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FHWA Office of Project Development and Environmental Review (HEPE)
FHWA Resource Center Environment Technical Services Team

FHWA Division Environmental Streamlining Contacts
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HEPE Mission
To advance environmental stewardship and streamlining for FHWA-funded projects through application of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) principles and the NEPA process at the project level.

Mailing Address
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20590

Project Development Support
For project development support to the FHWA Division Offices, HEPE is organized into four teams to correspond with the four DFS geographic regions, as shown in the table. Each team will be led by a core (C) Project Development Specialist (PDS) and championed by a HEPE Team Leader. The PDS team organization will make multiple staff members available as contacts for each Division office within the DFS Region to provide maximum coverage

Contact	Title	Phone Number	E-Mail Address
Office Director
April Marchese	Acting Director	202-366-2074	April.Marchese@dot.gov
PDS Team: North DFS
Felicia Alexander (TL)	Program and Policy Development Team Leader	202-366-2851	Felicia.Alexander@dot.gov
Neel Vanikar (C)	Project Development Specialist	202-366-2068	Neel.Vanikar@dot.gov
Mike Ruth	Ecologist	202-366-9509	Mike.Ruth@dot.gov
James Gavin	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-1473	James.Gavin@dot.gov
David Cohen	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-8531	David.Cohen@dot.gov
PDS Team: South DFS
Harold Peaks (TL)	Project Development Team Leader	202-366-1598	Harold.Peaks@dot.gov
Damaris Santiago (C)	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-2034	Damaris.Santiago@dot.gov
Daniel Buford	Ecologist	202-366-8168	Daniel.Buford@dot.gov
David Clarke	Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Preservation Officer	202-366-2060	David.Clarke@dot.gov
Susan Jones	Highway Engineer	202-493-2139	Susan.Jones@dot.gov
PDS Team: Mid-America DFS
Harold Peaks (TL)	Project Development Team Leader	202-366-1598	Harold.Peaks@dot.gov
Owen Lindauer (C)	Project Development Specialist, Archeologist	202-366-2655	Owen.Lindauer@dot.gov
Andrew Brunner	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-4651	Andrew.Brunner@dot.gov
Marisel Lopez-Cruz	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-493-0356	Marisel.Lopez-Cruz@dot.gov
Carolyn Nelson	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-2047	Carolyn.Nelson@dot.gov
PDS Team: West DFS
Vacant	Project Mitigation Team Leader
Kreig Larson (C)	Project Development Specialist	202-366-2056	Kreig.Larson@dot.gov
David Williams	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-4074	David.Williams@dot.gov
Deirdre Remley	Environmental Protection Specialist	202-366-0524	Deirdre.Remley@dot.gov
Marcel Tchaou	Civil Engineer	202-366-4196	Marcel.Tchaou@dot.gov

U.S. map colored to show the FHWA DFS regions: North - ME, VT, NH, MA, NY, CT, RI, PA, NJ, OH, MD, DE, and DC; South - KY, WV, VA, TN, NC, SC, AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, and PR; Mid-America - ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, and IN; and West - AK, WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, NV, WY, UT, CO, AZ, NM, and HI.

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