Quality System Contacts and Web Sites
Each EPA Regional Office, National Program Office, and ORD National Research Laboratory and Center develops and implements its own individual system in support of the EPA Quality System. Below are the contacts for each EPA organization. (Note: All EPA e-mail addresses are of the form lastname.firstname@epa.gov except where specified.)
Several EPA organizations have quality-related web pages that contain
information on training, guidance, and other items. For your convenience,
links to these web sites are provided next to the responsible office.
The Office of Environmental Information's Quality Staff develops Agency-wide Quality System policies, develops supporting guidance and tools, provides related training and outreach, and oversees the implementation by EPA organizations. Reggie Cheatham (e-mail: quality@epa.gov) is the Director of the Quality Staff.
- Administration and Resources Management
- Air and Radiation
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Environmental Information
- Great Lakes
- Office of the Administrator
- Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
- Regions
- Research and Development
- Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- Water
- Other Organizations and Contacts
Administration and Resources Management
- Office of Administration - Tom Pastore
- Office of Human Resources - Noel Jamison
Air and Radiation
- AA Representative - Carl Mazza
- Atmospheric Programs - Larry Kertcher
- Air Quality Planning and Standards - Joe
Elkins
- QA Program - www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/qa/index.html
- QA Resources - www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/qalist.html
- Radiation and Indoor Air - Mary
Clark (e-mail: clark.marye@epa.gov)
- Available on the EPA Intranet at intranet.epa.gov/oriaxxqs/
- Transportation and Air Quality - Ruth
Schenk
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
- AA Representative - Milton Robinson
- Federal Facilities Enforcement - Richard Satterfield
- Civil Enforcement - Jim Thompson (e-mail: thompson.jamesa@epa.gov)
- Compliance - Robbi Farrell
- Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training - Robert
Devine
- National Enforcement Investigations Center - Tom Norris
- Environmental Justice - Sheila Lewis
- Federal Activities - Marthea Rountree
- Site Remediation Enforcement - Stephen Keim
Environmental Information
- AA Representative - Jeffrey Worthington
- Information Analysis and Access - Barry Nussbaum
- Information Collection - Pam Shenefiel
- Planning, Resources, and Outreach - Lorena Cedeno-Zambrano
- Technology Operations and Planning - Pamela Ricks
- Quality Staff - Thomas Dixon
Office of the Administrator
- Children's Health Protection - Brenda Foos
- Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations- Christine Zawlocki
- Policy, Economics, and Innovation - Al
McGartland
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
- AA Representative - Chris Tirpak
- Pesticide Program - Betsy Grim
- Available on the EPA Intranet at epawww.epa.gov/pesticides/reference/qmp/index.htm
- Pollution Prevention and Toxics - Barbara Leczynski
- Science Coordination and Policy - Tom
McClintock
Regional Offices
- Region 1 (CT ME MA NH RI VT) - Gerry Sotolongo Web page: www.epa.gov/region01/lab/qa/qualsys.html
- Region 2 (NJ NY PR VI)- Kevin Kubik Web page: http://www.epa.gov/region02/qa/documents.htm
- Region 3 (DE DC MD PA VA WV) - Terry Simpson Web page: www.epa.gov/region03/esc/QA/qateam.htm
- Region 4 (AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN) - Danny France Web page: www.epa.gov/region4/sesd/mtsb.html
- Region 5 (IL IN MI MN OH WI)- Kevin Bolger
- Region 6 (AR LA NM OK TX) - Don Johnson
- Region 7 (IA KS MO NE) - Diane Harris (e-mail: harris.dianee@epa.gov) Web page: www.epa.gov/region07/qa/index.htm
- Region 8 (CO MT ND SD UT WY) - Aundrey Wilkins (Acting)
- Region 9 (AZ CA HI NV AS GU) -Eugenia McNaughton Web page: www.epa.gov/region09/qa/index.html
- Region 10 (AK ID OR WA) - Gina Grepo-Grove Web page: yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OEA.NSF/Quality+Assurance/Main
Research and Development
- AA Representative - Roger Cortesi
- National Center for Computational Toxicology - Lora Johnson
- National Center for Environmental Assessment - Cheryl Itkin
- National Center for Environmental Research - Lisa Doucet
- National Exposure Research Laboratory - Lora
Johnson
- Available on the EPA Intranet at intranet.epa.gov/nerlintr/qa/quality.html
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Brenda Culpepper
- Available on the EPA Intranet at www.nheerl.epa.gov/policy_guidance/qa
- National Homeland Security Research Center - Eletha Brady-Roberts (e-mail: roberts.eletha@epa.gov)
- National Risk Management Research Laboratory - Lauren Drees
- Available on the EPA Intranet at ordnotes4.cin.epa.gov:9876/
- Office of Resources Management and Administration - Jeryl Wentworth
- Office of Science and Information Management - Brenda Young
- Office of Science Policy - Stephen Watkins
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- AA Representative - Steve Schmitt
- Brownfields Cleanup & Redevelopment - Debi
Morey
- Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Assessments- www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/pdf/bfqag4.pdf (PDF 373KB, About PDF)
- Emergency Management - Patrick Easter
- Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse - Kevin Oates
- Information Management & Data Quality Staff - Regina Magbie
- Resource Conservation and Recovery - Charles Sellers
- Superfund Remediation & Technology Innovation -David
Charters (e-mail: charters.davidw@epa.gov)
- www.epa.gov/tio/char.htm
- Environmental Response Team - David Charters (e-mail: charters.davidw@epa.gov)
- Underground Storage Tanks - Lynn
DePont
Water
- AA Representative - Mark Hamilton
- American Indian Environmental Office - Edwin Liu
- Ground Water and Drinking Water - Phil Oshida
- Science and Technology - Marion Kelly
- Waste Water Management - Barry Benroth
- Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds - Margarete
Heber
Other Organizations and Contacts
- Chesapeake Bay Program - Mary Ellen Ley (e-mail: ley.mary@epa.gov)
- Chief Financial Officer - Kathy Sedlak-O'Brien (e-mail: obrien.kathy@epa.gov)
- Environmental Technology Verification - Lora Johnson
- Great Lakes National Program - Louis Blume
- Gulf of Mexico Program - Troy Pierce
- Information Quality Guidelines - Monica Jones
- Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF) - TBD
- IDQTF Quality Assurance Documents and Links - www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/qualityassurance.htm
- International Activities - Dona Harris
- Office of the Science Advisor - Lara Autry