Contacting the EPA Region 9 Press Office

Press inquiries

(415) 947-8700

EPA's experts in the Pacific Southwest are available for interviews to discuss important environmental issues in your community. Press Officers in EPA's Pacific Southwest Region facilitate media requests for reporters in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Pacific Southwest tribes and territories. If you're a member of the media interested in scheduling an interview with an EPA expert, email or call one of the media liaisons listed below.

Region 9's Press Officers:

Francisco Arcaute (arcaute.francisco@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (213) 244-1815
Cell Phone: (213) 798-1404
Area of coverage: Southern California
Los Angeles Metropolitan area, and the California border counties of San Diego and Imperial. He is place-based in the Southern California Field Office, and speaks fluent Spanish.

Wendy Chavez (chavez.wendy@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4248
Cell Phone: (415) 760-5422
Area of coverage: Northern California

Dean Higuchi (higuchi.dean@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (808) 541-2711
Cell Phone: (808) 216-9787
Area of coverage: Hawaii and Pacific Islands under U.S. jurisdiction, such as American Samoa and Guam

Mary Simms (simms.mary@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4270
Cell Phone: (415) 760-5419
Area of coverage: Central California

Margot PerezSullivan (PerezSullivan.margot@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4149
Cell Phone: (415) 760-9161
Area of coverage: Arizona and Nevada

Congressional Liaisons

Jim Vreeland (vreeland.jim@epa.gov)
(415) 497-4298
Area of coverage: Los Angeles North to Redding

Brent Maier (maier.brent@epa.gov)
(415) 947-4256
Cell (415) 760-5470
Area of coverage: Riverside county South to the San Diego and Border region and Arizona

Dean Higuchi (higuchi.dean@epa.gov)
808-541-271
Cell 808-216-9787
Area of coverage: Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas Islands,

For More Information

By phone:
Direct all press inquiries to the Region 9 press line:
(415) 947-8700

By U.S. Postal mail:

Office of Planning and Public Affairs
U.S. EPA Region 9
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

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