About the Homeland Security and Materials Management Division
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What We Do
Management
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Main Office Location
What We Do
The Homeland Security and Materials Management Division (HSMMD) conducts an applied, customer-driven, national-scale research program to improve the nation’s preparedness for and response to environmental emergencies and materials management challenges. HSMMD’s mission includes:
- Understanding fate and transport of contaminants
- Developing innovative characterization tools and strategies
- Developing analytical methods
- Developing wide-area cleanup technologies
- Developing water treatment and related sensors
- Developing water infrastructure decontamination methods
- Management of oil spills, wastes, and other materials
HSMMD studies help in the development of systems-based decision support tools. This research also supports the regulatory and non-regulatory scientific needs of EPA; water utilities; and state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies.
Relevant Research
- Water Infrastructure Resilience and Incident Response
- Contaminant Detection and Sampling and Analysis
- Contaminant Fate, Transport, and Exposure
- Wide Area Remediation
- Waste Management
- Oil Spill Research
Learn more about Homeland Security Research
Management
Shawn Ryan, Director
- Phone: 919-541-0699
- Email: ryan.shawn@epa.gov
Sarah Taft, Associate Director
- Email: Taft.Sarah@epa.gov
- Phone: 513-569-7037
Branches
- Disaster Characterization Branch
- Systems Tools and Materials Management Branch
- Wide-Area and Infrastructure Decontamination Branch
Main Office Location
US EPA Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response
Homeland Security and Materials Management Division
Mailing Address:
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Mail Code: E343-06
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Courier Address:
4930 Old Page Road
Rm # E311I
Durham, NC 27703