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Waste Management and Remediation Managers
Waste Management
and Remediation Division
DEQ State Office
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, Idaho 83706
ph: (208) 373-0502
fx: (208) 373-0154
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About Us:
DEQ's Waste Management and
Remediation Division
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| Protecting Idaho's Land Quality |
DEQ
is the state agency delegated responsibility by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to implement certain sections of the federal
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in Idaho. RCRA was enacted
by Congress in 1976 to regulate hazardous waste, solid waste, and
storage tanks holding petroleum products or certain chemicals.
DEQ's
Waste Management and Remediation Division is responsible for monitoring
and controlling the generation, treatment, storage, and disposal
of wastes in Idaho. The waste management group focuses on ensuring
that wastes generated in or entering Idaho are managed and disposed
in a manner protective of human health and the environment. On the
remediation side, program resources are directed to responding to
existing releases of hazardous substances to surface waters, ground
water, or soils. Orville
Green, (208) 373-0148, is the administrator of this division.
Activities include:
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Overseeing
Management and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes |
DEQ's
Hazardous Waste Program issues permits, oversees inspections of
facilities that generate hazardous waste, provides technical assistance,
and takes corrective action when necessary to assure that hazardous
wastes are managed and disposed of properly and safely in Idaho.
Click here to view a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Inspector
General report on DEQ's Management
of Idaho's Hazardous Waste Program
(EPA Publication, February 2004: pdf 1.3 kb, 55 pages).
This
program also oversees remediation of radioactive and hazardous wastes
on the INEEL site.
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Staff
Contacts |
| Brian
Monson, Manager, (208) 373-0490 |
| Mike
Gregory, Enforcement Coordinator, (208) 373-0297 |
| John
Brueck, Regulation and Policy Coordinator, (208) 373-0458 |
| Bob
Bullock, Hazardous Waste Permit Supervisor, (208) 373-0547 |
| Rene
Anderson, Hazardous Waste Analyst, (208) 373-0210 |
| Daryl
Koch, INEEL Remediation Coordinator, (208) 373-0492 |
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Overseeing
Management and Disposal of Solid Wastes |
| In conjunction with counties and public
health districts, DEQ's State Response Program oversees the development
and operation of municipal and non-municipal solid waste disposal
sites in Idaho. Because more than 95 percent of water used by households
in Idaho ground water, it is very important that landfills in the
state are carefully managed and regulated to assure protection of
public health and the environment. |
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Staff
Contacts |
| Joe
Nagel, State Response Program Manager, (208) 373-0188 |
| Dean
Ehlert, Solid Waste and Emergency Response Program Coordinator,
(208) 373-0416 |
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Overseeing
Cleanup and Remediation of Contaminated Sites |
| DEQ's State Response program oversees
remediation of sites contaminated by metals, petroleum leaking from
underground storage tanks, and solvents entering soils and groundwater.
The program also maintains a database of contaminated sites in Idaho
and assists eligible entities in applying for federal grants to clean
up contaminated sites known as Brownfields. |
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Staff
Contacts |
| Joe
Nagel, State Response Program Manager, (208) 373-0188 |
| Dean
Ehlert, Solid Waste and Emergency Response Program Coordinator,
(208) 373-0416 |
| Aaron Scheff, Brownfields Program Manager, (208) 373-0420 |
| Rick
Jarvis, UST/LUST Program Manager, (208) 373-0247 |
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Overseeing Cleanup
and Remediation of Mine Waste Sites |
| DEQ's Mine Waste Program works with EPA to implement
cleanup and remediation activities in areas where mining activities
have contaminated soils and surface waters. Priorities include cleanup
of the Bunker Hill Superfund site and remediation of the Coeur d'Alene
Basin in northern Idaho and investigating the impact of selinium contamination
from historic mines in southeast Idaho. |
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