Comprehensive Combo
April 14-17, 2025
Fort Collins, CO
Audience
New and experienced staff who work under a FIFRA cooperative agreement. This includes staff who are currently in a leadership role or aspire to be in one.
Course Goal
To provide basic information on pesticide program structure, coordination, communication, and current issues related to federal, state, tribal, and territory pesticide regulatory programs.
Information to be covered in this course includes:
- Fundamentals of pesticide regulation and registration
- Pesticide enforcement basics
- EPA’s structure, the FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance, and co-regulator relationships
- Hot topics, such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA), bilingual labeling, certification plans, and emerging technologies.
Nominations and Participants
Nominations
Nominations must be submitted electronically. It is best to prepare your justification for selection before starting your nomination application.
Before starting the nomination form, please have the following ready:
- The nominee’s name, job title, agency or tribe, email, number of years working in pesticide regulatory programs, and number of years in nominee’s current position.
- Responses to the following questions:
- What are the nominee’s job responsibilities and how are they relevant to the course? (750 characters maximum, including spaces)
- Why is this training essential to the nominee’s job responsibilities? (750 characters maximum)
- What are 2 topics you wish to see offered during the course? (750 characters maximum)
Nominations for the this course open Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time and close Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
The PREP Team will make selections and notify nominees no later than Thursday, February 13, 2025 based on how closely the nominees fit the target audience and why the training is essential to their job responsibilities. Accepted nominees must confirm their participation no later than Thursday, February 20, 2025. If accepted nominees do not reply by this date, the PREP team cannot guarantee them a spot in the course.
Participants
Planning Group
- Gurinderbir Chahal, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Pat Farquhar, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Tara Glynn, US EPA Region 2
- Taryn LaScola, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Camilo Perez, Quechan Indian Tribe
- Steven Peterson, US EPA OPP
- Rashmi Singh, Florida Department. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Kima Traynham, Montana Department of Agriculture
Travel and Lodging Information
State, Territory, Tribal Participants
Participants’ lodging, travel, and per diem will be paid for by the PREP Team.
More course information will be shared via email after accepted participants complete the course registration form. Please pay close attention to your email, including your junk/spam folders for this information. Your quick response to these emails is vital to ensuring you receive your preferred travel arrangements.
EPA Participants
EPA Participants are responsible for reserving their own flights, ground transportation, and hotel. Please plan to arrive on Sunday, April 13 and depart on Friday, April 18. EPA participants must also pay a registration fee.
More course information, including how to reserve your hotel room, will be shared via email after accepted participants complete the course registration form. Please pay close attention to your email, including your junk/spam folders for this information. Your quick response to these emails is vital to ensuring you receive your preferred travel arrangements.