Quality System Contacts and Web Sites

Each EPA Regional Office, National Program Office, and ORD National Research Laboratory and Center develops and implements its own individual system in support of the EPA Quality System. Below are the contacts for each EPA organization. (Note: All EPA e-mail addresses are of the form lastname.firstname@epa.gov except where specified.)

Several EPA organizations have quality-related web pages that contain information on training, guidance, and other items. For your convenience, links to these web sites are provided next to the responsible office.

The Office of Environmental Information's Quality Staff develops Agency-wide Quality System policies, develops supporting guidance and tools, provides related training and outreach, and oversees the implementation by EPA organizations. Monica Jones (e-mail: quality@epa.gov) is the Acting Director of the Quality Staff.

Administration and Resources Management
Air and Radiation
Enforcement and Compliance
Environmental Information
Great Lakes
Office of the Administrator
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
Regions
Research and Development
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Water
Other Organizations and Contacts

Administration and Resources Management

Office of Administration - Tom Pastore
Office of Human Resources - Noel Jamison

Air and Radiation

AA Representative - Carl Mazza
Atmospheric Programs - Larry Kertcher
Air Quality Planning and Standards - Joe Elkins
- QA Program - www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/qa/index.html
- QA Resources - www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/qalist.html
Radiation and Indoor Air - Mary Clark (e-mail: clark.marye@epa.gov)
- Available on the EPA Intranet at intranet.epa.gov/oriaxxqs/
Transportation and Air Quality - Ruth Schenk

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

AA Representative - Milton Robinson
Federal Facilities Enforcement - Richard Satterfield
Civil Enforcement - TBD
Compliance - Kathy Dockery
Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training - Carlos Rivera
- National Enforcement Investigations Center - Beth Mishalanie
Environmental Justice - Sheila Lewis
Federal Activities - Marthea Rountree
Site Remediation Enforcement - Stephen Keim

Environmental Information

AA Representative - Jeffrey Worthington
Information Analysis and Access - Barry Nussbaum
Information Collection - Pam Shenefiel
Planning, Resources, and Outreach - Lorena Cedeno-Zambrano
Technology Operations and Planning - Pamela Ricks
Quality Staff - Dawn Banks

Office of the Administrator

Children's Health Protection - Michael Firestone
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations- Christine Zawlocki
Policy - Brian Heninger

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

AA Representative - Chris Tirpak
Pesticide Program - Denise Rice
Pollution Prevention and Toxics - Barbara Leczynski
Science Coordination and Policy - Tom McClintock

Regional Offices

Region 1 (CT ME MA NH RI VT) - Gerry Sotolongo Web page: www.epa.gov/region01/lab/qa/qualsys.html
Region 2 (NJ NY PR VI)- Linda Mauel Web page: http://www.epa.gov/region02/qa/documents.htm
Region 3 (DE DC MD PA VA WV) - Terry Simpson Web page: http://www.epa.gov/region03/esc/qa/index.htm
Region 4 (AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN) - Danny France Web page: www.epa.gov/region4/sesd/mtsb.html
Region 5 (IL IN MI MN OH WI)- Kevin Bolger
Region 6 (AR LA NM OK TX) - Don Johnson
Region 7 (IA KS MO NE) - Diane Harris (e-mail: harris.dianee@epa.gov) Web page: www.epa.gov/region07/qa/index.htm
Region 8 (CO MT ND SD UT WY) - Linda Himmelbauer
Region 9 (AZ CA HI NV AS GU) -Eugenia McNaughton Web page: www.epa.gov/region09/qa/index.html
Region 10 (AK ID OR WA) - Gina Grepo-Grove Web page: yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OEA.NSF/Quality+Assurance/Main

Research and Development

AA Representative - Lora Johnson
National Center for Computational Toxicology - Stephen Little
National Center for Environmental Assessment - Cheryl Itkin
National Center for Environmental Research - Lisa Doucet
National Exposure Research Laboratory - Michelle Henderson
- Available on the EPA Intranet at intranet.epa.gov/nerlintr/qa/quality.html
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Brenda Culpepper
- Available on the EPA Intranet at www.nheerl.epa.gov/policy_guidance/qa
National Homeland Security Research Center - Eletha Brady-Roberts (e-mail: roberts.eletha@epa.gov)
National Risk Management Research Laboratory - Lauren Drees
- Available on the EPA Intranet at ordnotes4.cin.epa.gov:9876/
Office of Science and Information Management - Lynnann Hitchens
Office of Science Policy - Stephen Watkins

Solid Waste and Emergency Response

AA Representative - Steve Schmitt
Brownfields Cleanup & Redevelopment - Rachel Lentz
Emergency Management - Margaret Gerardin
Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse - Ellen Treimel
Information Management & Data Quality Staff - Regina Magbie
Resource Conservation and Recovery - Charles Sellers
Superfund Remediation & Technology Innovation -David Charters (e-mail: charters.davidw@epa.gov)
- www.epa.gov/tio/char.htm
- Environmental Response Team - David Charters (e-mail: charters.davidw@epa.gov)
Underground Storage Tanks - William Foskett

Water

AA Representative - Miriam Wigginslewis
Ground Water and Drinking Water - Phil Oshida
Science and Technology - Marion Kelly
Waste Water Management - Barry Benroth
Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds - Virginia Fox-Norse

Other Organizations and Contacts

Chesapeake Bay Program - Mary Ellen Ley (e-mail: ley.mary@epa.gov)
Chief Financial Officer - Kathy Sedlak-O'Brien (e-mail: obrien.kathy@epa.gov)
Environmental Technology Verification - Lora Johnson
Great Lakes National Program - Louis Blume
Gulf of Mexico Program - Troy Pierce
Information Quality Guidelines - Monica Jones
Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF) - TBD
- IDQTF Quality Assurance Documents and Links - www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/qualityassurance.htm
International and Tribal Affairs - Dona Harris
Office of the Science Advisor - Lara Autry