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

Stephanie Keller, Office Manager, Phone: (913) 551-7848

PESTICIDES PROGRAM TEAM

Doug Jones, Phone: (913) 551-7592
Missouri Project Officer, AG IPM Grant Coordinator, Container/Containment Program Contact, Worker Safety Coordinator (WPS, Certification & Training), Missouri Technical Assistance, Atrazine Coordinator, and Spray Drift Contact

Dick Wiechman, Phone: (402) 437-5080 / Fax: (402) 742-5694
Nebraska Project Officer, Federal Credentials Coordinator, Region 7 Tribal Contact, PIP Contact, Nebraska Technical Assistance, and Federal Inspector
EPA Lincoln Field Office
100 Centennial Mall North Rm 289
Lincoln, NE 68508

Katie Howard, Phone: (913) 551-7861
Iowa Project Officer, School IPM Coordinator, SIPM Competitive Grant Manager, Healthy Homes Contact, Endangered Species Coordinator, and Iowa Technical Assistance

Heather Duncan, Phone: (913) 551-7640
Kansas Project Officer, Pollinator Contact, Water Quality Coordinator, R7 AG Team Contact, and NCR SARE Contact

PESTICIDES ENFORCEMENT TEAM

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

Jay Hua, Phone: (913) 551-7748
Case Review Officer, Pesticides Enforcement, Import/Notice of Arrival Contact, First Backup for Section 7 - Establishment Registration and Production Reporting

Andrew Kowalski, Phone: (913) 551-7017
Case Review Officer, 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, Entomologist, Regional Bed Bug Contact

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

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
Gretchen Paluch, Ph.D., 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/

Iowa Cooperative Extension

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/

Kansas Cooperative Extension

MISSOURI
Paul Bailey
Pesticide Program
Plant Industries Division
Missouri Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630, 1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0630
Phone: (573) 751-5510 / Fax: (573) 751-0005
http://mda.mo.gov/plants/pesticides/

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

University of Missouri Pesticide Applicator Training
Phone: (573) 882-4827

University of Missouri Cooperative Extension

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.ne.gov/pesticide/

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

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

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