Region 8
Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
Region 8 RCRA Contacts
National Information
Regional Information
For more information about the Region 8 RCRA program, contact the RCRA Project Managers or other EPA contacts listed below:
Steve Burkett, Director, Solid and Hazardous Waste Program
U.S. EPA Region 8 (8P-HW)
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-2466
303-312-7081 or 1-800-227-8917 ext. 7081
Email: burkett.steve@epa.gov
Tom Burns, Chief, Program Management Unit
(303) 312-6425 E-mail: burns.tom@epa.gov
Nancy Morlock, Manager, Corrective Action Unit
(303) 312-6421 E-mail: morlock.nancy@epa.gov
Our states are the lead regulatory agencies for the RCRA program:
Joe Schieffelin, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, (303) 692-3356
Mark Hall, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, (406) 444-4096
Curt Erickson, North Dakota Department of Health, (701) 328-5166
Carrie Jacobson, South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, (605) 773-3153
Scott Anderson, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, (801) 538-6170
Carl Anderson, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, (307) 777-7752
For State and Tribal program and technical assistance and training requests:
Marcella DeVargas - State Liaison-North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
(303) 312-6161 Email: devargas.marcella@epa.gov
Christina Cosentini- State Liaison - Colorado, Montana, South Dakota
(303) 312-6231 E-mail: cosentini.christina@epa.gov
Susanna Trujillo - Tribal Solid and Hazardous Waste Coordinator
(303) 312-7008 Email: trujillo.susanna@epa.gov
Other EPA RCRA contacts are:
Tom Aalto - Refinery, Oil and Gas Issues
(303) 312-6949 Email: aalto.tom@epa.gov
Kim Bartels - Resource Conservation Challenge - Recycling Coordinator
(303) 312-6346 Email: bartels.kim@epa.gov
Ben Bents - Resource Conservation Challenge - Priority Chemical Reduction
(303) 312-6435 Email: bents.benjamin@epa.gov
Randall Breeden - Groundwater Technical Expert
(303) 312-6522 Email: breeden.randy@epa.gov
Terry Brown - CERCLA (Superfund) Offsite Rule
(303) 312-6419 Email: brown.terry@epa.gov
Christina Cosentini - State Authorization Coordinator
(303) 312-6231 Email: cosentini.christina@epa.gov
Marcella DeVargas - Training Coordinator
(303) 312-6161 Email: devargas.marcella@epa.gov
Mike Gansecki - Closure-Post Closure-Operating Permits, Land Disposal Restrictions
(303) 312-6150 Email: gansecki.mike@epa.gov
Rodney Hubbard - RCRAInfo (database) Project Officer, Information Manager, Program Planning
(303) 312-6948 Email: hubbard.rodney@epa.gov
Larry Kimmel - RCRA Brownfields, Chemical Demilitarization
(303) 312-6659 Email: kimmel.larry@epa.gov
Ron Lillich - Resource Conservation Challenge - Municipal Solid Waste Recycling
(303) 312-6149 Email: lillich.ron@epa.gov
Kendra Morrison - Resource Conservation Challenge Lead - Industrial Materials Recycling
(303) 312-6145 Email: morrison.kendra@epa.gov
Steve Wharton - Toxicology, Risk Assessment
(303) 312-6935 Email: wharton.steve@epa.gov
Peggy Linn- Public Involvement
(303) 312-6622 Email: linn.peggy@epa.gov
Frank Sherwood - Administrative
(303) 312-6424 Email: sherwood.frank@epa.gov