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Lead Region Process

The purpose of the "Lead Region" system is to ensure the quality of agency decisions by providing an organized, consistent and effective regional role in all the major phases of Agency decision-making.

Regional offices assigned as Lead Regions are responsible for working with their respective National Program Managers (NPMs) to identify and synthesize the concerns of all ten regions into a "regional view" that can be effectively factored into Agency decision-making.
NPMs are responsible for soliciting and incorporating input from their Lead Regions on major policy, regulatory and resource decisions.

The current Lead Region structure has been in place since June 1984.

Lead Region Assignments and Coordinators for Fiscal Year 2020-2021

Lead Region FY 2020-21	Assignments	Lead Region Coordinator	Telephone	Lead Region FY 2022-23
1	Office of Mission Support (OMS-EI) Office of the Chief Financial Officer & OMS (OCFO & OMS-ARM)	Brandon Williams Emily Bender	617-918-1965 617-918-1037	2
2	Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) (RCRA/UST/BF)	Stephanie Lamster	212-637-3465	3
3	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP)	Beth Garcia	215-814-5243	4
4	Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) (Superfund/ Oil Pollution/ Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention)	Dora Ann Johnson	404-562-8737	5
5	Office of Research and Development (ORD) & Lab Services and Applied Sciences Divisions (LSASD)	Chris Choi	312-353-5006	6
6	Office of Water (OW)	Miriam Varnado	214-665-7171	7
7	Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA)	Deborah Bredehoft	913-551-7164	8
8	Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Office of General Counsel (OGC)	Joe Wilwerding Abigail Dean Elyana Sutin (OGC)	303-312-6729 303-312-6106 303-312-6899	9
9	Office of the Administrator (OA) + Office of Homeland Security (OHS)	Paul Amato	415-972-3847	10
10	Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)	Justin Spenillo	206-553-6125	1
	Headquarters Lead Region Contact	Melissa Saddler	202-564-5455