A Reporter's Guide to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Expert WIPP Contacts

Federal, State and Local Government
Physician
Private Organizations
University
Other

Federal, State and Local Government

Andrea Alexander
President
Intertribal Transportation Association
814 West Sixth St.
Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone: 405/372-0303
Fax: 405/372-0808
Expertise: Provides technical assistance to tribes

Bill Brubaker
WIPP Coordinator
Motor Transportation Division
New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Dept
P.O. Box 1028
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1028
Phone: 505/827-0644
Fax: 505/827-0324
Expertise: Hazardous materials expert, transportation aspects of WIPP

George Chavez
State Fire Marshal’s Office
P.O. Box 1269
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269
Phone: 505/827-3721
Fax: 505/827-3778
E-mail: stsccgc@technet.nm.org
Expertise: Hazardous materials response and emergency coordination

Ralph Davis
New Mexico Dept. of Health
Emergency Medical Services Bureau
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110
Phone: 505/827-1400x123
Fax: 505/827-1410
E-mail: drdavis@ix.netcom.com
Expertise: Emergency medical preparedness

Paul Dickman
DOE Albuquerque Operations
U.S. Department of Energy
P.O. Box 5400
Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400
Phone: 505/845-4313
Fax: 505/845-5508
E-mail: pdickman@doeal.gov
Expertise: Waste management and transportation

Ralph Harris
Certified Emergency Manager
Emergency Management, Eddy County
P.O. Box 1139
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Phone: 505/887-9511
Fax: 505/887-1039
E-mail: ralph@carlsbadnm.com
Expertise: Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and response

Dennis Hurtt
Team Leader
Office of Public Affairs
DOE, Carlsbad Area Office
P.O. Box 3090
Carlsbad, NM 88221-3090
Phone: 505/234-7327
Fax: 505/887-5419
E-mail: hurrtd@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us
Expertise: Public affairs and communications

Thomas J. Koglin
State Highway and Transportation Dept.
Transportation Planning Division
P.O. Box 1149
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1149
Phone: 505/827-3228
Fax: 505/989-4983
Expertise: Highway routing

Mary Kruger
Acting Director
Center for WIPP ORIA/RPD (6602J) U.S. EPA
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202/564-9310
Fax: 202/565-2062
E-mail: Kruger.Mary@epamail.epa.gov
Expertise: EPA regulatory process, WIPP Certification and WIPP Compliance Criteria

Bobby Lopez
New Mexico Environment Department
Hazardous & Radioactive Materials
2044 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505/827-1566
Fax: 505/827-1544
E-mail: blopez@nmenv.state.nm.us
Expertise: Health physics

Lindsay Lovejoy, Jr.
New Mexico Attorney General’s Office
State of New Mexico
P.O. Drawer 1508
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508
Phone: 505/827-6695
Fax: 505/827-4440
E-mail: LLovejoy@ago.state.nm.us
Expertise: Legal issues

Frank Marcinowski
Acting Director
Radiation Protection Division/ORIA (6602J)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202/564-9290
Fax: 202/565-2065
E-mail: Marcinowski.Frank@epamail.epa.gov
Expertise: Radioactive waste disposal, WIPP Certification and WIPP Compliance Criteria

John Shea
New Mexico Dept. of Public Safety
Emergency Management Operations
13 Bataan Blvd.
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1628
Phone: 505/476-9628
Fax: 505/476-9695
E-mail: twoshea@ix.netcom.com
Expertise: WIPP safe transportation, plans, operations, and training

Les Shephard
Director
Sandia National Laboratories
Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Program Center
115 N. Main St.
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Phone: 505/234-0033
Fax: 505/887-1691
E-mail: lesheph@sandia.gov
Expertise: Regulatory compliance, radioactive waste disposal, risk assessment

Richard A. Swedberg
Health Physicist
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Office of Motor Carriers
555 Zang St., Suite 190
Lakewood, CO 80228-1010
Phone: 303/969-6744 ext. 363
Fax: 303/969-6967
E-mail: Richard.Swedberg@fhwa.dot.gov
Expertise: Transportation

Tim Sweeney
Transportation Manager
DOE, Carlsbad Area Office
P.O. Box 3090
Carlsbad, NM 88221-3090
Phone: 505/234-7350
Fax: 505/887-0707
E-mail: sweenet@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us
Expertise: Transportation of TRU waste

Nathan Wade
Communications Director
New Mexico Environment Department
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110
Phone: 505/827-2855
Fax: 505/827-2836
E-mail: Nathan_Wade@nmenv.state.nm.us
Expertise: Communications

Larry Weinstock
Acting Director
Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air
U.S. EPA, ORIA/RPD (6602J)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202/564-9320
Fax: 202/565-2043
E-mail: Weinstock.Larry@epamail.epa.gov
Expertise: Radioactive waste disposal, WIPP Certification and WIPP Compliance Criteria

Christopher Wentz
Coordinator
New Mexico Radioactive Waste Task Force
c/o Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. 2040 Pachecho St.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505/827-1372
Fax: 505-827-1150
E-mail: Cwentz@state.nm.us
Expertise: Site issues, licensing, per-formance assessment, transportation

Steve Zappe
RCRA Permit Writer
New Mexico Environment Dept.
Hazardous Materials
2044 Galisteo
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505-827-1557
Fax: 505-827-1544
E-mail: steve.zappe@nmenv.state.nm.us
Expertise: NMED regulations; storage and disposal of hazardous waste

State of New Mexico Environment Department
Hazardous and Radioactive Materials Bureau
2044 Galisteo
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: 505/827-1557
Expertise: WIPP RCRA permit

U.S. Department of Energy
Carlsbad Area Office
Public Information Line
P.O. Box 3090
Carlsbad, NM 88221
Phone: 800/336-WIPP
Expertise: WIPP design, construction and operation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ORIA/RPD
Center for Federal Guidance, Air Standards and Communications
401 M St., SW (6602J)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202/564-9677
Pre-recorded Info: 800/331-WIPP
Expertise: General radioactive waste disposal regulations; WIPP Compliance Criteria; WIPP certification decision; WIPP operational phase guidance; Biennial Compliance determination; WIPP communications

Physician

Dr. Daniel Kerlinsky
President
NM Physicians for Social Responsibilty
1001 Yale Blvd, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505/272-9772
Fax: 505/272-0052
E-mail: dkerlins@cph.unm.edu
Expertise: Containers, waste stabilization options and retrievable, monitored above-ground storage versus geological “confinement” / Hospital and EMT preparedness for waste transportation accidents; pyschological stress effects of waste shipment by public roads

Private Organizations

Tom Cochran
Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Defense Council
1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202/289-6868
Fax: 202/289-1060
E-mail: Tcochran@NRDC.org
Expertise: Nuclear weapons issues

Janet Greenwald
CARD-Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping
144 Harvard, SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505/266-2663
Fax: 505/262-1864 CARD
E-mail: Rekp@unm.edu
Expertise: All aspects of WIPP, retains hydrological and geological consultants

Don Hancock
Southwest Research & Information Center
P.O. Box 4524
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505/262-1862
Fax: 505/262-1864
E-mail: sric@igc.org
Expertise: Citizens group perspective on WIPP

Cynthia Hilton
Association of Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters (AWHMT)
2200 Mill Road
Alexandria, VA 22314-4677
Phone: 703/838-1703
Fax: 703/519-1866
E-mail: chilto@truckline.com
Expertise: Federal and state regulations affecting hazardous or radioactive waste transportation

Sharon Kerrick
American Nuclear Society
555 North Kensington Avenue
La Grange Park, IL 60526
Phone: 708/579-8230
Fax: 708/352-0499
E-mail: skerrick@ans.org
Expertise: High level /low level waste, nuclear energy, radioactivity

Darlene Logan & James Thompson
Directors
Compadres for a Safe WIPP
P. O. Box 511
Roswell, NM 88202-0511
Phone: 505/622-1669
Fax: 505/622-1669
E-mail: jankso@aol.com
Expertise: Public information

Lee Lysne
Executive Director
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
107 Cienga
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-986-1973
Fax: 505/986-0997
E-mail: ccns@nets.com
Expertise: Los Alamos National Laboratory and WIPP

National Safety Council
Environmental Health Center
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/293-2270
Fax: 202/293-0032
E-mail: cohend@nsc.org
Expertise: WIPP general information

University

Rod Ewing
University of Michigan
Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
& Radiological Sciences
2355 Bonisteel Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104
Phone: 313/647-8529
Fax: 313/647-8531
E-mail: rodewing@umich.edu
Expertise: Geochemistry and materials science

Other

Dr. Lokesh Chaturvedi
Deputy Director
NM Environmental Evaluation Group
7007 Wyoming Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: 505/828-1003
Fax: 505/828-1062
E-mail: lchatur@aol.com
Expertise: Geology and WIPP performance assessment

Beth Fulmer
Southern States Energy Board
6325 Amherst Court
Norcross, GA 30092
Phone: 770/242-7712
Fax: 770/242-0421
E-mail: Fulmer@clever.net
Expertise: Transportation policy

Robert H. Neill
NM Environmental Evaluation Group
7007 Wyoming Blvd NE, Suite F-2
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: 505/828-1003
Fax: 505/828-1062
E-mail: rhneill@eeg.org
Expertise: Radiological health, radioactive waste disposal

Mary Olson
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
1424 16th St., NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/328-0002
Fax: 202/462-2183
E-mail: maryo@igc.apc.org
Expertise: Radioactive waste

Ronald Ross
Program Manager
Western Governors’ Association
600 17th St., Suite 1705
South Tower
Denver, CO 80202-5452
Phone: 303/623-9378
Fax: 303/534-7309
E-mail: rross@westgov.org
Expertise: Transportation