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National and State Composting Organizations: See BioCycle's listing of organizations.

http://www.jgpress.com/archives/_free/000024.html

State Organics Recycling Coordinators

California:
Brenda K. Smyth
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Organics & Business Resource Efficiency
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA  95812-4025
916-341-6605  
bsmyth@ciwmb.ca.gov
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Organics/

Connecticut:
Kathy Alexander
Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860-424-3239
Kathy.Alexander@po.state.ct.us

Florida:
Francine Joyal
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
MS 4570
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850-245-8747
Francine.Joyal@dep.state.fl.us
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/mainpage/programs/recycling.htm

Kansas:
Ken Powell
Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson St.
Topeka, KS  66612
785-296-1121
kpowell@kdhe.state.ks.us
http://www.kdheks.gov/waste/index.html

Maine:
Mark King
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
207-287-2651
mark.a.king@state.me.us
http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/residuals/

Massachusetts:
Sumner Martinson
Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection
1 Winter St.
Boston, MA 02108
Voice (617) 292-5969
sumner.martinson@state.ma.us
http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycling/reduce/composti.htm

Minnesota:
Ginny Black
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Rd., N., 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-215-0284
Ginny.Black@state.mn.us

North Carolina:
Brian Rosa
Div. of Pollution Prevention and Envtl. Assistance
Dept. of Environmental and Natural Resources
2728 Capital Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27604
919-715-6794
brian.rosa@ncmail.net
www.p2pays.org/compost

Ohio:
Angel S. Arroyo-Rodriguez
Composting & Infectious Waste Programs
Division of Solid & Infectious Waste Management
Ohio EPA
PO Box 1049
Columbus, OH 43216-1049
Phone: (614) 728-5336
angel.arroyo@epa.state.oh.us

Oregon:
Pat Vernon
Solid Waste Policy and Planning
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
811 SW 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
503-229-5720
vernon.pat@deq.state.or.us
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/compost/index.htm

Pennsylvania:
Patti Olenick
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection
P.O. Box 8472
Harrisburg, PA 17105
717-787-7382
polenick@state.pa.us

Vermont:
Vicky Viens
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Waste Management
103 South Main Street, West
Waterbury, VT  05671-0404
802-241-3448
vicky.viens@state.vt.us or
ANR.Compost@state.vt.us
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/compost/main2.htm

Washington:
Chery Sullivan
WA State Dept. of Ecology
PO Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504
360-407-6915
chsu461@ecy.wa.gov
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/compost/

Wisconsin:

Gretchen Wheat
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
WDNR WA/3 101 S. Webster
Madison, WI    53707
Gretchen.wheat@dnr.state.wi.us
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/aw/wm/recycle/

US Environmental Protection Agency Organics Specialists:

EPA Headquarters:

Michele Mahoney
US EPA Office of Solid Waste
Mail Code 5306P
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
703-308-0105
mahoney.michele@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/organics/pubs/food-guide.pdf

Jean Schwab
GreenScapes Program Manager
US EPA
MC:  5306W
Washington, DC  20460
703/308-8669
schwab.jean@epa.gov

http://www.epa.gov/greenscapes

Region 1:
Christine Beling
USEPA-New England
Assistance and Pollution Prevention-SPP
One Congress Street
Boston, MA 02114
phone 617-918-1792
beling.christine@epa.gov
www.epa.gov/region1/solidwaste/index.html

Region 2:
Lorraine Graves
U.S. EPA Region 2, Solid Waste Program
290 Broadway
New York, New York 10007-1866
212-637-4099
graves.lorraine@epa.gov 

Region 3:
Michael Giuranna
Solid Waste Program Manager
USEPA Region 3
1650 Arch St. (3WC21)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-814-3298?
giuranna.mike@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/solidwastecomposting.htm

Region 4:
Davy Simonson
USEPA Region 4
61 Forsyth St., SW
4WD-RPB/RSS
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-562-8457
simonson.davy@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/rcra/swcompost.htm

Region 5:
Susan Mooney
USEPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Boulevard (DW-8J)
Chicago, IL 60604?
Phone: (312) 886-3585?
mooney.susan@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/wptdiv/recycle/compost/

Region 7:
http://www.epa.gov/Region7/waste/solidwaste/compost.htm

Region 8:
Kim Bartels
USEPA Region 8
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-312-6346
bartels.kim@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/region8/conservation_recycling/compost.html

Region 9:
Adrienne Priselac (priselac.adrienne@epa.gov)- (415) 972-3285
Cara Peck  (peck.cara@epa.gov)-(415) 972-3382
EPA Region 9?
Office of Pollution Prevention and Solid Waste
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/solid/compost/index.html