State contact list for drywallrecycling.org

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State Regulatory Contacts

The following table provides contact information for the state environmental regulatory agencies that should be consulted to determine appropriate regulatory and permit requirements. Several state environmental regulatory agencies have published information relating to gypsum drywall recycling. Where available, links to this information is also provided.

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State	Contact	Other State Specific Information Available
Alabama	Larry Bryant, Chief Solid Waste Branch Alabama Department of Environmental Management P.O. Box 301463 Montgomery, AL 36130-1463 334.271.7771 fax 334.279.3050 jlb@adem.state.al.us Van Johnson State Recycling Coordinator Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs PO Box 5690 Montgomery, AL 36103-5690 334.242.5322 van@adeca.state.al.us
Alaska	Glenn Miller Environmental Specialist AK Dept. of Environmental Conservation 410 Willoughby Juneau, AK 99801 907.465.5153 fax 907.465.5362 gmiller@envircon.state.ak.us Tom Turner Recycling Public Assistance AK Dept. of Environmental Conservation 555 Cordova St. Anchorage, AK 99567 907.269.7582 tom_turner@envircon.state.ak.us
Arizona	Annette Tripke Recycling Coordinator Arizona Dept. of Env. Quality 1110 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007 602.771.4134 Office 602.771.2382 Fax tripke.annette@azdeq.gov
Arkansas	Robert Hunter Solid Waste Division Arkansas Dept. of Env. Quality PO Box 8913 Little Rock, AR 72219-8913 501.682.0814 hunter@adeq.state.ar.us
California	Bobbie Garcia Senior Integrated Waste Mgt. Specialist CA Integrated Waste Management Board 8800 Cal Center Drive Sacramento, CA 95826 916.255.2425 fax 916.255-4207 bgarcia@ciwmb.ca.gov Dawn Owen Waste Management Specialist Closed, Illegal and Abandoned Site investigation section Permitting and Enforcement California Integrated Waste Management Board 1001 I street, Mail Stop 20 Sacramento, CA 95812 916.341.6723 fax 916.319.7552 dawno@ciwmb.ca.gov	Fact Sheet on Gypsum Drywall [html]
Colorado	Glenn Mallory Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division HMWMD-B2 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246-1530 303.692.3300 Glenn.Mallory@state.co.us
Connecticut	Frank Gagliardo Recycling Unit Waste Planning and standards Division CT Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street, 4^th Floor Hartford, CT 06106-5127 860.424.3130 fax 860.424.4081 frank.p.gagliardo@po.state.ct.us
Delaware	Jim Short Solid and Hazardous Waste Mgmt Branch DE Dept. of Nat. Res. & Env. Control 89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19901 302.739.3689 fax 302.739.5060 jshort@state.de.us
Florida	William "Lee" Martin, P.E. Solid Waste Section FL Dept. of Environmental Protection 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 4565 Tallahassee, FL 32399 850.245.8734 fax 850.245.8811 lee.martin@dep.state.fl.us
Georgia	Harold C. Gillespie Environmental Protection Division GA Environmental Protection Division 4244 International Parkway, Suite 104 Atlanta, GA 30354 404.362.4510 fax 404.362.2693 harold.gillespie@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
Hawaii	John Valera Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch Hawai'i Department of Health 919 Ala Moana Boulevard #212 Honolulu, HI 96814 808.586.4245 fax 808.586.7509 jvalera@eha.health.state.hi.us
Idaho	Dean Ehlert Idaho Department of Environmental Quality 1410 N. Hilton Boise, ID 83706 208.373-0416 dehlert@deq.state.id.us
Illinois	Ted Dragovich Division of Land Pollution Control Illinois EPA 1021 N. Grand Ave. East Springfield, IL 62702 217.524.3306 fax 217.524.3291 epa4453@epa.state.il.us
Indiana	Indiana Department of Environmental Management Indiana Government Center North Senate Ave. in Indianapolis (317) 232-8603 (800) 451-6027 (toll free within Indiana ) (317) 233-6647 (Fax) www.idem.in.gov info@idem.in.gov
Iowa	Jeff Geerts Energy & Waste Management Bureau Iowa Dept of Natural Resources 502 E Ninth St Des Moines, IA 50319-0034 515.281.8176 fax 515.281.8895 jeff.geerts@dnr.state.ia.us
Kansas	Kent Foerster Chief, Markets and Development Bureau of Waste Management Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment. 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 785.296.1600 fax: 785.296.8909 kfoerste@kdhe.state.ks.us www.kdhe.state.ks.us/waste
Kentucky	Bob Bickner Division of Waste Management KY Dept. for Environmental Protection 14 Reilly Road Frankfort, KY 40601 502.564.6716 fax 502.564.4049 bob.bickner@mail.state.ky.us
Louisiana	Bijan Sharafkhani Solid Waste Division LA Dept. of Environmental Quality PO Box 82135 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2178 225.765.0355 fax 225.765.0617 bijan_s@deq.state.la.us
Maine	Randy McMullin Environmental Specialist Maine Dept. of Env. Protection 312 Canco Road Portland, ME 04103 207.822.6343 fax 207.822.6303 Randy.L.Mcmullin@state.me.us Paula Clark Div. of Solid Waste Facilities Regulation Maine Dept. of Env. Protection State House – Station 17 Augusta, ME 04333-0017 207.287.7718 fax 207.287.7826 paula.m.clark@state.me.us
Maryland	David Mrgich Chief, Recycling Unit Maryland Department of Environment LMA/Technical Services and Operations Program 1800 Washington Blvd. Suite 610 Baltimore, MD 21230-1719 410.537.3321 dmrgich@mde.state.md.us
Massachusetts	Thomas J. Adamczyk MA Dept. of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Prevention Business Compliance Division - 9th Floor One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 617.574.6867 fax: 617.292.5778 Thomas.Adamczyk@state.ma.us
Michigan	Duane Roskoskey Department of Env. Quality Waste and Hazardous Material Division PO Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909 517.335.4712 fax 517.373.4797 Roskoskd@Michigan.gov	Gypsum Drywall Exemption [PDF]
Minnesota	Scott Fox Policy and Planning Division MN Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155 651.296.8745 fax: 651.297.8676 scott.fox@pca.state.mn.us
Mississippi	Mark Williams Solid Waste Branch Mississippi Dept. of Env. Quality P.O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 601.961.5304 Fax: 601.354.6612 Mark_Williams@deq.state.ms.us
Missouri	Jim Bell Engineering Section MO Dept. of Natural Resources PO Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102 573.751.5401 fax 573.526.3902 swmp@dnr.mo.gov
Montana
Nebraska	Jim Harford Waste Management Section NE Dept. of Environmental Quality PO Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 402.471.8308 fax 402.471.2909 Jim.Harford@NDEQ.State.NE.US
Nevada	Les Gould Solid Waste Branch Supervisor Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 333 W. Nye Lane Carson City, NV 89706 775.687.9468 fax 775.687.6396 lgould@ndep.nv.gov
New Hampshire	Daniell R. Spear Waste Mgmt. Engineer NH Dept. of Env. Services 6 Hazen Dr. PO Box 95 Concord, NH 0302-0095 603.271.1373 fax 603.271.1381 dspear@des.state.nh.us
New Jersey	Robert M. Confer Chief Bureau of Resource Recovery & Technical Programs Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 414 Trenton, NJ 08625-0414 Ph: 609.984.6985 Fax: 609.633.9839 DSHWEB@dep.state.nj.us
New Mexico	Don Beardsley Program Manager Solid Waste Bureau Harold S. Runnels Building 1190 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87502-0110 505.827.2952 don_beardsley@nmenv.state.nm.us
New York	Jeffrey Schmitt Chief, Beneficial Use Section NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway 9th Floor Albany, NY 12233-7253 518-402-8706 fax: 518-402-9024 jcschmit@gw.dec.state.ny.us Christian Glander NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway 9th Floor Albany, NY 12233-7253 518-402-8706 fax: 518-402-9024 cxglande@gw.dec.state.ny.us
North Carolina	William Hocutt Division of Waste Management NC Dept. of Environment & Nat. Res. 401 Oberlin Road, Suite 150 Raleigh, NC 27605 919.733.0692x260 fax 919.715.3605 mailto:william.r.hocutt@ncmail.net
North Dakota	Kent Balland ND Dept. of Health 1200 Missouri Ave. PO Box 5520 Bismarck, ND 58506-5520 701.328.5166
Ohio	Annette DeHavilland Div. of Solid & Infectious Waste Man. Ohio EPA P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43216-1049 614.728.5373 fax 614.728.5315 Annette.DeHavilland@epa.state.oh.us	Gypsum Drywall - A Success Story [html]
Oklahoma	Bryce Hulsey Waste Management Division Oklahoma Dept of Env. Quality PO Box 1677 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677 405.702.5100 fax 405.702-5151 Bryce.Hulsey@deq.state.ok.us
Oregon	Dave Wall Oregon Div. of Environmental Quality 2020 SW Fourth Ave., Suite 400 Portland, OR 97201 503.229.5364 WALL.Dave@deq.state.or.us
Pennsylvania	Ronald Hassinger Div. of Municipal and Residual Waste Pennsylvania Dept. of Env. Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building 14th Floor P.O. Box 8472 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472 717.787.7381 fax: 717-787-1904 rhassinger@state.pa.us
Rhode Island	Laurie Grandchamp Office of Waste Management RI Dept. of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street Providence, RI 02908 401.222.2797 fax 401.222.3812 lgrangch@dem.state.ri.us
South Carolina	Art Braswell Solid Waste Planning and Recycling SC Dept. of Health & Env. Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 803.896.4202 fax 803.896.4001 braswead@columb34.dhec.state.sc.us
South Dakota	Jim Wendte Waste Management Program Division of Environmental Services SD Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources 523 East Capitol Pierre, SD 57501-3182 605.773.3153 fax 605.773.6035 jim.wendte@state.sd.us
Tennessee	Glenn Pugh Solid Waste Management Unit TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church St., 5^th Floor Nashville, TN 37243-1535 615.532.0818 fax 615.532.0886 gpugh@mail.state.tn.us
Texas	Scott Green Regulation and Evaluation Division TX Nat. Res. Consv. Comm. PO Box 13087 (MC 129) Austin, TX 78711-3087 512.239.6412 fax 512.239.6410 sgreen@tnrcc.state.tx.us
Utah	Ralph Bohn Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste PO Box 144880 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880 801.538.6794 fax 801.538.6715 rbohn@utah.gov
Vermont	James Buzz Surwilo Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Management Program 103 S. Main Street 1-Soutn Waterbury, VT 05671-0407 802.241.3481 fax 802.244.5141 james.surwilo@anr.state.vt.us	Gypsum Wallboard Recycling and Reuse Opportunities in the State of Vermont [pdf]
Virginia	Stephen Coe VA Dept. of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10009 Richmond, VA 23240 804.698.4029 gscoe@deq.state.va.us
Washington	Chuck Matthews WA State Dept. of Ecology Solid Waste & Financial Assistance Program P.O. Box 47775 Olympia, WA 98504-7774 360.407.6383 fax 360.407.6305 cmat461@ecy.wa.gov	Evaluation of the Potential for Composting Gypsum Wallboard Scraps [html]
West Virginia	Jim Hill WV DNR Recycling Coordinator Capitol Complex Bldg 3, Room 732 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E. Charleston, WV 25305 304.558.3370 jhill@dnr.state.wv.us Sudhir Patel, Chief Solid Waste Permitting Unit West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection 1356 Hansford St. Charleston, WV 25301 304-558-6350 Fax: 304.558.1574
Wisconsin	Jon Brand Waste Management Specialist Air and Waste Division WI DNR 1125 N. Military Ave., Box 10448 Green Bay, WI 54307-0448 920.492.5867 fax 920.492.5867 brandj@dnr.state.wi.us Gene Mitchell Waste Supervisor Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources 3911 Fish Hatchery Road Fitchburg WI 53711 608.275.3466 fax 608.275.3338 mitchg@dnr.state.wi.us Amalendu Bagchi 608.267.7576 amalendu.bagchi@dnr.state.wi.us
Wyoming	Robert A. Doctor Program Manager Solid Waste Permitting and Corrective Action Solid and Hazardous Waste Division Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality 3030 Energy Lane, Suite 200 Casper, WY 82604 307.473.3450 fax 307.473.3458 bdocto@state.wy.us