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About the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)

What We Do

The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides policy, guidance and direction for the Agency's emergency response and waste programs. We develop guidelines for the land disposal of hazardous waste and underground storage tanks. We provide technical assistance to all levels of government to establish safe practices in waste management. We administer the Brownfields program which supports state and local governments in redeveloping and reusing potentially contaminated sites. We also manage the Superfund program, which responds to abandoned and active hazardous waste sites and accidental oil and chemical releases. Finally, we encourage innovative technologies to address contaminated soil and groundwater.

Programs and projects managed by OSWER

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Organization

Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator

Barry Breen, Deputy Assistant Administrator

Lisa Feldt, Deputy Assistant Administrator

The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response includes:

Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI)

What We Do

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

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation

Mail code: 5201P | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Potomac Yards

OSRTI Organization

Jim Woolford, Director

  • Phone: 703-603-8722

Barnes Johnson, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 703-603-8960

The Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation includes:

Resources Management Division

  • Robin H. Richardson, Director
    • Phone: 703-603-9048

Assessment and Remediation Division

  • Phyllis Anderson, Acting Director
    • Phone: 703-603-8971

Technology Innovation and Field Services Division

  • Jeff Heimerman, Acting Director
    • Phone: 703-603-7191

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Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)

What We Do

ORCR’s mission is to protect human health and the environment by ensuring responsible national management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste. Our goals are to:

ORCR implements the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

Mail code: 5301P | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Potomac Yards

ORCR Organization

Suzanne Rudzinski, Director

  • Phone: 703-308-8895

The Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery includes:

Materials Recovery and Waste Management Division

  • Betsy Devlin, Acting Director
    • Phone: 703-308-8880

Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division

  • Betsy Smidinger, Director
    • Phone: 703-308-8254

Program Implementation and Information Division

  • James Berlow, Director
    • Phone: 703-308-8414

Program Management, Communications and Analysis Office

  • Mark Huff, Director
    • Phone: 703-308-8730

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Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST)

What We Do

The Office of Underground Storage Tanks carries out a Congressional mandate to develop and implement a regulatory program for underground storage tank (UST) systems. An underground storage tank system is a tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground. OUST implements provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Underground Storage Tanks

Mail code: 5401P | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Potomac Yards

OUST Organization

Carolyn Hoskinson, Director

  • Phone: 703-603-7166

Mark Barolo, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 703-603-7141

The Office of Underground Storage Tanks includes:

Release Prevention Division

  • Linda Gerber,  Acting Director
    • Phone: 703-603-7163

Cleanup & Revitalization Division

  • Will Anderson, Director
    • Phone: 703-603-7156

Management & Communications Division

  • Judy Kertcher, Director
    • Phone: 703-603-7172

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Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR)

What We Do

The Brownfields program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. OBLR implements the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Brownfields and 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

Gail Ann Cooper, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 202-566-0168

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Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

What We Do

OEM works with other federal partners to prevent accidents as well as to maintain superior response capabilities. One of our roles is to provide information about response efforts, regulations, tools, and research that will help the regulated community, government entities, and concerned citizens prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. OEM administers the Oil Pollution Act and several other environmental statutes.

Programs and projects managed by the Office of Emergency Management

Mail code: 5104A | EPA mailing addresses

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

OEM Organization

Lawrence M. Stanton, Director

  • Phone: 202-564-2092

Dana Tulis, Deputy Director

  • Phone: 202-564-7938

The Office of Emergency Management includes:

Regulation and Policy Development Division

  • R. Craig Matthiessen, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-8016

Evaluation and Communications Division

  • Victoria L. van Roden, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-4253

Program Operations and Coordination Division

  • Gilberto Irizarry, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-7982

National Planning and Preparedness Division

  • Mark Mjoness, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-1976

Business Operations Center

  • Josh Woodyard, Director (Acting)
    • Phone: 202-564-9588

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Consequence Management Advisory Team (CMAT)

  • Erica Canzler, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-2359

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Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)

What We Do

FFRRO works with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal entities to develop creative, cost-effective solutions to their environmental problems. FFRRO's overall mission is to facilitate faster, more effective and less costly cleanup and reuse of federal facilities. By focusing on partnering and public involvement, FFRRO, and its counterpart offices in the EPA Regions, have made great strides in improving federal facilities cleanup.

Programs and projects managed by the Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office

Mail code: 5106P | EPA mailing addresses

Location: EPA Headquarters at Potomac Yards

FFRRO Organization

Reggie Cheatham, Director

  • Phone: (703) 603-9089

Charlotte Bertrand, Deputy Director

  • Phone: (202) 564-8374

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