Contacts in the Office of Pesticide Programs, Registration Division

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The Registration Division (RD) is responsible for conventional chemical product registrations, amendments, registrations, tolerances, experimental use permits, and emergency exemptions for conventional chemical pesticides.

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Immediate Office

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Charles "Billy" Smith [email protected] 202-566-2427 Division Director
Dan Rosenblatt [email protected] 202-566-2875 Deputy Director
Jennifer Saunders [email protected] 202-566-2885 Acting Associate Division Director 
Kable (Bo) Davis [email protected] 202-566-2576 Senior Regulatory Specialist
Paul Di Salvo [email protected] 202-566-2597 Senior Regulatory Specialist (Endangered Species Act Coordinator)
RD Ombudsman [email protected]   RD Ombudsman
CRP Team [email protected]   Child-Resistant Packaging (CRP)
Invert Efficacy Team [email protected]   Invertebrate Efficacy Team
Inerts Mailbox [email protected]   Inert Ingredients Team

Invertebrate-Vertebrate Branch 1

Insecticides, insect repellents, pyrethroids

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Vacant     Branch Chief
Jackie Herrick [email protected] 202-566-2758 PM Team 3
Beth Fertich [email protected] 202-566-2674 PM Team 4
Kevin Ulrich [email protected] 202-566-1281 Senior Entomologist

Invertebrate-Vertebrate Branch 2

Insecticides, insect growth regulators, OPs, Carbamates, fipronil

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Ideliz Negron-Encarnacion [email protected] 202-566-1754 Branch Chief
Tamica Cain [email protected] 202-566-2550 PM Team 10
Michael Walsh [email protected] 202-566-2952 PM Team 11
Debra Rate [email protected] 202-566-2867 Senior Regulatory Specialist

Invertebrate-Vertebrate Branch 3

Insecticides, structural fumigants, rodenticides, wildlife control products (including contraceptives)

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Deanna Colby [email protected] 202-566-2558 Branch Chief
Venus Eagle [email protected] 202-566-2654 PM Team 1 
Gene Benbow [email protected] 202-566-2500 Senior Regulatory Specialist
Melissa (Mel) Bridges [email protected] 202-566-1693 PM Team 7

Fungicide Branch

Fungicides, nematicides, fumigants, plant growth regulators

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Cynthia Giles-Parker [email protected] 202-566-2704 Branch Chief
Vacant     PM Team 21
Kristy Crews [email protected] 202-566-1813 PM Team 22 
Stephanie Suarez [email protected] 202-566-2918 Senior Regulatory Specialist

Herbicide Branch

Herbicides (including phenoxys, aquatics, desiccants and defoliants)

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Lindsay Roe [email protected] 202-566-2878 Branch Chief
Mindy Ondish [email protected] 202-566-2857 PM Team 23
Sarah Meadows [email protected] 202-566-2828 Senior Regulatory Specialist
Emily Schmid [email protected] 202-566-2893 PM Team 25

Fungicide-Herbicide Branch

Fungicides and herbicides

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Nathan (Nate) Mellor [email protected] 202-566-2829 Branch Chief
Shaja Joyner [email protected] 202-566-2808 PM Team 20
Heather McFarley [email protected] 202-209-5934 PM Team 24 
Aswathy Balan [email protected] 202-209-2355 Senior Regulatory Specialist

Minor Use and Emergency Response Branch

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Eric Bohnenblust [email protected] 202-566-2506 Branch Chief
Jennifer Gaines [email protected] 202-566-2685 Senior Regulatory Specialist; Emergency Response Team (Section 18 and 24c Coordinator)
Nancy Fitz [email protected] 202-566-2675 Minor Use Team Leader;
IR-4 liaison, minor use policy

Chemistry, Inerts and Toxicology Assessment Branch

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Kerry Leifer [email protected] 202-566-2812 Branch Chief 
Inerts Team Mailbox [email protected]   Please send all Inerts Team questions and correspondence to this mail box
Shyam Mathur [email protected] 202-566-2826 Product Chemistry Team Leader;
review of product chemistry data
Lindsay Odell [email protected] 202-566-0618 Acting Acute Toxicity Team Leader; review of acute toxicity studies for formulated products and review of precautionary labeling

Information Services Branch (ISB)

Fax: 703-305-7670

Responsible for in-processing registrant submissions including applications, studies, administrative information, adverse effects information, fees, and other required information. Manages central collections of regulatory case records, studies and incident reports. Maintains information in OPP's core office-wide databases.

Name Email Phone Area of Responsibility
Rachel Holloman [email protected] 202-566-2778 Branch Chief
Raderrio Wilkins [email protected] 202-566-2960 Team Leader;
Central Data Systems and Fees Management In-processing including PRIA actions;
Transfers (Product Registration;
Data and Company Ownership Transfers);
Salesforce Pilot/ Digital Transformation
Banza Djapao [email protected] 202-566-2601 Electronic Submissions
Christopher Green [email protected] 202-566-2707 Transfers (Product Registration;
Data and Company Ownership Transfers)
Christopher Green [email protected] 202-566-2707 PRIA fee waivers;
Voluntary Cancellations
Brenda Minnema [email protected] 202-566-2840 Central Data Systems and Fees Management In-processing including PRIA Actions and Fee Allocations;
PRIA Fee Refunds;
Maintenance Fee Collections;
PRIA Due Date Modifications;
Data Submitters List;
6(f)(1) use deletions/ Voluntary Cancellations
Vacant     6(a)(2) Data Coordinator
Vacant    

Electronic Submissions;
In-processing including PRIA Actions and Fees;
Salesforce Pilot/ Digital Transformation
Shirley Burgess [email protected] 202-566-2524 Document in-processing and imaging;
Assignment of EPA company numbers submissions;
Electronic Signature Agreements (ESA) verification and approvals
Brenda Minnema  [email protected] 202-566-2840 Process PRIA Fee Allocations and Refunds;
Maintenance Fee Collections;

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Last updated on August 29, 2024