About the Air Management Program

Mission

The Air Management Program protects human health and the environment while accommodating economic growth by developing air quality implementation plans and collaborating with local, state, regional and international partners. Air quality trends, the status of attaining the ambient air quality standards, and the need for public health advisories are determined through air monitoring operations. The program promotes market-based approaches to create incentives for seeking lowest cost methods to achieve compliance.

Staff also conduct inspections, initiate compliance actions and operate an effective permit program in accordance with state and federal requirements. The program works cooperatively with other health agencies, citizens and industry to improve the program, avoid duplication of effort and educate the public on the health effects of air pollution.

The Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau has prepared an informational paper dated January 2007 that provides an overview of the major federal Clean Air Act provisions that affect Wisconsin, a discussion of actions required of the state, and the state's plans and programs for meeting federal clean air requirements.

Informational Paper 61 on Wisconsin Air Management Programs [exit DNR]

The Air Management Program is part of the DNR Air & Waste Division.

Division Administrator - Allen K. Shea

Bureau Director - John H. Melby, Jr.

Organization and staff contacts

The Bureau of Air Management comprises seven sections organized along functional lines to improve efficiency and offer clear points of contact to our customers. Three sections include staff with special expertise in permit engineering, compliance, emission inventory and/or air quality modeling. A bureau director and seven section chiefs supervise Air staff in the central office in Madison. Team leaders provide additional technical leadership throughout the program but do not have supervisory responsibilities.

• Sections
• Teams
• DNR Regions
• Staff phone directory - 143K PDF, 12 pages, organized by section and regional offices, includes main assignments/ expertise (updated 1/23/08)
• List of staff experts by subject - 95K PDF, 33 pages (updated 11/2/06)
• DNR staff directory, searchable by subject

Comments? Questions? Need more information? Please contact the Public Information Officer in the Bureau of Air Management. If you have a complaint about a local air pollution problem, please note the municipality and county in which the problem is occurring, so we can direct your problem to the appropriate DNR staff.