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Biosolids Expert Panel

Participants and contact information

Contact the panel via e-mail: biosolids@deq.virginia.gov

Co-Chairs

  • The Honorable L. Preston Bryant, Jr., Secretary of Natural Resources

    P.O. Box 1475
    Richmond, VA 23218

    Phone: (804) 786-0044

    E-mail: SONRadmin@governor.virginia.gov


  • The Honorable Marilyn B. Tavenner, Secretary of Health and Human Resources

    P.O. Box 1475
    Richmond, VA 23218

    Phone: (804) 786-7765

Panel Members

  • Dr. Ralph O. Allen, University of Virginia School of Medicine


    80 Apple Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903

    Phone: (434) 982-4913

    E-mail: roa2s@virginia.edu

  • Russ Baxter, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

203 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219-2094

Phone: (804) 786-4570  

E-mail: russ.baxter@dcr.virginia.gov

  • Dr. Robert Call, Medical practitioner

Phone: (804) 285-7420
E-mail: rcall89541@comcast.net

  • Jerre Creighton, Virginia Department of Forestry

900 Natural Resources Dr., Suite 800, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Phone: (434) 977-6555  

Email: jerre.creighton@dof.virginia.gov

  • Dr. W. Lee Daniels, Virginia Tech Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences

CSES Dept., 0404, Blacksburg, VA, 24061

Phone: (540) 231-7175

Email: wdaniels@vt.edu

  • Barry Dunkley, City of Danville

279 Park Avenue, Danville, Virginia 24541

Phone: (434) 799-6473

E-mail: dunklbt@ci.danville.va.us

  • Dr. Greg Evanylo, Virginia Tech Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Professor and Extension Specialist

426 Smyth Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-9739

E-mail: gevanylo@vt.edu


  • Dr. Susan Fischer-Davis, Virginia Department of Health

Deputy Director, Office of Epidemiology, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 864-8141

E-mail: susanfischer.davis@vdh.virginia.gov

  • Dr. Tom Fox, Virginia Tech Department of Forestry

228 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Phone: (540) 231-8862

E-mail: trfox@vt.edu

  • Dr. Rima B. Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies

VCU Department of Biology, 1000 W Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23284

Phone: (804) 828-6753

E-mail: rbfranklin@vcu.edu

  • James Golden, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218

Phone: (804) 698-4220  

E-mail: jjgolden@deq.virginia.gov

  • Dr. Robert Hale, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062

Phone: (804) 684-7228

E-mail: hale@vims.edu


  • Scott P. Johnson, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

102 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: (804) 371-8067  

E-mail: scott.johnson@vdacs.virginia.gov

  • Dr. Howard Kator, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062

Phone: (804) 684-7341

E-mail: kator@vims.edu

  • Dr. Mark Levine, Virginia Department of Health

4301 East Parham Road, Richmond VA 23228

Phone: (804) 501-4522

E-mail: Mark.Levine@vdh.virginia.gov

  • Dr. John T. Novak, Virginia Tech Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

419 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-6132

E-mail: jtnov@vt.edu

  • Karen Pallansch, Alexandria Sanitation Authority

1500 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA 22314

Phone: (703) 549-3382, ext. 2202

E-mail: Karen.Pallansch@alexsan.com

  • Christopher Peot, Blue Plains, Biosolids Manager

D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, 5000 Overlook Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 20032

Phone: (202) 787-4329

E-mail: Chris_Peot@DCWASA.com

  • Dr. Alan B. Rubin, Consultant, Principal, Envirostrategies, LLC

3304 Mill Cross Court, Oakton, Virginia 22124-1930

Phone: (703) 385-8203

E-mail: rubinhial@verizon.net

  • Henry Staudinger, Citizen representative

2218 Riverview Dr., Toms Brook, VA 22660

Phone: (540) 325-3241

E-mail: hjs@shentel.net

  • Dr. Jonathan Sleeman, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

4010 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230

Phone: (804) 367-9492

E-mail: jonathan.sleeman@dgif.virginia.gov

  • Dr. R. Leonard Vance, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1008 East Clay Street, Grant House, Room 324, Box 980212, Richmond, VA 23298-0212

Phone: (804) 628-2513

E-mail: vance@vcu.edu

Supporting Staff

  • Jeff Corbin, Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources, Assistant Secretary

P.O. Box 1475, Richmond, VA 2321

Phone: (804) 692-2564

E-mail: jeff.corbin@governor.virginia.gov

  • Robert Hicks, Virginia Department of Health

P.O. Box 2448, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2448

Phone: (804) 864-7456  

E-mail: robert.hicks@vdh.virginia.gov

  • Gail Jaspen, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Deputy Secretary

P.O. Box 1475, Richmond, VA 23218

Phone: (804) 692-2572

E-mail: gail.jaspen@governor.virginia.gov

  • Neil Zahradka, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218

Phone: (804) 698-4102  

E-mail: nrzahradka@deq.virginia.gov

 

Dr. Nancy Love with the Virginia Tech Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will no longer participate on the panel because she has accepted a faculty position at another university outside of Virginia.

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