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

• Brownfields
• Chinese drywall fact sheet and report (PDF)
• Cleanups
• Emergency Management & Response
• Federal Facilities Cleanup
• Innovations Initiative
• Integrated Cleanup Initiative
• OSWER Community Engagement Initiative
• Reducing GHG Emissions Through Land and Materials Management (PDF)
• Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands project
• Risk Assessment
• Superfund
• Underground Storage Tanks
• Waste

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Organization

Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator

• Biography
• Schedule
• Phone: 202-566-0200
• Email: aastanislaus@epa.gov
• Mail code: 5101T | EPA mailing addresses
• Speeches and testimony

Barry Breen, Deputy Assistant Administrator

• Phone: 202-566-0200
• Mail code: 5101T  | EPA mailing addresses

Lisa Feldt, Deputy Assistant Administrator

• Phone: 202-566-0200
• Mail code: 5101T  | EPA mailing addresses

The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response includes:

• Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
• Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
• Office of Underground Storage Tanks
• Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
• Office of Emergency Management
• Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office

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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.

• Superfund

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

• National Priorities List
• Recovery Act funding for Superfund sites
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS)
• Community involvement

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

• Rebecca Clark, Director
  • Phone: 703-347-8551

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

Technology Innovation and Field Services Division

• Pamela Barr, Director
  • Phone:703-603-0262
     
• 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. ORCR implements the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  Our goals are to:

  • conserve resources by reducing waste;
  • prevent future waste disposal problems by enforcing regulations; and
  • clean up areas where waste may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.

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

  • Wastes
  • Hazardous waste, including recycling, corrective action (cleanups) and household hazardous waste
  • Municipal solid waste
  • Sustainable Materials Management
  • WasteWise
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment

  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 storing petroleum and certain hazardous substances. 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.

  • Underground storage tank program

  Programs and projects managed by the Office of Underground Storage Tanks

  • Preventing UST releases
  • Cleaning up UST releases
  • Biofuels and underground storage tanks
  • Petroleum brownfields
  • USTs in Indian country

  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, Director
    • Phone: 703-603-7163

  Cleanup & Revitalization Division

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

  Management and 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

  • Brownfields program, including grants and funding
  • Recovery Act funding for brownfields sites
  • 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.

  • Emergency Management

  Programs and projects managed by the Office of Emergency Management

  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Requirements
  • Facility Response Plan (FRP) Rule
  • Local Governments Reimbursement (LGR) Program
  • National Contingency Plan (NCP) Subpart J Product Schedule
  • Reporting Oil Discharges and Hazardous Substance Releases
  • Risk Management Plan (RMP)
  • Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule

  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

  • Deborah McKean, Acting Director
    • Phone: 202-564-9671

  Business Operations Center

  • Josh Woodyard, Director
    • 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

  • Federal facilities restoration and reuse program
  • Superfund federal facilities response; Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC)
  • Federal facility site information

  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: (703) 603-0049

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