1 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM Pesticides: Health and Safety Recent Additions Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home > Pesticides > Health and Safety > Worker Safety & Training > State Programs Human Health Issues Protecting Children Protecting Pets Worker Safety & Training Using Pesticides Safely Public Health Issues Illegal Pesticide Products Reducing Pesticide Risk Emergency Information Human Exposure Spills Incident Reporting Resources Recursos en español State Programs Following is a list of pesticide state lead agencies. In general, the first Web site listed is a general site for the state's environmental agency. The second Web site is specific to certification and training programs. If two agencies are listed, the state department of agriculture or equivalent usually certifies most categories of applicators, while the structural pest control agency certifies on for structural pest control. Alabama http://www.agi.state.al.us/ http://www.agi.state.al.us/word/pppm.htm Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Protection and Pesticides PO BOX 3336 Montgomery, AL 36109-0336 (334) 240-7171 Alaska http://www.state.ak.us/dec/eh/index.htm http://www.state.ak.us/dec/eh/pest/index.htm Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Pesticide Program 1700 E. Bogard Rd. Building B Suite 202 Wasilla, AK 99654 (907) 376-1870 or 1-800-478-2577 (In-State Only) Arizona http://agriculture.state.az.us http://agriculture.state.az.us/esd/esd.htm Arizona Department of Agriculture Environmental Services 1688 W Adams Phoenix, AZ 85007 (800) 223-0618 (602) 255-3664 (602) 542-3579 Arizona Structural Pest Control 9545 East Double Tree Ranch Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Arkansas http://www.plantboard.org/ http://www.plantboard.org/pesticides_licensing.html Arkansas State Plant Board Division of Feeds, Fertilizers and Pesticides
2 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM #1 Natural Resource Dr PO BOX 1069 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 225-1598 California http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/ http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/liccert.htm CA Department of Pesticide Regulation 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95812 Contact: County Agric. Commissioner Colorado http://www.ag.state.co.us http://www.ag.state.co.us/dpi/pesticideapplicator/home.html CO Department of Agriculture Division Plant Industry 700 Kipling St Suite 4000 Lakewood, CO 80215-5894 (303) 239-4140 Private applicator certification is done by U.S. EPA Region 8 Connecticut http://dep.state.ct.us/ http://dep.state.ct.us/wst/prgactiv.htm#pesticides CT Department Environmental Protection Pesticide Division 79 Elm St Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 424-3369 Delaware http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/index.htm http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/pesticides/index.htm DE Department of Agriculture 2320 South Dupont Hwy Dover, DE 19901 (800) 282-8685 (302) 739-4811 Florida http://doacs.state.fl.us/ http://www.safepesticideuse.com FL Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Bureau of Entomology and Pesticides 644 Cesery Boulevard, Suite 200 Jacksonville, FL 32211 (904) 727-6592 Georgia http://www.agr.state.ga.us/index.html
3 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM http://www.agr.state.ga.us/html/pest_app_lic_cert.html http://www.agr.state.ga.us/html/structural_pest_control.html GA Department Agriculture Pesticide Division 19 Martin Luther King Dr SW Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-9378 Hawaii http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/pi_pest.htm Hawaii Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry Pesticides Branch 1428 S King St Honolulu, HI 96814-2512 (808) 973-9401 Idaho http://www.agri.state.id.us/ http://www.agri.idaho.gov/agresource/pesttoc.htm ID Department of Agriculture Division of Agricultural Resources PO BOX 7723, Boise, ID 83707 2270 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise, ID 83712 (208) 332-8590 Illinois http://www.agr.state.il.us/ http://www.agr.state.il.us/environment/pesticide/pestuses.html IL Department of Agriculture Bureau of Environmental Programs PO BOX 19281 Springfield, IL 62794-9281 (217) 782-4674 (800) 641-3934 http://www.idph.state.il.us/ IL Department of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Structural Pest Control Program 525 West Jefferson Springfield, IL 62761 Indiana http://www.isco.purdue.edu/ http://www.isco.purdue.edu/index_pest1.htm Office of Indiana State Chemist Purdue University 1154 Biochemistry Bldg W Lafayette, IN 47907-1154 (765) 494-1594
4 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM Iowa http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/default.htm http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/pesticidebureau.htm Iowa Department of Agriculture Pesticide Bureau Wallace Bldg Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-8591 Kansas http://www.accesskansas.org/kda/ http://www.accesskansas.org/kda/pest&fert/pest-mainpage.htm KS State Board of Agriculture Division of Plant Health 901S Kansas Ave 7th Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1281 (913) 296-2142 Kentucky http://www.kyagr.com/ http://www.kyagr.com/enviro_out/pesticide/index.htm KY Department of Agriculture Division of Pesticides 100 Fair Oaks Ln 5th Fl Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-7274 Louisiana http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/ http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/divisions/aes/pesticide-ep/default.asp LA Department of Agriculture Pesticide & Environmental Programs PO BOX 3596 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3596 (504) 925-4578 Maine http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/ http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/pesticides/ Maine Department of Agriculture Pesticides Control State House Station 28 Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-2731 Maryland http://www.mda.state.md.us/ http://www.mda.state.md.us/plant/piprof.htm MD Department of Agriculture Pesticide Regulation Section 50 Harry S Truman Parkway
5 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 841-5710 Massachusetts http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/ http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/pesticides/index.htm Mass Department of Agriculture Pesticides Bureau 100 Cambridge St 21st Fl Boston, MA 02202 (617) 727-3020 ext 134 Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/mda http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1569_16988---,00.html Michigan Department of Agriculture Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division PO BOX 30017 Lansing, MI 48909 (800) 292-3939 Minnesota http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ http://www.mda.state.mn.us/pestsweeds.htm MN Department of Agriculture Agronomy Services Division 90W Plato Blvd St. Paul, MN 55107 (612) 297-4870 Mississippi http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/index.asp http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/library/bbc/plantindustry/pesticideprograms/pesticideprograms.htm MS Department of Agriculture Plant Industry Division PO BOX 5207 MS State, MS 39762 (601) 325-3390 Missouri http://www.mda.state.mo.us/ http://www.mda.state.mo.us/pest/d7c.htm Missouri Department of Agriculture Bureau of Pesticide Control PO BOX 630-1616 Missouri Blvd. Jefferson City, MO 65102 (573) 751-2462 Montana http://agr.state.mt.us/ http://agr.state.mt.us/programs/asd/pestcert/pesthome.shtml
6 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM MT Department of Agriculture Agricultural Sciences Division PO BOX 200201 Helena, MT 59620-0201 (406) 444-2944 Nebraska http://www.agr.state.ne.us/ http://www.agr.state.ne.us/division/bpi/pes/pest1.htm NE Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry 301 Centennial Mall Lincoln, NE 68509 (402) 471-2394 (800) 831-0550 Nevada http://agri.state.nv.us/ http://agri.nevada.gov/pco_index.htm NV Department of Business and Industry Division of Agriculture 350 Capitol Hill Ave Reno, NV 89502 (702) 688-1180 New Hampshire http://agriculture.nh.gov/ http://agriculture.nh.gov/about/pesticide_control.htm NH Department of Agriculture Division of Pesticide Control PO BOX 2042 Concord, NH 03302-2042 (603) 271-3550 New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ http://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/pcp/index.html NJ Department of Environmental Protection Pesticide Control Program 22 South Clinton Ave. 3rd Floor PO BOX 411 Trenton, NJ 08625-0411 (609) 984-6568 New Mexico http://nmdaweb.nmsu.edu/ http://nmdaweb.nmsu.edu/divisions/aes/pest/tcon-licen.html NM Department of Agriculture Pesticide Bureau PO BOX 30005 3AQ NMSU Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005
7 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM (505) 646-2133 New York http://www.dec.state.ny.us/ http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/pesticid/appman.htm NY Department of Environmental Conservation Bureau Pesticides & Radiation 50 Wolf Rd Rm 498 Albany, NY 12233-7254 (518) 457-7482 North Carolina http://www.agr.state.nc.us/division.htm http://www.ncagr.com/fooddrug/pesticid/ NC Department of Agriculture P.O. Box 27647 Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 733-3556 NC Department of Agriculture Structural Pest Control Division P.O. Box 27647 Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 733-6100 North Dakota http://www.agdepartment.com/ http://www.agdepartment.com/programs/plant/pesticides.html ND Department of Agriculture Pesticide Division State Capitol, 600 E Blvd 6th Bismark, ND 58505-0020 (701) 328-4756 Ohio http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/ http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/pubs/divs/plnt/curr/pr/plnt-pr-index.stm Ohio Department of Agriculture Pesticide Regulation Section 8995 E Main St Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (800) 282-1955 Oklahoma http://www.state.ok.us/~okag/ http://www.state.ok.us/~okag/pics-home.htm OK Department of Agriculture Division Plant Industry 2800 N Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298 (405) 521-3864 Oregon
8 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM http://www.oda.state.or.us/oda.html http://www.oda.state.or.us/pesticide/index.html OR Department of Agriculture Plant Division 635 Capitol St NE Salem, OR 97310-0110 (503) 986-4635 Pennsylvania http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/ http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/plantindustry/site/default.asp PA Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry 2301 N Cameron St Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408 (717) 787-4843 Rhode Island http://www.state.ri.us/dem/ http://www.state.ri.us/dem/topics/agricult.htm RI Department of Environmental Mgmt Division of Agriculture 22 Hayes St Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2782 South Carolina http://dpr.clemson.edu/ http://dpr.clemson.edu/pco/ South Carolina Department of Agriculture Pesticide Regulation Clemson University 511 Westinghouse Rd. Pendleton, SC 29670 (864) 646-2150 South Dakota http://www.state.sd.us/doa/doa.html http://www.state.sd.us/doa/das/ SD Department of Agriculture Division of Agricultural Services, Foss Bldg 523 E Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-3188 (800) 228-5254 (605) 773-3724 Tennessee http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/ http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/regulate/aip/index.html TN Department of Agricultural Plant Industries PO BOX 40627 Melrose Station Hogan Rd, Bruer Bldg
9 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM Nashville, TN 37204 (615) 837-5512 Texas http://www.agr.state.tx.us/ http://www.agr.state.tx.us/pesticide/index.htm TX Department of Agriculture Pesticide Division PO BOX 12847 Austin, TX 78711 (512) 451-7200 (800) 835-5832 http://www.spcb.state.tx.us/ TX Structural Pest Control Board 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 100 LW Austin, TX 78723 Utah http://www.ag.state.ut.us http://ag.utah.gov/plantind/plant_ind.html UT Department of Agriculture 350 N Redwood Rd PO BOX 146500 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500 (801) 538-7187 Vermont http://www.state.vt.us/agric/ http://www.state.vt.us/agric/vpac.htm Vermont Department of Agriculture Plant Industry Section 116 State St Montpelier, VT 05602 (802) 828-2416 Virginia http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/index.html http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/pesticides/index.html VA Department of Agriculture Office of Pesticide Services PO BOX 1163 Richmond, VA 23209 (804) 371-6558 (800) 552-9963 Washington http://agr.wa.gov/ http://agr.wa.gov/pestfert/default.htm WA Department of Agriculture Pest Management Division PO BOX 42560 Olympia, WA 98504-2560
10 of 10 2/25/2006 11:21 AM (360) 902-2010 Washington, D.C. http://www.dchealth.dc.gov/index.asp http://www.dchealth.dc.gov/services/administration_offices/environmental/services2/tsd/index.shtm Environmental Regulation Administration Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave, SE Rm 203 Washington, DC 20020 (202) 645-6080 West Virginia http://www.wvagriculture.org/ http://www.wvagriculture.org/divisions/plant_industries.html#pesticide WV Department of Agriculture Pesticide Regulatory Program 1900 Kanawha Blvd E Charleston, WV 25305-0190 (304) 558-2209 Wisconsin http://datcp.state.wi.us http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/arm/agriculture/pest-fert/pesticides/index.html WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Agricultural Resources Mgmt Division PO BOX 8911 2811 Agric. Dr Madison, WI 53708-8911 (608) 224-5012 Wyoming http://wyagric.state.wy.us/ http://wyagric.state.wy.us/techserv/tsindex.html WY Department of Agriculture Technical Services Division 2219 Carey Ave Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7324 Publications Glossary A-Z Index Jobs EPA Home Privacy and Security Notice Contact Us Last updated on Friday, November 4th, 2005 URL: