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Contacting EPA about Pesticides Science and Policy Issues

On this page:

Advisory Committees
Policy & Guidance
Test Guidelines
Databases
Models
Labs/Methods

Advisory Committees

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC)
Name	Email	Phone
Shannon Jewell	jewell.shannon@epa.gov	703 347-0109

Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
Name	Email	Phone
General Information		202‐564‐8450

Policy & Guidance

Registration Guidance ‐ Conventional Chemicals
Name	Email	Phone
PRIA Products Only	OPP_RD_PRIA_Ombudsman@epa.gov

Registration Guidance ‐ Antimicrobial Chemicals
Name	Email	Phone
Ombudsman	pesticidequestions@epa.gov
AD Efficacy Team	AD_Efficacy@epa.gov

Registration Guidance ‐ Biological/Biochemical Products
Name	Email	Phone
Communications and Registration Liaison	BPPDquestions@epa.gov

Registration Guidance ‐ Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
Name	Email	Phone
Stephen Schaible	schaible.stephen@epa.gov	703‐308‐9362

Registration Guidance ‐ Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices
Name	Email	Phone
Michael Yanchulis	yanchulis.michael@epa.gov	703-347-0237

Test Guidelines

Harmonized Test Guidelines - Environmental Fate and Effects
Name	Email	Phone
Dana Spatz	spatz.dana@epa.gov	703-305-6063

Microbial Pesticide Test Guidelines
Name	Email	Phone
Shannon Borges	Borges.Shannon@epa.gov	703‐305-7175

Databases

Ecotoxicity Database
Name	Email	Phone
Brian Montague	montague.brian@epa.gov	703‐305‐6438

Food and Feed Vocabulary Products
Name	Email	Phone
Bernie Schneider (Coordinator)	schneider.bernard@epa.gov	703‐305‐5555

Food Commodity Intake Database (FCID)
Name	Email	Phone
David Miller	miller.davidj@epa.gov	703‐305‐5352
Ordering on CD‐ROM (National Technical Information Service)		800‐553‐6847 703‐605‐6000

Pesticide Handler Exposure Database (PHED)
Name	Email	Phone
Jeff Dawson	dawson.jeff@epa.gov	703-305-7329

Models

Probabilistic Exposure and Risk model for FUMigants (PERFUM)
Name	Email	Phone
Jeff Dawson	dawson.jeff@epa.gov	703‐305‐7329

PWC, PRZM5, VVWM, PFAM Tier I Rice Model, PRZM-GW, AGDISP^®, AgDRIFT^® (as well as retired models SWCC, EXAMS, GENEEC, FIRST, SCI-GROW)
Name	Email	Phone
Dirk Young	young.dirk@epa.gov	703-605-0206

Labs/Methods

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory ‐ Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, Maryland
Name	Email	Area of Responsibility	Phone
Thuy Nguyen	nguyen.thuy@epa.gov	Branch Chief	410‐305‐2905
Paul Golden	golden.paul@epa.gov	Team Leader	410‐305‐2960
Theresa Cole	cole.theresa@epa.gov	National Pesticide Standard Repository	410‐305‐2907

Microbiology Laboratory ‐ Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, Maryland
Name	Email	Area of Responsibility	Phone
Susan Lawrence	lawrence.susan@epa.gov	Branch Chief	410‐305‐2954
Stephen Tomasino	tomasino.stephen@epa.gov	Senior Scientist	410-305-2976
Michele Cottrill	cottrill.michele@epa.gov	Antimicrobial Test Samples	410-305-2955