Contacts

Water Resource Management

Environmental Assessment & Restoration

Janet Llewellyn, Director

Yvonne Zola, Administrative Assistant  850-245-8676

Office of the Director  850-245-8336

• Legislative and Budget Coordination; Policy Support

Program Manager - Jim Stoutamire  850-245-8490
Legislation, policy, long-range planning, budget, and special projects

Finance and Accounting Director - David Beebe  850-245-8340
Budgeting, accounting, and grants coordination

Senior Management Analyst - Bonnie Hall  850-245-8344
Scientific support, policy, and special projects

• Water Policy  850-245-8677
  Administrator - Tom Swihart
  Water Management District oversight, Florida Water Plan, District Water Management Plan Review

• Information Technology Services  850-245-8028
  Information Management Manager - Chris Carney
  (Serves both Environmental Assessment & Restoration and Water Resource Management Programs)

John Coates, Deputy Director

Marjane Monahan, Administrative Assistant  850-488-8217

• Office of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource Permitting  850-245-8489
  Administrator – Tim Rach
  ERP, wetlands protection and delineation, mitigation banking, uniform mitigation assessment

• Bureau of Mining and Minerals Regulation - See below

Phil Coram, Deputy Director

Antonette M. Tucker, Administrative Assistant 850-245-8020

• Bureau of Water Facilities Funding - See below

• Bureau of Water Facilities Regulation - See below

Beaches and Coastal Systems  850-488-7808
Mike Barnett, Chief

Senior Management Analyst - Jackie Larson  850-414-7889

• Beach Erosion Control Program   850-922-7703
  Administrator - Paden Woodruff
  Management of the Beach Erosion Control Program

• Coastal Data Analysis  850-413-7718
  Administrator - Thomas Watters
  Geographic Information Systems, historic shoreline data, offshore and beach profile data.

• Coastal Engineering  850-417-7803
  Administrator - Bob Brantly
  Models shoreline changes, determines erosion rates and areas of critical erosion

• Coastal Construction Control Line Permitting  850-921-7745
  Administrator - Tony McNeal
  Coastal Construction Control Line permitting

• Environmental Permitting  850-414-7728
  Administrator - Martin Seeling
  ERP and joint coastal permitting, regulating beach nourishment and port dredging

Mining and Minerals Regulation  850-488-8217
Vacant, Chief

• Environmental Resources  850-488-8217
  Administrator - Bud Cates
  Ecological planning and wetland permitting support

• Mandatory Non-Phosphate  850-488-8217
  Administrator - Howard Hayes
  Reclamation of non-phosphate-mined lands

• Mandatory Phosphate  850-488-8217
  Administrator - Orlando Rivera
  Reclamation of lands mined for phosphate after June 1975

• Mine Safety  850-488-8217
  Program Manager - Ben Hart
  Statewide mine safety training (staff and operators)

• Non-Mandatory Reimbursement  850- 488-8217
  Administrator - Barbara Owens
  Grants for reclamation of lands mined for phosphate before July 1975

• Oil and Gas  (850)488-8217
  Professional Geologist/Administrator - Ed Garrett
  Permitting authority for oil and gas drilling, production, and geophysical exploration in Florida

• Phosphogypsum Program

• Phosphate Management Program (Tampa)  813/632-7600
  Administrator - Sam Sahebzamani
  Permitting, compliance, enforcement, financial responsibility and closure associated with phosphogypsum stack systems

• Technical Support  850-488-8217
  Administrator - Dr. Owete S. Owete, P.E.
  Engineering and hydrology

Water Facilities Funding  850-245-8358
Bob Holmden, Chief

• Drinking Water Funding  850-245-8358
  Administrator - Paul Brandl

• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 850-245-8366
  Venkata Panchakarla
  Drinking Water State Revolving Fund facilities planning and design reviews; construction management; project closeout

• Operator Certification  850-245-7500
  Administrator - Ronald McCulley
  Water and wastewater operator testing and licensing; complaint investigation

• Program Management  850-245-8358
  Administrator - Angela Knecht
  Financial management; loan disbursements; loan repayments

• Wastewater & Stormwater Funding  850-245-8358
  Administrator - Tim Banks
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund facilities planning and design reviews; construction management; project closeout; small community wastewater grants

• Water Supply Restoration   850-245-8369
  Administrator - Charles Coultas
  Restoration of drinking water (filters, lines, new wells) where private wells are contaminated

Water Facilities Regulation  850-245-8600
Elsa Potts, Chief

• Drinking Water  850-245-8624
  Administrator - Van Hoofnagle
  Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; technical assistance; monitoring and reporting data management; rule development

• Ground Water Regulatory  850-245-8645
  Administrator – Donnie McClaugherty
  Wellhead Protection; Source Water Protection; Ground Water Delineation Program; Water Well Contractors Information and Violations Clearinghouse; technical assistance; rule development

• Underground Injection Control  850-245-8655
  Professional Geologist - Joe Haberfeld
  Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; monitoring and reporting data management; rule development

• NPDES Stormwater  850-245-8430
  Administrator – Eric Livingston
  Stormwater permitting and compliance associated with construction activity, certain industrial sectors, and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

• Wastewater Management  850-245-8664
  Administrator - Vacant

• Domestic Wastewater  850-245-8605
  Administrator - Sharon Sawicki
  Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; reuse; residuals; industrial pretreatment; local program delegation; rule development

• Industrial Wastewater  850-245-8589
  Administrator - Allen Hubbard
  Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; power plant permitting; animal husbandry; rule development

• Wastewater Compliance Evaluation  850-245-8567
  Administrator - Chuck Ziegmont
  Compliance and enforcement coordination; toxicity issues; permit forms

Jerry Brooks, Director

Drew Bartlett, Assistant Director

Bonnie Hyde, Administrative Assistant  850-245-8343

Office of the Director  850-245-8343

• Legislative and Budget Coordination; Policy Support

Environmental Administrator -  Shelley Yaun  850-245-8422
Legislative, policy, planning, outreach, media coordination, and special projects

Budget Coordinator  - Patricia McPhaul  850-245 8342
Budgeting, accounting, and grants coordination

Personnel Liaison - Debby Smith 850-245-8525

• Science Coordination

Frank Nearhoof  850-245-8420
Oversight and coordination of division science

Assessment and Restoration Support   850-245-8431
Chief - Daryll Joyner

Renee Gray, Administrative Assistant II 850-245-8346

• Standards and Assessment  850-245 8063
  Program Administrator - Russ Frydenborg
  Administers rules and standards for surface water quality and impaired waters. Coordinates the development of numeric nutrient criteria. Provides technical support in the areas of experimental study design, field sampling and the review, interpretation and statistical analysis of environmental data. Manages the DEP Quality Assurance (QA) Program and QA rule for water, waste and resource management programs. Water Quality Standards, Quality Assurance program, Numeric Nutrient Criteria Development, Outstanding Florida Waters, and Mercury TMDL Development

• Watershed Assessment  850-245-8448
  Administrator - Julie Espy
  Water body assessment and listing of impaired waters

• Watershed Monitoring 850-245-8512
  Administrator - Gail Sloane
  Implements the state’s Status and Trends monitoring networks for both surface and ground water, including coordination with other monitoring entities

Laboratories  850-245-8057
Chief – Bill Coppenger

Barbie Wozniak, Administrative Assistant II 850-245-8058

Kelly Williams, Operations & Management Consultant II, 245-8060

• Biology  850-245-8191
  Administrator - David Whiting
  Field sampling, laboratory analyses, technical review and data interpretations

• Chemistry  850-245-8083
  Administrator - Timothy Fitzpatrick
  Management services, expert witnesses, technical guidance, analytical laboratory support

• Laboratory Support  850-245-8076
  Administrator - Kathleen Lurding
  Laboratory instrument and desktop PC support, LIMS development, QA oversight and sample receiving.

Watershed Restoration  850-245-7518
Tom Frick, Chief

Wanda Harpley, Administrative Assistant II 850-245-8433

• Watershed Data Services  850-245-8516
  Administrator – Kathy Byrd
  Responsible for helping monitoring entities and DEP staff input data into STORET and the DEP database. Provides GIS support

• Watershed Planning & Coordination  850-245-8555
  Administrator - John Abendroth
  Watershed/basin management planning activities associated with TMDL implementation

• Nonpoint Source Management  850-245-8682
  Administrator - Heather Ritchie
  Federal 319 grant coordination; stormwater and nonpoint source technical assistance

• Ground Water Protection  850-245-8229
  Administrator - Rick Hicks
  Ground water, including ground water – surface water interaction & basin assessment, Springs Initiative, data assessment & statistics, agrichemical effects (pesticides & fertilizer Best Management Practices), technical support

• Restoration Planning and Permitting 850-245-8440
  Environmental Administrator – Ernie Marks
  Permitting of restoration projects for the Everglades (under CERPRA and the EFA), Lake Okeechobee and other South Florida areas

• Springs Program  850-245-8479
  Administrator – Connie Bersok
  Monitoring, assessment, protection and restoration of springs

• Watershed Evaluation & TMDL 850-245-8448
  Administrator – Jan Mandrup-Poulsen
  Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations (WQBEL)