N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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112(r)   Mike Reid
One - Stop Permit Coordination and Assistance   DENR Customer Service Center
Email (877) 623-6748 or (919) 733-1398
A/C Compressor Disposition   Waste Reduction (919) 715-6506
Acid Deposition/Acid Rain   Richard Simpson
Adjudicatory Permit Form   Loretta Kuchnia, Don van der Vaart
Acid Rain Data   Wayne Cornelius
Air Awareness: Environmental Education   Milli Hayman
Air Awareness: Media   Milli Hayman, Tom Mather
Air Awareness: Businesses   Milli Hayman
Air Compressor Permit   DOA Standards Division (919) 733-3313
Air Quality Monitoring Data   Karen Harris, Wayne Cornelius
Alternative Fuels   Gene Mesley, Vicki Chandler, Heather Hildebrandt, Brian Phillips, Anne Galamb
Ambient Monitoring Procedures   Hoke Kimball, Joette Steger, Charles Davis
Animal Crematoria / Incinerators   Regional Office, Gary Saunders
Annual Air Pollutant Emissions Report   Jim Southerland, Carol Walker, Regional Office
Anti Idling Policy/Idle Reduction   Vicki Chandler, Sheila Holman
Artwork/Graphics   Larry Goodwin, Jerome Moore, Tom Mather
Asbestos (Demolition Notification, etc.)   Asbestos Program (919) 707-5950
Asphalt Plant Calls(Misc.)   Regional Office, Tom Mather
Asphalt Plant Testing Protocols   Shannon Vogel
ATAST (Air Toxics Analytical Support Team)   Lori Cherry
Attainment/Nonattainment Areas   Sheila Holman, Laura Boothe, Brock Nicholson
Auto Emissions/Inspections   Paul Gordey, Dave Willis, Brian Phillips, Carrie Pickett
Automobile Registration Denial   Gordon Zeigler, DMV (919) 861-3185
BACT Analysis   Don van der Vaart, William Willets
Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)   Joelle Burleson, Tom Anderson, Sheila Holman
Boilers, Steam   Gary Saunders
Brochures & Publications   Tom Mather
Budget   Gerald Desoto, Charles Valrie
Carbon Monoxide   Joette Steger, Laura Boothe, Carlton Blakley
Carbon Monoxide Monitoring   Joelle Burleson, Carlton Blakley
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Areas   Laura Boothe
CFC Exams (Certifications)   EPA - Pam McIlvaine (800) 296-1996 or (404) 562-9197
CFCs (Chlorinated flourocarbons) see also "Refrigerants"   EPA - Pam McIlvaine (800) 296-1996 or (404) 562-9197
Civil Penalties   Betty Gatano, Amy Vanderkop
Clean Air Act Requirements   Mike Abraczinskas, Sheila Holman, Laura Boothe
Climate Change   Jim Southerland, Brock Nicholson
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation   Heather Hildebrandt, Brian Phillips
Combustion Turbines Test Reports   Mike Aldridge, Shannon Vogel
Committee Hearings/Meetings (AQC, EMC)   Mike Abraczinskas
Complaints/Companies   Regional Office
Complaints/Indoor Air   Epidemiology (919) 707-5900
Complaints/Outdoor Air   Regional Office
Complaints/Workplace Air   Occupational Health, Epidemiology (919) 707-5900
Complex Sources (Transportation Facility)   Jim Roller, Connie Horne, Jamie Sellman
Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM)   Samir Parekh (919) 715-0751, Mike Aldridge
Compliance/Status of Test Reports   Shannon Vogel, Mike Aldridge
Conformity/General   Laura Boothe, Bob Wooten
Conformity/Transportation   Heather Hildebrandt, Laura Boothe,
Janice Godfrey
Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM)   Regional Office, Dennis Igboko
Contrails from Jet Aircraft   Marion Herz, US EPA (202) 564-1084
Crematoria / Animals   Regional Office, Gary Saunders
Database Queries   Michael Pjetraj
Demolition Notification (Asbestos)   Asbestos Program, (919) 707-5950
DENR Customer Service Center   DENR Customer Service Center
Email or (877) 623-6748 or (919) 733-1398
Dry Cleaners   Waste Management (919) 508-8400
Early Action Compacts   Sheila Holman, Vicki Chandler,Laura Boothe
Equipment   Frank Stellitano, ECB Reedy Creek
Electronic Questions & Repairs   Frank Stellitano, ECB Reedy Creek
EMC Air Questions: Rules & Amendments   Mike Abraczinskas
EMC Air Questions: Meeting Agenda, dates, membership, etc.   Lois Thomas   (919) 733-7015 ext. 203
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/admin/emc/
Emergencies (reporting)   Emergency Management (800) 858-0368 or (919) 733-3942
(FOR EMERGENCY REPORTING AFTER HOURS ONLY; use like you would 911; otherwise refer to Regional Office or Lori Cherry)
Emissions (Automobile) testing   Paul Gordey, Brian Phillips, Carrie Pickett
Emission Factors, Stationary Sources   William Willets, Jay Evans
Emission Factors, Transportation   Janice Godfrey, Phyllis Jones
Emission Fees   Jim Southerland, Sammy Amerson
Emissions, Fugitive - complaints   Regional Office
Emissions, Fugitive - rules   Paul Grable
Emission Inventory (Area) (Non Point)   Bob Wooten, Matt Mahler
Emission Inventory (Point Source) Data Queries   Carol Walker
Emission Inventory (Biogenic)   Ming Xie
Emission Inventory (Point for Modeling)   Ming Xie
Emission Inventory (EPA or another state)   Laura Boothe
Emission Inventory (Highway Mobile)   Janice Godfrey, Phyllis Jones
Emission Inventory (industry or Regional Office) Point Source   Jim Southerland, Regional Office,Carol Walker
Emission Inventory (nonroad Mobile)   Bob Wooten, Matt Mahler
Emissions Inventory (toxics)   Jim Southerland, Lori Cherry, Joelle Burleson
Emissions - Landfill gases   Booker Pullen, Bob Wooten
Emission Reduction Grants   Heather Hildebrandt, Brian Phillips, Anne Galamb
Emission Reports & Retrievals   Carol Walker
Enforcement/Hearings/Fasttrack Cases/Action   Betty Gatano
Environmental Education for Air Awareness   Milli Hayman
Environmental Indicators Report   Hoke Kimball, Wayne Cornelius
Environmental Justice   Don VanderVaart
Environmental Permits Information and Coordination   DENR Customer Service Center Email
Don VanderVaart (877) 623-6748 or (919) 733-1398
Environmental Policy Act   Connie Horne
Environmental Stewardship Initiative   Beth Graves (Pollution Prevention(P2) (919) 715-6506
Episodic Ozone Controls   Pat Bello, Milli Hayman
ERC   Donnie Redmond, Brock Nicholson, Sheila Holman, Keith Overcash
Ethanol   Gene Mesley
Fluoride Standards   Joelle Burleson, Lori Cherry
Freedom of Information (FOI)   Tom Mather
Freon Hotline (Federal) Atlanta   EPA - Pam McIlvaine (800) 296-1996 or (404) 562-9197
Fuels Report - Sulfur Content   Dennis Igboko, Mike Aldridge
Fugitive Emissions - complaints   Regional Office
Fugitive Emissions - rules   Paul Grable
Furniture MACT   Patrick Knowlson
Gasoline/Gas Vapor   Brian Phillips, Regina Hudock, Donald Jones
Gases from Landfills   Booker Pullen
GC Portable Operation   Lori Cherry, George Kangkolo
Geographic Information Systems   Ming Xie, Bebhinn Do
Glycol Ethers   Jim Bowyer
Grants   Charles Valrie, Heather Hildebrandt, Anne Galamb
Greenhouse Gas Emissions   Phyllis Jones, Jim Southerland
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)/Title III   Joelle Burleson, Lori Cherry
Health Concerns / Animal Production   Epidemiology/Bill Pate
Hog Farms(see also Pig Farms or Nitrogen Deposition)   Bob Wooten, Gary Saunders,
Arun Shendrikar or Regional Office
HON (hazardous organic NESHAPS)   Patrick Knowlson
Human Resources   Theresa Conyer, Charles Valrie
i-Steps Data Base - Compliance   Michael Pjetraj
IBEAM Data Base - Emissions   Carol Walker, Jim Southerland
Incineration   Regional Office
Incinerator Emissions   Carol Walker
Incinerator Rules   Paul Grable
Indoor Air   Epidemiology (919) 707-5900
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse   US EPA (800) 438-4318 or (301) 585-9020
Initial Notification Report for HAPs/Title III   Patrick Knowlson or Regional Office
Inspection & Maintenance (I/M)   Paul Gordey, Carrie Pickett, Brian Phillips
Inspection Waiver   (919) 61-3185
Insulation (home & industrial)   Epidemiology (919) 707-5900
Inventory Rpts for Medical Waste Incinerators   Carol Walker
ISO 14000   Gary Hunt (919) 715-6508, Ravila Gupta (919) 715-6507
Lab Certification   Jim Bowyer, Lori Cherry
Laboratory DAQ   Jim Bowyer (919) 715-7484
LAN Administrator   Ben Swafford
Landfills, gas emissions   Booker Pullen
Lead Based Paint   Environmental Health (919) 715-3293
Legislation   Donnie Redmond, Keith Overcash, Brock Nicholson
Low Level Radioactive Waste Facility   Hoke Kimball
MACT(Maximum Achievable Control Technology)   Patrick Knowlson, Mark Cuilla
Mercury or CO2 Relating to Clean Smokestacks   James Southerland, Paul Grable
Mercury: Concerns about a Facility   Lori Cherry or Regional Office
Meteorological Data   Jim Roller, George Bridgers
Method 5   Shannon Vogel, Mike Aldridge
Mobile Air Monitoring Lab   Lori Cherry (919) 733-1476
Mobile Sources: Implementation   Paul Gordey, Brian Phillips,
Heather Hildebrandt, Regina Hudock
Mobile Sources: Planning (modeling, alternative fuel vehicles, VMT, I/M)   Janice Godfrey, Pat Bello, Vicki Chandler, Phyllis Jones
Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Grants   Heather Hildebrandt, Brian Phillips, Anne Galamb
Modeling Protocol/Guidance   Jim Roller, Chuck Buckler
Modeling Requirements: Permits/Toxics   Jim Roller, Chuck Buckler
Modeling Requirements: Planning   Laura Boothe, George Bridgers
Mold - Indoors   Epidemiology (919) 707-5900
Monitoring Stations   Joette Steger, Hoke Kimball, Charles Davis,
Michelle Tutor, Wayne Cornelius
Motor Fuel Sticker Tags   NC Motor Fuels - Toxics Division
(919) 733-3409  (Voice Mail)
MTBE   Lori Cherry, Brian Phillips
National Emissions Standards for HAPS   Patrick Knowlson
NCAS (BAR-90)   Paul Gordey, Carrie Pickett
NESHAPS   Patrick Knowlson
New Source Review Permit Requirements   Don van der Vaart, William Willets,
Sammy Amerson
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)   Mike Aldridge, Shannon Vogel, Gary Saunders
Nitrogen Deposition(Hog or Pig Farms) + Animal Production   Gary Saunders, Bob Wooten, Arun Shendrikar
News Media & Press Releases   Tom Mather
Noise (Complaint Referrals)   NC OSH (919) 733-3322
Non-Attainment   Sheila Holman, Laura Boothe,
Brock Nicholson, Donnie Redmond
NOV (Notice of Violations)   Amy Vanderkop, Mike Aldridge
Odor: Complaints   Regional Offices & Tom Mather
Odor: Rule Development   Mike Abraczinskas
Opacity Reports   Dennis Igboko
Open Burning (reporting violations)   Regional Offices, Jeff Bouchelle
Opening Burning (civil penalties)   Jeff Bouchelle, Amy Vanderkop, Betty Gatano
OSHA Training   Rick Shores, Charles Valrie
Outdoor Burning   Regional Office
Ozone Alert   George Bridgers, Nick Witcraft, Chris Misenis,
Bebhinn Do
Ozone Ambient Levels   Charles Davis, Joette Steger
Ozone Attainment/Planning   Sheila Holman, Laura Boothe
Ozone Forecasts   George Bridgers, Nick Witcraft, Chris Misenis,
Bebhinn Do
Pollution Prevention (P2)   (for DENR) Gary Hunt
(for Air Quality) Ruchi Singhal, Rahul Thaker
Paint, Lead Based   Environmental Health  Ed Norman (919) 715-3293
Particulate Matter   Michelle Tutor, Joette Steger, Wayne Cornelius
Particulate Matter Forecast Mets   George Bridgers, Nick Witcraft, Chris Misenis,
Bebhinn Do
Payments for Civil Penalties   Amy Vanderkop
Performance Partnership   Charles Valrie, Donnie Redmond, Brock Nicholson
Permit Application Fees   Don van der Vaart, Sammy Amerson, William Willets
Permit for Service Station Air Compressor   DOA Standards Division (919) 733-3313
Permit Requirements   Don van der Vaart, William Willets
Pesticides being sprayed   Dept. of Agriculture/Pesticides Division (919) 733-3556
Photo Chemical Modeling   Laura Boothe, George Bridgers
Pig Farms(see also Hog Farms or Nitrogen Deposition) Animal Production   Gary Saunders, Bob Wooten, Arun Shendrikar
PM Attainment Planning   Laura Boothe, Sheila Holman
Pollen Database   Wayne Cornelius, Mary Clark, Joette Steger
Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance (PPEA)   (919) 715-6500
email: nowaste@p2pays.org
Powerlines - dangers of living near them   Epidemiology   Peter Morris (919) 715-6422
Printing MACT   Patrick Knowlson
Program Funding   Charles Valrie
Program Planning   Sheila Holman, Donnie Redmond
Program Policy   Brock Nicholson, Keith Overcash
PSD: Prevention of Significant Deterioration -- Monitoring   Hoke Kimball, Joette Steger
PSD: Prevention of Significant Deterioration -- Permitting   Don van der Vaart, William Willets,
Sammy Amerson
Public Hearings - Rule Development   Mike Abraczinskas
Public Information   Tom Mather
RACT   Paul Grable, Charley Yirka
Radar Profilers   George Bridgers
Radon Monitoring   (Radiation Protection) (919) 571-4141
Recommendations for Enforcement   Mike Aldridge, Betty Gatano,
Refrigerants (CFC's)   EPA - Pam McIlvaine (800) 296-1996 or (404) 562-9197
Regional Strategic Implementation Plan   Sheila Holman, Laura Boothe
Regulations/Rules   Mike Abraczinskas, Sheila Holman
Released Quantity of Toxics (RQ)   Report to Emergency Management (919) 733-3867
Risk Management Planning   Mike Reid
Safety Equipment/Safety Issues   Rick Shores
Sampling - Ambient Air   Hoke Kimball, Lori Cherry, Joette Steger
SARA Toxic Release Inventory(TRI)   Div. Emergency Management, Richard Berman (919) 715-1143
Scientific Advisory Board(SAB)   Lori Cherry, Reginald Jordan
Small Business Assistance Program   Tony Pendola
www.envhelp.org/html/sba.html
(877) 623-6748 or (919) 733-1398
Small Business Ombudsman   Edythe McKinney
www.envhelp.org/html/sba.html
(877) 623-6748 or (919) 733-0823
Smoking Vehicles   Dave Willis, Anne Galamb
Soil Remediation   Lori Cherry
Solvents/Adhesives   Jim Bowyer
Source Ambient Sampling   Joette Steger, Arun Shendrikar, Michelle Tutor
Source Sampling   Shannon Vogel, Mike Aldridge
Source Testing Reports, Review   Shannon Vogel
Stack Testing   Shannon Vogel, David Hughes, Gregg O'Neal,
Jim Hammond
Stack Test Reviews   Shannon Vogel, Gregg O'Neal
Stage I & Stage II Vapor Recovery   Brian Phillips, Regina Hudock, Anne Galamb
State of the Environment Report   Diana Kees (Public Affairs Office) (919) 715-4112
State Implementation Plan (SIP)   Sheila Holman, Mike Abraczinskas, Laura Boothe, Brock Nicholson
Stationary Source Guidelines   Mike Aldridge
Sulfur Content of Fuel Reports   Dennis Igboko, Mike Aldridge
Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life (SEQL)   Sheila Holman
Synthetic Minor Permitting   Regional Office
Tank Truck Tightness Certification   Regina Hudock, Donald Jones, Brian Phillips
Tax Certifications   Regional Office
Tier II Report   NC Division of Emergency Mgmt.
Felicia Pyle (919) 715-4406
Title III - HAPs   Don van der Vaart, Patrick Knowlson
Title IV Permitting/Acid Rain   Don van der Vaart, Ed Martin
Title V Permitting   Charlie Yirka, Sammy Amerson
Title V Retrievals & Reports   Iris Medina
Title V Update to EPA   Carol Walker
Toxics: Chemical Questions   Lori Cherry, Jim Bowyer
Toxics: Emissions Inventory   Jim Southerland, Lori Cherry
Toxics: Investigations   Lori Cherry
Toxics: Permit Reviews   Lori Cherry, Don van der Vaart
Toxics: Release Inventory (TRI)   NC Division of Emergency Mgmt.
Felicia Pyle (919) 715-4406
Toxics: Regulations & Applicability   Lori Cherry, Mike Abraczinskas
Training (Technical)   Rick Shores
Transit Tool (Surveying)   Lori Cherry
Transportation Conformity   Heather Hildebrandt, Laura Boothe,
Janice Godfrey, Phyllis Jones
Transportation Facility Permits   Connie Horne, Jim Roller
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)   Heather Hildebrandt, Brian Phillips
Trends Report/Air Quality   Wayne Cornelius
Truck Stop Electrification   Vicki Chandler, Sheila Holman
Underground Storage Tanks (permitting fees)   Waste Management (919) 508-8400
Underground Storage Tanks (vapor recovery)   Brian Phillips, Anne Galamb, Regina Hudock,
Donald Jones
UST Forms   Regina Hudock
Vapor Recovery   Brian Phillips, Regina Hudock, Donald Jones
VISTAS, Visibility/Regional Haze   Sheila Holman, George Bridgers,
Laura Boothe, Brock Nicholson
VOC (Volatile Organic Chemicals) Testing   Shannon Vogel, Mike Aldridge
VOC Permit Requirements   Don van der Vaart, William Willets
VOC Rules   Mike Abraczinskas
Waivers, Vehicle Emissions Inspection   (919) 861-3185
Waste Management   General Number (919) 733-4996
Weather Forecasts   George Bridgers, Nick Witcraft
Webmaster   Chuck Amos
Web Site Address   http://daq.state.nc.us
Wood Furniture MACT   Patrick Knowlson
Woodstoves   Milli Hayman, Jeff Bouchelle
Zoning Consistency Determination Requests   Regional Office

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