Ms. Megan Priest

Biography

 Ms. Megan Priest has several years of experience with EPA pesticide regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  Ms. Priest has substantial experience in preparing and processing pesticide registration applications and acting as a liaison between clients and EPA on various issues. She advises clients on Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) issues, data call-ins, establishment registrations and annual reporting, and product label development. In addition, Ms. Priest has significant practical experience with the National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS). Prior to Technology Sciences Group Inc. Ms. Priest was a Staff Scientist at Keller and Heckman LLP where she was responsible for preparing and submitting pesticide registration applications, amendments and notifications to EPA, as well as compiling and reviewing related documents such as small business fee waivers, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, confidential statement of formulas, maintenance fees and PRIA fees. While at Keller and Heckman LLP, Ms. Priest was also responsible for state registration of pesticide products. In addition, Ms. Priest was an Environmental Data Analyst at MacFadden (EPA contract) where she provided Front-End Screening quality control assessments of pesticide application packages submitted by registrants to EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety Pollution Prevention, including review of pesticide registrations, petitions and amendments for compliance.

Research Interest

 She has expertise in developing regulatory strategies for pesticide registration, determining data requirements, coordinating testing with contract labs, and preparing and reviewing data packages for compliance.