DEQ’s mission is, “Safeguarding and improving Utah’s air, land and water through balanced regulation.” We implement State and federal environmental laws and work with individuals, community groups, and businesses to protect the quality of our air, land and water.
Executive Director’s Office
Provides Departmental Leadership
Interim Executive Director
Tim Davis
(tim.davis@utah.gov)
(801) 247-3940
Deputy Director
Ty L. Howard
(tyhoward@utah.gov)
(801) 536-4403
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
- Executive Assistant: Brenda Johnson (brendajohnson@utah.gov), (801) 536-0095
- Directs planning and policy development within the Department.
- Supports implementation of State and Federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations.
- Maintains State primacy for implementing Federal programs.
- Implements community affairs and outreach programs.
- Provides technical and policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.
- Coordinates Department programs with Local Health Departments.
- Provides general services and program support.
- Coordinates public affairs.
- Coordinates budget and financial accounting.
- Provides human resource management services.
Program Contacts
- Records Management: Brenda Johnson (brendajohnson@utah.gov), (801) 536-0095
- Internal Audit: Rebecca Cushing (rcushing@utah.gov) (801) 536-0056
- Environmental Planning Consultant/Department Nondiscrimination Coordinator: Sarah Ward (sarahward@utah.gov) (385) 332-9574
- Data Management Specialist: Lenora Sullivan (lbsullivan@utah.gov) (385) 214-3696
- Organization Chart
Communications
Director
Ashley Sumner
(ssumner@utah.gov)
(801) 856-5683
Public Information Officer
Ginger Zamora
(dgzamora@utah.gov)
(385) 245-4603
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
Office of Attorney General Environment Division
P.O. Box 140873
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0873
- Administrative Legal Secretary: Shane Bekkemellom (sbekkemellom@agutah.gov)
- Phone: (385) 414-0838
Program Contacts
- Assistant Attorney General: Braden Asper (bradenasper@agutah.gov) (385) 272-4968
- Assistant Attorney General: Brenden Catt (bcatt@agutah.gov) (385) 379-2591
- Assistant Attorney General: Elizabeth Harris (eharris@agutah.gov) (385) 395-0857
- Assistant Attorney General: Kimberlee McEwan (kmcewan@agutah.gov) (385) 414-0931
- Assistant Attorney General: Haley Sousa (hsousa@agutah.gov) (385) 977-4857
- Assistant Attorney General: Bret Randall (bfrandall@agutah.gov) (385) 414-0891
- Assistant Attorney General: Marina Thomas (marinathomas@agutah.gov) (385) 414-0801
- Assistant Attorney General: Raymond Wixom (rwixom@agutah.gov) (385) 414-0664
- Paralegal: Andrea Gaytan (agaytan@agutah.gov) (385) 910-4695
Division Chief
Craig Anderson
(craiganderson@agutah.gov)
(801) 556-2928
Provides legal support and services for the Department
Office of Human Resource Management
Provides Departmental Recruitment, Training, Payroll, Trip Reduction, Classification, and Other Personnel Services
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
Program Contacts
- Employee Liability, FMLA, ADA, Ergonomic Assessments: Maria Anderson (mlanderson@utah.gov) (801) 503-5618
- Recruitment and Classification: Kathy Thiriot (kthiriot@utah.gov) (801) 538-4624
Field Director
LeAnn Johnson
(leannjohnson@utah.gov)
(385) 226-4881
Division of Technology Services
Provides Information Technology support and services for the department.
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
- Administrative Secretary: Marcy Morales (mamorales@utah.gov) (801) 458-1039
- DTS Website
Program Contacts
- Help Desk: (801) 538-8775
- Infrastructure, Hosting, Desktop Support: Chris Kunde (ckunde@utah.gov) (801) 514-2154
- Application Development & Maintenance: Mike Casey (mcasey@utah.gov) (801) 536-4455
Information Technology Director
Bill Boudreau
(bboudreau@utah.gov)
(801) 536-0074
Policy and Planning and Public Affairs
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
Director
Jill Burton
(jburton@utah.gov)
(801) 536-4400
Office of Support Services
Provides Budgetary and Accounting Support Services to the Department
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
- Phone: (801) 536-4440
- Fax: (801) 536-4441
Program Contacts
- Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Travel: Valerie Warr (vwarr@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4447
- Budget, Financial Reporting, Grants: Dale Jorgensen (dsjorgensen@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4465
- General Services: (801) 536-0467
Director
Craig Silotti
(csilotti@utah.gov)
(801) 536 4460
Division of Air Quality
Protects Public Health and the Environment From the Harmful Effects of Air Pollution
- Assistant Director: Jay Morris (jpmorris@utah.gov), (801) 536-4079
- Assistant Director: Joe Thomas (joethomas@utah.gov), (801) 536-4175
- Administrative Secretary: Melissa Yazhe (myazhe@utah.gov) (801) 536-4022
- Phone: (801) 536-4000
- Fax: (801) 536-4099
- DAQ Website
- Air Quality Board
Authorities
- Federal Clean Air Act Amendments
- Utah Air Conservation Act
Program Contacts
- Air Monitoring: Bo Call (bocall@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4215
- ATLAS: Leonard Wright (leonardwright@utah.gov), Manager (801) 707-8032)
- Policy: Becky Close (bclose@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4013
- Technical Analysis: Chris Pennell (cpennell@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4098
- Operating Permits: David Beatty (dbeatty@utah.gov), Manager (385) 306-6532
- Inventory: Greg Mortensen (gmortensen@utah.gov), Manager (385) 226-6171
- Major New Source Review: Jon Black (jlblack@utah.gov), Manager (385) 306-6511
- Minor New Source Review: Alan Humpherys (ahumpherys@utah.gov), Manager (385) 306-6520
- Minor Source Compliance: Chad Gilgen (cgilgen@utah.gov), Manager (385) 306-6500
- Major Source Compliance: Harold Burge (hburge@utah.gov), Manger (385) 306-6509
- Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance: Rik Ombach (rombach@utah.gov), Manager (801) 499-6095
- Records Officer: Tanner Lemer (tlemer@utah.gov) (801) 536-4067
- Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Eleanor Divver (edivver@utah.gov) (801) 536-0091
P.O. Box 144820
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4820
Phone: (801) 536-4000
Fax: (801) 536-4099
Director
Bryce Bird
(bbird@utah.gov)
(801) 536-4064
Division of Drinking Water
Oversees State’s Public Drinking Water Systems; Protects Public Against Waterborne Health Risks Through Assistance, Education and Oversight
- Assistant Director: Michelle Deras (mderas@utah.gov) (385) 499-2920
- Assistant Director: Russell Seeley (rseeley@utah.gov) (435) 636-1163
- Administrative Secretary: Steph Alpizar (salpizar@utah.gov) (385) 514-8317
- Phone: (801) 536-4200
- Fax: (801) 536-4211
- DDW Website
- Drinking Water Board
Authorities
- Utah Safe Drinking Water Act
- Federal Safe Drinking Water Act
Program Contacts
- Administrative Services: Jessica Fitzgerald (jfitzgerald@utah.gov), Manager (385) 522-6691
- Compliance and Operator Assistance: Helen Lau (hlau@utah.gov), Manager (801) 247-7416
- Field Services: Ryan Dearing (rdearing@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-0048
- Permitting: Michael Newberry (mnewberry@utah.gov), Manager (385) 515-1464
- Rules: Mark Berger (mberger@utah.gov), Manager (801) 641-6457
- Technical Assistance: Michael Grange (mgrange@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-0060
- Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Eleanor Divver (edivver@utah.gov), (801) 536-0091
- Secretary/Records Officer: Marisa Mathie (mmathie@utah.gov), (385) 499-0919
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
Phone: (801) 536-4200
Fax: (801) 536-4211
Director
Nathan Lunstad, Ph.D., P.E.
(nlunstad@utah.gov)
(385) 239-5974
Division of Environmental Response and Remediation
Implements Waste Cleanup Plans and Environmental Responses
- Administrative Secretary: Elisa Smith (edsmith@utah.gov) (801) 536-4120
- Phone: (801) 536-4100
- Fax: (801) 359-8853
- Environmental Incidents: (801) 536-4123
- DERR Website
- Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board
Authorities
- Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (SARA Title 3)
- Subtitle I of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Underground Storage Tank Program
- Voluntary Cleanup Program
- Brownfields Redevelopment Program
Program Contacts
- CERCLA: Hans Millican (hmillican@utah.gov), Branch Manager (385) 391-8137
- CERCLA: Wesley Sandlin (wsandlin@utah.gov), Manager (385) 391-8151
- PST Compliance: Morgan Atkinson (mpatkinson@utah.gov), Manager (801) 979-2512
- PST EAP: Mike Pecorelli (mpecorelli@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4291
- PST RA: Avery Holyoak (aholyoak@utah.gov), Manager (385) 391-8126
- VCP and Brownsfields: Bill Rees (brees@utah.gov), Manager (385) 391-8120
- Voluntary Cleanup/Brownfields: Bill Rees (brees@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4167
- Site Assessment: Tom Daniels (tdaniels@utah.gov), Manager (385) 391-8152
- Records Coordinator (Archiving/Retention/GRAMA Requests): Jennifer Nelson (jennifernelson@utah.gov) (801) 536-4157
- Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Eleanor Divver (edivver@utah.gov) (801) 536-0091
- Spills and Chemical Release: Hannah Marty (hannahmarty@utah.gov) (801) 536-4106 and Thomas Daniels (tdaniels@utah.gov) (385) 391-8152
- Tier 2/Toxic Release Inventories: Robin Osterhoudt (rosterhoudt@utah.gov) (385) 391-8150
- Superfund Community Relations: Dave Allison (dallison@utah.gov) (385) 391-8143
P.O. Box 144840
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4840
Phone: (801) 536-4100
Fax: (801) 359-8853
Director
Brent Everett
(beverett@utah.gov)
(801) 536 4171
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
Ensures Proper Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste and Protects Utah Citizens from the Harmful Effects of Radiation
- Assistant Director: Jalynn Knudsen (jknudsen@utah.gov) (385) 622-1874
- Assistant Director: Stevie Norcross (stevienorcross@utah.gov) (385) 499-0511
- Administrative Secretary: Arlene Lovato (alovato@utah.gov) (385) 499-0736
- Phone: (801) 536-0200
- Fax: (801) 536-0222
- Used Oil Hotline: (800) 458-0145
- DWMRC Website
- Waste Management and Radiation Control Board
Authorities
- Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Utah Radiation Control Act
- Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Act
- Utah Used Oil Management Act
- Waste Tire Recycling Act
Program Contacts
- Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program: Paige Walton (pwalton@utah.gov), Manager (385) 515-0086
- Hazardous Waste: Deborah Ng (dng@utah.gov), Manager (385) 499-0837
- Low Level Radioactive Waste: Lawrence Kellum (lkellum@utah.gov), Manager (385) 622-1876
- X-Ray and Technical Support: Tom Ball (tball@utah.gov), Manager (385) 454-5574
- Solid Waste: Brian Speer (bspeer@utah.gov), Manager (385) 449-0010
- Radioactive Materials: Phillip Goble (pgoble@utah.gov), Manager (385) 630-7733
- Uranium Recovery: Adam Wingate (awingate@utah.gov), Manager (385) 499-0293
- Used Oil and Outreach: Ted Sonnenburg (tsonnenburg@utah.gov) (385) 499-0980
- Records Officer: Alyssa Stringham (astringham@utah.gov) (801) 536-4002
- Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Eleanor Divver (edivver@utah.gov) (801) 536-0091
P.O. Box 144880
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4880
Phone: (801) 536-0200
Fax: (801) 536-0222
Director
Doug Hansen
(djhansen@utah.gov)
(801) 536-0203
Division of Water Quality
Protects Surface and Groundwater Quality to Allow Beneficial Uses and to Protect Public Health
- Assistant Director: Emily Canton (ercanton@utah.gov) (385) 262-1911
- Assistant Director: Leanna Little-Woolf (lnlittler@utah.gov) (801) 536-4397
- Phone: (801) 536-4300
- Fax: (801) 536-4301
- DWQ Website
- Water Quality Board
Authorities
- Utah Water Quality Act
- Federal Clean Water Act
Program Contacts
- Compliance and Enforcement: Samantha Heusser (sheusser@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4377
- Engineering: Ken Hoffman (kenhoffman@utah.gov), Manager (385) 622-3002
- General Permitting: Jeanne Riley (jriley@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4363
- Groundwater Protection Permitting: Deidre Beck (dbeck@utah.gov), Manager (385) 271-7046
- Information and Data Services: Alexander Heppner (aheppner@utah.gov), Manager (385) 272-7328
- Individual Permitting: Danielle Lenz (dlenz@utah.gov), Manager (385) 363-8250
- Monitoring: Ben Brown (brbrown@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4363
- Records Officer: Dave Pierson (ddpierson@utah.gov) (801) 536-4345
- Standards and Technical Service: Ben Holcomb (bholcomb@utah.gov), Manager (385) 271-4484
- Watershed Protection: Jodi Gardberg (jgardberg@utah.gov), Manager (801) 536-4372
- Small Business Environmental Assistance Program: Eleanor Divver (edivver@utah.gov) (801) 536-0091
P.O. Box 144870
Salt Lake City, Utah
84114-4870
Phone: (801) 536-4300
Fax: (801) 536-4301
Director
John Mackey
(jkmackey@utah.gov)
(385) 262-5617
District Engineers
Central Utah
Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, and Wayne Counties
- John Chartier (jchartier@utah.gov)
- Phone: (435) 896-5451 ext. 314
- Fax: (435) 896-4353
Office Location
c/o Central Utah Public Health Department
70 Westview Drive
Richfield, UT 84701
Southeast Utah
Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan Counties
- Curtis Page (cmpage@utah.gov)
- Phone: (801) 536-0095
- Fax: (435) 637-1933
Office Location
Southeastern Utah Health Department
28 South 100 East
Price, UT 84501
Southwest Utah
Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Washington, and Kane Counties
- J. Paul Wright (pwright@utah.gov)
- Phone: (435) 986-2590
- Fax: (435) 986-2595
Office Location
Southwest Utah Public Health Department
DEQ Southwest District Engineer
620 South 400 East, #400
St. George, Utah 84770
Tri-County Utah
Duchesne, Uintah, and Dagget Counties
- Nathan Hall (nhall@utah.gov)
- Phone: (435) 247-1167
- Cell: (435) 630-3852
- Fax: (435) 781-0537
Office Location
Tri-County Utah Health Department
133 South 500 East
Vernal, UT 84078
Building Address
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (801) 536-0095
Fax: (801) 536-0061
TDD Number: (801) 346-4128 or 711
Public parking is available east of the building in the one-way drive-through lot.
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