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Grants Mining District

Contact Us About the Grants Mining District

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For general questions regarding the Five-Year Plan:

Kevin Shade (shade.kevin@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-2708

For questions regarding legacy uranium mines:

Kevin Shade (shade.kevin@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-2708

Holland Shephard (holland.shephard@state.nm.us)
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
(505) 476-3437

Bill Auby (bauby@blm.gov)
Bureau of Land Management 
(505) 954-2159
 
Kathleen Adam (kathleen.adam@usda.gov) 
U.S. Forestry Service 
(505) 842-3843                                                                                                                                                         

For questions regarding former uranium mills:

Bernadette Tsosie (Bernadette.Tsosie@lm.doe.gov)  
Department of Energy (DOE)
(202) 617-6055
 

Tom Lancaster (Thomas.Lancaster@nrc.gov)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
(301) 415-6563

For questions regarding assessment of potentially contaminated residential structures:

Warren Zehner (zehner.warren@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(281) 983-2229

For questions regarding assessment of groundwater impacted by legacy uranium activities:

Kurt Volbrecht  (kurt.vollbrecht@state.nm.us) 
New Mexico Environment Department
(505) 827-0195

For questions regarding investigation activities at the Jackpile Mine:

Petra Sanchez (sanchez.petra@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-6686

For questions regarding investigation activities at the Homestake Mining Site:

Mark Purcell (purcell.mark@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-6707

For questions regarding investigation activities at the United Nuclear Corporation Site:

Janet Brooks (brooks.janet@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-7598

For questions regarding investigation activities at the Lower San Mateo Creek Basin Study Area:

Mark Purcell (purcell.mark@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-6707

For questions regarding public health surveillance of uranium in the Grants Mining District:

Srikanth (Sri) Paladugu, MBBS, MPH, MBA (srikanth.paladugu@state.nm.us)
New Mexico Department of Health
(505) 476-3549 (M,W,F); (505) 841-5893 (T,Th)

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