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Overview: Regional Dredging Teams (RDTs) are established to improve dredged material management by fostering communication and planning, to provide a forum for issue resolution, and to increase public education and community involvement at local and regional levels.

Background: RDTs have been established across the country in most coastal U.S. regions including Alaska, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Northeast, Northern and Southern California, Pacific Northwest, and Southeast.

Contacts:

Great Lakes Dredging Team Exit EPA Disclaimer

Co-Chairs:

Scott Pickard (Scott.W.Pickard@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo DIstrict
(716) 879-4404

Gene R. Clark (GCLARK1@ewsuper.edu)
UW Sea Grant Institute, Lake Superior Field Office
(715) 392-3246

Contacts:

Victoria Pebbles (vpebbles@glc.org)
Great Lakes Commission
(734) 971-9135 ext. 130

Dave Knight (dknight@glc.org)
Great Lakes Commission
(734) 971-1214

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New England Interagency Working Group on Dredged Material Management (The Sudbury Group) Exit EPA Disclaimer

Co-Chairs:

Steven Wolf (steven.wolf@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District
(978) 318-8241

Mel Cote (cote.mel@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1
(617) 918-1553

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New York/New Jersey Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Doug Pabst (pabst.douglas@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
(212) 637-3797

Monte Greges (monte.p.greges@nan02.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
(212) 264-1463

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Delaware Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Renee Searfoss (Searfoss.Rene@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA, Region III, Philadelphia, PA
(215) 814-2137

Tim Rooney (Timothy.J.Rooney@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District

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Southeast Dredging Team - inactive as a formal team

Chair:       Retired.
Contacts:

Doug Johnson (johnson.doug@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
(404) 562-9386

Christopher McArthur (mcarthur.christopher@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
(404) 562-9391

Dylan Davis (Richard.D.Davis@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division
(404) 562-5224

                (Retired)

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Mississippi River Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Bill Franz-retired
U.S. EPA, Region V, Chicago, IL

Steve Jones (steve.jones@mvd02.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley District

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Western Gulf Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Gregory J. DuCote (Edward.D.Creef@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Karen McCormick (mccormick.karen@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA, Region VI, Dallas, Texas
(214) 665-8365

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Southern California Regional Dredging Team Exit EPA Disclaimer

Co-Chairs:

Alexis Strauss (strauss.alexis@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 947-8707

Colonel R. Mark Toy (R.Mark.Toy@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
(213) 452-3961

Contacts:

Dan Swenson (daniel.p.swenson@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Program
(213) 452-3414

Kenneth Wong (kenneth.wong@spl01.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Division
(213) 452-3290

Jim Fields (james.a.fields@spl01.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Program
(213) 452-3403

Brian Ross (ross.brian@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 972-3475

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San Francisco Bay Long-Term Management Strategy (LTMS) Group

Co-Chairs:

Bruce Wolfe (bwolfe@waterboards.ca.gov)
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region
(510) 622-2314

Lawrence J. Goldzband (Goldzband@bcdc.ca.gov)
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Agency
(415) 352-3653

Alexis Strauss (strauss.alexis@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 947-8707

LTC John Baker (John.Baker@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District (SPN)
(415) 503-6700

Contacts:

Brian Ross (ross.brian@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 972-3475

Al Paniccia (al.paniccia@spd02.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
(415) 503-6735

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Pacific Northwest Regional Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Eric Braun (eric.p.braun@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwest Division
(503) 808-3721

Jonathan Freedman (freedman.jonathan@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
(206) 553-0266

Contacts:

Christine Reichgott (reichgott.christine@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
(206) 553-1601

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Alaska Regional Dredging Team

Co-Chairs:

Allen Churchill (e.allen.churchill@poa02.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
(907) 753-2753

Chris Meade (meade.chris@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
(907) 586-7622

Christine Reichgott (reichgott.christine@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
(206) 553-1601

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Honolulu and Pacific Islands Regional Dredging Team Exit EPA Disclaimer

Co-Chairs:

Allan Ota (ota.allan@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 972-3476

Lorayne (Nani) Shimbuku (Lorayne.P.Shimbaku@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
(808) 835-4004

Alternate
EPA Co-Chair:

Brian Ross (ross.brian@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 972-3475

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Delta Long-Term Management Strategy Exit EPA Disclaimer

Co-Chairs:

Colonel Thomas C. Chapman (thomas.c.chapman.col@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
(916) 557-7490

Pamela Creedon (pcreedon@waterboards.ca.gov)
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region

LTC John Baker (John.Baker@usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District (SPN)
(415) 503-6700

Brian Finlayson (bfinlays@ospr.dfg.ca.gov)
California Department of Fish and Game

Lauren Hastings (hastings@calwater.ca.gov)
CALFED Bay-Delta Authority

Tom Howard (thoward@waterboards.ca.gov)
State Water Resources Control Board

Maria Rea (maria.rea@noaa.gov)
NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Region, Sacramento Area Office

Contacts:

Brian Ross (ross.brian@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
(415) 972-3475

Al Paniccia (al.paniccia@spd02.usace.army.mil)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
(415) 503-6735

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