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What We Do

The Office of Land and Emergency Management provides policy, guidance and direction for the Agency's emergency response and waste programs. At OLEM, we:

  1. Develop guidelines for the land disposal of hazardous waste and underground storage tanks;
  2. Provide grants, technical assistance, and education and outreach to all levels of government to establish safe waste management practices, including waste prevention, reuse, recycling and disposal;
  3. Support state and local governments in redeveloping and reusing potentially contaminated sites through the Brownfields program;
  4. Respond to abandoned and active hazardous waste sites, as well as accidental chemical releases through the Superfund program; and
  5. Encourage innovative technologies to address contaminated soil and groundwater.

Programs and Projects Managed by OLEM

  • Brownfields
  • Cleanups
  • Emergency Management and Response
  • Final Environmental Justice Action Plan for EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs
  • Federal Facilities Cleanup
  • OLEM Program Benefits
  • Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands, Landfills and Mine Sites
  • Superfund
  • Sustainable Materials Management
  • Underground Storage Tanks
  • Waste

Organization

​Barry Breen, Acting Assistant Administrator
  • Phone: 202-566-0200
  • Mail code: 5101T  | EPA mailing addresses
Barry Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator
  • Phone: 202-566-0200
  • Mail code: 5101T  | EPA mailing addresses
Carlton Waterhouse, Deputy Assistant Administrator
  • Phone: 202-566-0200
  • Mail code: 5101T  | EPA mailing addresses

The Office of Land and Emergency Management includes:

  • Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
  • Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
  • Office of Underground Storage Tanks
  • Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
  • Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains

Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI)

What We Do

OSRTI administers Superfund, the federal government's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. We're committed to ensuring that the hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List are cleaned up to protect the environment and the health of all Americans. OSRTI implements the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

  • Superfund
Programs and Projects Managed by OSRTI
  • National Priorities List
  • Community Involvement
  • Superfund Redevelopment
  • Environmental Response Team (ERT)
  • Superfund Contract Laboratory Program

OSRTI Organization

Larry Douchand, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-1067

Dana Stalcup, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 703-603-8702

Offices within OSRTI include:

Resources Management Division

Eric Hill, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-2078

Assessment and Remediation Division

Brigid Lowery, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-0977

Technology Innovation and Field Services Division

Pamela Barr, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-0835

Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)

What We Do

ORCR’s mission is to protect human health and the environment by:

  • promoting the conservation of resources,

  • ensuring proper waste management,

  • preventing harmful exposure and

  • overseeing the cleanup of land for productive use.

We do this by establishing and implementing regulatory standards, incentive-based programs and best practices in collaboration with communities, governments, businesses, and other organizations. ORCR implements the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Learn about the programs and projects ORCR manages.

ORCR Organization

Carolyn Hoskinson, Director

  • Phone: 202-236-3619

Jody Barringer, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 202-566-1273

Offices within ORCR include:

Materials Recovery and Waste Management Division

Andy Crossland, Director

  • Phone: (202) 853-4459

Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division

Nena Shaw, Acting Director

  • Phone: (202) 564-5106

Program Implementation and Information Division

Sonya Sasseville, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-0319

Program Management, Communications and Analysis Office

Mark Huff, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-0134

Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST)

What We Do

OUST manages a regulatory program for underground storage tank (UST) systems that store petroleum and other hazardous substances. An UST system is a tank and any underground piping system connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground.

  • Underground storage tank program
Programs and Projects Managed by OUST
  • Preventing UST releases
  • Cleaning up UST releases
  • Emerging fuels and USTs
  • Petroleum brownfields
  • USTs in Indian country

Mail code: 5401T | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OUST Organization

Vacant, Director

Mark Barolo, Acting Director

  • Phone: 202-564-1611

Vacant, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 

Offices within OUST include:

Release Prevention Division

Tony Raia, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-1021

Cleanup and Revitalization Division

Will Anderson, Director
 
  • Phone: 202-564-1642

Management and Communications Division

Ray Worley, Director
 
  • Phone: 202-564-1634

Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR)

What We Do

EPA's Brownfield's program provides grants and technical assistance to communities, states, tribes, and other stakeholders, to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse formerly contaminated properties. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greenspaces and working lands. EPA’s Land Revitalization program works with communities, states, non-profits and other stakeholders to develop and test sustainable approaches for the reuse of formerly contaminated properties. OBLR implements the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.

Programs and Projects Managed by OBLR
  • Brownfields program, including grants and funding
  • Land revitalization

Mail code: 5105T | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OBLR Organization

David Lloyd, Director

  • Phone: 202-566-2731

Patricia Overmeyer, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 202-566-2774

Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

What We Do

OEM works with other federal partners to prevent accidents and maintain incident response capabilities. We provide information about response efforts, regulations, tools, and research that help the regulated community, government entities, and concerned citizens prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. OEM administers several environmental statutes, including the Oil Pollution Act.

Programs and Projects Managed by OEM
  • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Consequence Management Advisory Division (CMAD)
  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Requirements
  • Emergency Response
  • Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
  • Facility Response Plan (FRP) Rule
  • Local Governments Reimbursement (LGR) Program
  • National Contingency Plan (NCP) Subpart J Product Schedule
  • Reporting Oil Discharges and Hazardous Substance Releases
  • Risk Management Plan (RMP)
  • Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule

Mail code: 5104A | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OEM Organization

Vacant, Director

Brendan Roache, Acting Director

  • Phone: 202-564-6117

Offices within OEM include:

Regulations Implementation Division

Patty Gioffre, Director
 
  • Phone: 202-564-1972

Resources Management Division

Julie Hyman Moore, Director 

  • Phone: 202-564-2878  

Preparedness and Response Operations Division

Gilberto Irizarry, Director
 
  • Phone: 202-566-0948

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Consequence Management Advisory Division

Sam Waltzer, Acting Director

  • Phone: 202-343-9175

Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)

What We Do

FFRRO works with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies to develop creative, cost-effective solutions to environmental challenges at Federal Facility Superfund Sites. FFRRO's mission is to facilitate faster, more effective and less costly cleanup and reuse of federal facilities while ensuring protection of human health and the environment.

Programs and Projects Managed by FFRRO
  • Cleanups at Federal Facilities
  • Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC)
  • FEDFacts
  • Federal Facilities Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket
  • Redevelopment at Federal Facility Superfund Sites

Mail code: 5106T | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

FFRRO Organization

Greg Gervais, Director

  • Phone: 202-564-4409

Dave Hockey, Acting Associate Director

  • Phone: 202-564-3924


Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains (OMDP)

What We Do

Created during EPA's 50th anniversary, the Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains (OMDP), which reports to the Office of Land and Emergency Management, was established to address cross-media, cross-program, and cross-agency issues associated with advancing cleanups and reuse of Superfund and non-Superfund  abandoned hardrock mining sites across the country. The Office provides support for federal hardrock mining cleanup sites; serves as a central contact for other federal partners, states and tribes with responsibility for or impacted by these sites; identifies and facilitates reprocessing or recovery of critical mineral from abandoned hardrock mine sites; evaluates innovative technologies and reuse options; coordinates and advances cleanup of abandoned uranium mines on or surrounding the Navajo Nation; and supports efforts of conservation organizations to voluntarily undertake projects (Good Samaritan projects) to improve environmental conditions at abandoned hardrock mine sites.

Programs and Projects with OMDP Involvement:
  1. Cleanups
  2. Cleanups at Federal Facilities
  3. Climate Change and Land
  4. Education
  5. FEDFacts
  6. Greener Cleanups
  7. Hazardous Waste
  8. Land Revitalization
  9. Programs and Projects of the Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
  10. RE-Powering America's Land
  11. Risk Management Plan Rule
  12. Superfund
  13. Superfund Redevelopment Program
  14. Technologies for Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites
  15. Tribal Lands

Location: EPA Headquarters at WJC Building West, Washington, D.C.

Mail code: 5101T

OMDP Organization

Shahid Mahmud, Director

  • Phone: 202-336-4291
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