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Environmental emergencies

Business hours: contact the nearest DEQ regional office.

24 hours: contact the Department of Emergency Management at (800) 468-8892.

Driving directions

Driving directions to DEQ offices can be found on each regional office page.

State agency emergency closing hotline

The Department of Environmental Quality has established an emergency closing hotline to help DEQ staff learn about state office closings in the Richmond metropolitan area. The number is:

804-698-4001

The emergency closing hotline is a courtesy DEQ provides to employees. The Human Resource Office updates the hotline during extreme weather conditions by gathering information from the radio, television, or checking the Department of Human Resources Management website. We encourage DEQ staff not to rely solely on the hotline information, but also us the radio, television, or DHRM website to gather information on closings.

DEQ Central Office
629 East Main Street
Richmond, Va. 23219
P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 698-4000
(800) 592-5482 (toll free in Virginia)

Business hours: 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday 

back to topAgency management

DEQ director
David K. Paylor
(804) 698-4020
dkpaylor@deq.virginia.gov

Chief deputy
Richard Weeks
(804) 698-4484
rfweeks@deq.virginia.gov


Environmental enhancement
Mike Murphy
(804) 698-4003
mpmurphy@deq.virginia.gov


Enforcement director
Melanie D. Davenport
(804) 698-4038
mddavenport@deq.virginia.gov

Administration
Valerie Thomson
(804) 698-4157
vethomson@deq.virginia.gov

Internal audit
Sharon Brown
(804) 698-4014
slbrown@deq.virginia.gov

Legislative affairs

Air and waste policy
Angela Jenkins
(804) 698-4268
aljenkins@deq.virginia.gov

Public affairs and media relations

Bill Hayden
(804) 698-4447
wphayden@deq.virginia.gov

 

Constituent affairs/Freedom of Information Act requests

Diana Monroe
(804) 698-4035
dlmonroe@deq.virginia.gov

 

Web development

Aaron N Wagner

(804) 698-4265

anwagner@deq.virginia.gov 

Deputy director for program development
James Golden
(804) 698-4220
jjgolden@deq.virginia.gov


Air quality division
Mike Dowd
(804) 698-4284
mgdowd@deq.virginia.gov

 

Water quality division
Ellen Gilinsky
(804) 698-4375
egilinsky@deq.virginia.gov

 

Regulatory affairs/citizen boards

Cindy Berndt
(804) 698-4378
cmberndt@deq.virginia.gov


Waste division 
James Golden
(804) 698-4220
jjgolden@deq.virginia.gov

back to topAir quality 

Air quality division director
Mike Dowd
(804) 698-4284
mgdowd@deq.virginia.gov

Air quality monitoring

Chuck Turner
(804) 527-5178
clturner@deq.virginia.gov

Permits

Tamera Thompson
(804) 698-4502
tmthompson@deq.virginia.gov

Data analysis

Tom Ballou
(804) 698-4406
trballou@deq.virginia.gov

Inspection coordination

Jerome Brooks
(804) 698-4403
jabrooks@deq.virginia.gov

back to topWaste

Waste division
James Golden
(804) 698-4220
jjgolden@deq.virginia.gov

Solid waste

Debra A. Miller
(804) 698-4206
damiller@deq.virginia.gov

Financial assurance and regulations

Leslie Beckwith
(804) 698-4123
ldbeckwith@deq.virginia.gov

Technical support

Sanjay Thirunagari
(804) 698-4193
skthirunagari@deq.virginia.gov


SARA Title III/Toxics Release Inventory

Nichelle McDaniel
(804) 698-4159
ndmcdaniel@deq.virginia.gov

Petroleum storage tanks

Betty Lamp
(804) 698-4322
erlamp@deq.virginia.gov


Reimbursement Fund
Renee Hooper
(804) 698-4018
rthooper@deq.virginia.gov


Cleanup

John Giese
(804) 698-4287
jfgiese@deq.virginia.gov

Hazardous waste permits

Leslie Romanchik
(804) 698-4129
laromanchik@deq.virginia.gov

Remediation

Durwood Willis
(804) 698-4192
dhwillis@deq.virginia.gov

 

Superfund, voluntary remediation and brownfields
Kevin Greene
(804) 698-4236
klgreene@deq.virginia.gov


Risk assessment

Patricia McMurray

(804) 698-4186

pamcmurray@deq.virginia.gov

back to topWater quality

Water quality division director
Ellen Gilinsky
(804) 698-4375
egilinsky@deq.virginia.gov

Permits and compliance

Fred Cunningham
(804) 698-4285
fkcunningham@deq.virginia.gov

Inspections and operator training for wastewater treatment

Fred Cunningham
(804) 698-4285
fkcunningham@deq.virginia.gov

Construction assistance

Walter Gills
(804) 698-4133
wagills@deq.virginia.gov

Water quality monitoring and assessment

Darryl Glover
(804) 698-4321
dmglover@deq.virginia.gov

Wastewater engineering

Marcia Degen
(540) 562-6753
mjdegen@deq.virginia.gov

Land application and agriculture

Neil Zahradka

(804) 698-4102

nrzahradka@deq.virginia.gov

Wetlands and water protection

Dave Davis
(804) 698-4105
dldavis@deq.virginia.gov

Water quality

Alan Pollock
(804) 698-4002
aepollock@deq.virginia.gov


Chesapeake Bay Program

John Kennedy
(804) 698-4312
jmkennedy@deq.virginia.gov


Watersheds

Charles Martin
(804) 698-4462
chmartin@deq.virginia.gov

Surface & ground water supply planning

Scott Kudlas
(804) 698-4456
swkudlas@deq.virginia.gov

Surface water investigations

Ronnie Lawson
900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 600
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 293-3031
relawson@deq.virginia.gov


Ground water characterization

Scott Bruce
(804) 698-4041
tsbruce@deq.virginia.gov

back to topEnvironmental enhancement

Environmental enhancement director
Mike Murphy
(804) 698-4003
mpmurphy@deq.virginia.gov

Virginia Coastal Management Program

Laura McKay
(804) 698-4323
lbmckay@deq.virginia.gov

Waste tires

Allan Lassiter
(804) 698-4215
arlassiter@deq.virginia.gov

Recycling and litter prevention

Steve Coe
(804) 698-4029
gscoe@deq.virginia.gov

Environmental impact review

Ellie Irons
(804) 698-4325
elirons@deq.virginia.gov

Pollution prevention

Sharon Baxter
(804) 698-4344
skbaxter@deq.virginia.gov

Environmental education

Ann Regn
(804) 698-4442
amregn@deq.virginia.gov

back to topEnforcement

Enforcement director
Melanie D. Davenport
(804) 698-4038
mddavenport@deq.virginia.gov

Civil enforcement

Craig R. Nicol (Air)

(434) 582-6229
crnicol@deq.virginia.gov


Kathleen O'Connell (Water)
(804) 698-4273
kfoconnell@deq.virginia.gov


Lee M. Crowell (Wetlands)
(804) 698-4450
lmcrowell@deq.virginia.gov


Julie Shelton(Petroleum)
(804) 698-4251
jfshelton@deq.virginia.gov

 

Justin L. Williams (Waste)
(804) 698-4185
jlwilliams@deq.virginia.gov

Policy and planning

John E. Ely
(804) 698-4249
jeely@deq.virginia.gov

Criminal investigations

Ralph Mayer
(804) 698-4272
rjmayer@deq.virginia.gov

Adjudication

Julie Shelton
(804) 698-4251
jfshelton@deq.virginia.gov

back to topAdministration

Administration director
Valerie Thomson
(804) 698-4157
vethomson@deq.virginia.gov

Human resources

Peggy Hawkins
(804) 698-4317
pmhawkins@deq.virginia.gov

Training

Kevin Vaughan
(804) 698-4470
kgvaughan@deq.virginia.gov

Procurements and contracts

Patsy Jones
(804) 698-4335
psjones@deq.virginia.gov

Information systems

Vickie Gephart
(804) 698-4342
vickie.gephart@deq.virginia.gov

Financial management

Francis Campbell
(804) 698-4363
fbcampbell@deq.virginia.gov

back to topRegional offices

Southwest Regional Office

Dallas R. Sizemore
355 Deadmore Street
P.O. Box 1688
Abingdon, VA 24212
(276) 676-4800

Valley Regional Office

Amy Owens
4411 Early Road
P.O. Box 3000
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
(540) 574-7800

Piedmont Regional Office

Richard Weeks
4949-A Cox Road
P.O. Box 3000
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 527-5020

Northern Virginia Regional Office

Tom Faha
13901 Crown Court
Woodbridge, VA 22193
(703) 583-3800

Air Check Virginia

13901 Crown Court
Woodbridge, VA 22193
(703) 583-3800

Blue Ridge Regional Office

Steven Dietrich
3019 Peters Creek Road
Roanoke, VA 24019
(540) 562-6700

Lynchburg Satellite Office

David Miles
7705 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, VA 24502
(434) 582-5120

Tidewater Regional Office

Frank Daniel
5636 Southern Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(757) 518-2000

Fredericksburg Satellite Office

806 Westwood Office Park
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 899-4600

 
 

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