cromwell | cromwell.rame@epa.gov | 703-308-9068 | |
Product Managers for Conventional Chemicals |
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Contact the Product Manager from the Product Manager Listing | 703-308-9068 |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (PRD) |
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Kevin Costello | costello.kevin@epa.gov | 703-305-5026 | |
Antimicrobials Division (AD) |
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Lance Wormell | wormell.lance@epa.gov | 703-603-0523 | |
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) |
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Linda Hollis | hollis.linda@epa.gov | 703-308-8733 | Biochemical |
Sheryl Reilly | Reilly.Sheryl @epa.gov | 703-308-8269 | Microbial |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Status of specific pesticide in reregistration process |
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Contact the Chemical Review Manager for that chemical | Pesticide Reregistration Status | ||
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for antimicrobial pesticides |
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Lance Wormell | wormell.lance@epa.gov | 703-603-0523 | |
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for conventional pesticides |
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Carol Stangel | stangel.carol@epa.gov | 703-308-8007 |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Pesticide Tolerances |
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Sherada Hobgood | hobgood.sherada@epa.gov | 703-308-8893 | Active Ingredients |
Pv Shah | shah.pv@epa.gov | 703-308-1846 | Inert Ingredients |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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Antimicrobial Tolerance Reassessment |
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Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 617-918-1872 | ||
Region 2 (NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) | 732-321-6610 | ||
Region 3 (DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, DC) | 215-814-2045 | ||
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) | 404-562-9011 | ||
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) | 312-886-6008 | ||
Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX) | 214-665-6534 | ||
Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE) | 913-551-7125 | ||
Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) | 303-312-6049 | ||
Region 9 (AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, MP, NV, Trust Territories) | 415-947-4204 | ||
Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA) | 206-553-0257 | ||
Foreign Producer Establishments |
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Michelle Stevenson | stevenson.michelle@epa.gov | 202-564-4203 | Pesticide Establishment Registration and Reporting |
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FIFRA 6(a)(2) Regulations |
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Norm Spurling | spurling.norman@epa.gov | 703-305-5835 |
Name | Phone | Area of Responsibility | |
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General Guidance |
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Pesticide Container and Contaninment |
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Nancy Fitz | fitz.nancy@epa.gov | 703-308-2962 | |
Jeanne Kasai | kasai.jeanne@epa.gov | 703-308-3240 |