Contact Us: National Pretreatment Program
Headquarters Contacts
Jan Pickrel (pickrel.jan@epa.gov) (202) 564-7904
National Pretreatment Coordinator
Marcus Zobrist (zobrist.marcus@epa.gov) (202) 564-8311
Chief, Industrial Branch
Rebecca Christopher (christopher.rebecca@epa.gov) (202) 564-2444
Pretreatment Team
Kathryn Kazior (kazior.kathryn@epa.gov) (202) 564-2696
Pretreatment Team
Seth Heminway (heminway.seth@epa.gov) (202) 564-7023
OECA Contact
Carey Johnston (johnston.carey@epa.gov) (202) 566-1014
OECA Contact
Regional Contacts
Region 1: Boston (serving CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)
Justin (Jay) Pimpare (pimpare.justin@epa.gov) (617) 918-1531
Pretreatment Coordinator
Sarah Connors (connors.sarah@epa.gov) (617) 918-1689
Region 2: New York City (serving NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Virginia Wong (wong.virginia@epa.gov) (212) 637-4241
Chief, NPDES Section, Clean Water Division
Alia Roufaeal (roufaeal.alia@epa.gov) (212) 637-3864
Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
Alexandre Remnek (remnek.alexandre@epa.gov) (212) 637-3774
Clean Water Division
Christy Arvizu (arvizu.christy@epa.gov) (212) 637-3961
Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
Region 3: Philadelphia (serving DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)
Stephen Copeland (copeland.stephen@epa.gov) (215) 814-5792
Maggie Green (green.margaret@epa.gov) (215) 814-5736
Ryan Shuart (shuart.ryan@epa.gov) (215) 814-2714
Region 4: Atlanta (serving AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN)
David Phillips (phillips.david@epa.gov) (404) 562-9773
Region 5: Chicago (serving IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)
Newton Ellens (ellens.newton@epa.gov) (312) 353-5562
Environmental Engineer
Jodie Opie (opie.jodie@epa.gov) (312) 353-1938
Region 6: Dallas (serving AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX)
Rudy Molina (molina.rudy@epa.gov) (214) 665-6731
Michael Tillman (tillman.michael@epa.gov) (214) 665-7531
Region 7: Kansas City (serving IA, KS, MO, and NE)
Paul Marshall, P.E. (marshall.paul@epa.gov) (913) 551-7419
Pretreatment Coordinator
Region 8: Denver (serving CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY)
Al Garcia (garcia.al@epa.gov) (303) 312-6382
Emilio Llamozas (llamozas.emilio@epa.gov) (303) 312-6407
Region 9: San Francisco (serving AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau)
Amelia Whitson (whitson.amelia@epa.gov) (415) 972-3216
Region 10: Seattle (serving AK, ID, OR, and WA)
Michael Le (le.michael@epa.gov) (206) 553-1099
Pretreatment Coordinator
State Agency Contacts
A C D F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W
Alabama
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Scott Ramsey (sramsey@adem.state.al.us) (334) 271-7838
Chief, Industrial Section
Alex Chavers (adchavers@adem.alabama.gov) (334) 271-7851
Pretreatment Coordinator, Industrial Section
Alaska
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Marie Klingman (marie.klingman@alaska.gov) (907) 451-2101
Arizona
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Galileo Gutierrez (gutierrez.galileo@azdeq.gov) (602) 771-3958
Pretreatment Coordinator
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Adam Yates (yates@adeq.state.ar.us) (501) 682-0617
Lindsay Johnson (ljohnson@adeq.state.ar.us) (501) 682-0045
California
California State Water Resources Control Board
Trinh Pham (trinh.pham@waterboards.ca.gov) (916) 341-5586
Colorado
US EPA, Region 08 (Permitting Authority for Colorado)
Al Garcia (garcia.al@epa.gov) (303) 312-6382
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Lisa Knerr (lisa.knerr@state.co.us) (303) 692-3004
State Pretreatment Coordinator
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Oswald Inglese (oswald.inglese@ct.gov) (860) 424-3725
Pretreatment Coordinator
Delaware
US EPA, Region 03 (Permitting Authority for Delaware)
Stephen Copeland (copeland.stephen@epa.gov) (215) 814-5792
Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
Robert Underwood (robert.underwood@state.de.us) (302) 739-9344
Program Manager
District of Columbia
US EPA, Region 03 (Permitting Authority for District of Columbia)
Stephen Copeland (copeland.stephen@epa.gov) (215) 814-5792
Department of Environment
Hamid Karimi (202) 535-2277
Director
Florida
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water Resource Management
Domestic Wastewater Program
Blair F. Burleson, P.E. (blair.f.burleson@dep.state.fl.us) (850) 245-8619
Pretreatment Coordinator
Georgia
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Jill Causse (jill.causse@dnr.ga.us) (404) 463-4942
Industrial Compliance Unit Manager
Sarita Banjade (sarita.banjade@dnr.ga.us) (404) 656-3541
Industrial Wastewater Unit Pretreatment Coordinator
Kerby Wood (kerby.wood@dnr.ga.gov) (404) 651-5161
Industrial Wastewater Unit Pretreatment Coordinator (Permitting)
Guam
US EPA, Region 09 (Permitting Authority for Guam)
Amelia Whitson (whitson.amelia@epa.gov) (415) 972-3216
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health
Darryl Lum (darryl.lum@doh.hawaii.gov) (808) 586-4309
Idaho
US EPA, Region 10 (Permitting Authority for Idaho)
Michael Le (le.michael@epa.gov) (206) 553-1099
Illinois
US EPA, Region 05 (Permitting Authority for Illinois)
Newton Ellens (ellens.newton@epa.gov) (312) 353-5562
Environmental Engineer
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Alan Keller, P.E. (al.keller@illinois.gov) (217) 782-0610
Manager, Permits Section
Indiana
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Natalie Maupin (nmaupin@idem.in.gov) (317) 232-8729
Pretreatment Coordinator
Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Ben Hucka (ben.hucka@dnr.iowa.gov) (515) 725-8406
Kansas
US EPA, Region 07 (Permitting Authority for Kansas)
Paul Marshall, P.E. (marshall.paul@epa.gov) (913) 551-9419
Pretreatment Coordinator
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Steve Caspers (scaspers@kdheks.gov) (785) 296-5551
Pretreatment Specialist
Kentucky
Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Diana Robertson (diana.robertson@ky.gov) (502) 782-7055
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Todd Franklin (jeremy.franklin@la.gov) (225) 219-3209
Environmental Scientist Supervisor
Rachel Davis (rachel.davis@la.gov) (225) 219-3515
Pretreatment Coordinator
Maine
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Jim Crowley (james.r.crowley@maine.gov) (207) 287-8898
Environmental Specialist
Maryland
Maryland Department of the Environment
Michael Mayenschein (mike.mayenschein@maryland.gov) (410) 537-3629
Massachusetts
US EPA, Region 01 in New England (Permitting Authority for Massachusetts)
Justin (Jay) Pimpare (pimpare.justin@epa.gov) (617) 918-1531
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Kevin Brander (kevin.brander@state.ma.us) (978) 694-3236
Michigan
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Jill Edelbrock (edelbrockj@michigan.gov) (989) 355-3426
Pretreatment Coordinator
Minnesota
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Jaramie Logelin (jaramie.logelin@state.mn.us) (218) 302-6640
Pretreatment Coordinator
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Tracy Tomkins (tracy_tomkins@deq.state.ms.us) (601) 961-5622
Pretreatment Coordinator (Permitting)
Steve Bailey (steve.bailey@deq.state.ms.us) (601) 961-5056
Pretreatment Coordinator (Enforcement)
Missouri
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Todd Blanc (todd.blanc@dnr.mo.gov) (314) 416-2064
Montana
US EPA, Region 8 (Permitting Authority for Montana)
Al Garcia (garcia.al@epa.gov) (303) 312-6382
Nebraska
Nebraska DEQ
Donna Garden (donna.garden@nebraska.gov) (402) 471-1367
Nevada
US EPA, Region 09 (Permitting Authority for Nevada)
Amelia Whitson (whitson.amelia@epa.gov) (415) 972-3216
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
Nicholas Brothers (nbrothers@ndep.nv.gov) (775) 687-9414
Permits Branch Supervisor
New Hampshire
US EPA, Region 01 in New England (Permitting Authority for New Hampshire)
Justin (Jay) Pimpare (pimpare.justin@epa.gov) (617) 918-1531
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Alexis Rastorguyeff (Alexis.Rastorguyeff@des.nh.gov) (603) 271-2052
Industrial Pretreatment Supervisor
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Valentin Kouame (valentin.kouame@dep.state.nj.gov) (609) 984-4428
New Mexico
US EPA, Region 06 / NPDES Permits Branch (Permitting Authority for New Mexico)
Rudy Molina (molina.rudy@epa.gov) (214) 665-6731
New Mexico Environment Department
Sarah Holcomb (sarah.holcomb@state.nm.us) (505) 827-2798
New York
US EPA, Region 02 (Permitting Authority for New York)
Virginia Wong (wong.virginia@epa.gov) (212) 637-4241
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Joseph DiMura (joseph.dimura@dec.ny.gov) (518) 402-8177
Director
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Deborah Gore (deborah.gore@ncdenr.gov) (919) 707-3624
Pretreatment, Emergency Response, and Collection Systems (PERCS) Unit Supervisor
North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Health
Jeff Roerick (jroerick@state.nd.us) (701) 328-5240
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Phoebe Low (Phoebe.Low@epa.ohio.gov) (614) 644-2134
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Roshini Schroeder (roshini.schroeder@deq.ok.gov) (405) 702-8132
Municipal Pretreatment Coordinator
Oregon
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Etsegenet Belete (belete.etsegenet@deq.state.or.us) (503) 229-5586
Pretreatment Coordinator
Pennsylvania
US EPA, Region 03 (Permitting Authority for Pennsylvania)
Stephen Copeland (copeland.stephen@epa.gov) (215) 814-5792
Puerto Rico
US EPA, Region 02 (Permitting Authority for Puerto Rico)
Virginia Wong (wong.virginia@epa.gov) (212) 637-4241
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Bob DiSaia (robert.disaia@dem.ri.gov) (401) 222-4700 x7228
Senior Sanitary Engineer
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Craig Marriner (marriner@dhec.sc.gov) (803) 898-4164
Pretreatment Coordinator
South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Tina McFarling (tina.mcfarling@state.sd.us) (605) 773-3351
Pretreatment Coordinator
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Laurel Rognstad (laurel.rognstad@tn.gov) (615) 532-8786
Texas
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Erika Crespo (erika.crespo@tceq.texas.gov) (512) 239-1827
Pretreatment Team Leader
Utah
Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Jennifer Robinson (jenrobinson@utah.gov) (801) 536-4383
Pretreatment Coordinator
Vermont
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Jessica Bulova (jessica.bulova@vermont.gov) (802) 490-6181
Wastewater Section Supervisor
Virgin Islands
US EPA, Region 02 (Permitting Authority for Virgin Islands)
Virginia Wong (wong.virginia@epa.gov) (212) 637-4241
Virginia
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Deborah L. DeBiasi (deborah.debiasi@deq.virginia.gov) (804) 698-4028
Pretreatment Coordinator
Washington
Washington Department of Ecology
David J. Knight (dakn461@ecy.wa.gov) (360) 407-6277
Environmental Engineer/Pretreatment Coordinator
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Netar (Nate) Wadhwa (netar.p.wadhwa@wv.gov) (304) 926-0499 x 1013
Pretreatment Coordinator
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Robert (Bob) Liska (robert.liska@wisconsin.gov) (608) 267-7631
Pretreatment Coordinator
Wyoming
US EPA, Region 08 (Permitting Authority for Wyoming)
Al Garcia (garcia.al@epa.gov) (303) 312-6382
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Leah Krafft (lkraff@missc.state.wy.us) (307) 777-7093
Environmental Senior Analyst