Air Quality Bureau Contacts for Specific Topics
The following list of air quality topics and NMED Air Quality Bureau contacts will allow you to find out "who to ask about what".
You may click on the staff members' name to contact them directly by email.
Unless otherwise specified, all area codes are (505).
Topic / Contact Name / Phone Number*112r Accidental Release Prevention / Joe Kimbrell / 476-4347
801 (Excess Emission) Forms / Carina Munoz-Dyer / 476-4368
Acid Rain / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
Administration / Donna Intermont / 476-4348
Advanced Energy Tax Credit – QGF Certification / Kerry Carr / 476-4339
Agricultural Air Quality Issues (odor, dust, feedlots) / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Allan Morris / 476-4364
Air Basin & Air Quality Control Region maps / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Air Quality Bureau Web Page / Judy Fisher / 476-4314
Air Quality Monitoring Data / Judy Fisher / 476-4314
Air Toxics – State Permitting / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Air Toxics Emissions Inventory / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Air Toxics Monitoring & Data / Roman Szkoda / 476-4316
AIRS ICIS / Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Albuquerque air quality issues / Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department / 768-1972
Ambient Air Quality Monitor Location / Roman Szkoda / 476-4316
Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data / Mary Hilbert / 476-4320
Annual Title V Certification / Carina Munoz-Dyer / 476-4368
Asbestos / Asbestos Hotline / (800) 224-7009
Asphalt Plants (Regular NSR Permits) / Rhonda Romero / 476-4354
Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Eric Peters / 476-4327
Gi-Dong Kim / 476-4326
Dave Heath / 476-4325
Attainment/Maintenance / Bob Spillers / 476-4324
Auto Body Shops / Rosanne Sanchez / 222-9583
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Sandy Spon / 222-9528
Bernalillo County air quality issues / Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department / 768-1972
Best Available Control Measures for dust / Mike Baca / (575) 915-1091
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Border Issues / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Bureau Contact List / Kristina Romero / 476-4309
Bureau Organization Chart / Donna Intermont / 476-4348
Burn Barrels / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Burn Registration & Notification (Smoke Management Program) / NM Smoke Hotline / 476-4330
CEM Quarterly Report Information / Tom Collins / 476-4358
CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) / U.S. EPA Hotline / (800) 296-1996
Civil Penalties / Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Clean Power Plan / CPP Team / 476-4300
Complaints (general air quality or not otherwise listed) / AQB Hotline / (800) 224-7009
Compliance Assistance for Small Businesses / Rosanne Sanchez / 222-9583
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Sandy Spon / 222-9528
Compliance Manager, compliance inspections / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Concrete Batch Plants / Marvin Mascarenas / 476-4351
Compressor Stations – Oil and Gas / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Crematories / Kathy Primm / 476-5561
Crushers, Aggregate (Regular NSR Permits) / Rick Poley / 476-4308
Dairies / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Demolition Projects / Asbestos Hotline / (800) 224-7009
Doña Ana Air Quality Issues / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Doña Ana County EnvironmentalServices / (575) 647-7116
City of Las Cruces Code Enforcement / (575) 528-4100
Dry Cleaners / Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Dust / AQB Hotline / (800) 224-7009
Emergencies / State Radio Communications Switchboard / 827-9329
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (EPCRA) / NM Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, EPCRA / 476-9600
Emissions Inventory / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Enforcement / Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Environmental Assessments (EAs) / Bob Spillers / 476-4324
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) / Bob Spillers / 476-4324
Environmental Improvement Board / Pam Castañeda / 827-2425
Equipment Substitutions / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Excess Emissions (801) Information / Carina Munoz-Dyer / 476-4368
Federal Air Toxics Programs / Robert Samaniego / 476-4360
Feedlots / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Fees – Minor Source Permit Fees / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Fees – Minor Source Annual Fees / Mary Gerhart / 476-4344
Fees – Major Source Annual Fees / Mary Gerhart / 476-4339
Finances / Donna Intermont / 476-4348
Forest Fires / NM Smoke Hotline / 476-4330
Rita Bates / 476-4304
Eric Peters / 476-4327
Four Corners Air Quality Issues / Mark Jones – Farmington Field Office / (505) 566-9746
Four Corners Ozone Study and Task Force / Mark Jones – Farmington Field Office / (505) 566-9746
Rita Bates / 476-4304
Freon / U.S. EPA Hotline / (800) 296-1996
General Construction Permits (GCPs) for Oil & Gas / Antonia Tallarico / 476-5564
General Construction Permits (GCPs) for Crusher/Screening, Asphalt and Concrete Batch Plants / Kerry Carr / 476-4339
General Conformity / Cindy Hollenberg / 476-4356
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Dave Heath / 476-4325
Global Warming / Rita Bates / 476-4324
Grants / Donna Intermont / 476-4348
Greenhouse Gases (Emissions Inventory) / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Greenhouse Gases (Permitting) / Robert Samaniego / 476-4360
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) / Robert Samaniego / 476-4360
Hearings (on Permits) / Ted Schooley / 476-4334
Hearings (on Regulations) / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Hog Farms / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Indoor Air Quality (mold, etc.) / Carina Munoz-Dyer / 476-4368
U.S. EPA Information Clearinghouse / (800) 438-4318
Inspections / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Intel (Rio Rancho) / Joseph Kimbrell / 476-4346
Invoices – NSR annual fees / Mary Gerhart / 476-4344
Invoices – Title V annual fees / Mary Gerhart / 476-4344
Landfills (Air Quality Issues) / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
Landfills (Solid Waste Issues including Asbestos disposal) / Solid Waste Bureau / 476-2775
Listserv / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards / Robert Samaniego / 476-4360
Meteorological Data / Roman Szkoda / 476-4316
Meteorological Monitoring / Roman Szkoda / 476-4316
Mobile 5/6 / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Mobile Sources / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Modeling / Sufi Mustafa / 476-4318
Eric Peters / 476-4327
Gi-Dong Kim / 476-4326
Dave Heath / 476-4325
Mold (indoor air) / U.S. EPA Information Clearinghouse / (800) 438-4318
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau, NM Dept. of Health / 827-0006
Monitoring Data / Mary Hilbert / 476-4320
Monitoring Sites / Roman Szkoda / 476-4316
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) / Bob Spillers / 476-4324
Natural Events Action Plan (NEAP) / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Natural Gas Compressor Stations / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
New Source Review (NSR) Permitting
(for Major source facilities) / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
New Source Review (NSR) Permitting (minor source) / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
New Source Performance Standards – NSPS (Part 60) / Robert Samaniego / 476-4360
No Permit Required / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Nonattainment/Maintenance Areas / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Notice of Intent (NOI) / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Notice of Exemptions (NOE) / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Notice of Violations (NOV) / Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Odor Complaints / AQB Hotline / (800) 224-7009
Oil & Natural Gas / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Opacity Testing / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Open Burning Complaints / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Open Burning Regulation / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Operating Permits / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
Ozone Monitoring Data / Mary Hilbert / 476-4320
Painting (Spray Booths) / Rosanne Sanchez / 222-9583
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Sandy Spon / 222-9528
Pecan Burning / NM Smoke Hotline / 475-4330
Rita Bates / 476-4304
Penalty Calculations / Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Permit Tracking / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Permits – Obtain a copy / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Permitting – New Source Review (incl. modifications) / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Permitting – Operating Permits / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
Permitting Website / Mary Gerhart / 476-4344
Pesticides (registration and licensing) / Bureau of Pesticide Management, NM Dept. of Agriculture / (575) 646-2133
Pollen Hotline (Albuquerque) / Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department / 766-7664
Pollution Prevention (P2) / Jill Turner / 222-9548
Prescribed Burning – Registration & Notification / NM Smoke Hotline / 476-4330
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) / Cember Hardison / 476-4346
Qualified Generating Facility Certification / Greg Tickle / 476-4333
Quality Assurance Plans / Judy Fisher / 476-4314
Radiation Monitoring / NMED DOE Oversight Bureau / 428-2516
Radon / Michael Taylor, NMED Radiation Control Bureau / 476-8608
Refrigerants (CFCs) / U.S. EPA Hotline / (800) 296-1996
Regional Haze / Rita Bates / 476-4304
Neal Butt / 476-4317
Regulation Development Procedures / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Regulation History / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Regulatory and Public Notice Mailing Lists / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Relocation Notices for Crushers & Asphalt Plants (Regular NSR Permits) / MarvinMascareñas / 476-4351
Relocations for GCP 2, 3 and 5 / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Request for Public Records / Melissa Y. Mascareñas / 827-2855
San Juan County Ozone Study & Task Force / Mark Jones – Farmington Field Office / (505) 566-9746
Rita Bates / 476-4304
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program / Rosanne Sanchez / 222-9583
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Sandy Spon / 222-9528
Smoke Management Program & Rule / NM Smoke Hotline / 476-4330
Smoke School / Allan Morris / 476-4364
Spray Booths / Rosanne Sanchez / 222-9583
Steve Dubyk / 222-9507
Sandy Spon / 222-9528
State Ambient Air Quality Standards / Kerwin Singleton / 476-4350
Ted Schooley / 476-4334
State Implementation Plan (SIP) / Neal Butt / 476-4317
Streamline Permitting (Oil & Gas) / Rhonda Romero / 476-4354
Substitution of Equipment / Teri Waldron / 476-4355
Sunland Park Ozone / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) / Ralph Gruebel / 476-4373
Jon Lutz / 476-4359
Synthetic Minor Permitting / Liz Bisbey-Kuehn / 476-4338
Title V Annual Fees / Mary Gerhart / 476-4334
Title V Permitting / Melinda Owens / 476-4341
Transportation Conformity / Cindy Hollenberg / 476-4356
Tribal Land Air Quality Issues / Butch Tongate / 827-2855
U.S.-Mexico Border Issues / Michael Baca / (575) 915-1091
Vehicles (emissions Testing) / Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department, Vehicle Emissions Testing / 764-1110
Visibility/Regional Haze / Rita Bates / 476-4304
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Contact List updated 1/3/16