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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
Vacant

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

Policy & Guidance

Registration Guidance ‐ Conventional Chemicals
Name	Email	Phone
Ombudsman	OPP_RD_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
Ombudsman	BPPDquestions@epa.gov

Registration Guidance ‐ Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
Name	Email	Phone
Stephen Schaible	schaible.stephen@epa.gov	202-566-1261

Registration Guidance ‐ Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices
Name	Email	Phone
Raderrio Wilkins	wilkins.raderrio@epa.gov	202-566-2960

Test Guidelines

Harmonized Test Guidelines - Environmental Fate and Effects
Name	Email	Phone
Dana Spatz	spatz.dana@epa.gov	202-566-1794

Microbial Pesticide Test Guidelines
Name	Email	Phone
Shannon Borges	Borges.Shannon@epa.gov	202-566-2422

Databases

Ecotoxicity Database
Name	Email	Phone
Vacant

Food and Feed Vocabulary Products
Name	Email	Phone
George Kramer	kramer.george@epa.gov	202-566-1846

Food Commodity Intake Database (FCID)
Name	Email	Phone
David Hrdy	hrdy.david@epa.gov	202.566.2171
FCID 2003-2010 data available for download from the FDA-UMd Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition website

Pesticide Handler Exposure Database (PHED)
Name	Email	Phone
Matthew Crowley	crowley.matthew@epa.gov	202-566-2167

Models

Probabilistic Exposure and Risk model for FUMigants (PERFUM)
Name	Email	Phone
Shalu Shelat	shelat.shalu@epa.gov	202-566-1908

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	202-566-1633

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
Vacant		Team Leader
Craig Vigo	vigo.craig@epa.gov	National Pesticide Standard Repository	410-305-2908

Microbiology Laboratory ‐ Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, Maryland
Name	Email	Area of Responsibility	Phone
Rebecca Pines	pines.rebecca@epa.gov	Branch Chief	410-305-2635
Vacant		Senior Scientist
Michele Cottrill	cottrill.michele@epa.gov	Antimicrobial Test Samples	410-305-2955