Contacts

Jerry Brooks, Deputy Director

Bonnie Hyde, Administrative Assistant  (850) 245-8336

• Bureau of Laboratories  (850) 245-8057
  Chief – Bill Coppenger

• Bureau of Watershed Management - see below

• Water Quality Standards and Special Projects Program  (850) 245-8420
  Program Administrator - Frank Nearhoof  
  Water Quality Standards, Everglades, Lake Okeechobee and other South Florida Issues

Rick Cantrell, Deputy Director

Marjane Monahan, Administrative Assistant  (850) 488-8217

• Office of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource Permitting  (850) 245-8474
  Administrator – Tim Rach
  ERP, wetlands protection and delineation, mitigation banking, uniform mitigation assessment

• Bureau of Mine Reclamation - 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 and Coastal Ecosystem Management   (850) 922-7703
  Administrator - Paden Woodruff
  Management of the Beach Erosion Control Program

• Coastal Data Acquisition  (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 Protection and Engineering  (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

Mine Reclamation  (850) 488-8217
John Coates, 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) 921-8093
  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

• Phosphogypsum Program  (850) 488-8217
  Administrator - Vacant

• Phosphogypsum 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 - Fred Noble
  Engineering, hydrology and computer support

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

• Drinking Water Funding  (850) 245-8358
  Administrator - Craig Diltz

• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund  (850) 245-8358
  Al Bishop
  Drinking Water State Revolving Fund facilities planning and design reviews; construction management; project closeout

• Operator Certification  (850) 245-7500
  Ed James
  Water and wastewater operator testing and licensing; complaint investigation

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

• Special Projects  (850) 245-8358
  Mike Murphree    

• Wastewater and 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
  Charles Coultas
  Restoration of drinking water (filters, lines, new wells) where private wells are contaminated

Water Facilities Regulation  (850) 245-8600
Richard Drew, 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) 245-8653
  Professional Geologist - Rich Deuerling
  Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; monitoring and reporting data management; rule development

• Wastewater Programs  (850) 245-8664
  Administrator - Elsa Potts

• 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 Program Management  (850) 245-8567
  Administrator - Chuck Ziegmont
  Compliance and enforcement coordination; toxicity issues; permit forms

Watershed Management  (850) 245-8430
Eric Livingston, Chief

• Watershed Monitoring & Data Management  (850) 245-8512
  Administrator - Gail Sloane
  Implements the state’s surface and ground water monitoring programs, including coordination with other monitoring entities

• Watershed Monitoring  (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 - Fred Calder
  Watershed/basin management planning activities associated with TMDL implementation

• Nonpoint Source Management  (850) 245-8682
  Administrator - John Abendroth
  Federal 319 grant coordination; stormwater and non-point source technical assistance

• NPDES Stormwater  (850) 245-7518
  Administrator – Steven Michael Kelly
  Stormwater permitting and compliance associated with construction activity, certain industrial sectors, and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

• Program Administration  (850) 245-8431
  Program Administrator - Daryll Joyner

• 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

• Watershed Assessment  (850) 245-8448
  Administrator - Jan Mandrup-Poulsen
  Permitting assistance; Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations (WQBEL); Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)