Hazmat Enforcement Organization
OHME is one of seven offices under the executive leadership of the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety. There are seven operating units in OHME, they are: (1) Office of the Director, Washington, D.C.; (2) Special Investigations, Washington, D.C.; (3) Eastern Region, West Trenton, New Jersey; (4) Southern Region, Atlanta, Georgia; (5) Central Region, Des Plaines, Illinois; (6) Southwest Region, Houston, Texas; and (7) Western Region, Ontario, California. Within the seven OHME units there are 14 remotely located positions, investigators, working from remote duty locations (home), that serve to increase OHME's responsiveness for the nation.