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We're open from 8:00AM to 12:00PM Pacific Time, Mon-Fri
The Ecological Pesticide Incident Reporting portal provides a method for reporting ecological incidents that are suspected or known to be related to pesticide exposures. Ecological incidents are when adverse field effects involve non-target entities such as: wildlife, birds, fish, shell fish, bees, and plants (including non-crop damage from dicamba or other herbicide use).
Information from this portal may be directly sent in its entirety to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Data from this portal may be used to inform decision-making in the federal regulation of pesticides. Note that NPIC cannot ensure that personally identifiable information included in these reports will be kept confidential. Also note that the information submitted through this portal will not be used for targeted enforcement. If you wish to speak with someone about a potential investigation, please contact your state's pesticide regulatory agency for pesticide enforcement, or contact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at Report.Pesticide.Incident@epa.gov.
If you have questions or would prefer to report any adverse effect of a pesticide through the NPIC hotline, you may do so by calling NPIC at 800-858-7378
The following details about the pages and fields in the portal may be helpful when entering an incident report into the portal.
| Field | Required? | Description/Options |
|---|---|---|
| Type of Incident | Yes | Choose one of the options provided:
Terrestrial:
Incident involving only terrestrial animals. This
includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, and air-breathing stages of
amphibians and insects, other than
bees. Aquatic: Incident involving only aquatic animals. This includes all fish, aquatic invertebrates, and aquatic stages of amphibians and insects. Terrestrial and Aquatic: Incident involving both terrestrial and aquatic animals. Plants: Incident involving plants only. This includes all plants, terrestrial and aquatic. Includes non-crop damage from dicamba or other herbicide use. Bees: Incident involving only bees. |
| State where incident occurred | Yes | Choose the state where the incident occurred. |
| County | Yes | Choose the county where the incident occurred. The counties for the appropriate state will be loaded once a state is chosen in the previous item. |
| Starting date of observed adverse effects | Yes | Enter the date that entities were first observed adversely
affected. mm/dd/yyyy or mm/dd/yy format. |
| Ending date of observed adverse effects | No | Date that entities were last observed adversely
affected. If adverse effects continue to be observed, please enter today's date in this field and note that the effects are ongoing in the Details/Evidence field below. mm/dd/yyyy or mm/dd/yy format |
| Weather | No | Please provide the weather conditions at the time of the event, if
possible. Knowledge of the weather conditions assist reviewers in
understanding the context of an incident. Historical weather information may be found here. |
| Details/Evidence of Event | Yes | Please enter a summary of relevent event details, e.g. any specific notes or evidence. Be brief and as specific as possible in providing details about the event. Additional optional information for the event, including the ability to upload a lab report or other supporting documentation, may be entered on a subsequent screen. |
| Field | Required? | Description/Options |
|---|---|---|
| Pesticide Registration Number | No | Please provide the EPA Registration Number if possible. The Registration Number is located on the pesticide product labeling. This number is extremely important for reviewers to accurately record and assess an incident. The pesticide registration number, a.k.a. "EPA Reg. Number," is the best piece of information about a product you can give us. The EPA Reg. Number provides a unique identifier for a specific product. You should be able to find the EPA Reg. Number on the product label, usually in fine print close to where the active ingredients are listed. The number will usually have at least one hyphen in it -- be sure
to enter the number exactly as shown, including any hyphens,
e.g. |
| Product Name | No | If you do not know the EPA Registration Number, please provide the pesticide product name and the active ingredient if you can. Many products have similar names. Providing the name and the active ingredient will allow reviewers of the report to better assess the incident. Many products have similar names and without the Registration Number reviewers will not be able to accurately record the product without both the name and active ingredient(s) as well. |
| Active Ingredient: | No | To ease entering complex ingredient names, you can type the first few characters and a list of matching ingredients will be provided that you may choose from. |
| AI% | No | Enter the percentage concentration of the active ingredient, if known. |
| Use Site | No | If known, enter the registered use site of the product. The use site may be a crop, an object, etc. To see a list of available sites, type the first few letters (e.g. "cor") and a list of sites will be displayed to choose from (e.g. "corn" "cornish heather" etc.) |
| Formulation | No | Choose the product's formulation from the list provided:
|
| Use/Misuse | Yes |
Choose how the product was used from the list of provided options:
Registered Use: pesticide was used according to
the EPA-approved label. |
| Evidence of use/misuse | No | Please describe the incident in as much detail as possible and provide evidence as available. An attachment may be added later in the report submission process as well. |
| Aerial or Ground Application? | Yes | Please choose from the three options:
|
| Application Method | No | Enter the method used to apply the product, e.g. "backpack sprayer," "pellet dispersal," etc. |
| Application Rate | No | Enter the rate/amount of product applied, e.g. "1 gallon per square acre," or "1 ounce per tree," etc. |
On Page 1, a "type of incident" was chosen. This page will offer different choices based on that first choice. Please provide details about each organism or group of organisms is effected during this event below.
If more than one type of organism was impacted by this event, complete a new form for each type of organism by clicking "Save and Add Another Organism" when finished with the first form.
| Field | Required? | Description/Options |
|---|---|---|
| Type of Organism | Yes |
The options available will change depending on the selection made on the first page of the form: Terrestrial:
|
| Species | No | Provide the common name of the species affected. Please be specific, e.g. "American Tree Sparrow", not just "Sparrow." |
| Response | No | Choose a description of the effect of the pesticide on this particular species or group:
|
| Number of this type of organism affected or Magnitude of effect to this organism(s) |
Yes |
At least one of the Number... field or the Magnitude... field is required. If you know the exact number of affected organisms, enter that number in the Number... field. If not, ender a quantitative description in the Magnitude... field. You may only enter numbers in the Number... field. In the Magnitude... field you can provide a general quantitative description of the magnitude of the affected organisms, e.g. "dozens," "hundreds," "less than 5 acres," etc. |
| Habitat in which the organisms were found | No | Enter the habitat where the affected organisms were found, if known. This is not the same as the product use site entered on page 3. |
| Age of affected organism(s) | No | Enter the age or age class of the affected organism(s), if known. |
| Route of exposure | No | Choose an exposure route from the list of available routes:
|
| Distance from treatment site | No | If known, enter the distance from the treatment site to the site where the affected organism(s) were found. |
Optional: Please enter any additional information about the exposure as needed. If you have a lab report or other supporting documentation, you may upload a copy of that file via the "Upload a lab report from:" field provided. Please do not upload any file larger than 10MB.
There is also a "Skip This Screen" button available to skip past the form entirely.
Items you may wish to provide here might include:
Information from this portal may be directly sent in its entirety to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Data from this portal may be used to inform decision-making in the federal regulation of pesticides. Note that NPIC cannot ensure that personally identifiable information included in these reports will be kept confidential. Also note that the information submitted through this portal will not be used for targeted enforcement. If you wish to speak with someone about a potential investigation, please contact your state's pesticide regulatory agency for pesticide enforcement, or contact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at Report.Pesticide.Incident@epa.gov.
This page provides a complete summary of the information entered into the report so far. The report has not been saved yet. You can save the report without review by clicking the "Save Immediately" button at the top of the page. You can also review the report and make changes using the various "Change..." buttons as necessary, and then save the report using the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.
Once you see this page, the report has been saved into the database and cannot be edited further. You may wish to record the Report ID if you wish to contact us about the report.
Thank you for using the Ecological Pesticide Incident Reporting Portal!
