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Division of Environmental Assessment & Restoration

Drew Bartlett, Director

Trina Vielhauer, Assistant Director

Bonnie Hyde, Administrative Assistant  850-245-8343

Office of the Director

  • Legislative and Budget Coordination; Policy Support

Environmental Administrator -  Patience Bosley-Burke  850-245-8679
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

Bureau of Assessment and Restoration Support
Chief - Daryll Joyner

Renee Gray, Administrative Assistant II 850-245-8346

  • Standards and Assessment  850-245 8064
    Program Administrator - Russ Frydenborg
    Administers rules and standards for surface water quality and impaired waters & coordinates the development of numeric nutrient criteria.

  • Watershed Assessment  850-245-8346
    Administrator - Julie Espy
    Water body assessment and listing of impaired waters

  • Watershed Monitoring 850-245-8433
    Administrator - Gail Sloane
    Implements the state’s Status and Trends monitoring networks for both surface and ground water, including coordination with other monitoring entities

Bureau of Laboratories
Chief – Bill Coppenger

Barbie Wozniak, Administrative Assistant II 850-245-8058

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

  • Biology  850-245-8176
    Administrator - David Whiting
    Field sampling, laboratory analyses, technical review and data interpretations

  • Chemistry  850-245-8115
    Administrator - Timothy Fitzpatrick
    Management services, expert witnesses, technical guidance, analytical laboratory support

  • Laboratory Support  850-245-8058
    Administrator - Kathleen Lurding
    Laboratory instrument and desktop PC support, LIMS development, QA oversight and sample receiving.

Bureau of Watershed Restoration
Tom Frick, Chief

Holly Powless, Administrative Assistant  II 850-245-7508

  • Ground Water & Springs Protection  850-245-8228
    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

  • Nonpoint Source Management  850-245-7508
    Administrator - Kristine Jones
    Federal 319 grant coordination; stormwater and nonpoint source technical assistance

  • Watershed Data Services  850-245-8556
    Administrator – Denise Miller
    Responsible for helping monitoring entities and DEP staff input data into STORET and the DEP database. Provides GIS support

  • Watershed Evaluation & TMDL 850-245-8449
    Administrator – Jan Mandrup-Poulsen
    Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations (WQBEL)

  • Watershed Planning & Coordination  850-245-7508
    Administrator - John Abendroth
    Watershed/basin management planning activities associated with TMDL implementation

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Division of Water Resource Management

Mark Thomasson, Director

Yvonne Zola, Operations Management Consultant  850-245-8676

Office of the Director  850-245-8336

  • Legislative and Budget Coordination; Policy Support

Program Manager - Shelley Yaun  850-245-8422
Legislation, policy, long-range planning, budget, and special projects

Finance and Accounting Director - Jennie Bodiford  850-245-8340
Budgeting, accounting, and grants coordination

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

  • Information Technology Services  850-245-8028
    Information Management Manager - Chris Carney

Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems  850-488-7808
Danielle Fondren, 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  850-413-7803
    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

Phil Coram, Deputy Director

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

Bureau of 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

Bureau of 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  850-245-7522
    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 - Jessica Kleinfelter

  • 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 - Mike Tanski
    Compliance and enforcement coordination; toxicity issues; permit forms

Bureau of Mining and Minerals Regulation  850-488-8217
Calvin Alvarez, Chief

Marjane Monahan, Administrative Assistant 850-488-8217

  • Environmental Resources  863-534-7077  
    Administrator - Michelle Sims (Bartow)
    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

  • 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 - Vishwas Sathe
    Permitting, compliance, enforcement, financial responsibility and closure associated with phosphogypsum stack systems

  • Program Management and Evaluation 850-488-8217
    Administrator - Lisa Robertson

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

Bureau of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource Permitting  850-245-8474
Chief– Tim Rach

Juliet Stacklyn, Administrative Assistant 850-245-8489

  • Compliance and Enforcement (850) 245-8488
    Administrator - Donna Kendall
    Compliance and Enforcement for ERP Permitting & Sovereign Submerged Lands, public outreach

  • Mitigation  (850) 245-8492
    Administrator - Connie Bersock
    Mitigation, offsite mitigation, offsite regional mitigation, and the purchase of mitigation credits from permitted mitigation banks

  • Program Development and Support (850) 245-8486
    Administrator - Doug Fry
    Questions on Sovereign Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource Permit programs, issues involving Sovereign Submerged Lands and all rulemaking

  • Wetland Delineation (850) 245-8474
    Administrator - Eric Hickman
    Perform wetland delineations, provide training in wetland delineation and classification, provide technical assistance

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Last updated: May 15, 2012

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