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About EPA's Regional
Pesticide Programs
Select your state in the map or list below to view EPA's
regional office for that area: 
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is partners with
state/tribal/territorial governments in the regulation of pesticides.
Regional Pesticide Programs, located within the regional offices throughout
the U.S., conduct enforcement activities, monitor pesticide imports, participate
in initiatives that identify and reduce the risk from pesticides, and
enter into assistance agreements with states/tribes/territories to develop
and maintain pesticide regulatory programs. Together, EPA and its partners
regulate the registration, manufacture, sale, distribution, use and disposal
of pesticides.
- oversight of the delegation of pesticide "use" enforcement
to states, called "primacy".
- funding, managing, and reviewing assistance agreements with state/tribal/territorial
regulatory pesticide programs that monitor pesticide use/misuse activities,
certify and train pesticide applicators, and implement field programs
and initiatives.
- Reviewing laws, regulations, and ordinances for adherence to the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
- Conducting inspections and taking enforcement actions in areas of
regional/national priority.
- Providing a first line of communication with the public on pesticide-related
issues and distributing outreach materials to meet local needs.
- Registration of Pesticide Producing Establishments and the reviewing
of annual reports
- monitoring the importation and internet sales of pesticides.
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