State Discharge Monitoring Report - Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) Coordinators
For questions, your primary point of contact is your state DMR-QA coordinator. To find your state contact, select your state or territory from the map or list below.
Reference your NPDES permit and telephone number on all correspondence.
You also may contact your regional DMR-QA coordinator.
States with DMR-QA Coordinators
Gray states have a laboratory accreditation program for wastewater deemed equivalent to the national DMR-QA program through a waiver agreement with EPA.
| State | Contact | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Sharon Moses (smoses@adem.state.al.us) Alabama DEM 1350 Coliseum Boulevard Montgomery, AL 36110 |
(334) 394-4355 |
| Alaska | Douglas Kolwaite (douglas.kolwaite@alaska.gov) Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 410 Willoughby Ave, Suite 303 Juneau, AK 99801-1800 |
(907) 465-5305 |
| American Samoa | Liliana Christophe (christophe.liliana@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 9 (WTR 7) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 |
(415) 972-3502 |
| Arizona | Andy Koester (andy.koester@azdeq.gov) AZPDES Individual Permits Unit Arizona Dept of Environmental Quality 1110 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 |
(602) 771-4689 |
| Arkansas* |
Penny Semberski (qaofficer@adeq.state.ar.us) Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 5301 Northshore Drive Little Rock, AR 72118 |
(501) 682-0941 |
| California* | Renee Spears (renee.spears@waterboards.ca.gov) Office of Information Management and Analysis State Water Resources Control Board 1001 I Street 16-39D Sacramento, CA 95814 P.O. Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812 |
(916) 341-5583 |
| Colorado | Eric Mink (eric.mink@state.co.us) Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Water Quality Control Division CWE-B2 4300 S Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246 |
(303) 692-2312 |
| Connecticut | Donald Gonyea (donald.gonyea@ct.gov) Connecticut DEP Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 |
(860) 424-3827 |
| Delaware | Glenn Davis (glenn.davis@state.de.us) Delaware DNREC Water Resources Branch 89 Kings Highway R & R Building Dover, DE 19901 |
(302) 739-9946 |
| District of Columbia |
Adion Chinkuyu (adion.chinkuyu@dc.gov) District of Columbia DOE Water Quality Division 1200 First Street NE, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20002 |
(202) 535-2193 |
| Florida | Mary Mattox (mattox.mary@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 4 MC: 9T25 61 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta, GA 30303-8690 |
(404) 562-9733 |
| Georgia | Marzieh Shahbazaz (marzieh.shahbazaz@dnr.ga.gov) Georgia Environmental Protection Division Watershed Protection Branch 2 MLK Jr. Dr., S.W., Suite 1152 East Atlanta, GA 30334 |
(404) 463-4933 |
| Guam | Maricar Quezon (maricar.quezon@epa.guam.gov) Water Pollution Control Program Guam EPA P.O. Box 22439 Barrigada, Guam 96921 |
(671) 475-1601 |
| Hawaii | Scott Miyashiro (scott.miyashiro@doh.hawaii.gov) Hawaii DOH Clean Water Branch 919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 301 Honolulu, HI 96814-4920 |
(808) 586-4309 |
| Idaho | Robert Grandinetti (grandinetti.robert@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 10 NPDES Compliance Unit 825 Jadwin Ave., Suite 210 Richland, WA 99352 |
(509) 376-3748 |
| Illinois | Michelle Rousey (michelle.rousey@illinois.gov) Illinois EPA Bureau of Water PO Box 19276 (Mail Code 15) Springfield, IL 62794-9276 |
(217) 785-3944 |
| Indiana | Becky Ruark (bruark@idem.in.gov) Indiana DEM/OWQ 100 North Senate Avenue MC 65-42 IGCN N1255 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251 |
(317) 233-2477 |
| Iowa | Lantz Tipton (tipton.lantz@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 7 Water Enforcement 11201 Renner Blvd Lenexa, KS 66219 |
(913) 551-7892 |
| Kansas* | N. Myron Gunsalus, Jr. (ngunsalus@kdheks.gov) Kansas Dept of Health & Environment Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories Forbes Field Building 740 Topeka, KS 66620-0001 |
(785) 291-3162 |
| Kentucky* | Abigail Rains (abigail.rains@ky.gov) Kentucky DEP Surface Water Permit Branch 200 Fair Oaks Lane, 4th Floor Frankfort , KY 40601 |
(502) 564-3410 x4891 |
| Louisiana | Sandy Bateman (sandy.bateman@la.gov) Louisiana DEQ Office of Environmental Compliance PO Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 |
(225) 219-3614 |
| Maine | Judy Bruenjes (judy.k.bruenjes@maine.gov) Department of Environmental Protection 17 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333 |
(207) 287-7806 |
| Maryland | Ron Wicks (ron.wicks@maryland.gov) Maryland Dept. of the Environment Water Management Administration Compliance Program 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 420 Baltimore, MD 21230 |
(410) 537-3607 |
| Massachusetts | Ping Yee (ping.yee@state.ma.us) Massachusetts DEP/Boston Office 1 Winter Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02108 |
(617) 292-5769 |
| Michigan | Chris Veldkamp (veldkampc@michigan.gov) Water Resources Division Dept. of Environment Quality State of Michigan Building 350 Ottawa Ave NW, Unit 10 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 |
(616) 401-1556 |
| Minnesota | Jennifer Thoreson (DMRQA.pca@state.mn.us) Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Environmental Outcomes Division 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155 |
(651) 757-2805 |
| Mississippi | David Singleton (david_singleton@deq.state.ms.us) Mississippi DEQ Office of Pollution Control 1542 Old Whitfield Road Pearl, MS 39208 |
(601) 961-5778 |
| Missouri | Lantz Tipton (tipton.lantz@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 7 Water Enforcement 11201 Renner Blvd Lenexa, KS 66219 |
(913) 551-7892 |
| Montana | Lisa Tucker (LTucker@mt.gov) Montana DEQ Water Protection Bureau P.O. Box 200901 Helena, MT 59620-0901 |
(406) 444-5388 |
| Nebraska | Reuel Anderson (reuel.anderson@nebraska.gov) Nebraska DEQ Water Quality Division P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 |
(402) 471-1367 |
| Nevada* | Donald E. LaFara (dlafara@ndep.nv.gov) Bureau of Safe Drinking Water Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 901 S. Stewart Street, Suite 4001 Carson City, NV 89701 |
(775) 687-9491 |
| New Hampshire | Stephanie Larson (stephanie.larson@des.nh.gov) New Hampshire DES Water Division P.O. Box 95 Concord, NH 03302-0095 |
(603) 271-1497 |
| New Jersey* |
Department of Environmental Protection
P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 |
(609) 984-3285 |
| New Mexico | Barbara Cooney (barbara.cooney@state.nm.us) New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau Harold Runnels Bldg, N 2050 1190 South St. Francis Drive (8750S) P.O. Box 5469 Santa Fe, NM 87505-5469 |
(505) 827-0212 |
| New York | Towana Joseph (joseph.towana@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 2 DESA/MAB (MS220) 2890 Woodbridge Avenue Edison, NJ 08837-3679 |
(732) 321-6607 |
| North Carolina* | Dana Satterwhite (dana.satterwhite@ncdenr.gov) NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources 1623 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 |
(919) 733-3908 ext. 243 |
| North Dakota | Marty Haroldson (mharolds@nd.gov) North Dakota DOH Division of Water Quality Permits Program 918 East Divide Avenue, 4th Floor Bismarck, ND 58501 |
(701) 328-5234 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Clarissa T. Bearden (clarissabearden@deq.gov.mp) Laboratory Director CNMI Division of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 501304 Saipan, MP 96950 |
(670) 664-8520 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Liliana Christophe (christophe.liliana@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 9 (WTR 7) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 |
(415) 972-3502 |
| Ohio | Steve Roberts (steve.roberts@epa.state.oh.us) Ohio EPA 8955 East Main Street Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 |
(614) 644-4225 |
| Oklahoma* | David Caldwell (david.caldwell@deq.state.ok.us) Oklahoma DEQ Water Quality Division P.O. Box 1677 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677 |
(405) 702-1039 |
| Oklahoma | David Schmitt (david.schmitt@deq.state.ok.us) Oklahoma DEQ Water Quality Division P.O. Box 1677 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677 |
(405) 702-8243 |
| Oregon | Chris Redman (redman.chris@deq.state.or.us) Oregon DEQ Laboratory & Environmental Assurance Division 3150 NW 229th Ave., Suite 150 Hillsboro, OR 97124 |
(503) 693-5706 |
| Pennsylvania* | Department of Environmental Protection (epLabAccredit@pa.gov) Bureau of Laboratories Attn: Laboratory Accreditation Program P.O. Box 1467 Harrisburg, PA 17105-1467 |
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| Puerto Rico | Towana Joseph (joseph.towana@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 2 DESA/MAB (MS220) 2890 Woodbridge Avenue Edison, NJ 08837-3679 |
(732) 321-6607 |
| Rhode Island | Alexandre Pinto (alex.pinto@dem.ri.gov) Rhode Island DEM Office of Water Resources 235 Promenade Street Providence, RI 02908-5767 |
(401) 222-4700 x 7227 |
| South Carolina* | Carol F. Smith, Director (smithcf@dhec.sc.gov) Office of Environmental Lab Certification Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 |
(803) 896-0992 |
| South Dakota | Tim Flor (tim.flor@state.sd.us) South Dakota Department of Environmental & Natural Resources Surface Water Quality Program PMB 2020 523 East Capital Pierre, SD 57501 |
(605) 773-3351 |
| Tennessee | Barbara Loudermilk (barbara.loudermilk@tn.gov) Tennessee DEC Division of Water Resources Compliance and Enforcement Unit William R. Snodgrass TN Tower 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue 11th Floor Nashville, TN 37243-1534 |
(615) 686-9755 |
| Texas | Susan Simonet (susan.simonet@tceq.texas.gov) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MC-165 Austin, TX 78711 |
(512) 239-0572 |
| Trust Territories | Liliana Christophe (christophe.liliana@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 9 (WTR 7) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 |
(415) 972-3502 |
| Utah* | Monia Ben-Khaled (ben-khaled.monia@epa.gov) U.S. EPA Region 8 NPDES Enforcement Unit Water Technical Enforcement Program 1595 Wynkoop Street (8ENF-W-NP) Denver, CO 80202-1129 |
(303) 312-6209 |
| Vermont | Ernie Kelley (ernie.kelley@vermont.gov) Vermont ANR DEC/WWMD 1 National Life Dr. - Bldg. Main 2 Montpelier, VT 05620-3522 |
(802) 490-6187 |
| Virginia* | DCLS Laboratory Certification Office (Lab_Cert@dgs.virginia.gov) 600 N. 5th Street Richmond, VA 23219 |
(504) 648-4480 |
| Virgin Islands | Towana Joseph (joseph.towana@epa.gov) EPA Region 2 DESA/MAB (MS220) 2890 Woodbridge Avenue Edison, NJ 08837-3679 |
(732) 321-6607 |
| Washington | Alan Rue (arue461@ecy.wa.gov) Washington State Department of Ecology Laboratory Accreditation Unit P.O. Box 488 Manchester, WA 98353-0488 |
(360) 871-8844 |
| West Virginia * | Linda B. Keller (Linda.B.Keller@wv.gov) 601 57th Street, S.E. Charleston, WV 26304 |
(304) 926-0495 |
| Wisconsin* | Wisconsin DNR Laboratory Certification Program (richard.mealy@wisconsin.gov) SS/7 PO Box 7921 101 S Webster St. Madison, WI 53707 |
(608) 264-6006 |
| Wyoming | Steve H. Vien, Ph.D. (steve.vien@wyo.gov) Wyoming DEQ Water Quality Division 208 South College Drive Cheyenne, WY 82002 |
(307) 777-7654 |
*Some or all permittees may not be required to participate in DMR-QA due to a full or partial waiver agreement with EPA.