Information Directory for 1997: People and Responsibilities in the Oregon Operations Office


            United States
 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
       Oregon Operations Office

       811 SW 6th Ave. 3rd floor
        Portland, Oregon 97204

Operations Office Front Desk Phone:
               	(503)326-3250

Operations Office Fax:
               	(503)326-3399

Regional Office (Seattle) General Information:
                      ...1-800-424-4372
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                        United States
                        Environmental Protection
                        Agency
                                       Oregon Operations Office
                                       811 S.W. 6th Ave. 3rd Floor
                                       Portland OR 97204
                        Information
                        Directory for  1997

                        People and
                        Responsibilities in the
                        Oregon Operations
                        Office
                                                                                           EPA Region 10, located in Seattle, Washington is
                                                                                           responsible for environmental programs in Alaska,
                                                                                          Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.  Recognizing unique
                                                                                           environmental protection needs of this large area,
                                                                                           Region 10 established "operations offices" in each
                                                                                          state.  Oregon Operations Office was created in 1974
                                                                                           to deliver services to the public, news media, and
                                                                                              regulated community to build state, tribal,
                                                                                                   and federal partnerships.

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Central Office
Staff
Ken Brooks,
Director....
.(503)-326-3250
Jack Gakstatter,
Water Quality Coordinator.
326-2710
• Contact for surface water issues (lakes,
streams or rivers) in Oregon; except for
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permits, and wetlands.
• EPA Region 10 representative on the Lower
Columbia River Estuary Program (LCREP),
Policy and Management Committees.
• Handles total dissolved gas and water
temperature issues in the Columbia River.
• Lists of impaired waters (Clean Water Act
Section 303d) and Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) issues in Oregon.
• Project Officer for LCREP. Oregon Section
106 grants, and other miscellaneous water
grants.

Willie Olandria,
Water Programs Coordinator 326-2653

• Oversees construction Grants.
• State Revolving Program (SRF).
• Handles NPDES Permitting and Compliance.
• Project Officer for city of Portland, Columbia
Slough Revitalization Project and Tanner
Creek Diversion Project, Environmental
Education (EE) grants.

Clarence Ortman,
Tribal Coordinator 326-7024

• Oversees all issues concerning the nine tribes
in Oregon.

Monica Kirk,
General Attorney 326-3269

Suzanne Lynch,
Office Manager 326-6930

Susan Dodds,
Office Automation Assistant 326-3250

Nina Knapp,
Office Automation Clerk 326-3266
Harry Craig,
Federal Facilities Coordinator 326-3689

• Remedial Site Manager for Superfund sites.
• Umatilla Army Depot. Bangor, Washington.
• Representative for EPA on cleanup decisions.
• Oversees technical matters to ensure that
legal requirements are being met.

Don Creek,
Senior Environmental
Employee (SEE) 326-5015

• Works as tribal liaison.

Alan Goodman,
Superfund Project Manager 326-3685
Project Manager on hazardous waste cleanup
sites in the Superfund and Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
programs.
• Sites include:
- United Chrome; NW Pipe and Casing
- East Multnomah Groundwater Contamination
- Boeing (Gresham).
Hazardous materials training coordinator.
Dan Heister,
Liaison to
Oregon Department of Agriculture
326-6869
All aspects of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA):
- Endangered Species issues
- Certification and registration issues
- Farm Workers Protection issues.
Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFO)
under the Clean Water Act.
Bruce Long,
Office of Chemical and
Waste Management
326-3686
• Provides technical assistance to chemical
manufacturing and importing.
• Technical assistance to criminal investigators,
regarding the handling and disposal of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB).
• Technical assistance for Spill Prevention,
Containment, and Countermeasures (SPCC).
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
enforcement and outreach.
• Regional Cost Recovery Coordinator (RCRC) -
serves as Project Officer, provides corrective
action.
Harold Rogers,
Safe Drinking Water Act
Coordinator
326-2715
Safe Drinking Water Act Program
Project Officer for Program grants.
Oversees State EPA Agreement (SEA).
Compliance and enforcement.
Liaison to Oregon Health Division.
Local Area Network (LAN) Administrator.
Ralph Thomas Rogers,
Ecologist
326-2676
Chip Humphrey,
Superfund Project Manager.
326-2678
1 Geographic Implementation Unit —
- Forest/Salmon Team
• Wetland and riparian restoration.
• Handles watershed assessment.
• Natural area management and endangered
species issues.
• Environmental Education
Joel Shaich,
Wetlands Coordinator.
• Site manager for Superfund sites.
- Gould Battery.
- Joseph Forest Products.
- Reynolds Metals - Doane Lake.
- Portland Brownfields Project.

Paul Koprowski,
Air Program Coordinator
326-6363
326-2716

• Wetland program development grants; (state,
local, and tribal).
• Works with the Army Corps of Engineers and
the Division of State Lands, reviews 404 Corps
permits.
1 Dredge and fill activities in wetlands and
waterways.
1 State wetland policies.
• Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations and
requirements.
1 Air pollutant standards and health effects.
1 Asbestos, Combined Federal Campaign
(CFC), catalytic converters.
1 Project officer for air grants.

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