About the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP)

What We Do

Using sound science as a compass, OCSPP’s mission is to protect you, your family, and the environment from potential risks from pesticides and toxic chemicals. Through innovative partnerships and collaboration, we also work to prevent pollution before it begins. This reduces waste, saves energy and natural resources, and leaves our homes, schools and workplaces cleaner and safer. OCSPP implements the:

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),
• Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),
• Pollution Prevention Act, and
• portions of other statutes (see below).

Documents Related to Our Mission

• Test Guidelines for Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Organization

• Office of Pesticide Programs
• Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
• Office of Program Support

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Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)

What We Do

OPP regulates the manufacture and use of all pesticides (including insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, disinfectants, sanitizers and more) in the United States and establishes maximum levels for pesticide residues in food, thereby safeguarding the nation's food supply. EPA has expanded public access to information about risk assessment and risk management actions to help increase transparency of decision making and facilitate consultation with the public and affected stakeholders.

In addition to our regulatory functions, we provide information and coordinate with partners and stakeholders on issues ranging from worker protection to misuse of pesticides. We participate in a variety of partnerships related to pesticide use, including the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program, a voluntary private and public partnership dedicated to reducing pesticide use and risk, and Integrated Pest Management in Schools.

OPP implements:

• the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA 4)
• and key parts of the
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
  • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and
  • Endangered Species Act

Learn more about our pesticides program, including general information on pesticides, how to control pests, health and safety issues (including poison prevention), environmental effects, and pesticide regulations.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Pesticide Programs

• Assessing Pesticide Risks
• Bed Bugs
• Biotechnology under FIFRA
• Endangered Species Protection Program
• Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
• Ingredients used in Pesticides
• Insect Repellents
• Integrated Pest Management in Schools
• Mosquito Control
• Pesticide Labels
• Pesticide Registration
• Pesticide Registration Review
• Pesticide Tolerances
• Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
• Protecting Pets from Fleas and Ticks
• Protecting Pollinators
• Reducing Pesticide Drift
• Worker Safety Protection

Mail code: 7501P | EPA mailing addresses
Location: EPA Headquarters at Potomac Yard South in Arlington, Virginia | Visiting OPP

OPP Organization

Edward Messina, Director

• Phone: (202) 566-1245

Michael Goodis, Deputy Director of Programs

• Phone: (202) 566-1246

Arnold Layne, Deputy Director for Management

• Phone: (202) 566-1248

Antimicrobials Division

• Anita Pease, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-0736

Biological and Economic Analysis Division

• Anne Overstreet, Acting Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-2425

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division

• Charles Smith, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-2427

Environmental Fate and Effects Division

• Jan Matuszko, Acting Director​
  • Phone: (202) 566-1820

Health Effects Division

• Dana Vogel, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-1832

Pesticide Re-evaluation Division

• Elissa Reaves, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-1925

Registration Division

• Dan Rosenblatt, Acting Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-2875

Further details about OPP's current management team and structure are found in EPA's Pesticide Contacts web area.

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Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)

What We Do

OPPT manages programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Pollution Prevention Act. Under these laws, EPA evaluates new and existing chemicals and their risks, and finds ways to prevent or reduce pollution before it gets into the environment. We also manage a variety of environmental stewardship programs that encourage companies to reduce and prevent pollution. OPPT implements the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Pollution Prevention Act and Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. 

Information on chemicals and their regulation under TSCA, ways to prevent and reduce pollution, and on safer chemicals and their use.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

• Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
• Assessing and Managing Chemicals under TSCA
• Biotechnology under TSCA
• Chemical Data Reporting
• Green Chemistry
• Green Engineering
• Greener Products and Services
• Import-Export Requirements for Chemicals under TSCA
• New Chemicals
• Pollution Prevention
• Predictive Models and Tools for Assessing Chemicals under TSCA
• Review of Confidential Business Information
• Safer Choice (formerly Design for the Environment)
• Sustainable Futures
• Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
• TSCA Inventory

Mail code: 7401M | EPA mailing addresses
Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OPPT Organization

• Phone: (202) 564-3810

• Phone: (202) 564-3810

Data Gathering and Analysis Division

• David Widawsky, Director
  • Phone: (202) 564-8770

Existing Chemicals Risk Assessment Division

• Jeffery Morris, Director
  • Phone: (202) 564-0817

Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division

• Brian Symmes, Acting Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-1983

New Chemicals Division

• Madison Le, Director
  • Phone: (202) 564-5754

Project Management and Operations Division

• Pamela Myrick, Director
  • Phone: (202) 564-8170

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Office of Program Support (OPS)

What We Do

OPS is responsible for supporting OCSPP administrative programs, including budget, financial management, human resources, information technology, information management, and correspondence management, and is responsible for providing program support services related to rulemaking, peer review, international and intergovernmental relations, and communications.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Program Support

• Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
• TSCA Peer Review Committees
  • Chemical Safety Advisory Committee (CSAC)
  • Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC)

Mail code: 7201M | EPA mailing addresses
Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OPS Organization

• Phone: (202) 564-1116

• Phone: (202) 566-1949

Information Technology and Resources Management Division 

• Delores Barber, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-1508

Mission Support Division 

• Jackie Mosby, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-1184

Communication Services and Information Division 

• Lynn Vendinello, Director
  • Phone: (202) 566-0514