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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Contact Us: Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs)


EPA Headquarters Contact

George Utting (utting.george@epa.gov) (202) 564-0744


EPA Regional Contacts

Region 1: Boston (serving CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)
Damien Houlihan (houlihan.damien@epa.gov)
Phone: (617) 918-1586 

Region 2: New York City (serving NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Andrea Coats (coats.andrea@epa.gov)
Phone: (212) 637-3850  

Region 3: Philadelphia (serving DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)
Mark Zolandz (zolandz.mark@epa.gov)
Phone: (215) 814-2319

Region 4: Atlanta (serving AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN)
Sam Sampath (sampath.sam@epa.gov)
Phone: (404) 562-9229

Region 5: Chicago (serving IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)
Julianne Socha (socha.julianne@epa.gov)
Phone: (312) 886-4436

Cheryl Burdett (burdett.cheryl@epa.gov)
Phone: (312) 886-1463

Region 6: Dallas (serving AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX)
William Cooper (cooper.williamf@epa.gov)
Phone: (214) 665-6443

Denise Hamilton (hamilton.denise@epa.gov)
Phone: (214) 665-2775

Region 7: Kansas City (serving IA, KS, MO, and NE)
Mark Matthews (matthews.mark@epa.gov)
Phone: (913) 551-7635

Region 8: Denver (serving CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY)
Qian Zhang (zhang.qian@epa.gov)
Phone: (303) 312-6267

Region 9: San Francisco (serving AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau)
Becky Mitschele (mitschele.becky@epa.gov)
Phone: (415) 972-3492

Region 10: Seattle (serving AK, ID, OR, and WA)
Nicholas Peak (peak.nicholas@epa.gov)
Phone: (208) 378-5765

Steven Potokar (potokar.steven@epa.gov)
Phone: (206-553-6354)
CAFO Enforcement Coordinator

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State and Territory Agency Contacts

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Alabama

Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Office of Field Services, Field Operations Division
Richard Hulcher (rfh@adem.state.al.us)
Phone: (334) 394-4311

Alaska

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Gene McCabe (gene.mccabe@alaska.gov)
Phone: (907) 269-7580

Arizona

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Spencer York (york.spencer@azdeq.gov)
Phone: (602) 771-4509

Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Jamal Solaimanian, Ph.D., P.E. (jamal@adeq.state.ar.us)
Phone: (501) 682-0620

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California

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 1 – North Coast Region
Cherie Blatt (cherie.blatt@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (707) 576-2755
CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 2 – San Francisco Bay Region
Laurie Taul (laurie.taul@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (510) 622-2508

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 3 – Central Coast Region
Sheila Soderberg (ssoderberg@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (805) 549-3592

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 4 – Los Angeles Region
Mazhar Ali (mazhar.ali@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (213) 576-6652

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5 – Central Valley Region
Doug Patteson (doug.patteson@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (559) 445-5116

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 6 – Lahontan Region
Jehiel (Jay) Cass, P.E. (jehiel.cass@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (760) 241-2434

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 7 – Colorado River Basin Region
Kai Dunn (kai.dunn@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (760) 776-8986

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 8 – Santa Ana Region
Jawed Shami (jawed.shami@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (951) 782-3288

CA Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 9 – San Diego Region
John Odermatt (john.odermatt@waterboards.ca.gov)
Phone: (619) 521-5906

Colorado

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment / Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability / Environmental Agriculture Program
Chad DeVolin (chad.devolin@state.co.us)
Phone: (303) 692-3520

Connecticut

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection / Bureau of Water Management / Permitting and Enforcement Division
Michael Harder (harder.michael@po.state.ct.us)
Phone: (806) 424-3701

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Delaware

Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control / Division of Water / Surface Water Discharge Section
Bryan A. Ashby (bryan.ashby@delaware.gov)
Phone: (302) 739-9946

District of Columbia

US EPA, Region 03 (Permitting Authority for DC)
Kelly Shenk (shenk.kelly@epa.gov)
Phone: (410) 267-5728

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Florida

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Mary K. Smith (mary.k.smith@dep.state.fl.us)
Phone: (850) 245-8591

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Georgia

Georgia Environmental Protection Division / Water Protection Branch
Jill Causse (jill.causse@dnr.state.ga.us)
Phone: (404) 675-1616
Jamila Norman (jamila.norman@dnr.state.ga.us)
Phone: (404) 675-1687

Guam

US EPA, Region 09 (Permitting Authority for Guam)
Becky Mitschele (mitschele.becky@epa.gov)
Phone: (415) 972-3963 

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Hawaii

Hawaii Department of Health / Environmental Management Division / Clean Water Branch
Darryl Lum (darryl.lum@doh.hawaii.gov)
Phone: (808) 586-4352 

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Idaho

US EPA, Region 10 (Permitting Authority for Idaho CAFOs while recently published NPDES permit goes through appeal process)
Nicholas Peak (peak.nicholas@epa.gov)
Phone: (208) 378-5765

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (Permitting authority for Idaho)
Larry Waters (larry.waters@deq.idaho.gov)
Phone: (208) 373-0151

Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Mitch Vermeer (mitch.vermeer@agri.idaho.gov)
Phone: (208) 332-8550

Illinois

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency / Division of Water Pollution Control / Permit Section, Industrial Unit
Darin LeCrone (darin.lecrone@illinois.gov)
Phone: (217) 782-0610

Indiana

Indiana Department of Environmental Management / Office of Land Quality
Charles Grady (cgrady@idem.in.gov)
Phone: (317) 234-6965

Indiana Department of Environmental Management / Office of Land Quality / Permits Branch / Confined Feeding Permits Section
Joe Williams (jwilliams@idem.in.gov)
Phone: (317) 234-3540

Iowa

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Reza Khosravi (reza.khosravi@dnr.iowa.gov)
Phone: (515) 725-8408

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Kansas

Kansas Department of Health & Environment / Bureau of Water / Livestock Waste Management
Tara Mahin (tmahin@kdheks.gov)
Phone: (785) 296-5550

Kentucky

Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection / Division of Water
Sara Beard (sara.beard@ky.gov)
Phone: (502) 564-3410

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Louisiana

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Todd Franklin (jeremy.franklin@la.gov)
Phone: (225) 219-3209

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Maine

Maine Department of Environmental Protection / Bureau of Land and Water Quality / Division of Water Resource Regulations
Gregg Wood (gregg.wood@maine.gov)
Phone: (207) 287-7693

Maryland

Maryland Department of the Environment / Animal Feeding Operations Division
John Sullivan (john.sullivan@maryland.gov)
Phone: (410) 537-3332

Massachusetts

US EPA, Region 01 (Permitting Authority for Massachusetts)
Damien Houlihan (houlihan.damien@epa.gov)
Phone: (617) 918-1586

Michigan

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy / Water Resources Division
Megan McMahon (mcmahonm1@michigan.gov)
Phone: (517) 230-3442

Bruce Washburn (washburnb2@michigan.gov)
Phone: (269) 330-6079

Minnesota

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Lisa M. Scheirer (lisa.scheirer@state.mn.us)
Phone: (218) 846-8122

Mississippi

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Bryan Collins (bryan_collins@deq.state.ms.us)
Phone: (601) 961-5239 

Missouri

Missouri Department of Natural Resources / Water Protection Program
Greg Caldwell (greg.caldwell@dnr.mo.gov)
Phone: (573) 526-1426

Montana

Montana Department of Environmental Quality / Water Protection Bureau
Jon Kenning (jkenning@mt.gov)
Phone: (406) 444-0420

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Nebraska

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality / Water Quality Division / Agriculture Section
Benjamin Miller (ben.miller@nebraska.gov)
Phone: (402) 471-0282 

Nevada

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection / Bureau of Water Pollution Control
Bonnie Hartley (bhartley@ndep.nv.gov)
Phone: (775) 687- 9502

New Hampshire

US EPA, Region 01 in New England (Permitting Authority in New Hampshire)
Damien Houlihan (houlihan.damien@epa.gov)
Phone: (617) 918-1586

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services / Wastewater Engineering Bureau
Stergios Spanos (stergios.spanos@des.nh.gov)
Phone: (603) 271-6637

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection / Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control
Bruce Friedman (bfriedman@dep.state.nj.us)
Phone: (609) 633-7021

New Mexico

EPA Region 6 / Water Quality Division (Permitting Authority in New Mexico)
William F. Cooper (cooper.williamf@epa.gov)
Phone: (214) 665-6443 

New York

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation / Division of Water
Sara Latessa (sara.latessa@dec.ny.gov)
Phone: (518) 402-8279

North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality / Division of Water Resources
Christine Lawson (christine.lawson@ncdenr.gov)
Phone: (919) 807-6354

North Dakota

North Dakota Department of Health / Division of Water Quality
Marty Haroldson (mharolds@nd.gov)
Phone: (701) 328-5234

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Ohio

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency / Division of Surface Water
Chris Monroe (christopher.monroe@epa.ohio.gov)
Phone: (614) 644-2007

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry
Teena Gunter (teena.gunter@ag.ok.gov)
Phone: (405) 522-4576

Oregon

Oregon Department  of Agriculture / Natural Resources Division
Wym Matthews (wmatthew@oda.state.or.us)
Phone: (503) 986-4792

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Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental Protection
Ryan C. Kostival (rkostival@pa.gov)
Phone: (717) 772-5658

Puerto Rico

US EPA, Region 02 (Permitting Authority for Puerto Rico)
Andrea Coats (coats.andrea@epa.gov)
Phone: (212) 637-3850

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management / Office of Water Resources
Eric Beck (ebeck@dem.state.ri.us)
Phone: (401) 222-4700

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South Carolina

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control / Bureau of Water
Rob Devlin (devlinrj@dhec.sc.gov)
Phone: (803) 898-3798

South Dakota

South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources / Feedlot Permit Program
Kent Woodmansey (kent.woodmansey@state.sd.us)
Phone: (605) 773-3351

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Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation / Division of Water Resources
John Newberry (john.newberry@tn.gov)
Phone: (615) 532-7743

Texas

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality / CAFO Permitting
Charles Schneider (charles.schneider@tceq.texas.gov)
Phone: (512) 239-1379

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Utah

Utah Department of Environmental Quality / Division of Water Quality
Don Hall (dghall@utah.gov)
Phone: (801) 536-4492

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Vermont

Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Chris Gianfagna (chris.gianfagna@vermont.gov)
Phone: (802) 490-6174

Virgin Islands

US EPA, Region 02 (Permitting Authority for the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Andrea Coats (coats.andrea@epa.gov)
Phone: (212) 637-3850

Virginia

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality / Animal Feeding Operations Program
Betsy K. Bowles (betsy.bowles@deq.virginia.gov)
Phone: (804) 698-4059

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Washington

Washington State Department of Ecology
Chelsea Morris (chelsea.morris@ecy.wa.gov)
Phone: (360) 407-6563

Washington State Department of Agriculture / Dairy Nutrient Management Program
Chery Sullivan (csullivan@agr.wa.gov)
Phone: (360) 902-1928

West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection / Division of Water and Waste Management
Megan E. Grose (megan.e.grose@wv.gov)
Phone: (304) 926-0495

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Tyler Dix (tyler.dix@wisconsin.gov)
Phone: (608) 220-2096

Wyoming

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Jason Thomas (jason.thomas@wyo.gov)
Phone: (307) 777-5504
WYDES Program Manager, Acting

Jon Deutscher (jon.deutscher@wyo.gov)
Phone: (307) 675-5635
Nutrient Management

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