WPDES Permits Stagg - Area of Expertise

This page contains a list of WPDES Permits Staff throughout the state, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Staff are organized by area of expertise and then by location (e.g., West Central Region, Central Office in Madison). You may also try locating WPDES Permit Staff by region or browse the DNR searchable directory for a statewide staff listing.

• Airports
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
• Ammonia
Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
• Animal Waste
  Program Coordinator: Tom Bauman, at (608) 266-9993
• Aquaculture Effluent Limits
  Central Office: Mike Hammers, at (608) 267-7640
• Bio Phosphorus Removal
  Central Office: Gerry Novotny, at (608) 267-7625
• Biological Treatment
  Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
• Biomonitoring/Toxicity Testing
  Central Office: Kari Fleming, at (608) 267-7663
• Bioremediation
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Car Washes
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Chlorides Policy Issue
  Central Office: Dan Joyce, at (608) 266-0289
• Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR)
  Central Office: Jack Saltes, at (608) 264-6045
• Construction Site Storm Water Management (Storm Water Permits)
  Mary Anne Lowndes, at (608) 261-6420
• Dairy Operations Discharges
  Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
  Northern: Bonnie Kotila, at (715) 365-8907
  South Central: Alice Miramontes, at (608) 275-3287
  West Central: Holly Heldstab, at (715) 839-1634
  Central Office: Gail Mills, at (608) 266-1387
• Dredging Operations Discharges
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
• Enforcement and Inspection Reporting to EPA
  Central Office: Susan Sylvester, at (608) 266-1099
• EPA Effluent Guidelines
  Central Office: Bob Masnado, at (608) 267-7662
• Environmental Repair Program
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Fish Hatcheries
  Central Office: Mike Hammers, at (608) 267-7640
• Food Processing Discharges
  Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
• Foundries
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
• General Permit Program
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Great Lakes Initiative
  Central Office: Bob Masnado, at (608) 267-7662
  Central Office: Mike Hammers, at (608) 267-7640
• Groundwater - General
  Central Office: Nile Ostenso, at (608) 266-9239
• Groundwater Remediation
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
  Northern: Jim Hansen, at (715) 762-3204
• Holding Tank Approvals
  Central Office: Steve Smith, at (608) 266-7580
• Hydrogeology
  Central Office: Nile Ostenso, at (608) 266-9239
  West Central: Jim Boettcher, at (715) 839-3726
• Industrial Storm Water Management (Storm Water Permits)
  Central Office: Jim Bertolacini, at (608) 264-8971
• Lab Certification
  Central Office: Dave Webb, at (608) 266-0245
  Northern: Susan Watson, at (715) 365-8945
• Lagoon Evaluations
  Central Office: Nile Ostenso, at (608) 266-9239
• Land Disposal Systems/Permits
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
  Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
• Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Issues
  Central Office: Gerry Novotny, at (608) 267-7625
• Meat Processing
  Central Office: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
• Mercury
  Central Office: Tom Mugan, at (608) 266-7420
• Metal Finishing & Electroplating
  Central Office: Mike Hammers, at (608) 267-7640
• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
  Wastewater Engineer: Jim Fratrick, at (414) 263-8632
  Plan Review in Central Office: Gerry Novotny, at (608) 267-7625
• Mining
  Central Office: Paul Luebke, at (608) 266-0234
• Municipal Bypassing General Permit
  Central Office: Steve Smith, at (608) 266-7580
• Operation & Maintenance of Wastewater Treatment Plants
  Central Office: Jack Saltes, at (608) 264-6045
• Operator Certification - Wastewater Treatment Plants
  Northern: Bonnie Kotila, at (715) 365-8907
  South Central: Alice Miramontes, at (608) 275-3287
• Phosphorous
  Alternative Technology-Based Industrial Limits: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
• Plan Review
  ILHR 83: Tom Gilbert, at (608) 267-7628
  Industrial Facilities: Rick Reichardt, at (608) 267-7894
  Lift Stations: Mulazim Nasir, at (608) 267-7627
  Milwaukee Metropolitan Sanitary District: Gerry Novotny, at (608) 267-7625
  Municipal Land Application: Tom Gilbert, at (608) 267-7628
  Pretreatment Technology: Scott Boran, at (608) 267-7385
  Sanitary Sewer Bypassing: Steve Smith, at (608) 266-7580
  Wetland Treatment: Tom Gilbert, at (608) 267-7628
• Pretreatment
  Program Coordinator: Chuck Schuler, at (608) 267-7631
  Northern: Jim Hansen, at (715) 762-3204
  Northeast: Nan Jameson, at (920) 662-5174
  South Central: Bob Liska, at (608) 275-3288
• Public Notices - WPDES Permits
  Central Office: Keri Behm, at (608) 266-3291
• Pulp & Paper Mills
  Central Office: Mike Hammers, at (608) 267-7640
• Remediation Discharges
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Spray Irrigation (NR214)
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• Steam Electric Facilities
  Central Office: Dan Joyce, at (608) 266-0289
• Storm Water
  Program Coordinator: Jim Bertolacini, at (608) 264-8971
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
  Central Office: Bob Masnado, at (608) 267-7662
• Toxicity Testing/Biomonitoring
  Central Office: Kari Fleming, at (608) 267-7663
• Water Quality Based Effluent Limits
  Central Office: Diane Figiel, at (608) 264-6045
• Water Quality Standards
  Central Office: Bob Masnado, at (608) 267-7662
• Water Treatment Additives
  Central Office: Jeff Brauer, at (608) 267-7643
• WPDES Permit Analytical Data Issues
  Central Office: Tom Mugan, at (608) 266-7420
• WPDES Permit Adjudicatory and Variance Request
  Central Office: Tom Mugan, at (608) 266-7420
• WPDES Permits - Information Lists
  Central Office: Gail Mills, at (608) 266-1387
• WPDES Toxics Policy & Guidance
  Central Office: Tom Mugan, at (608) 266-7420
  Central Office: Bob Masnado, at (608) 267-7662
• Zebra Mussels
  Central Office: Dan Joyce, at (608) 266-0289