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Federal, State and Local Government Contacts

Federal
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/globalhealth/GHAR/priorities/Lead/Default.htm
Consumer Protection and Safety Commission (CPSC) http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/426.html
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/lead/index.html

State and local
Alaska
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Mr. Tracy Lynn
Toxicology Program Manager
(907) 562-7802 fax
(907) 269-8000
Alabama
Alabama Department of Health

Mr. Salvador Gray
Environmental Engineer
Bureau of Environmental Services
(334) 206-5788 fax (334) 206-5373

Dr. J.P. Lofgren
Division of Epidemiology
(334) 206- 5967 fax
(334) 206-5971

Nurse Judith Waters
Bureau of Family Health Services
(334) 206-298 fax3
(334) 206-2966
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Public Health

Ken Free
Program Coordinator
Division of Sanitation Services
(501) 661-2572 fax
(501) 661-2171

Dr. Bob West
Pediatric Medical Consultant
Division of Child and Adolescent Health
(501) 661-2055 fax
(501) 661-2592
Arizona
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Water Quality Division Karen Smith
Director
(602) 207-4634 fax
(602) 771-4651
Arizona Occupational Safety and Health Administration Darin Perkins
Director
(602) 542-1614 fax
(602) 542-5726
Department of Health Services Christine Cervantes-Yen
Program Manager
Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control Services
(602) 364-3146 fax
(602) 364-3118
California
Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Stephen Schwartzberg
Director
(510) 567-8272 fax
(510) 567-8281
California Department of Health Services Valerie Charlton
Branch Chief
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(510) 622-5002 fax
(510) 622-5000
Health Children Organizing Project Neil Dendel
Program Director
(415) 777-5267 fax
(415) 777-9648
Humboldt County Public Health Department Anne Wade
Director
(707) 445-6097 fax
(707) 268-2131
Marin County Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Linda Mariscal
(415) 499-6002 fax
(419) 499-3254
Riverside County Health Services Carol Hernandez
Nurse Manager
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(909) 358-5002 fax
(909) 358-5424
San Francisco Deptartment of Public Health

Karen Cohn
Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program
(415) 554-8938 fax
(415) 554-8930

Obisbo County Public Health Department Pamela Dudley
Family Health
(805) 781-4492 fax
(805) 781-1372
Yolo County Public Health Mark Diel
120 W. Main St. Woodland, CA 95695
(530) 662-3469 fax
(530) 406-4903
US Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Mary Aycock
US EPA, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 947-4169
Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Mishelle Macias
Program Director
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(303) 782-0904 fax
(303) 692-2622
US Environmental Protection Agency Region VIII Lee Harston
US EPA, Region VIII, 999 18th St.
Denver, CO 80202-2466
(303) 312-6191 fax
(303) 312-6365
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Ross Bunnell
Waste Management Bureau
(860) 424-4059 fax
(860) 424-3274
Connecticut Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning Prevention and Abatement Alan Buzzetti
(860) 509-7295 fax
(860) 509-7299
District of Columbia
Department of Human Services Christine Onwuche
Program Manager
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
51 N. Street, NE, 3rd floor.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 535-1396 fax
(202) 535-2626
US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Delaware
Delaware Health and Social Services Dr. Har Ming Lau
Division of Public Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
(302) 739-3839 fax
(302) 744-4820
Florida
Florida Department of Health

Susan Limbaugh
Acting Program Manager
Community Environmental Health
4042 Bald Cypress Way, Ste. 215 Office D
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1712
(850) 922-8473 fax
(850) 245-4444 x 2828

Dwayne Mayers
State Laboratory
(904) 791-1671 fax
(904) 791-1668
Georgia
Department of Human Resources Stic Harris
Program Manager
Georgia Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
2 Peachtree St., NW Ste. 14-492
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 463-4039 fax
(404) 463-2450 or 1(888) 247-9054
US Environmental Protection Agency Region IV Liz Wilde US EPA, Region IV, 61 Forsyth St
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404)562-8998
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health Tom Oleikis
Environmental Health Specialist
Noise, Radiation and Indoor Air Quality Branch
(808) 586-5838 fax
(808) 586-5800
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Health Rita Gergely
Director
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Lucas State Office Building
321 E. 12th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
(515) 281-4529 fax
(515) 242-6340
Idaho
District 5: South Central District Health Department Jim Lane
EHS Lead Coordinator
Environmental Health Services (208) 734-9502 fax
(208) 734-5900 ext 209
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Kara Stevens
Environmental Health Program Manager
The Idaho Lead Awareness Program
(208) 334-6581 fax
(208) 334-0606
Illinois
Edwardsville Department of Health Mike Hungerford
(618) 656-8970 fax
(618) 656-6680
Illinois Department of Health

Tom Johnson
State Laboratories
(217) 524-7924 fax
(217)782-6562

Roy Maxfield
Adult Blood Lead Registry
(217) 524-1770 fax
(217) 557-5663

Lead Abatement Program
(217) 785-5897 fax
(217) 782-3517

Cheryl Wycoff
Program Administrator
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
500 East Monroe, 1st fl
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 557-5396 fax
(217) 785-5378
Kankakee County Department of Health Kathleen Arrington
(815) 937-3848 fax
(815) 937-7880
Marion Department of Health John Pulley
(618) 993-6840 fax
(618) 993-7010
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region V Ann Williams
Industrial Hygenist
Chicago, IL
(312) 353-8478 fax
(312) 353-2220
Peoria Department of Health John Smet
Environmental Health
(309) 693-5118 fax
(309) 693-5371
Rockford Department of Health Armour Peterson
(815) 987-7822 fax
(815) 987-7511
West Chicago Department of Health Lee Wohlwend
(630) 293-6908 fax
(630) 293-6800
US Environmental Protection Agency Region V David Turpin
Lead Coordinator
US EPA, Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
(312) 353-4788 fax
(312)886-7836
Indiana
Indiana State Department of Health Nancy Cobb
Director
Environmental and Childhood Lead
2 North Meridian Street, Ste 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1964
(317) 233-1630 fax
(317) 234-2273 or 1(800) 761-1271
Kansas
Department of Health and Environment Robin Norris
Program Manager
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
1000 SW Jackson, Ste. 200
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-5594 fax
(785) 296-1757
Kansas Department of Health Anne Lowder
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(785) 296-5594 fax
(785) 296-5606
US Environmental Protection Agency Region VII Crystal Harriel
US EPA, Region VII, 901 N. Fifth St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
(913) 551-7261
Kentucky
Jefferson County Health Department Judy Jones
Program Manager
(502) 574-0112 fax
(502) 574-5631
Kentucky Department of Health

Gwen Cobb
Lead Program Coordinator
Division of Maternal and Child Health
(592) 564-8389 fax
(502) 564-2154

Kenny Ratcliff
Division of Environmental Health and Community Safety
(502) 564-4537
Louisianna
Louisianna Department of Health Rhonda Smith
Lead Program Coordinator
325 Loyola Ave., Room 308
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
(504) 568-7722 fax
(502) 568-5043
Massachusetts
Bureau of Health Quality Management Paul Hunter
Director
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
56 Roland St., Ste. 100
Boston, MA O2129
(617) 284-8436 fax
(617) 284-8436
US Environmental Protection Agency Region I James Bryson
US EPA, Region I, One Congress St.
Boston MA 02114-2023
(888) 372-7341; Outside New England (617) 918-1524
Maryland
Maryland Department of the Environment Barbara Conrad
Program Coordinator
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
2500 Broening Hwy.
Baltimore, MD 21224
(410) 537-4112 fax
(410) 537-4199
Maine
Bangor Department of Health Patricia Hamilton
(207) 945-3348 fax
(207) 941-0259-401
Department of Human Services Mary Ann Amrich
Program Manager
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Key Bank Building, 7th floor, State House Station #11
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
(207) 287-8753 fax
(207) 287-8753
Michigan
Genesee County Health Department Kevin Hoxsey
(810) 257-3152
Ingham County Health Department Lynn Herman
Lead Poisoning Program
(517) 887-4308
Kent County Health Department Joan Dyer
Program Supervisor
(616) 336-3983 fax
(616) 336-2209
Michigan Department of Community Health

Carol Hinkle
Acting Program Coordinator
Bureau of Child and Family Services
3423 N. Martin Luther King, PO Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-8509 fax
(517) 335-9017

Sharon Hudson
Bureau of Child and Family Services
3423 N. Martin Luther King, PO Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-8509 fax
(517) 335-9242

Jeanette Laney
Infant and Child Health Unit
(517) 335-9263
Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services Environmental Health Division
(734) 727-7400
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Wesley Priem
Program Manager
Lead Hazard Remediation Program
(517) 335-9390
Wayne County Health Department Jane Nickert
Field Services Division
(734) 727-7054
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health Andrea Michael
Program Manager
Childhood Lead Poisoning and Surveillance Program
PO Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
(651) 215-0975 fax
(651) 215-0891
Missouri
Missouri Department of Health Susan Thomas
Program Coordinator
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
930 Wildwood Dr., PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 526-6946 fax
(573) 526-4911
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Johnny Beason
Office of Pollution Control
(601) 961-5595
Mississippi Department of Health

Keith Maranger
Division of Sanitation
(601) 576-7689

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(601) 576-8035 fax
(601) 576-7447
Montana
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Rick Larson
Director
(406) 723-7245 fax
(406) 723-0041
Nebraska
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Kimberly Plouzek
(402) 471-0169 fax
(402) 471-7764
Nevada
Nevada State Health Division

Terry Hall
Lead Water Contact
Family Care Services
(775) 687-5699 fax
(775) 687-6815

Judith Wright
Family Care Services
(775) 684-4245 fax
(775) 684-4285
New Hampshire
City of Manchester Health Department Meredith Maruyama
Nurse Case Manager
(603) 624-6584 fax
(603) 624-6466
New Hampshire Department of Health Michelle Dembiec
Program Manager
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Health and Welfare Bldg, 6 Hazen Dr.
Concord, NH O3301
(603) 271-3991 fax (603) 271-5733
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Neil Twitchell
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(603) 271-3991 fax
(603) 271-5870
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

Stephen Jennis
Director
Division of Public Health and Environmental Laboratories
(609) 633-9601 fax
(609) 292-8373

Sylvia Dellas
Child Health Coordinator
Child and Adolescent Health Program
50 E State St., PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625-0364
(609) 292-3580 fax
(609) 292-5666

Kevin McNally
Principle Investigator
50 E State St., PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625-0364
(609) 292-9288 fax
(609) 984-0717
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Health Glenda Hubbard
(505) 827-0013 Fax
(505) 476-3577
New York
Albany County Department of Health Maribeth Miller
(518) 447-4515 fax
(518) 447-4512
Broome County Division of Health Bill Pedley
Coordinator
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(607) 778-3912 fax (607) 778-3923
Cattaraugus County Health Department Patty Aherns
Community Health Nurse
(716) 375-5994 fax
(716) 373-8050
Chemung County Health Department Melissa Kolssner
Supervising RN
(607) 737-2016 fax
(607) 737-2028
Clinton County Health Department Laurie Eamer
Supervising RN
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(518) 565-4821 fax
(518) 565-4848
Cortland County Health Department Suzanne Osterhaudt
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(607) 758-5542 fax
(607) 753-5203
Delaware County Public Health Nursing Service Jane Contello
(607) 746-3243 fax
(607) 746-3166
Essex County Public Health Department Alana Forcier
(518) 873-3539 fax
(518) 873-3500
Franklin County Public Health Services Debbie Hunter
(518) 483-9378 fax
(518) 481-1710
Fulton County Health Department (518) 762-1382 fax
(518) 736-5720
Lewis County Public Health Marsha Ashlin
(315) 376-5435 fax
(315) 376-5449
Nassau County Department of Health Margaret Sherman
Epidemiologist
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(516) 571-4922 fax
(516) 571-3436
New York City Department of Health

Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
253 Broadway, 11th floor (CN58)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 676-6122 fax

David Haddow
(212) 676-6119

Deborah Nagin
Director
(212) 676-6105

Hotline:
(212) 442-3156 fax
(212) BAN-LEAD
New York State Department of Health Jennifer Wicoff
Director
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Empire State Plaza ESP Corning Tower, Room 227
Albany, NY 12237-0618
(518) 486-7286 fax
(518) 402-5706
Oneida County Health Department Francis Zimmer
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(315) 798-6486 fax
(315) 798-5064
Onondaga County Health Department Vincent Badalyan
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(315) 435-3720 fax
(315) 435-3271
Oswego County Health Department Judy Lester
(315) 349-8431 fax
(315) 349-3547
Otsego Couty Department of Health Christine Palmer
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
(607) 547-4385 fax
(607) 547-4230
Rensselaer County Department of Health Mishelle Schottenham
(518) 270-2973 fax
(518) 270-2642
Schenectady County Public Health Services Stephanie Sculderi
(518) 382-5418 fax
(518) 386-2824
Tioga County Health Department Marilyn Reynolds
(607) 687-2916 fax
(607) 687-8600
Tompkins County Health Department Carol Mohler
Nurse
(607) 274-6620 fax
(607) 274-6604
Warren County Health Services Patricia Belden
(518) 761-6422 fax
(518) 761-6580
Washington County Public Health Service Jennifer Nelson
(518) 746-2410 fax
(518)746-2400
Wayne County Public Health Services Dawn Day
Nurse
(315) 946-7114
(315) 946-5749
US Environmental Protection Agency Region II Louis Bevilacqua
US EPA, Region II, 290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1866
(732) 321-6671
North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Health Dawn Mayer
Injury Prevention and Control
(701) 328-1412 fax
(701) 328-4536
Ohio
Akron City Health Department Karen Connor
Supervisor
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(330) 375-2655 fax
(330) 375-2077
City of Cincinnati Board of Health Tom Rotte
(513) 357-7205 fax
(516) 357-7368
Clark County Combined Health District Caroline Gillam
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(937) 390-5625 fax
(937) 390-5617
Columbus City Health Department Dr. Bob Lautzen-heser
Environmental Health Department
(614) 645-7155 fax (614) 724-6000
Ohio Department of Health John Belt
Supervisor
Ohio Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(614) 728-6793 fax
(614) 728-9454
Seneca County General Health District Andrea Cook
(419) 448-5782 fax
(419) 447-3691
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Department of Health Amy Fletcher
(405) 271-4971 fax
(405) 271-6617
Oregon
Oregon Health Division Richard Leiker
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(503) 731-4739 fax
(503) 731-4025
Wasco-Sherman Public Health Department Kathy Schwartz
(541) 296-4697 fax
(541) 296-4636
South Dakota
US Environmental Protection Agency Region III Damian Ellis
US EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 814-2088
South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Bob McDonald
(605) 773-6035 fax
(605) 773-3153
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(615) 741-1063 fax
(615) 741-0355
Texas
Abilene Public Health Department Kay Durilla
(325) 690-6707 fax
(325) 692-5600 x8170
Abilene Public Health Department Wayne Rose
Epidemiologist
(325) 690-6707 fax (325) 676-6355
Beaumont Public Health Department Sandra Girard
(409) 212-9589 fax
(409) 832-7463
City of Dallas Department of Environmental and Health Services Brenda Hamilton
(214) 670-8036 fax
(214) 670-7664
Denton County Health Department

Carol Wilson
Nurse
(940) 349-2901 fax
(940) 349-2900

Poison Control
1-800-441-0040
Galveston County Health District Charles Chambers
(409) 938-2243 fax
(409) 765-2514
Houston Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Brenda Reyes
Department of Environmental Health
(713) 794-2988 fax
(713) 794-9452
Plainview-Hale County Health Department Jack McCasland
(806) 293-5741 fax
(806) 293-1359
San Angelo-Tom Green County Health Department Marie Aguilar
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(325) 481-2634 fax
(325) 657-4214
San Antonio Metropolitan Health Department Shannon Conrad
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(210) 207-8039 fax
(210) 207-8853
Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department Don Ware
Director
(325) 236-6856 fax
(325) 235-5463
Texas Department of Health

Claren Kotrla
Director
Toxic Substances Control Division
(512) 834-6644 fax
(512) 834-6600

Jan Milton-Kissell
Director
Bureau of Children's Health
(512) 458-7350 fax
(512) 458-7700

Allan Morris
Division Director
Toxic Substances Control Division
(512) 834-6626 fax
(512) 834-6600 x2448

Peter Tadin
Coordinator
Environmental Lead Branch
(512) 834-6644 fax
(512) 834-6612

Teresa Willis
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(512) 458-7350 fax
(512) 458-6518
Texas Poison Control Center Clinical Pharmicology/Toxicology Unit
(409) 772-3917 fax
1-800-222-1222 (24 hours)
Wichita Falls - Whichita County Public Health District Susan Morris
(940) 767-5242 fax
(940) 761-7822
US Environmental Protection Agency Region VI Eva Steele
US EPA, Region VI, 1445 Ross Ave.
Dallas , TX 75202-2733
(214) 665-7211
Utah
Utah Department of Environmental Quality Robert Ford
Environmental Scientist
Division of Air Quality
(801) 536-4099
(801) 536-4000
Virginia
Organization Felicia Macklin
Coordinator
City of Richmond Department of Health
(804) 646-3281 fax
(804) 646-3292
Lynchburg Department of Health Michelle White
Lead-Safe Lynchburg
(434) 947-2338 fax
(434) 455-3918
Norfolk City Department of Health Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(757) 683-2394 fax
(757) 683-2862
Portsmouth Department of Health Cathy Duggan
(757) 393-8027
(757) 393-8585 x8573
Virginia Department of Health Nancy Van Vooris
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(804) 864-7722 fax
(804) 864-7692
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation Tom Perry
Lead Administrator
(804) 367-6128 fax
(804) 367-8595
Vermont
Asbestos and Lead Regulatory Program Vernon Nelson
(802) 863-7483 fax
(802) 863-7231
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Ron Rupp
Director
Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program (802) 828-3254 fax
(802) 828-2912
Vermont Department of Health Amy Sayre
Chief
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
(802) 863-7483 fax
(802) 865-7786
Washington
Department of Health

Eric Ossiander M.S.
Program Manager
Office of Epidemiology
(360) 236-4245 fax
(360) 236-4260

Ramona Nelson
Administrative Support
Non-infectious Conditions, Epidemiology
(360) 236-4245 fax
(360) 236-4246
Washington Labor and Industries SHARP Stephen Whittaker
Toxicologist
(360) 902-5672 fax
(360) 902-5663
US Environmental Protection Agency Region X Barbara Ross
US EPA, Region X, 1200 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 553-1985
Wisconsin
Department of Health William Otto
Supervisor
Bureau of Environmental Health
PO Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
(608) 267-0402 fax
(608) 266-9337
Department of Natural Resources

Stanley Mernall
Air Management Program
(920) 424-3087

Mark Nelson
Drinking Water Quality
(608) 267-7650 fax
(608) 267-4230

Noel Stanton
State Laboratory of Hygiene
(608) 224-6251
Eau Claire District Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mary Bauer
Industrial Hygenist
(715) 832-1147 fax
(715) 832-9019
Madison Office of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Michelle Reinin
Product Safety Manager
(608) 224-4939 fax
(608) 224-4988
Madison Office of the University of Wisconsin Soils Laboratory John Parsen
(608) 833-1277 fax
(608) 262-4364
Marathon County Health Department Vicki Chrapkowski
RN
1200 Lakeview Dr.
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1910 fax
(715) 261-1900
Wisconsin Rapids Office of the Department of Natural Resources Jim Ross
Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
(715) 392-7993 fax
(715) 421-7816
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Loretta Haddy
Surveillance and Disease Control
(304) 558-5358

Pamela Martin
RN, case manager
Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
(304) 558-3510 fax
(304) 558-7243